I said I would update after I reached 40 reviews, but I had no idea it would take an hour to reach that many and more! I have been working all afternoon on this chapter! Just for you guys! So Thank you for all the support! You guys are too AMAZING! So I hope your wait was worth it because before you is chapter 7!

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He didn't know what gave him the urge to reach out and grab her, but all he could think about was how beautiful she looked in that dim light. He lifted himself off of his bed and before she could leave, Mako wrapped his long fingers around her wrist. As soon as their skins make contact a spark ignites between them, traveling from his finger tips, and through her skin. Korra shivers at his touch, and Mako no longer feels tired. He feels like he has just harnessed all the energy of ten thousand condensed suns.

"Go downstairs Bo. I will be down in a minute." Korra tells Bolin quietly. Bolin nods then leaves.

Finally, they are alone. Mako tugs Korra back, spinning her around to face him. Mako looks down at Korra, grinning sheepishly. His thoughts are everywhere, scattered about his brain in a cluttered mess. He can't comprehend his surroundings. It's like he's dreaming with his eyes open.

He's dreaming of a Water Tribe girl, with bright blue eyes, who stands a few heads shorter than him. She looks strong, but there is something about her that almost looks weak, and broken.

Korra stands in front of Mako looking up into glazed over amber eyes. For a second she lost herself in those dark irises. That smile that lured her in like a fish on a hook. So white, so straight, and those lips. There right there.

All I have to do is lean i- Korra thinks but instantly scolds herself. "I'm sorry..." Korra gently pulls her wrist away and lets it hang at her side. She looks down at her boots, biting her lip.No.

Mako stares at the top of her head. The next thing he did caught Korra off guard. Mako grabs Korra's shoulders and jerks her into his arms, wrapping his biceps around the small of her back. Burying his lips in her hair

Korra's breath catches in her throat as her face is slammed into his hard chest. He hugs her strongly, and Korra stiffens, blood rushing to her cheeks. "Korra..." Mako breathes in a faint whisper his lips brushing against her hair. The way her name falls off her tongue gives her goosebumps. Trembling, Korra tries to push away, but his hold tightens on her.

She dares look up. He looks so hansom for someone who is intoxicated. His hair tousled and disheveled. Eyes dilated, like big black abysses in golden halos. His features still lean and strong. In a word, gorgeous. He looks so happy. Like there is no care in the world. Peaceful, like still waters. But something was hidden in those eyes. Loneliness?

Mako stares into pools of light blue. Even tipsy, he can see the obvious anguish etched on her features. The way her forehead wrinkles, he can see that she frowns a lot. The dark bags under her eyes tells him that she has a hard time sleeping. The way she is hard like a stone leaning against him tells Mako that she is stressed and tensed. But even after all of this, he still thinks she is miraculously , and wonderfully beautiful.

Slowly he leans down, his eyes slipping shut. Korra feels her heart stop as she watches him slowly lean down to her. "You're beautiful." Mako whispers. Korra can smell the traces of beer and vodka on his breath as he goes to close the gap between their faces.

Just as his lips are about to touch against hers, Korra pushes Mako away roughly, his arms breaking the lock around her. She slides back and shakes her head.

She didn't want it to happen this way. This isn't how her fairy-tale kiss was supposed to happen. Sure, she dreams of Mako kissing her, but she didn't want it this way. She didn't want him to reek of alcohol, tipsy, or unaware of his actions. "No Mako..."

"Whats wrong? I thought you wanted me to kiss you?" He asks, strangely sober sounding.

"I do...I-I." She stutters, sighs then continues. "Just not this way... Not when you are drunk. I want you to call me beautiful when you're not intoxicated! I want you to hold me when you don't stink of alcohol! So...no Mako...Not like this." Korra explains in a small whisper. A lone tear spills from her eye and glides down her flushed cheek. She quickly wipes it away.

Mako sees the tear Korra whisked away. The last thing Mako wanted was for her to cry. Mako takes a step toward Korra, but she extends her arm and stops him. "No Mako. Just...Please go to bed, and leave me alone. Please." She says coldly. Adverting her eyes to the ground, Korra turns on her heel. She walks over to the ladder and climbs down, leaving Mako once again standing alone with one thought crossing his mind.

Déjà vu?


As Korra steps down from the ladder, she turns her head to Bolin who is sitting on the couch, turned around looking out the window. Korra walks over to Bolin and sits slowly to the red sofa tucked away in the corner of the apartment. Bolin's vision snaps from the stars to Korra.

"Can we talk?" Korra asks with a small shrug.

"Sure." Bolin says bleakly.

Korra takes a big breath. "Look, I'm sorry about earlier... I like you Bolin, but as a friend. It was wrong of me to toy with your feelings like that. I don't know what was going through my head, but I'm so sorry. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me." Korra pours out in one long slur.

Bolin's lips tug into a small smile. "I forgive you Korra."

Korra huffs in relief. She felt really bad for her actions. Bolin was like her best friend. Her last intention was to hurt him.

"Thank you for bringing Mako home. After everything he put you through, you didn't need to do that."

Korra smirks sadly. "Yes I did. He may be a jerk at times, but I need to know he's safe."

"Yeah. That was awfully stupid of him." Bolin shakes his head. It didn't sound like his brother.

Korra scoffs. "Yeah it was... But we have to realize that he feels lost. And me and him fighting doesn't make it any better. He needed something to turn to. He needed an ultimatum. I don't blame him not wanting to feel anything anymore. All you can do now is be there for him. He's going to regret this. But things will get better." Korra comforts placing a had on Bolin's shoulder.

Korra can finally see Mako's distress in his life. Her problems were not the only ones that mattered, and she was blind to notice that. It took her to see him at his worst to see that, and she feels bad. But she had to believe that things will eventually get better for the both of them. But she was still frantically looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.

"What about you?" Bolin asks.

"What about me?"

"Are you ok?"

It has been a while since someone asked her that. But she still had no way to answer. "I'm ok. Tired, but ok." Korra shrugs

"That's good to hear Korra." Bolin smiles.

It was rare to have these kind of moments with Bolin. He had always been very humorous with everything, and sometimes lacked to take the most emotional moments seriously. But he wanted to understand Mako, and he needed to learn through Korra.

Korra removes her hand from his warm shoulder. "Well I better get going. I left Naga in the lobby, and she tends to get antsy when left alone." Korra says pushing herself to her feet. Bolin following after her. She steps around the coffee table, and stalks to the stairs in the floor.

"You going to be ok getting back to the island?" Bolin asks, concern in his tone.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm the Avatar. You forget, I can kick serious butt." Korra smile.

"Alrighty, Bye Korra! See you at practice tomorrow?"

"Er...Yeah. Maybe. Matters to Tenzin." Korra says standing on the step up one from the landing.

"Ok, see you around. Night."

"Night Bolin!" Korra disappears down the stairs.


Korra and Bolin were oblivious to the fact that Mako upstairs, was crouched by the ladder, hiding behind a wall.

He had heard everything. And even as intoxicated as he is, he comprehend every single word. Maybe tonight he can sleep a little better knowing that someone is finally starting to understand him.


Hehe! I'm such a tease! Sorry if it's not what you had expected, but you have to see it Korra's way. What would she want? Trust me, I would have been happy to write a full fledged makeout scene this chapter, but it didn't seem like the right time. So I'm looking for ehhh...70 reviwes before I update again? C'MON GUYS YOU CAN DOO IT! Don't you want to know what happens next? :D I hope I'm not asking too much for the number of reviews, but It's going to take me some time to write the next chapter. It's about to get interesting in the chapters to come! Just a fair warning. So REVIEW! Lets hit 70! Okay! well Thank you all again for all the support and reviews! I appreciate every single one of you! :DD BYE BYE!