I know he didn't; Kon was pretty upset when I talked to him about it.
[Admittedly, with the initial suspicion that Kon had known something as well, and not come to her. Her feelings upon being proven wrong were highly mixed.]
Here you are.
...I'm sure Conner'll be happy to know you want to look after him. Heck, if I wasn't already living here, I might've considered moving in, too.
[Korra manages a smile.] Yeah, he didn't seem to calm down until Conner gave him the look. At least we know everyone's doing all they can to figure this thing out.
[Briefly, she wonders if the kicked puppy look would be just as effective on her...]
That sounds fine. I'm actually helping Kal with something right now, so...I'll be around at night.
[Come on, Korra. It's just the two of them. Alone. In their room, without the boys. Nobody around to eavesdrop. There really was no better opportunity.]
Come on, just admit it. [She rose to her feet, biting back a laugh as she came up and loosely wrapped her arms around Korra's shoulders, resting her chin against them.] Wouldn't you just love the chance to cozy up to him like this? Feel those big, strong arms wrapped around you?
...or, hey, your big, strong arms wrapped around him. [Because dayum, girl, you're like all muscle there.]
[Zee, you're killing her here. She doesn't bother moving her hands away from her face because she can feel her cheeks getting even hotter (just when she thought that wasn't possible).]
I don't--- [The words are a bit muffled.] We haven't even talked about anything yet.
[And what if we don't? The thought was in the forefront of her mind. They'd had sixteen weeks. Gone so far as to attempt to summon another demon. Conner even went to the Network himself, asking for help.]
You might be surprised how much of a stress reliever being with someone you care about that much can be. It takes your mind off things, if only for a moment.
I--I know. It's why I'm here and...I decided I wouldn't really try to hide how I felt or anything. I'm here if he needs me.
I just...don't want to make things really complicated right now. I made a mess of things back in my world before. I don't really want to do that again.
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