Asami sat behind her desk, the paperwork nearly obscuring her. Her company finally caught a break and she had no time to waste. The president had contracted Future Industries to rebuild the terminal and fix the roads to accommodate the spirit wilds, and Asami was more than eager to jump in head first. She already began to draw up plans and creating a time frame.

"Ms. Sato, there's a young man here for you. Says he knows you," her secretary said through the intercom.

"Does he have a name?" Asami asked, a bit exasperated.

"Officer Mako."

"Send him in." Asami set aside the papers and looked up at the door as a figure approached it. What was Mako doing here? She hadn't seen him for several months now and she suddenly got a bad feeling. Mako opened the door just as Asami jumped off her chair, her heart beating fast. What if this was about Korra? Was she ok?

"Hey there Sato," Mako greeted her happily as he walked into her office. He looked at her and noticed that she looked frantic as she stood behind her desk and gripped its sides so hard her knuckles were white. "Are you…ok?..."

"What's wrong?" she asked him, "is Korra ok?"

"Korra? What?" Suddenly he realized what Asami was talking about. "Asami calm down I'm not here cause of Korra, I'm here to congratulate you!"

Asami blinked a few times in confusion as Mako explained his visit.

"I heard about your contract, so I figured it warranted a celebration."

He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder, "hey, come on. I'll treat you to lunch."

Asami nodded, her frantic heart finally calming down. Mako wrapped his arm around her shoulder and they began to walk out of her office. Mako decided to take her to Kwong's and as they pulled up Asami's face broke out in a smile, "I haven't been here in a long time."

"Yeah I figured. But hey, at least now you don't have to get me a suit." Mako chuckled and led her inside. They got a booth, and ordered, and while they waited they chatted.

"You must be pretty excited to start construction. I'm really proud of you, you know."

"Thanks Mako. Sorry about earlier, I kind of jumped to conclusions."

"Yeah, what was that?"

"I thought that you were here on duty, and that something happened to Korra. It's stupid I know."

"I haven't heard anything from her since she left. I just miss hanging out with you all. Bolin left and Korra left, now I'm on guard duty like all the time, Prince Wu is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. It's just so different now."

"Mako? How am I going to get through this?" Asami looked at him, her eyes full of desperation. "They want me to fix so much, but how can I fix all that if I can barely keep myself together?"

Mako moved closer to her and pulled her into his side. "Because you're an amazing and strong person. You know that without you the world would have been worse off, right? You helped Korra so much, did more for her than I ever could, and you fought alongside us, on equal footing. Believe it or not, we would be lost without you, because if you haven't noticed it yet, we are all idiots and you keep us in check. Korra once told me that you reminded her of Master Katara. She told me that Katara was the adult figure in Aang's crew."

"She really said that?"

"Heck yeah. And she is right. You'll get through this you know."

"I can't do this alone."

"You're not alone Asami."

Their food finally arrived and they dug in. The conversation turned light quickly, and for a couple hours the pair felt like it was the old times.