A/N: Day 4!

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Mako fingered the fraying edge of his scarf as he stared up at the impressive building. Apparently this was where he and Korra were going to stay on their "vacation." It reminded him of Asami's mansion but green. To try to ease his nerves he began to count the badgermole statues he could find.

He jumped as Korra threw her arm around his shoulder. "Ready to check in?" She asked happily.

"Uh, sure." He still wasn't entirely convinced he wanted to be here. Korra trailed her hand from his shoulder, across his back, and then down his arm where she grabbed his hand. "Come on," she said as she began to pull him forward. The two men standing by the doors quickly opened them. Mako muttered a "thank you" as he was dragged inside.

The receptionist beamed at them, her too bright smile making Mako feel a little uncomfortable. "Do you have a reservation?"

"It's under Avatar Korra," Korra supplied as she let go of Mako's hand to rest both her arms on the counter.

The receptionist ran her finger over the open bag of the book in front of her. "Here we are, you two have a suite on the top floor." She turned away and busied herself looking for a key. Once found she handed it to Korra along with a brochure. "Everything you want can be charged to your room. Just go up the stairs to the top floor and you're in the Jade Suite. Enjoy your stay!"

Korra grabbed Mako again and pulled him towards the stairs. "I want to see what this looks like."

"What about our things?" He asked.

"I'll send them to your room!" The receptionist called after them. Mako swallowed hard as Korra began dragging him up the stairs. He tripped a few times as he followed Korra. Once they reached the top floor Korra hopped excitedly from foot to foot as she unlocked the door to their suite.

"This is amazing," she said as she walked into the room.

"It sure is," he agreed as he peaked inside. The room was done in varying shades of green (as everything else in the Earth Kingdom was); even the table was made from a green crystal. He gulped and imagined all the ways the room could be destroyed by them. He could see the bedroom through another set of doors; the bed looked bigger than the main room of his first apartment.

Korra ran into the bedroom and jumped on the bed. She landed on her back and giggled as she held the brochure above her head. "Let's see, we can have a spa treatment if you want, it's not really my thing. Or we can go down to the beach and see the place where the invasion force gathered before the Day of Black Sun. Oh look they say we can have food brought up to our room! Let's do that!"

Mako grunted as he watched her jump up and look around for something. There was a cough behind him and he turned to see a bellhop with their bags. "Where would you like these, sir?" He asked with a smile. Mako was beginning to hate all the staff smiles.

"Just by the door," he said.

"Very good," the bellhop looked at him a little expectantly.

Mako felt his cheeks go pink as he realized he needed to give the man a tip. "Oh uh," he pulled out his very battered wallet. He pulled out a few yuans and handed them over. "Thank you for bringing the bags up."

"Always my pleasure, sir." With that the man left and closed the doors behind him.

"I found the menu and decided what I want, here you choose now," Korra said and she thrust the paper into his hands before she flopped on the couch. He cringed as she propped her feet, with her shoes still on, on the table.

He paced as he looked over the menu. "Uh, I guess I'll have some dumplings and steamed vegetables." Those were two of the least expensive items on the menu.

"Didn't you say you were hunger on our way over here?"

"I'm not anymore," he told her.

She eyed him. "Fine, but I'm getting a lot so if you want more just ask. Relax while I order."

Mako perched on the edge of the chair across from the sofa while Korra ordered the food. As she ticked off items he tried to mentally calculate the bill. He gulped and wondered if maybe Beifong could give him an advance when he got back.

As soon as she hung up the phone Korra disappeared into the bedroom only to reappear and shove the brochure into his hands. "I'm going to shower. Pick out something to do tomorrow."

He already had: going to the beach because it was free. He did look over other activities but quickly discarded the whole thing. The more he looked the more he felt out of place.

He didn't hear Korra come back into the room. "So what are we doing tomorrow?" She asked as she bent the last remaining water from her hair.

"Beach," Mako grunted.

Korra opened her mouth to say something when there was a knock at the door. She opened the door and a different hotel employee wheeled a cart in. Korra thanked him and handed him a tip before Mako could offer. Mako began to get up but Korra rushed over and shoved him back down. "Alright Tough Guy, you're going to tell me what's up."

"No-nothing's wrong-" he stuttered.

"That's a load of ostrich-horse poop! You've been acting weird since we got here. This is supposed to our vacation, we can relax a little!"

Mako jumped up. "You want to know what's wrong? Fine! How are we paying for this? I thought we were going somewhere completely different that I had planned a budget for and-" Korra laughed.

"Weren't you listening to the Earth Queen when she good-bye? This," she gestured to the room, "is all on her as a thank you gift to us."

"I, uh, wait what?" He really hadn't been listening; he'd learned how to tune out mindless bureaucratic chatter once he started dating Korra again.

She punched his arm. "You know, the help we gave her a few years ago and the stuff we did recently. She wants us to have a vacation, a real one, so she's paying for it."

Mako fell back into the chair. "Oh, well, maybe we can do some other things after going to the beach tomorrow."

"That's what I thought. Are you hungry? I got like half the menu."

His stomach growled. "Let's eat."

She quickly kissed him before taking the metal covers off the food. He eagerly grabbed a plate and filled it, determined to enjoy his fully paid for time off.


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