MAKORRA /WU - FANFIC
Title: Remembrances (hehe)
Pairing: Makorra
Words: 1,088
Song: Turn You — In This Moment
A/N: For mako-of-steel's headcannon/post here. I haven't written in a while, so sorry if Im a little rusty. It's kinda crap too haha. Hope you like it!
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"I can't believe you didn't tell me that you dated the Avatar!" Wu exclaimed, waving his hands around in the air. "How could you not? Tell me everything."
Mako sighed. "I don't think that's a good idea."
"Come on, Mako! I gotta know!"
Mako closed his eyes, and then took a moment to pull the helmet off his head. He wasn't sure where to start, if he should even start anywhere. What happened between him and Korra he had tried hard to forget. The good times he cherished, but the bad ones were always burning in his mind, seeming to consume his every thought.
Suddenly he felt tired. "There's nothing to know. We got together after Amon was defeated, dated for 6 months, then broke up after Harmonic Convergence. What else is there to tell?"
Wu frowned. "The details, Mako... the details. What's she like? What was your first date? Is she a good kisser? Did you... y'know," He winked and instantly heat flooded to Mako's face and he sputtered.
"W-what? No! No, we never... I mean, maybe... we, uh, we tried some things... and, well... we – wait, why would you need to know that? That's none of your business."
Wu smiled and leaned forward, amused by Mako's discomfort. "Must have been some thing, if it makes you get this flustered."
Mako tried to hide his embarrassment and placed his hand on his face. This was definitely a conversation he did not want to have with the now King. "Wu." he warned.
"Okay, okay," Wu said, placing his hands up. "But, really, what was she like? She seems like she would be extremely hard to get to know."
Mako felt his chest swell at the memory. Korra certainly wasn't the easiest person to get along with, but once you were able to get passed her guards, she was incredible. "She's... amazing." Mako started, his feelings suddenly coming back to the surface. "Being the Avatar is hard, and one of her coping mechanisms is to put on a brave face. But behind that, she's just... Korra. She's loyal, and strong. She's one of the most caring people I've ever met." It was true. He remembered the time when they sat up against Naga before the fight against Amon. How he had opened up to her. How he had finally told her how he felt, or at least tried to. It was the beginning to everything.
"But when we were together, we always seemed to butt heads. It was hard with both our jobs. She was always away doing her Avatar duties and meetings, and I was always busy with cases, so we never saw each other as much as we liked. It slowly built up tension in the relationship." He sighed. He always wished he was able to go back and redo it, and maybe travel with her, or at least go on a few of the shorter trips. How he had wished he didn't have to stay late at the station while she was at the apartment after a long day, stressed to the hilt, alone. They both always put their jobs before each other.
"And eventually it just... fell apart. But a single day hasn't gone by when I haven't regretted letting her go. I made a mistake, Wu. She was the best thing to ever happen to me, and I just... let her walk away." His chest ached at saying it out loud. "I shouldn't have let her walk away. I should have tried harder, I should have went after her."
Wu noticed Mako's eyes squeeze shut and he awkwardly reached out and patted the firebender's shoulder. "Mako..."
"But do you want to know the worst part of it all?" Mako continued, but then hesitated. The silence in the room seemed to drag out until slowly Mako slid his hand into his pant pocket. What he pulled out made Wu raise an eyebrow.
It was a necklace.
He wasn't exactly sure what meaning it had, but it was a soft red material band with clips at the end, and a small delicate, carved stone was placed on the front. Even though he wasn't into jewelry, Wu had to admit that it was stunning.
"Does this... mean something?" Wu asked.
Mako swallowed, his fingers clamping around it. "It's a betrothal necklace. In the Water Tribe the man usually proposes with one of these, rather then a ring. He has to make it."
Wu felt his eyes bulge, and suddenly everything clicked. "You were going to propose to her? As in marriage?"
Mako nodded once. "I was. But then everything just seemed to go downhill and then she left after the fight with the Red Lotus... well, three years went by. It was a silly idea anyways, we were too young."
Moving closer, Wu placed his hands on Mako's shoulders and Mako looked up, surprised. "Mako, if there's one thing I know, it's that love doesn't have an age restriction. If you truly love her then it shouldn't matter."
Mako was silent for a moment.
"You do still love her, yes?"
Mako opened his mouth, ready to deny to make an excuse, but he couldn't. In truth he did still love her. He never stopped. Even after three years, he couldn't shake the dropping feeling his stomach got when he looked at her, or the warmness in his chest whenever she smiled. It was impossible to navigate around. "Yes," he said simply. "Yes, I do."
"Then what are you waiting for? You're not young now! And if my observation skills are correct, it seems she still loves you too. And she's back now! So how perfect is that?" he said before grinning. "If you really and honestly still care about her, you shouldn't be hesitating. Just hold your chin out there! Try not to stutter, and just do it!"
Mako couldn't believe it, but he smiled. He never would have thought that Wu would have actually helped. He was... well... Wu. What else was there to say?
Standing up, Mako took a deep breath in. His fingers tingled, and he felt his heart hammer inside his chest. There was no possible way to prepare yourself for this kind of thing, and he wasn't sure if he would actually be able to do it... but he straightened up, trying his best not to look nervous. "Thanks, Wu."
Wu looked down at the necklace in his bodyguards hand one last time before nudging him on the shoulder, "Go get her."