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"When I was younger I saw my daddy cry and curse at the wind. He broke his own heart and I watched as he tried to reassemble it. And my momma swore that she would never let herself forget."
Korra's mother and father never forgot the day that the White Lotus Sentries took their daughter away from them.
"And that was the day that I promised I'd never sing of love if it does not exist."
It broke Korra's heart, but she had duties as the avatar; she'd have to deal with it.
"But Darling, You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception."
Coming to Republic City was the best idea she'd ever had. The major benefit of running away - from that restricting PRISON she'd lived in to practice her bending- was finding her new best friends, Bolin and Mako. Perhaps the latter was a future more-than-friend?
"Maybe I know somewhere deep in my soul that love never lasts. And we've got to find other ways to make it alone. Keep a straight face."
Once the words "We're meant for each other" leave her lips, she turns around swiftly, cheeks burning. Once she FINALLY started getting along with the guy, she just HAD to ruin it. It doesn't help that Bolin just so happens to witness the best kiss ever experienced by the young Avatar (And was the feeling mutual? Even if Mako has a girlfriend, perhaps he liked her back?)
"And I've always lived like this keeping a comfortable distance. And up until now I had sworn to myself that I'm content with loneliness. Because none of it was ever worth the risk."
Korra and Mako have been ignoring each other, but they need to get their act together; probending takes teamwork. Korra attempts to reason with herself - I can do things on my own, I don't need help. She did go after Amon herself and somehow manage not to get her bending taken away. That must count for something?
"Well you are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception."
Korra's attempts are to no avail, and she feels herself falling for a certain firebender that avoids her so.
"I've got a tight grip on reality, but I can't let go of what's in front of me here. I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up. Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream."
Korra then dreams that she's on a beach. With Mako. Who is currently not wearing a shirt? And he's laughing! The laugh that he only lets the ones he loves hear, like Bolin and Asami! Soon, they start kissing, but it doesn't last long, because soon Korra awakes and is hit with the true reality - he obviously doesn't love her back.
"You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. I'm on my way to believing. And I'm on my way to believing".
And one day, after Amon has been defeated and the Masami ship has sunk, Mako confesses his love to Korra, who has fallen in and out of love with the bending brother. Yet she still is eager to fall back in... Because now she believes that yes, Mako IS the only exception.
First fanfic- Done! How do you like it?
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