Mako had always liked Halloween. Out of all the holidays it was his favorite. He would dress up as the most monstrous thing he could think of, and now it was ironic that he was a monster, well he had always been a monster, from the inside. The Firebender sat by the windowsill looking at the kids who were asking for candy. Toph walked into the room and shook her head.

"Why don't you go out?"

He let out an annoyed sigh.

"Why do you think?"

"Well I don't know how you look like."

"Good, I think you would have run away by now."

Toph snorted.

"Yeah right, it's going to take more than a 'creep show' to scare me off."

"Right," he muttered.

"You know, you should take advantage of your condition," she suggested.

"And how exactly would I do that?" Mako snapped. "Do you have any advantages to being blind?"

"Actually I do."

The Firebender cocked his head to the side.

"That would be…?"

Toph walked over to where he was and leaned against the wall crossing her arms.

"I may not be able to see with my eyes, but there are other ways of seeing for me."

"How?"

"With my feet," she replied with a shrug.

"Your feet?"

"Yeah."

"How does that work?"

"I'm an earthbender," she said with another shrug. "I can feel the vibrations around me so I can see that way; I just can't make out faces."

"That's pretty cool," Mako replied evident amazement in his voice.

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"Aren't you going to take my advice?"

"How am I supposed to take advantage of my situation?" he asked again clearly annoyed.

"It's Halloween isn't it? You have been dressed up for like I don't know how many months's already, take advantage of it!"

He thought about it for a minute.

"Ok, I guess," he replied standing up. The Firebender grabbed his motorcycle and opened the door. He peeked out first and then took his bike out. A woman screamed and he made a move to get back inside but Toph slammed the door right on his face. He growled as he rubbed his nose.

"No way to go but out!" she called from the inside.

"Stupid blind tutor," he muttered.

"What was that?"

"Oh you're deaf and blind too?" Mako shot at her.

"Why you little dunderhead! Wait till you come back!" the earthbender yelled banging on the door from the inside. He chuckled and took off to his High School's annual Halloween party.

The Firebender arrived at the dance and slowly took off his helmet. A couple of girls looked at him, their mouths dropped. He looked away and one of them grinned at him as they walked by him.

"Sweet," she said with a smile.

Mako smiled back and felt more confident walking into the mass of teenagers. They all complimented him on his "costume." He spotted a familiar figure in the middle of the crowd and hurried over to her.

"June!" he called.

The nonbender turned to look at him and kept dancing.

"I'm begging you!" he began. "Please make it end. Please!"

"I can't do that," she replied turning away from him.

"But I get it. I know what it's like to be ugly," he continued. "Five months is enough. I've learned my lesson."

June turned around to face him.

"You've learned nothing!" she snapped. "Find someone who can see better than you can."

He was about to say something but she simply turned away.

"Seven more months for someone to say 'I love you'."

He sighed. When he turned around his mouth dropped when he saw his best friend and girlfriend making out.

"Asami?" he whispered.

The pair quickly pulled about and he hid, putting on the hood of his jacket.

"That sounded like Mako didn't it?" Tahno said.

"Weird," Asami replied. "I must suck for not asking how he's doing."

"I suck more," the ex-waterbender replied.

"But honestly, with him gone," the nonbender began. "It's a relief. You know? I had to be mean to my own kind just to keep him entertained. Not cool."

"Yeah, let's just forget about him," Tahno said kissing her again.

Mako growled and took a step back bumping into someone.

"Hey!" a familiar voice yelped.

"Sorry," he muttered.

The girl turned over to see the pair making out and gagged.

"Unbelievable," she mumbled.

"Tell me about it."

"Love is not what it used to be," the teenager continued. "Everyone justwants to get inside everyone else's pants."

"Doesn't she have a boyfriend," he asked.

"Yes. But that obviously didn't stop her," she pointed out.

"Clearly."

"I wonder what is up girls now and days," she said. "Call me old fashioned but I always thought that love was about love letter, going out on dates, feeling each other's warmth, without doing anything inappropriate that is," the girl added absentmindedly.

He raised a brow highly amused by this girl who he hadn't turned to look at.

The girl blushed realizing what she had said.

"Well, you really don't have to be listening to me if you don't want to," she blurted.

"I don't mind, do you know that guy who they are talking about?" he asked.

"Yeah, I do."

"What do you think of him?"

"Well he was a jerk."

He rolled his eyes.

"Tell me something I don't know," he muttered.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"But, you know what?"

"What?"

She hesitated.

"Never mind."

"No, tell me."

She sighed.

"It's just that," the teenager began. "There was something about him. I mean he saw things the wrong way and all, but there was a part of him that wasn't a complete asshole. I know it," she finished.

"There you are!" someone said. "I've been looking all over for you!"

"Just a sec, Bolin! Well gotta go!" she said. "Uh nice meeting you I guess."

"Pleasure," the Firebender replied. He turned and his eyes widened. No wonder the voice was familiar. He had been talking with Korra the whole time! Mako smiled as he realized that she didn't hate him all that much; actually by the sounds of it not at all. He shook his head before making his way over to his motorcycle. That girl was one of a kind.