this is my first ever linumi. and i don't give a cracker if you complain that Lin is 50 not 40. in my eyes she looks 40. anyway tell me how i did cause i'm not used to writing linumi. this is also dedicated to DarkPriestessOfHyrule for convincing me to write Linumi. cheers. please r&r


Bumi lay awake in bed, unable to get a certain subject out of his head. He looked down at the strong woman in his arms. "Are you awake Lin?"

Lin let out a sigh. "Yes." They manoeuvred their bodies until Bumi sat against the headboard, Lin relaxing into his broad chest. "What's on your mind?"

"Kids."

Lin scooted away, not liking where this conversation was going. "Bumi, kids have never been apart of my life's plan. It's why Tenzin and I didn't work out."

Bumi took her hands into his, trying to calm her down. "I know you don't want kids. I'm not trying to get you to agree having kids."

Lin reclaimed her position on his chest. "Thank the spirits. I thought you wanted to start trying or something."

"Not at all. I was just thinking how nice it would be to have a warrior running around that looks just like her old man."

Lin let out a small giggle. "I don't think girls can go grow beards."

Bumi playfully nudged her with his shoulder. "Shut up. That's not what I meant and you know it. Just think about it. A little girl with your light green eyes, my nose and hair colour. And your beautiful skin, oh and your amazing facial structure. And if she's an earthbender I'd be okay with that, because it means she'd be the second greatest earthbender in the world… you gotta admit that it would be nice."

"You have really thought this through."

"Of course I have. Our child would be extremely beautiful, unless she gets my beard."

Lin let out a sigh of amusement. "So what got you thinking about having a kid between you and I?"

"Well, umm, you know how I went to mum's a few weeks ago with Kya?"

Lin put her index finger to her chin. "I think I remember. Kind of hard when you get a boomerang to the back of the head."

Bumi let out a groan. "I said I was sorry. I didn't expect that gust of wind to take it off course. Anyway mum was talking about how dad was never desperate for airbenders, he believed that the universe would correct itself, he just wanted to talk about what they would look like. We started talking about how if we had kids, what they might look like. I found when I was describing my 'what if,' child that I was describing our child."

"So you wouldn't care if it was an earthbender?"

"Spirits no! Airbenders are way too serious. I prefer earthbenders. You guys know how to laugh and you're definitely not lightweights either. The perfect combo."

A moment of silence followed as Lin thought about what Bumi had said. "You know, Tenzin and I had discussed having children before. Whenever I brought up the possibility of an earthbender as our child, he'd shut me down and claim that we must never have an earthbender, because the world needs more airbenders. It hurt, a lot. It made me feel as though he didn't appreciate me for who I am. After that, whenever he brought up the topic of children, I walked out of the room."

"He truly is an airhead. What crazy man would give up a beautiful, well toned, metalbending badass such as yourself?"

"Lets do it?"

Bumi looked down at her completely confused. "What do you mean?"

Lin placed a hand on his cheek, drawing him close to her. "I want to have a child with you."

"Now!?"

"I'm forty years old, so yeah, now would be nice."

Bumi captured her lips with his own. He broke the kiss after a minute. "I can't believe I'm going to have a kid with the love of my life. Kya and Tenzin owe me a hundred Yuans each and they have to do my chores for a week." Lin raised an eyebrow at the comment. "We made a bet when we were kids. They thought I'd never have a kid with a sane person."

"I remember that bet. You owe me fifty yuans."

"What?!"

"You bet that your kid would be firenation."

Bumi smiled at the thought of how awesome his girlfriend was. He rolled them over so he was on top, kissing her with all the passion he had.