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The days of the Avatar grew busier and busier. She was mastering the forms of Airbending little by little, but still fell short when it came to actually Airbending. Korra often would find herself frustrated, but Tenzin would always be there to calm her down.
When the Avatar's time wasn't filled with training or meditating she would find herself wondering around Republic City with a policeman at her heel. (The council still kept them as a precaution.) When she went around the city she was hoping that she would run into either Mako or Bolin, but it seemed like they were always busy.
The brothers were busy, while practicing for their upcoming matches Mako's thoughts were filled with conflicting emotions. He tried to ignore it the best he could, but sometimes the emotions leaked out and messed with his other relationships with people. He would randomly snap at them or tear up.
He was an unpredictable emotional rollercoaster, no telling when it would go up or down. One day while training Hasook came in with not so good news. "What do you mean that you are quitting?" Mako cried enraged, his helmet was thrown to the ground and hands growing hot.
"Mako, bro sorry, but I have to go back to my home my parents need me to come back and work. It's only till my dad gets better." Hasook gave a nervous smile as he held out his hands in defense.
"Sorry isn't going to fix this. Where are we going to find another Water bender on such short notice? The match is tomorrow!" Mako's eyes grew ablaze as his voice rose. Bolin came to his side and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Bro, it isn't his fault we will figure it out." Pressing a hand to his face he walked away to the showers. Where would they find another Waterbender in just 24 hours? Mako pulled of his sweaty gear and headed for the showers. Letting the cold water run over his head he closed his eyes and mulled over what just happened.
He didn't understand why he reacted the way he did, it was all so sudden. He gave a small laugh and shook his head. "I'm going crazy aren't I?"
"No you're not Mako. You're just trying to figure things out." Mako spun around when he heard the voice. Peering over the top of the stall door he saw that no one was there just him. Sighing he leaned against the cool tile and rested a pounding head against it.
He began to relax when he heard the voice again. "Mako, it'll be ok." Snapping his head up he came face to face with a reflection of Korra, but this wasn't a reflection more like a fuzzy image of her. The blurry Korra tilted her head to the side smiled and waved at Mako.
"What you doin' Mako," Korra laughed and smiled at Mako once more. He couldn't believe his eyes, this couldn't be Korra he was going crazy. He hit the reflection of Korra, it didn't go away. "Ouch Mako, that hurt. Why would you hurt the one that you love?"
"This is not you, you aren't here this is all in my imagination." His muscles tensed as he stared at the blurry image of Korra.
"Mako, don't do this. Why are you engaged when I love you? If you don't choose soon then I will have to move on, I mean there are others-"Korra was cut off by a screaming Mako who ran his hands over the image of Korra, she faded from his sight.
Standing there with his hands over his eyes he starts to cry uncontrollably. Tears still streaming down his face he turns off the shower and wraps a towel around his waist. Mako's muscles flex as he pulls on his undershirt then jacket. Coming out from the locker room with duffel bag in hand he saunters out of the gym.
"See you later, Bo. I am going to dinner with Asami tonight." Feeling the cool breeze hit is face Mako walks down the street with his hands in his pocket, his dark hair is pushed back in its usual style. His lets his mind wander. Thoughts of Asami and Korra swirl around in his head.
He loved Asami, but he was in love with Korra. He wanted to be with Korra, but if he ended it with Asami Bolin would suffer because of it. Hiroshi Sato was funding the Fire Ferret's games and he was also helping out with the brother's rent when they needed help. Asami wanted him to move in with her, but he didn't want to rely on her too much.
His mind clouded with thoughts he didn't notice the girl who was walking right in front of him. He hit the solid object and stumbled back. "Hey watch where you're going-"His voice faded when he saw who it was- Korra. She stared at him with wide blue eyes.
"Hey Mako," Korra softly said.
"Hey Korra," he replied avoiding eye contact.
"How you doing Mako, haven't seen you around."
"Oh uh yeah, I've been training and I uh got engaged."
"Oh Mako that's so good, well nice seeing you I gotta go get something for Tenzin, bye." Before she could leave on impulse he blurted out the words, "Will you be my Waterbender?"
She spun around on her heel and met him with a confused face. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"For the team, the pro bending will you be on our team?"
Korra smiled and nodded, "Uh yeah duh, I love your team!"
"Thanks." Mako smiled, though he was smiling he did not feel happy.