Who am I without you?

The Meeting

Everyone was already sitting around the long dining table as Kya led Ayani into the room. Sokka and Aang were laughing and Katara and Toph were bickering passive-aggressively as they carried the last of the food out to the table.  Tenzin, Bumi, and Lin seemed to be in a heated debate of their own, nobody had noticed that the two of them had entered. Kya took that opportunity to take a seat at the table, Ayani at her one side and Katara at the other.

Katara cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "I wanted-"

"KYA YOU'RE HOME!" Sokka cut his sister off before she could speak causing almost everyone to chuckle. Even as a grown adult Sokka was still a kid at heart.

Katara glared at him. "Yes, that's what I was about to tell you all."

Everyone offered their welcome homes, Bumi was especially excited. They had always been extremely close growing up, their personalities just clicked. Tenzin was also happy about her return, but he was much more reserved than when she left, all of the training with Dad finally brought his more stoic side out.

Nobody had noticed Ayani with all of the commotion. She sat there silently in awe of the group of people she was surrounded by. The original fearsome foursome, the saviors of the world. She still couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that she had married The Avatars daughter without knowing.

Lin sat directly across from Kya. Glancing at her a few times during the conversations, she couldn't get enough of the fact that she was back.

The conversation, if that's what you could call it, had died down finally and suddenly Sokka noticed the stranger sitting next to his niece. "Oh, I'm so sorry how rude of me. Who have you brought with you?"

Everyone turned, realizing that there was a new face among them.

Ayani smiled as Kya grabbed her hand. She cleared her throat in an attempt to calm her nerves more than anything. "Everybody, this is Ayani...my wife."

Lin who had been drinking her water spit it out all over Tenzin who was sitting next to her, slamming a hand down on the table. "WHAT IN THE FLAMEO DO YOU MEAN YOUR WIFE?! YOU'RE MARRIED?!" She was shocked, angry, and she didn't even care that all eyes were on her.

"LIN BEIFONG." Her mother, Toph shouted at her. "What has gotten into you?! That was EXTREMELY rude."

Kya scrunched her face, trying not to show the emotion that had hit her. It felt like someone had just punched her in the chest. Thankfully nobody was looking at her but locked on Lin in confusion. They were all surprised, but she was doing a bit much. Well...in an outsider's eyes that is, but it was clear that nobody knew about what had happened so long ago.

Lin noticed the shift in the room. She stood up and stomped out, still flustered.

Ayani was more than confused, looking questioningly at Kya. "Um...what was that?" She asked.

Toph replied before Kya could. "Don't mind my daughter, she can be a bit over the top. I'm sure the shock of her best friend being married just hit her the wrong way. Spirits know where she gets that from."

The entire table erupted with laughter, easing the tension once again.

"Yes, we can't even begin to imagine." Katara chuckled, causing an eye roll from Toph.

Ayani leaned over and whispered into her wife's ear. "Go on, you two need to talk." She observed the worried look on Kya's face. "I will be fine, trust me, I'm living for this."

Kya sighed and got up, walking out of the room in the direction which Lin had left. The only place she would have gone would be down to the docks, the same place where they would sit and talk until the wee hours of the morning. She saw the figure sitting with her feet hanging in the water.