Stuck in the middle
Korra's busy life as the young Avatar she is causes a rift between her and Mako. Which drives him back into the arms of Asami. Can they work this out or will Korra's duties overwhelm them?
Chapter 1- Space.
"Korra! Avatar Korra!" The media bellowed, the tanned girl slowly decended from the Police station doors, she had just brought down the final criminals involved with 'the revelation' all by herself.
"Avatar Korra! Where did you get the leads? Is it true Lin Beifong has been reinstated as Cheif of police?" The press threw at her, so many questions hollered out at Korra made her head spin, but she couldn't escape them, so as she answered them, a familiar face watched her from the shadows.
It was Mako. Since the end of the revelation they had been an item. But it wasn't easy being the boyfriend of the Avatar. Mako felt pushed aside, left out and overwhelmed by everything Korra did. They hardly saw each other, and he knew it was tearing them apart. He angrily crossed his arms over his chest and grunted, not realising his brother was at the side of him.
"Hey, Mako, what's wrong?" Bolin asked his big brother. "Something wrong with Korra? Hey? Something wrong in paradise?"
"Mph." Mako responded, trying to push Bolin's words out of his head. Before Bolin could interfere anymore Mako walked off through the crowds.
"Bolin!" Korra shouted when she had finished her press conference, she used what little air bending power she could to project herself over the crowds and towards her friend. When she landed, she noticed Mako wasn't there.
"Where's Mako?" Korra pondered, looking over the hundreds of people to find him. A shocked Bolin must not have realised his brother was gone;
"What! He was just here a second ago!" He panicked, looking around in all directions "He must have gotten lost in the crowd!"
Korra frowned to herself, she knew why he wasn't there, her and Mako were having some troubles and they hardly saw eye to eye anymore. Korra decided not to go looking for him, maybe his just needed some space.
"Korra?" Bolin said, concern in his voice. "Should we look for him?" Korra shook her head to him, frowning deeply, her eyes to the floor.
"No, he just needs...space."
Mako wandered the streets of Republic city, minding his own business and pretty much ignoring the world around him. As he walked he eventually realised where he had ended up.
'This is Asami's house.' He recalled, but then he noticed something strange; there were removal men taking out all the furniture from the house. He quickly ran over, to find a distraught Asami.
"What's going on?" Mako asked, Asami threw herself into his arms and began crying, hugging him tightly.
"Since my father was arrested, they've taken all of our things. I have no money, no home, nothing." Mako sighed and held Asami back, unsure on how to comfort her.
"I don't know where to go, I don't know what to do, Mako." She cried, her tears were staining his shirt. After letting her calm down, something clicked in Mako's mind.
"You could stay with me in the attic?" Mako offered. "And Bolin, of course." Asami's head snapped up to look at her ex-boyfriend.
"Really?" She stuttered, tears finally ceasing. "You wouldn't mind?" And when Mako shook his head, Asami dived into him once more, hugging him around his neck, it made Mako flinch, but he soon hugged her back.
"Come one." He sighed, patting Asami on her back "Let's get you something to eat."
Asami and Mako sat down at a table at a local noodle bar, it wasn't fancy, Mako hardly had money himself, but it seemed like the once spoilt Asami didn't mind. When their food arrived, Mako watched as Asami picked at her food. He knew she was far too, well, refined for such cheap food.
"I'm sorry I couldn't afford to take you somewhere nicer." Mako apologized, feeling terrible.
"It's fine." Asami replied, finally picking up a smile for him. "I better get used to this. Not having the best- no offense." Mako rolled his eyes and chuckled a little at her, before tucking into his food, soonly followed by a hungry Asami.
"I'll just pay for this, I'll see you outside." Mako said, when they had finally finished eating. Asami nodded at him and pulled her small coat over her, it was quite cold outside and she didn't have the luxary of a car or a bigger coat to keep her warm. She watched from the door window, Mako paying for her, she couldn't help but admire him, taking her in during her time of need, being so kind and comforting. It was times like this she wished they were still together. And she couldn't help but feel it was requited. Just maybe, there was a chance.
"Ready to leave?" Mako smirked as he walked through the noodle bar doors, Asami gave him a quick nod and walked by his side, where she began to concoct a plan in her head.
"I'm so tired." Asami fake yawned, she leaned onto Mako's arm and wrapped her arm around his, acting as if she needed to be kept up. Mako obliged.
"We're almost home, you can have my bed for tonight. We'll sort everything out tomorrow." He reassured her, as the pair walked into the pro-bending arena and into the attic, where Mako and Bolin lived.
"Huh, no Bolin yet." Mako mumbled under his breath, as his arm left Asami's side and he wandered around, just to check if Bolin was home or not. Asami smirked to herself, they were alone. Mako turned back and seemed to call Asami over to a doorway, obviously his room where she was to stay.
"Here it is." Mako told her, he pointed to a pretty empty room, all it consisted of was a bed, some clothes on the floor and his pro-bending equipment. "I'm sorry, it's not much, but it will have to do for now."
"No it's great." Asami smiled up to him, she wandered over to the bed and sat down lightly. As Mako turned to leave, Asami called out to him.
"No please don't leave me." She sighed out to Mako, as he turned to face her, he frowned, confused. "I've been so alone recently. I'd just like to have some company." Mako couldn't bare to say no to her, after everything they had been through together, so he walked over to the bed and joined her.
"Everything will be okay, Korra." Bolin reassured her, the pair had wandered around the city as Korra spilled her problems out to Bolin. He was like her little brother, she loved him in a brotherly way, and he was always there to listen to her.
"My brother has mad mood swings, he just needs his alone time, if you know what I mean." Bolin elbowed Korra playfully as the pair laughed, he could always cheer her up.
"I guess so. I mean, I can always speak to him tomorrow." She responded, feeling a little lighter than before, until she remembered. "Oh yeah, I have air bending training with Tenzin tomorrow. I can't miss another session." The girl Avatar swung her head to the side, feeling sad, but Bolin tutted loudly.
"Don't worry about it!" He bucked "I'll tell Mako to meet you at the temple, I'm sure he'll want to." Bolin gave Korra a small hug, she wasn't too bothered about hugging him back, she was tired after a very long day.
"Thanks, Bolin." She smiled up to him, and she walked off towards the waterside, she whistled loudly for Naga, her polar bear-dog, which was waiting for her underneath the bridge, Korra jumped over the ledge and patted Naga lightly.
"Come on girl, let's go home." Korra soothed to her friend, as the polar bear-dog dived underneath the water and towards Air temple Island.
Bolin watched her swim away until she disappeared under the water before he headed inside to the attic. He wasn't sure if Mako would be home yet, when he was in a bad mood he'd often wonder around the city for a good couple of hours, or at least until Bolin fell asleep. With a big sigh and a stretch, Bolin walked along the corridor of the attic, heading towards his bedroom, when he noticed Mako's door open.
'Huh, he must be home then.' He thought. He decided not to disturb his big brother, but as he passed his brothers room, he froze.
'Wait.' He shuddered to himself, quickly darting out of sight, yet still peaking around the doorway or his brothers bedroom. 'Is that...Asami?' Bolin exclaimed in his head, he watched as Asami dug her head into Mako's chest, it almost seemed like they were back together to Bolin, but he shook his head.
'No.' He sighed in his head, finally continuing to his own room. 'I'm sure it's nothing, it's not like they're sleeping in the same room.'
After a while of Asami holding onto Mako, he coughed, breaking her grip.
"Is something wrong?" She questioned, attempting to hold onto him again, but Mako moved away and stood up in front of her.
"No." He replied, with no tone to his voice, he didn't look at her, but instead looked towards the door. "Just...Goodnight Asami." He finished, before swiftly leaving the room.
Asami watched him leave as she lay back onto the bed, she clutched onto the sheets with one hand and brought them up to her face, covering it slightly. "Goodnight...Mako." She almost whimpered.