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 3: Fire that licks the earth
"Korra!"
I was swept up into Mako's arms as soon as he saw me. I wanted to push him away and ask him what the hell is wrong with him but I didn't have the internal strength or courage to.
"Are you okay!? Did he hurt you!? Have you eaten well!?"
"Mako..."
"Bolin, I swear that if there is one thing wrong with her you will pay!"
"Mako..." I was getting irritated not only from the yelling in my ear but Bolin treated me so well. Much better then he has in the past few months actually...
"How dare you walk in here and accuse me of not doing anything right when you couldn't even take the time to see yourself if she was okay you arrogant bastard!"
I did not blame Bolin for the tone in his voice, I'd be fuming too if I had a sibling rush into my house and start accusing me of false accusations.
"How dare you!"
"Mako stop!" Pushing away from him, I stood in front of Bolin with my arms out to shield him just in case the two decided to start a bending fight. "Bolin did nothing wrong, in fact he helped me recover." I left out a certain smart remark but the message seemed to get to him.
"Bo, I am so sorry, I was just..."
Turning back to Bolin, the look on his face relaxed somewhat but you could tell that he was somewhat upset still about what Mako accused him of.
"It's fine. I know that you were worried that she was hurt but next time try not to be so dramatic, doesn't look good for the tough macho guy look that you go for."
"Oh and you sobbing like a woman helps your sweet guy one?"
"Hey!"
Moving out the way, I let the brothers have their friendly play fight, happy they were not ready to kill each other.
"Is everything okay here?"
The three of us turned to see Lin and my dad in the small hallway. "Yea were fine." Grabbing the two brothers by their arms, I pulled them both in and locked the door.
"So nice to see you again Mako, how have you been?"
"Just fine Ms. Senna."
The atmosphere was a lot more calmer down now that everyone was here. Bolin was talking between Lin and Tenzin about training, Mako was dealing with my parents and somehow Pabu managed to find his way onto my leg. "Hey there little guy! I was wondering when you were going to show up!"
"Pabu's back?"
"Yea." Holding out my arm, our little team mascot crawled onto my shoulder, nuzzling my cheek before going over to his owner's shoulder.
"Hey there buddy! Didn't see you when you came in!"
Watching the touching scene, I wished sometimes that I could have a pet like Pabu but with me gone all the time it would be hard to manage.
"AH! I forgot to start dinner!"
"Do you need me to run out to the store and get some more stuff?"
"No, no, I have more than enough. I always buy more then I need just in case I need to bring food to work for over night shifts."
Rushing into the kitchen, I was left to manage Pabu. He started crawling all over me before escaping into the couch and then darted out to Bolin's room. "I've never seen him so flighty, what's up with him Bo?"
"He usually gets like that when there's a lot of activity around him!"
"Ah..." I didn't really know what to say right now, I still wanted to be alone somewhat. And if I needed company I preferred Bolin's over anyone else's right now.
"I need some help in the kitchen!"
Perfect excuse. "I'll go help him in the kitchen, you guys relax and sit down." Rushing into the kitchen, I was glad to be free of what would've been an awkward situation.
"Wow, I would think that you would want to be out there. You haven't seen or talk to them in over a week."
"Mmm, nah... I mean I love them but the space was welcomed actually. Besides, you got more people to feed today so the extra hands should be a welcome."
"Trust me, they are."
Pulling out the steaks from the freezer, I set them to the side and got out a couple of boxes. "Hey Bolin, how much is the serving per box?"
"I think two to three."
"Well with the way me and you put it down were going to need more than three boxes!"
"Hah! Your right about that!"
Pulling down five boxes, they went straight next to the steaks sitting out.
"Hey Korra, mind thawing out the steaks a bit so it's easier to cook?"
"No problem." Placing the steaks on a nearby tray, I warmed up my hands and held them over the steaks so I wouldn't overdue it and cooked them before they hit the stove.
"Hopefully within an hour or two everything will be done if I set it up right..."
Hearing him shuffling around behind me, I looked over my shoulder to see Bolin piling pots and pans upon each other. He wasn't paying attention to how they were stacked or that they were swaying none to gently on the counter. "Bolin you should be paying attention instead of talking you know."
"Oh I'll be just fine, what's the worst that could happen?"
Ironically enough while picking up with pans and pots piled high did he slip. To avoid a catastrophe I blew wind under the pots and pans to avoid having everyone's eardrums ringing.
"Ouch, I think I should have listened."
"Yeah, ya think?" Smirking, I manipulated the air to put the cooking tools down on the table in some order. 'At least they won't topple over unless someone is clumsy enough to slam into the table.'
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't need to gloat about it."
Once the last tray was down on the table I turned to Bolin who was still semi-laid out on the ground. "Tripped over a chair leg?"
"Most likely."
Rolling my eyes, I extended my hand to help him up. Instead... "Bolin!"
"Gotcha!"
He pulled me down on the floor on top of him.
"Revenge!"
"No!" I hated being tickled but that's exactly what he was doing right now.
"You shall not get away!"
"Hahahaha! I'm ha! Going ha! To get youuuu!" Squirming, I rolled around a bit to try to escape him.
"Nope!"
We wrestled a bit before I was able to pin him down and catch my breath. "Finally."
"Umm Korra?"
"Hmmm?" I felt air on my check and it just dawned on how close we were in proximity. 'Wow, his eyes are a really pretty shade of jade green.' They were deep like the actual gem and hidden within them were flecks of gold representing his half fire bender heritage.
"Korra..."
Neither one of us knew what to say but if I had any clue on what he was thinking it was probably what I was thinking... Or somewhere along those lines. Picking up on the change of body temperature, it was welcomed and it showed that I wasn't the only one who had multiple emotions about this. "Bolin..."
"Korra what happened? I heard a lot of noise and then silence. Are you and Bolin ok-?"
Both of us turned to the kitchen to see Lin standing there stunned. 'Crap, how could things get any worse?'
"What happened Lin? You look pale."
'I stand corrected.' I heard my mom come near the kitchen and when she took one look in the look on her face said it all. 'Why is this happening to me?' I swear someone upstairs has a vendetta against me right now.
(Korra's P.o.V end)
A/N: Steady progress! Some chapter will be edited and some will not, this one was and hopefully I can get up to chapter 6 soon so I can continue with chapter 10. Have a nice day guys!