The One

Summary: Korra asks Katara what made Aang "the one" and gets advice that leads her straight to a certain gorgeous earth bender. Now Korra doesn't know what to do. Set in the far future, long after all this relationship angst cools down. Kataang. Borra.

In case you can't tell, flashbacks are in italics.

"Korra. You have to stop. You're hurting people." His voice dropped. "You're hurting me." Mako was in too much awe to do anything as Korra lifted into the air but Bolin had rushed forward to grab her hand no matter what tears threatened to fall (it wasn't as if neither of them had seen tears spilling from his eyes before).

It worked. That gentle tug of her hand, the desperation in his voice. She fell and he deftly caught her.

"Aang…" she barely croaked, getting hold of her senses again.

"It's okay. I've got you. We've got you." He exchanged glances with his brother and sniffled, her head resting on his heaving chest. "I've got you."

.

Now there he was trying the impossible task of getting Naga to settle in a spot where he could fish from her back but he was close to getting thrown off. Here he was out of his element but was trying to make the best of a bad situation and riding Naga around was more preferable than walking on the shifting snow and ice. Fishing was his attempt no doubt of trying to provide something for the camp but Bolin never quite fit the provider role as well as Mako did, despite all his good intentions.

"No Naga, no!"

Korra giggled as he clasped a handful of Naga's fur to steady himself, his eyes wide in desperation. She came up next to the polar-bear dog, scratching its ear. "Naga, be nice."

Korra had always liked danger and while Bolin was safe she was starting to also get a healthy respect for safe. Besides she could get enough danger as it was pulling him along for the ride.

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It was the middle of the night and she remembered feeling eyes on her that caused her own eyes to flutter open and to look to the source. Green eyes filled with such tenderness that it immediately surprised her.

"Wha-?"

"Shhh…" He put a finger to his lips.

All she could do was stare back wordlessly at that look of concern that threatened to melt her heart into a puddle of goo. She used to think that love was the quickening of the heart rate but now she was starting to realize that hadn't been love. Love apparently could melt your heart down to the consistency of stirrable caramel. It weakened you.

The tender moment lasted a few more minutes and she swore she might have kissed him right there on the spot if Pabu hadn't swished his tail in her face before curling up in Bolin's lap.

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"Want to go for a ride?"

"Are you trying to say I'm not going to catch anything?"

She threw back her head and laughed again as he wore a defeated expression. "Come on Big Guy. Let's show you how us Water Tribers do it." She swung herself up onto the back of the dog and he shuffled back, still grasping the fishing pole in one hand, wrapping both arms around her waist… and they were off.

A/N. So it's more than a one-shot because there was a demand...

I have this theory in my mind that Tenzin might be the one to lose his bending for the team at the hands of Amon in the season finale. Because by then Korra wouldn't need him anymore, sorry Tenzin, and his kids can carry on the airbending tradition.

I digress. Please review! It inspires.