Mako walked in the room, putting his hand through his hair subconsciously. As he slid Korra's door open, he prepared himself for the worst. Fireballs. Equalists. Anything that was going to cause a near apocalypse.
But when he walked in, what he didn't expect to find was Korra curled in a ball, crying, whimpering something unintelligible. He slowly made his way to her bed, looking at her, confused.
"Korra?" he asked, sitting next to her. Korra's eyes were wild looking, and he could finally hear what she was murmuring. She was saying his name.
Korra looks up, straight at his face. Suddenly, she screams, "Mako!" and instantly jumps in his arms, burying her face in his bare chest. "Oh, Mako, Mako, Mako!" she says, exasperated.
He jolts upright, surprised by her sudden outburst. Mako starts to stroke her hair, humming something. "Korra, are you okay?" he asks, concern filling his voice.
"What?" she asks, confused.
"You were screaming," he says, which he instantly regrets when she flinches.
"Bad dream," she whispers, making it obvious that she doesn't want to talk about it.
"Korra," he says.
She looks up at him, the wild look in her eyes gone. "Mako," she says, in the same tone.
"What were you dreaming about?" he whispers into her ear, smiling when she shudders.
She giggles, completely out of character, and he chuckles lightly. "Nothing, just a dream."
Suddenly, he pins her down, and laughs lightly. "Am I going to have to torture it out of you?" he asks evilly, making Korra's eyes widen.
"No! No, no, no!" she hisses, laughing uncontrollably.
He grins, and instantly starts tickling her. Korra starts whimpering, than giggling, than laughing uncontrollably.
"M-mako! Mako, stop! Please, Mako, stop tickling me! I'm gonna die!" she screeches, trying to shove the firebender off her.
Mako's laughing at Korra's feeble attempt to get him off of her. She screeching now, wriggling underneath him as he tickles her stomach.
Korra laughs harder. "Mako! Please Mako, stop!" she pleads, giggling.
"Never!" he says menacingly, and Korra's blue eyes widen.
Suddenly, Korra tackles, shoving him on his backside, so she's on top of him. "I told you to stop!" she growls, kissing him.
Now it's Mako's turn for his eyes to widen. But, the next thing he knows, he's kissing her back.
"What happening?" a familiar voice asks.
"Bo!" Mako yelps, jumping up and pushing Korra off of him, sending her tumbling to the floor.
"You were trying to eat her face!" a voice says from behind Bolin, which they recognize as Meelo. "Face eater!" the little boy screeches, running in circles.
Korra groans, slowly getting up. " No, Meelo, he was not trying to eat my face."
Bolin just stares, his jaw dropping at the scene that was unraveling before him a few seconds ago. "Why was she screaming?" Bolin whimpers under his breath.
"I was, uh, tickling her?" Mako says feebly.
"Oh."