A/N: Hey everyone! I liked where I was going with the story, so I just continued here for now. School's starting this Monday and I'm in band. That means I won't have as much time for writing with after-school rehearsals for marching band and all. But I promise, I won't let you guys read two chapters and then the story never gets finished! I've got chapter 3 underway and should go through within about 2-3 days. Please, Read and Review! I'm really glad to be writing a new story for you guys! I need some ideas on how Korra and Mako react! Thanks!
-SkyLight342
Chapter 2: Bolin Gets Caught
When the secret lovers walked into the dining area, Rohan was laughing at the faces Mako was making. Asami was cooking dinner with Pema as Tenzin walked in and began to set the table with Ikki and Meelo. When they finished, everyone sat down at the table. Tenzin sat at the head of the table, Korra, Bolin, Asami and Rohan sat on his left and Mako, Jinora, Meelo, and Ikki sat on his right. Pema sat on the other end of the table.
The two women made one dish from each nation and another for the non-benders. For the Airbenders, vegetable noodles with rice and spring rolls. Korra received her favorite dish, stewed sea prunes with blubbered seal jerky. Bolin and Mako were given roast duck. Bolin received crab puffs on the side whereas Mako got a few pieces of mochi. Pema and Asami made themselves dumplings with rice. When everyone finished their food, the dishes were put into the sink where the young men commenced with cleaning dishes.
Mako was washing the dishes, Bolin would dry them and put them away. Bolin was having a hard time focusing on where the dishes went, he kept thinking of Jinora. I just want to hold her in my arms whenever I want. But we need to keep secret for a while. The only people who will know are Korra and Mako… His thoughts trailed off as Mako went to hand him the last dish, only have it land on the floor and shatter on contact. Bolin snapped back into reality when he heard the crash.
"Bolin, what's the matter with you? You're acting weird today." Mako stated with slight irritation as he knelt down to pick up the pieces of the broken dish.
"Huh- what? Oh, sorry Mako. I've just got a lot on my mind today." Bolin replied quickly. "Actually do you mind if I talk to you later? Just me, you and Korra? I really wanna get some things off of my chest." he added.
"Sure. I'll tell Korra and we can meet outside in the meditation pavilion in twenty minutes, okay?" Mako responded.
"Awesome, thanks Mako!" Bolin exclaimed. He put the towel down, shut the cupboards and went to look for Jinora. All I have to do is find Jin and tell her to meet us in the pavilion. I can't wait to finally tell someone about us being together! Bolin was excited to tell his older brother and sister-in-law about his new-found love, he almost ran into her!
"Hey, Bo! What's the hurry?" Jinora had almost fallen to the ground when Bolin had bumped into her. She looked at him with an intriguing notion, waiting for his answer. Bolin was huffing slightly as he was startled when he ran into her. He waited until he caught his breath and said, "I talked to Mako. He noticed I was kinda spacing out, but I guess breaking a plate had something to do with it. Anyways, Mako said he knew something was up, so I asked him to bring Korra outside with him in about fifteen minutes. We're meeting at the meditation pavilion, so we need to get going." Bolin was somewhat nerve-racking himself over how his older brother had noticed something was wrong. But Mako was his brother and best friend, if anyone knew Bolin, it was him.
"Okay Bo," Jinora agreed. "let's go outside then!" she said smiling. She dragged the earthbender out the back door and they walked to the pavilion hand-in-hand. The couple arrived about five minutes early so they decide to sit down and talk about what they were going to say to their friends.
After Bolin and Mako finished the dishes, Mako had gone to see where Korra had ran off to. Now where did she go? he thought to himself. Soon after, he found her playing with Rohan. Korra was taking toys and hiding them behind her back using airbending. She airbended the toys and he the six year-old mesmerized. Rohan wasn't an airbender, so he was always in awe of what his family could do. Mako looked at the young boy's face and chuckled. Korra heard him chuckle and turned around. She put the toy down onto the floor and walked up to him. "Hey Mako, what's up?" she asked knowing Mako had some sort of news.
"Hey Korra, Bolin says he wants to meet us outside at the meditation pavilion in about fifteen minutes. Something's up and he wants to talk to us about it. Personally, I think he's got a lady friend." Mako said smiling as he nudged Korra.
"Well alright, if it's that important, I guess that I'll come outside. Just let me pick up the toys and find Pema so Rohan isn't left here alone. I know he's six, I just don't like it when kids are left alone, you know?" She shrugged. She picked up the toys and ran into the kitchen to tell Pema that she was leaving Rohan unattended. "Bye Korra!" Rohan shouted as she and the firebender left to go outside.
"So, you think he's got a lady friend, huh? I think he's just hiding something more than that. He's gotta be, you don't just drop a plate because you were just looking outside." Korra said. Her and Mako were almost to the pavilion where they heard Bolin talking to a young girl. It was too dark to see, so they just ran over by a nearby tree and started listening.
"Bolin, it's not that simple. We can't just blurt it out, we have to calmly tell them what's going on! That's the only way they'll understand…" the voice trailed off into the background as Korra began to realize whose voice it was. "Mako," Korra whispered, "that's Jinora! What in spirits name did they get themselves into?" Korra sighed as she rubbed her brow. She knew this was going to be more complicated than she originally thought.
