Chapter One. I was sitting around one day and I thought this would be a good plot for a short story. I feel bad writing this but I thin we all know that one day every brotherhood comes down to a moment like this. Where one brother has to face the truth that the other is gone. So, I decided to make a very touching moment between Mako and Bolin.
The once baby blue sky that was filled with sun shine was quickly turned into a blanket of darkness as reality came crashing down upon the young Earthbender. The once, soft and brown dirt that he loved to feel under the souls of his feet was no a rough texture. The dirt was no longer his friend that he stood on as it was stained with red, but it wasn't his blood that stained it. It was the blood of someone he loved, someone he couldn't live without.
"Mako!"
Bolin raced across the open dirt field his eyes steamy as warm tears ran down his cheeks, his body shaking uncontrollably. Not far from where the fallen Firebender stood were six bandits, all of them motionless on the ground with burns across their body and the ground around them shattered.
"B-Bol-Bolin?" Make muttered lowly as he struggled to gain the air to speak, his lungs on fire as he struggled to speak even the simplest of words.
"You're going to be alright, bro! I'll send Pabu to get some help" Bolin explained as he nervously looked around for the young Fire Ferret only to find the small animal rolled up next to Mako, his tiny tongue running up the Firebender's face. Mako snickered lowly but stopped as pain surged through his throat. Bolin had so much fate in the tiny fire ferret, but Mako knew better. There was no saving him.
"No" Mako spat out lowly his hand shaking as he slowly ran through the dirt and up to Bolin's hand. The two brothers starring at each other both of them in pain. Bolin whimpered lowly as he realized that Mako wouldn't be making it through. "Pabu, is just as part of this family as you and I are. I want him to be here."
Bolin's heart almost stopped upon hearing this. Mako had always been easily annoyed by the fire ferret and had threatened to sell him on several occasions.
"P-Pl-Please don't do this. I need you!" Bolin cried out his grasp upon Mako's hand becoming tight and hopeless as tears contineud to roll down his face.
"You're a big boy now, Bro. I have fate that you'll do fine and plus it's about time the Fire Ferrets get a new Firebender, I heard the old one got his ass handed too by a few bandits" Mako joked lowly as his voice was still filled with pain and his eyes burnt with sorrow as he starred up at the Earthbender, who weakly cracked a smile. Using his sleeve to wipe his tears away Bolin shot his older brother a grin.
"Yeah, he was pretty bad" Bolin joked back as the two brothers shared one final laugh together their hearts filled with hope, but their minds filled with denial.
This was it.
The end of the dynamic duo.
Bolin whimpered lowly before he could muster up some words. "I love you, Mako."
"I love you more... Bolin" Mako answered back pausing within the sentence as a small drop of blood escaped his lips, running down his chin. Pabu slowly craned his neck out and with a weak lick he stopped the drop of blood. The small fire ferret releasing a low moan as he nuzzled his head against Mako's neck warmly.
"Tell Mom and Dad that I miss them" Bolin whispered lowly into Mako's ear, his voice filled with pain as he struggled to hold back the tears. His lower lip shaking upon mentioning their parents and his muscles tensing up upon admitting how lonely he truly was. "P-Please g-give them a kiss for m-me."
Make just starred weakly at his brother his eyes filling with water as a single tear rolled down his cheek. Pabu wasted no time to lick up the tear in a desperate attempt to comfort his owner's brother and Bolin gasped lowly in pain. Bolin hadn't seen Mako cry in years, since they were little to be exact.
It was a heart breaking sight.
"Do you want me to give a message too, Korra?" Bolin asked curiously as he realized his brother probably would want to give her a six paged good-bye letter.
"No" Mako whispered lowly as this shocked Bolin. "She knows I love her. Just tell her that I love her and I want her to move on with her life as the Avatar and a person. Please, keep an eye on her Bolin... You two were always great together."
Mako knew that these final moments meant the world to Bolin and he'd never want to ruin it by talking endlessly about a girl. He loved Korra, but he loved his brother more.
"Mako..."
"Yeah?"
Bolin looked up from the ground to face his brother. "What now?"
"What do you mean?" Mako asked as he cringed slightly as a sudden pain shot up his chest and into his heart. The end was near.
"What do I do with myself?" Bolin asked weakly as he had no clue on what to do after this.
"You live" Mako answered quickly trying to sit up so he could face his brother better, but the pain caused him to fall back. Bolin's warm hands now on his chest trying to stop the sudden bleeding and Pabu now licking Mako's neck weakly. "You live the best you can. You do whatever makes you happy whether it's pro-bending, or chasing fan-girls your whole life. I want you to never stop doing what you love."
Mako paused for a moment to take in the sun light that was struggling to find its way through the storm clouds.
"I want you to live for the both of us."
Mako flinched as a single rain drop hit him on the cheek.
"W-What if I don't live well enough for the both of us?" Bolin asked lowly his eyes darting from Mako's face to the blood stained ground where rain drops were now falling upon.
"It's your life Bo... Let no one tell you how to live it. If your life is good enough for in your own eyes, then screw what anybody else has to say about it!" Mako snarled as he couldn't help but become angry at the idea of Bolin not being happy with his life.
Pain.
Mako cringed as pain surged through every vain in his body. He didn't have long.
"Pabu... I want you to keep an eye on this guy. I don't want him doing anything stupid like usual, can I trust you?" Mako called out as the fire ferret quickly stood up on his back legs and gave Mako a little salute. Bolin wanted to laugh but the realization that his brother was addressing them both with his final wishes meant the end was near.
"Tell everyone that I love them and tell Toza that I'm grateful for all he has done for us" Mako told Bolin as he grunted lowly in pain.
"Will do, bro."
"And Bolin..."
"Yeah?" Bolin wasn't sure what else his brother could say after pouring his heart out not to long ago.
"I love you. You're the best brother I could ever ask for and I'm proud to say that you're a better person then I could ever wish to be. You are so giving and warm heart, I don't know how you honestly do it. You may be goofy sometimes, but that's what makes you; you. Mom and Dad would be proud" Mako explained as at the last part he could no longer hold it back and tears began running down his face.
"Mako" Bolin cried lowly.
"Brothers for life?" Mako asked in pain as he held his hand up.
Bolin grabbed it right away.
"Pabu?" Mako asked the fire ferret. The small snimal quickly ran up the Firebender's arm and gently placed both his front paws on their hands. Mako new how much family meant to Bolin and deep down inside he knew Pabu was like a brother to him. He wanted Bolin to feel as if he wasn't alone after he left. "I love you."
"Brothers for life" Bolin whispered lowly as he felt Mako's hand become limp and releasing it he felt the Firebender's hand drop to the ground. Rain down soaking them as it came down hard suddenly.
"I love you" Bolin whimpered loudly as tears rushed down his face as he sat in the rain, Pabu whimpering beside him as he nuzzled his nose under the Firebender's hand trying to wake him up. Bolin quickly buried his face within Mako's chest a mixture of tears and rain soaking the lifeless Firebender.
"Mako!"
I'm thinking about making a second chapter about the funeral, possibly. Who thinks I should?
Hoped you enjoyed the story and review!
