Sokka’s Angels
“LIN!”
Lin knows it’s Kya. She knows she’s going to regret opening her eyes, especially this early on a weekend but she also know she’ll regret it more if she doesn’t.
“Lin! finally, you’ve been sleeping FOREVER!” Kya shouts sitting down on the bed next to Lin.
Lin turns to her alarm clock seeing its 5 am she rolls over pulling the covers over her face as she does. Kya giggles at the younger woman and for the first time since Lin woke up words escape her mouth that are not shouted.
“Awww, cute. Now come on sleepy head I’ve got a surprise for you!” Kya says excitedly.
Lin groans knowing she won’t get anymore sleep and decides to stop fighting Kya.
“When did you even wake up I didn’t feel you get up?” Lin asks realising the last time she was awake Kya’s legs where wrapped around her own.
Kya ignores the question waving it off with her hand before she exits the room. Lin sit up confused, looking around she sees Kya’s bags packed for the trip to Zufo. Lin then remembers Kya’s surprise and assumes that’s what she’s gone to get. She stand up and get dressed for the day splashing some water on her face to make her feel more awake. Just as she turns to leave the room she is met with Kya’s surprise.
“Surprise!” Kya shouts hands gesturing to the woman standing next to her.
Lin’s frozen in her place until the realisation hits her. Kya got their best friend ~ and leader of the fire nation ~ Izumi to drop everything and come visit them. Lin feels tears threaten to spill over her eyes and she wraps the older women in a hug.
“Sokka’s Angels back together again!” Izumi screams returning the hug with her two best friends.
“How did you get away from all your fire lord duty’s on such shirt notice Zums?” Lin asks confused but great full for her friends presence.
“Well Kya has been nagging me to come visit for months now but when Dad herd it was Suyin’s fiftieth he insisted we both come visit everyone and last night Kya told me that we’re all taking one of Asami’s air ships to Zufo to surprise Su so I had to come!” Izumi explained radiating happiness at her friends.
“Well no time for a reunion we’ve got to head to Air Temple Island to get everyone then get on the air ship.” Kya says sparing no time as she pushes her friends towards to door.
“Kya, why are you in such a rush I’m not ever packed yet?” Lin asks confused at the water benders sudden burst of productivity.
“Yeah since when are you the organised stick in the mud? That’s meant to be Lin in our little unholy trio. You’re the hot one.” Izumi speaks placing a hand on Kya’s shoulder.
“Ok for the record I’m not a stick in the mud I’m just exited and I’m still offended that I was the hot one in high school out of the three of us, I’m more than just hot.” Kya says looking between the two women.
“We should’ve called ourselves the unholy trinity instead of Sokka’s angels, why is no one talking about the fact that we’ve been going by the wrong name for 50 years!” Lin laughed breaking the tension in the room.
She knew Kya was far more than her looks, move than just the Avatars daughter or another popular girl but they were all branded with labels the second they entered high school and they were Kya’s. Lin liked the way she felt around her two best friends like for the first time in a long time she could finally breathe.
“Uncle Sokka got into our heads.” Kya laughed remembering the man they all loved so.
“But seriously we’ve gotta get a move on ladies!” Kya laughed but pushed Lin into her room to pack.
The real reason Kya wanted to get to Air Temple Island so quickly is because she had to talk to Bumi. Bumi was the first - and only- person Kya ever told about her crush on Lin. He had been nothing but annoying about it. Constantly asking her when they were getting married and referring to Lin exclusively as Kya’s girlfriend. Kya loved Bumi but every time she is in the same room as Lin and Bumi she get so nervous thinking he’ll say something, accident or not. But not being in the room while he’s with Lin seems somehow worse. Kya’s plan was to get there early leave Lin with Izumi and sneak off to find her older brother and threaten to blood bend him if he said anything.
Once they arrived on the island Kya executes her plan. Talking with everyone for a moment before asking Bumi to help her load everything onto the air ship.
Once they put a few bags in Kya decided now would be the time to bring it up.
“Hey, so Bumi.” She says looking down more unsure of herself than ever.
He doesn’t reply but simply looks over to his sister while loading another bag into the ship.
“You that uh... thing ... I told you about Lin- well about me, about Lin?” She asks trying to avoid saying the words out loud again.
Bumi knew what she was referring to and on any other day he would make her say it as should would do to him- or anyone really. But he doesn’t, knowing how difficult the topic is for her.
“Yeah I know the thing.” He says wiggling his eyebrows.
“Well just don’t mention it around her ok? Please?” She says looking at him like she was 8 again.
“Well maybe it might just slip out...” he says joking teasing her.
Kya pushes him against the air ship and the whole ship shakes and echo filling the area. “If it does ‘slip’ then I might just ‘slip’ and accident blood bend you off a cliff.” She says looking directly into the mad eyes.
He laughs saying she would never. “It’s illegal Kya, you where literally there when mom made it illegal.”
“Never stopped me before” she says laugh at her brother and the look of terror in his eyes before hugging him and thanking him for being an amazing brother.
The finish loading up the bags and return to find everyone ready to go.
At least they thought they were good to go.....