It was a dreery day in Republic City. Rain was pouring out of the puffy gray clouds. It all started off as a small drizzle, but it escalated to a full on storm before too long. The streets had flooded, and it was dangerous to be outside. Korra, Mako, and Bolin were too busy practicing to even realize it was storming!
The arena's gym had been overbooked, so there were a few teams there. Unfortunately, the Wolf Bats happened to be one of those teams. Korra could feel Tahno's eyes burning into her. She already taught the waterbender a lesson last time she had seen him at Narook's. Korra couldn't help but smirk as she remembered the girlish shriek that had come from Tahno that night. Unfortunately the thought had distracted Korra from practice. She was snapped back into reality by being pelted with a large rock.
"What was that," Mako teased.
"We've been at it for awhile. Let's take a break," Bolin suggested.
"Yeah! I could use a break." Korra started walking to the girls locker room.
Tahno watched the avatar walk out of the gym. Mako noticed this. Tahno gave Mako a bad vibe. Of course they weren't friends considering they competed against each other, but Mako didn't just feel competition going on between them. Maybe it was the way Tahno was always watching Korra. It just made him look suspicious!
"What's up with that creep always watching Korra," Mako questioned.
"Ever since that night at Narook's he's been watching her," Bolin replied
Tahno walked out of the gym towards the locker rooms. Mako had his suspisions. He told Bolin that he was going to take a break in the locker room. Bolin decided to practice bending rocks at the nets. He knew Mako was going to make sure Tahno didn't do anything foul play.
Mako creeped towards the locker rooms. Tahno was no where to be seen. He opened the door to the men's locker room. Mako was relieved to see Tahno fixing his hair. Mako subtly headed for the showers. Tahno smirked. He went to the bathroom stall that he had secretly been headed for. He knew Mako might follow him, though. Tahno had a peep hole in one of the stalls that gave him a great view of the girls locker room. More importantly, Korra was in perfect view. To Tahno's discontent she was still dressed.
Korra loved having the entire locker room to herself. She wasn't a fond of getting naked in front of a bunch of people. Korra's back was turned towards Tahno's wandering eyes. She removed her baby blue tank top followed by her light blue bra with dark blue lace. Tahno was upset that she was faced the other way. That is until she removed her pants. She was wearing a tiny baby blue g-string. He wasn't expecting that at all! The all-mighty avatar was in a g-string. She bent over to take her boots off causing Tahno to melt. She removed her panties and got into the hot bubble bath. Tahno was dissappointed that he didn't get to see her breasts.
Tahno heard the shower turn off and quickly collected himself. He snuck out of the stall and out of the men's locker room. He walked back to the gym, and got back to practicing pro-bending.
Mako stepped out of the shower feeling refreshed. He was ready to get back to practice right after he used the bathroom. Mako happened to step in the stall that Tahno was previously in. He immediately noticed the hole in the wall. His curiosity got the best of him, and he peeked through it. The image in front of him made his face turn extrremely red. Korra was laying in a bath, rubbing soap on her smooth buff arms. Her breasts were completely showing. He quickly pulled his face away from the mysterious hole. He was stunned until he snapped himself back into reality. How would Mako be able to look Korra in the eyes without remembering this now? He went on to using the bathroom, then walked back to the gym.
"Hey bro! Korra ready yet?" Bolin asked Mako.
"Ummm.. I.. uh.. Nope, haven't seen her!" Mako answered, clearly flustered.
Bolin didn't seem to notice his brother acting weird. He simply suggested that they start without Korra. The two brothers sparred.
Korra slowly stood up, and grabbed a towel. After wrapping the towel around her body she walked out of the women's locker room over to the laundry room. She started putting her dirty training clothes into the machine. She walked back to the locker room to grab her bag.
"Go tell Korra to hurry up. She's been in there for half an hour!" Bolin complained.
"Why don't you go tell her?" Mako suggested.
"Because I need all the practicing I can get! No breaks for me."
"Fine."
Mako knocked on the door to the women's locker room. He felt nervous. The door opened revealing Korra in a non-revealing towel.
"Whatcha need city boy?" Korra questioned.
"Umm.. I.. Bolin.. and I.. are waiting for you. Almost ready?" Mako answered.
"Yep. Just doing the laundry."
"Oh.. do you need some help?"
"Yeah. How do these laundry machines work?" Korra asked pointing towards the machine containing the Fire Ferrets dirty clothing.
"Just press this button. Now let it alone for an hour, then hang the clothes on this line." Mako said showing Korra what to do.
"What?! An hour?!" Korra yelled.
"What's wrong, Korra?!" Mako asked confused.
"All of my clothes are in there," Korra said a little embarrassed.
Mako couldn't help but chuckle. Korra's angry pouty face just made it funnier to him.
"You don't have any clothes at all?"
"Well.. there's this outfit Asami got me.." She said disgustedly.
"Great! Put it on and we'll practice."
Korra went to the locker room to put on the outfit that she hated. Asami had bassically forced Korra to go shopping with her. She slid on the royal blue shirt. It looked like her regular shirt except darker colored, and it showed her toned stomach. Then, she slid on the red pair of baggy pants that looked the same as her others except they were red and less baggy. Then, she threw on her boots and fur pelt.
Korra walked towards the gym. She felt uncomfortable in the shirt, and she thought the pants were odd looking. Although according to Asami it was the "in style". She was suprised to see that the same teams that were at the gym earlier hadn't left. She was also disgusted to see Tahno not-so-subtly checking her out.
"Take a picture. It'll last longer." Korra snarled as she walked past Tahno.
"Korra! Guess what!" Bolin screached
"What is it, Bo'?" Korra curiously asked.
"We're all flooded in. You know what that means.. Sleepover!"
"That's sweet, but I think I can make it through a little bit of harmless water." Korra chuckled.
"No one's going anywhere, Korra. The city council issued a warning telling everyone to stay put." Mako interrupted.
"Well.. ok. Anything fun planned, Bolin?"
"For now, we can use all the extra practice we can get!" Bolin said optimistically.
"Alright. Who's down for a sparring match?" Korra challenged.
"I'll take you up on that, uh-vatar." Tahno interrupted.
"Bring it on pretty boy. I can take you down anytime."
"Oh really? How about we go find a private place then?" Tahno whispered seductively.
"I didn't mean it like that! You wanna fight or what?" Korra scowled.
"I don't think you'll put up much of one, but let's go. Water only; no cheating, uh-vatar."
Mako glared at Tahno as he got into his fighting stance. He thought it was innapropriate that he was flirting with Korra. He looked at Korra's stance. It was perfect. She was an amazing bender. He looked over at Bolin who was cheering for Korra, then turned back to Korra to watch the action.
Tahno sent a water whip towards Korra, who turned it into ice, freezing Tahno's hand. Tahno quickly melted the ice then threw the water to the ground and refroze it. He slid under Korra grabbing her leg. Korra fell with a thud; she made no hesitation to get up. She bent a puddle towards Tahno, who blocked it and launched himself at the avatar. Korra was knocked down again. She kicked Tahno in the head while getting back up then proceeded to bend several ice spikes towards Tahno. The spikes perfectly pinned Tahno to the ground by his clothes.
"I win." Korra bragged.
"Lucky shot, uh-vatar." Tahno smirked.
Korra melted the ice spikes and put a small towel over her shoulder. It was starting to get late. Korra was pretty tired from all of the training and sparring. Mako noticed Korra yawn and knew she was tired. Korra stretched her arms out above her head. She wasn't looking forward to sleeping on Mako and Bolin's couch. She liked to have privacy while she slept. She just prayed to the spirits that neither of them snored.
"So I guess I'm sleeping on the couch, right?" Korra asked.
"I'll take the couch. You can have my bed tonight." Mako offered.
"Okay. I'm gonna go take a bath. Can you guys put the laundry on the line for me?"
"Ummm.. yeah.. I.. Bolin.. we can do that.. yeah." Mako stuttered immediately thinking of earlier when he saw Korra's breasts.
Korra walked towards the locker room. Tahno headed that way, too. He wanted to get another sneak peak of the naked avatar. Korra turned around to see Tahno behind her.
"What? Are you stalking me now?" She glared.
"Just using the bathroom, uh-vatar." Tahno replied calmly.
Korra parted ways and went into the locker room. Tahno watched her walk in, then walked to the men's locker room. He looked around to see a few fellow probenders. He cassually went into his special bathroom stall. He looked through the hole to see that Korra was already in the bath washing her beautiful brown hair. He wanted to be over there scrubbing her body for her.
Mako was taking the clean damp clothing from the laundry machine. He threw Korra's into a seperate basket. Then, he thought for a bit. He looked around to make sure nobody was watching him. He looked through Korra's clothes and found what he was looking for, but he was suprised. A g-string? He never would have guessed that Korra would wear that kind of underwear. He heard the door opening and quickly put them back in Korra's basket. Korra walked in in a baby blue thin, curve-hugging robe.
"Hey, Korra! Uhh.. laundry's finished. It just needs to dry." He said innocently.
"Thanks, Mako. I'm going to bed, though. See you tomorow."
"I'll come with you. I'm pretty sleepy myself. Hopefully the rain will let up soon."
'"You're telling me. Tenzin probablly called out ten search parties for me by now knowing him." Korra said annoyed.
"He'll understand. No one should be out in a storm like this."
Korra and Mako walked passed everyone up to the bending brothers' apartment where Bolin was waiting for them. He greeted them excitedly holding up some games for them to play.
"Who's up for a game of truth or dare?" Bolin challenged.
"I might be tired, but I can't say no to a challenge." Korra boldly stated.
"I guess I'm in, too." Mako sighed.
"Mako, truth or dare?" Bolin stared with excitement burning in his eyes.
Mako thought a bit before replying, "Truth."
"Who do you think is prettier- Korra, Asami, or Tahno?" Bolin joked. Korra and Mako blushed.
"What- I- I- ummm... Well not Tahno."
"Okay that brings it to Asami versus Korra. I personally vote for Korra." Bolin said sweetly in a friendly way. Korra smiled.
"Well thanks, Bolin." Korra chuckled.
"Now for your answer, Mako!" Bolin said impatiently.
"I'm with Asami!" Mako started to get frustrated. It reminded him that he had feelings for both Asami and Korra.
"That wasn't the question, big bro." Bolin retorted.
"I'm going to bed." Mako sighed.
Bolin began to mimic a chicken "bawking" and clucking. Korra laughed at this. Mako was deffinitley fun to mess with. Mako's face got red with frustration.
"Calm down, city boy." Korra stated.
"You guys are so immature! Grow up." Mako said angrily.
"You grow up!" Korra retorted. Mako and Korra began to verbally fight while Bolin listened intently.
"I can't spend the night near you!" Mako yelled.
"No problem, I was just about to leave!" Korra yelled back. She stormed off leaving an angry Mako and a disappointed Bolin. He was expecting a sparring match between the two. Bolin gave Mako a "You're a jerk" look.
"I'm going to bed before I go insane, Bo." Mako sighed.
"What about Korra?" Bolin asked worriedly.
"She's probably just cooling off in the gym. She'll come up later when she's ready." Mako said assuringly. Bolin agreed, and got off to bed along with his brother. Mako slept on the couch since he already told Korra she could have his bed.
Korra stormed down to the gym. When she got there she was annoyed that everyone else had chosen to sleep there. She tiptoed towards the locker room. She decided to crash in there for the night instead of doing something reckless. Korra was sneaking through a mess of sleeping people. Out of no where an arm shot upand grabbed Korra's leg causing her to scream. Everyone immediately jumped up.
"Hahaha. Got you, uh-vatar." Tahno smirked. His team mates laughed, but the others gave him dirty looks for disrupting their sleep. They all immediately went back to sleep.
"I'm not in the mood, Tahno." Korra stated with a serious look. He walked beside her as she kept walking.
"Did that street rat make you mad again?" Tahno asked in a voice that showed he didn't really care.
"Not that it's any of your business. It's fine. I'm just gonna sleep in the locker room, so I don't have to deal with him." Korra sighed.
"Well you might as well at least come sleep with the rest of us instead of being a loner."
"Yeah... I guess. I don't really care. I just need to sleep." The two benders went back to the gym where they parted ways. Korra slept close to the stairs leading to Mako and Bolin's apartment so they wouldn't worry about her in the morning. She decided Mako wouldn't worry anyway. He was so confuzing; one minute he likes her, and the next minute he's a jerk.
"Wow. I just had to fall for him. So many guys in this city, yet I fall for a jerk." Korra thought to herself. She did have feelings for him, but she didn't know if they would stay much longer. He acted like a total jerk sometimes, but other times he could be the nicest guy ever. He showed care for her a lot. She was done thinking about Mako. Korra shut her eyes and drifted in to a peaceful sleep. She couldn't wait much longer for this storm to end.