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A/N: Day 4 of Tahnorra Week! And it's something that I've been promising you guys for like three months, the sequel to chapter 5! Whooooo! Too bad I don't think it's what you guys were expecting, cause honestly, I wasn't expecting this either. (And don't worry there probably will be another sequel...eventually) I had half of this thing done for like two months, but I just didn't have the motivation to finish it, but this prompts kindasortamaybe fits it, so I thought why not kill two birds with one stone.
It's been a month since Tahno had last seen Korra. He was never on to seek her out, though, because he never had a reason to. Because no matter what, she always came to him, it was only a matter of when and where.
Eventually he even made it into a game. How long could the Uh-vatar last? It only ever took a couple days, maybe even a week. Hell, she even lasted two weeks once. Most of the time, they would always find each other at Narook's, probably because she knew he would eventually be there.
He always wondered if she ever waited there for him, or if she just waits for them both to not so coincidently be there. He likes to imagine her waiting for him, sitting at a table that faces the door, head peaking up every time she heard the little bell ring to indicate a new customer.
Sometimes she just completely bypasses the waiting and games and just shows up at his apartment. Though sometimes, when he knew that she was just about getting to the end of her rope, he likes to put himself in the oddest places to see if she would come looking for him. To see at what lengths she would go to get to him.
She's found him skinny dipping one night in the river of Republic City Park No one was around as she stripped herself down and joined him in the water. She's even manage to seek him out at a burlesque show once, even going as far to sit down next to him when he refused to go with her until the show was over, rolling her eyes and glaring at all the women that he managed to ogle.
The sex that night was great, a heated exchange of possession and threats that she would not share him with anyone. Not if he wanted to continue this. Sometimes he entertained the thought of letting her catch him in bed with another woman, though if he was honest with himself, he would admit that it wasn't something he really had a need to test out.
He sat at his corner of Narook's, his pictures still posted up despite losing his bending. His ex-teammates were nowhere to be found, probably choosing to spend the night in a harder environment to drown their sorrows away. Usually he would be right there beside them, filling himself on enough drinks to forget.
But it's been a month since she last sought him out, and Tahno was getting antsy. He managed to stop by Narook's every night for the past three weeks, trying to catch a glimsp of the Avatar, but she never came.
Tahno grasped the cup in front of him, the glass slick with perspiration, the ice already halfway melted, watering down his drink. He took a sip anyways, trying to look inconspicuous as his eyes locked onto the door.
"Waiting for someone?" Tahno didn't notice the girl slither up to his table, plopping herself right beside him, leaning over his body to full press her voluptuous body against his. She reached over him, grasping the cup from his hands and taking a sip of it, her eyes all the while locked with his.
Tahno immediately fell into his role, his trademark smirk sliding across his face as he leaned forward, only inches apart. She leaned forward as if to kiss him, but he followed her movements backwards, just barely keeping himself out of reach.
He took the cup out of her hands and placed it back on the table, sliding away from her as he settled himself back to his side of the booth. He flashed her a grin when she pouted and waved his hand for a waiter to come over.
"Why drink mine when we can get you your own?" He purred, starting to snap his fingers now when no one immediately came to his call. She licked her lips and scooted herself closer to him again, leaning her elbow on the table and draping her arm behind him, getting as close as she could without actually touching him.
"How about something you don't have to pay for?" His hand reaching down to trail up her arm.
"What exactly did you have in mind?" She leaned closer to him, lips just about ready to brush against his when a cup slammed down onto the table hard enough that Tahno could feel the air move beside his hand.
He couldn't stop the smirk that spread across his face when his eyes trailed up the familiar tan muscular arms. Tonight, he decided, he was going to have to worship them, show her just how sensitive he could make her skin to his touch.
He needed to feel her skin glide against hers, to feel the soft flesh that he grew accustomed to feel. He reached a hand out to place on top of hers, but Korra snatched it away, almost knocking the drink over when she slammed her hand into the hard wood once more to lean across to glare directly into his eyes. "I thought I made myself clear, Tahno."
He licked his lips when he locked his eyes with her fiery blue eyes, leaning forward and capturing her lips in a kiss, throwing a hand behind her to pull her closer to him as his fingertips played with the end of her hair.
A moan escaped her lips, and Tahno took this chance to slide his tongue into her mouth, inviting her to wrestle with him, not even paying any heed to the girl that he left beside him. Her hands fisted the front of his shirt, pulling him closer to her, trying to eliminate all the space that was between them.
When they pulled away, Tahno was disappointed to see himself looking into green eyes instead of blue. "Oh, wow," she said breathlessly, trailing her hand lightly down his chest. "I think you had the right idea there."
But the wolfbat couldn't suppress his frown as he captured her hand, preventing her from going any lower. Her eyes weren't quite blue enough, skin not dark enough, hair not long enough for him to properly run his hands though.
She just wasn't quite enough.
She let out a puff of annoyance when he discarded her, immediately scooting back and out of the booth. "Sorry, sweetheart," he said, throwing down a couple of yuans to cover his bill. "Just not feeling ya." She crossed her arms and glared, grabbed his drink and immediately flinging it to his face, but he stopped it mid hair, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't play the game if you can't handle a defeat," he said with a chuckle, the drink splashing into her face with a flick of his wrist. He held his hands up with a haughty tilt of his head before spinning around. Tahno didn't bother looking back as she screamed at his retreating back, scowling at the tight feeling in his pants with no sign of relief.
The snowflakes were just now starting to drift down from the sky, falling gently onto the ground to blanket the earth. He stuffed his hands into his pockets, kicking his own pathway as he walked, his breath coming out in small clouds in front of him, taking pleasure in defiling the newly settled snow.
He stopped at the edge of the peer, looking out into the bay towards the looming statue of Aang, his gaze resting upon island that lingered just behind it. He could imagine her sprawled out on her bed, snoring away innocently as he stood here, waiting for her.
No, Tahno didn't wait for people. He was the one who lured them in. He was the one who decided just exactly where this game would lead. And in the end, he was the one who was going to decide who the winner was. And it was always him.
Too late for a ferry, Tahno climbed onto a small wooden boat, using his waterbending to guide his way towards the island.
No one welcomed him when he set foot onto solid land, though he wasn't really expecting anyone to. He could hear the sound of light panting before the earth rumbled beneath his feet. Tahno immediately followed the sounds, walking on rocky legs whenever the vibrations would come.
He shifted through the forests of the island, stopping just as fire nearly singed his nose, narrowing his eyes as he saw Korra turning her back to him. He stopped himself from pulling her towards him, having only seen clippings of her interactions with the city in the newspaper.
It hit him that is been a month. An entire month. Tahno couldn't even remember the last time it had been since he had gone without for that long.
A smirk spread across his face when he could see the frustration in her punches, fire being forced out of her fist and singeing the grass around her as she beat into whoever she was imagining in front of her.
It was probably him, Tahno figured.
"Frustrated, Uh-vatar?" he asked, stepping out of the bushed and easily blocking the fire that was instantly sent his way, steam rising up from the clash of elements.
She glared at him with that pout that she just knew tempted him. "What are you doing here?" She balled up her fist, burning with a flame that Tahno paid no heed to.
"Just thought I'd pay you a little visit," he said, leaning closer to her, completely disregarding the fire just inches away from his chest. "This thing between us? It goes both ways you know."
The fire dissipated, her hands coming out to touch his chest, lingering for just a moment until she pushed him away. She moved back until they were a reasonable distance away, but for Tahno it would only take an arm's reach to pull her back in.
"I thought we made it clear in the beginning that when one of us," she motioned her hands between the two, eyes flickering from the ground to his chest, not quite ready to lift her eyes up to meet his, "said the word, it's over."
Tahno took a step, grabbing a hold of her arm to prevent her from leaving, leaning forward to whisper in the ear. "Haven't heard you say the word yet."
"I—" He leaned too close for Korra to look anywhere else, gazing into his silver-white eyes and left her completely at a loss for words.
Tahno finally gazed into familiar blue eyes, leaning even closer until there their lips brushed together. But Korra pushed him away once more, feet slamming against the ground and bringing up a wall of dirt that separated them.
"I—I'm done with this Tahno," she shouted through the wall. "I can't do this anymore."
Tahno narrowed his eyes, staring at the mass of Earth between them. "Stop being a coward and tell it to my face." He couldn't see her, not physically, but he could see the sigh that left her lips, the look of resignation as she pumped her arms in a ditch attempt to gain some bit of strength.
"We agreed."
"I'm not through with you yet." But Tahno wouldn't relent, slowly inching himself to the side of the wall, eyes peeking around the corner to see her slumped shoulders, arms trying to huge herself.
"But when will you be? Tomorrow? A week from now? All you think about is yourself—you and your needs. I can't do that anymore." She slumped herself against the wall, forehead buried in dirt and words coming out muffled.
He stepped behind her, reaching and arm out but letting it drop back to his side. "I think I took care of your needs pretty well if you asked me."
She turned around, eyes wide and just a little wet, and he knew that there was something else. "This is serious Tahno." Was it the Fireferret? Did he finally step it up to the plate and admit to himself—and most likely to her—that he was an idiot, that he really did-
"What are you so scared of?" Tahno demanded, shaking those thoughts out of his head. It wasn't like he cared. It wasn't like it mattered.
"I'm not scared of anything. I just don't want to do this with you anymore."
"But you'd do it with him wouldn't you?" Tahno narrowed his eyes, hand flying out and grabbing her shoulder, fingers pressing into her skin a bit harder than he would like to admit. "Should've told me sooner. I've got a whole line of girls waiting to take your place."
Korra snarled in disgust, throwing his hands off. "This is exactly why I can't do this. I don't even know how many other girls you've been with since we started this whole thing. The only thing you want is to get yours, and you can just go pick one of your bimbos for all I care."
She wouldn't look him in the eye, couldn't even turn her face towards him. She "None. There's been none."
That got her attention. Her head jerked back towards his, eyes staring in disbelief back into his own. "You're a liar."
Tahno stepped closer, not even caring that she tried to step away, pushing her back to the wall, arms coming around to trap her. He wasn't just going to let it go this time. "What did you dream about?"
Surprised, she covered her face with her hands, let out a sound that was just short of a scream. "That was weeks ago. It has nothing to do with this." Her voice came out borderline hysterical, but she didn't make a move to touch him. In fact, she did the best she could to avoid having any contact with him.
"A month," he said, shifting his arms to just barely brush against her skin. "It's been a month." She still wouldn't look at him, hands fisting at the wall, fingers digging themselves into the dirt.
"So you're keeping track now?"
"That was the last time we saw each other." He said, taking it just a bit closer until their chest brushed against each other. "It was the last thing we talked about. You left the next morning without a word."
"Oh, so you don't like a taste of your own medicine?" He brought a hand to lift her chin, forcing her to look at him once more. He never could get enough of her eyes.
"I'd rather have a taste of you."
He slammed their lips together, not even bothering to hide his groan because finally—he's been waiting for this for too long, needing it too much. She responded back, clutching even harder into the earth, the dirt crumbling underneath her hands, falling to the ground right beneath their feet.
He forced his tongue into her mouth, exploring what he hasn't claimed as his for so long, hands coming up to pull her hair loose before burying themselves into the silky strands. He pressed himself closer to her, grinding his hard erection into her core, his other hand grasping at his hips and pulling her as close to him as he could.
They pulled away panting, Korra keeping her eyes closed and Tahno smirked, knowing that he won. She leaned her head back, her fingers releasing their grip and the wall crumbled away immediately. She opened her eyes and stared right back at him of her own regard this time, no coercion, no force.
"We're through, Tahno."
The End.
