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gladerwolfstarkimagines · 4 years

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Mako x female water bender Part 2

You and Mako begin dating and Mako struggles to hide his feelings as you start competing for the fire ferrets...to make things worse any time you try and get Mako alone you’re interrupted leaving Mako very frustrated....

Part One here

It was your first match and you were now regretting all the effort you’d put into convincing Mako to let you compete. You’d only got some basic training and were feeling very unprepared. Mako and Bolin were well aware of this and tried to take your mind off it but in a bending arena it was hard, especially when they were talking about you on the loud speaker. "The fire ferrets newest team mate is apparently their roomate, guess the pickings were slim" the commentator said and you frowned. "Don’t worry" Bolin said rushing to your side, he didn’t notice he’d cut Mako off from going to comfort you or how that made Mako sigh. "Them underestimating you will work out for us". "I hope so" you gulped fiddling with your uniform". "You'll be fine" Mako said taking over, he undid the straps of your unform and did them again tighter, his hands only lingering slightly "right?" he asked you. "Right" you nodded meeting his eyes. Mako smiled before moving away from you. You all took your places on the platform and the match begun....

...It was not going well. Instead of under-estimating you like Bolin thought the other team saw you as an easy target and had you cornered against the ropes suffering an onslaught of fire and water, while the earth bender kept Mako and Bolin away from you. "The newbie is just that folks, she’s a fish out of water" the commentator helpfully announced and your confidence fell even more. The assault continued and you heard Bolin yell for you hold on. You gritted your teeth when a disk hit your shoulder and sent you over the ropes. "Y/n" Mako yelled but relaxed when he saw you clinging onto the ropes. Mako launched an attack now the other team were distracted and hit the earth bender hard. You managed to pull yourself back up just as you heard the referee call a time out as they considered Mako’s attack too rough. "You okay?" Bolin asked as you massaged the arm you’d pulled yourself back up on. You nodded "are you guys?". Mako wasn’t talking, he was just eminating anger and you hoped it wasn’t at you. Mako sensed you looking at him and nodded, his body moving up and down as he breathed heavily. You nodded back and looked across at the referee. He came over and made his announcement. Mako’s attack wasn’t classed as a foul but Mako got a warning for aggressive behaviour. You smiled but Mako’s glare didn’t even lessen. "The lead fire ferret is not pleased with that call and may i say it was a generous one" the commentator called. Mako gripped his fists and you and Bolin exchanged a look. The bell rang and you got out of the way quicker this time. "The water bender has learnt not to seek corners" the commentator said as you saught refuge beside Bolin and assisted him. Mako planted himself in the middle of the zone and was sending jets of fire everywhere rapidly. One almost singed you and Bolin making both of you flinch. "The fire ferret almost took out his own team mates" the commentator called "we know fire benders are firey but this is something else". Mako jumped in shock and glanced at you to make sure he hadn’t burnt you and that was all the other team needed. They struck Mako hard but you saw it coming. You sent a jet of water and hit the opposing earth bender square in the chest pushing them back a zone. Mako had lost a zone too but atleast it wasn’t for nothing. "The water bender is finding her feet" the commentator smirked and Bolin patted your back. You stayed beside him the two of you covering one another and Bolin worked on defence as you went on the attack but the other team were now targetting Mako. Mako’s shots couldn’t reach as far as Bolin’s so he could barely retaliate as the earth bender focused solely on him. "We have to get rid of the earth bender" you commented and Bolin nodded "on it!". He broke out of cover and rushed to the front. You covered him from behind and swatted the fire bender away clearing a path to the earth bender for Bolin. With a show of brute strength Bolin and the earth bender clashed and you saw Bolin’s whole body tense. Bolin groaned and with a fly of his arms sent the man flying over the edge. "What a show of force" the commentator called and you attacked the fire bender knocking them into the final zone too. You all advanced a zone and you eagerly attacked the water bender, no longer seeking refuge beside Bolin. You got cocky and it showed. The water bender was more skilled than you and waited out your showy attacks before launching one focused attack at you propelling you backwards. If Mako hadn’t caught you, you’d have fallen off the platform. He set you down and you nodded to him "thanks". "No problem" Mako breathed and you tried your best to support Bolin from your position. Bolin was a pro though and when the water bender had knocked you back he struck and sent the fire bender off the platform. Bolin single handedly took on your remaining opponent and you won the match.

You managed to stay upright until you got back to the training room and you winced sliding onto the floor as all your muscles ached. You shoulder where the disk hit you was particularly painful and you discovered a nice bruise already forming under your padding. "Man we need a lot more training" Mako sighed and you nodded feeling like that was directed at you. Mako looked up and saw your face "not just you y/n, we all need it". Bolin nodded "yeah we were all rusty out there" and threw an arm around your shoulders “but you we’re great rookie!”. You saw Mako glance at Bolin’s arm around you and look away. You cringed and managed to shrug Bolin’s arm off you. Bolin didn’t even seem to notice, he was in a world of his own as always. A message was delivered saying the commentator wanted to interview Bolin and he rushed away eager to get to his fans. You smirked as how hard Bolin slammed the door and looked over to where Mako was undoing his wrappings. “That earth bender was really good, it’s just lucky we have a better one”. Mako nodded “yup thank god for Bolin”. You paused hearing the sarcastic tone of Mako’s voice and Mako sighed “sorry i’m just tired, Bolin was great”. Mako sat down on the bench and you joined him. "How was it?" you asked “was it as terrible as you thought it would be?” you tried to joke but Mako tensed. "It was...hard" he admitted "seeing them attack you, knowing i couldn’t help you". "It’s not that deep Mako" you smiled resting a hand on his arm him "if i got hit i’d fall into water, no damage done". "Yeah no damage" Mako commented looking at the large bruise on your shoulder. "Hey that’s nothing i’m fine" you said pushing his head up to look at you "see?". Mako rolled his eyes but nodded "i suppose" and pulled you to him in a hug. You chuckled "you need to control that temper". Mako made a grunt in response and you smirked "or atleast find an outlet for it, i mean they recommend exercise but you’re already a pro-athlete so i don’t know what else to suggest..." you started when Mako kissed you. You were caught off guard and carried on talking as Mako let you go "well that’s one outlet". "Yeah and a good one" Mako replied and you had to agree as he kissed you again. You moved to face him more comfortably and Mako just tugged you against him. You jumped suprised at his eagerness and rested your hands on his shoulders to stabalise yourself. Mako’s hand on the small of your back pushed you closer and closer into him and you smiled, this was supposed to relieve stress but you felt very hightenned. So did Mako apparently and he only increased the intensity he was kissing you with. You knew one of you would have to do something and quick to relieve the tension and went to make the first move when the door slammed opened. "Look what I got" Bolin yelled holding out a giant foam finger with the fire ferrets written across it. Luckily it had been constricting his view and so it gave you time to get off Mako and act like nothing was happening. “How cool is this” Bolin cried and you and Mako nodded up at him, both of you red and sweaty but sat beside one another acting like nothing had been going on. "This is awesome! I’m so glad we’re pro-benders" Bolin called. “Right this moment I’m not” Mako muttered and you smirked moving away from him.

The very next day you were back at the arena for training and it was way harder than you expected. "Great training session guys" Bolin smiled as you traipsed back to the training room. Bolin looked a lot happier than you felt due to the onsalught you’d suffered at the hands of the earth bender’s regime. He seemed to forget normal people didn’t have the upper body of five people like him. You were massaging your muscles bitterly noticing how full of energy Bolin still was as he grinned at you and Mako. “I have to run but you guys unwind, get a steam whatever you want but don’t wait up for me I have a date". Bolin rushed from the room and you stared after him before realising you and Mako were alone. "A steam sounds nice" Mako commented and you nodded. Mako led you to the steam room and you smiled at the heat. Mako saw more steam come off you because of your lower body temperature being a water bender and had to look away. "This is heaven" you sighed sitting on a bench and Mako nodded "i didn’t know if you’d like the heat being from the northern water tribe". "Pft I can handle a little heat" you smirked and Mako swallowed. You closed your eyes but could feel Mako watching you. Mako moved closer to you on the bench and placed an arm around the back of your seat. You opened your eye and glanced at him, the boy definitely seemed flustered and not because of the steam. You traced his arm making him glance at you and smirked. That was all the invitation Mako needed and he moved closer when you were interupted.

The door opened and you both moved apart and stared at the intruder. Mako tensed apparently not pleased with who it was and you saw the man smirk "ahhh the fire ferrets, good to see you’re training you need it". You looked at the man trying to place him but had no idea who he was. The man seemed to get that and held out a hand to you "we haven’t met, I’m Tahno, leader of the wolfbats". Ahh you’d heard of them, they were the highest in the league. "Nice to meet you" you smiled and the man smirked down at you before sitting on the other side of you. You felt Mako tense and he purposefully kept his arm around you.“So how is it going?” the boy asked “I saw your first match and honestly it looked painful”. You nodded “yeah it was but i’m working hard to get better”. “That’s good to hear but are you sure there’s enough time?”. You frowned and the boy carried on “I mean you next match is in less than a week, how is training going to help? You’re a rookie in the big league”. You narrowed your eyes “well i managed to survive the match didn’t i?”. “Yeah thanks to your body guards” Tahno smirked looking at Mako who even now had an arm around you protectively. “Mako and Bolin are my friends, of course they’d try and help me and i’d do the same for them” you spat but the boy just smiled. “Did you always want to be a pro water bender y/n?”. “No” you said honestly. Tahno frowned “no? So if you’re not a natural what’s the point? Honestly, if I was you i’d give up”. “I can’t give up” you snapped “if I do then....” you trailed off. “Then..?" the boy asked a glint in his eyes. "None of your buisness" you snapped aware it wouldn’t be good to admit you were the only thing preventing the fireferrets from having to leave the league for not having a waterbender. The man leaned forward undetered "y/n isn’t it? You live with your team mates correct?" he asked speaking as if Mako wasn’t sat right there. "Why is that any of your concern?" you asked and the man smirked at your tone. "It’s not, but my guess is you did this as a favour to them" he said vaguely nodding to Mako "you’re here for no other reason than because they asked you but you do show some potential and water benders are hard to come by...with the right training and funding from a proper group i could help you go places" he smirked putting an arm around the seat you were on, cutting off Mako’s arm completely. Mako moved behind you but you put a hand to his chest and stopped him. "The only place i want to go with you is the ring" you glared "but for your sake i hope you get eliminated before either me or him can get our hands on you". You stood up and Tahno went to follow but he halted, you’d frozen his hand to the bench. Mako stood up and towered over Tahno for good measure before following you out proudly.

You reached your changing rooms and Mako kicked the door. "Assholes". You nodded and touched his cheek "hey don’t let them bother you, i handled it didn’t i?". Sweat dripped down your chin and across your shoulders and Mako resisted the urge to look at it. "You did but It’s hard not to react" Mako commented "the way he was looking at you...". "Not at all how you were looking at me?" you asked and Mako frowned. "Well no but i’m...we’re...im sorry for staring at you". "I was joking" you smiled "you’re the one person allowed to look at me like that". "I am?" Mako asked already glancing over you as you said that. You chuckled as you saw Mako’s breath quicken "lucky me". "Lucky you indeed" you agreed and kissed him. Mako picked you up in seconds and you wrapped your legs around him. He propped you up against the lockers but that wasn’t stable enough. Mako carried you to the bench and laid you down.The situation wasn’t ideal cleanliness wise being a training room and you could’t help notice when an idea struck you. “Mako isn’t Bolin out?” you asked. Mako frowned “what about what we’re doing made you wonder where Bolin was?”. You hit his shoulder “no you idiot, what I mean is isn’t the loft completely free? Can’t we have it to ourselves?”. Mako grinned getting your meaning and tugged you onto your feet suddenly. “Come on lets go” he smirked grabbing your stuff in his hands and rushing out the door.

It was the quickest you’d ever made it home but when you got there the front door was the biggest problem. Mako dropped half of your stuff trying to unlock the door and you laughed. “Stop smirking and help me” Mako cried but you only laughed harder. Finally Mako half forced half opened the door and smiled. He bundled the stuff inside before grabbing your hand and pulling you inside too. The door was hastily shut and finally alone you continued what you’d started. In too much of a rush the sofa became the target and you laughed again as Mako almost tripped over it in his haste. “Stop laughing at me” Mako smirked and you shook your head “make me”. Mako grinned intending to do just that and tugged you onto his lap. You smiled relaxing into Mako as he took the lead when he tensed and suddenly pushed you away from him. You collapsed onto the other end of the sofa and glared at Mako confused when the door opened and Bolin appeared. “I just had the best date!” he cried throwing himself onto the sofa between the two of you. He proceeded to tell you all about it and Mako shot you a sorry look in apology. You rolled your eyes but smiled telling him it was okay but if you didn’t get some interupted time with Mako soon you’d explode. From the tense way Mako was sat you figured the feeling was mutual.

3 days later

You could tell Mako wanted to tell you something by how anxiously he was waiting for Bolin to leave the breakfast table. He was beating his fingers against his bowl and anytime Bolin stood he looked up hopefully. There had been many false alarms so when Bolin did finish his breakfast and went to wash his bowl Mako was near breaking point. “I’ll do it” he cried knowing how slow Bolin was at cleaning. Bolin looked confused as Mako rushed to grab his bowl and Mako shrugged “I’ve got mine to wash too so i may aswell do yours”. Bolin smiled “aw thanks Mako that’s so nice”. “It is Mako thanks” you smirked adding your bowl to the pile. Messing with Mako you went to follow Bolin out the room when he hissed ”y/n”. “Yes?” you smirked and Mako gestured for you to come closer. “So tonight Bolin’s got that earth bender retreat right?”. You nodded “yeah?”. "So Bolin's going to be out all night" Mako said smirking. When you didn’t react Mako looked down awkwardly "so I was thinking we could...you know...". You smirked at Mako’s reddening cheeks "Mako is this your way of asking me if i want to spend the night with you?". Mako’s blush was in full place now but he nodded swallowing "yes! I mean i know we've done stuff before but it was always so hasty or we got interupted, so I was just thinking this could be more special, we don’t have to rush it or hide like before, we can relax, take our time and it can be romantic". Now you blushed. "I think that sounds amazing" you smiled at him and Mako blushed “great....great I’ll cook us a nice meal and it’ll be great” before stumbling away still bright red.

As soon as it was agreed you could tell Mako was excited. He spent all day cleaning his room, stripping the bedding, airing it. Bolin watched confused and you tried not to react. Then Mako started planning your dinner and he was definitely making a fuss. Bolin pouted at how much effort Mako was putting into dinner the one night he wasn’t here and Mako just shrugged. You again struggled not to react.

Then finally Bolin left and you and Mako looked at one another. Mako had the table all set and the food was ready and waiting. You had a nice meal and spent more time together than you’d managed to sneak in weeks. You were relaxing by the fire when you turned to look at Mako. "Want to show me how nice your room looks?" you asked. Mako smirked "sure" and took your hand. He halted outside the door and told you to give him a few seconds. You heard him firebending before suddenly he opened the door. You were honestly shocked when you saw the place. It was spotless, the whole place was immaculate, even the windows was sparkling. There were candles dotted around the room and even petals on the floor. "You didn’t have to do all this” you smiled “you literally scrubbed the place from head to toe" you smirked looking up as even the ceiling looked clean. "And it smells so..". "Is it too much?" Mako asked and you shook your head looking at the array of tea light candles he’d lit around his room. "No" you smiled "no it’s lovely, this is so nice Mako". Mako saw the pink in your cheeks and that made it all worth it. "I wanted to make it special like i said" Mako told you "you mean a lot to me y/n and i don’t always show that with us sneaking around so this was my way of proving it to you, this is my big stupid gesture". "It’s not stupid it’s beautiful like you are" you smiled standing on your tiptoes to wrap your arms around his neck and kiss him. Mako stooped to meet you half way and wrapped his arms around your waist gently. You smiled into the kiss feeling so happy in this beautiful room with this amazing man. You seperated and looked at Mako. He blinked open his eyes and the candles made his eyes look like they were on fire too. "You’re amazing y/n" Mako told you and you smiled "if you say so". Mako kissed you again and you smiled knowing you could kiss him as long as you wanted to. You traced Mako’s neck with your fingertips making him jump. As firebenders were warm, water benders were naturally cold, meaning when Mako touched you it felt like a drop of warmth and when you touched his warm skin it felt like a cold drop of water. "Sorry" you paused and Mako shook his head as you pulled your hand away "don’t" he kissed your fingertips "it feels nice". You smiled and wrapped your hand back around neck the other playing with the bottom of his tank top. Mako grinned and caught your hands pushing them away. You pulled away and pouted at him confused. Mako just smirked "you were taking too long" and swfitly pulled the fabric over his head. You smirked tilting your head to the side "i think i’m done being romantic" and Mako grinned.

Not long after the front door slammed and you and Mako jumped. You were both frozen for a few seconds as you heard muffled sounds. "Bolin?" Mako called and you felt him tense in case it wasn’t. "Yeah it’s me" Bolin called "the retreat was a bust so i came home early". "Ow great" Mako said and you saw his shoulders slump as he got off of you. You sat up and wrapped your arms around his shoulder "it doesn’t mean we have to stop" you whispered. Mako shook his head "we do, atleast until he goes to bed. Having Bolin right outside kind of ruins the mood for me". "Okay" you nodded "so we wait?". Mako nodded purposely not looking at you to hide his disappointment. "Erm mako..." Bolin called through the door "do you know where y/n is?". You and Mako froze confused "why?". "Well her doors wide open and she’s nowhere in the loft". Mako and you exchanged a panicked look and eventually Mako startled babbling "errrr she said she had a date!". "Ow a date...with anyone we know?". "Erm i’m not sure, someone from the arena i think" Mako lied and heard Bolin make a loud gasp in reponse. "Who? Who? Who?" he called beating the door "did she give any clues? What did she say exactly and can you open your door it feels weird talking to you through it". "Yeah sure" Mako called as you looked around for somewhere to hide. "Under the bed" Mako whispered and you shook your jead "i won’t fit there!". "In the wardrobe?" "Nope" you hissed growing frantic as Bolin tried the door “Makooooo”. "Erm..." Mako tugged you behind the door and opened it, making sure to hold it so Bolin couldn’t come into the room. "Hey" he smiled at Bolin who smiled back "Hi! So tell me everything!". "She didn’t really say much" Mako smiled awkwardly "just she’d be back late or maybe tomorrow...not to wait up, that kind of thing". Bolin frowned "that doesn’t sound like y/n..” .when he caught sight of Mako’s room. "Do you have petals on your floor and candles...?". Mako blushed "erm yeah the petals blew in from outside and the candles....". Mako paused and you heard Bolin gasp, "I know what this is" Bolin frowned and Mako’s eyes widenned in alarm "you do?". "You’re having a self care night! Let me guess bubble bath, nice relaxing candles, a bit of meditation?". "Yes!" Mako cried "you got me, eugh i’m so embarassed...". "Don’t be i do it all the time!" Bolin smiled "mine are never as nice as this though" Bolin said trying to get into the room more but Mako pushed him back. "Sorry do you mind if i get back to it? I was planning on going to bed now...". "No totally" Bolin nodded "sorry i disturbed you, i’m just gonna get a quick snack and go to bed too, goodnight". "Night" mako called but he frowned when he shut the door. "What’s wrong?" you asked and Mako sighed "he's going to be ages". "But he said quick snack...". "Y/n you've seen how much Bolin eats, have you ever seen him have a snack that couldn’t feed a small family?". "Ow...he's going to make a full on feast isn’t he". Mako nodded sitting down on the edge of his bed deflated. "Don’t worry we can wait" you smiled kissing his cheek "how long can he be? Twenty minutes? Half an hour?".

An hour and a half later Bolin was still banging around in the kitchen and you yawned but tried to hide it. "I saw that" Mako commented and you straightened "saw what? I didn’t do anything". "You’re tired" Mako sighed. "No i’m not". "Yes you are" Mako frowned "and I get why, it's pretty late". "Well yeah...why do you not want to wait up?". Mako sighed "i mean i’m pretty tired too, what if we just...postponed this?". You shrugged but secretly wanted nothing more than to go to sleep. "Okay lets do that" Mako told you and you nodded "but how do i get back to my room with Bolin out there". "Stay here?" Mako shrugged "I mean as long as you don’t hog the bed". You threw a pillow at him but smirked "that’s rich considering you’re as big as the bed!". "Ouch" Mako winced but he smiled "don’t worry i’ll make room for you". You nodded and got into the quilt and tried to warm up in the cold loft. "You cold?" Mako asked after extinguishing all the candles and you nodded "i’m always cold". Mako smiled "well i can help" and pulled you onto his chest. You smiled at how warm he was, it felt like spooning a human water bottle. Mako, who always ran warm felt the same with you but reversed. He was always too warm for blankets or pillows but with you wrapped around him cooling him down he happily engulfed you in both. Mako rested his palms on the base of your back on your bare skin and you smiled. You rested your hands on his chest in response and Mako grinned. "Goodnight Mako". "Night y/n" he whispered and you fell asleep. Neither of you caring that Bolin had just left the kitchen and the loft was now silent. Tonight had been perfect anyway.

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