"You ratted me out to the president?" Korra yelled as she burst into the office.
"Korra, let me explain." Mako knew she would come. In preparation, he knew what he had to say, so his voice was calm.
"Explain why my boyfriend stabbed me in the back?" She placed her hands on his desk.
"Look, the president of the republic asked me a direct question. What was I supposed to do?"
"You betrayed me and my family!" She angrily kicked the table out from in front of him.
"Enough!" he hollered standing up. "Look, I have a job to do! I can't constantly be worrying about keeping you from making another huge mistake!"
"Well, I have a job to do too! Only it seems like you're always standing in the way of me getting it done!" she screamed.
"Well, I guess if we're both putting our jobs first, maybe there's no room for our relationship!" Mako felt a silence crawl into the air. He knew his coworkers were watching. He could have cared less about them, but that look on her face made him turn his head away.
"So, what? Are you breaking up with me?" he heard her ask quietly.
No. "Yeah." He lifted his eyes to meet hers. "I guess I am." Suddenly, there were tears brimming her eyes, those sparkling blue eyes that used to be so full of light. Before the tears could fall, Korra ran out of the office.
Mako stood there with his head down. Lin commented on her breakup with Tenzin, but he hardly paid any attention. She picked up his desk and put it back in place before placing her hand on his shoulder. "Go and take the rest of the day off," she said low enough so the rest of the officers wouldn't hear her.
Mako looked at her and replied with, "I'm fine."
She squeezed his shoulder and whispered, "Liar," before walking back to her office. His body was numb, he couldn't feel anything. Without even picking up the papers that had fallen from his desk, he went straight for the door. After the door closed, he started looking around as if he was lost and didn't know where he was. He could see her. He could see Korra running out the door of the building, down the street, and where? He began to run, hoping to catch up with her.
She would go home.