Let It Go

Chapter Two

Chapter 2

"So what are we going to do about Reed's gang? The new avatar is just a child whose identity hasn't been revealed yet as far as we are aware." Fuuma was sitting next to Kamui who was holding a sleeping toddler in his arms; across from them were their elder brothers drinking tea. Well Subaru was, Seishirou was making the color of the fire on the tip of his finger change, amusing his youngest children; twins.

The instant the sentence left his lips however, emerald eyes went wide and the tea cup shattered. Subaru froze in place, shaking and despite Fuuma, his brother, and his husband calling him he heard nothing. It wasn't until he felt a tug on his pants leg and a soft voice call out to him that he awoke.

"Papa?"

Looking down he was staring into amber eyes and the child was holding out his teddy bear to him.

"Are you okay Papa?"

Subaru bent down and smiled softly. "Yes Aiko, I'm okay. You keep the teddy bear. Mystic-chan?"

Wide emerald eyes looked over from the fire bending scrolls at her papa. "What is it Papa?"

"Take your siblings and cousins and go play; see Sorata-san and Arashi-chan."

"Of course!" As the children went out, all eyes turned to Subaru as he lifted the spilt tea (Fuuma had long picked up the broken shards of the glass) off the table and sent it to go to the sink. His hands were still shaking as he did so.

"Are you alright?"

The calming voice, the voice that had become his anchor when bad memories surfaced. He took three steps forward and leaned his head onto his husband's chest. "No."

"Do you want to talk about it with us?"

"No...but I have to...or it will always be able to control me."

"Then come on, we'll go to the leaders conference room. Oi, Kamui use your sound bending to make the announcement."

"Really? Fine." Kamui paused he closed his eyes before opening them again. "THE LEADERS AND CO LEADERS ARE GOING TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM NO ONE IS TO LEAVE DURING THIS TIME. THE BUILDING WILL BE PUT IN EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN MODE."

The four of them went into the room and Fuuma was the one who locked the door for added security. Everyone took a seat sans Subaru who stood admiring the single flower that sat in a vase. Without much warning he moved his hands, pulling water seemingly out of nowhere and the flower sat there wilted.

His family sat there dumbfounded and speechless for a moment or so. "Subaru-kun...why would you?"

"That...that is a visual representation of how powerless I felt as a child when I was kidnapped by Fei Wang Reed and forced to learn bloodbending." Subaru paused for a minute to grab the table for support as he felt his knees shaking. "I was nine years old. It happened shortly after I met Seishirou-san and we escaped from the mountains. He brought me home and my grandmother thanked him, not knowing he was a fire bender." He paused and laughed softly. "You can imagine how thrilled she was later when she found out his true identity."

He felt a warm strong hand lace its fingers with his and he sighed before continuing his story.

"Fei Wang Reed had rounded up benders from both the Northern and Southern tribes to pass on his super strong blood bending technique. Kurogane and I were amongst the select chosen ones. We spent almost a year there before we were finally let free. When I got home and my grandmother learnt what I had learned she told me I could still lead the tribe as I was destined to do but I was forbidden to waterbend. I tried...I really did but the water...it called me."

Tears pricked at the corners of emerald eyes and he couldn't hold them back. There was a scraping sound of a chair and a pair of arms circled Subaru, pulling him close as he cried.

After regaining his composure Subaru spoke again. "What saved me the most...after enduring all that...was...my eighteenth birthday.."

"Say Subaru?"

"Hmm?"

"I know it's not logical for us to go far with this relationship considering my crazy mother and your strict grandmother."

"We've made it this far. I'm not afraid of your mother, I am the strongest waterbender in my tribe."

"I could say I'm not afraid of your grandmother but I won't use my bending on an innocent old lady."

"She's hardly innocent; who do you think I learnt my bending from?"

No answer to that. "What do you say we throw logic and reason out the window?"

"You? Seishirou Sakurazuka want to throw logic out the window?"

"Yeah...marry me." Seishirou held out a betrothal necklace to Subaru.

Emerald eyes went wide with tears before pouncing on his boyfriend. "YES!"

"THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL STORY!"

"Fuuma shut up, you killed the moment."

"WELL IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! YOU NEVER TOLD ME HOW YOU GOT ENGAGED, YOU WERE TOO BUSY PLAYING AVATAR!"

Kamui pinched the bridge of his nose. "This will take a while...I think I'll go feed Akahana and see what the twins are up to."

Subaru laughed, wiping the tears from his eyes as he saw Fuuma and Seishirou 'dueling' each other. He placed a hand on his stomach smiling slightly. "I think I'll go to the therapy pool. Kamui, make sure you let everyone know there will be a meeting later."