If I were to write a companion story to this were team avatar and everyone react to these articles, how many of you would be interested in reading that?

May 24th, 174
The United Sun
Story: Ba Tu

Is love blooming between members of team Avatar?

This week Kwong's Cuisine reopened to much fanfare. Everyone is excited to see Republic City returning to normal, one restaurant and store at a time, team Avatar included. The Avatar and her closest friends, former fire ferrets Mako and Bolin, and the ever lovely Asami Sato were at Kwong's last night.

A night out on town to distract from their days of intensive work? That's what it seemed like. All four have been fully invested in the repair of the city and could probably use the break. But according to an inside source the dinner looked much cozier than a usual night out.

The group requested a private booth in a quieter part of the restaurant. And sources say the atmosphere around the four was light and cheery the entire night. And there may or may not have been a bottle of Kwong's finest wine brought to table.

Does this mark the beginning of a relationship (or even two) among these long time friends? Or should I say the restart of a relationship? It's no secret that the Avatar dated Mako for a few months, but that ended around the same as the water tribes civil war. Maybe Mako re-sparked his relationship with Asami Sato. The two dated briefly during the Fire Ferrets historic rise in pro bending league.

One can't blame either lady for falling for the firebender heartthrob. He certainly had a slew of female fans as a pro bender and they certainly didn't diminish when he joined the police force. Or maybe they've gone the way of the earthbending brother. There have been a fair share of rumors over the years connecting both girls romantically to Bolin. But why would they want the younger brother? Why wouldn't they?

He's charming, an actor, and a powerful bender (one of the few known to possess the ability of lavabending), sure he may have been part of Kuvira's forces for a while, but once he realized her intentions were far from pure he abandoned her and risked his life trekking across the Earth Kingdom to make sure the news of her spirit weapon reached republic city.

While many consider his brother to be the ladies man, one shouldn't forget that Bolin has own string of broken hearts laying in his wake. He dated fellow actor Ginger for a short period and was romantically linked to Eska of the Northern Water Tribe (cousin of Avatar Korra, and now leader along with her brother Desna). If the rumors about his connection to Korra and Asami are true Bolin has his brother bested when it comes to the ladies. And all these laides are famous in one way or another.

Bolin might be the true heartthrob. Maybe he is together with one of the lovely ladies of team Avatar. What would this mean for Opal Beifong, daughter of Su Beifong and one of the new airbenders to emerge from the harmonic convergence event? Did she and Bolin hit a rocky patch after he helped to imprison her family? Are they no longer dating? Or is he playing the field? He was a pro bender after all, he must know how to handle multiple things at once.

Whatever the case may be, this much is clear, they had a fun night out. Sources say they were constantly laughing and smiling, especially the ladies. Asami was seen leaning over to whisper in the Avatar's ear several times. Sharing an inside joke about the men in their lives?

Nardragon~ until the next page.