Title: Study Time
Word Count: 581
Summary: [Mako is just trying to get some homework done. Korra won't stop bugging him. | Mako. Korra. Makorra. Fluff.]
Rating: K+
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prompt· AU High School Fluff
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He holds his books and papers close to him and looks around with shifting eyes, checking each corner of the room, each crevice between the shelves. Seeing that no one is around, he lowers his books to his side and walks over to one of the study tables. The library's a big enough place for him to duck away, and it's not like he's ever seen her in it before. He isn't even sure she knows it exists…
"Makooooo…" a voice calls from behind. It's close. Very close.
Dammit.
"Korra," he says, turning round to the voice. "Can't you see I'm trying to study?"
"But that's so boring…" she says, placing her hands on the back of his chair, leaning backward and pulling him away from the desk. "Come on, Bolin and Asami were going to go out for lunch, they wanted to see if you were going to come."
"I already told Bolin I needed to stay to look over some things." He says. He pulls the chair out of her grasp and scoots it back to where it was, grabbing a paper as he does to hold to her face. "See? Stu-dy-ing. I need to get this done."
Korra quickly swipes the paper from her hand to examine it. After looking it over for a while, she puts it back in front of Mako and tries to hide her smile. He looks pissed. She leans on the table, watching him glare at her.
"But this stuff is so easy, why are you having trouble with it?" she asks and he opens his mouth wide, prepared to tell her off as angrily as he can but then he stops, and blinks. Once, twice. Processing her question.
"What?" he asks. Korra sighs.
"I mean, this is just basic physics! All you have to do is calculate the mass of the rock divided by the speed that the earthbender is throwing it to figure out the force – It's simple!" she says.
He stares at her.
"Helloooo? Makooo?" she says, dragging her voice as she waves her hand in front of his face. "Come on, I learned this stuff ages ago; don't act so surprised."
He shakes his head, getting out of his trance. Korra was always acting like such a nut in class; there's no way she's this smart!
"Wait – you get this stuff? And you learned it a while ago?" he asks, trying to make clear of this sudden display of brains. Korra sits down into the chair across from him and folds her arms.
"Well, yeah. The only reason I'm in that class if because I want to take some reviews while I learn the basics of literature from Professor Tenzin." She says, her eyes wondering around the room full of books. She continues;
"I don't want my other skills to get rusty… Oi, Mako." She snaps his fingers. "You're staring again."
"Uh, sorry… It's just kind of – surprising." He says, scratching his head. "So… uhh, can you…"
"Show you how to do this?" she finishes for him. "Sure thing."
"Great!" Mako says, and he immediately begins to shuffle through his papers. "But first do you know how to- oomph."
She presses a finger to his lips.
"But first," she says, leaning down to meet his eyes. "Lunch. I'm starving, and you're going to drive me."
She takes her hand away and puts it to her hip.
"Deal?" she asks. He smirks.
"Deal. Now help me get my things."
:Fin:
Thanks for the prompt anon! It was fun to write! (even if it did make me have to go and remember about my most hated class in high school =.=) It was a nice thing to do while waiting for my class to start - now I'm off!