Mother's Day through the years!
"Happy Mother's Day, Katara!"
The water tribe girl jumped as she walked into the air temple's courtyard. Sokka, Aang, and Toph smiled brightly at her, each concealing something behind their back.
"Wh-what?" She asked, confused by their outburst.
"Happy Mother's Day, Sis," Sokka said stepping up and hugging her with one arm. He pulled a small cerulean blue ribbon from behind his back, grabbing his sister's wrist and tying it.
"You brought this?" she asked, touching her mother's ribbon.
"Yeah. And I think it's about time it went back to a mom," he said, smiling and hugging her again.
Aang pulled a small wooden bead from behind his back. The small dark bead had the kanji for mother engraved into it. "This is what we would give to our mothers…if we knew them. I never got to give my mom one, so I wanted to give you one," Aang said, reverently dropping the tiny ball into Katara's palm.
"Thank you Aang. I'm honored," she said, smiling, tears in her eyes.
Aang smiled, blushing a little.
Toph scuffed her foot as she stepped up to Katara.
"I didn't really know what to do. I never really gave my mom anything, and she never asked for anything. She just wanted to spend the day with me. We never really did much, and definitely never talked, but…if you want?" Toph asked as she rubbed her toe in the dust.
"I'd love that Toph. Let's go," Katara said as she linked arms with the earthbender and the two walked off, smiling and already beginning to talk.
Zuko stood next to Hakoda, watching the whole thing happen.
"What was that about? If they are celebrating Katara they should celebrate Toph to, shouldn't they?" he asked, baffled at the tiny, strange family's tender moment.
"Katara has taken care of all of them since they first started on their journey. They all consider her the mother of the group," Zuko explained before rising and walking to the gravity fountain in the center of the courtyard, remembering his mother by the Turtle-duck pond.
I started writing this one and then realized how important mothers are to these guys! Katara is everyone's, her and Sokka don't have theirs anymore, Aang never had one, Toph's doesn't always know how to be one even though she tries, and Zuko lost his. I am pretty happy with this one.
"Happy Mother's Day."
Toph leaned back into the toned chest as strong, wiry arms wrapped around her waist, tattooed hands gently resting on her slightly rounder than normal midriff.
"Yeah, funny Twinkle Toes. It's your fault I am actually eligible to be a target of this crazy holiday," she muttered as he kissed her neck.
"You're happy about it and you know it," he chuckled against her skin.
"Yeah. It's kinda nice. Now I know why Katara always played mom with us," Toph said as she turned to kiss her husband properly.
"Happy Mother's Day Mama!" screamed six toddlers, three of which had practiced all day to get it right.
Toph smiled at her young brood. The triplets weren't even a whole year old yet, but they had worked all day to tell her that.
"Thank you," she said as she wrapped all of them in her arms.
"Happy Mother's Day, Love," Aang said as he smiled at his family, his beautiful wife the center of everything.
"Why is it that whenever you say that to me, it fortells another baby?" she asked as she rose and encircled him in her arms.
"Well, it's tradition now, Mother's Day and all, you might as well be a new mama," Aang said as he kissed her forehead.
This was supposed to be done in time for mother's day, I just never got it up. Sorry!
