A/N: So you guys remember the Tigerdillos are the match Korra goes to watch, right?
Just checking.
Rated: K
Day 22 - Simple
"I asked you to do one thing, Bolin." Mako sighs and squeezes his eyes shut in an effort to temper the frustration bubbling up inside of him. How hard is it to keep the crazy fangirls out of the locker room?
Tomorrow night's match against the Tigerdillos will decide whether they still have a chance at competing in the tournament. The team needs to stay on their game. And more importantly, Bolin needs to keep his head out of the clouds.
"But I really liked her! She was a nice girl!" Bolin frowns, pained eyes laced with a cutting disappointment he's felt all too often. But the broken heart he suffers won't excuse him from disobeying Mako's rules. Pabu scuttles up into the earthbender's lap, purring gently until Bolin is compelled to stroke the ferret's soft, red fur.
"They're always nice though, aren't they?" Mako argues. His little brother falls easily for any pretty little thing who feeds him enough attention, but once the glamour wears off, the girls never stick around for long. Even the nice ones.
Bolin falls in love frequently, and Mako knows by now that no matter how simple a matter love seems to be for his little brother, falling back out of it is always messy.
Better not to fall at all in his opinion.
"Just do me a favor, alright?" Mako says. "Don't fall in love with the next girl you lay eyes on."
Bolin bites his lip, nodding with a heavy heart.
"I'll try," he says.
Bolin knows better than to make promises he won't keep.