"Wake up Wake uuup!" Bolin said running into the apartment.
Mako jerked awake and looked at Bo.
"Ooooow! What the hell!" Korra said clinging to his chest.
"Yeah Bo, what the hell?"
"Hey hey you can be mad all you want! But I just passed your parents and Katara (she's still alive in my story and Korra's parents haven't met Mako and Bolin yet) getting off the ferry. They should be here in ooooh I don't know 15 minutes." He ran to his room and slammed the door.
"What!?" Korra said shooting up from Mako's lap cursing in pain and running to her bag. She went to bend over and pick it up but half screamed in pain.
"Hang on hang on I'm coming. Relax!"
"Relax?" she said. "Are you not wearing pants? No! Hurry please!"
He laughed "Okay okay… here" he handed her a pair of sweats like he was wearing and she pulled them on quickly just as there was a knock on the door.
"Thanks Mako." She kissed him hard and passionately and then ran toward the door cringing.
"Yh-yeah" he said out of breath, his body still tingling.
She shot him a look over her shoulder and then opened the door. "Mommy! Dad! Katara! I'm so glad you're here!"
"I heard you had an air bending accident, would you like me to see what I can do?" Katara said as they all made their way inside."
"I would be THE most grateful person in the world if you could heal it." Korra said smiling at Katara and then looking at her mom and dad.
"You're living here? With two boys, and sleeping on the couch?" Her dad said in a tone that made her cringe again in a whole new kind of pain.
"Yeah dad, they're my friends. This is Mako; he's a fire bender and one of the best I've ever seen. Him and his brother… BOLIN…" she screamed over her shoulder. "… are a pro-bending team that I joined. Bolin's an earth bender."
"A fire bender and an earth brother. And you two are brothers?" Korra's mom said politely, smiling gently at Mako.
"Y-yes Ma'am."
Korra's mom smiled more at Mako while Korra's dad still looked around overprotectively
"Mako this is my Mom, Senna and my dad Tonraq. Mom, Dad this is Mako." She looked him in the eyes asking if it was okay for now to not mention the dating thing. She wasn't even sure if they were technically dating yet. They hadn't had a chance to sort it all out. He gave her a sympathetic smile and when her parents turned to look at Bolin opening the door to his room he shot her a wink before turning to look too.
"Hey sorry Korra! Hi Korra's mom and Korra's dad! I'm Bolin!" He smiled and hugged Senna picking her up quickly, setting her down and took Tonraq's hand shaking it quickly and firmly. Senna looked at Tonraq eyes wide and they both burst out laughing at the welcome gesture.
"Sorry" Mako said amused and light sounding. "Bo's like having a giant dog in the house. He's always overly happy to see everyone." Mako laughed and shot Bo a look. Bo narrowed his eyes but laughed too looking at Korra's parents.
"Bo this is Korra's mom Senna, her dad Tonraq, and Master Katara." Mako said shaking her hand and smiling. "I've heard a lot about you from Korra and if you can make her feel any better I'd appreciate it SO much Ma'am."
Katara smiled at him and winked like she knew something and Mako got nervous but held his smile. Mako looked at Senna and Tonraq and suddenly realized he still wasn't wearing a shirt.
"I'm going to go slip a shirt on and then I'll cook you guys some dinner if you're hungry! You must have had a long trip." He walked backwards towards his room and then turned around and half ran before they realized Korra was wearing his shirt and they got the wrong idea about what was happening here.
Korra's dad, Tonraq, looked down at his daughter and for the first time that he got here actually smiled down at her. "Okay after 5 minutes with them, I can see why you live here. Just DON'T get any ideas, and DON'T think I'm not going to have a talk with each one of them before I leave."
Korra smiled and hugged him. "Yes daddy!" He gently put his hands around her upper shoulders returning the hug.
"So Master Katara do you think you can heal Korra up? She's been moping around here all day, screaming when she moves wrong. Hence the baggy clothes."
"I was wondering about that." Senna said smiling but narrowing her eyes at her daughter, who just blushed and looked to Katara for her answer.
"Well I don't know what the doctors did but I'll certainly give it a look."
"Okay!" Mako said coming out of his room in his white V-neck and the same black sweats he'd been wearing all morning. "Make yourselves comfortable! Will TigerMoose steak do for tonight or…" he trailed off letting them fill in the blanks.
"Steaks will be fine Mako!" Tonraq said with a little surprise in his voice. "Do you want help with those?"
Mako sneaked a glance at Korra and smiled. "I could always use some expert advice and help sir." And they disappeared into the kitchen.
"I wanna help too!" Bo cried running after them.
Korra watched Mako walk out of the living room with her dad and when she could no longer see them she turned back to her mother and Katara. They were smiling at her and she blushed.
"w-what?"
"Oh honey, please don't start. I've seen that face SO many times. Just be careful." Her mom said smiling and taking her hand.
"It really is quite obvious dear." Katara said smiling. "Now where can I check out your back at?"
Korra tore her eyes away from her mothers, still smiling and blushing a little bit. "Um in here…" she gestured to Mako's room. Calling over her shoulder, she yelled "Mako I'm using your room to see if Katara can heal me up. Is that okay?" She waited for less than half a second and heard. "Yeah sure! Anything!". She smiled wide and led the way. After she closed the door her mom looked at her surprised and a little bit worried.
"What?" Korra said freezing.
"You already have him wrapped around your finger!"
"What!? No I don't!"
Katara laughed "She doesn't even know she does?"
"I guess not." Senna said looking at Korra's face. "Have you two slept together yet?"
"WHAT!? NO! WHAT?!" Korra's face was bright red. "He just told me he loved me this morning! Well I guess technically last night but I was passed out and in pain so he repeated it this morning but w…"
"He told you he loved you?" Senna asked looking back impressed but still a little shocked.
"Ha! Not wrapped around your finger my ass!" Katara said.
Korra laughed at that then looked at her mom. "y-yeah. He said he has for a while now."
"And what did you say?"
"Uuuuuuh I said I had feelings for him."
"That's it?"
"W-well I..I"
"She doesn't know HOW she feels about him. I have BEEN there DONE that." Katara said rolling her eyes. "You are just like me when I was younger. Trust me honey I recognize the look like I was looking in a mirror. You love him. Now turn around and take your shirt off so I can see what I'm dealing with."
Korra did as she asked but her mind was still running over questions in her head. "What do you mean, I love him." Korra said thinking. "How do you know?" She felt Katara's cool hands gently roam over Korra's back and then the water's even gentler push and pull before Katara finally answered.
"Think about it honey, it's simple. Would you rather be with anyone else? Could you live with him dating someone else now that you know he has feelings for you? When you were fighting off Amon's people would you have given up anything to keep him safe if he were to have fallen?"
"No, No, and yes anything." Korra whispered, thinking even more about the man in the next room. She was so impressed with how he was handling her father. He didn't like anyone and would have never offered to help with the steaks if he didn't approve of the boys.
"Honey I think I agree with Katara. You're in love with the boy."
Korra's eyes widened a little bit as she looked at her mom. "What if I screw it up mom?"
"Aw honey with the way he's been acting the 20 minutes we've been here I can already tell you he wasn't lying when he said he loved you. You know how scary your father can be."
Katara nodded and Korra smiled down at her shoes.
"Okay, you're as healed as I can make you for now Miss Avatar. Your muscles are going to be soar but the gaping hole in your back and the internal damage is better. You should be able to move now without screaming but take it easy. There's only so much I can do and your body needs to catch up to the healing."
"Yes Master." Korra said quietly and respectfully. "Thank you." She said turning around and offering a smile while picking up the shirt she dropped on the ground. "Yeah…" she said straightening up again. "It's good to be back."
They all smiled and after Korra put her shirt back on, headed out the door and into the kitchen.