A/N: I do not own anything except the storyline. Content belongs to their respective owners.
It's 3 AM in Republic City. There were many buildings with their new electric lights still flashing in the street, but in the residential areas, only the gas lights that glowed on the sidewalks were lit. Every house, mansion, and shack in the Republic City residential areas was dark.
Asami turned on the lampstand next to her side of the bed. It was getting harder for her to stand up without the lights on, so she needed the lamp on to help her find her slippers; that task was a difficult one for her, being unable to see past her round belly. She sighed.
Her bladder hasn't been her greatest friend lately. For the past few weeks, the need to pee woke her up at odd hours in the morning, and as her belly got bigger, the number of times she had to leave the warm comforts of her bed increased as well.
As Asami waddled out of the bedroom, her husband turned around to face her side of the bed. Bolin could feel every minute vibration that reverberates from her body- her breathing, her heartbeat, every toss and turn, and felt nothing. He opened his green eyes to find his wife out of the bed, again. He groaned before chuckling a little.
It's been like this every single night, but he'd take the late night potty breaks over the early morning nausea any day.
Bolin got out of bed, shivering when his calloused feet touched the cold wooden floor. He walked barefoot out of the room and into the hallway. Turning his head to the right, the earthbender's suspicions were confirmed; Asami did go to the bathroom.
Bolin knocked lightly, "Are you ok there, 'Sami?"
The woman in question answered back, "Yup. I'll be back in bed in a few minutes, Bo."
Her sentenced was finished with a resounding flush of the toilet and the noise of running water. Bolin smiled slightly at the noise and padded back into the bedroom.
True to her word, Asami was back in the room in three minutes. Bolin was sitting up, leaning against the headboard of their bed. He quickly got up to assist his pregnant wife back into bed and kissed her temple afterwards. They were both reclining against the headboard, Asami's head on her husband's shoulder.
"You're glowing," he whispered.
Asami smiled and kissed him on the lips, "And you're a sap."
The two started laughing before Asami gasped and cringed.
"Are you ok? Did your water break already? Are you hurt anywhere? Are you-"
Bolin's interrogation was only stopped by a pale hand grasping his tan one. Asami pulled their hands towards her rotund belly, and then Bolin felt it.
Bop!
"The baby's kicking me a little hard," the emerald-eyed beauty replied, "I think he might be an earth bender like his father."
"Maybe my daughter is punching around like her mother," Bolin teased. He continued to rub his wife's belly.
"Hey there," the earthbender whispered, "Stop moving around so much. Your mama can't sleep because you're training to be a probender."
Asami giggled and kissed her husband's stubble-ridden jaw.
"I think he listened," she pointed out, "he's not kicking anymore."
"Then let's get you back to bed before she starts practicing some more," Bolin suggested.
Asami chuckled, "We'll never agree on the gender of the baby until he comes out, huh?"
"You mean 'she,' darling," retorted Bolin before easing her wife down on her back, "and of course not."
The emerald-eyed woman yawned before smiling.
"Good night, Bo," she greeted.
"Good night, 'Sami," the earthbender replied, wrapping his arms around her before falling asleep.
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