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Mako and Korra already knew they were going to adopt. Every time Mako worked a case that involved an orphan, or worse, a child being made an orphan, he came home distressed.
"I just feel so bad for them Korra, I mean that was me and Bo. If it weren't for the fact that I could firebend, we both would have died during the cold Republic City winters. I know its silly to think but I just can't help but want to save them all..."
Korra had been listening intently, she had sat next to him on the couch after he had walked into the door without and sat on the couch, his head in his hands.
"I know Mako, I know, I've learned plenty of times that we can't save everyone, we can only work to make the world a better place."
"I know, it just hits really close to home. I know how difficult it is to live out in the streets and not know when you're next meal is going to be..."
They were silent for a couple moments when Korra had a thought. "Mako...let's have a child"
Mako turned to her, his face confused. They had just been speaking about orphans and now Korra wanted a baby?
"What? I mean don't get me wrong I'd love to have a baby with you, but where did this come from?"
Korra chuckled. "No silly, not have a baby, let's adopt"
Mako still sat there speechless. He didn't know what to say, he looked at the floor in front of him, he made the face he always made when he was in deep thought.
"I mean, we've been married two years, Republic City seems to be doing pretty well, the other nations have been pretty good with dealing with internal problems. We've both babysat the air babies and we know how to handle kids. And I've been thinking about it a lot lately, I want to have a child, I think we're ready."
Korra waited for Mako to respond but he still sat quietly staring at the floor of their apartment. Korra didn't take that as a good sign.
"...or not." she finally said.
Mako sat up suddenly "No!" he said
"No?" Korra's face fell.
"No! I mean yes! Let's adopt!" Mako smiled widely and threw his arms around her, she returned his smile.
That's how they found themselves on the very same couch seven months later speaking to an adoption agency representative
"Alright," said Dira, the representative, handing Mako a small stack of papers, "these are the finalization forms you and Korra need to fill out and Rhan will officially be your new daughter! Of course we request that you guys check in every couple months for the first year just to make sure everything is going well."
A pregnant Korra walked into the living room with four year old Rhan in tow. Rhan had been curious and wanted a tour of her new home. "So when Roku is born he's going to be my brother?! I've always wanted a brother and now I'm getting a whole big family and a house!"
Mako looked over at them and smiled. When they first saw Rhan they had completely fallen in love with her. She was a little shy at first but the more time she spent with Mako and Korra, the more outgoing she became. Rhan had very light skin, dark brown, curly hair and bright amber eyes; Korra couldn't help but think how much her eyes resembled Mako's. Rhan couldn't bend, or at least she hadn't unlocked it yet, but bender or no bender, they already loved her so much.
Mako got up to help Korra to the couch. Shortly after they decided to adopt, Korra and Mako made a trip to the South Pole to share the news with Korra's parents and Katara. When Katara hugged Korra, she instantly sensed that Korra was pregnant, which a later exam from a healer easily confirmed.
Korra insisted they still adopt even throughout her pregnancy, not that Mako argued against it.
Rhan quickly asked if she could sit on Mako's lap. It was a cold day and Rhan had quickly learned that firebenders are super warm, it wasn't long before she was softly snoring in Mako's lap.
"Thank you so much Dira," Korra started, "you've been a big help."
"Anything for my favorite couple! I see you both have your hands full," Korra was already chomping down on her sandwich that she had set on the coffee table earlier and Mako had a sleeping Rhan in his arms. "So, Mako if you can just drop off that paperwork tomorrow morning, that would be great. And I'll see myself out. Have a lovely day and enjoy your new family."
Once Dira had left, Korra put down her sandwich and placed a hand over her stomach. Her face grimacing.
"Is it the baby?" Mako asked.
"Yeah, this one is definitely a bender"
"Or has your temper."
"You're one to talk." Korra retorted.
"I guess you're right," Mako chuckled, and leaned over to kiss his wife on her forehead. "I'm going to put Rhan into bed." he struggled to get up, not wanting to move Rhan too much, he knew she had woken up early from the excitement that today was the day she was finally going to go live with her new parents.
While Mako was taking Rhan, Korra began to go over the papers and sign them. She had already signed them all and read them over twice when she realized Mako hadn't come back yet.
It took her a few tries, but she finally managed to get up off the couch, her swollen belly sometimes agitated her because it took her longer to do things. She waddled over to Rhan's room and peered inside.
Korea couldn't help but smile when she saw that Mako had fallen asleep next to Rhan. I guess Rhan wasn't the only one that hadn't slept last night. Korra felt the baby kick and started to rub her belly, leaning against the door frame, in a few months they were going to have new member to their growing family. The thought made Korra's smile grow even larger.
