Borra Week
Day 7: Moonlight
Korra stirred in her sleep, blinking her eyes open to be greeted by her dark room. She rolled to her side and was surprised to see that Bolin wasn't asleep next to her. She sat up and yawned, wondering where he was. She grabbed her sweatpants and pulled them on. Making her way outside, she hoped Tenzin wouldn't catch her walking outside. The guards would be nice enough to mind their own business, as long as she stayed on the island, and she was pretty sure Bolin was still on the island.
She walked around for a while, searching around and asking the guards if they had seen him. One of them directed her towards the edge of the island where she usually went to think. Sure enough, Bolin was there looking up at the moon with a soft look on his face. Korra smiled at herself, walking towards him quietly.
"Hey Bo," she whispered, taking a seat next to him. "Couldn't sleep?"
"I guess not," he mumbled, giving her a smile. He then went back to looking at the moon, and Korra did the same. The moon was full that night, bright stars dancing and sharing the same dark, navy sky; the moonlight reflected on the ocean. It was a pretty sight, but why Bolin was so entranced in it, she didn't know.
"Why do you like the moon so much?" Korra asked. The question gave Bolin a nostalgic feeling. He grabbed Korra's hand and started to play with her fingers.
"Well… when I was younger, something that I really hated was when a storm hit. Especially if there was thunder."
"Don't you still hate that?"
"Shh," Bolin hissed teasingly, Korra laughing. "Well, yeah. I always got really scared. So Mom would always tell me stories to calm me down. My favorite one was about the Moon Princess. She told me about how the princess was born with a horrible illness, but the Moon Spirit gave her some of its life force, saving her life. Her hair turned silky white because of it, and was named Yue, for the moon. But one day, during an attack on the Northern Water Tribe, the Moon Spirit was struck and left the waterbenders powerless. Princess Yue gave her life for the Moon Spirit, dying in her love's arms."
"Whoa," Korra mused, looking up at the moon. "I've never heard about Princess Yue."
"Mom would always tell me the story because she knew it was my favorite, and would take me outside to look at the full moon. I even remember going on a walk under the moonlight with her the night… the, uh, night before she died."
"I'm sorry," Korra whispered, tightening her grip on his hand.
"I don't really remember much about Mom, but when I look at the moon… I remember those nights she held me in her arms and told me the story of the Moon Princess, and the nights she'd take me out to see the full moon. Coming out to see the full moon… makes me really happy," he said, a gleam in his eye. Korra smiled, resting her head on his shoulder. They stayed out there, staring at the moon for a few hours, talking or sharing a comfortable silence. When sleep began to take them over, they lied back on the ground and ended sleeping there under the moon's light.
Nara: Thank you for reading my stories for Borra Week n.n Tell me if you liked it, which one you liked best, and such c:
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