Bolinora Week, Day 2
Unrequited love
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Korra.
Rated K
AU: Bolin and Jinora are neighbors. Three year age gap.
Pairings: One-sided Bolinora, Jinoochy
Summary: Friend, that's all I'll ever be.
Bolin and Jinora became best friends when she moved into his neighborhood the summer before her third-grade, and his sixth grade year. The day after her family had moved in, Ikki decided she needed to introduce herself to all the neighbors and she dragged Jinora along for the ride. When Bolin answered the door to the two girls he was surprised, he was even more surprised when Ikki opened her mouth.
She started talking so fast he could barely understand her, "Hello, my name is Ikki, and my family just moved to town. Is it a nice town, I don't really know yet since we've only been here a day. I'm soo excited, I'm gonna be a first grader and make all new friends and this is gonna be the the best year ever and what," then her older sister interrupted her, "Sorry for that. I'm Jinora and that's my sister Ikki. We just moved in next-door."
After that they were almost always together. They talked about books, bending, family and pretty much anything that came to mind at the time. Other times they would play board games, bending games, take a walk or tell each other stories. It was during one of these times that Bolin realized that Jinora had an amazing talent with words; she could make almost anything sound like poetry.
Bolin wasn't quite sure when he started to fall in love with her, but by the time she was a seventh grader, he was head-over heels. By the time she was a freshman Jinora was in love too. With a guy named Skootchy. They had been dating for a while when Jinora showed up on his doorstep at nine o'clock on a Friday night. She had tears in her chocolate brown eyes.
"Jin," Bolin said, "What happened?"
"Skootch broke up with me," she said sadly, "He said that he just wasn't feeling it anymore and that it would be best for both of us if we called it quits."
"I'm sorry, Jin," he said, giving her a small hug.
"Bo," she said, "I just thought that we had something special. What's wrong with me?"
"What's wrong with you," he said, shocked, "Nothing is wrong with, Nora. You are the most amazing girl I've ever met."
"Thanks Bo," she said, hugging him tighter, "You're the best friend a girl could ask for."
"Friend," he thought, "That's all I'll ever be."