What was surprising was that it was a little hard to let her go. But when she tried to pull back, he didn't stop her, and instead moved to create a little bit more space between them. He ran a hand through his hair, and then leaned forward, his elbows resting on his knees.

"Yeah, Bo will clean up anything we don't finish," he replied easily enough, glancing at the food that was already starting to get a little chilled. Bolin probably wanted some food like what he could get at home anyway, Mako was going to have to make a note to grab something from this place for him at some point.

He recognized the topic change for what it was, and tried, for the most part, to keep it going.

"The real question," he said a little more confidently, cheerfully, "Is why you got all this stuff for us in the first place."

He glances at her with a somewhat subdued grin. If she wanted to move on, he wanted to, as well. But it was hard to drop the thread of everything they'd been talking about, just like that.