When Korra takes a seat, so does he, finishing his unpacking up and leaving the small pile of clothes where it sits. He dumps himself down in the middle of the coffee table in front of the couch, his knee barely brushing her naked one. For the moment, while she talks, it's all he'll allow himself.
"Me and Mako aren't normal," he reminds her, wryness sneaking to the surface again, as it does, on rare occasion. It isn't like Bolin's never realized this. Or that Korra isn't normal, either. But that's why he loves her. She's special. He knew it way before he ever knew she was the Avatar. "I just think that you need to give yourself more credit, and stop ... comparing yourself to other people." Which is a big fat load of coincidental, given how Bolin knows he's felt this whole conversation. Wanting to know what it is he didn't measure up to compared to the guy Korra's clearly in love with.
"Maybe you just need friends that aren't me and Mako. Or polar bear dogs. I'm not trying to take a dig, Korra, seriously, but maybe if you just ... meet some other friends, people who are totally separate from all the other stuff. And who, you know, weren't ever convinced you were dating them. That might help."
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Date: 2012-08-06 06:44 am (UTC)"Me and Mako aren't normal," he reminds her, wryness sneaking to the surface again, as it does, on rare occasion. It isn't like Bolin's never realized this. Or that Korra isn't normal, either. But that's why he loves her. She's special. He knew it way before he ever knew she was the Avatar. "I just think that you need to give yourself more credit, and stop ... comparing yourself to other people." Which is a big fat load of coincidental, given how Bolin knows he's felt this whole conversation. Wanting to know what it is he didn't measure up to compared to the guy Korra's clearly in love with.
"Maybe you just need friends that aren't me and Mako. Or polar bear dogs. I'm not trying to take a dig, Korra, seriously, but maybe if you just ... meet some other friends, people who are totally separate from all the other stuff. And who, you know, weren't ever convinced you were dating them. That might help."