Legend of Korra fanfic One-Shot series, aka Prelude to Tsuki-no Hasu.
Kyalin fic: After Party-As the Krew and the people of Republic City celebrate Kuvira's defeat and Varrick and Zhu Li's wedding, Kya decides it's time to make her move.
"You may now... Do the thing."
The crowd cheers as the newly wed couple kisses and as Varrick sets off fireworks. It's a scene of sublime joy and the surest sign that the battle is over. Kya watches from the very edge, barely even there, watching the crowd. She's wearing an outfit barely more impressive than her usual, her favorite necklace still the most impressive and formal accessory she's wearing. Looking through the crowd, her gaze settles on one guest there: Lin Beifong.
Kya sighs, looking at Lin's profile as the crowd begins to stand to head to the party. She's smiling, chatting with Tenzin and Tarlok. Kya fades back to the edge of the crowd as everyone files into the square where tables and a band are already set up, the band starting off on a jazzy tune to get the party started. She watches from the outskirts, avoiding her family as she decides how to approach this. *This is it, Kya,* she thinks. *Tonight, you make your move.* Taking a deep breath, Kya starts making her way towards where Lin stands, off on her own and contemplating the kebab she just got from a waiter.
"Lin!" she says as she gets close, trying not to seem too excited-or scared.
"Kya? It's good to see you," Lin responds, casual but clearly glad. "I didn't see you at the ceremony."
"Oh, I just got here," she lies. "I'm sorry I missed it."
"It was a wonderful ceremony." Lin smiles sadly, looking away wistfully. "I'm glad Su talked me into coming."
Kya smiles, standing close but still at a polite distance. "Yeah. I wasn't entirely sure about coming myself, but I decided who was I to turn down a party?"
Lin laughs, gesturing with her kebab. "Yeah, though I think it's aimed more at couples. Even Huan's paired off with- Wait, is that...Ikki?" Lin is partly surprised and laughing as she notices this. Kya looks over and notices how Ikki had dragged the antisocial boy onto the dance floor. She, though, was the only one to notice the ghost of a smile, the kind one wears when they're trying to look like they're not enjoying something when they clearly are. "Well, she's a bit young, but given a few more years, they oughtta make a cute couple, don't you think?"
Kya says "Yeah" as her minds settles into its own world, imagining it as her and Lin on the dancefloor, Lin flashing that ghost of a smile. It's only after a moment that she's brought out of her stupor as Lin snaps her fingers in front of Kya's face. "Sorry, got lost in some...memories there."
"Had me worried, Kya," Lin says, letting out a breath. "Want to talk about it?"
Kya sees her chance. "Um, sure. Think we could go somewhere more...private?" Lin nods, setting down her kebab and grabbing the water bender by the hand, leading the way towards the temple and away from the party. Kya flushes at the warmth of the Beifong's hand in her own and the prospect of finally revealing these feelings she's kept hidden for so long.
Just inside the temple, Lin pulls Kya into a nearby room, shutting the door. Kya is trembling slightly, scared and excited and Crap, she's talking.
"-know what this is about." Kya freezes up hearing this, stuttering out a "w-what?" causing Lin to repeat. "I think I know why you wanted to talk."
Lin is still facing the door, and Kya swallows hard, walking up behind the police chief. Her hands shaking, she grabs the earthbender by the shoulders, turning her around. Lin is looking down slightly, her expression unsure, her hands fisted at her sides. Breathing out deeply, Kya finds her confidence again, and with steady hands she reaches out, cupping Lin's cheek and lifting her chin to stare into her eyes. Her eyes are filled with uncertainty, a hint of fear, and...expectation? Maybe. "Lin?" Kya's voice is steadier than she expected, and bolstered, she dives right in.
"For years, I've wanted to tell you how I felt. When you and Tenzin were dating when we were younger, I was so jealous of him. And when he decided to break things off with you, when he started becoming closer to Pema, I thought, maybe, 'This is my chance.'" Kya drops her gaze, tears dancing at the edges of her eyes. Just as her hand is about to drop, Lin reaches up, holding it, silently compelling Kya to continue. With a deep breath, she does so. "But, when I saw how you reacted, when you started to destroy the island, I got scared... I- I decided to put it off. Eventually, I sorta gave up."
The tears finally begin to fall, the first she's shed in a few years. Lin reaches up with her free hand, wiping away the tears, slowly and tenderly. Voice unsteady, Kya continues. "I remember, when I heard about you losing your bending, I was so scared and so...destroyed. To hear there was no way I could help, no way I could save you, no way to get there in time... I was livid and scared." Sighing, Kya finally looks back up, seeing Lin's eyes reflect the pain and uncertainty. But reflected in those eyes was also a light of hope, a hope for...what? "And with what happened recently with Kuvira's attack, I- I knew I had to tell you how I felt."
Stepping back, Kya takes Lin's hands in hers, and looks her in the eyes. "Lin Beifong, for so long, I have loved you, and I-" Kya is startled, her eyes going wide, as Lin leans forward, their lips colliding. After a stunned moment, Kya closes her eyes and kisses back, fingers entwining and pulling the woman before her closer.
Just as suddenly as it began, Lin pulls back, leaving Kya confused and excited. "Kya." Dazed, Kya looks deep into her eyes. "I've known for a while now. I've always sorta known how you felt about me, but it hasn't been until recently that I really thought about it. Seeing Su so happy with her family has gotten me thinking, and with how close things came to ending... It's made me realize that... I feel the same." Kya gasps and smiles, unsure if it's even real. "That's why I was actually hoping to talk to you this evening." Laughing at herself, Lin cups Kya's cheek in her palm. "I suppose what I'm trying to say is... Would you like to go out for dinner later this week?"
Taking a moment to just look at her, Kya finally laughs, leaning in to kiss Lin again before answering. "I would love to." Smiling and laughing at themselves, the new-found couple comes together for another kiss. A sudden knocking at the door interrupts them. Stepping back, the pair fixes their clothing and hair before Kya goes to the door, answering it to find an acolyte. "Yes?" she asks.
The acolyte bows before motioning outward. "I was told to show you to a room for the night." At Kya's confusion, the acolyte explains. "Master Tenzin said you two were to be shown to a suitable room for the night.
Blushing, Kya steps back, turning to see Lin looking as surprised as her. Confused, the two women follow the acolyte into the residential wing of the temple into a hallway usually reserved for important guests, empty at the moment until the party ends. The acolyte leads the two benders into a well furnished room, with one major detail different from usual: the bucket of ice with a champagne bottle and a letter. Bowing, the acolyte leaves the two to search the room. Kya walks up to the letter, opening it up and looking it over before laughing. Lin walks over, confused and interested, to see the letter. Kya decides to read it out loud.
"Kya, I just wanted to say good luck, and I hope that if you're reading this, things went well. The temple should be empty for a few more hours, especially as most of the guests are looking as if they'll end up spending the night out here. The champagne is my gift to you two.
Lin, I know we've had our moments and our history isn't the smoothest, but I'm glad my sister has good taste. I know you'll take good care of her. I just hope she doesn't drive you mad.
Best of luck to the both of you, and before you ask, I saw you leave the party. And I've always suspected there was something between you two.
Sincerely, Tenzin."
Laughing and smiling, Kya sets the letter down, opening the champagne with a *POP* and pouring two glasses. Lin smiles, taking a glass. "To Tenzin, not that bad of a guy," she toasts, one Kya seconds before they down their glasses. The next hour is spend going through half the bottle while the pair talk about the years since and their memories of youth, moving onto more recent events.
"So recently I got back into painting," Lin says.
Kya gasps, sitting up. "Really? Oh, I miss your paintings. You were always such a good artist. Why did you ever stop?"
Lin sighs, looking at her glass. "I guess I just got lost in trying to uphold my mother's memory and reputation. But after everything that's happened, I decided that I don't have to do that. I decided to choose my own path. So while I'm still the police chief, when off-duty, I choose what I do."
Kya scooches closer, refilling their glasses. "Do you still do portraits and vistas?" Lin nods, taking a sip. "After our dinner date, you have to show me." Lin smiles, nodding, before setting her glass down.
"Well, it's starting to get late. I should be heading back-" She stops when Kya grabs her arm, blushing.
"You know you don't have to go..." After a moment, Lin grins, pulling Kya into her laps with a squeak.
"Well, I suppose there IS room for both of us in that bed." Smiling, Lin kisses Kya, who responds with enthusiasm. Pulling back, Lin sets Kya down in the seat. "Let me slip out of this, first, and into something more comfortable."
Lin casually starts undoing her clothes, peeling off each layer one by one. Kya looks on in awe from her seat, blushing furiously. Lin glances back, smirking. "You're not planning on sleeping in your good clothes, are you?"
Swallowing nervously, Kya stands, hesitantly undoing the cords and buttons, always keeping an eye on Lin. Having shed her overcoat, Lin undoes the front of her shirt, revealing a toned body and still pert breasts in a lacy black bra. Kya stares in wonder, staring at her companion's well muscled back, crossed with lines of lighter flesh, scars of old. On a whim, she walks up behind Lin, spreading her palms on the toned planes, feeling each swell and the power wound within those tight cords. Lin shivers at the contact, hesitant and tender as it is. Kya steps closer, one hand sliding around to Lin's front to caress her stomach.
"Such coiled power..." Kya comments. "Is it an earthbender thing?"
"Maybe," Lin replies, a slight hitch in her voice as Kya's hand goes lower, gripping the waistband of her pants. Lin grabs her wrist, turning around to face Kya. "It's your turn. Shirt. Off." Her face is flushed from the combination of arousal and the champagne.
Kya flashes a sultry grin, stepping back. "As you wish." With deft fingers, the waterbender undoes the last of the cords holding her dress together, leaving it to fall as a mass of cloth. Kya stands there, clad in little more than leather bra and panties, as Lin stands slack-jawed at the tanned and supple form before her. "Like what you see?" Kya chuckles at Lin's awe-struck nod, stepping forward. "Alright, your turn again..."
Grinning, Kya slides her hands into her companion's waistband, easing Lin's pants down her hips, causing them to drop and pool at their feet. Kya looks down, seeing panties matching Lin's bra. By this point, the two women are flushed and beginning to breathe hard, and as Kya looks back into Lin's eyes, it's Lin who takes the next step, leaning forward to crash their lips together, slipping her tongue in. The two moan lightly into the battle of tongues and breath, hands wandering over backs and buttocks. Lin picks Kya up, throwing the waterbender's legs about her waist as she carries her to the bed.
Falling back onto the bed, Lin watches Kya sit up. Straddling the earthbender's waist, Kya bites her lip, running her hands down her sides and up to cup her breasts. Grinning, Lin reaches up, sliding her hands under Kya's bra to cup them directly. The waterbender shudders at the sensation, her nipples pebbling as Lin fondles the fleshy globes. Not wanting to be outdone, Kya reaches down to give Lin the same treatment, going so far as to tweak the police chief's nipples between her fingers. The mutual groping elicits small grunts and tiny moans from each of them. Growing impatient, Lin reaches around to undo Kya's bra, throwing it off the bed. She gasps at the sight of the tanned breasts, the nipples only slightly lighter than the rest.
"Spirits, you're beautiful..." Lin sighs, reaching up and tweaking a nipple. Kya moans slightly at this before leaning down to kiss her lover, her hands slipping underneath them to undo the clasp on Lin's lacy bra, throwing it next to her own. Chuckling, Lin pulls back a little. "Impatient, aren't we?" Kya simply grins, moving down and immediately taking a nipple into her mouth, causing Lin to shudder and groan in pleasure. "Not fair," she whimpers, grabbing the other woman's shoulders and flipping them both over. Grinning, Lin nuzzles her neck, nipping her collarbone and causing the waterbender to moan and throw her head back.
Kya grabs her lover's face, guiding their lips together for a tender and deep kiss, pulling away to stare into her eyes. "Spirits, I've been waiting for this."
"You're not the only one," the earthbender responds, settling her hand over her lover's. After a tender moment, Lin flashes a mischievous grin before bringing her knee up between Kya's legs, grinding and rubbing against her core, eliciting a deep moan. Laughing, Lin kisses and nuzzles the other's neck. "Look at how wet you are. And I'm not even a waterbender."
Growing impatient, Kya flips them over once again, reaching down to drag down her last article of clothing, Lin follows her lead, and within moments they're both completely nude and kissing, hands wandering over every inch of available skin. With a wave of her wrist, Kya sends a water tendril to snuff out the candle, leaving the room in pitch blackness.
Kya kisses along Lin's neck and down her chest, quickly going lower until her shoulders are braced between the other woman's thighs. She kisses down the thighs, causing Lin to shudder, before reaching her sopping core. "Excited, are we?" Before Lin can answer, she gasps, a tongue dancing between the lips of her sex. She fists the bed sheets, writhing at Kya's expert movements, her tongue and fingers moving with practiced precision.
"You've done this before," Lin comments, her voice rising at the end as Kya teases her aching clit.
"Maybe," is all the waterbender will say before plunging two fingers in and sucking roughly on the earthbender's clit. Already wound tight with expectation, Lin groans loud and long, her cunt spasming and pouring as she climaxes, Kya happily drinking up her juices. As her lover catches her breath, Kya climbs her way up to kiss her. "You are delicious," she moans, breaking the kiss.
Panting, Lin pulls her close for another kiss before pulling away and looking into her lover's eyes, lit faintly by moonlight spilling in through the window. "My turn." Lin flips them both over, wasting no time in making her way downward. But just as she reaches that cleft, she stops, unsure. Kya makes a sudden realization.
"You've never been with a woman before, have you?" Lin flinches, and Kya realizes she's right. Pulling the other woman up her body, the waterbender holds her lover close. "It's alright. There's plenty of time for me to teach you." Lin blushes deeply, trying to pull away but unable. "For now..." She more calmly flips them over, molding her tanned form against Lin's, tenderly kissing her. With a little shifting, Lin gasps, their cores pressing against each other. Kya smiles against her mouth before thrusting, dragging her pussy lips across the other woman's, causing the police chief to groan.
Kya sets up a rhythm of thrusts, moaning out in conjunction with a startled gasp from Lin as their clits start rubbing against each other. Before long, Lin is shuddering in release again, the pleasure like nothing she's ever felt before. But before she can settle down, she is thrown into another orgasm, Kya thrusting still, head thrown back, searching for her own release. The thrusting becomes rough and wild, and as Lin is thrown into a third and a fourth orgasm, Kya throws her head back in release, moaning out, "Spirits, Liiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnn!"
Shuddering from their shared releases, the two women collapse, panting, Kya resting on Lin's chest. The earthbender throws her arm around her lover, smiling and mumbling. "That was...wonderful..."
Kya laughs, kissing her on the cheek. "Yeah..." The pair start to drift off, tired out by their lovemaking. "I love you..."
Lin shifts and groans as sunlight shines through the window, disturbing her sleep. With a little shifting, she notices the weight curled up huddled against her side, the night's events rushing back to her. With a contented grin, her grip tightens around Kya, who mutters in her sleep pleasantly. Kissing Kya's head, Lin whispers, "I love you..." Lying back relaxing, Lin thinks over the events of the day before, wondering how she ever lived without this beautiful woman in her life.
After a while, Kya wakes, nuzzling against her bedfellow. "Morning," she says with a yawn, throwing her arm around her.
Lin chuckles. "So, any plans on getting up this morning, or are we just going to lie here cuddling?"
"Cuddles, cuddles sound good..." Kya mumbles, snuggling closer. "Maybe more fun later..."
Lin blushes lightly at the off-handed mention of the night before. As she starts to respond, shes interrupted by her stomach growling, causing Kya to giggle. "Looks like breakfast might be in order." Kya frowns and snuggles closer, pouting and making Lin laugh before standing. "Hey, I didn't eat last night." Another growl joins the silence, this one from Kya's stomach, and the pair laugh. "Looks like you didn't either. Come on." Kya sighs, but stands, and the pair dress quickly.
Outside, the two make their way toward the dining room, where they see Tenzin taking a solitary cup of tea. "Ah. Kya, Lin, good morning. Did you sleep well?" He smiles at them calmly as the pair blush lightly, sitting down.
"Yes, we did, thank you," Lin replies after a moment. He just smiles, nodding.
Silence reigns for a time, Tenzin calmly drinking his tea, a knowing grin on his face, until Kya can't take it. "So, you're really okay with...us?"
"I see nothing wrong it," he says with a smile. "You're both responsible adults. You both obviously care for each other. What would be the problem?"
Lin finds herself nodding at the airbender's assessment. "I guess you're right. I guess she meant are you okay with us?"
Tenzin sighs, setting down his tea. "Well, honestly, yes. I see no problem with this relationship if you are both serious about your feelings. Yes, one of you is my sister, the other is my ex, but I see nothing wrong." He smiles tenderly, looking at each of the women before him in turn. "So, I'm happy for you both, and I wish you the best of luck. Now then, I must bid you farewell. There is still training to be done. Have a nice day."
As he goes on his way, the two women look at each other before smiling. "Soo... Lunch?"