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Korra walked around her apartment, carrying some laundry to the bedroom she shared with Mako. She smiled as something crosses her mind. Tonight was Bolin and Asami's get together because apparently Asami has something to announce. Korra of course knew since Asami told Korra as soon as she found out. Mako was of course out at work at the power plant which he still works at for some odd reason, leaving Korra cleaning their apartment on her day off.
Sure Mako taught her how to clean before but cleaning wasn't something she enjoyed doing so she usually made Mako clean since he was better at it than her. But, today was different, today Korra will tell him something that she has been hoarding for a month now. So, Korra walked around the house, cleaning and putting away laundry until six o' clock came.
At six o' clock, Mako came into the front door, obviously tired from a long day at work.
"Korra, I'm home!" He called out, going towards the couch to sit on.
"Hey, City boy, welcome home." She said, getting out of the room.
Mako sighed and looked at his wife of two years.
"Korra, stop with the nicknames!" He begged. Korra looked at him and shook her head.
"Sorry, no can do." She told him, sitting on the couch next to him. "Got something to tell you" she told him. Mako looked at her, his tired golden eyes, begging for sleep.
"Hit me." He told her.
"I'm pregnant." She told him.
"Wait, WHAT?" Mako asked, thinking he didn't hear right.
"You heard me, I'm pregnant." She said looking at him. Mako couldn't believe it; he was going to have a baby, his first baby.
"How long have you known?" He asked. Korra shrugged and smiled.
"A month" she told him.
"Korra" Mako looked at her with a frown on his face. Korra frowned and crossed her arms, slouching back into the couch.
"What?" She asked, still having her arms crossed around her chest.
"You didn't tell me right away, who else did you tell before me?" Mako asked. Korra looked at him and laughed a little, a nervous laugh.
"Well, let's see, Asami was the first to know, and then of course Bolin, oh and then Tenzin and his family, and the whole city but you." She told him. Mako gave her a face and she looked at him with a confused look on her face.
"So, the whole city knows that you're pregnant and I am the last to know?" Mako asked.
"Oh, and Katara and my parents," Korra added. "Yeah, but I gave you all the signs!" She told him. Mako looked at her with a strange look on his face.
"Why didn't you tell me first, Korra?" He asked.
"Because, Asami dragged me to the doctor…literally and didn't you notice me being sick all the time, Spirits, Mako, you can be so oblivious!" She practically yelled.
"I'm oblivious? Well who was the one that left the stove on and almost started a fire?" He yelled back.
"That was an accident! And besides, you didn't remind me to turn off the stove!" She hollered.
"Why should I tell you? Spirits, Korra, you're a grown woman!" He hollered. "Spirits, I feel I am raising a two year old!"
"Oh, so now I am a pain in the ass?" Korra practically screamed.
"Yeah, you are a pain in the ass, Korra, you are, and I wish we never met!" Mako yelled, regretting every word.
"I see how it is, fine you know what fine! I'll give you what you asked for! I'll just move back to Air Temple Island, and it will be like we never met!" Korra said softly but harshly.
"Korra, wait I'm-"
"No, Mako, too late for apologies, but I will say this, I'm sorry that I came into your life." She told him, going into now Mako's room and packing away all of her stuff.
"Korra, stop, please!" Mako begged. Korra gave him a scowl and continued to pack. Once she was done, she walked right passed him with a final 'humph' and walked straight out the door without another word.
Mako collapsed on the floor, tears coming out of his eyes.
"What have I done?" He asked himself.
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"Hey, Tenzin, can I move back in?" Korra asked her old Airbending teacher. He sighed and let her in, knowing the problem.
"Yet another fight with Mako, Korra?" He asked. Korra nodded and sat down at the dining room table.
"He said I was a pain in the butt and he wishes that we never met." Korra said as tears threatened to come. Soon she gave up on trying holding them in and broke down. "I don't know what to do, Tenzin, I feel that this is the end of our relationship, that it would end in him saying he wants a divorce!" Korra blubbered.
Tenzin listened to his pupil's blubbering and stroke his beard.
"Listen, Korra, just give time him to calm down." Tenzin told her. "In the meantime, you can live with us and have your old room back." Tenzin told her.
Korra nodded and hugged him, crying into his clothing.
"Thank you, so much, Tenzin!" Korra cried.
"Hey, daddy, KORRA" Ikki hollered as she saw Korra. "Where is Mako? Did you two get into a fight? What was it about this time? How is the baby? Is that why you two are fighting again?" Ikki babbled. She was slightly more mature, but she wasn't fully mature.
"Hi, Ikki, and yes we are fighting because of the baby and how I didn't tell him first, Spirits, he is so-ugh, I just can't….excuse me!" Korra yelled as she raced to the bathroom to empty out her contents.
'Seriously' she thought. 'They should really change the name of morning sickness to all day sickness!' Standing up shakily, Korra walked over to the sink and wiped her mouth with water, and then she flushed the toilet clean from the gross puke.
She then walked back into the dining room to see that Tenzin and Ikki vanished. Shrugging, Korra took her stuff and walked to the room where she took refuge when she and Mako were fighting, but this time she was certain that she would be staying here permanently. When she got to her room, she was surprised to see Pema there hanging up some curtains.
"Oh, Korra, hi, Tenzin told me you were here, another fight with Mako?" Pema asked. Korra nodded and put her stuff down and sat her bed.
"Yeah, this time I think it's it." She told her. Pema shook her head and sat on the bed and put an arm around her.
"Nonsense, Korra, he will come around, what did he say to you this time?" Pema asked.
"That he wishes we never met." Korra told her, looking down at her hands. Pema hugged her and smiled at her.
"Korra, he was just flustered or something, he probably didn't even mean any of it, don't worry he'll come around eventually." Pema told her. Korra smiled and hugged the older woman back.
"Thank you so much, Pema." Korra whispered.
"Any time" Pema told her.
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"Bro, where's Korra?" Bolin asked as his brother comes through the mansion door.
"She and I got into another fight." Mako told him, his face in his hands. Bolin gave him a stern look and shook his head.
"What did you say this time?" He asked.
"I told her she was a pain in the ass and I wish we never met." Mako told him.
"WHAT?" Bolin hollered, causing the whole party to look at him. "It's nothing please continue with your chitter chatter!" Bolin told the guests. The guests nodded and went back to their conversations. Bolin quickly with Mako at his heels made a beeline to Asami who was with some girls.
"Hey, Asami" Mako greeted, Asami shook her head and looked at Mako.
"Another fight with the Almighty Avatar, I presume?" Asami asked. Mako nodded. "What was it about this time?" She asked.
"I think we might want to talk about this in private, Asami." Bolin said, as he saw the ladies that Asami was talking to were now listening in on the conversation they were trying to have.
"Good idea." Asami told him, going upstairs with Mako and Bolin on her heels.
"Where are you going, Mom?" Asked Asami and Bolin's oldest son asked.
"Just going to talk to your Uncle Mako, Akatsuki" she told her eight year old son.
"Mommy, where is Auntie Korra?" Asami and Bolin's second son asked.
"She is not coming, Arashi" Asami told her 6 year old son.
"Auntie Kowwa doesn't wuv us?" Their youngest son who was on the verge of tears asked
"Your Aunt Korra loves you very much, Bishamon" Asami reassured her 3 year old son.
"Alright, you three it's time to get to bed!" Bolin told his three sons. His two youngest complained but his oldest put a hand on their shoulders.
"Come on, Arashi, Bishamon, I'll tell you a bedtime story before we go to bed." Akatsuki told his younger brothers. They cheered and followed him to the room that they shared.
"Come on, let's go in the study." Asami told them. They nodded and followed the still rather young woman to the study.
When they reached the study, Asami opened the door and waited until everyone was inside, and then she shut the door and then sat on a velvet couch.
"Okay, Mako, why did you two get into a fight this time?" Asami asked her brother-in-law.
"I called her a pain in the ass, and I told her I wished we never met." Mako said for what seemed like the billionth time tonight. Asami scowled, stood up and walked towards Mako and smacked him.
"You should never say that, not ever to a woman! Especially when she's pregnant, you are such an idiot, Mako, how could you be so heartless to her!" Asami hollered. "You are so selfish!" Mako took it, he defiantly deserved this. He hurt the woman he loves heart, and probably even broke it; he just didn't know what to do.
"Asami, be careful!" Bolin doted. Asami took in a few deep breaths and calmed down.
"Mako, you just sicken me right now, I can't even look at you!" She told him, turning on her heel and walked out of the study.
"Bro, what you did was certainly not cool." Bolin told him as he followed his wife. Mako took in a few deep breaths and exited the study. He then went down the hall and down the stairs and into the huge ballroom.
Mako thought that his day couldn't have gotten any worse until he heard a voice right next to him.
"Hey, Mako~" Yuki greeted her big blue eyes peering at him.
"Hi, Yuki" Mako greeted nonchalantly, Yuki frowned and then looked around.
"Where is your wife, Mako?" She asked. Mako sighed and looked at her straight in the eye.
"At home" he lied, hoping she couldn't see through it. Luckily she bought it and nodded.
"Why?" She pestered.
"She wasn't feeling well." He told her. Yuki smiled.
"Well, let's have some fun together, she won't have to know~" Yuki said suggestively. Mako rolled his eyes just as Asami and Bolin made their way to the top of the staircase to make their announcement.
"Hello, everyone, thank you for coming here tonight and being with us to share some news with you," Asami greeted smiling.
"We would like to tell you all, that Asami and I are expecting number four!" Bolin told everyone. The crowd exploded with applause and Asami smiled.
"And it will be our last." Asami added. Mako sighed and began to make his way to the door when one little pesky little girl stepped in his way.
"Where are you going, Mako?" She asked.
"Home" he told her, pushing her aside.
"Fine be that way!" She shouted. Mako laughed and made his way home.
Time Skip…4 months later…
Korra was now five months pregnant and already the kids kept making bets on what it was going to be.
"I bet it is a boy!" Rohan announced as he sat in a circle with his older sisters and brother.
"No, it's defiantly going to be a girl!" Ikki told him.
"My bet is on a boy!" Meelo said.
"Ha, Ikki, two against one" Rohan told her. Ikki pouted and looked to Jinora for support.
"Sorry, Ikki, my vote is on a boy." Jinora told her.
"That makes three against one!" Rohan told her. Ikki pouted some more, everyone thought boy, especially her brothers and sister. It just didn't seem fair to her that she was the only one who thought the baby was going to be a girl.
"Hey, guys, my vote is on girl!" Korra piped up joining the circle.
"You can't vote!" Rohan told her.
"I certainly can, I am the mother of this child, the one who will go through labor and nine months and other responsibilities for the child, so of course I can vote." Korra told him. Rohan pouted and crossed his arms.
"When is Mako going to pick you up anyway?" Rohan pouted, bringing up the sore subject of Mako. Korra made a face and crossed her arms.
"Rohan" Ikki hollered, "you know perfectly well how sore of a subject that is!" Rohan's face softens and looked at Korra, who was more of a sister to him.
"Sorry, sissy!" Rohan told her, hugging her in the process.
"It's alright, Rohan." She said, kissing him on tip of his bald head.
Mako's place
"Seriously, dude when are you going to apologize to her?" Bolin asked. It's been four months, four and Bolin couldn't figure out why Mako couldn't be man enough to go apologize to his woman who was also carrying his child.
"Korra doesn't deserve an asshole like me!" Mako sulked.
"Mako, stop feeling bad for yourself and tell her you're sorry and you were being the biggest jerk in the world!" Asami told him, trying to juggle her two sons while her oldest was off reading something that Jinora lent him.
"Is Uncle Mako being a huge jerk to Auntie Korra?" Arashi asked.
"Yes he is, now who wants to visit her and leave your daddy and uncle alone?" Asami suggested. All three hands went up and Akatsuki closed his book and got up.
"I need to ask Jinora for a new book." He explained. His mother smiled and went out of the apartment and went to Air Temple Island with her boys in tow.
"Seriously, dude, you need to suck it up and apologize to her, and tell her you don't know what you would ever do without her!" Bolin told him.
"I don't know, Bo." Mako told him.
Yet another time skip to two months later…
Asami was on her way Air Temple Island yet again to get away from Mako's sulking and Bolin's consoling, plus she really wanted some girl time. But now she was six months pregnant and juggling two hectic boys.
"Arashi, Bishamon, stop, Mom can't have this craziness." Akatsuki told his brothers. Immediately the boys stopped rough housing around and were perfect angels.
"Thank you, Akatsuki." Asami thanked her son.
"Don't mention it, Mom." He told her. Grabbing hold of each of his brothers hands as they walked onto the ferry. When they were on the other side, they were greeted by Ikki who was smiling at them.
"Hi, Asami, boys, how are you?" Ikki asked.
"Fine thank you, Ikki." Asami told her.
"Korra is in the kitchen, oh and Akatsuki, Jinora is in her library." Ikki told him, Akatsuki knelt down to his brothers and looked at them straight in the eyes.
"You be good to, Mom, you got that?" He asked. They both nodded and then Akatsuki kissed them both on the heads and ran off to Jinora's library.
"Come on, boys, let's see Auntie Korra!" Asami told them. The boys cheered happily and ran to the kitchen.
Once they got to the kitchen, they saw Korra trying to put a bowl back in the top cabinet, but she couldn't even do it. Asami smiled and went up to her.
"Here let the boys help-boys come here, you Aunt needs help!" Asami told them. The boys then scurried in and Arashi helped Bishamon onto the counter, were Bishamon grabbed the bowl from his Aunt's hands and put in the top cabinet were it belonged.
"Thank you, boys" Korra said to them. The boys then hugged her legs and looked at her.
"We missed you soooo much Auntie Korra, especially Uncle Mako!" Arashi told her.
"Really?" Korra asked, trying to hide her discomfort.
"Uh-huh! He bween sulking awound, and he wooks tewwible" Bishamon told her.
"Boys, why don't you play with Meelo and Rohan, while Auntie Korra and I chat." Asami told them. The boys nodded and ran out to find Rohan and Meelo.
"Really, Korra, he's been lost without you, he looks a mess, and he hasn't really done anything since you left." Asami told her. Korra sighed. She missed Mako too, and she just wanted to be in his warm embrace again.
"He is such an idiot." Korra mumbled.
"Korra, I know you probably don't want to go back, but I was thinking that maybe, just maybe, that you came then he would be thrilled to see you and then live hap-"
"I can't." Korra told her looking down at the floor.
"Why?" Asami asked.
"I just can't, I'm afraid." Korra told her. "I'm afraid that he will be mad at me still."
"Korra, that's nonsense, you love him right?" She asked.
"Of course I love him!" Korra told her.
"And he loves you! Don't you see? You two will move pass this! And I have a feeling he wants to be there when his first child is born." Asami told her.
"You know, Asami, you are right!" Korra said.
"And now you'll pack your bags right?"
"Right" Korra said, marching to her room to pack her stuff.
"Boys, we're leaving soon!" Asami called out so her boys could hear. Once Korra got her bags, they all set out for the apartment. Once they got outside of the apartment door Asami told Korra to wait outside as she brought the boys in.
"Hey, Mako, I got a surprise for you." Asami told him. Mako perked up as Asami went back outside to retrieve the surprise. When Asami brought the person in he was surprised to see his wife, looking gorgeous.
"Korra" he whispered. "Korra" he then shouted as he ran forward to her and twirled her.
"I missed you so much." He told her.
"I missed you, too, I'm sorry." She told him.
"Oh no, Korra, I'm the one who should be sorry, I didn't mean a single thing, I love you too much to say that to you." He whispered kissing her in the process.
"I miss your kisses." She told him.
"And I missed yours." He told her.
One last time skip! Two more months
Korra pushed strongly as she tried to push her baby out.
"Okay, Korra, PUSH!" The doctor instructed. Korra let out an agonizing scream as she gripped Mako's hand.
"You did this to me, you fucking asshole!" She screamed. Mako took it knowing it would be over soon.
"Okay, Korra, one more just one more push!" The doctor told her. Korra gave it all she got and then she heard the noise every mother wants to hear.
"Congratulations, Avatar Korra, it's a girl." The doctor told her. The nurse then bundled up the little girl and handed her to Korra.
"She so cute, she looks so much like you, Mako!" She told him.
"What do you want to name her?" Mako asked. Korra thought for a moment and then something went off in her head.
"Ardea" she told him. Mako smiled and looked at the little baby.
"Ardea, it's perfect." Mako then kissed the foreheads of both his wife and daughter and went out to the waiting room where everyone was waiting.
"It's a girl!" Mako announced.
"Ha, I knew it!" Ikki announced as her siblings gave her, her reward.
"Can we see her?" Jinora asked.
"If it's okay with the doctor" Mako told them.
"You can go see her now." The doctor told them. They all went into Korra's room to see her carrying a swaddled up baby. They all looked at the baby that was in Korra's arms. Korra looked tired and all she wanted to do was rest but of course she had to answer some questions.
"What's her name?" Ikki asked.
"Ardea" Korra answered.
"Aw, she is so cute!" Jinora cooed. Everyone looked at her strangely. "What, I can coo!" Jinora said defensively.
"Look, she's opening her eyes!" Pema said. Ardea opened her eyes to reveal stunning gold eyes. Everyone cooed at her some more and smiled at the little baby. But when it became dark, they all went to their homes, leaving Korra and Mako with little baby Ardea.
"I can't believe we did it." Korra said laughing tiredly.
"We did it? Please Korra you did most of the work, all I did was go out and get you what you wanted and massaged you and put up with your mood swings." Mako told her. She smiled and looked at him.
"I love you." She told him.
"I love you too, Avatar Korra, now get some rest, you deserve it." Mako told her, taking Ardea into her little crib. Korra obeyed and fell into slumber quickly.
"Good night, Korra." Mako whispered and kissed her lightly on her forehead. He then went back over to Ardea's crib and looked at the little child that he had created with Korra. Her bright gold eyes to his ivory skin, the girl was a spitting image of him, he just hoped she didn't get his eyebrows.
"Good night, my little Ardea." He whispered as he kissed her softly on her forehead.
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End of chapter four! I thought you people needed a long chapter because how lazy I've been for not updating! Geez it's late 1:49 AM, eww, if this has any errors in it then please excuse it of me being really tired! Well I hoped you enjoyed it! The name Ardea means fire in Greek so I thought that was fitting since her daddy is a firebender.
And people, I am looking for an editor, because I can't trust myself anymore and it is good to have an editor so it will be good for people! So if you are interested then just PM me!
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