Asami POV

"Excited to get home?"

I looked over on my husband. The word was still new on my tongue, but it felt great to say it. Our honeymoon was over and we were on our way back to the castle. I had missed home, my brother and Korra. Growing up with boys as my only friends I had missed a girlfriend, Korra maybe wasn't the girly girl, but that didn't matter to me. The fact that she was going to marry Mako only made me happier. Not only will my best friend finely marry, but I will also gain a new sister.

"Of course I am Bolin" I told him with a smile.

Bolin gave me my favorite smile.

"Looking forward to doing the duties of being a princess?"

Of course I wasn't, but I had been part of that society my whole life, so I wasn't thinking that my life would change much now.

"Of course Bolin, as long as you are my prince"

I leaned in and pressed my lips against his. He kissed me back eagerly, as I placed my arms around his neck. I would never grow tired of kissing him.

"Your highnesses, we have arrived" A voice interrupted us and I quickly pulled back. Bolin was red in his head as we both turned to the even more blushing servant opening the door so we could get out. Bolin took my hand and helped me out.

We both got out from the carriage and went hand in hand towards the door that led into the castle.

I didn't know what it was, but it was like there was something different about the atmosphere. It felt empty, like something was missing.

As we entered the castle it only became more obvious that something was wrong, not only because we had yet to be welcomed by any of our friends or family.

"Do you fell like something is wrong too?" I heard Bolin ask me. I turned to him worried.

"Yes, but I can't…." I didn't even get the chance to finish before we were interrupted.

"Asami! Bolin!"

We both turned towards the voice and saw Ikki and Jinora come running towards me.

"Hey Ikki, Jinora" Bolin smiled at them.

Jinora was standing still looking at us with a somewhat sad expression while her sister jumped up and down.

"Asami, Bolin. How was the honeymoon? Was it good? Was it bad? How was the weather? Mom said the weather means a lot on a honeymoon, but I wasn't sure that she was actually talking about honeymoons and not plucking strawberries. Have you met Mako yet? Did he tell you? I don't think anyone has talked to Mako, but dad says…"

"Ikki slow down" I told the girl as she finely stopped talking. I had no idea how a girl could speak so fast without taking a breath.

"Jinora?" Bolin turned to the older girl perhaps to find out some more. "Has something happened here while we were away?"

Jinora nodded.

"Yes, Korra's gone"

I stared shocked at Jinora.

"What do you mean; Korra's gone?"

"Well none of us really knows." Ikki said so quickly it was almost hard to catch the words.

"She left on memorial day. The only thing we really know is that she and Mako had some kind of fight, and then she left with all of her stuff. "Jinora told me.

"Memorial day? That's a week ago." Bolin said and looked worried at me, before turning back to the two girls. "And Mako didn't go after her?"

"No"

Ikki's answer was all I needed to see red.

"Come on Bolin" I said as I pulled him with me away from the girls, before we even said goodbye.

"Where are we going Asami?" Bolin asked me as I kept pulling him with me.

"We are going to see Mako! And he better have a VERY GOOD reason for all of this!" I yelled. "Or else I'll kill him!"

Mako POV

A week. The time was moving slowly, painfully. I was so sure that Korra would come back within a few days, but a week later I still hadn't seen or even heard from him. I knew that I had been terrible company since she left, so I mostly kept to myself locked inside my room like now. I had moved my chair so I could sit by the window and look out in the garden. Tenzin and Pema had both tried to talk to me, but I had refused every time. Iroh and I had only talked to each other one time, and let me just tell that it didn't end well.

(Flashback)

I was sitting alone in my room. It was three days after Korra had left and I was still completely convinced that Korra would come back.

"That's it, Mako!" I didn't turn as I heard Iroh's voice yell at me. The next second he was holding me by my collar.

"Let me go!" I ordered, but he didn't do that. I felt my anger rise as he just pulled me closer.

"Seriously Mako! Why are you still sitting here and sulking? Why haven't you gone after her yet?!" He yelled at me.

"You don't know anything?!"

He let me go and I was sure he would leave me alone, but that didn't happen at all. I didn't even know what happened before Iroh's fist collided with my face and I fell backwards, so I was laying on the ground, tasting blood in my mouth. All my anger disappeared as I starred in shock at Iroh. He could fight yes, but never once had he ever lost his temper or done something like this before, Asami was the one of the siblings who did that.

"You better get some sense into that head of yours before I knock it into it by myself! Get over yourself and get your girl, or it will be too late!

And with that he turned around and left the room, leaving me shocked on the ground.

(End of Flashback)

I still couldn't believe that Iroh had hit me, even four days after the incident. I had done everything to avoid looking, talking or even be in the same room as him ever since, and luckily he seemed to have the same idea.

"MAKO!" The door opened with a bang showing Bolin and Asami standing in the door. It was Asami who had yelled and she was the first one at me table grapping my red tie and lifted me up towards her. What was it with people lifting me towards them these days?

"Is it true?"

"Excuse me?"

IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY TOLD ME ABOUT KORRA?! DID YOU LET HER GO? WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?..."

"Asami, sweetheart, relax, you're killing Mako" Bolin said laying an arm on his wife. And that she was, I almost couldn't breathe when she finely let go. "Sit down Asami. I am sure he has a very good excuse for all of this"

Bolin send me a look that clearly told me I better had one, or else Asami would kill me just then and there.

"She left me Asami!" I told her angry "I wasn't the one telling her to pack her stuff and run away"

Asami just looked ready to murder me.

"What happened?" Bolin the voice of reason for his wife asked.

I told them exactly what had happened and I watched as Asami grew more and more anger by my every word, and even Bolin looked angry, a thing he almost never saw him be. By the end he had to hold back his wife before she would try to kill me.

"What is it with you?" I asked them angrily. "First Iroh and now you! I haven't even done anything wrong"

"Anything wrong! ANYTHING WRONG! It's more like what you didn't do wrong! ("Take a deep breath, Asami" Bolin told her) You choose money over her Mako! You could just have lowered those taxes" Asami seemed to try and control herself now.

"Do you even love her?"

I looked shocked at Asami. How could she even say that?

"Of course I do…."

"And you were willing to give up your throne for her, right?"

"Yes"

"Then why do you tell her that money meant more than her"

I didn't tell her that, did I?

"Simple, Mako. I give you a choice" She answered

Korra's voice played her words in my head. It had been so long since I heard it that I almost fell to my knees.

"A choice?"

"Money or Me" She said slowly "Your choice"

How had I been to blind? She gave me a choice and I choose? Oh my god, I told her money meant more for her than me. How could she even believe that? I was willing to give my throne for god's sake.

"What have I done?" I asked myself as I fell down on my knees.

"You told the girl you loved money was more important than her" Bolin told me, and I heard a sound of Asami hitting him. "AW Woman! What did I do know?"

"Just don't say anything right now" Asami said, but her voice sounded like it was kilometers away.

"I have to go get her" Was all I said.

Korra POV

It's been a week, and I feel like I am dying slowly. Nothing makes any sense to me anymore and I feel like a zombie. Anastasia and Annabela who both lived in the house, but seemed nice now had tried to help me, but it didn't help.

I guess that was when an idea came up. Or maybe it was an idea I had ever since I decided to leave the castle.

I walked into the kitchen where Katara was standing.

"Korra, is something the matter?"

She hadn't asked much of me after I came here, not even trying to get me to return like my stepsisters had. It still amazed me that people can change that much.

"I have to leave"

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