Oh, Mako. You're such a teenager...

[hormonebending]

Look. I can be worried about a friend. And Korra is my friend. Who had been kidnapped, by the way, in case you forgot that.

So, I... [He groans and looks away.] I got a little carried away. I would have acted the same if it was Asami! [Wait. Wait. NO THAT ISN'T WHAT HE MEANT!] Or with Bolin, okay.

Just knock it off.

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[refreshmymemory]

Trouble in paradise, Mako?

[hormonebending]

No.

[refreshmymemory]

C'mon. Tell me all about it.

[hormonebending]

[BC] There's nothing to tell. Nothing is happening.

[bendingbending]

[There's a pause before she replies because the truth is she does want it to be romantic, and it sucks that he's so vehement in denying it. But on the other hand, he's made his choice, and more than that - Asami is a friend. She doesn't want to hurt her] It...means a lot to me. That you were there. As a friend.

Thanks.

[hormonebending]

[Sorry, Korra. He just. Doesn't know how to handle all of this, really. And he mostly just doesn't want to hurt Asami with his conflicted feelings.]

You needed someone there for you. It wasn't a big deal.

[bendingbending]

Yeah. I just...it didn't have to be you. You didn't have to. But you did, and--!

Sorry, I shouldn't - I'm just. Going to leave it there. With the thank you. Okay. [omg where is somewhere she can hit her head whyyyy]

[hormonebending]

It didn't. But I wanted it to--

[He coughs softly before rubbing the back of his neck.] I just wanted to make sure you were okay, Korra.

[meatguy]

[There there Mako, let Sokka bb help you fix all your girl problems]

Girls don't really like having competition you know.

[hormonebending]

[;A; Please, help me, O Wise One of the Ladies.]

There isn't a competition here. [He. Thinks...]

[meatguy]

Are you sure? Then what would you call it?

[Some more poking fun at, then he'll actually be helpful I swear]

[savedtheworld]

I thought you could just have one girlfriend.

[hormonebending]

[Avatar Aang, why.]

I do only have one girlfriend! Asami. Asami is my girlfriend. Korra is a friend. [methinks he doth protest too much.]

[savedtheworld]

[He nods, but he's still confused.]

Oh. Okay. I was just confused, because what you say up there makes it sound like you were treating your friend like your girlfriend.

[boomerangs]

You know, I too once succumbed to a similar reaction when my long time girlfriend, Suki, was kidnapped by the Fire Nation.

[hormonebending]

Korra's not my girlfriend.

[boomerangs]

I thought the same thing about Yue at first- she was my first girlfriend, of course, and also a princess. But as I was saying, Yue was not my girlfriend at first because she was already engaged. Of course, we inevitably fell in love anyway. You can't let others get in the way of that.

[terraformagica]

If your friend has been kidnapped, you'd better be worried about her!

[hormonebending]

[Whoa whoa!] Hey, I was. From the moment we heard she had been taken, I was incredibly worried.

[terraformagica]

[ Amalia is ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP okok ]

Then why are you being defensive?

[smackdownsoup]

Why didn't you tell her about the kiss earlier?

[Tact, thy name is not Shiro.]

[hormonebending]

[Why does everyone know his life!]

I--

It just--

[He gives a groan of frustration.]

[smackdownsoup]

[alkj;fdas ok no he didn't want that reaction, let's back this conversation up a bit.]

Do you want to start from the beginning? If you want to talk about it.

[h-he's trying to help, ok]

[feelsbending]

You would've rubbed my face after rescuing me from a kidnapper?

Kind of weird, bro. Just saying.

[hormonebending]

Okay, maybe not that far.