Hello again. Sorry I haven't been cranking out LoK fics like nobody's business, but it's finals week for me. Whatcha gonna do?
This story, which was written on my brand new laptop Shirley, is dedicated to a reviewer whose name I forget but whose review just warmed my whole soul… They copy and pasted the word "MORE" so that it filled the whole box. Whoever you are, I've been racking my brain trying to think of something just for you!
I don't own LoK… -sigh- Sorry if this is OOC…
Asami wasn't quite sure how to go about this whole breaking up business.
It usually wasn't that bad, but Mako's case was different. How do you tell your boyfriend that he was perfect and lived up to your expectations, but you also don't care for him all that much anymore? How do you tell him that he was sweet, caring, and a gentleman, but it's over between us?
Don't get her wrong, Asami loved Mako. But Asami loved Mako as a brother. It would just be awkward and painful (and practically incest) to keep dating Mako. He was officially being friend-zoned. Of course, if he'd stay friends after Asami sputtered out her so far pathetic attempts at a breakup speech.
She began to look closer, trying to find a flaw in her seemingly perfect soon-to-be ex. And then she saw it. A sparkle in his eye when SHE laughed. She heard his heart race as SHE walked into the room. She heard him whisper in his sleep. "Korra," he'd sigh. "Kor-ra. I'm suh surry. Isle of view." Asami didn't understand most of the things he'd sleeptalk while dozing on his couch, but that was the time it all made sense. Mako was in love, but he wasn't leaving her. If Asami wanted to be selfish, she could even say he had the same problem trying to find flaws. But now Asami had her excuse and she didn't need to be selfish. Now she was helping them both.
"I'm breaking up with you Mako. I love you, but as the brother I never had. I know we wouldn't have worked out anyway, though you're too polite to say so." Asami could see Mako's shock but also his relief. She took that as a sign to tell him, "Now go tell Korra you're single!" After giggling briefly at the startled look etched into his face, Asami lept onto her moped and rode away.
Now that she could cross that off of her To Do list, she only had one thing left: Find a way that isn't insanely awkward to ask out your ex-turned-friend's brother.
Asami wasn't quite sure to go about this whole dating thing either.
