First LOK fic. Hope I do it justice...

Done for a prompt on Tumblr: Korra and Bolin have an eating contest of some sort. Crack points for Tahno being fabulously disgusted, and Mako being extremely offended when some sauce is accidentally flung into his hair/eyebrows. Winner/outcome is your choice :)

Disclaimer: Do not own LOK


"And there goes our city's pride and joy," Tahno sneered. "The uh-vatar, stuffing her face like some common beast."

"Hey, I heard that!" Korra yelled at the audience, her words muffled by a nearly whole bun she was trying to scarf down. Beside her sat Bolin and three other hefty men. "And to that I say—URP!" She let out a fantastically loud burp, and the audience roared in support as two more custard buns found their way to her mouth.

Mako was standing on the stage below Bolin, cheering loudly for his brother. "C'mon, Bo! You can beat Korra!"

"Unlikely," Tahno butt in. "Korra's clearly ahead of him by half a dozen buns. How's it feel, Mako, to be the boyfriend of the girl who eats a lot?"

"I RESENT THAT!" Korra yelled at the waterbender. A few flecks of food flew from her mouth, landing mostly in Tahno's hair. However, a particularly sizeable chunk got into Mako's hair. He tried not to physically shudder at the half-chewed glob landed on his face, but he knew the look on his face communicated enough disgust. He brushed it off, using the edge of his sleeve to wipe away any traces of it.

"Oh, and it looks like our competition is coming to an end!" the host announced. "Who's it gonna be: Avatar Korra or the reigning champion, Bolin?" The crowd roared in anticipation as the two began scarfing down the egg custard buns faster and faster. They were both down to one plate of thirteen buns, but Korra had a couple less than Bolin. Both were glancing quickly between each other's plates and their own, trying to out-eat the other. Even the other competitors, who were easily two plates behind, had stopped to watch.

"It's…IT'S…!"


"Mako, I don't feel so well."

"Well, maybe if you didn't try to fight those stupid gang members after stuffing your face like that, you wouldn't feel so crappy."

"MAKOOOOO, do you have the medicine stuff?"

"Yeah, later! Lemme split the potion for the two of you." The firebender divided the potion between two glasses, muttering darkly to himself, "And after all that talk, neither finished the contest! What a waste…"