"There is a southern-tribe boat approaching the island." Tenzin announced, and everyone could tell he was just as surprised as them. Korra, in particular, had a look of both excitement and confusion.
Was it possibly a surprise visit from her parents?
Was someone sending a message?
Her heart dropped. Was someone taking her back to the small and lonely South Pole?
Now she was more scared than curious.
She nervously got up with the rest of the arising group of people, and made a bee-line towards the docks.
She stood there, stoned-face, hands behind her back, standing straight up, ready to greet whoever was going to dismount off of the boat.
That ready-to-go polite greet dissipated as she saw who stepped off the boat, "Mom! Dad!" She yelled joyfully as her mother and father stepped off the boat, smiling as they heard their daughter. Korra practically pounced on them she was so excited, and they all formed a 3-way-hug.
"I missed you guys so much!" Korra said as they all pulled back from the family hug.
Mako came up beside Korra, putting his arm around her waist, presenting himself to her parents as the obvious boyfriend. Mako shakily held out his hand to her parents. Korra's mother shook it with a warming smile, but when he held it out for Korra's intimidating father to shake, he declined it, instead narrowing his eyes at Mako, crossing his arms in defiance, and giving him a face with no emotion, (which confused Mako severely.) Mako took it as a hint, and quickly put his hand down.
"You're not getting my daughter into anymore trouble, are you? Because if you are, I think we need to have a little talk. Just the two of us." Tonraq challenged, daring Mako to answer.
Mako stuttered, "I-uhm-I-I… No sir! Ofcourse not!" Mako said soldier-like.
The awkward conversation broke when they all noticed another figure stepping out of the boat. Korra screamed, making everyone jump in surprise, "Serih? Is that you!"
Mako saw a male step out. Mako analyzed him. He was in late teens, maybe early twenties, his hair color a couple shades lighter of brown than Korra's, which made the spikes that he called hair stand out. He had a shade lighter of Korra's skin tone, with dark eyes.
Mako didn't like it one bit. He tightened his arm that was around her waist. She slipped out of his arm effortlessly, and Korra went racing towards the man. She jumped at him, almost knocking them both down. They held on for a good 30 seconds, until Mako interrupted, getting in between them both, Mako holding out his hand, inviting him to shake, "I'm Mako." He said emotionless. He wasn't about to let Korra hug another male, unless of course it was her father.
"Hi Mako, I'm Serih." He said, shaking Mako's hand. Mako gripped it tight enough to hurt, giving him a very silent warming. "Woahhhh man. No need to get so angry so quickly! I haven't done anything to make you mad… yet." Serih threatened, with a cocky smirk painted onto his face. " Put that smirk back where the sun don't shine." Mako threatened back.
"Break it up, I said break it up you two!" Tonraq said, getting in between the two fired-up men. "You can argue later, but let's have at least a decent gathering." Tonraq said.
Senna pulled back on her husbands arm, and whispered in his ear, "Let them solve it on their own. It's over Korra." Tonraq looked up, nodded, and said, "Tenzin, let's go catch up!" Tenzin nodded, the adults walking off towards the temple.
"I have so much to show you!" Korra said, enthusiastically pulling on Serih's arm. This left Mako by himself. He muttered insults towards Serih as Mako slowly followed the direction they went.
Bolin looked out of the corner of his eye to find Mako giving Serih a death stare over the dinner table. Bolin intervened, as usual, and elbowed Mako in the side, "If you don't stop staring at him, you might burn a hole through him!" Bolin exclaimed. Mako didn't answer, and thought in his mind, 'I should burn a hole through him. I got the fire.' Mako smirked at his own thought, continuing to eat slowly.
The 2 youngest Airbender children were, as usual, having a food fight. A pea hit Meelo square in the forehead, "SCORE!" Ikki yelled joyously, loudly celebrating her small victory. Pemma shushed Ikki. "But mooooom." Ikki whined. "Eat your peas!" Pemma demanded, turning back to the adult conversation. Ikki grew a mischievous smile on her face, "But it's more fun to throw them." She whispered in Meelo's ear, to which they both grinned, laughing.
Jinora was seriously fed up with her immature brother's and sister's food fights. They always got her books messy with food. She has explained to them countless times that food is to be consumed, not to be thrown. She sighed at the sudden realization, it was just not going to happen. Suddenly, 2 peas simultaneously hit her book and her face. Jinora gave a disgusted look, and looked to her mom as politely as she could, "Mom?" She said, barely loud enough so her mother could hear. "Yes dear?" Her mother asked.
Jinora could see out of the corner of her eye Ikki and Meelo silently pleading not to tell. This is what the deserve. "Ikki and Meelo won't stop throwing food at me!" She said, suddenly sounding very childish. "DID NOT!" Ikki and Meelo both said in usion, and both had angry and pleading looks on their faces.
Pemma couldn't believe this! This children just never will listen! She grinded her teeth, trying not to yell. "I told you guys to stop. You didn't stop, you are going to bed early. Finish your peas." Pemma demanded. She heard Meelo and Ikki groan as she turned back to the conversation.
"Korra had been doing very well at her training." Tenzin said, looking over to Korra across the table, who was talking to the young man. "I'm glad" Tonraq said, looking over in Tenzin's direction, "I heard that some sort of revolution has been going on in the city?" Tonraq asked. Tenzin nodded, "The police force, and, of course, Korra have been trying to do everything in their power to stop this Revolution. It's been proven to be very dangerous so far, and we still have no idea what they have planned next." Tenzin admitted. They all hung their heads, silently pleading for the revolution to just somehow diminish in thin air.
"How's Katara doing?" Korra asked Serih. "She's doing fine. Just because she's old, dang, doesn't mean she's lost her moves." Then he admitted with utter embarrassment, "She beat me in a water bending challenge last week." Korra choked on her food, spitting it out as she started laughing very frantically. Once she calmed down from her choke-fest, Serih said, "I missed your laugh." Korra took a deep breath and said, "I missed your jokes! You literally can make me laugh at everything!" Korra exclaimed as she took a drink of tea. He remembered Korra was really bad at detecting compliments. She wasn't getting it. That's okay, it will become well known soon.
Everyone cleaned up their plates, and went off to do their own thing.
Korra clasped Mako's hand in hers as they strolled around the Island. It was best at night, with romantic moonlight shining down on both of them, and the cool night breeze blowing at them lightly. They never said any words, and this was normal. Just being in each other's presence made them both utterly happy.
Finally, at the end of their stroll, they both shared a long, passionate kiss as they parted ways to their own bedrooms.
Korra lay down in her bed, excited for the upcoming day. 'I can't wait to hear one of his jokes tomorrow!' Korra thought happily as she drifted off to sleep.
Mako lay down in his bed, 'I can't wait to see the day when I get to punch that stupid smirk off that jerk face.' Mako thought as he drifted off to sleep
*I really hope you guys enjoy this new series! I tried to make a really good first impression, so I hope you liked it! It took me a while, and I especially loved to create the food-fight part. I can relate so much because I have an annoying little brother. I hope you lovelies enjoy, see you next time! ~Kisses.~*
