Day One - Holding Hands

"ARGH!"

Bumi shot a blast of wind at the horizon, it had been a terrible day. Firstly, Tenzin believed that he was the only one who watched his father when he practiced, so he got annoyed when Bumi tried to offer suggestions to the Airbenders in training, and had proceeded to be completely immature towards him all day after Bumi's advice paid off for most of the trainees.

After getting the cold shoulder from his little brother all afternoon, he went to make tea in the normally quiet kitchen, only to find Rohan teetering dangerously atop a shelf in a bid to grab some cookies from the cookie jar, Bumi grabbed him around the waist to steady him (he wasn't going to miss out on an opportunity to eat one of Pema's excellent cookies) which startled the child and caused him to knock the ceramic jar off the shelf and land on his foot, forcing him to get caught and blamed for the broken jar, putting Tenzin in an even fouler mood.

Then, he overheard little brother's rant to Pema, describing how his older brother is not grateful and will never get into a serious relationship. Bumi had wanted storm in there and reveal to him that he had been in a very serious relationship with Lin Beifong for the past few months, and was looking for a house in Republic City so that he didn't have to 'torture' everyone with his presence.

Then, to top it all off, he hadn't been able to get off the island to visit Lin at work like he normally did and the ferry was late, so he was going to have to eat another vegetarian meal with the rest of the family and stay there instead of at Lin's that night.

"Rough day?"

Bumi whirled around to come face to face with none other than his girlfriend, still clad in her police armour, looking absolutely stunning. Bumi didn't hesitate to pull her into his arms and kiss her cheek.

"Sweetheart, you are a sight for sore eyes. You have no idea how glad I am to see you, what are you doing here?"

"Tenzin wanted me to come for dinner to discuss 'furthering Korra's metal and Earthbending training' I wasn't about to argue, he was in such a mood even I didn't want to worsen it, so I came with him on Oogi. Hence, I am here to suffer a vegetarian dinner with you."

"Yeah, Tenzin's been a real ass all day because my training methods worked better than his. He even told Pema I was an 'ungrateful pig who wont ever get into a serious realationship'."

Lin rubbed his shoulder,

"Don't worry, I think I know how to get him back, just follow my lead at dinner."

Bumi grinned, thinking back to all the pranks they pulled whenever she visited the island with him, and followed her into the house. She slowed and took his hand in hers and squeezed it, he returned the gesture as a silent thanks for her support.

He expected her to let go at the first sign of people, but to his surprise, she tightened her grip as they were greeted by the acolytes then Jinora, who had just finished up evening meditation and was heading to dinner herself. She did a double take when she saw their entwined fingers, but shrugged it off, knowing they had been very close since childhood.

When they entered the dining room, all eyes glued to their hands, which were yet to separate, Tenzin's eye twitched, Bumi grinned, knowing where Lin was taking this.

"What are you staring at?"

She snapped, dropping his hand and sitting down next to him, Tenzin opened his mouth to say something, only to be met with Lin's death glare, so he shovelled it full of food instead.

Halfway through the meal, whilst pumpkin soup was being eaten with metal soup spoons, (aside from Meelo, who was protesting the disgusting substance, and Lin and Bumi, who were sharing a bowl of noodles instead) Tenzin's spoon suddenly slipped out of his hand and plopped into his lap, Lin inconspicuously slurped her noodles while his eyes snapped to her face. Swallowing her mouthful, she met his gaze with an icy one of her own.

"Is there something on my face?"

The room went silent as Tenzin's eyes nearly popped out of his head and made a stuttering apology. Lin went back to the noodles. Tenzin's spoon slipped again, he shot a glance at her, but didn't dare linger. He scooped up another spoonful, and brought it to his mouth.

Plop. Tenzin slammed his hands onto the table, face going red.

"LIN!"

She looked up innocently,

"Yes?"

"Stop Metalbending my spoon!"

Lin deadpanned:

"Do you honestly think I'm that immature?"

Tenzin turned his attention to Korra, whose eyes went wide,

"Don't look at me! I'm still learning! I don't know how to do that!"

Everyone went back to dinner. Everyone was watching Lin's hands as she ate her noodles in a bid to detect any bending, but Tenzin's spoon did not slip again. It did however manage to move to the opposite side of the bowl every time he tried to pick it up.

When Pema brought dessert out, everyone was delighted to find it was sweetcakes, and needless to say, they went pretty fast, until there was only one left.

Lin nudged Bumi under the table before asking,

"Does anyone else want the last sweetcake?"

Bumi snatched it up,

"Sure do! Thanks for being so considerate, Linny."

Lin pouted and snatched it out of his hand,

"I was addressing everyone but you."

Bumi reached for it, but she held it away from him,

"I had it first!"

"Real mature."

"This reminds me of how we would fight over mom's desserts, I'd always win."

Lin pouted,

"Not this time."

"Yes this time. You see Lin, I know your weakness. You are ticklish. Right. Here."

He jabbed her thigh and she fell back with a yelp. He pinned her to the floor, well aware of the eyes on them, and the dead silence of the room. He realised she had used her metal spools to extend the distance between his hand and the treat.

"Give in, Princess."

"Never."

He pouted.

"You can have it on one condition."

Bumi pulled a questioning face, and in reply, Lin puckered her lips and made sloppy kissy sounds, before Bumi firmly planted his lips on hers.

There was stunned silence then gasps as they sat up, and Lin handed him the sweetcake.

"Well Tenzin," Lin said, breaking the silence, taking Bumi's hand and standing up to leave. "You've had a rough day, first Bumi's a better teacher, and now I can openly confirm he is a much better kisser."

The whole table just gawked at them as they strode out the door hand in hand to Lin's apartment.

They were on the ferry and almost out of earshot when they heard Tenzin yelling something incoherent and Bumi smiled and walked up behind his girlfriend, and wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder. Maybe today hadn't been so bad at all.

Author's Note: That's right, folks! I'm doing the 30 day OTP challenge! It's a little late, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Please feel free to send me any prompts/requests if you have something in particular!

Thanks so much for reading!

SilverMidnightPrincess xx

Also: Legend of Korra belongs to Bryke, so know that the disclaimer has been disclaimed.