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Characters: Asami (chittybang), Korra (alphatar)
Date: January 17th
Location: ME-2A
Situation: Moving in!
Warnings/Rating: N/A

After her conversation with Asami, Korra just left her door wide open since she knew Asami would be over soon and Naga took the advantage to go outside.

The suite most had the same layout of ME-2B so Korra didn't have to think on where to start putting anything. The hardest part was out of the way now that all her furniture was in place, the rest of it was just unpacking her stuff.

One of the first things Korra did was get out some of her fish jerky, a small boost of energy to get her ready to hang out with her friend so they could tackle the task.

That alone made her smile. Now that she was home and feeling like herself, Korra wanted to get back with her friends. Have her home in Keeliai feel more like her home world. Their home world.

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That sunk it a lot faster than Korra would have liked it to, and she stood there listening as she worked it out in her head. She opened her mouth to say something, but closed it instead and furrowed her brow.

Part of her wanted to be angry, the way she would have been when she first arrived months ago; before she settled in and saw her future. But that was washed over by the repeating wave of the words 'It's over...' and Korra folded her arms, her fingers on her ribs.

"A lot of things can change here." It wasn't much of an answer, but she had no idea how to even broach the subject.

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Asami doesn't quite know how to respond to that, except somewhat agree with a short nod of her head. She figures as much. It also answers her own question as to how Korra might feel about all this.

She straightens her legs to stand and keeps her hands at her sides.

"I didn't want you to find out by surprise."

I know how that feels is on the tip of her tongue, almost a knee jerk response to Korra's tone even despite her concern, but she isn't trying to burn bridges here.

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Re-trace her steps.

"Thank you." said quietly as she looked more at the wall behind Asami than the girl herself.

As she spoke, she went back to the time where Asami needed Mako and Korra encouraged him to go to her. Be supportive of both of them instead of being selfish and focusing on herself. Harder now because of how she spent the last six months with him, unfettered by any influences from home, but she managed to get there.

The past week wouldn't go to waste, Korra wasn't going to allow that. "If you need anything, let me know." It was the offer she made when Asami posted on the network and repeating it was the only way she could think of at the moment to let her friend know that she was still that.

Her friend.

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Asami thinks her offer is out of place, but she grants her the leeway of an awkward moment. It's a nice gesture, and she could have said something far worse. She only wishes they wouldn't leave things unsaid for once, and with that the conversation they could have had feels shut down.

But it's possible Asami is readier for it than her counterpart. Even then, she isn't sure if she'll ever be prepared to just hash out feelings with her. All she wants is a friendship. She likes Korra, a lot.

So for now she'll count her blessings.

She quietly says in return, "Thanks." She musters a small smile. "I'm here for you, too. Right across the hall, in fact."

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"I might take you up on that." It’s forced out along with the small smile. Blaming anything on Asami wasn’t fair, and she knew that. Not when her friend arrived in the middle of all of this, and cleared the air instead of letting her find out on her own.

Returning back to her previously functional state, Korra went to get another box. While it did feel like all the air was sucked out of the room momentarily, there was relief in Asami’s face and she could only wonder how hard that was for her. "Still feel like unpacking, or do you want a break?"

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Asami isn't completely relieved. She certainly doesn't feel loosey-goosey enough to resume unpacking like nothing just happened. While Korra finds her functionality, Asami continues to stand there. Her forced smile ceases.

"To be honest, I figured you would've wanted me to leave. I can give you space."

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Looking down at the box in her hands, Korra knit her brow and stopped from unfolding the flaps. Admissions were becoming something she had to do a lot lately, and it never got any easier with each time. Especially when it was one she only told one person, but if she was going to be honest with her friends from home she needed to start somewhere.

"You don’t have to stay if you don’t want to." She had her space, coming off of being by herself for more than a week was taxing even for her. "But, I don’t want to be alone." Korra didn’t want to rely on others and what Asami just told her were both big reasons why it was hard to say.

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She appreciates the honesty. Asami feels sorry for Korra without moving or saying anything for a moment, and another part of her is making up her mind. Even if she doesn't want to be alone, Asami doesn't feel like the best company for her to have around.

The comment worries her, however. She resolves to stay, and without any kind of announcement of her decision, she begins to break down the box she'd just emptied.

"Does it have anything to do with this past week? I didn't hear from you for a while there."

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"Yeah." Lying wasn’t something Korra could do easily in general, and she even held it against others who did lie to her. "I was staying with some friends I met here. They had a family member return home, a friend of mine." Leo departing the turtle was the original reason she went, but the audience changed that.

"It was only supposed to be for two days." Unpacking the next box was easy, it was just sheets and blankets.

I kept reading "Leo the departing turtle" ah ha haaa

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Even if it could be in someone's best interest to leave, to consciously experience their original home without worrying about this alternate reality, Asami understands how difficult it must feel to suddenly miss someone's company. She looks at her sympathetically as she crouches down to key open another box.

"So what held you longer?"

It’s even interchangeable, omg

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Taking a brown tribble blanket, Korra rubbed her fingers against the incredibly soft fur slowly and without much interest. The question strained her a bit, but there wasn’t anything she could do at this point but just be truthful.

"The audience. I needed some space." She didn’t even think of it that way back then, but Jim had told her as much and it made more sense now that she can look back on it.

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In other words, Asami really did have a bit of bad timing with this. She preoccupies herself with drawing folded clothes from her box.

"Hopefully things will start to look up soon. I mean, you have a driving lesson to look forward to now, so there's that. Just keep yourself busy." She offers her a short, encouraging look. "You're pretty good at that."

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"You have no idea." Said more to herself than Asami while she piled the blankets. With as much volunteer work, training, and jobs as Korra had; the Avatar piled herself with distractions before any this even unfolded.

"Thanks. I'll try to do a better parking job this time."