Catch-all for October

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Characters: Korra (alphatar) and OPEN.
Date: All throughout October.
Location: Various.
Situation: All the things.
Warnings/Rating: N/A, will edit if necessary.

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She nodded and the sound of ball’s echo in its bounce prompted her to speak, reminding her that the game was on pause.

“I’ll tell him before they clear him to go live in his suite. He’d find out pretty fast thanks to the network.” Small favors that the clinic only had one console and Kyle restricted it to staff only. “He’s just, not anything I was expecting; you know?”

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A nod, it wasn't like he could disagree with that plan of action. "I don't think anyone was expecting something like this," he said in response to her final statement. Avatar Aang... it was still weird to imagine.

"It'll be fine, though," he said by way of comfort. He didn't want Korra to over think all the things that could go wrong-- which was a strange thought coming from Mako of all things, but it was there.

He passed the ball to her. "It's weird, but I don't think it's the weirdest thing that's happened since we've gotten here."

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She caught the ball with one hand and began tossing it from one to the other.

"I guess it's not." They were on top of a giant, powerful turtle with people from different universes and were enlisted to fight an unspeakable evil that could possibly destroy everything.

And she was worried about her personal Avatar issues with a twelve year old boy.

The way Mako put it made her give a dry laugh. "Okay, but if any other Avatars start showing up; I'm officially going to flip out." She began dribbling the ball with one hand and adjusted her cap to block out the sunlight.

"Remember the score?" she asked with a smile in her voice.

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At least she seemed to relax, so maybe his suggestion wasn't too far off base. Though he couldn't guarantee that other Avatars wouldn't show up, there was no reason to stress about it now. "Don't worry, I'll be here too. You're not alone for this, Korra."

He relaxed a little more himself, the game was challenging and while it was hard at first, he was starting to pick up the rules, even if she was still beating him.

But it was coming more naturally.

"And I haven't forgotten it. Why, did you?" he counter teased.

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The one thing Korra never asked for, but needed, was support and what worse is that she knew it. So when it came unbidden from Mako, a smile forced it's way across her lips.

"Thanks." she said as she began to dribble the ball from one hand to the other now. "Five to eight, my favor. Getting spoiled by the scorekeeper back home, Team Captain?" asked with amusement as she started to show off by bouncing the ball between her legs in a pattern.

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"We'll see how long that lead lasts," he responded, this time making an aggressive reach for the ball as it bounced back towards her hand.

He was catching on.

And they were both pretty competitive. He'd never played basketball before, but he could already tell this was going to be a hell of a match before it was over.

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She was getting cocky and even bantered back. "It'll last until I wi-" and that's when he stole the ball and got a quick 'Hey!' for his troubles. She went to try and block, but her height didn't allow for her defense to be nearly as strong as her offense.

As they played, she actually worked up a sweat in playing against him. All three matches since it was best two out of three. It was the physical push, the competition she'd been wanting.

"Glad you haven't lost your Fire Ferret spirit." she said between breaths as she bent over to pick up both bottles of water. They were warm now, but when she touched them and small layer of frost crawled along the outside. She was almost tempted to just pour it on her face to get rid of the sweat.

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That was actually pretty fun, as far as sports he'd never heard of went. He wiped the sweat off his brow, and a part of him really wanted to ditch the shirt, but he wouldn't.

He'd worked up quite a sweat himself, if the patches on his shirt were to be believed, and that water she was holding was looking really, really good right then. Besides the fact that she was looking really, really good. But she always did.

"Just because we've been off for at least a month doesn't mean I've forgotten how to compete," he responded back to her.

He had the ball, still, lest it get forgotten or something.

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Straightening herself back up, Korra turned and held out the ice cold water. He wasn’t looking too bad himself, and if it was up to her she’d make him take that shirt off.

“A month is still a month.” She chided as she took off the cap to her bottle. “Practice every day, remember?” Of course she would try to say that and get away with it, even after taking time off to join Tarrlok’s task force in the beginning.

A mock toast before she raised the water and drank glorious mouthfuls of what now felt like precious water her body craved.

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"Uh-huh, says the girl who missed a few weeks of practice herself."

The water was cold, and when he took a sip, he knew it was exactly what he was craving. He felt better after the first gulp, soon he wasn't going to have much left in the way of water.

"That wasn't bad, though. We'll have to have a rematch, soon," he commented idly, before leaning down to kiss her.

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All she gave to that statement was an incredibly confident smile since she managed to keep her game even with the lack of practice. In a way, it was a huge compliment to her. Korra put her hands on her hips and made no effort to conceal her interest in watching him drink.

“We can play anytime.” She answered back smoothly as she rose up onto the balls of her feet. She tilted her head to place her lips on his, her eyes half-lidded. At first they were matched, until she glided them downward and captured his bottom lip between hers. A soft, playful giggle escaped her throat and she closed her eyes.

She didn’t even know that she was holding her breath. That was hard to focus on when stomach was squirming around.

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There was the slightest upwards tilt in his lips from a sort of smile, while his arms wrapped around her. Sure, they could do a rematch later, but clearly the experience had put Korra into a good mood already.

And it wasn't like he wasn't in a good mood himself. This park was about to lose a lot of the negative connotations that it had, if they kept like this.

Which, he didn't have any intention of stopping for then. Instead, he just pulled her closer.

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A very good mood, she had not only a great workout, but got to play a sport full tilt in that last game, and did so with her boyfriend. Since her eyes were closed, Korra could only feel the slight movement of his lips and right after she put just enough distance between their mouths to breathe, he pulled her closer.

Within that movement her parted lips were back on his and she traced his upper lip with her tongue, still cool from the water. That squirming in her stomach looped around itself and forced her cheeks to flush further. Both of her her hands found the back of his neck as she continued kissing.

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Mako almost goes along with that. In fact, he's more than ready to. But there's a nagging voice in his head (mostly his sense of decency and what's right, which didn't currently include making out with his girlfriend in public) that made him pull back after kissing her harder for a minute or two.

"Hey..." He grinned, despite the nagging voice. "Let's go somewhere else, alright?"

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There was a light, wet, smacking sound when they pulled away from each other. A satisfied ‘hmm’ came from Korra as she opened her eyes.

“Sure.” She said with a sated smile. Taking off her cap, she finished the rest of her water bottle and snagged the basketball out of his hand so she they could hold hands. This park definitely had it’s turnaround for her, but last time she had gone back home alone.

“Your suite, I don’t get to see it that much.”

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It was also less crowded, so he was more than willing to go that direction. "It's farther away," he says simply, though he was already headed that direction, pulling her along with him.

Also, he still had those clothes from the time he was a girl. They could both get showered up there, no problem.

"C'mon, you."