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Jinny's first birthday.
"Good morning my beautiful Jinny!" Mako said as he entered his daughter's bedroom. He has heard her babbling to herself for almost ten minutes.
"Mamama!" She said watching the door to see if her mommy was going to follow her daddy into the room.
"I'm sorry Jinny, Mommy is still out doing her Avatar work. She promised she'd be back by Friday." Mako picked up his beautiful daughter and placed her on the living room floor. "I'm going to make us some sweet rice for breakfast." He told her as he went into their kitchen.
After he started a pot of water for the rice and a kettle for his morning tea. He then quickly picked out a little jumper for her to wear for the day. He talked to her while he changed her and got her ready for the day. "I have to check in with Chief BeFong this morning so Aunty Opal said she'd watch you for a couple hours."
"Op! Op! Op!" The little girl said as she followed her daddy around their quaint little apartment.
"Breakfast is ready!" He told her as he gave the bubbling pot one last stir before he put his daughter in her high chair and made her bowl. "Breakfast looks so yummy!" he told her as he added a bit of sugar, butter, and cold milk to her bowl then did the same with his own.
He took a small amount on her spoon and blow on it to cool it. "Here comes the Sato Mobile." He 'drove' the spoon to her open mouth, making the sound of a rumbling engine as it inched closer and closer to her throwing in a bit of swerving and tire screeching sounds before Jinny closed her mouth around it, laughing after each bite.
After they finished eating Mako cleaned up while Jinny played with the toy animals Aunt Jinora got when she was on her last peace keeping mission into the Si Wong Desert, the Sandbenders and the beetle head traders have been fighting over Fair trade rules.
"Okay Jinny, time to go to Uncle Bolin and Aunty Opal's house." Mako told her as he finished packing her bag with spare diapers and a change of clothes. Bolin and Opal only lived two doors down so it only took but a minute to get there. Mako rapped on the door three times then waited.
"Coming!" The voice of his brother came from inside the apartment. When the door opened Bolin was standing at the door. "Hey Mako! Good morning beautiful Jinny!" Pabu came running into the hall chittering as he ran circles around the little girl's feet.
"Pabu! Pabu!" The little girl clapped her hands excitedly.
"Come in, Opal is making tea. Do you have time to stay for a cup?" Bolin asked his brother.
"Not right now, but maybe later… I have a lot of errands to do. But I do want to say hello before I have to take off." Mako said as he went into the kitchen. "Hello Opal! You look lovely today."
"I'm all swollen and puffy but I'll take the complement." The green-eyed Airbender said rubbing her enormous belly. "Mom had twins, I don't know if I can handle it!"
"Bolin is a big Mover Star, he will be able to help out all the time." Mako told her.
"Of course I'll help!" Bolin said. "When Veric doesn't have me filming on location."
"Location is one of Veric's warehouse in the industry area." Mako said raising his eyebrow. "It's not like me and Korra… She's gone on Avatar business so much."
"Yeah, speaking of Korra, Jinny's Birthday is coming up. Will Korra be back in time?" Opal asked.
"When we last talked on the phone she promised she'd be home on Friday. Jinny's Birthday is Saturday and there is so much that I have to do to get ready for it AND I need to check in with Chief BeFong."
"Oh! Can you tell Aunt Lynn I said hi when you see her?" Opal asked from her seat at the table.
"I'll let her know." Mako told her. "Now I have a million different errands to run… Remind me next time we go to the South Pole to ask Katara how she handled being married to the Avatar… So much work, and Korra is gone more than half of the time."
"When are you going?" Bolin asked.
"Korra said she wants to take Jinny to see Senna and Tonroq after she gets back. They haven't seen Jinny since she was only a couple months old." Mako told them.
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Friday came and passed. "She didn't even call!" Mako told the lamp on his night stand. "This is driving me crazy! Tomorrow is Jinny's birthday." Mako wasn't actually angry with Korra, he was worried, but for some reason his worry came out as anger, probably left from having to take care of his baby brother since they were very small. You couldn't be a cry baby on the streets of Republic City, only the tough survive. He squeezed his eyes shut as they stung, Jinny had a nightmare and was now cuddled beside him softly snoring away. Mako rolled onto his side, his strong arms brought his small daughter against his chest, and he closed his eyes. Worrying never helped calm his mind.
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"Mako." A voice said softly to him. "Mako" It said a bit louder. "Mako." It said one last time, a hand softly shook his shoulder.
"Huh?" He said as he brought his sleeping mind back to the waking world. The room was filled with the orange sunrise, he rubbed his eyes then opened them again. "Korra? Korra! You're home I was so…"
"I know Mako, I'm sorry I'm late, those Beetle heads are stubborn people." Korra said as she 'brushed the black locks of hair out of her beautiful daughters face. "I missed you both so much." Korra laid down on the bed, the sleeping child in between them
"She kept asking for you." Mako said. He took her hand in his and kissed the back of it several times. "I was afraid you'd miss her birthday."
"I would never have missed Jinny's first birthday." Korra told him.
"Mommy!" The little girl said excitedly as she opened her eyes.
"I'm home baby girl!" Korra said in between kissing her daughter's face.
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