46. “If you’re looking for forgiveness, you’ve come to the wrong place.”

  It started out as it always did when Blue and Vio had a fight. Vio insulted Blue’s intelligence in response to something Blue had done or said; Blue insulted Vio’s intelligence right back, insinuating the exact opposite spectrum of offense.

  Vio was so smart it made him unable to act like a normal fucking person- maybe if he stopped hiding his nose in a book  he would actually make friends instead of lose them.

  He had plenty of fucking friends, thank you very much. Maybe if Blue picked up a book once in a while, he’d gain enough brain cells to actually see that.  This song and dance between them had been done plenty of times before, but never too harshly, never enough to truly hurt feelings. As much as Vio thought that Blue could use some book smarts and common sense, and as much as Blue thought Vio needed to get out and live, they’d never gone far enough to really alienate each other.

  This time though? It was Vio who took it too far. He almost didn’t realize what he’d said, too caught up on the high of the venom he was lacing into his words, on rendering Blue finally speechless. He didn’t realize it until well after Blue had turned and stormed off, shaking like a leaf; and even then, he thought, ‘Well, he’ll get over it?’

  Red called him two hours later.

  “You need to apologize to him.” He’d never heard Red so angry before. “He fucking called me- Vio he was crying. I’ve never heard Blue cry before. You need to get off your ass and apologize to him before I come to your house, beat your ass to kingdom come, and then drag you to him.”  It was all he said before he hung up and despite Vio’s very reasonable doubt that Red could ‘beat his ass to kingdom come,’ he believed Red would do it. Or at least, Red would try.  He knocked on the door when he got to Blue’s house, out of breath from running. Tried the knocker when there was no answer, and tried the doorbell after that. After the third ring he got a text.  ‘If you’re looking for forgiveness, you’ve come to the wrong place.’

  ‘Let me in. Red said you were crying.’  ‘So what if I was? Do you really think I want to see you after that fucking- shitty thing you said’  ‘No. But I went too far. Let me in so I can apologize to you face to face’  The door lock clicked open and Vio scrambled to push it open and squeeze into the house before Blue had a chance to change his mind.  “I meant what I said.” Blue had his back to Vio, flopping onto the couch.  “I-” Vio started. “It would be…extremely shitty of me to expect forgiveness after that- as you put it- shitty thing I said.” The words came out quiet and awkward. He could feel his shoulders hunching reflexively as he pulled into his metaphorical shell. Admitting when he was wrong had never been his strong suit.  “It was beyond shitty, Vi, I think we can both agree on that.” Blue sat up, crossing his arms and pointedly not looking at Vio. “I- we can’t do this anymore.”  “We can’t-” Vio blinked. “What?”  “This fighting thing- it’s not,” Blue huffed a short sigh. “It’s not healthy. We need to either figure our shit out or….see other people.”  Vio sat, primly, in the armchair he usually occupied while barging in on Blue’s overly neat home. He stared at Blue, taking in his red rimmed eyes and the angry way his jaw was set (he suspected, to hide his trembling lips).  “I don’t think you’re stupid.” He said finally, quietly. “I think you lack common sense, but I don’t- I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to go as far as I did. I shouldn’t have even- opened my mouth.”  “Vio.” Vio blinked, looking up at Blue and oh- fuck, was he choking up while he was talking? His throat felt tight. Blue’s expression was unreadable and Vio’s hands shook.  Finally, Blue sighed. “I forgive you, but it’s not okay.”   Vio let out a nervous, breathless laugh. “I understand. If you want to break up-” “Fuck dude, no!” Blue stood up as he protested, before remembering himself and attempting to look disinterested. “I mean- I was just repeating what Red said.”  “You know he’s right. Right?”  “Yeah, he’s right, doesn’t mean I have to listen to him.”

"Let me be your only weakness, Avatar..."

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There you go, everyone! This was the commission I ordered from the lovely ViBlue.

I only asked for my LoK OTP Amon x  Korra piece, she came up with the whole pose and concept and surprised me. I am sooo thrilled about this!

I love how she did Korra's hair, the proportions, pose and her use of watercolors is delicious (watching her paint was spell-binding too).

Vi works incredibly under stress and her art is AWESOME~~~~! This photo doesn't do the original piece justice at all! I plan to frame it and put it up on my wall.

Please, check out more of Vi's work on her DA account and consider following her tumblr blog! She deserves more recognition for her talent.