Note: Whew!….I am so sorry that it took me so long to write this. I have been swamped with college BS and tins of other things to get done (like work.) Anyways, I really hope that you guys enjoy this. Hopefully it makes a good wrap up…errr I'm not sure lol but uhhhh…..yeahh I tried to end it the best way that I could :)

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Legend of Korra.

Mako took a breath and stared blankly at the ceiling while he waited. He didn't want Korra to think that it was her fault. Maybe she could be a little rash at times and a bit reckless, but she hadn't actually meant to hurt him. Korra was just Korra, and even if it drove him crazy most of the time…it was ok. It was what made her amazing.

Korra came through the door and quickly shut it behind her. There was a small bucket of water in one of her hands as she swiftly paced over to the bedside. Kneeling next to the bed, she set down the bucket and hastily began to pull off her parka. The water sloshed around at her imprudence. "Feeling ok?" Her parka was carelessly tossed to the floor as she slightly leaned on the mattress.

He just watched, mused by her haphazard movements.

She noticed the way his large figure awkwardly stretched out along her low bed. His heels almost hung over the edge. "I guess my bed is a bit small." She bit her lip with an unsure expression.

"Relax, Korra." He gave her bare shoulder a gentle graze.

She smirked only slightly and for a short amount of time before her eyes wandered over his injured hip. She realized this would probably be more awkward than she had expected. "Um, ok, this is gonna sound a little strange but…" She rubbed the back of her neck and loudly cleared her throat. "I- I'm going to have to…well…remove your pants."

"Huh?" His brows furrowed curiously, cheeks slightly flushing.

She harmlessly put up her hands and blushed, eyes wide and nervous. "N-not all the way!…just…below your hips sorta- kinda…" She fake coughed into her fist and avoided his eyes completely, allowing her gaze to wander far off to the side of the room. "In order to water-heal, I need contact with your skin…"

It seemed embarrassing, but Mako knew it was just a part of the procedure. So, he nodded, taking a breath and loosening the belt of his coat so that he could shrug himself out of it. He didn't want it to get in the way of what she had to do.

She gave him a worried glance, the ocean in her eyes a bit unsteady. "It shouldn't take very long anyway. Only a few minutes." She watched as he steadily began to shrug out of his coat and work on undoing his pants. To her, he appeared to be edgy. She could read it in those amber eyes of his. It didn't matter how well he concealed it. "I mean if you're uncomfortable, I can get Katara. It's not a big a deal. I just want-"

"-Korra." He paused and looked at her with steady amber eyes.

How in the world could he keep the flames of his irises so controlled?

"I'm ok with you doing it." He finished undoing his pants and painfully attempted to pull them down.

"You need help with that?"

"I've got it." He grunted as he carefully leaned to the side to pull them down to his thighs, revealing a red pair of boxer briefs as he settled back into a more comfortable position.

Korra hesitated, trying her best not to stare at the shape of him, and awkwardly found his gaze. She gave him a nervous smile and lightly scratched her jaw. "Uh…Nice!" She gestured to his briefs casually as she spoke. "They match your scarf. So was that on purpose or just a random coincidence?" She let out an unsteady laugh, stopping abruptly at a light flick against her forehead. She flinched and scowled. "Hey!"

Mako raised one brow and kept a serious expression, his own version of a pout. "Can we be serious about this? I'm in a bit of pain here that is gradually turning to agony."

Her brows slanted with self-scorn. "You're right. Sorry." She didn't mean to sound insensitive. She was just a bit nervous and timid. She wasn't sure how to react to the current situation, especially because it was her fault.

He smirked softly at her slight fluster. It was just a tease for poking fun at the relation between his scarf and his underwear. As she began to gently tug down the left side of his waistband, he reached over to lightly graze his fingertips over her shoulder.

Her shoulders relaxed at his touch, yet she still seemed uncertain. He figured it had something to do with the fact that she was trying to pull his waistband to expose his left hip.

The idea of him exposing more of himself left him a bit timid. With a hint of a frown he asked. "What are you doing?" He kept his eyes on her face trying to ignore how he felt, but it didn't take much longer for him to feel apprehensive again. She wouldn't uncover all of him, would she?

"I need to scan your hip again before I start healing." After exposing his skin, Korra softly caressed her fingers along the contours of his hip to trace the fracture.

His skin tingled wherever her fingers brushed and his heart began to pound, extremely conscious of her tenderness and how close she was to the fly of his boxer briefs.

"Why?" She raised her brow as she gently trailed her fingertips over the V of his hip. "You nervous, Cool Guy?" She charmed him with a playful smirk.

Stomach muscles flexed from beneath his tank top as he tried to retain composure. He loved when she smirked like that. "No…" He lied. Of course he was nervous. Korra had never touched him this way before, and never near such a personal area. She was normally a bit shallow with affection.

Korra began to waterbend a handful of water out of the bucket and maneuver it around his hip. She admitted to herself that she was just a little nervous about healing him. To her, his body looked gorgeous and she just couldn't get over the way his abs subtly bulged, cutting a lovely V into his hips. She mentally shook herself, ignoring the appeal of his toned body and forcing herself to focus on restoring his fracture.

He groaned lightly as pain was instantly replaced by the gentle warmth of the glowing water. If only that water had been her hands instead…touching him again...feeling him…massaging so close to his groin, like a tease…

"How you holding up? You ok?" She gave him a short shy glance as she continued her work.

He slightly shifted as heat threatened to creep between his legs. "Yeah." The sensations of her water-healing were phenomenal….something like a warm soothing massage. It seemed to warm as it cooled, teasing his nerve-endings playfully. He sighed with content, glad that all these sensations were because of Korra. "I see what my brother was talking about when you healed his shoulder." His eyes wistfully drifted about her face and settled on her turquoise eyes. He reached up to trace the back of his finger along her jaw line.

She portrayed a soft smirk, enjoying his touch and slowing the movements of the water.

That stirred up a whole new sensation on his pelvis, and he gave a small jerk as a warm rush of blood slowly made its way to his groin and burned gently. He groaned a bit shyly this time, moving his hand down to grip the edge of her tank top and struggling to keep a controlled breathing pattern. So badly he wanted to say her name. He just wanted to moan it to her while she touched him in all the right places. She was so close to touching between his legs…

Korra frowned slightly, doing her best to pay no mind to the random sounds of satisfaction he projected. "Mako, I need you to stay still."

"Sorry…" He tightly gripped the comforter, using the hand that she couldn't see. He just needed something to grab onto….preferably, Korra…

"Just a few more minutes."

He closed his eyes, trying to ignore the way the warm energy of the water rendered the heat in his crotch. It was getting hotter, enough for him to feel it throb. He opened his eyes, his heart beating nervously. This was too much. He could feel himself beginning to swell. "Korra…" His brows slanted worriedly and he sat up on his elbows. The shape of him began to push along the inside of his briefs. He immediately used a hand to try and hide himself, but it was a bit difficult to cover.

How would she react? Would it make her angry?….Crap…This was Korra….She would kill him, wouldn't she? Knowing Korra, he knew she wouldn't deal with anything she disapproved of.

Korra groaned with irritation and momentarily suspended the water in the air. "Mako, would you quit it? You keep moving. I can't focus on your fracture when you do that." She raised her brow, noticing his current position. What was with him? He was never no antsy or impatient. "Are you uncomfortable or something? You're covering yourself…I mean, I- I don't mind it or anything, but…you really need to stop moving." She gave a slight pout

"No. No, I'm not uncomfortable. I- I'm fine. I just…." He sighed with a frown and lowered his eyes, feeling a bit frustrated with his embarrassment. "You…You turned me on, alright?" He said it a bit harshly as he uncovered himself and looked away. "It's your fault for being all gentle and beautiful…and stuff…" A pink flush tinted his cheeks and touched over the bridge of his nose. "I don't get why you gotta be so sensual…or why your touch is so warm …" He muttered this quietly and fumbled with his scarf.

She froze. He was enjoying her touch? She took a glance between his legs, keeping the water suspended. Oh, he enjoyed it all right. He was hard and full. The length of him strained against his boxers and curved off to the right, unable to push past the elasticity of the waistband. For some reason some part of her began to find him to be even more appealing. Something about it all made him quite handsome….masculine…

She was suddenly overcome by some sort of nervous rush and averted her gaze to his face, unsure of what to say. "Mako…" Her voice came out a bit huskier than she wanted it to.

His eyes were timid pools of liquid amber. They burned like dim embers, focusing on her longingly. He craved her attention and he couldn't help it.

There was a knock at the door. "Korra."

Korra dropped the water in Mako's lap and instantly leaned an elbow over the bed so that her body was blocking his waist.

He gasped as the water drenched his boxers, and pressed a hand over his crotch.

The door opened and Senna poked her head in. "What are you doing?"

"Mom- Hi! Ahem- This isn't- we-we were just- Mako…got hurt and I'm- I'm healing him." Korra put her other hand on her hip and threw up a cheesy grin. "Yeah- yeah, that's exactly what happened." She nodded.

Mako waved to Senna hesitantly. "Hi, Senna…" He was blushing furiously with a troubled look of shock on his face. This was the worst situation ever…

Senna slightly tilted her head to the side, not fully understanding the odd behavior between the two of them. She figured it was just because she had a crush on Mako. "Hm, well maybe I should go get Katara."

Mako squirmed with anxious discomfort and cleared his throat.

Korra quickly shook her head. "NO! Ahem, I mean, no. No that's ok. We're fine."

Senna frowned a little. "She's a great healer, Korra-"

"-Mom. I'm fine." She jerked her brows with impatience as if to signal her to leave. "Really. I know what I'm doing. Katara trained me, remember?" She raised one brow.

Senna waved a hand. "Alright, alright…Well dinner will be ready in a few minutes. That should be enough time for you guys to go outside for a while. I just wanted to see how you guys were doing." She glanced around the room. "It's getting a little dark. You should turn a light on."

Korra rubbed her left temple with irritation, sensing Mako's unease. "Yeah, ok."

"I'll call you when dinner's ready." She left and closed the door.

Korra sighed and turned her focus back to Mako. "I'm…sorry about that. My mom, she just comes right on in." She made a dramatic gesture and let her hands drop with frustration. "You ok?"

His eyes found hers timidly. "I'm ok. I just…" He slightly frowned, still holding his hand between his legs. Using his other hand, he nervously scratched the side of his head as he cleared his throat. "I'm sorry..."

Sorry? Why was he sorry? Korra tilted her head curiously. "For what? Everything's kewl." She shrugged one shoulder and bent the water back into the bucket. She never thought of him as a shy kind of guy, but she guessed that he was really hard on himself. "Don't worry she didn't see anything." She turned her eyes in his direction and took note of his frustrated expression. She placed a hand on his thigh. "Mako…" Her gaze softened with sympathy.

His eyes found hers shamefully and then he looked away again, his brows still pulled together with frustration. He felt like an idiot. For one, that would have been thee most horrible first impression if her mother had seen the fact that his pants were slightly pulled down and that he was hot and heavy for her daughter. Two, He didn't even know what Korra was thinking. He suddenly felt her fingers curl over the palm of his hand as he hid himself. His eyes found hers in an instant, watching as she uncovered him and brought his palm to her lips. With a blush, he met her aqua eyes sheepishly. "Korra…"

She smirked crookedly. "Relax, City Boy." Using her other hand, she hooked a finger in his scarf and tugged him forward for a kiss.

He groaned softly when their lips made contact and flexed his abs as the heat between his legs worsened. She was trying to let him know that his arousal didn't bother her, and for that he was grateful.

She tightly squeezed his hand and pulled him closer by his scarf. He moaned and used his other hand to cup the side of her face as the kiss deepened. She was his drug, and he needed more of her. He wanted every inch of her…..everything…

The hand she had on his scarf trailed up into his hair and gave a light tug. He eagerly reached for her waist and pulled her closer to the edge of the bed with a grunt. She smiled, softly breaking the kiss. "Alright, Mako….Well, I need to finish healing you now." She kissed his cheek timidly and started to waterbend the water from the bucket again.

Mako stayed sitting up and toyed with the ends of her right ponytail. "But I feel fine. It's not even that bad anymore. It's just a little- mmmmmmm…" He moaned as she began to work the water on his hip.

Korra laughed. "Yeah, that's what I thought."

"Shut up…" He slightly blushed at his lack of control as his member got harder and began to ache. He leaned forward and rested his head on her shoulder. He loved being this close…so close he could smell her. Something about it was refreshing and arousing at the same time. Unconsciously, he began to nuzzle between her neck and her collarbone.

She laughed and gave a slight jump. "Mako…Stop, that tickles!"

He stopped and kissed her shoulder with a soft smile. "But you smell good." He gave a slight whine.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." She raised her brow sarcastically, unsure of how to take the compliment. "Just let me finish this…" She rotated the water over his hip for a bit longer and then stored it back into the bucket. Then she pulled up the left side of his waistband to cover him again. "There. I'm done."

"Thanks, Korra."

She lowered her eyes shamefully. "No. It was actually my fault in the first place so….I'm sorry I hurt you. I should have been more careful." She sighed with exasperation. "I just- I wasn't thinking." She fisted her hands with frustration.

Mused by her blunt scornful apology, he reached over to grab her hand and smirked. "You may be impatient, stubborn, reckless, and drive me insane, but, Korra….that's what I love about you. So stop apologizing and stop being afraid to look at me…" His warm amber eyes met with hers confidently.

She brushed her thumb over the back of his hand and smiled, raising one brow. "Yeah, well you're a pain in the ass too, but…that's what I love about you too." She kissed his knuckles and squeezed her way onto the edge of the bed so that she was sitting beside him. She didn't care if he was still aroused. It didn't bother her. Though it did spark her curiosity. She found herself itching to touch him for some reason, drawn to his masculine aura.

He frowned with a light smirk, gently pulling her against his chest. "You get what I mean."

She laughed and nuzzled his chest. "Yeah, I get what you mean." She tightly wrapped an arm around his waist. "But what did you mean by being afraid to look at you?" She tilted her head up to get a glimpse of his face. "I'm not afraid to look at you." She frowned defensively. "You don't intimidate me."

A scowl pulled lowly over his forehead. "That's not what I meant."

She sported a pout to go along with that frown of hers. "Oh? Then what did you mean?"

He sighed. "I- I meant…all of me." He looked down and hooked a thumb in the waist of his pants to tug them down a bit lower. What was he doing? He mentally cursed himself. Why couldn't he think straight? Was it because this feeling with Korra was new to him?…Either way, to him it didn't matter…This was just a new feeling he would have to learn to control.

"Oh…that…"

Her unimpressed response made him a bit uncertain. Damn….he probably really scared her off now…

She tilted her head up to look at him again. "You mean the way your red underwear match your red scarf." She grinned what was her impression of a troll face.

His uncertainty melted away as he was taken aback. Oh, now she was toying with him? This excited him a bit. "You know that's not what I'm talking about." He frowned, his voice a bit husky.

She laughed, planting a few kisses along his collarbone before she pushed into his chest so that he fell back into the pillows. "Yeah, so what?" She shifted her torso halfway over his chest and leaned both arms on either side of his head. She still had that smug look on her face.

That face alone got Mako worried: crooked smirk, confident and happily narrowed eyes, and that intensity in her aura that vaguely reminded him of a moose-lion ready to pounce… Whenever she glowed like that, it usually meant she was up to no good. Placing his hands on her hips, he raised his brow. "What are you doing?"

She shrugged and leaned down to nuzzle his neck. "Kissing you. Duhh…" She laughed lightly and kissed along the side of his neck down to his collarbone.

"Korra…" He shivered with pleasure and eagerly dragged her hips over so that she was completely on top of him. His lips found hers in an instant, drowning out her surprised reaction with pure heat. She tensed nervously as his hard-on pressed into her hip. Noticing her reaction, Mako cautiously lightened up the kiss and brought his hands up to stroke the sides of her face. "Relax, it's ok…" He brushed a strand of hair from her bangs.

She ignored his concern and kissed his jaw, not wanting to admit how uneasy she was. "I'm fine." Her kisses began to trail timidly down his neck.

Mako gently lifted her chin to look at her and raised his brow. He wasn't stupid. It was easy to read her uncertainty by the tension of her muscles.

Her turquoise eyes found his innocently. She smiled out of her own nervousness and turned her chin away from his grasp. "Stop." Wearing a goofy grin, she leaned down to give him an impatient kiss on the lips, and her hand shyly felt over his hip.

Was she crazy? She wasn't too sure. In fact, she wasn't thinking much at all, really.

Mako's hip slightly jerked at the touch of her hand. "Korra." His voice sounded more like a sultry warning. It was very blunt, almost coming out like a growl.

She laughed a deeply. "What?" She didn't wait for his response. She just started to nibble up his neck and playfully tug at his ear with her teeth. A warm humming sound emitted from her throat as she tugged as if she were about to laugh.

This caused his heart to kick up and kindle some sort of heat in his chest as her light hum tickled his ear. He strongly gripped her waist and ground his hips against hers with a hungry moan. He wanted her badly. He didn't understand how or what he would do. He just knew that he wanted her, and that playful attitude of hers wasn't helping….neither was the deep husky tone of her voice. Her sexuality easily stood out because of that. It just screamed aphrodisiac. There was no denying that she wanted him just as much as he wanted her.

He gently lifted her chin again and raised his brows. "Take it easy."

Korra gave him a repulsive pout. "I've waited since probending to finally be able to kiss you, and you want me to take it easy?" Her brow twitched challengingly, and she lightly rubbed her fingertips over the hip of his boxer briefs.

His abs tightened eagerly and he groaned, eyes of liquid topaz darkening lustfully. "You never actually waited."

Her eyes narrowed with a cunning smirk. "You never actually took it easy."

With dark hooded eyes, he leaned up to kiss her without a retort. She was right. She was just too delectable for him to simply "take it easy." One hand pressed firmly against the small of her back and the other reached up to undo the hair wrap on the back of her head. Dark chocolate locks of hair cascaded in waves over her shoulders and around her face as she leaned over him. The slightly curled ends of her hair tickled his face as she raised her brows in a bit of unexpectancy. He ran his fingers through her hair and watched her eyes. "Did I ever tell you how beautiful you look with your hair down?"

She blushed and hesitated. "Really?…I- I mean, I …N-no- that is way off topic!" She raised her brow sharply.

He smiled and combed his fingers through her silky hair.

"And I never said you could untie my hair. I keep it up for a reason." She huffed.

"Deal with it." His eyes met hers challengingly, the embers of his eyes giving a slight flicker.

That took her by surprise, yet something about it also made her excited. Something within her emboldened and she accepted his challenge, sliding her hand lower to press between his legs as she kissed him deeply. With a dark hungry groan, he tightly gripped the bottom of her tank top while shaping her side with his other hand. His hips moved slightly and he nibbled at her neck, allowing the tip of his tongue to taste her with each nip. "Korra…" He breathed. "Maybe you really should take it easy…" His legs weakened at her touch.

She could feel his breathing become ragged and brush against her skin. The heat between his legs pulsed mercilessly at the palm of her hand. This wasn't something she was used to. None of it was, but she was just acting instinctively, and instinctively she knew this would make him feel good. She wanted to touch him. "…I don't want to…" Her hand rubbed curiously along the pulse between his legs and he gripped her tighter.

One hand tangled into her hair as he gave her neck a soft nip, struggling to contain himself. "Easy, Korra…" He groaned lightly and placed his hand over the one she had between his legs. His fingers carefully laced with hers and he gave her a slow strong kiss against her lips. "Such a hasty girl…"

She smirked crookedly against his lips and gave him a playful scowl. "Then let me be hasty…" She gave his lower lip a sensual tug with her teeth. "I thought you didn't take it easy." Her hand wrapped around the length of him through his boxer briefs.

He flushed with a moan and tightened the grip he had on her hand. Amber eyes flashed a wicked warning in her direction; a warning seemed to hold hidden promises. His brow raised sharply. "Well, one of us has to keep a straight mind here, and it's definitely not you."

"You're always so rigid…Don't you know how to have any fun?" She started to rub him again and he stopped her.

"Korra…" He raised his brow. "I'm pretty sure dinner is close to being ready. I don't want her to walk in on me and my pants are down again." He brought her hand up to his face and brushed his lips over her knuckles. "…especially not with you on top of me."

Her eyes narrowed boredly. "Buzzkill…" She muttered.

He leaned up and kissed her softly with a light laugh. "Come on, Avatar…"

She twisted her mouth to the side with a scowl. "Whatever…"

He hated her look of disappointed, but he sat up anyway, taking her with him. Handling her would be something else entirely. That girl was a stubborn little thing, but he loved it. He loved her, and there was nothing he would change about it…..and it amazed him to think that all of this happened from that night that they found Korra. If it had happened any other way, he didn't think that he would have ever been up front with his feelings for her.

Thank the spirits for finding Korra..

Note: Questions/Comments? Feel free to say anything, as always :) YES, I will be writing some stuff for Book 2: Spirits! LOL umm and I might create a collection of one shots as long as my college does not become an issue. So far its a little hectic, but I will see what I can do :) THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT! ILOVE YOU GUYS! YOU'RE ALL FRICKEN AWESOME! ^_^ and I hope to intrigue you all for my fanfic on next season.