No Strings Attached

Chapter 24

"Well, I saw Korra's car parked up in a driveway of some house" Asami said

"Well, Korra's not the only one who has a black dodge charger" Bolin waved off

"Korra's model is rare, plus I know her license plate because I had to pay for her parking once or twice" Asami said "are you guys planning on moving or something?"

"N-"

"yes, it's just a thought" Bolin stopped Opal's sentence

"Really? How come?" Asami questioned "the place you guys have is really nice"

"Bolin I'm not lying to Asami" Opal whispered since she was close to Asami "she deserves to know"

"Know what?" Asami raised a brow as she caught what Opal said

"Korra's home" Opal said

"Wait she came back today?" Asami didn't know what to say, how come Korra didn't call? "Why didn't she call me?...is she avoiding me?"

"No no, it's just, today marks the anniversary of her parents passing" Bolin said "she asked me to tell no one, she didn't want anyone to worry about her"

"B-but her car was at a house" Asami said

"Yeah, that's her old house, she never sold it" Bolin said "she can't bring herself to do it... in fact every Sunday when she visit her parents, she goes to the house just to clean it, it's like no body left the place"

"Maybe you can go see her" Bolin said "she won't push you away, and I kinda don't like her being alone, We can watch Yasuko" Bolin offered

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Asami parked next to Korra's car in the drive way. She took a breath and walked to the door. She knocked not getting an answer, she tried calling but got nothing. She tried opening the door, to her surprise the door was unlocked.

She walked in, the house was perfectly cleaned, in was big too. She found Korra's phone on top of the kitchen counter but Korra wasn't around. She also noticed a bottle of scotch sitting on the counter and not in the alcohol cabinet.

Asami then heard noise come from the side of the house. She walked through a door that was cracked open.It was the garage. She found Korra in dark grey baggy jeans, working boots and a dirty white tank top. She was changing the fender of a damaged suv that was setting in the garage.

Asami cleared her throat which clearly scared Korra, she quickly face the doorway finding Asami. "Asami? what are you doing here?" Korra was surprised

"I'm here to see you and I didn't want you to be alone today" Asami said

Korra just sighed.

Asami noticed unopened boxes. It must be new parts for this car. Asami thought "did you need help?" Asami afford

"uh, sure" Korra said seeing Asami taking off her sweater showing her in a tight black T-shirt showing off her waist, she then put her hair up.

The two work on the car for a bit. Asami took a sip of Korra's scotch that was sitting on the work bench. She looked at Korra seeing her get started on changing the brakes.

It was quiet, yet in a comfortable way.

Asami looked over the car seeing the inside, there was a booster seat. She stared at it for a while. This must've been the car they had accident in. Asami thought.

Asami couldn't imagine what Korra went through at such a young age. But now she thought deeper into it. What if that happens and Yasuko's alone, she could only think of her own daughter in that situation.

She looked over at Korra who was still fixing the car. She didn't just understand Korra's perspective but Korra's parents' perspective. All Asami would want for her daughter is to be alive, happy, and for her not to be alone.

Asami walked up to Korra who was sitting on the floor ready to put back the tire. Asami went down to her level and hugged her tightly.

Korra was confused by this action. She wrapped her arms around Asami lightly rubbing her back.

"I know you've been through so much, and I know I probably don't know half the things you did in order to stay alive, but I know that they would be so proud of you for making it this far" Asami gently said as she held the woman

Korra's heart fell to her stomach hearing those words. Her eyes water and her arms around Asami got tighter. She wanted to cry, scream, shout, anything. Korra never got a chance to mourn her parents properly, not even cry a whole night for missing them, she had to grow up so fast that she had to bury her emotions.

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After some time, Korra ordered them a pizza and had Bolin drop off Yasuko since she was complaining about wanting to be with her mother.

"Hi Korra!" Yasuko said as she entered the house with her mother who grabbed her from Bolin.

"Hey princess" Korra said with a smile "how was your day?"

"Good!" She said taking a seat next to Korra who served her a slice. "Did you have a good day too?"

"I did" Korra chuckled

The rest of the day was spent at the house with the 3 of them spending time together.

The three were on the watching cartoons. Korra looked over to Asami who was lying down with her feet lying on Korra's lap and Yasuko resting on Asami's chest, both were asleep.

Korra couldn't help but smile at the view. Life started to make sense again.

She turned off the TV and got up to get to Asami brushing her thumb over her cheek. "Asami, let's go to bed" she whispered earning a hum of approval

Asami got up realizing they weren't at her estate. "She can take my old room, I down that hall to the right, I'll set up the guest room for us" Korra said earning a nod.

Asami got up and carried Yasuko to the said room. She walked in turning on the light. It was a kids room, the theme was race cars, there were posters and toy cars, the rug was a race track and the best part, the bed was a race car.

Asami chuckled to herself as she placed Yasuko down on the bed tucking her in and planting a kiss on her head. She walked out to the living room finding Korra cleaning everything up.

"The room down that hall to your left, and to the right is the bathroom" Korra pointed at the hall opposite of where Asami came from. "I had extra clothes I laid out for you" Korra said

Asami thanked her and went to the room and changed. She put on baggy grey joggers and a baggy black T. Korra then joined her in the room changing into black jogger shorts and a white long sleeve.

"So you were into race cars?" Asami asked making Korra chuckle

"No I wasn't, my dad was, I was into dinosaurs" Korra laughed

They both got in bed and laid facing each other. Korra was happy to be here with Asami. This was everything she ever wanted.

"What's on your mind?" Asami asked being able to see the woman wanted to say something

"How would you feel about moving in here with me?"

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Sorry for any errors- yami out