Fire Burns with Fury {Bolin x OC}

Homeward Bound Again

"Why am I here?" I sit atop a very fancy couch inside a man named Varrick's mansion.

"You had nothing to do." Bolin shrugs and he kicks his feet up onto my lap. Asami paces in front of the couch, "Where's Varrick? We should've closed our deal an hour ago."

"Would you relax? This place is great." Bolin closes his eyes and sinks lower on the couch and more of his legs end up on my lap. I frown down at them but do not push them off.

"And the best part about it," Bolin opens his eyes again and smiles, "Eska doesn't know I'm here."

The door to the room is opened by two guards and Eska and Desna walk in together, "Ee-yah." Bolin jumps into a standing position, "I wasn't hiding! Hey, hey-hey, hey." He says to his girlfriend.

"I'm not on the hunt for you." Her eyes narrow, "Currently."

"We search for Varrick. Our father wishes him to stand trial." Densa explains their reason for appearing so suddenly.

"What did he do?" Asami asks.

"He is a traitor to the Water Tribe, along with our aunt and uncle," Eska says blandly.

"What?"

"Korra's parents were arrested?" Mako and Asami speak at the same time.

"Yes. Your powers of deduction are impressive." Desna replies dryly.

Bolin points to his brother, "Yeah, he's a cop."

"Varrick's not here." One of the guards concludes after scouring the room.

"Very well. Desna, let us continue our search elsewhere." Eska moves her gaze sharply to Bolin, "Boyfriend! Bow to me when I exit."

He does as she says and drops to his knees, "Yes, yes, my sweet koala-otter."

"You are so cute when you grovel," Eska says before she and her group leave us.

"Don't let her treat you that way. Stand up for yourself." Asami says to the boy on the floor. Bolin stands up, "I tried to break up with her, but Mako gave me terrible advice. Thank you, Mako." He crosses his arms over his chest.

"Wait, how are your girl problems my fault?" Mako retorts.

"Bolin, you need to be honest with her. Tell her how you really feel." Asami advises. I nod my head, "Not that I have any experience in this field, but I think Asami is right."

"Honesty is for fools, kid" A voice comes from somewhere inside the room. I crouch down and look under the couch as Bolin calls out, "Varrick?"

"If you want to ditch this girl, then make yourself scarce. Disappear, like I did." The voice speaks up once again.

"Where are you?" Asami scans the room.

"Somewhere Unalaq will never find me." A man's head appears out of the mouth of the stuffed platypus-bear standing in the room, "Inside Ping-Ping! How we doin'?"

"The coast is clear. You can come out" Mako states.

"No way, mister. Not until I know it's absolutely one-hundred and fifty-seven percent safe." A third hand lifts up a cup of tea to Varrick's face, "Ah! Thank you, Zhu Li."

"Your assistant's in there too?" Asami questions, shocked.

"Zhu Li never leaves my side." Varrick sips his tea, but spits it out instantly, "Yuck! Pyugh! Pyuck! You forgot the honey!"