A/N: Some of this has surely seen before, and it hasn't been my intention to steal anything I simply got inspired. :)
Day 2 - Lullaby
To lie in bed felt great, so Korra didn't feel like getting up, but the crying baby made her think twice about it. Even though Mako was with the baby, and had been for half an hour, the crying hadn't stopped.
The avatar got out of bed and went into her daughter's room to see if the crying had disturbed her, but it hadn't. Kimra was asleep with an arm over her head, the covers kicked to the side, and the stuffed bison on the floor. Korra chuckled as she walked towards the bed; she picked up the stuffed bison and placed it in the bed with her daughter, then grabbed the covers and made sure Kimra was covered from neck to toe. She kissed her forehead before walking out of the room, and closing the door behind her.
Korra hurried into the nursery when she heard the baby's crying increase. When she pushed the door open, she saw her husband walking towards the window with the baby on his shoulder. "Hey buddy what's wrong?" Mako asked his son with a gentle voice, but nothing chanced "Sssssh is okay. It's okay."
"He's been crying for 40 minutes now." Korra said as she walked towards her husband and son with an uneasy expression.
Mako turned around and looked at her while he stroked the baby's back "I know darling, but I don't know what he wants. I've checked his diaper, there's nothing, and he isn't hungry. I think I've tried everything."
Korra walked up beside them and stroked the baby's head "Aww sweetie. What is it?" The baby stopped crying for a moment, but then started again. The mother looked up at her husband with unshed tears in her eyes; their little boy was only two weeks old, which meant that Korra's body was still filled with hormones. Mako gave Korra a small reassuring smile, and Korra took a deep breath before reaching for the baby.
"Let me try," She said as she placed her hands under the baby's armpits and lifted him from his father's shoulder, and placed him on her own, the little boy was still crying.
"Sssssh sweetie, ssssh." She tried to soothe him as she sat down in a chair and moved him so he was in her arms. Mako walked with her and after she sat down, he knelt beside her and placed a hand on the baby's stomach.
"I wonder.." Korra said and then started singing, as Mako caressed the boy's stomach with his thumb.
"Leaves from the vine
Falling so slow
Like fragile tiny shells
Drifting in the foam
Little soldier boy
Come marching home
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home
Those leaves did grow
From branches overgrown
Drifting slowly down
Resting on the loam
Little soldier boy
Taken from home
Forced to fight a war
That's not his own
Leaves from the vine
Falling so slow
Like fragile tiny shells
Drifting in the foam
Little soldier boy says
'Carry me home'
Sleeping soldier boy
Is carried home"
Curious about his mother's gentle voice, the little boy slowly stopped crying, and looked her in the eyes. She looked at him with a small smile as she sang to him, and before she finished the song, the little boy had yawned a few times and finally went back to sleep.
"The song is a bit sad, but it worked." Korra whispered as she looked at her baby boy with a wide smile.
Mako hummed in agreement and turned his head to look at her with a smile, a smile she returned within a second.
Korra got up from the chair and walked towards the crib, slowly she put the baby in the crib, as not to wake him up, and put a blanket over him. She stroked his cheek as a small smile played on her lips, a smile that widened when the baby boy smiled in his sleep.
Mako placed a hand on her waist and when she looked at him, he nodded towards the door. Korra nodded and walked with him towards the hallway. She grabbed the handle, but before she closed the door slightly she looked at her son one more time, then she went back to bed.
The Firebender was waiting for his wife when she entered the bedroom, she crawled up next to him and placed her head on his shoulder and a hand on his chest, he wrapped and arm around her waist.
"Where do you know that song from?" He asked quietly.
"Lord Zuko sang it to me when I was a child, but I forgot the words as I grew older. So when I talked to Asami about it she knew exactly which song I was talking about, because Iroh had taught it to her, and lord Zuko taught it to Iroh. So Asami helped me remember it," She replied with a sleepy voice. "Do you know the song?" She yawned.
"Yeah. My mother used to sing it to me when I was a little boy." He smiled as he remembered his mother.
"What a coincidence." Korra said just before she fell asleep. Mako kissed the top of her head; he laid his head on the pillow and fell asleep himself.
