Borra Week day 3 topic: Grapevine
I made me sad with this one. There isn't really a summary because it's more of a snippet. This topic wasn't an easy one for me to come up with a fic for, so I sort of shoved it in there. Forgive me.
Bolin lay staring into the darkness, unable to fall asleep as usual. It had been one long month since the day Korra had broken his heart, but every night he had to relive the moment before sleep would come to him.
He'd been walking through Republic City Park with his date with Korra fresh in his mind when the flower vendor caught his eye. The elderly woman smiled warmly as he paused to examine her wares. "Do you have a special young lady in mind?" She'd asked with a twinkle in her eye.
"Yeah," Bolin couldn't help but smile, reaching for a bouquet of pink roses that had been calling to him. "She's really special." He had only known her for a few weeks but already he knew he was irrevocably in love with her. His spirits were high later that evening as he made his way to the bending arena to surprise Korra, flowers in hand. Pabu chattered in his ear and somehow he seemed to be just as excited as Bolin was.
He knew Korra would be there practicing. He'd almost run through the arena until he reached the opposite balcony where he knew Korra would be. When he got there, it was as if everything moved in slow motion. There was Korra and his own brother, doing what Bolin had hoped to be doing with Korra if his plans hadn't crumbled to bits around his ankles like the earth discs he bent. He could feel the color draining from his face and before he could stop it a sob hiccupped from his throat. The sound caused Mako and Korra to turn and the last thing he heard was Mako yelling his name as he fled the scene, tears blurring his eyes so that he could barely see where he was going.
The tears sprung to his eyes again as he relived the scene. It hit him especially hard tonight what with the recent news he'd heard – on the grapevine, as Tahno had said when he had presented the information with a sneer. Apparently things were getting pretty serious between Korra and Mako. Not that he should know because, despite living together, the brothers rarely spoke on that particular subject.
Bolin's face contorted into a sneer of its own with only the darkness to receive it. He loved Korra. He'd thought they shared something special. After the date they went on he'd been sure she felt it too. Falling in love with her had been easy – she was an incredible bender and an even more incredible human being, and when her cobalt eyes met Bolin's his heart skipped a beat. Falling out of love with her was proving to be the real challenge. He knew that he should if he knew what was good for him, but somehow he couldn't let her go.
Don't worry. In my headcanon of my fanfic, they get together a month or two later ;)