Kyalin and their kids

She Just Has A Fat Crush On Lin

Bumi had never been so terrified as he excused himself from the table and slowly walked into the kitchen, the sound of his shoes hitting the ground causing an echo to fill the silent room. As he shut the door his hands shook and Kya waited, staring at him in silence until they heard the chatter start back up in the other room.

"Did you tell Tenzin?! I swear to the spirits, Bumi if you told Tenzin you're a dead man!" She says walking closer to him angrily.

"Tell me what?"

"Tell him what?"

The brothers ask at the same time, equally petrified and confused.

"About me and Lin!" She hisses, inching closer to her brother as she bends the water out of the tap and freezes it to icy shards near the man's face.

"No! No, Kya, I swear! I would never!"

"Kya he didn't tell me anything!"

Kya inspects the two air benders, it was at this moment she wished she had Toph's ability to sense when people were lying. Kya lowered the shards of ice turning them back into water and let it fall into the sink.

"Who told you?" Kya asks looking defeated.

"The kids, they said it was obvious that you two were married."

"Well, we're not!" Kya says gesturing to her neck where the betrothal necklace she made for herself still hangs.

While Tenzin may not be a water bender he is still fully aware of the customs and how betrothal necklaces work. When Kya had come back from one of her trips with the necklace he instantly congratulated her asks who the lucky lady was. She had explained to him, and later the rest of her family that it was a promise to herself, she never said what the promise was and to this day refuses to say.

"She just has a fat crush on Lin," Bumi states nonchalantly, breaking the silence.

"You do? Since when?" Tenzin asked looking his sister directly in the eyes.

"I do... I have for a long time now." She avoids his eye contact not wanting to say what he wants to hear.

She knows what he really wanted to ask. 'Did you have a crush on here while I was dating her?' She dreads having to answer the question and the eventual follow-up question but the look in his eyes lets her know that there is no avoiding it. She's a water bender, after all, she doesn't just cut and run like an air bender.

"Since before you two dated..."

Tenzin freezes at the confession, he knew that dating Lin had caused tension between them but he always assumed it was because Bumi had already dated her and Kya though he was breaking some kind of 'bro code'. Never in a million years did Tenzin think it was because Kya wanted to date her instead. Tenzin's mind goes back to all the times he had seen them hang out together, he'd always just thought they were friends but now, he doesn't know what to do.

"Kya, you could have told me."

"And then what? Huh? She chose you not-"

Not me

The words where on the tip of Kya's tongue but she would never dare speak them aloud. It had broken her all those years ago when she came back from her trip, ready to confess her feelings to Lin, only to see she was dating her brother. After that Kya stopped visiting as often, even after they broke up Kya didn't know what to do. She was furious with Tenzin for doing something so stupid and less than three weeks later he was already with Pema.

Kya feels the hot tears run down her cheek as her brother wraps his arms around her. She feels Bumi do the same from behind and they stay there in silent for a minute.

"I'm sorry." Tenzin finally says, breaking the silence and their hug.

Bumi's arms remain wrapped around Kya's shoulders protectively as she water bender her tears away.

"It's ok." She says her voice wavering.

"No, Kya, no it's not. I didn't even think of it as a possibility ... but... but I should've, you two were always so close. She never laughed or even smiled around anyone but you, her eyes lit up when you would walk in the room. Hell even when I was dating her she'd glow at just the mention of your name... I... I should've known. I'm so sorry Kya."

Kya simply wraps her arms around her brother's waist and tucks her head into his shoulder.

"It's ok baby bro, I forgive you." She says her hot tears turning into a warm smile.

"Let me make it up to you, I'll try setting the two of you up!" He beams looking down at his sister and wiping the last of her tears away.

"I've already got that covered bro but feel free to join the gang." Bumi laughs resting his handover Tenzins shoulder.

If Kya's face wasn't back in the cloth of Tenzin's robe she might have heard the comment but she didn't.

"Let's grab these drinks and go, huh? Kya says looking up at both her brothers.

"Yeah let's go," Tenzin says linking their hands together, giving her a gentle squeeze.