Day Fourteen - Genderswapped

Katara's mother instincts kicked in the moment she saw Bumi wearing her lipstick and Lin wearing Bumi's favourite clothes.

"Hey kids, what are you up to?" She asked, worried. Her brows furrowed when she heard her son reply in a high voice,

"We're hungry, Auntie Katara!"

"Yeah, we want food, mom!" Lin echoed in an uncharacteristically low voice.

It finally hit the master waterbender what they were doing, turning to Lin, she scolded her,

"Bumi! Is that any way to talk to your mother? Young man you'll not eat anything with manners like those." Lin mumbled an apology, aside from the voice, Katara thought that the little earthbender did a very accurate portrayal of her eldest, and vice versa.

After feeding the two, they ran off to play house, and after half an hour, Aang came home.

"Sweetie, why have Lin and Bumi swapped personalities?"

"I have no idea, sweetie, but you have to admit, the impersonations are very on point."

"That they are."

It was at dinner that they finally found out why the two acted like each other all day.

"Well, Kya told me- I mean Lin, that she couldn't use a sword, because that's a man's job, and then she told Bu- I mean me, that he couldn't cook because that's a girl's job. So we decided to switch so we could do those things."

"Well, Aunt Toph is chief of police, which is usually a man's job, and I'm a master waterbender, which is also a man's job, and what about your Aunt Suki? Warriors are usually men, and Uncle Sokka cooks all the time!"

The two children pondered the thought for a moment before exchanging a glance and Bumi wiped the lipstick onto the back of his sleeve,

"Thank goodness, being a girl is hard work!"

"Not as hard as being a boy, my throat is scratchy from talking low all day."

"So does that mean I can learn to cook Dad's airbender food?"

Katara smiled, "Tell you what, you and Lin can learn cooking from your dad, and then Uncle Sokka will train you both with a sword. How does that sound?"

The children cheered and hugged each other, then Bumi took her hand and kissed it.

"What was that for?"

"That's how boys show affection."

Lin punched Bumi in the arm. "That's how Beifongs show affection."

Bumi smiled and chased Lin upstairs to play warrior. He liked being her that day, but he would much rather be himself so that Lin could be herself, because that's what he liked most about girls: Lin was one of them.

Ok sorry for the length of this, I'll try to make them longer, I promise! xx