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[anatural]

[She'd awoken that morning with a loud gasp. It took her a moment to realize that what had startled her out of sleep was the beating her own heart. It was loud enough to make her head hurt.

What........how....

Immediately she thinks of Chekov. He's made trades for people's lives before, and she'd had to really talk him out of making a trade for hers. Maybe he had succumbed to heroic temptation.

She should be grateful. A part of her is. The larger part of her is angry that he would do what she had explicitly told him not to. The idea of someone making a sacrifice to save her doesn't sit right with her at all.

She grabs her device.]



[video]
[You may notice that the young Avatar looks remarkably healthy. Quite lively, even, as though somebody had made a trade to get her heart beating again.

She's not happy about it.]

Chekov, what did you do?!

[Korra's too upset for niceties such as "filters".]

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video; private

[firesneeze]

You're welcome, Korra.

[ DISCONNECTS. ]

action;

[anatural]

[DON'T THINK YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF IT THAT EASY, BUB.

She storms over and pounds on your door.]

Mako! Mako, open up!

action;

[firesneeze]

[ Not answering, nope. Maybe he can like Spider-man it down the apartment wall or something before she kicks the door open or draws Asami's attention........... ]

action;

[riches]

[ GUYS, SHE'S TRYING TO DO HER PHYSICS HOMEWORK WATER U DOIN. ]

Korra? [ Peeking her head out of their room. ] What's going on? Did Mako do something to make you angry?

action;

[anatural]

Asami!

[No. Nooooooo. No no no no no. Asami is the second to last person Korra wants to see right now. Hi, your boyfriend traded something valuable away to bring me back my life. He didn't happen to talk to you about it first, did he?]

Heeeeeeeey. I was just...had a question for...Mako.

[ALL THE AWKWARD. ARGH.]

action;

[firesneeze]

[ Hey, the banging's stopped. But now there are voices outside in the hallway. Carefully and quietly he creeps towards the door to listen in on what's going on out there. ]

action;

[riches]

Are you guys having an argument?

[ Color her curious. Also, wow, Mako needs to be a man and open the door in any case. FFF. ]

I could try and ask him to get out here for you.

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[anatural]

[She's a little tempted to say yes, just to watch Mako try and explain himself in front of his girlfriend. But she doesn't want to hurt Asami, and if Mako did make this trade behind her back... This isn't how Asami should find out.

So she plasters on a smile.]

No, no! I just wanted to know......er [She almost says "where the bathroom is," but that's ridiculous. She lives here.] ......something.

[You may notice a bit more color in her cheeks than usual.]

action;

[riches]

[ Quirking a brow, she waves a hand to brush off the interruption. ]

No, no! Sorry for, um. Bothering you guys. Maybe keep it down, though?

action;

[firesneeze]

[ He's got his ear pressed flat to the wood of the door, his brows deeply furrowed. He may be holding his breath. Maybe Korra will leave now that she's gotten Asami's attention... ]

action;

[anatural]

[No dice, bro.]

Sorry. Hey Mako, get out here so we can talk without bothering Asami.

[HINT. HINT.]

action;

[firesneeze]

[ Deep breath. He wraps his fingers around the doorknob, flexes them out, wraps them around the cool metal again. The door cracks open and he peeks out. ]

You know... you're the one making all the noise.

action;

[anatural]

Because you won't open the door and talk to me like a man!

[She takes the opportunity to kick the door open. Hard.]