Huh it turned out pretty long:D (for me it counts as long okay even if its 4 words more than the previous one)

(but there will be much longer chapters I'm absolutely sure)

Enjoooooooy!

He got his hoodie on and followed the guards into the night.

"Are we going to walk like this?" he asked, when Howl closed the door behind them.

"Of course not", he shook his head. "You'll walk and we'll watch from further."

He nodded. "And why are you doing this?" he asked. His hands were in his pockets, he wasn't really paying attention to the guards, like they are only talking about the weather.

Howl raised an eyebrow. The other two guards already left, they were obviously hiding in the dark, waiting for Mako to start walking. "What do you mean?" Howl asked silently.

"Your job is to capture people like me", he started explaining. he felt like he's actually telling reasons why the guard should attack him. "Firebenders, earthbenders, anyone from the other side of the wall."

Howl slowly shook his head. "I'm afraid you're mistaken. Our job is to protect the Avatar. And she made clear that you're not here to hurt her."

"I would never –"

Howl raised a hand. "I know. Shall we go then?"

Mako opened his mouth at first, then closed it and left Howl by the front door. He didn't turn back while walking, but he knew she's watching her from above. He smiled at the thought.

Even her being the Avatar made perfect sense. In the suburb, where he lived, people used to talk about the Avatar. Of course they didn't know who the current Avatar is, they only knew that she is a waterbender, which means she belongs to them, and they also knew that she's born when Avatar Aang died. But on this side of the wall, they had lot of young waterbender girls who were currently eighteen. There even was a possibility that the Avatar doesn't know who she really is.

Mako sighed. It all made sense, he just hadn't noticed it before. In town, the people didn't know much about the other side, because of the wall they had built hundred years ago to keep themselves safe from the others. But the suburb was on this side of the wall, even if it still belonged to the other. Or at least, fire and earthbenders were living there, staying out from the hatred and trying to live a normal life.

Mako knew why his parents had to die. Because they left Republic City to live in the suburb and gave up their job as spies. They never wanted to help murderers.

Her mother was a non-bender, his father was an earthbender, just like Bolin, and he had to turn out being a firebender, and he hated it. He remembered how Korra looked at him when she found out. She was frightened. She was ready to protect herself. She knew how it's working on the other side, propably her father told her, that earthbenders gain the informations, and firebenders are the ones who attack. And she was ready to fight him.

He was almost at the end of a street, at the end of the waterbender territory. A few more steps and he'll be home.

A candle was making some light in the kitchen. Senna finished the shower and when Korra reached the door, she saw her sitting on a chair in her nightclothes, holding a newspaper in her hands and sadly staring at it.

"Mom?" Korra whispered as she widened the door. The newspaper fell out of Senna's hand.

"Korra", she sighed."You scared me."

"I'm sorry", she smiled at her mother.

Senna smiled back. "Why don't you come in?"

Korra gasped before entering the kitchen. "Is everything alright, mom?" she asked.

"Of course", Senna replied while taking the newspaper up and putting it back to the table. "I'm just... not really tired."

"Me neither", Korra smiled, then sat down in front of her. Senna looked at her knees, and as Korra's eyes followed, she realised she hadn't change her clothes since...

"What's on your pants?" Senna raised an eyebrow. "Is that...?"

Korra pulled her legs up and embraced them to cover the dark patch.

"Please don't tell dad", she started. "He's gonna kill me, or worse, he's gonna kill him..."

"Him?"

Korra looked down at her knees. "Nevermind."

Senna smiled. "You're not really good at keeping secrets, Korra. You never were."

"Because usually I can trust everyone who's around me", she replied. "But since councilman Tarrlok and his brother arrived, dad's different."

"I know", Senna sighed. "I don't really understand all this."

While staring at the table, Korra noticed what kind of newspaper Senna was reading. She reached out a hand to grab it and looked at the picture of her and Noatak, and he was embracing her and they were both smiling into the camera. She had seen it so many times that their smile looked completely fake for her. She sighed.

"You don't want this", she said quietly. "No one wants this except for dad."

"And the council", her mother added.

Korra nodded. "I don't really mind about it", she lied. The truth was, she didn't really mind before she met Mako. She knew she only finds Noatak annoying because they are forcing her to marry him.

"Except for the fact that dad's so tough", she finished. "If he would have normal reasons..."

"Maybe he has, he's just not telling them to us."

Korra gasped again. "He always told everything to us", she whispered.

Senna sighed. "I still don't know why are your pants covered in blood."

Korra smiled for a second. Since she was able to heal herself, she noticed that Senna's trying to worry less.

"It's not mine –" she started, when the front door opened, and Tonraq entered the room.

"I thought you'll be sleeping", he smiled at them. Korra quickly covered the blood.

"We were just chatting", Senna greeted him with a kiss. "Girly things, you know."

Tonraq nodded. "Was Asami here?" he turned to Korra, who quickly nodded. "She told me about the... date change."

"Okay", he nodded again. Korra scanned his face. He looked really tired, but there was something else, too...

He left before she could figure it out.

Senna was standing in the door. "We'll finish it", she promised. "You should go to sleep."

Korra nodded.

"Thank you", Mako turned to Howl. "I'll be fine from here."

"But..."

"Our flat is at the end of this street", he said. Howl nodded, and disappeared into the dark.

Mako removed his hoodie before knocking on the door.

Tahno opened it. "It's midnight", he hissed.

"But you're still up", Mako replied before going in. He saw Bolin sitting in the kitchen, almost like when he left him there.

They were waiting for him.

He sighed. "What do you want me to say?"

"Everything!" Tahno said before sitting down next to Bo. "We knew about all your girls, Mako, but this time it's different. You can't make out with someone from them! I know we're staying out of this hatred stuff but the suburb still belongs to the other side, and in case you missed, that girl is the fiancée of a councilman's brother."

"She never wanted to marry him", Mako said.

"Doesn't matter!" Tahno replied. "It's too dangerous."

"Guess what, Tahno? I went to see her tonight and I survived."

"It was only once! What if next time you get caught? They could kill you, they could kill all of us, just because you don't know when you have to stop!"

"I don't need to stop!" he shouted back. "Her guards just walked me home because they know I'm important to her!"

"Important?" Tahno repeated. "And what are you expecting? She'll get married in a few months, and it doesn't matter if she loves her husband or not, the only thing they care about is that she's loyal to him. So I suggest you to stop this, whatever this is, before it gets too serious."

"I guess you're a bit late with that", Mako answered calmly. "Because I love her."

And with that, he left them in the kitchen.

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