Roze's Corner: Yay! Okay, so I am going to try and write my first Legend of Korra fic! As always, recommendations and advice are always welcome ^_^ And just to note that yes I am a hugeeee Borra shipper so if I bash Mako I am sorry and I will try to not do so.
Overview: It only took one argument for Korra to see how much had went wrong with her relationship with Mako over the two years that she was with him. All the lies and hurt amounted too much and it just took one true look at everything for Korra to leave him. Bolin hasn't seen his brother nor Korra much in those two years but when she suddenly appears on his door step in distress he doesn't hesitate to take her in. Will old feelings return and new ones develop or will the unseen forces of the unknown interfere?
Chapter 1: It was you...
Feet echoed in the darkness as the ground led into unknown territories. The darkness was impenetrable, all around and no light seeped through save for the end of the tunnel.
"Wait! Don't leave me!"
Coming from the darkness, a girl not yet an adult but not a child raced to catch up with the light and escape the darkness. Her eyes shimmering with tears from fright.
"Don't leave me!"
Tears ran from her eyes as she nearly fell from tripping over her own two feet. Paneling away from the girl and towards the light source we see a boy about her age staring down the path. His eyes unloving, unfeeling as he watched her struggle to reach him.
"Please!"
His eyes still stayed blank, their devoid of emotion a haunting sight in this world of black. Then like a jerky puppet he moves, not towards the girl who is desperately trying to reach him. No, he turns to the light where another figure approaches, another young female in their age group.
"No! Stop!"
Going back to the girl you see her so close to the light but so far. As she nears you can hear her hammering heart off the echoes in the wall. "I'm almost there! Wait!"
But he doesn't, instead he takes the hand of the young woman as she leads him into the light.
"No!" Tripping, she landed in front of the light, head first into the ground stunning her.
Silence...
Then a rumble...
Her eyes were glazed, the spark for life long gone. Lying in wait for the world to collapse around her, the only thing she could do was close her eyes and let a single tear fall as darkness covered her.
"...Why..."
"Korra! Korra! Wake up!"
Gasping and sputtering, the avatar shot up with a scream erupting from her throat. Clutching the blanket, she balled the material in her hands as she let out broken sobs.
"Woah!" Rushing out from the kitchen from the scream, Bolin tossed off the apron he had on and sped to the couch. "It's okay! It's okay!" Holding Korra tight in his arms, Bolin pulled her close to his chest to try and relax her.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"Korra relax! It's me! Bolin!"
"Bo?" Opening her eyes, Korra saw that her tears were staining his shirt.
"Hey, you woke up screaming." Smiling down at her, Bolin wiped the remnant of tears of her face.
Breathing in deeply, Korra rested her head on his shoulder as she tried to get her bearings together. It was then she realized that instead of her dress she was in a large tee shirt and looked up at Bolin. "Umm Bo?"
"Yea?"
"Where is my clothing?"
Blushing, the earth bender coughed slightly. "Well I didn't want you to get sick so I had to... take them off?"
"What!?"
"I closed my eyes so I didn't see anything!" Moving back from the now enraged avatar, he held his hands up to avoid getting hit.
Fuming, Korra knew that Bolin had the right intentions at heart but it still bothered her to know that he changed her clothing. 'Well at least he closed his eyes.' "Relax Bo, I am not going to hit you."
"Your not!?" Smiling, Bolin lowered his arms. "Good, wouldn't do no good since I'm cooking right now."
"You are!?"
"Yes and you may want to get up and follow me in the kitchen. I can hear your stomach growling from a mile away."
"Hey!"
Springing to his feet, Bolin took off back to the kitchen with a pillow swinging avatar behind him.
"That was delicious Bo! You never told me you could cook this well!"
"Yea well I never got a chance to cook for you." Letting out a small chuckle, he collected the plates and bowls and put them in the sink. "Still got room for desert?"
"Heck yea!"
"Hah! There's the Korra that I know!"
Smiling, Korra took notice of how mature Bolin got since her departure from the city two years ago. 'It's like he's a whole new person.'
"So Korra..."
"Yes?"
Deciding on how to choose his next words, Bolin spoke carefully and calmly. "What happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"I wasn't sure who was at my door earlier and when I saw you, you looked like a mess." Scooping ice cream into two tiny bowls, he headed over to the fridge and pulled stuff out. "I healed most of the bruises and scratches by a salve that Katara had gave me. And the other dark ones were taken care of by ice packs."
'Well that explains the cold patches.' Touching her right arm, Korra looked down and away from Bolin.
"Korra..." Bringing the desert to the table, Bolin took her hand that was touching her arm and held it in his hands. Rubbing tiny circles with one of his hands, he used the other to make Korra look back at him. "Listen, I just want to know, but if it's too soon then I won't pressure you to tell me." The silence that accompanied afterwards told Bolin all that he needed and he backed off. "Well no use in letting this ice cream going to waste!" Putting on a charming smile again, his heart did a little flip when he saw Korra smile.
"Yea, your right... Lets eat!"
"I think if I eat anymore I might pass out."
"Glad to see you liked dessert."
Rubbing her stomach, Korra belched before covering her mouth and blushing. "Excuse me!"
Laughing, Bolin waved his hand in dismissal. "Nah, don't worry about it. At least I know now you truly enjoy it."
Nodding in approval, Korra stretched to relieve the tension in her joints.
Resting his head in his hands, Bolin was finally able to get a glimpse at Korra now. 'Wow, if possible she's gotten more beautiful.'
"Soooo..."
"Hun?"
"Bolin? Are you okay?"
Realizing that he was staring more then he should have, he nodded quickly. "Yes, just thinking."
"Ah..." Staring out the window, an emotion passed over Korra's face that was not recognizable.
Watching her, Bolin still wanted to know what happened to her but he wasn't going to pressure her.
"You know Bo..."
"Yes?"
"The rain... It symbolizes many things." Her voice was soft with a tinge of sadness on the ends of it.
"It does."
"It can mean life, strength, joy... It could also bring the tides of war, ruin, and destruction."
"Korra." Getting up from the chair across from her, Bolin came in front of Korra and sat on her knees in front of her. Grasping her hands in his larger ones, he tried to look into her eyes, only for her to avoid his. "Korra.."
"Bolin... I had a dream... I was chasing someone... Running from the darkness where I had saw all my fears from a child till now. Every single one tearing and shredding all my hopes and dreams. And as soon as I was able to break free I ran, ran as fast as I could. At first I was chasing the light... But I quickly realized that it wasn't the light i was chasing."
"Don't leave me!"
"Korra..."
"I kept begging the person not to leave me, to wait for me. But they wouldn't, they didn't move. All they did was just stand there and watched as I fled from the darkness chasing me. I was so scared but the person wouldn't help me... Then another person came from the light, a female and the guy took her hand. And just as I was closing in he takes her hand Bo... And they leave me."
Staying silent, he slowly sees the tears form at the corners of her eyes.
"Just as I was about to escape I tripped and fell... I fell so hard I stunned myself and I just lost the will to live. As the darkness closed in all I did was just close my eyes and let a tear fall..."
The silence after that was deafening, neither knowing what to say.
"... Korra... Who was the guy in your dream?"
"... It was you Bo... The guy in the dream was you..."
A/N: Soooo, this didn't come out like I wanted it to but I am happy with it ^_^ Hopefully the next chapter will be much better then this one.