I hope that this chapter leaves you wanting more. I don't own LoK.
Her voice rang through his mind in an eerie echo with the words she just expressed. "Tenzin, go out with me." It was a sudden question, Tenzin didn't know how to react, he was unsure of how to respond. He couldn't stray from his destiny, but something inside of him told him to say, "Yes."
Then almost as if on cue a soft voice whispered its melody in his ear. "Say yes, she will be a great ally." The voice whispered almost as if it were amused. Tenzin tired to disregard the spirit's command, but he could not.
Turning to Lin he replied, "Yes, but is it professional or personal?"
Lin seemed a bit shocked, but Tenzin's answer. "Oh, uh it's both." She forced the words out still a little dumbstruck.
"Ok, well how about we meet later tonight at 6:00, I will take you to dinner." Tenzin said with a small smile as he turned on his heel and went to go collect Korra.
Korra ran down the streets to the park to where she first met Mako. She stopped at the edge of the green surveying the park with blue eyes. Then she spotted him, he was sitting on a park bench looking bored as he juggled an ember from hand to hand as if it were a ball.
"MAKO," She called his name from across the green. His head shot up when he heard her voice. Gold eyes found her at the edge of the park.
He began to walk towards her as she walked towards him. He had a huge smile on his face; he wasn't able to get this girl out of his head all night. Every time he closed his eyes he saw her face. If he didn't see her he would have gone insane.
When they were inches from each other they stopped. "Hey, I was waiting for you." Mako casually said with a cool smile.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I couldn't get away from training, but luckily Tenzin had a council meeting."
Mako's senses honed in on the bane and immediately felt something he never felt before. "Wait who is 'Tenzin'?" He put air quotes around the name.
Korra who was oblivious to Mako's immediate reaction. "Oh he is my teacher."
"Oh is he your water bender teacher?"
Korra shook her head, "No, he is Airbender teacher."
"Wait, you're an Airbender? I thought that you were a Waterbender." Mako said confused as he looked at Korra with searching eyes. She had tan skin, dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. She didn't even remotely look like she was ethnically an air nomad.
"No, I am a Waterbender; I am also an Earthbender and a Firebender." She said with a small smile as she flicked bangs from her face.
"You're the Avatar." He whispered with slight awe.
"Yup, the one and only," Korra laughed as she stuck out her tongue at Mako.
"That's cool."
"Yeah, I guess, but I never really have any freedom. I sometimes just want to be free."
"But, you are free." Mako countered a little confused.
She shook her head. "No, I'm not. I have to train with Tenzin. I won't master Airbending any other way."
"Ah, I see." Mako nodded as he looked at the young girl with understanding eyes. He knew how it felt to be restrained, to never really be free. When Mako was younger he took it into his own hands to protect his younger brother and to provide for the both of them. So Mako basically sold himself to the Triple Threat Triad.
Anytime Mako was needed he would go and do their grunt work. No matter what, often they made Mako do terrible emotionally scarring things. Things that made him come off as stand-offish. "Mako, what's wrong?" Korra asked noticing Mako's troubled expression.
Color grew on his pale cheeks."Oh nothing," His eyes darted away from hers. Without him saying anything Korra understood why he acted the way he did.
She wrapped her arms around him and drew him into a comforting hug. "Mako, I understand."
Tears streamed to his eyes. "How can you understand, I haven't said a thing?"
"I just do." She replied and she brought herself closer to him. He tightened his embrace around her. At that moment Mako realized his true feelings for Korra, he loved her. But some panging feeling ruined the happy realization.
Asami, Mako was still engaged to Asami. Then someone came up and grabbed Korra's shoulder. It was Tenzin. The young man was shocked to see the young Avatar hugging some boy. He felt a pang of jealousy. How could Korra be hugging him?
