A/N: Sorry for the long update wait. i sort of got sick and basically lost all inspiration to write.


"Hey bro, has she woken up yet?" Bolin asked as he walked into her room with Asami shortly following behind.

Mako was sitting on the side of her bed hovered over her. He was holding onto her hand. He lowered his head in disappointment. "No," he solemnly answered.

"Well, hey bro, look at the bright side. At least you're okay now."

Mako stared at his brother. "No, I am not okay. I am not okay until Korra is okay." He answered in a serious tone before returning his look to Korra.

"Don't worry Mako, she will wake up soon." Asami reassured him.

"You don't know that." He retorted. Mako was beginning to lose hope. Korra had been out for almost a week and a half now and with every day that she didn't wake up caused him more grief and sorrow. Every day he felt like he was falling deeper and deeper into a dark pit of despair and the only thing that would bring him out of it and make him happy again was Korra being awake. He promised himself that he wouldn't leave her side until she awoke.

"No, you're right, I don't know that, but I do know Korra. I know that she will not give up without a fight. You just have to be patient."

"Well, I am being patient and it is driving me crazy." He lowered his head.

Bolin walked over to his brother and sat next to him. He placed his hand on Mako's shoulder to comfort him. "Don't worry Mako, everything will be alright. We will get through this, all four of us."

Mako turned around to look at Korra and sighed. "I really hope so." He looked back at Bolin and Asami and faked a smile. He tried to lighten his spirits and tried distracting himself from the situation. "So, um, where's Tenzin? Didn't he say he was coming?"

"Yeah, he is just outside talking to one of the healers about Korra." Bolin told him.

"He'll be in here in a second." Asami added and just as he said it Tenzin, a healer and one nurse came in the room. Mako stood up to greet him.

"Hello, kids." Tenzin said as the healer and nurse went over to do Korra's every three hour checkups.

"Master Tenzin, what were you talking to the healers about?" Asami asked.

"Oh, just about Korra and how she is doing. Same as usual, nothing has changed." Mako sure knew that nothing has changed with Korra's recovery. He was with her all of this time and yet he had never seen her make progress. It tormented him to think about that.

Mako lowered his head. "Yeah, I sure know." He said quietly to himself.

Bolin put his arms on Mako's shoulders. "Hey bro, you're a mess. You have been with Korra twenty-four-seven you need to take a break. Why don't we all go down to the cafeteria for some lunch?" He suggested.

Mako turned from Bolin's embrace and concealing his face from Bolin's confused stare. "No, you guys could go but I'm not leaving her. I need to be with her the second she wakes up."

Bolin turned his brother around to look at him. "Bro, that can take days, maybe weeks; you need to eat."

"Then I will just have to wait here for that long." He insisted more stubborn than ever. "And plus, I've been eating. One of the nurses sneaks me food." He whispered.

"Please Mako, for me? I hardly see you anymore, you aren't at home, you're here, and I miss you. I just want to spend time with you." Bolin begged.

Mako sighed and turned back to look at Korra who was currently being taken care of by the healers. He didn't want to leave her side but he also wanted to be there for his brother. He realized that Korra wasn't the only one who needed him; his brother needed him, too. "Fine, you're right it's not like she is going to wake up anytime soon anyway." He told Bolin.

Bolin started to guide him out of the room. All four of them started to leave for the cafeteria when something stopped Mako in his tracks: a sound. It was low, hardly comprehensive. Mako just brushed it off thinking it came from his sleep deprived mind, but he heard it again. The rest of the group heard it too, they also all stopped. Mako, not trying to get his hopes up, turned his head slowly towards where Korra was. He heard the noise again, it was Korra moaning. He was caught in shock. Mako enthusiastically ran over to the side of her bed. He stood next to her in anticipation.

"What is happening?" Tenzin asked the healer.

"She's starting to wake up. This could take awhile and she still might be asleep for a while but she is regaining consciousness and that is a good thing. She is making noises now, so most likely next she will start to move, unless she is in paralysis, and then after that she will start to open her eyes and wake up. Just remember that this all won't happen at once. This could take a few days, but now we know she is getting out of her coma."

Korra moaned again. Mako held on to her hand, still standing close to her. "Korra, it's Mako. Can you hear me? Wake up, Korra. You can do it, just wake up." The healer was just about to leave the room. Korra moaned again but this time she simultaneously moved on her side facing the opposite way that Mako was on. Her hand left his grip. "She just moved!" Mako announced with joy.

The healer stopped and turned to see her. He had a perplexed expression on. "This is very peculiar. Usually patients take longer to wake up. This isn't usual."

Mako looked at the healer. "Well, Korra isn't a usual kind of girl." He smiled and then looked back at Korra.

They all moved closer to Korra, circling her bed to see what was happening. Korra moved again, this time she kicked her leg. The healer told the nurse to get a few more nurses. She left the room. Korra moved back onto her back. Her eyes were still closed but Mako was investing every last hope he had on her opening them so he could see those beautiful cerulean eyes. She started moving her head side to side slowly. Still closed, her eyes started to twitch. To Mako's and everyone else's surprise, she started to open her eyes. At first she opened them just a little, not even half way, then closed them. She did this a few times over the next half hour. The healer and the nurses were recording her awakening in their medical notepads and charts. Mako still stood next to her waiting for that moment when she would fully be awake and this nightmare would be over.

She opened her eyes half way and started to close them again, but instead of closing her eyes she opened them fully. She blinked her eyes a few times but they were open. She had a blank stare on her face; she was still gaining consciousness of the world around her. Mako, out of complete excitement, pulled her into an embrace. He felt genuinely blessed to feel her in his arms alive and awake. She blinked her eyes again, trying to figure out where she was. She noticed that she was being squeezed by someone. She turned her head to see who it was. She noticed his black, spiky-ish hair.

"Ma- Mako?" She weakly let out.

"Yes, it's me." He told her while trying to hold back his tears of joy.

"Why- why are you hugging me?" Mako pulled away from the hug and looked at her with confusion. He was just about to speak when she started to talk again. "Where am I? Wha- what happened?"

"Korra, you were in a bad accident and you are in the hospital." Tenzin told her.

"Did Amon do this to me?" She asked.

"Amon?" They all exclaimed in unison.

"Yeah, they guy who is out to get me, the guy who is leading the equalist revolution." She paused. "Oh no, did we miss our quarterfinal Probending match because of this?"

They were all silent, trying to comprehend what was happening. "Doctor, why is she acting like this?" Mako asked with worry.

"Acting like what?" Korra rebutted innocently.

The healer gestured them all to the other side of the room, so that Korra couldn't hear them. "She has amnesia. She lost part of her memory. It could have been worse; she could have lost all of her memory. Instead she just lost some of her memory. At least she remembers all of you. Her memory could come back after time or not at all. It all depends. It is essential that we do not overwhelm her. So we cannot tell her everything or else she might feel stressed and regress. Otherwise she may never regain her memory. The things we do tell her still have to be vague, don't tell her every detail, not yet. That would be too much for her to handle." They all agreed and walked back to Korra. He started to hate being patient. Mako kept his distance from her this time. He began to have a bad feeling that he could feel in the pit of his stomach. "Korra, you were in a bad car accident and you suffered from brain trauma. You lost some of your memories. Can you remember the most recent memory you have?"

She thought to herself. "Um, I was walking to the Probending Arena right before our quarterfinal match."

"Did you talk to anyone?" The healer asked.

"Um, no. I don't remember talking to anyone." Mako lowered his head in regret.

"Korra, you defeated Amon and his revolution three months ago and the probending season has been over for awhile now. We were recently working on making non benders and benders more equal to prevent another revolution." Tenzin told her.

"So, did we do well in the probending season?"

"We made it to the finals." Mako told her. She rolled her eyes at his words. They other were confused by her stance towards Mako but he knew why she was acting like that. The last memory she had of him was when he broke her heart by lying to her about his true feelings.

"Yeah, and we would have won if it weren't for Tahno's dirty cheating." Bolin added.

"That's great, Bolin sweetie." She smiled.

"Sweetie?" Bolin asked.

"We are dating, right? My last memory with me and Bolin was on our date and if I remember correctly I think I wanted to go on another date with you."

He lowered his head. "Um, Korra-" He said trying to break the news to her.

"Yeah, you and Bolin are dating." He fumed. The others', except Korra, jaws dropped in surprise. "I need to go for a walk." He stormed out of the room.

"Mako-" Asami called out in a concerned tone trying to comfort him. He ignored her and walked out of the room. She followed him into the hallway. "Mako, why did you do that? We all know she isn't dating Bolin, she loves someone else."

Mako turned around to look at her. He looked shattered. He had lost all of his hope. "You heard the healer; we can't tell her too much and overwhelm her. It would hurt her more if she regressed and lost her memory than it hurts me to know that she doesn't feel the same feelings I feel for her. I just need to be alone, okay." Mako turned around and walked out of the hospital. He took his first breath of fresh air in almost two weeks. He felt the cold air on his skin and saw the snow on the ground; the snow that started this all. He leaned on the wall of the hospital. Tears started to fall from his eyes as he collapsed onto the cold ground.