Chapter 4
As Korra walks through the door, she sees Kairi. "Where have you been?" She says with a smug look.
"I just went out to lunch with Bolin, as friends." Korra answers with an emphasis on friends.
"Are you sure it wasn't a date to him?" she asked curiously.
"He told me it was just as friends." Korra said.
"Well of course he said that, that's what usually happens when a guy is too shy to ask a girl out." Kairi retorted.
Korra just sighs. "Alright, whatever you say Kairi." With that she tried to go upstairs but Kairi stopped her. "Wait, I have one more thing to ask. Did you and Mako kiss? Cause' that's what kids at school are saying." Korra blushed.
"Well... Yes, but no… I hit him when he did it and-"
"You liked it, didn't you?" Kairi interrupts, a sly smile on her face.
"No! Of course not!" Korra says defensively.
"Tell me the truth! I tell you everything, plus I wouldn't tell anyone."
Korra sighs, knowing that Kairi is right. "Alright fine, I like... No I love Mako. But knowing what happened the last time I really cared about someone..."
-Flashback to when Korra was 5-
Warning: abuse
Korra POV
"Daddy would always tell me, love hurts. Ever since mommy left us for another man, Daddy would hurt me, and say mean words. He would always say that it was my fault mommy left, and then hit or kick me.
I still love him though, because he's my daddy." I told the man in the grey suit and brief case. He kneeled down to my level and looked at me. "Don't worry sweetie, he will never hurt you again. We will make sure of it." The next day we went to this weird big place that was called 'court'. Pictures of me were shown on a screen from times I was hurt really bad. Then the 2 men with brief cases kept arguing. Then I stood up and told all of the people what daddy did. The people up in the stands looked surprised and some cried. Then hours later the guy in the black cape said "with all of the evidence presented the jurors find the defendant; Guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt." and then I saw policemen take daddy away.
-Flashback end-
Kairi looked at Korra in concern when Korra was spacing out with a frightened hurt look in her eyes.
"Korra, snap out of it, it's over!" she yelled as she shook Korra by the shoulders.
Korra blinks and looks at Kairi. "Sorry, I just had a flashback... It was the day I testified in court." Korra said trying to calm down.
"Well its ok now, your father's in jail, he can never hurt you again." Korra nods, wiping away her tears. "Yeah, you're right."
-Next day: Saturday-
Korra woke up with Kairi knocking on her door. "Hey, Mako's on the phone, he wants to know if you want to hang out."
Korra takes the phone. "Hey Mako... Yeah sure, I can come over today… alright, see you then." She answered and hung up to get ready. Kairi knocks on her door when she's changing. "Hey, are you going to tell Mako how you really feel about him?"
Korra throws on her shirt and opens the door to let Kairi in. "Well, no, not today." she says while brushing her hair. "I can't until I am completely healed of what happened with my dad."
-Makos house-
"Look Korra, we really need to talk." Mako says nervously.
"Okay…what's up?" she asks nervously.
"Well its just that I like you A LOT and I just wanted to get of me chest..." Mako puts his head down, worried about her response.
"I like you too, its just... complicated." she says, not wanting to tell him.
"Why? Is there someone else?"
"No, it's just... I'm scared to love anyone. After… what happened when I was a kid, I've just been to afraid to love anyone." she says and she suddenly covers her mouth.
He looks up at her with wide eyes. "What happened?"
She sighs knowing she would have to tell sooner or later. "I-I was… I was abused as a kid. Really badly, by my own father."
Mako was in pure shock. "Korra... I" he was trying to find the right thing to say, but couldn't. "I'm so sorry."
"It's ok, it's not your fault." she gives him a sad smile.
He stands up. "I'll wait for you."
She looks at him, confused. "Sorry, what?"
"You said that you liked me, but that you're too scared, so I'll wait until you're ready."
She stood up and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you, Mako." she whispered in his ear. A voice in her head was telling her that it's finally time for her to try to move on with her life, and boy, was she ready. 'Fuck waiting' she thought and gave him a meaningful stare before she captured his lips with hers.
A/N: Welp, this story is getting harder and harder as it goes along... Well, atleast I actually have a plan now. Slight spoiler, there may be a smut coming up in the next few chapters :D