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Mako's POV

I didn't even notice when Asami left. One minute she was talking to Korra and the next she was gone. I frowned at this, taking Jason who had now fallen asleep in my arms and giving him to his mother. The Water Tribe girl carefully took him, cradling him like an infant before smiling up at me. I returned the smile, reassuring her I would be keeping in touch to see how the little Firebender was doing. Her parents came in as I was leaving and this put me more at ease. I didn't want to leave her alone.

Bei Fong offered to take me to the city and I accepted, heading to Asami's apartment as soon as we docked. I had to make sure she was okay; after all, this night had been full of unexpected turn of events. The Sato heiress answered the door and I could see a flicker of emotion in her face, but I couldn't quite pin it. She led me inside and closed the door, turning to face me, arms crossed.

"Hey, why didn't you tell me you were leaving?" I asked.

"Well if you weren't so busy with Jason, you might have noticed," she replied, a slight bitterness to her tone.

I raised a brow at this. "Are you okay?"

"I can't do this anymore, Mako," Asami whispered.

"Do what?"

"I can't be with you knowing that you are thinking about Korra all the time."

"What?" I asked. What was she talking about? "Where is this coming for?"

"You have changed since she's been back," the Sato heiress continued.

"Nothing's changed-"

"Everything's changed, Mako!" Asami finally snapped. "Everything has changed and you know it!"

I clenched my jaw at this, looking into her burning emerald eyes. I could see the pain, the hurt and the anger...and what was worse, was that everything she said was true. I had changed, there was no denying that, but I didn't know if it was Korra that changed me.

"Okay, you're right," I admitted. "I have changed, but so have you Asami, and to be honest, it isn't a bad change. Not the way I see it and it makes me happy."

"But it doesn't make me happy," she replied. "It doesn't make me happy knowing that this entire time I have been completely in love you but what you actually felt for me isn't real. It never has been."

"It is real," I countered, though even I wasn't sure anymore. I didn't know if I had grown accustomed to Asami…or I did have feelings for her. "I know that it is real and I already could see where you are going with all of this. Please, dont."

"I don't want to do this, Mako!" Asami snapped again. "But I'm not Korra, I'm selfish. I haven't given a damn about the feelings she has for you because I wanted you to for me and me only." I furrowed my brow. "I fell in love with the man I knew my best friend loved. I've never done the right thing!"

"Asami-"

"But I have to do the right thing now," she continued, her eyes watery. "I need to let you go."

"What?" I replied. "Asami, I don't understand."

"I don't want to be with you, Mako," Asami answered, tears falling now. "I don't want to see you either. I just want you to go," she added opening the door for me. "It's over."

I starred at her, wide eyed. I didn't know where this was coming from. I thought we were happy and that she had gotten past her insecurities with Korra, but it looked like she never did. I could never be with Korra; she knew it, I knew it. Korra had said so herself. But something must have happened between the two, something that had caused her to make this decision. I just didn't know what.

Korra's POV

I was holding Jason's hand as he, Howl and I made our way to the park in Republic City. Oliver and I had fixed our relationship and decided to remain as friends. The billionaire playboy had finally found someone, Laurel, a lawyer from Starling City who he took a trip with to the Earth Kingdom. I had enjoyed teasing him about her to no end. Ollie and I could never be together, we both realized that, but our friendship was that of a brother and sister and I liked that. I liked the fact that I didn't have to push him out of my life.

Today, I was taking a break from the club and decided to spend time with Speedy, knowing he loved going to the park. He held the soccer ball his 'uncle Ollie' had given him, ready to play. I couldn't help but smirk and shake my head as he tried speeding up his pace to get to the park faster. We were about a block away when a very familiar Firebender came into view.

"Hey Korra," he greeted.

"Hey," I replied. "Where are you going?"

"To the Jasmine Dragon," Mako replied with a shrug. "How are you doing Jason?"

"I'm good," the little Firebender replied leaning against me, and grabbing onto the skin around my waist. "I'm going to the park with my momma, want to come?"

My former teammate and I blinked a few times at this. I opened my mouth to speak but he beat me to the punch. "Yeah, I'll go," he replied. I held back a sigh. This was going to be good.

Soon enough we arrived at the park and both Firebenders started to toss the ball at each other. Howl and I joined as well, running after Speedy and tackling him down and bathing him in kisses. Jason giggled at this and wrapped his arms around my neck as I stood up. An ice cream man passed by and Howl offered to buy him a snack. I put him down and chuckled as I watched him run after the sentry. I looked around for Mako and found him talking to someone.

They shook hands and he came back towards were I was. I sat down and leaned against a tree, getting out of the sun for a bit. The Firebender smiled at me and sat down next to me, looking a little pensive. I frowned.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked. "You look…like you have a lot on your mind."

Mako opened his mouth and closed it before shaking his head. "Bei Fong," he finally said. "She-um…"

"What?"

"She had this crazy idea that Bolin was still alive," the Firebender continued. I winced a little at the mention of his younger brother's name. It had been so long… "Asami believed her too and they both seemed so sure of it that they kind of had me believing it also." He paused for a moment. "But Bo is gone."

I simply nodded my head. He was, and I hated that fact. "Who's the guy you were talking to?" I asked, changing the topic.

"That was the boy in the photo, that Bei Fong showed me," Mako replied. "The one she thought was Bolin. Ben's a good kid, came all the way here from the Earth Kingdom."

I nodded and watched the young man. My eyes narrowed when I saw a known equalist, and a name in my list approach him and give him a package. It didn't take me a long time to figure out it was money.

"Does he have family here?" I asked not prying my gaze from Ben.

"No, he came here at my request," my former teammate answered.

"I'll be right back," I said standing up when I saw the boy leave. "I just saw someone I need to talk to," I added.

I caught up to the boy in no time, watching how he moved about. I had to admit he looked a lot like Bo and I didn't blame the Chief of Police for mistaken him for the Earthbender. If Mako wouldn't have told me who he was…I might have had a heart attack if I ever ran into him. He turned into an alley and I took my chance, taking out a cloth to cover his eyes. I waited till he was halfway before pushing him against the wall with my Airbending and holding him in place while putting on the blindfold.

"Why did Malcolm Merlin give you money?" I asked.

"Who are you? What's going on?" he asked.

"Answer me!" I yelled slamming him against the brick wall.

"It was for a job!" Ben replied, his voice wavering.

"What kind of job?"

"I can't tell you! They'll kill me!"

"Your life is in my hands," I growled. "So either you tell me, or you won't get to waste that money."

"They'll kill me," he repeated. "I'm sorry."

"I am too," I replied sinking a blade into his hand and nailing it to the wall. The boy let out a scream which I quickly muffled with another cloth. I couldn't risk getting unwanted attention. "Now tell me, or I will do the same with your other hand."

"I did a favor for Hiroshi Sato!" Ben finally whimpered when I started to sink the blade in deeper.

"What favor?"

"This guy…he-he escaped from where they were keeping him," the boy continued. "I guess they spotted him or something before they caught him and when the cop started asking questions, he told me to say it was me on the photos." He stopped for a minute, letting out another whimper. "He said I looked like him."

"Where's Bolin being kept?" I asked.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"The real boy in the picture! Where is he being kept?"

"I don't know!" Ben replied. I sunk the blade all the way to the handle in his hand causing him to let out another scream that I muffled.

"Last chance," I warned darkly. "Tell me where he is and I won't hurt you anymore."

"I don't know!" he repeated. "But I heard them talking. They said something about a cabin in the outskirts of the city. I don't know if he's there though, I swear!"

I pulled out the blade and watched as he sank to the floor, holding his bloodied hand. "If you want to get out of here alive be at the docks at 10pm sharp," I said. "Count to 30 before taking off your blindfold," I added using my airbending to lift myself up.

I jumped up on the roof, taking a shortcut before ending up in the park. I walked to where Mako and Jason were, the little Firebender in his lap, eating his ice cream. I sat next to them and he crawled over to me, telling about how Mako had promised to teach him some Firebending moves. I smiled at this and looked up at Howl, our eyes meeting. He nodded, understanding my message.

We had things to do tonight.