A/N: I'd say this one rates K+.

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Bumi

Aang,

Spirits help me if you do not hurry home to help me with these children. I want you to take a guess at what Bumi did today. Seriously, I want you to stop and think about what your seven year-old son did. I'll give you a moment.

Whatever idea you have conjured up is wrong. You know that while you're touring with Zuko, there is construction being done on the pavilion and dormitories. I was giving a waterbending lesson to a new student. I've mentioned her before, Haitan from the Northern Watertribe. Anyway, our lesson was going well. She's got a little experience bending and has a lot of potential. Kya had a few friends over that were staying the night on the island. It was five girls and they were acting like ten year-old girls, laughing and braiding each other's hair in the courtyard. It was dusk and a few of the acolytes had just gotten off of the ferry and were making their way to the dormitories. So needless to say, your son had quite an audience.

I was showing Haitan the simple water whip when I saw a blue streak out of the corner or my eye. Aang, your son for one reason or another, stripped nude and painted himself blue. I can only imagine he got the paint from the construction site and I can't figure out how he reached every spot on his body. He kept banging the pot on his head with a large stick and yelling loudly, "All hail King Bumi, King of Air Temple Island!"

I was mortified. Kya and her friends erupted into a loud fit of giggles. The Acolytes could only stare, mouths agape, as I left my stunned student standing by the courtyard fountain to cover Bumi's bare, blue behind. I honestly don't think I have been more embarrassed…not counting that time that Zuko caught us in the linen closet at the palace. Still, I have no idea why the Firelord would be getting his own bed sheets.

Please. Please tell me that you weren't like this as a child and this was just a fluke and we really shouldn't expect a lot of this behavior from now on.

With love,

Queen Mother of the Blue King Bumi.

Sweetie,

I can swear as the Avatar, that I never once painted myself blue and shocked a small group of preteen girls braiding each other's hair. But you know me, I'm known to be an incurable prankster and I'm afraid that my playful nature may have been passed down to our beautiful children. So while nudity was never a part of my shenanigans, mostly because I was always caught by Gyasto before things got too out of hand, I was prone to making scenes and drawing attention while I was at the Southern Air Temple. One time I covered my face in lychee jelly and made face prints on the wooden posts of the air ball field. Gyasto thought it was hilarious but the other monks weren't too pleased. So, I guess you could say I painted myself purple instead of blue. And I may have told Bumi that story before I left for the Fire Nation Capital. But I swear there was no nudity so you can't blame that on me.

And be honest, Katara. Were you really mortified or did you find the whole thing as funny as I do right now? I'm honestly impressed by the kid's spirit. I think that we've done an excellent job parenting him so far. One of the things we always said was that we would try our hardest to give our children what we never had, a normal and carefree childhood. I think this incident shows that we've done a good job of that. I hope that there are many more days like this and I'm home to see each and every one of them.

Love,

Lowly subject of King Bumi the Blue

My Dearest Lowly Subject,

How is it that you manage to take something that annoyed me to no end and make it special and meaningful? Your positivity, along with your habit of waking up at dawn every morning, are incredibly irritating but so endearing that I simply don't know what I would do without you. I miss you. I can't wait to see you again very soon.

Bumi makes me laugh every day by just being him. I see so much of you in him that it almost aches sometimes. You always went out of your way to entertain and impress me and that always made me feel like the most special girl in the world back then. You still do. And I feel like the most special woman in the world when you excitedly show me some new, silly airbending trick or bring me panda lilies. Gran Gran asked me the morning of our wedding how I would feel if our children turned out to be exactly like you. I told her nothing would make me happier. She laughed and said she thought that would be my answer and that is a sign that I have truly found the right person for me. I love you, Sweetie.

-Royal Bather and Dresser of King Bumi, may he reign forever.