A/N: Wei shows his gratitude to Bolin. BoWei (Weilin). First LoK story.
Disclaimer: I do not own LoK.
We all sat in silence staring into each other's faces. Mum and Dad were leaning against each other in one corner, while Huan and Wing were sitting across from me with sullen, tired looks. We had all been in this suspended wooden cage for days and after not even Mom could get us out, there was nothing more that could be said or done. We would just have to wait until she was ready to do whatever she wanted to do to us.
There was a sudden sound and Mum jumped to her feet, careful not to rock the cage, before she turned to us with a triumphant look. The rest of us looked towards the rock face. I could see Aunt Lin and... Grandma Toph? We were saved.
Within a few moments, Aunt Lin was catapulted onto the cage before she landed inside with us.
"I'm going to have to swing around the cage and throw each one of you across," Aunt Lin said.
We all nodded and I stepped forward first. Aunt Lin hooked her arm around my waist and jumped over the edge of the cage.
It was as I was flying I realized something... Who was going to catch me? Grandma Toph can't see.
Ooof! I landed someone's arms, sliding back as he braced us against my force. Then we stopped and I looked up.
It was him. The one who I had called weak. The one who used cheap tricks to best me. The one who had joined up with Kuvira against us. The one who, despite all that, still frequented my dreams sometimes.
He seemed older now, mature, and wiser, no longer childish and naive. He gave me a small smile.
He came back and he rescued us. He rescued me. How could I show him what he meant to me? How could I show him my gratitude, my forgiveness, my affection?
I returned the smile and gave him a small pat on the cheek, holding his gaze with my own, and wishing I could do more but time was of the essence. We had the others to rescue.