Forever and Always
Modern day AU. When Korra and Mako were 7 and 8 right before Korra moved away, they vowed to be friends forever and even get married someday. Ten years later Korra moves back to Republic City to find out that her childhood friend changed a lot. He's even dating her childhood bully Asami. Can they fulfill their promises?
Disclaimer-I do not own Legend of Korra or any characters except Aria.
"Stupid Asami. Stupid figure skating. Stupid mom." Korra said slamming the door behind her. She went to the kitchen and sat on the countertop.
Senna came out of one of the doors carrying a big box.
"Hey sweetie. How was ice skating?" Senna asked. Korra broke out into tears. "Shh it's ok. What happened?"
Korra sniffled. "Asami made fun of my braces and glasses." Korra said scrunching up her nose when she said "Asami".
Senna sighed, she was honestly used to Korra coming home in tears because of Asami.
"Korra don't worry you'll get those braces off when you're twelve and you can get contacts too."
"But mom I can't wait that long. Asami said only losers have braces and glasses." Korra said snuggling into her mother's chest. Senna stroked Korra's chocolate brown waves.
"Well that means that half the world are losers." Senna said chuckling.
"But Asami doesn't have braces and glasses. She's a princess."
Senna laughed. "You're a princess too. You're my princess."
"I love you mom." Korra said hugging her mother.
"I love you too." Senna said kissing the top of her daughter's head. "Korra we have to talk."
Korra pulled away looking into her mother's blue eyes. "What's wrong mom?"
Senna sighed. "Korra we have to move to The Fire Nation." Senna said frowning.
Korra pouted. "Mom we can't move what about Mako and Bolin? What about school?" Korra asked breaking down into tears again.
"Korra your dad's job requires us to move." Senna said rubbing circles onto Korra's back.
"Can't he quit though?"
"Honey it's not that easy he's a CEO. If he quits we'll be living in a sewer." Senna said making Korra laugh. That's one of the things Korra loves about her mom she always made her feel better.
"Korra we'll move back here when you're older. We'll move back so you can finish your senior year here. I promise." Senna said pulling away. She wiped away Korra's salty tears.
"Pinky swear?" Korra asked holding out her pinky.
"Pinky swear." Senna said. "Now go tell Mako and Bolin bye we're leaving in two days."
Korra sniffled. "Okay mom." Korra said as she jumped off the counter and opened one of the double doors. She picked up her bike off of the driveway and rode across the street to the boys house.
Once Korra got there she kicked the stand of her bike and left it on the driveway. She walked up to the door and did her signature knock, which was knock twice, ring doorbell, and knock again.
A few minutes later a boy with spiky black hair, honey eyes, and pale skin opened up.
"Korra what are you doing here. It's almost time for dinner." Mako said rubbing his eye. He saw Korra's red and puffy eyes.
"Korra what's wrong. What did Asami do this time?" Mako asked slamming his fist into his palm.
Korra laughed. "Mako you can't beat her up. She's a girl." Korra said as she walked into his home.
"So what you're my best friend I'll do anything for you." Mako said making Korra blush.
"Um I have to tell you and Bo something. I'll wait in the tree house." Korra said.
Mako nodded and ran up the stairs to get his brother. Korra sighed and went to the back door. She opened it up and headed to the tall oak tree in the backyard. She climbed up the wooden stairs and opened up the latch for the door.
She pulled herself up using her upper body strength and got onto the wooded floor. She looked around the tree house and frowned. She was truly going to miss this place. All the laughs, fights, and tears they shared up here.
Korra nearly jumped when she heard Mako and Bolin behind her. "Guys you need to sit. This is important." Korra said as she sat crossed legged onto the floor. Mako and Bolin followed her actions.
Mako spoke up. "Ugh Korra what's going on?" Mako asked confused.
"I'm moving." Korra said simply.
"What you can't move!" Mako yelled.
"Yeah you can't leave us Korra." Bolin said backing his brother up.
"My mom says we have too."
"No you can't Korra we'll miss you." Mako said hugging Korra. Korra embraced him back and pulled in Bolin too.
"Guys promise me we'll be friends forever." Korra said crying. Mako rubbed his nose.
"I promise."
"Me too." Bolin said still hugging Korra.
"Bo let me go. I can't breathe." Korra said gasping for air.
"Whoops sorry." Bolin apologized. Korra laughed.
Mako was frowning. He took Korra's hand. "Korra promise me when you come back that we'll get married and live in a mansion with a pool full of candy." Mako pleaded.
"Oh yeah and make sure there's a tiny pull for Pabu." Bolin added stroking the baby Fire Ferret.
"I promise. Gees I'm going to miss you guys. Especially you Pabu." Korra said cooing the Fire Ferret.
"But worry mom says we'll be back for senior year whatever that is." Korra added.
The brother's faces lightened up. "Okay."
"Group hug." Bolin announced. They all laughed as they hugged each other.
(Ten Years Later.)
"Korra wake up. We're not in the Fire Nation anymore. There's a time change." Senna yelled from the first floor.
Korra grumbled. "Five more minutes." Korra said pulling her silky blue sheets over her head.
"Korra get up now. It's your first day of your senior year. A bunch of other kids have to wake up early too." Senna yelled.
"Ugh fine." Korra said as she threw the sheets back against the bed. "Stupid mom. Stupid school. Stupid time change." Korra grumbled getting into the bathroom.
She took a short shower and dried her chocolate curls. She went into her walk in closet and picked out a tight fitted black tank top with a sequined laced gold crop top to go on top, bleached skinny jeans with a black studded belt, and black converses.
She looked at her reflection on the mirror and decided to wear a charm bracelet that a friend from the Fire Nation gave her.
She put her phone in her back pocket and went down the stair case. She went into the kitchen and was greeted by the smell of eggs.
"Morning Mom." Korra called sitting on the chair.
"It's about time you're up Korra." Senna said putting some eggs into her daughter's plate. "Orange juice?"
"Yes please." Korra said in-between biting her eggs. "Where's dad?" Korra asked swallowing.
"He has a meeting to attend." Senna said pouring her a glass of orange juice.
"Hey mom why did we move back here?" Korra asked sipping some of her orange juice.
Senna chuckled. "You don't remember dear? When you were seven right before we moved. I promised you we would move back here for your senior year."
"Really?" Korra asked trying to remember. "Eh, but why didn't they sell out the mansion?"
"Oh, you know your father. He likes to keep big things." Senna said making Korra laugh.
"Well I got to go mom. See ya." Korra said grabbing her bag and helmet and headed out the double doors to her moped.
"Drive safely!" Senna yelled from the house.
"Yeah!" Korra responded.
Korra drove her moped to school and parked it in the parking lot. She walked to the entrance and adjusted her bag on her shoulder.
Korra felt the presence of another behind her. Someone was about to pinch her ass, but she turned around and grabbed the person's hand so that it was in a wrist lock. "No going South of the Equator. Dick" Korra spat out letting go of his wrist and walked back to the entrance.
"Shit. She's hot." One guy said.
Korra rolled her eyes as she went into the office. She walked into the office and went up to the front desk. "Um could I have my schedule please?" Korra asked politely. The woman sighed and asked.
"Name?" The woman said.
"Korra Sinclair." (Yes I went with normal last names.) Korra said.
"Hold on." The woman said scanning through the various schedules. "Ah Sinclair. Here you go." The woman said handing Korra her schedule.
"Thank you." Korra said as she headed out the door.
"Hi." She heard someone say behind her. Korra turned around and saw a girl who was about 5'5, had straight black hair that was pulled back into a neat ponytail, honey eyes, one dimple on the right cheek, a pale skin tone, and was wearing a pink sundress and flats.
"I'm Aria. I'm with the welcome committee and chief of the school news paper. Are you the new girl?" Aria asked extending a arm. Korra shook the other girl's hand.
"Yeah. Can you um show me around. I'm kind of lost." Korra said shyly.
Aria smiled. "Of course." She said. "Follow me." Aria was leading Korra to the main locker for the seniors, but stopped when two people were walking through the hall.
"Um Aria why did we stop?" Korra asked.
Aria frowned. "Because they're walking everyone has to stop and look before they walk." Aria said looking at the two figures coming towards them.
"Um who's them?" Korra asked raising a brow.
"Mako and Asami. They're like the IT couple of school. They'd been dating since like freshman year." Aria said still looking at the two.
"Mako and Asami?" Korra asked herself. Suddenly she remembered Asami. She was the bully in skating lessons that always made fun of her braces and glasses. Luckily for Korra she replaced her glasses with contacts and got her braces removed revealing straight and white teeth.
Then she remembered Mako. Her best friends ever since she was 4.
"No, no, no they can't be dating. How could he?" Korra asked.
Aria raised an eyebrow. "Because he's the quarterback and she's head cheerleader." Aria said sarcastically.
"No you don't understand I know them both I-" Before Korra could finish a sound of clacking heels interrupted her. There stood right in front of her face Asami Sato. One of the richest girls in Republic City. Asami narrowed her emerald green eyes at Korra.
"You seem familiar." Asami said crossing her arms and circling Korra.
"You don't recognize me without the braces and glasses in skating lessons?" Korra asked frowning.
Asami gasped.
"Korra?" Someone said, but it was not Asami it was Mako.
"Korra is that you?" Mako asked walking up to her. Korra smiled and embraced him. Mako smiled too and returned the embrace.
"Wow Mako you look so new." Korra said looking at him up and down. Even with a shirt on you could tell Mako has a well toned chest, his eyes were the same color that Korra remembered them, his hair was as spiky as always, in all he was very handsome.
"Korra you too. I see you got rid of the braces and glasses." Mako said gesturing towards her body. Asami frowned and she went by Mako's side.
"Sweetie aren't you going to introduce me?" Asami said pouting towards her boyfriend.
Mako chuckled. "Of course how could I forget to introduce my best friend to my girlfriend?" Mako said holding Asami's waist.
"Korra this is Asami. Asami this is Korra. I think you two remember each other right?" Mako said gesturing between the two. Korra frowned. How could I not remember her? He's dating the one person who made my life a living hell. Korra thought to herself.
"Yeah I remember her." Korra said coldly. Asami rolled her eyes towards Korra and turned away.
Mako noticed the tension and spoke out. "So Korra why don't you sit by us at lunch so you, Bo, and I could catch up?" Mako asked. Asami turned back towards her boyfriend and hissed.
"Um I don't have to. I don't want to intrude." Korra said slightly blushing. Asami smiled. Mako nudged Asami's side and she sighed.
"Oh, come on Korra I insist." Mako pleaded.
"Oh, fine I guess, but can Aria sit with us too?" Korra asked grabbing Aria's wrist and pulled her towards them.
Mako smiled. "Of course." He said as he walked away with Asami by his side. Asami turned around and smirked at Korra. Then she turned back around flipped her raven black hair, and kissed Mako on the lips. While she was kissing him Asami made eye contact with Korra. Korra scowled and walked the other way with Aria in tow.
Aria caught up with Korra and asked. "Hey Korra how do you know Mako and Asami?"
Korra sighed. "Mako, Bolin, and I used to be friends when we were little, before I moved to the Fire Nation. And Asami was my childhood bully in figure skating lessons. She used to make fun of my braces and glasses. And now I can't believe they're dating. I mean Asami would make every lesson a living hell for me and now they're dating. It's like first grade all over again!" Korra exclaimed earning some looks from people.
Aria put a hand a Korra's shoulder. "Korra it's okay. If it makes you feel better Asami makes everyone else's life a living hell here too." Aria said smiling. Korra laughed.
"But I can't believe you got us to sit at the popular's table." Aria said dreamily.
Korra chuckled. "The popular's, what's that?" Korra asked arching a perfect brow.
"The popular's consist of the most popular and richest kids in school. Such as Mako, Bolin, Asami, the football team, and the cheerleaders. I would sit there too, but Asami and I share a past." Aria said looking away.
"Why would you sit there?" Korra asked.
Aria sighed. "My dad owns Kuang's Cuisine. And it would make sense for you to sit there your pretty and your dad is a CEO." Aria said.
Korra stopped walking. " Well your pretty too and I don't like people who only want to be friends with me because of my looks and money. And your dad owns Kuang's Cuisine? I love that restaurant, but what happened between you and Asami?" Korra said. Which was true a lot of people only wanted to be friends with her for bad things.
Aria faced Korra and frowned. "Asami and I used to be friends back in middle school. Then everything changed (when the Fire Nation attacked LOL) when Asami got more popular. She tried out for cheerleading and she made it and she had more friends and left me in the dust." Aria answered.
Korra felt pity for the other girl. "Oh, Aria I'm so sorry." Korra said putting a hand on the other girl's shoulder.
Aria smiled. "Well that's in the past now, but I do wonder do you still do ice skating?"
Korra sighed. "Yeah I like to compete in competitive figure skating. Not to brag, but my coach says I'm a prodigy." Korra said. The bell rung and people were scattered everywhere.
Korra looked at her schedule. "Well I'm off to AP Calculus." Korra said. "See ya at lunch." Korra said walking to her first period class.
"Mako and Korra sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g." Aria sang going in the opposite direction of Korra.
"Ha ha very funny!" Korra yelled slightly blushing, remembering the promise Mako and Korra made for each other. She shook her head. He probably doesn't even remember, Korra thought to herself.
So what did you guys think? Did you like it? I'll continue it if I get some review! Happy school holidays!
~Paige~