Title: I'll Be Back
Word Count: 505
Summary: ["Leave. You obviously don't have the money." That did it. | Mako. Slight-Makorra.]

Rating: K+

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prompt· just browsing

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"Where is she?" Mako mutters, leaning against the lamp post. Korra was supposed to meet him here so they could spend some time together, but she was nowhere to be found! After standing around for a half an hour, Mako was starting to get irritated. He sighs, and rubs his forehead.

"She'll show up eventually..." he says to no one.

He looks around the street. There were a few cars, some garbage and plenty of people; browsing the windows of the shops that lined the street. He takes a few steps from the corner and glances at the shop signs. One of them caught his eye:

Jung's Jewelry

I guess it wouldn't hurt to look around. He thinks, and begins to walk to the shop.

Mako approaches the window and leans into the glass. Silver necklaces, rings and earrings lined the window box, strewn over soft white cloth. He wonders if Korra would like any of that – he'd never really seen her wear any jewelry before – he looks along the glass, seeing if anything popped out at him.

There.

There was a small necklace in the back corner, hanging from a rack. It was simple, but it was the design on the necklace that caught his eye. A light circle hanged off the silver chain, engraved on it was the symbol of the Water Tribes; the moon and ocean waves.

It was perfect.

"Can I help you, sir?"

Mako looks up to see a very cross looking man glaring at him.

"If you have no business here you should leave. I don't want you romping around my shop." The man says, waving him away with his hand. Mako feels the heat of anger raise on his face, but then he sighs, controls his breath and walks up to the man.

"I'd like to buy that necklace; the one in the corner." He says, pointing to the necklace. The man looks at the necklace and scoffs.

"Young man, that may be the cheapest necklace in the shop. But I can't sell it to you; you obviously don't have the money." He says.

The does it.

"Hey," he says, a bit louder than he should, and points his finger at the man. "I'm just trying to-"

"Hey Mako."

He stops and turns around. Korra looks at him, and then glances to the shopkeeper, a confused look on her face.

"Everything alright?" she asks. "What are you doing around here for? I thought I told you to meet me at the corner."

"Y-yeah." Mako says, crossing his arms. "Everything's fine. I was just browsing; you took too long."

"At a jewelry shop?" Korra questions, looking at the shop.

"Well, I already looked at everything else." He says, approaching her. "Come on, you said you wanted to show me something around here, right? Let's go."

As they start down the street Mako looks to the shopkeeper who is, to put it simply, gawking at Korra. Mako eyes him and rubs his finger across his nose.

I'll be back.

:Fin:

I like the idea of this one, but I don't really think I did it justice. .'

Forcing yourself to write things is hard.