The sun cascaded through the windows like a gurgling river over beds of rocks. It was bright and sunny and the world seemed like a happy place. Except for Mako, it wasn't. He squinted at the sunlight coming through his windows. His eyes hurt from all the crying he had done yesterday. The world was so cheerful, while he felt so dour. Surely the world wasn't cruel enough to use this as some sort of "sign."

Mako needed to get out of his apartment and clear his head. "I'm going to go fucking crazy if I have to stay in here another minute," he muttered to himself.

He grabbed his red scarf, and walked out the door, and then, into the bright light of the day. Republic City was bustling. Cars honked, people talked, barely there jazz music played in the background of the city. A normal day. Everything was so normal.

Mako wanted to find Korra. He wanted to talk to her and apologize for being so terrible to her last night, but he knew that she needed her space. It would only get worse if he decided to go looking for her.

He contemplatively walked the streets of Republic City, all of the background noise fading into nothing. How long had he been walking? Minutes? Hours? He didn't really know.

Soon, the tell-tale sound of metal clanking on concrete found his ears. He looked up to see none other than Chief Beifong staring at him.

"Well, you certainly look like hell."

"Uh, thanks Chief," he rubbed his eyes, and then glanced at Beifong. She had this slight, sadistic smile on her face, like Mako deserved the comment she had just given him, and I guess he kind of did.

She stared at his face. He really did look like hell. His eyes were red and puffy. The circles under his eyes were so dark they almost looked like bruises. His clothes were rumpled as if he had slept in them. She almost wanted to ask him if he was okay, but she didn't. She remembered the look on Korra's face after the break up, and how much it reminded her of how she must've looked after her and Tenzin had ended things. Mako didn't deserve her pity.

Mako cleared his throat, "Have you seen Korra?"

Lin raised her eyebrow, "It's best not to go looking for her Mako."

"So, you've seen her, then?"

"Yes. I spoke to her yesterday."

Mako's eyes widened. Even just the mention of Korra could still get his heart racing. "What did she say?"

"I shouldn't tell you anything, but I'm going to just to give you a heads up. I don't know if she's going to follow my advice. She's the most headstrong person I've ever met. Well, except for maybe my mother."

"What did you say to her?"

Lin looked Mako straight in the eye, "I told her to let you go. From the way you've been acting, she'd be a fool not to listen to me."

Mako's breath caught, and his eyes watered. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but he realized that he had been rendered completely speechless.

"And Mako," Chief Beifong continued, "If you love her at all, I would recommend letting her do so."

With that, Lin walked away from a flabbergasted Mako.

Mako clenched his fists. His sadness had ebbed, but had been replaced with anger. Let her go? No, he couldn't do that. He loved her far too much. Wouldn't letting her go be giving up anyways?

Korra sat down at the breakfast table and began to stuff her face with food. She hadn't realized how hungry she had been. However, when she looked up, Tenzin and Pema were both looking at her with cautious eyes.

"Good morning, Korra," Pema said sweetly.

"Morning," she mumbled, her mouth full.

Tenzin cleared his throat and gave her a stern look. "So, Korra, is there anything you would like to tell us?"

Korra glanced at a guilty Ikki, who conveniently excused herself from the table. Korra rolled her eyes.

"Uh, nope."

"Why was there a boy in bed with you this morning? Especially a boy that is not your boyfriend?"

"Tenzin!" Pema exclaimed. "You can't just ask her that! That is her private business."

Tenzin ignored his wife's protests and continued to interrogate Korra. "Did something happen that we ought to know about?" Korra rolled her eyes and spoke, "Tenzin, for your information, I no longer have a boyfriend, and so I can do whatever with whomever I want to. Second of all, it was only Bolin. Third of all, I don't see how it's any of your business anyway."

Tenzin began to go red in the face. "Avatar Korra, you have an example to set and I…"

Korra got up from the table, "Excuse me, I think I have better things to do than to listen to this."

As Korra walked to the door to go back to her room, Bolin walked in the room and, not paying attention, ran right into Korra.

"Korra, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?"

She glared at Bolin as she muttered, "Yeah, I'm fucking fantastic."

Bolin watched Korra as she stormed out of the room, and wondered what he did to make her so mad at him.

Bolin glanced at the rest of the family sitting at the table. "Did I do something?"

Hi guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! So, um, it's taken me three years, but I'm actually updating regularly again. I'm hoping to update the story at least twice a week because the chapters are pretty short. Please review :)