Authors Note: HEY! This is my first story so don't kill me if it's awful! Masami peeps GTFO.

Echo

It had all happened so fast. Amon was gone. I had just taken out a chi-blocker, that's when I heard it. The sickening swipe of a blade. And just like that. Bolin was gone. Mako was kneeled next to him, crying. He looked up to see me staring blankly at him. His eyes filled with furry.

He screamed at me "Why didn't you do anything? This is your fault! Bolin is dead because of you!" I couldn't say anything. I wish I had. I was stunned. "I hate you. Leave! Never come back! No one wants you here!" Tears appeared in my eyes. I didn't move. I couldn't move. Mako's eyes filled up with more rage. He shoved me, "Can't you hear? No one wants you! No one loves you!" The next thing I knew I was on Naga, trying to stop the streams falling from my face as we left republic city.

1 year later

Korra was 18. The worst year of her life had begun and ended that very day. The day she lost Mako… the day she lost everything. Mako. His name stuck in her brain. His toned muscles, his gleaming smile that he only showed every once in a while, (making it all the more special) and his eyes. His beautiful amber eyes. The eyes that captivated her. The eyes that kept her up all night. The last time she saw them they were full of rage and hatred. That day. Exactly a year ago was the worst day ever. She'd never been so angry… at herself. She'd never had no one before. She had never felt so alone.

Bolin's POV

I shook my head as tears started falling from my face. Why had Mako lied to me? All this time I could've gone looking for her. She was my best friend. How was I so stupid to believe that she was just staying at the South Pole for a few years? Even if she was why wouldn't she have visited? I wanted to punch Mako right then and there, until I saw that he hated himself more for that than I did.

(Flashback)

"Mako, when is Korra coming to visit?" I asked, throwing a disk into the net. Mako looked pained by the question, like he always did when they talked about Korra.

"Like I said Bo, she's really… busy." Mako managed to lie to his brother… again.

"No. Mako there's something you're not telling me. There's something you haven't been telling me. Ever since a year ago. I wake up with a bunch of healers around me. You were sitting in the corner muttering something to yourself but Korra was nowhere to be seen! I haven't seen her ever since. It's not fair, Mako." My voice cracked as tears started to free-fall from my eyes and splash on the floor.

Mako couldn't stand lying any more than he could stand his little brother crying. "Fine." Mako told me the whole story, how he thought I was dead, and Korra was the nearest person to blame. He looked as if he was about to cry the whole story. When he told me what he yelled at her, he broke down. "I told her terrible things, things no one should ever hear from a friend." I winced when he told me the exact words, like the haunted him. 'He winced as he said them "I.. I told Korra… 'I hate you. Leave! Never come back! No one wants you here!' She didn't move, her eyes just stared at me, they were filling with tears" 'Can't you hear? No one wants you! No one loves you!' Then just like that. She was gone." Mako finished.

(flashback ends)

I didn't care that Mako forbid me to go after her. She was my best friend. Maybe Mako didn't think it was a worthy trip but I had to know. I had to.

Mako POV

I sat in the hallway outside of our apartment. I wouldn't dare let Bolin see me cry. Crying is all I could do. Its all I've been doing since she left. Even if I did go looking for her… why would she come back? I was a jerk to her. My head rested on my raised knees. It jolted up a few seconds later when I heard the door to our apartment open. Bolin obviously didn't see him as he taped a note to the apartment door. I got up and touched his shoulder, receiving a fake karate pose and a menacing face. It dropped when he saw it was me. "Bolin.." I started.

"No Mako. I know you don't care about Korra anymore but she's my bestfriend! And im going after her with or without you!" Bolin yelled. Mako's face was twisted with rage and had a glint of heartbreak.

"don't you ever.. EVER say that I don't care about Korra. You know nothing about me if you think I don't care about her!" Mako yelled back.

"Shut your crap Mako! You're the reason she left! You don't care. You never did. You just let her watch you kiss Asami and told her all about your dates with Asami and NOT HER." Bolin roared.

Mako stayed quiet. He never thought about this. His eyes widened as he remembered the day Korra confessed that she loved him. What did he do? Bolin was right. He let her watch him kiss Asami. "you don't understand. Asami was safe. Korra to me was unattainable. i.. i… I love her." Bolin stared at him in silence.