Mako was a fire bender, and he has a younger brother name Bolin, he also has two female friends who are his ex-girlfriends name Korra the avatar and Asami, but they the girls stayed friends with him and his brother

Mako, Bolin, and Asami were just eating snacks while sitting in the bench they're just enjoying the day when Korra walked up to them and she was dragging you with her

Korra have planned this to introduce you to her friends since you are her younger cousin in her family