Dedicated to CrazyPhenom. Sorry most of these fics have been so angsty. To make up for it, here's a quick Makorra fluff to start off Valentines Day.

Disclaimer: sort of inspired by a joke I saw on the LOK FB page.

XOXO


Can't Sleep

It was almost two am when Mako groggily stumbled through his apartment to the door. Someone was knocking feebly but persistently on the other side. He opened it to find a very rumpled, very tired looking Avatar. It shocked Mako. Korra and Asami had just up and left for the Spirit World a month ago without saying a word to him or Bolin. When did she get back? And why was she here?

"Korra? What are you….?"

She cut him off. "You. Me. Bed. Now." She grabbed his wrist and dragged him through his apartment to the bedroom. Mako was confused, but he complied. Even dog-tired, Korra was still stronger than him.

They got to the bedroom and Korra started removing her boots.

"What are you doing?" Mako asked.

"Can't sleep." Korra whined, struggling to untie the fur pelt around her waist.

"So why are you here?"

Korra stomped over to the other side of the room and threw up the heavy blinds covering the window. The room was immediately flooded with light from the Spirit Portal. Mako shielded his eyes.

"It's worse from my room on Air Temple Island," Korra grumbled. She removed her arm sleeves and started rooting around one of Mako's drawers, looking for sleep clothes.

"Oh, yeah," Mako understood her pain. The glow from the portal had kept him up for several nights before he finally got some blackout curtains. "Can't you just turn it off?" he said half jokingly, but secretly hoping that was an option.

"It's a rip between the dimensions, NO I CAN'T TURN IT OFF!" Korra huffed. She turned her back to him and removed her shirt. Mako cleared his throat and looked away.

"I'm decent now, you big baby." She crawled into his bed and patted the space beside her. "Hhhmmmpppphhhh." She pouted with her eyes closed.

Mako stayed on the other side of the room, unsure of what was going on. She left for a month without saying goodbye, and now she wanted to cuddle? He was having a hard time understanding her mood swings lately.

Korra searched the empty bed for him. "Mako, here." She motioned to the space beside her.

"You didn't actually answer me Korra. Why are you here?" Mako crossed his arms stubbornly.

"Told you. Can't sleep." Korra groaned, throwing the blanket back and sitting up.

"So instead of finding a room facing away from the city, you came to my apartment." Mako's sleepy brain was trying to follow the Avatar's logic but it wasn't working.

Korra sighed and crossed the room to him. She wrapped her arms around him and leaned heavily into him. "I missed you," she mumbled into his chest.

Mako returned her embrace. "I missed you too," he whispered into her hair. Korra smiled and dragged him to the bed. They curled onto their sides and faced each other.

"Snuggle," Korra demanded as she grabbed his shirt and wriggled closer to him. Mako circled his arms around her and started rubbing her back. They fell into a comfortable silence.

"You left without saying goodbye." He wasn't sure if she had fallen asleep, but he spoke anyway.

"I'm sorry," Korra mumbled, tracing lazy patterns on his chest with her index finger.

"Why did you go?" He felt Korra shrug.

"Spur of the moment kind of thing. Asami was still feeling sad, and I guess I wanted to cheer her up. So we just left."

"You couldn't even write a note? Bo and I had to hear it from Jinora." He was taking it personally.

"Why is this upsetting you so much?" Korra demanded, sitting up suddenly.

"Oh I don't know. Maybe three years of silence makes me wonder whenever you leave if you're ever coming back." Mako sat up too, his words angrier than he wanted them to sound. Korra fidgeted with the blanket. Mako rubbed his face, wondering when he would stop being such an idiot.

"You're never going to let me live that down huh?" Korra said quietly.

"Korra, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that."

Korra shook her head. "No, I get it. It drives you crazy when I disappear like that."

"But I have no right to get this protective. I know you can handle yourself. I just worry."

"Well, I'm here now. And I don't plan on leaving again any time soon." Korra settled back down under the covers.

Mako followed her lead. "Good. I can sleep easier knowing that."

"And I can sleep because it's dark," Korra sighed contentedly.

"As annoying as the portal light is, I think what you did was amazing."

"Yeah, I created the worlds most annoying nightlight. Now no one will ever be scared of the dark again. Go Avatar," Korra mumbled sarcastically.

Mako chuckled. "You never cease to amaze me." Korra dropped her hand on his face.

"No more talk. Just sleep."

They were drifting off when Mako suddenly thought of something. "What did you and Asami do in the Spirit World anyway?"

Korra smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "You shouldn't worry about it. What happened in the Spirit World, stays in the Spirit World." Then she fell asleep sprawled on top of him.


Yay happy ending!

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Emmy