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Korra shook her leg nervously as she sat in the comfortable leather armchair of the tattoo parlour in the upper ring of the Ba Sing Se mall.
The buzzing sounds of the needles made her flinch as she awaited her doom.
"K-bear, you know you don't have to do this right"? Asami asked her softly, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Korra just turned to look at her slightly, face paling considerably "Yeah I do Sami, a bet's a bet".
"Baby" Asami sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose, "come on, this is ridiculous. Just tell Kuvira.....".
"I'm not telling Kuvira anything Asami" Korra snapped. "I don't want to give her the satisfaction of knowing I'm scared".
Asami sighed deeply and resigned herself to the fact that this was actually happening. She took her girlfriend's shaking hand as she glanced over to the other side of the tattoo parlour, where their friends Opal and Bolin were having a similar conversation.
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Hours, and many tears and screams later, Korra and Bolin shakily left the tattoo parlour with their respective girlfriends in tow.
"Are you okay Bobo"? Opal asked gently as she noticed him hobbling.
Bolin just nodding weakly at her "I, I think so. Can we get some ice cream? You promised".
Giggling, both girlfriends led the way to Republic City's best ice cream parlour.
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A few days later, when the swelling went down, Korra and Bolin appeared on the doorstep of Kuvira's uni flat.
Korra knocked and the door was flung open almost immediately.
Kuvira grinned at them like it was Christmas morning, "Alright losers ? Let's see 'em".
Korra and Bolin stepped into the flat.
Korra rolled up her t-shirt sleeve to reveal a large Beifong coat of arms, inked permanently onto her right bicep.
Bolin's identical tattoo was inked onto the back of his left calf.
Kuvira roared with laughter and clapped the workmanship. "Looking good guys, I have to say, I didn't think you two had the guts to go through with it".
Korra just shoved her hands into her jeans pocket and muttered petulantly, "like you would have ever let us live it down if we had backed out".
The older women jovially put her arms around her two friends shoulders and chortled "That, my young friend, is perfectly true. Then again, if you do insist on daring me to lap dance my Aunt Lin, at least make sure I'm sober first".
Korra raised her eyebrow in a questioning look, "Speaking of which, is Lin still making you pay for that one"?
Kuvira looked uncomfortable for the first time since they arrived. "She's still making me cut the lawns of Zaofu with scissors. With SCISSORS Korra, that's got to be like TEN ACRES, it'll take me YEARS to cut that much grass.
"Karma's a bitch" Korra and Bolin deadpanned at her, crossing their arms in unison.
~ Fin ~