Act 2 Scene 2 (Kinda did scene 1 at the end of the last chapter)

The walls were made to keep people of the Montague house, and thieves out. Mako considered himself lucky that he wasn't caught. But first he had to make it through the over crowded garden. Every possible flower and bush anyone could think of was surely there. And finally he came out of the mix, to find the mansion walls. And near the top, a balcony. And he knew it was her figure behind the curtains.

"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Korra is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!"

He spoke softly under the balcony, only imagining of what his words said. And when the figure came closer to the curtains, he shyly hid under the shadow and curve of the above structure.

"Geez. He just had to be a Montague. Didn't he?", she scoffed in frustration.

He smiled as he heard her voice.

"Oh speak again bright angel…", he asked quietly.

"Mako…", her voice trailed softly.

His eyes widened at her words.

"Mako…Wherefore artthou Mako? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not but be sworn by thy love, and I will no longer be a Capulet.", she said to herself..or so she thought.

Mako couldn't hold back a smile. She was willing to give up everything for him. He wasn't sure if he should speak out or listen more.

"Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Mako would, were he not Mako call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Mako, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.", she said.

Now he could speak.

"I take thy at thy word!", he said coming out from the shadows.

"What in the fuck!", Korra shouted alarmed. "How did you-what-how-how did you get in here?! The walls are incredibly hard to climb!"

"Love could never keep me out!", he shouted up to her.

She shushed him quickly, and then whispered, but still enough to where he could hear her.

"If the guards or my folks find you they'll have you murdered in front of the whole town!", she exclaimed.

"Ok ok sorry! I just…I had to see you.", he said.

She turned around quickly, and checked behind her. And then she shut the doors to her balcony, and let down a ladder.

"It's for emergencies. But this counts for me.", she said as the rope reached his level.

He grinned as he quickly climbed up to her gaze, still on the ladder.

"You're not gonna come up all the way?", she asked.

"Do I have permission from the fair Avatar?", he asked.

She giggled before she pulled him up, but he was persuasive, and pulled her up in his arms, and swung her around. She laughed as she came back down to the floor. As she rose up from his shoulder, their gaze locked again. It was the same look that they shared only earlier. And short history repeated it's self. Mako had leaned down, and kissed her once again. Their arms circled around each other as the kissed deepened. But she soon pulled away.

"We can't.", she said.

"We can't what?", he asked worryingly.

"We can't do this. You know our parents would never-", she began.

"I don't care.", he interrupted. "I don't want to do this with you. I want to do everything you could ever want."

With that she was the one to resume the kiss. Tangling her fingers in his short thick black locks, as his arms wrapped around her waist. The fabric of her night gown was just as soft as her skin. His kisses began to travel down her jaw and neck again as she rubbed the back of his own neck.

"Let me-swear-by thy-love.", he said between kisses.

Her eyes widen at the word of love.

"Y-you love me?" she asked in a stutter. "But how? And how can you swear by it?", she asked.

His lips left her skin to return to her gaze.

"Honestly, the second I saw you, there was a spark. And I just knew.", he explained.

"I..I felt something too.", she confessed.

"I swear by yonder of the moon. So silver and-"

"Don't swear by the moon!", she exclaimed. "If your love is of the moon, it'll be here for some time, and then disappear and return through a cycle. Love is eternal and never gone. If that's what your love is, I want none of.", she said, almost about to back away from his embrace.

"No no! It's not like that at all! I meant by the beauty of it all! But if's that's how you take it, what should I swear by?", he asked.

She brushed his cheekbone as she spoke.

"Swear by nothing. Show me your devotion, your affection, your love through actions and words. But if you should swear, swear on yourself. I'll know your love is eternal with that.", she smiled.

He grinned as he returned to kiss her collarbone. But the calls of her nurse interrupted them.

"I'm coming!", she called back. "You have to go."

"But I..But I", he stuttered.

"What? What is it?", she asked.

"Please don't leave my love so unsatisfied.", he begged.

"What more satisfaction can I give your heart?", she asked.

He paused for a moment, to think of his words before he spoke.

"The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine."

Her expression was shocked and happy all at once.

"I gave mine before it was requested!"

And then she kissed him again. Their tongues brushed against each other as Mako's finger's tangled into her silky thick hair. Once breathless, they broke the kiss slowly. Their foreheads touched, and she gazed up into golden eyes that were making her knees weak. They weren't kidding about how fire benders could cast you under a spell.

"You're not really gonna make me leave are you?", he murmured.

She chuckled and massaged the back of his neck where she was tugging his baby hairs before.

"As much as I don't want to, I really don't have a choice.", she said before she pecked the corner of his lips.

"My sweet love…", he sighed as her fingers tugged back into his baby hairs.

She tugged him down to her lips again. She wasn't sure who was addicted to each other's kisses more.

"Korra!", Pena yelled again

Korra left Mako's lips.

"I'm coming!", she yelled back.

As she turned back to her new lover, Mako's face of happiness and joy from their engagement turned to one of sadness. He felt as though she was being taken away from him. His sweet Korra was being torn away from his loving heart. Even after only knowing her for a matter of short time, Mako felt very possessive of her. Only he wanted to be able to talk to her and see her. Why did she have to be called away from him?

She pouted as she looked up into his sad eyes. She knew he wanted to stay, or at least be on the balcony for a little bit longer. She leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed him once again. It was chaste and sweet. She could feel his lips turn into a small smile before she lowered herself from him.

"When should I see you again?", she asked.

"I'll send word tomorrow, by the hour of nine.", he responded quickly. He knew he had to make way before the nurse came looking for her.

"A thousand times good night. You should get going before-"

He cut her off with another quick passionate kiss. He could never get enough of her and her kisses. She wanted him to just take her to the chapel at that hour and seal the deal and leave all her controlling family members behind in her past. She wanted to be kissed like this forever and held by this man every night and day. No one had treated her like this. And she knew no one would treat her better. A small smack came between their lips as they finally parted before he jumped over the rail of the balcony, and ran back to the wall.

"Mako!", she called.

"Yes?!", he asked.

She pressed a kiss to the inside of her fingers and sent it in his direction. He smiled an accepted it before he disappeared into the night.

Act 2 Scene 3 (Friar Lawrence's Cell)

The Chapel was a nice building in town. There Tenzin would train young, aspiring air benders, while doing things you guess priests would do. Lead masses, and of course, perform marriages.

"The key is to be the leaf. Flow with the wind.", Tenzin instructed the young student.

The boy tried to make his way through the air gates, but wasn't exactly succeeding. As one of his peers stepped in to help him out, Tenzin turned in the direction of where he heard running footsteps.

"Master Tenzin! Good morning!", he exclaimed to the older man.

"Huh?", Tension said before he squinted. "Oh! Mako! Good morning to you!"

Mako ran up and gave the old family friend a hug. Master Tenzin gave Mako and all his cousins their baptisms and communions when they were kids.

"I'm surprised to see you up this early.", the master asked. "Six in the morning just sounded good to you today?"

"Well, it did for what I have to talk to you about.", Mako told him.

"Oh? Well, hold on.", the master said before he turned to his students. "Kids! Keep practicing, I'll be right back!"

"I'm sorry, did I interrupt something?", Mako asked.

"No no. Here, we can discuss in my office."

As they headed inside the temple to his office, Mako couldn't hide the skip in his step. Tension's eyebrow raised at the sight of it.

"You seem very joyful this morning Mako.", he said, lowering himself into his office chair.

"Oh indeed yes. That's what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Well what's on your mind?"

"I've fallen in love sir."

Tenzin's lips twitched into a grin.

"Well I'll be darned. Who's the lucky lady? It isn't that Rosaline girl you went on about is it?"

"What? No of course not. I've forgotten about all things with her."

"Good for you!"

"Yeah, I met the most incredible woman in the whole city."

"Well who is she?"

"Sir, I have my heart and mind set, on the daughter of the rich Capulet."

Tenzin's eyes widened before his jaw dropped.

"Mako…are you insane?"

"I love her.", Mako said with no hesitation.

"I…I never thought…"

"We're engaged. And we want to be married as soon as possible.", Mako said through a gleaming smile.

"Do you have any idea how much chaos would erupt between your families? We'd have another war on our hands! I don't know if the city would drown in water or burn at the seams!"

Mako's joy drained out of his face. His eyes clenched shut and he leaned back in his chair.

Tenzin folded his hands together and hid his face behind them. But at the very thought of their families being joined together, the gears started turning, and everything clicked.

"Peace.", Tension pronounced.

Mako looked back up.

"If you two were to marry, you'd have your families untied. Your families would…make peace. Your love would make peace!", Tension exclaimed.

Mako gleamed as the man rose out of his chair and began to cheer and dance around the room.

"Wait wait wait!", Mako said, grabbing the man, and bringing him back to reality. "You'll marry us? Today?"

"Yes! Noon! You better head home, clean up a bit."

Act 2 Scene 4 (Out in Republic City Streets)

Mako's friends acted as if thought Mako had only slept in, and he hadn't disappeared at all. They messed around with each other and cursed like usual.

"Come on Tu! Just admit it! You made out with Tahno last night and that's why he got mad!", Bolin taunted.

A bunch of OHHHHHHs came from the group of young men.

"Gross! I know he looks like a girl but that's just fucked up dude."

"Hey, anybody seen Mako yet?"

"Nah, he ran off back into the Capulet's mansion to do something."

"What if he got arrested?"

"What if he-"

"Hey guys, here he comes!"

The boys turned to see Mako sprinting down founder's street to his group of friends. They all ran back up to him and attacked him with hugs.

"We thought you perished in the stuck up-ness of the Capulets!", Tu exclaimed.

"Nah, I'm fine. I just had to take care of business.", he said as they continued to stroll along the street.

"Mako, why do you have a hickey?"

Uh oh.

As his friends began to rout and shout, Mako tried to come up with a story to cover up how he had fallen for the beautiful maiden of the family his friends insult and mock every day.

"Where's it from fire bender boy? Did you go back to see a pretty lady last night?", Bolin asked all worked up.

"You could say that.", Mako answered. "I don't kiss and tell."

"Oh come on Mako! Do we know her?", Bolin asked.

"You might, manwhore!", Tu teased.

"Oh you little!"

The two began to wrestle around and mess with each other in the street. But Mako's attention was grabbed by a familiar face across the street. Wait, it was her! That lady who said she'd put in a good word for him at the party. The lady who..caught him in a way. But her!

Mako ran across the street up to her, ignoring his friends and their shouts of where he was going.

"Nice to see you in bright day light, fire bender.", the older woman said.

"Nice to see you too.", he answered politely.

"Hey lady!", Bolin shouted. "Need some help?"

"No I'm fine thank you!", she shouted back.

"No, no you're not!"

She scowled as the boys laughed behind Mako's tall figure.

"I'm sorry, they're just a bunch of idiots.", he apologized.

"Well all know an idiot or two anyways.", Pema said. "Korra told me to find you. She said it was very important. And marriage is."

"You're not gonna tell are you?"

"No, your secret is safe with me. What time should she meet you at the Friar's cell?"

"Noon. How are you gonna get her out of the house?"

"I'm not sure. The only way she'd be allowed to go to the church today without suspicion would be that she's going to confession."

"Tell her parents that! And that you'll escort her."

"You better treat my girl well. She's like a daughter to me."

"And she's everything to me."

Act 2 Scene 5 (Capulet House)

Korra never had patience. She was waiting by the door, looking through the closest window, waiting for her nose to return. She played with her wolf tails, twirling them around in her fingers as she waited. And finally, Pema walked in the door.

"Pema! Tell me what he said! Please! Tell me!", Korra exclaimed.

"Hey now, give me a bit to rest dearie, it was a long walk."

Pema walked slowly into the house, while Korra followed her into the nurses' quarters.

"Please! I want to know what he said!"

"Can you just be arrogant, brute Korra for a moment and calm down? Give me some time to rest please!"

Korra sighed and then pouted while she waited for her nurse to sit down on her bed.

"Go get cleaned up.", Pena commanded.

"Why?"

Pema's grin could not hide.

"You're gonna go to the church for confession."

Korra knew what she meant, and she swore she didn't move so fast as she did in her life to go hug her dear nurse.

Act 2 Scene 6 (Chapel)

"You clean up well Mako.", Tension said as she lit a candle at the altar.

Mako grinned as he buttoned his jack up on his tux. He tucked in his red scarf that smelled faintly like the gel in his hair. Instead of in his normal spike, it was combed and styled elegantly.

"Good thing your mother isn't here. She'd leave a lipstick print on your forehead."

Mako chuckled as he straightened his scarf. Then his head turned to see Pema and Korra rushing in through the giant doors.

"Mako!", Korra exclaimed as she scurried over to him.

He beamed and ran right back up to her, wrapping her up in his arms, and spinning her around. She snuggled into his shoulder as he lowered he back down. Before he could even say hello he kissed her. The world had disappeared around them.

"Never thought I'd see a Capulet and a Montague in love, have you?", Pema said to the master.

"I never thought we might have a chance to final end this feud in the city, but yet here we are.", the man said with a smile at the lady.

The young couple broke their kiss and walked hand in hand up to the altar

."I know…your people have betrothal necklaces.", Mako said

"We can have rings for now. My parents might burst if I come home from confession with a betrothal necklace.", Korra said with a chuckle.

Mako nodded and glanced down at her simple white dress. He knew she was simple anyways. And she would look beautiful no matter what she wore.

"Shall we begin?", Tension asked.

The couple smiled at each other as Tenzin said all the words needed to be said. As Mako slipped the silver ring onto Korra's finger, she could see the words engraved,

I Love Thee

She glanced back up at him with her cheeks getting warm. He smiled down at her.

"You may kiss your bride."

He wasted no time before he pulled his wife close and kissed her.