A/N: Whelp. I'm back. Tahno has mood swings in this one.
I guess this is just going to be like a bunch of Tahorra drabbles mainly on this pier. Maybe. I don't know. Should I?
Disclaimer: Nah, brah, I don't own Legend of Korra.
"So… where did you learn your bending?" Korra asked abruptly. She doesn't even need to look at Tahno to know that he was probably sending her a death glare.
There was an awkward silence for the next few minutes, with only the sloshing of the ocean beneath them and the distant city noise to fill it. "Okay, okay," she allowed. "Nevermind."
Tahno had definitely changed. Although she'd only known him for about 40 minutes as her rival in the probending final, she'd already pinned him as the sleazy, deceitful player.
And this time, she was glad to admit that she was wrong.
He had his moments of rare kindness and actual thoughtfulness, but he tried to hide them under his playboy mask. And the more emotion he accidentally leaked through, the more he hid.
"Can I ask you something?" Tahno said quietly. His eyes were a steel gray, under dull, limp hair.
"Sure."
"Where did you grow up?"
Korra couldn't help but smile at the caution in his voice. "All over the world," she replied truthfully. "But mostly in the Southern Water tribe."
He nodded, as if that answer satisfied him. She wanted to prod him, ask him where he grew up, but refrained from it.
They sat in silence for a few more minutes, until Korra got bored. "Do you wanna do something?"
Tahno just shot her a look. "I am doing something."
"You're sitting at the edge of a pier, staring depressedly out into the water. You're brooding." Korra poked his side lightly, and watched him flinch at her touch.
He frowned. "Depressedly is not a word," was his only comeback.
Korra crinkled her noise and stuck her tongue out at him childishly, and received a small laugh from him.
She'd accomplished her favorite task of cheering him up. "Come on," she urged. "Let's do something fun."
She got up to her feet, and held out a hand for him to get up as well.
He sighed, and ignored her gesture, instead bringing his knees up to his body and wrapping his arms around them tightly. "Go on without me."
Korra just put her hands on her hips, and started tapping her foot impatiently. "I'm not going to leave unless you get up."
Tahno stared out into the rippling water, pointedly ignoring her.
Korra quickly got bored, and finally threw her hands up in frustration. "Fine! I give up." She sat back down next to Tahno. "Killjoy," she muttered, her voice sounding more childish than ever. And to add to her immaturity, she reached at the water and splashed Tahno.
She knew instantly that she'd gone too far, as Tahno recoiled at the water, distress in his eyes.
"Sorry, I didn't mean it, I-" She was interrupted as a wave of water hit her in the face. "HEY!"
Tahno let out a booming laugh, his eyes twinkling.
Korra wiped her face and tried to look annoyed. "Did you splash me?" she pouted.
Tahno smirked, looking a lot like when she'd first seen him at the noodle restaurant. "Maybe."
She bumped her shoulder into his, and he responded by bravely flinging his arm around her shoulders. "You know something, Uh-vatar? You are the most immature person I know."
Korra looked up at his face, which was the happiest she'd ever seen him.
She grinned shamelessly. "You are too."
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