Mako was surprised just how easy it was to have Howl reveal his true colors to Korra's father. He had expected to have to do a little more planning, but Howl's pride and big mouth lead to his own downfall. Things couldn't have worked out better.
His eyes met Korra's as her father slammed the door to leave, obviously annoyed and angry. Korra approached Mako slowly, and he couldn't keep the smile off his face for long. How could they have gotten so lucky as to have Tonraq see that without any planning on their part whatsoever? Her hands draped around Mako's neck and she murmured, smirking a little, "He wanted my innocence, huh?"
Korra immediately laughed, cutting Mako off from answering. "I think that did it. That probably broke my father."
"Howl's a bigger idiot than I am for taking someone as great as you are for granted," he stated, pulling her closer to him, smiling against the side of her neck, the tip of his nose grazing her necklace. He wanted nothing more than to take the band off of her neck, maybe accidentally burning the pretty blue fabric in the process.
He felt Korra move back from him, and his arms automatically loosened from around her in response. Mako looked down questioningly to her face, which was right underneath his. Her eyes glinted and the corners of her lips turned up slightly.
"I should probably go check on my dad, help him cool down a bit," she began. "I get my hot-headedness from him; he might do something rash, he was pretty angry. But I'll be back here tonight for bed.."Mako saw her pause for a second, puzzled, "Why were you in my hut anyway? Nevermind, we will talk later," she said, flashing a smile at him before turning to the door.
Mako stopped her by the hand just as she was leaving, pulling her into a bone-crushing hug.
"Because I don't know when we'll be alone together again," he murmured the explanation in her ear, before planting a kiss on her forehead and releasing her again. "Okay, now you can go do what you need to do, Avatar," Mako said with a grin.
He saw a smile spread across her face as she gave his hand a final squeeze, before she left without another word. Silence filled the air before Mako sighed and left Korra's hut, continuing about his business without her.
He never minded having to wait for her.