Okay, Day 2's prompt was "Prank." So this came out of it. Don't ask me how, it just did. Because I don't even know how. Like, seriously, I don't.
All I have to say is: Poor Pabu.
Korra stared down at the results of her prank, which, for the record, had gone horribly wrong and totally not as she had planned. Not that she had planned that well to begin with. That wasn't really one of her strengths. She was more of an impromptu person, really.
She snatched the box of hair dye off the table and flipped it over, staring at the instructions on the back like they would give her answers. But she knew why this had happened. She was careless, that was why. Throwing the box on the floor, she looked down at the results again and it stared back up at her, letting out a little chirp in its throat. She reached down to pet the creature.
"Sorry, Pabu," she murmured, "But, to be honest, it really wasn't bath time just yet, so you really did this to yourself."
Usually the creature hated taking a bath, but, as Pabu aged, he started to like the water more and more, often relaxing in his metal tub like it was a hot spring. He liked the water better when it was warm and toasty, so Korra would always heat up the water for him before Bolin drenched the poor critter.
This time, however, there had been no bath water in the tub, just some green hair dye that Korra had been mixing together to put in Bolin's shampoo. She had left for maybe a minute to go get a snack from the kitchen, only to return to find a very sad looking and very confused fire ferret sitting in the dye, looking up at her through its clumped hair.
After that, she spent a whole hour trying to clean Pabu, but to no result. There was really nothing "fire-y" about him anymore now that his coat was various shades of green. She gave him another scratch, more for her own comfort than his own. He didn't really seem to care that his fur was no longer the same color that it was, if he could even tell a difference, that is.
She heard a key slide into the lock on the door and instantly jumped up from the couch, scaring Pabu. With frenzied movements she quickly went to work to destroy all evidence of what she had done. Perhaps she could blame the new color Pabu had going on something else. Like maybe he fell into a- her mind brought up nothing as she shoved everything into a cabinet just in time.
The door of the apartment opened and immediately the two of the locked eyes. Bolin raised an eyebrow at her stiff appearance as she awkwardly leaned against the counter, a failed attempt at a smile on her face. She stood up straight and tottered over to the couch, where Pabu was still out of his sight and shoved him underneath some pillows, poking him on the back once to let him know to stay there and not move.
"Hey, Bo!" Her smile widened, her mouth crooked as she tried to make her smile work out for her, "How was your day at work? At least you get tomorrow off, right?" She laughed loudly, awkward in the silence of their apartment.
He stepped in, closing the door behind him, "You're… acting weird today."
"I am? Ha! I hadn't even noticed."
"Hm… okay, then. If you say so," He walked forward, closing the gap between them and pressed his lips to hers. She moved hurriedly to hide Pabu from his site even further, her lips still locked in a kiss with him. He backed away, placing his hands on her shoulder, "Okay, no. You're definitely acting weird. Why? What happened today that-" he stopped as his eyes noticed a box on the ground. The hair dye box, to be more exact.
With a strangled cry, she dove over the back of the couch, desperately reaching for the box so she could throw the infernal thing out the window. He moved, too, trying to get the box before she did and it became a mad scramble for the object, both of them lying over the couch, hands pushing at each other and reaching at the same time. Korra pushed herself forward just a little more and managed to hit the thing, sending it skittering further under the table, out of view. Immediately, they both hopped up, racing around different sides of the couch to reach it before the other.
"Just tell me what it is," Bolin said, trying his hand one last time for peace, "Is it a box for one of those pregnancy test things?"
His voice had just enough of a hint of eagerness in it that it made Korra freeze where she was and answer wittingly with, "What?"
He took her moment of hesitation to snatch the box out from under the table and turn it to the front to see what it was, "Green hair dye?" He asked, his eyebrows rocketing upward, "What? You want to dye your hair green or something. That seems a little bizarre. Even for you, Korra," he shook the box, "There's nothing in here, so where's the green hair?"
"Yeah, um, about that…" she trailed off, rubbing her hand over her other arm absentmindedly, her eyes skittering to the side to where she knew Pabu was, concealed under the pillows. That was all it took to have him flying forward again, throwing the pillows out of the way. Once he had unearthed Pabu in all his green glory, he paused and stared down at his pet, his face unreadable. Pabu stared up at him confusion, his head tilted to the side.
Slowly, Bolin reached forward, picking the creature up and staring it down, his eyes running down his whole body, all the way to his fluffy green tail. He turned to look at Korra, Pabu swinging in his hands. His face still held no expression and Korra shrunk in on herself, her hands crossed over her chest and gripped the opposite arm as through she was holding herself together. Her eyes where down on the floor, anywhere but up at him. She had never seen him get uncontrollably angry, so she wondered if this was what he was going through right now.
"Bolin, I'm sorry! I didn't mean for-" she was stopped by his sudden loud laughter as he pulled Pabu closer to him. Bolin kept laughing until tears were streaming down his face and she could only watch incredulously. Finally he placed Pabu back down and wiped away the tears on his face. He reached for Korra, pulling her toward him until she was flush with his chest. Leaning down, he kissed her again, his smile almost contagious as she couldn't help but smile into the kiss. He pulled away and let out a few more laughs.
"I think that's the best thing I've ever seen. Why were you experimenting with green hair dye? You weren't going to dye your hair… were you?"
"Oh, no, nothing like that. The dye was for you, actually. I was going to put it in your shampoo bottle."
"You were going to dye my beautiful locks green?" His hands went up to his hair, running through it as he put on his best offended face.
"Only temporarily," she got on her tip toes to kiss him again, running her tongue over his lips, "It washes out after a few days."
"A few days?" He looked down at Pabu, "Then we better hurry, buddy! Pabu and I have to go set up the ladder of peril down at the station. The fantastical, one of a kind, green fire ferret crosses the ladder of peril," he swept his arm dramatically through the air, "It will be a hit, I'm sure of it."
"You know what will be even more of a hit?"
"Hm?" He looked down at her.
"If you come to bed with me," he continued staring at her, "Now."
He snapped out of his stupor, "Um, yes, of course, Miss! Next stop: bed!" He scooped her up in his arms bridal style and she let out a delighted laugh as he picked her up, pulling his head down to kiss him breathless.
By the time they actually got to the bed, they were already kissing and biting each other furiously. Korra had already opened half of his uniform's shirt. He dumped her unceremoniously on the bed and crawled up over her to continue kissing her mouth, face, neck. Any place that had skin showing, he was planning on kissing tonight until she lost her mind. She finally finished with his shirt and together they wrenched it off him, exposing his chest for her to run her fingers over. After a well-placed kiss from him behind her ear, she pushed him away for a moment.
"So why did you want the box to be a pregnancy test?" She asked with a smirk and his cheeks turned even redder than they already were.
"Well, um… you see-"
Her smirk widened and she threw her arms around his neck, pulling him down for another searing kiss, "I'll pick one up the next I'm at the store, okay?"
He put his face in the crook of her neck and she felt him smile into her skin.
"Yeah, I'd like that."
I just need Borra babies, okay? Then I'll be all good and everything will be right with the world.