it goes in one ear and right out the other

[assiduous]

Characters: mako (assiduous) and korra (isnttheleaf)
Open? closed.
Where: the castle, avoiding the party.
When: the 3rd day rebirth's decline, evening.
What: while the rest of the travelers revel, avatar korra and team avatar's token firebender have... some things to deal with.
Warnings: none. language, maybe.

[ lina what are we doing i don't know what we're doing

so. you know what sucks? finding your brother, only to be taken yourself, and taken somewhere REALLY FAR AND REALLY DIFFERENT and okay being electrocuted really hurts, so. it's safe to say that his reaction to waking up in the castle is uh. LESS THAN POSITIVE. (he almost lit the old man's hair on fire, before he was uh. settled.)



THIS IS BULLSHIT

THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA and mako is not happy with it WHAT THE FUCK IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH A SWORD you guys are assholes, just kidnapping him and giving him a sword and

whoa what's that commotion next door... ]

Comments

[assiduous]

[ he lets her tug him along, as if it's too much effort to protest right now, in any way more than the look he gives her, and a short, ]

What?

[ HE IS FINE OKAY jeez

oh! look it's their room, just up ahead. right there. ]

[streamlines]

It's nothing.

[she lets go of him when they get to the room. for a moment she considers suggesting they return to demand another room, but, well, the concept of demands by aggression is beginning to become... a little less appealing.

so instead she goes on in. of course it's clearly meant for one person]

....I guess it's a good thing there's only two of us?

[assiduous]

[ he follows, slipping his sword back off his shoulder AGAIN (because he carries it like a hobo) so it doesn't bump off the door frame... mako has seen worse. really.

they can probably flip a coin for the bed right

right

right ]

Yeah... Could be worse, though.

[ like it could be gross and icky and whatever and there could be rats and bugs and a leaky roof and stuff??? ]

[streamlines]

[korra stands there awkwardly for a moment before coughing and saying] Well, I'm going to go, uh, find the bathroom. You settle in, I'll be back.

[AND MAYBE THIS WILL AVOID THE "NO YOU TAKE THE BED" ARGUMENTS she hopes]

[assiduous]

[ :c korra don't leave him here by himself he doesn't know what to do.

... okay well "settle in" to mako apparently just means "put your sword by the door and sit in the chair backwards and wait for korra to come back"

like, i mean, he didn't even take his coat off.

he's just sitting here. waiting.

look he's got a one yuan coin though! flippin' that shit here yea gonna flip heads or tails for the bed i guess? ]

[streamlines]

[korra takes enough time to come to the realisations that bathrooms here aren't quite as modern as the ones in republic city before she returns and

well mako hasn't decided to make this easy on her

korra clears her throat, then re-enters the room and flops (somewhat awkwardly) down on the bed. despite her sitting right on it, though, she decides to say (after a long pause)] You're probably a lot more tired than I am. You should sleep on the bed—I don't get cold very easily, I'll be fine on the floor.

[assiduous]

[ he had an unbiased solution ready, korra! >: don't coddle him. ]

I was... gonna suggest we flip for it. [ he turns the coin over in his fingers ] You sure?

[streamlines]

[...oh. oh, flipping would have been a better solution, wouldn't it.

welp.]

Oh—well, we can flip—but it's really not a problem. You should have the blankets, anyway.

[assiduous]

[ there's the slightest frown at that, because just because he's... forgotten things doesn't make him unable to take care of himself! and wouldn't it make more sense to give whoever's on the floor the blankets... ]

Heads, you take the bed, tails, me?

[ is that acceptable. ]

[streamlines]

[who says you dont need someone to take care of you and hold you while you sleep huh mako huehehueh]

Sounds like a fair enough deal.

[assiduous]

[ LE FLIP (insert some of laure's obnoxious prose about the sound of the coin being flipped and mako catching it and stuff. ]

Heads. Bed's yours.

[ I GUESS YOU CAN MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT THE BLANKETS IF YOU WANT i mean there's no way he'll say no to blankets okay not if he's sleepin' on the floor. i mean they slept outside in the park together already there's not really any more lines they can cross in this relationshi...p... except for the ones they end up crossing anyway and stuff WHOOPS. ]

[streamlines]

[korra's glad for the flip for a moment, then bites her lip when she looks back at the mattress below her. true to her word she jumps to her feet and pulls the blankets off in one yank.

nope, she's not even going to say anything about it, just dump them on the floor.]

We should probably just rest up now and try to figure things out tomorrow.

[assiduous]

[ he looks up at her as he pockets the coin, nodding silently and standing. he toes the pile of blankets up against the wall, before kneeling down, (one knee on the floor and sill not talking!) and rearranging them in a suitable bed-ish shape with uh. WELL, EXPECTED EFFICIENCY, TBH.

there's a moment where he pauses in his work, and his chin dips down, hiding the lower half of his face behind his scarf again. his eyes close for a moment, and his fingers clench slowly in the fabric. but the moment passes, and he finishes arranging his makeshift dmitri!bed, taking a seat on it with his back against the wall his gams stretched out in front of him.

... OKAY KORRA DO SOMETHING SO I DON'T FEEL WEIRD WHEN HE GIVES HER HIS COAT ]

[streamlines]

[korra stands awkwardly for a moment, one arm wrapped around herself, before she breathes out slowly and with it extinguishes the fireplace/candles/whatever flames are giving them light in the room. it's chilly, but it's nothing like the south pole, and there's a dim puff of flame as she uses her breath of fire to send a last rush of warmth through her body.]

Well... good night?

[afjkhld this isn't like accidental napping in the park. there's a loud thwump as korra lets herself fall back onto the bed, arms and legs spread out as she lies on her back]

[assiduous]

[ the rustle of cloth against skin as mako shifts, runs his fingers through his hair. indecisive. ]

Night. [ a pause, then the slip of two fabrics slipping against each other (that's mako's scarf, pooling into his lap as he tugs it off), then the dull snap of the ties on his coat coming undone. ]

Here, [ yes that is the sound of mako taking off his coat TOO BAD THE LIGHTS ARE ALL OUT ] you probably need it more than I do tonight.

[ here korra! mako's coat. it's still warm! it smells like boy, cinnamon, soot, and soap. ]

[streamlines]

[ korra's eyes are wide at the sound of rustling fabric WHAT IS SHE MISSING OVER THERE she has an active imagination okay and she sits up with a small flame in her palm to see and reach for the offered coat.

korra wraps herself in it, and there's a definite redness on her cheeks (this is something it's good the lights are not on to see) as she turns up the collar and dips her face down]

Thanks.

[ ...when she lies down again she's not in her usual sprawling sleeping position, but rather curling further into the coat and taking in a scent that's definably mako that she shouldn't be enjoying so much but allows herself to indulge in

because he offered, right, and it she's not the one pushing it, so she's doing nothing wrong

and she'll definitely be sleeping like that all night, in a position that can't be construed as anything but having fallen asleep sniffing the damn coat ]

[assiduous]

[ mako has no inkling of korra's creepyness as he peels off his gloves and slips out of his boots, putting the former in his scarf and the latter at the foot of the blanket/nest/bed, then slipping under. he's out like a light, and sleeps like the dead, breathing softly.

at almost exactly 6:13 (sunrise) he rolls onto his stomach and props himself up on his elbows with a tired not-groan-sigh and some fabulous bed hair, still half exhausted. normally, this is when he gets up to go for a run before practice. there's a groggy, hateful staring match at the patch of floor in front of him, as he remembers and once again tries to... process it... all.

oh fuck him, this is ridiculous. not even checking to see if korra's awake, he flops back down with a tired exhale and rolls to face the wall, blanket twisting around him. HE IS GOING BACK TO SLEEP.

they're not going to get up until noon are they no wonder half the town thinks they're fucking ]

[streamlines]

[ because if she didn't wake up korra would keep lying there smelling his coat like a doofus in her sleep korra is eventually going to be the first to stir for good

SO here she is reluctantly waking up

and

fuck it's early she has not gotten as much sleep as she wants WHY IS IT EARLY

here have a loud grumbly noise because she's still just really confused about life rn the sun isn't even halfway across the sky yet]

.

[assiduous]

[ NOPE mako is going to keep sleeping until she gets out of bed and touches him or something alright or talks to him idk whichever comes first

he's on his back, one arm thrown over his eyes to block out the sunlight pooling on the floor around him, blankets twisted down around his waist I am throwing every cheesy stupid idea I have in this thread okay don't judge

seriously korra your life isn't fair mako's very existance is trying to tempt you ]

[streamlines]

[WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF GRUMBLIN' korra finally sits up, mako's coat falling from her shoulders as she does, and rubs her eyes. it's the falling coat that catches her attention, that reminds her of where they are and what is happening and

....good lord boy your existence is very unfair

korra looks away from mako after only a glance. she picks up his coat, plucks at the collar as she debates what to do (she doesn't want to wake him, he looks like he doesn't get enough sleep half the time), but finally she just says his name, quietly]

Mako.

[assiduous]

[ mako's waking up process is decidedly uh. more unfairness.

he yawns, which turns into a half groan, arms stretched up above his head as his spine arcs off the makeshift bed. this is a reminder that mako is in fact, rather tall, and he can take up about nine feet from fingertips to feet when he does this. he sits up in a short movement, one knee coming up which he rests a hand on, the other hand brushing at his mess of sex hair.

if he looks like he could have managed to sleep a few more hours, you'd be right. ]

Hey.

[ wow mako you need to stop

OH MY GOD AALSKDFJAEWKLFSD HE SPUN HER AROUND AND HER HAND ON HIS NECK AND LAKEJFKELF THERE WAS PROBABLY MUCH SCARF TUGGING AFTER THAT DLSKFJEAKLSFD ]

[streamlines]

[ wow

mako

fuck

you

SHE WISHES SHE COULD ]

Thanks for letting me borrow this.

[ she tosses his coat at him before stretching herself, only briefly, hands linked ]

[assiduous]

Sure thing.

[ and because mako's not a CREEP, he just catches the coat and lies it down next to him, NOT SMELLING IT AT ALL OKAY.

if mako seems a little quiet(er), it probably has to do with the FREAKY MEMORY LOSS. ]

[streamlines]

[ wow rude okay mako it isn't creepy if the person smells really good (?????????????)

korra taps her hands together, then swings her legs over the edge of the bed and looks at him ]

So, I was thinking. I'm not sure how exactly you lost your memory, or whatever happened, but it might be worth a try to see if I can heal you.

[assiduous]

[ korra he'd been wearing that jacket for two days straight it's creepy okay

he shifts, back against the wall again. ]

You're a healer?

[ YOU KEEP SURPRISING HIM, KORRA ]