Chapter 2: Fear.

Summary: What do you fear?

Heavy eyelids unveiled turquoise gems as the young Avatar stretched herself on the bed, her muscles inviting the circulation to run through her whole body as a tiny moan left her mouth. It was ten in the morning, and thank the Spirits, on a Sunday.

And there was his arm, lying on top of her waist, just like it had been when they went to sleep the night before.

She smiled and moved to kiss his temple, slowly grabbing his arm and placing it on the bed as she removed herself from the equation that was bed and Mako plus her, grabbing her bath robe and moving to the bathroom.

She turned on the warm water and got in the shower, letting the warm water wake up her body as she bent over to pick up her loofa and body wash and just then she spotted a black dot on her sponge. Curiously she brought it closer to her face and there was a tiny little animal she had never seen before, and before she knew it she was tossing the sponge to the floor with a small yelp. Curiosity got the best of her, thinking that the animal was dead, she inched closer to it just to find out, much to her dismay, that it was still alive… and so her mouth opened and the screaming began.

She scrambled back, hitting the wall with her back and she screamed louder, opening the shower curtains and trying to dash for the door, forgetting about a towel or the bath robe as she screamed and stood in front of the door to the bathroom.

"W-What is— SPIRITS! Korra!" The young earthbender's face flushed as he turned away at the notice of a naked and wet Korra standing in front of him, he brought his hands to cover his eyes as the Avatar continued the screaming, "What's wrong?!" He asked as he raised his voice to match the Avatar's high pitch.

"What in the Fire Lord's name is-" Mako made it to the hallway, lazily rubbing the back of his head to see his naked wife and his frantic brother standing in front of the door of the bathroom. "Korra? Why are you naked?!" His voice was harder than he would've liked it to be, "And Bo, what are you doing here?" He wondered as his brother looked at him from behind his fingers, averting the sight of the naked Korra.

"I heard her scream and thought she had fallen or something. I was worried, so I rushed, and then she's just standing here naked screaming to nothing!" The younger brother said as he moved inside of the bathroom to fetch Korra's bathrobe and tossed it to his brother, who gently placed it around Korra's body.

Mako turned her around as she looked at him, a small blush gracing her cheeks. "Care to explain?" She asked as Pabu crawled to the firebender's shoulders.

"There's a weird animal in the bathroom." She muttered as the brothers looked at each other and smiled and the Avatar could swear she was mentally slapping herself.

Mako's hands traveled to Pabu as he cradled him in his arms, "Oh, Pabu," He said in a sing sung voice as the fire ferret purred contently, "I think it's time for you to play for a bit." He held the little fire ferret on top of the wet bathtub as the fire ferret fought to go in, "Don't fight it, look!" He said as he pointed at the small komodo-lizard that was splayed in the middle of the bathtub. "Go get it, Pabu!" He exclaimed as the little fire ferret freed himself from the man's grasp and swatted the animal as if it was a little ping pong ball.

"W-What is that?" She asked as she grabbed the bottle of body wash and moved to her room, Mako following and Bolin going back to the kitchen and yelling that he was fixing them breakfast.

"It's just a reptile," he said as he lay back on the bed. "Seriously, Korra… Of all things to be afraid of, you're scared of a thing that is the size of a fingernail." He added with a sigh. "Why did you go to Bo's bathroom anyway?"

Korra moved into their bathroom, turning on the water and starting to wash her body. "I've never seen one of those things… And you were sleeping, I didn't want to wake you up with all the noise." He could hear he voice from the bathroom and closed his eyes.

He brought his arms to cover his eyes and he drifted back to sleep, just to feel something dripping on him. "What are you doing?" He asked as he could feel her weight dropping on top of his pelvis.

A soft kiss. "What are you afraid of?" She asked as she planted another small kiss on his lips and his arms moved, his hands placed on her waist as he admired the little droplets of water trickling down her naked body, as if painting it with morning dew and accentuating every curve.

"I dunno." He answered and added a shrug. "Losing you. Or Bo. Not having a family, or a home." His answer was honest, she could tell. His amber eyes never left hers and she leaned in and kissed him again.

"I'm hungry." She whispered against his lips as she could smell the food.

"Let's go eat." He said as she got up and put on one of his oversized shirts, and walked down the hallway, looking into the bathroom as Pabu lied by the door, staring at the little animal as it jerked and she jumped back and Mako laughed.

"He's still playing with it. I'm surprised, this is the longest he's lasted." Mako said as Korra turned around and looked at him confused.

"Lasted?"

"Mhmm."

"Before what?"

And just then Bolin's voice crawled it's way through the apartment, "Pabu! The main course is ready!"

The little fire ferret sent one last swat at the animal, and then just lured over it, licking it, as if trying to see if it was to his appeal or not and then he chewed.

Korra's face turned pale as she lurched at her stomach at the sight of what was happening and Mako couldn't help but to chuckle. It seemed like Korra wasn't really going to have breakfast today.