Smiles.
"1, 2, 3, shoot!" Mako and Korra yelled at each other as they threw their fist down in between their bodies three times before throwing down a rock and paper hand sign.
Korra jumped for joy when she saw that she won their little contest. "You lose! You have to clean Ama's diaper!" She cheered as she did a little dance.
Mako rolled his eyes at her as he turned to the changing table and faced his bare bottomed daughter that was just staring up at the two with wide blue eyes. "Your mother's crazy." He mumbled.
"No, I just love to beat you." Korra smiled as she walked over to the second crib in the nursery to check on her other daughter. "Hey there Ana, did your sister wake you up?" She said sweetly as she looked down at her second daughter that was wiggling around in her crib and rubbing her eyes.
"I couldn't even sleep through Ama's crying." Mako said as he continued to clean up his daughter from her mess.
Korra caught her husband's eyes when he looked over his shoulder at her. "You're a light sleeper to begin with." She said as she settled her other daughter in her arms. Korra then looked down at her and smiled when she saw Ana looked up at her with her bright gold eyes. "You are such a cute and sweet little princess. You know that?" Korra said quietly to her as she played with Ana's lower lip, making her smile and laugh a little. "Yes! I got a smile and a laugh!" Korra cheered.
"Anali is easy. Ama's the challenge." Mako said as he turned around with their second daughter in his arms, her face having no expression on it and her eyes still wide a little puffy from crying.
"I've seen her smile before." Korra retorted with a shrug, her daughter now sucking on her finger.
"When?" Mako asked as he raised an eyebrow at her.
Korra's eyes searched her mind for a moment as she thought. "Uh, you wouldn't know. You were asleep at the time. Remember, she woke up hungry one night and I told you to go back to sleep and then after I was done feeding her, she smiled."
Mako looked at his wife for a moment, not believing her one bit. "You're lying."
"I am not." Korra snapped.
"Yes you are. Isn't she Ama?" Mako asked as he looked down at his daughter, who just kept looking up at him with a blank stare.
"Whatever. Believe what you want, but I know that I've made her smile before." Korra said lastly before walking out to get Anali ready for her bath.
Mako watched her walk out before looked down at his daughter. "Again, your mother is crazy." He said before kissing Ama's head.
Later that night, both the baby girls were asleep in their cribs in the nursery while both their parents where in the master bedroom just down the hall, waiting for one of them to wake up crying before going to bed. Korra was sitting on the bed looking at the little scar on her stomach while Mako was standing in front of the closet getting his uniform ready for the morning.
"Do you really need to work tomorrow?" Korra said as she pushed her shirt back down and looked at Mako.
Mako turned around to look at her as he processed the question. "Yes I do. My paternity leave ran out a while ago and Lin needs me back on the longer shifts in the field. You'll be fine with the girls." He said as he walked over to sit on the bed with her.
"I know." Korra shrugged. "It's just… I think it'll be weird not having you around to help if both of the girls start crying."
"You'll be fine." Mako said before kissing his wife's shoulder. "Just keep close to Ama and keep an eye on Anali."
"I know." Korra mumbled as she twisted the end of her shirt around her finger. Like clockwork, a high pitch baby cry could be heard on the baby monitor on Korra's nightstand and down the hall. "Ama's awake." Korra said, already knowing her daughters by their cries, as she started to move to get off the bed.
Mako put his hand on Korra's knee to stop her. "I'll get her." He said as he stood up and walked out of the room.
Korra just watched him leave and once he was gone, she just shrugged her shoulders and got up to go take a shower.
Mako walked into the nursery, the cry filling the room easily. He walked over to Anali's crib, seeing her toss her head and back and forth and punched her fist out, obvious signs of her trying not to wake up and ignore her sister. He quickly twisted the knob on the mobile over her crib before rushing over to the only baby that was awake. Ama was twisting around in her crib, kicking her legs, punch out her hands, and tossing her head from side to side. Her face was red and tear tracks stained her chubby cheeks as she continued to scream at the top of her lungs. Mako picked her up quickly, but carefully and did a quick check of her diaper. Seeing that it was empty, he settled her in his arms and looked over his shoulder at the clock. He shook his head once he saw that she was nowhere near her usual eating time and started to walk out of the room to give his other daughter some peace and quiet. "You are one fussy baby." He said as he walked out.
Mako walked in the living room and turned on one of the lamps by the couch when he walked in. He paced around the living room, bouncing his upset daughter in his arms as he rubbed little circled on the middle of her back. About five minutes passed till Ama's cries lowered to the volume her sister's usually were. Once he noticed the tone change, Mako walked back toward the nursery, wiping Ama's cheeks clean of her tears on his way. Once he entered the nursery, he noticed that Anali was back asleep and he mobile was still playing. Mako walked over to little dresser in the room and grabbed one of the pacifiers that were on top. Little Ama was still crying in his arm, but has stop moving around as much as she was from the beginning. He rubbed the pacifier against her mouth, hoping that it would stop her crying.
Korra looked in the nursery to check on the two after hearing the crying after she got out of the shower. "Do you need help?" She asked as she stood by the doorway.
Mako turned around and looked at her. "No, I'm fine. You can go on to bed."
"Are you sure?" She asked, crossing her arms as she leaned against the door frame.
"Yes I'm sure. Next time one of them wakes up, they'll be hungry. So you need to go to sleep." Mako said as he looked at her and held the pacifier in Ama's mouth, quieting her a bit.
Korra threw his hands up in defense. "Ok, ok. I'm going." She said as she backed away and started back to the master bedroom.
Mako shook his head and just looked back down at his now quiet, but puffy eyed daughter. Ama's big, glossy blue eyes looked around the room as she quietly sucked on the pacifier. Once she was done getting her bearing s straight, Ama looked toward her feet and finally let the air calm in the room. Mako went back to drawing circled on her back and slowly walking around the room, trying to easy her to sleep now. After a few minutes or two, the little girl's eyelid became heavy she started to fight sleep. Mako couldn't help but smile at her, watching his girls trying not to fall asleep being his favorite things to do lately. After about a minute of this, Ama finally decided to give up and let out a big yawn, letting the pacifier fall out of her mouth. "Did you tire yourself out already?" Mako asked as he grabbed the pacifier before it fell to the floor. He put the pacifier back on the dresser top before walking back over to the empty crib. Ama let out another big yawn and stretched out in Mako's arms, falling back into the curve of his arm and turning her head toward his chest. Mako smiled and lifted her up a little so he could kiss the top of her head before lying her down in her crib. Once Ama realized she wasn't in her father's arms anymore, she did another big stretch of her whole body before settling back again her mattress. Mako turned the knob on her mobile so the tune will make the two girls sleep easily before their stomachs woke them back up.
Mako walked into the master bedroom and found that his wife had left his night stand light be the only light in the room and she was already half asleep. He pulled his shirt off and threw it in the hamper on his way to his side of the bed.
"Are they asleep?" Korra mumbled when she felt the mattress dip.
"Yep." Mako responded as he climbed under the covers. He reached over to turn off his nightstand lamp before getting comfortable under the covers.
Korra moved closer to him, Mako wrapping his arm around her and letting her use it as a pillow. "Can you call in sick tomorrow?" She mumbled.
"You'll do fine." Mako smiled before kissing the side of her head.
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A/N: Everyone meet baby Ama and Anali. I had these names picked out a long time ago if you've been with me for a while and paid attention to my Makorra polls. But anyway, they're twins. Identical, fraternal, I don't care which, just know that they both look the same except for their eye color. They both have black hair and a skin tone that one or two shades lighter than Korra's, but Ama has blue eyes and Anali has gold eyes. No, they don't have Mako's eyebrows. I'm sorry. Anyway this series of their life is going to be about their first year milestones they both have, or suppose to have at their age. Hope y'all are excited, I stayed up till 2:30 am to post this for y'all to enjoy.