Chapter 8! It's getting more exciting! Enjoy!
Tahno was laid out on his couch, flipping through the channels on his television thinking a million things at once. He had lunch with the inhabitants of Air Temple Island nearly a week ago, when Korra's baby water bended for the first time, at seven months old! Tahno tossed the remote to the side and sat up,
"I never heard of bending at that age, I didn't start bending until I was four. It can't be because she's the Avatar, the only difference between Avatars and normal people is that they are the bridge between the Mortal and Spiritual world, and that they can bend all four elements."
Tahno was so distracted that he didn't notice Korra standing right at the door until Karui started babbling. "What the-? How the hell did you get here! I never told you where I lived!" Tahno yelled. Korra walked around the apartment, taking in the details while saying, "You're right, you never told me where you stayed. But I had this feeling that I knew where you stayed, so I just went by that."
Tahno sat on the recliner, and she sat holding Karui on the couch. "What exactly are you here for?" he asked suspiciously. Korra put up her feet and said, "I wanted to know more about that night when we were at the bar, because I don't remember it at all."
"Well, it was the night after the championship match was announced, so our teams and a few others went to the local nightclub," he paused to see if Korra was paying attention, "you were with Bolin, Asami, and Captain Thundercunt at the bar; my team at a booth in the back."
Korra starts laughing, "Captain Thundercunt? Aren't you the nice one?" Tahno chuckles and continues, "After an hour or so we were sitting next to each other at the bar and I bought you some scotch; and then got drunk and nearly fell out of you seat, so I took you outside for fresh air." He leans back and crosses his legs. "That's it? All I remember is just being there with the guys and leaving around two in the morning." Korra says slowly. "Oh yeah, Karui hasn't been water bending lately, I think he-" Korra couldn't finish because Karui started laughing and waving his arms wildly in the air, spilling a glass of leechi juice on the coffee table.
"What the-?"
"Where on earth is Korra? She left hours ago and dinner's almost finished!" Tenzin said angrily. "She's eighteen Tenzin, she's allowed to have this type of freedom!" said Pema. The other occupants nodded and murmured how they agreed, except Lin. "I have a fair idea of what she's doing you know." Tenzin leaned forward, expectant, "What is it?" Lin's devious smile grew on her face and she said, "She's gettin some sweet head from that fruity water bending boy!" Tenzin evacuated his kids from the dining table before the imminent questions about 'head' arose in the next conversation.
Tahno was cleaning up the coffee table while Korra sat on the couch, blankly staring off into space. He didn't understand why Karui only could water bend around him or why he couldn't remember that night at the bar. "Korra, we're going to have to do something about this." Korra gave him an angry look, "If you talking about getting a DNA test then forget about it! I'm not putting me and Karui through that again." Tahno stood up, "No, I meant we need to find out what happened that night at the bar. Even though that happened a while ago, there must be someone who saw something."
Korra's expression softened, she felt bad about how Tahno suddenly was wrapped up into this paternity crisis, and even if he was the father, she doubted he would leave hanging. It wasn't really that hard imagining them living together as a family. Heck, it was easy.
"Until we get what happened that night solved, things definitely won't be the same."
Korra walked in about twenty minutes after dinner pushing Karui in his stroller. Tenzin was on her in seconds, "What on earth do you think you are doing out so late at night with a baby! You need to get your priorities straight, Korra! Korra sighed and picked Karui up from the stroller, "First of all, Karui is fed already and he slept just fine on the way back; second of all, I'm eighteen and I'm a mother, I think I know how to take care of myself; and third of all, I was at Tahno's apartment the whole time, happy?" Tenzin was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a few moments until he heard Lin say, "I told you! That head must have been on point for you to stay that long, eh Korra?"
Now it was Korra's turn to not be able to speak, there was pure silence until they heard Ikki and Meelo singing, "BUT IT'S NOT EVEN MY BIRTHDAY, BUT HE WANNA LICK THE ICING OFF HE WANT THAT CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE!" At this point they were circling Korra, Tenzin, and Lin on air scooters singing at the top of their lungs. Jinora shouted, "Korra! They found your Ipod in the living room!"
Meelo hopped off his scooter and sang, "GIRL I WANNA FUCK YOU RIGHT NOW, BEEN A LONG TIME I'VE BEEN MISSING YOUR BODY!" At this point Tenzin was unconscious on the ground, Lin and Bolin started joining in the chorus, Asami and Korra were blushing trying keep themselves calm, and Pema had the job of trying to round up the kids before they hid the next verse.
Mako sat on the roof of his probation house listening to the whole ordeal, "Spirits, I'm glad I'm not in the middle of that." He walked back inside and sat down, "But for some reason, I wish I was…"
That "Birthday Cake" ordeal was a little comic relief for this story, sorry about the language!
