Woman in White 21

Child Logic

Tonraq sat up and rolled his shoulders trying to get the kinks out after sleeping on the floor. He looked over at Karrem who was still steeping soundly. Tonraq shook his head really he should have pulled importance of job as the reason for getting the sofa since Chief of Water Tribe kind of trumped former Prince of Fire Nation. He yawned and massaged the crick in his neck or maybe they should have just gone to the hotel and met up with the others.

He saw movement at the corner of his eye and turned to see Naga standing at his feet with a young girl hiding behind her. Sona looked at her grandfather unsure of what to do with messy hair, sloppy pajamas, and a well-worn stuffed dragon in her arms and all. The older man couldn't help but smile as for a moment he saw a memory of Korra at that age before events were set into motion. The little girl tilted her head and pouted.

"You don't belong here. Who are you?" She spoke with a bit of fire and had the slight hint of a child that knew she was important. Tonraq wondered whether she knew that she was in fact a legitimate heir to the Fire Nation Throne. Apparently his paused was noticed by Sona who held up the stuffed dragon. "Dragon Lord Hakoda demands you tell us who you are!"

Tonraq had to suppress a smirk. Was this how Iroh honored his great grandfather? Naming his child's favorite toy after him? Well…actually that's really cute. "I'm Chief Tonraq of the Southern Water Tribe and your grandpa."

Sona raised and eyebrow and glanced of at Karrem. "But he's my grandpa."

Tonraq chuckled. "Well I'm your grandpa too."

The child thought for a moment clearly trying to work out what exactly she had been told. Suddenly she smiled and clapped her hands together. "That's why Daddy looks to different! He's adopted! Does Daddy know?"

Tonraq sat perfectly still trying to figure out what exactly Sona meant. "What do you mean He's adopted?"

The girl rolled her eyes. "Well dough, you're my grandpa and he's my grandpa and neither of you look like daddy so he must be adopted."

Tonraq tilted his head. "What do you think the term grandpa means?"

"Uk, clearly it means parent of daddy!" Tonraq was speechless and trying to gather his thoughts when Sona started to talk again. "You know that sofa does pull out into a bed, you two could have totally slept cuddled up and not had to sleep alone of the floor."

At this point Karrem was starting to wake up but was still in a slight stupor. Apparently in his not quite awake state the former Fire Prince had mistaken Sona's voice for Honora's (not sure how) as his next statement seemed only to solidify Sona's misconception to the meaning of 'grandpa'. "Hey beautiful what's for breakfast?" Karrem yawned before fully opening his eyes to see Tonraq glaring at him and little Sona giggling.

"Looks like someone's in the dog house for taking up the couch!" Sona exclaimed in a sing song voice before running off in to her parent's bed room, her exit from the main room being quickly fallowed by the sound of two people being pounce upon. Tonraq cringed remembering the days when Korra would wake him and Senna by taking a flying leap and landing on them.

.o.

Iroh opened his eyes to see his daughter sitting on his chest smiling. "Morning Daddy!"

Iroh rubbed his eyes. "Morning little one." He looked over at Korra who was face down and still trying to gather what had just landed on her.

"Morning Mommy!"

Korra made a moan-ish grown in response. From outside the room Iroh could hear Tonraq yell something about Karma. Sona smiled and bounced up and down causing both parents some distress. "You two have to get up! The Grandpas are hungry…actually only the one is hungry the other one's just upset that they didn't know they could pull out the couch and cuddle instead of sleeping on the floor!" She smiled at her father's expression. "Hey! I know I can get the hungry one juice!"

Iroh watched as Sona leapt from the bed and ran out of the room. He slowly turned to Korra who was now sitting up. She looked at him with confusion clearly written all over her face. "Couldn't cuddle? What?"

Iroh grabbed his robe. "Dad? Is there something you didn't tell me last night? Where's mom?"

.o.

It took a surprising amount of time get Sona to fully understand the concept of grandparent and it was still a little shaky at best. They also had to explain that Iroh was not adopted, that Tonraq was Korra's dad and Karrem was Iroh's dad, and that they were not a couple. Iroh didn't even try to explain what in-laws meant out of fear it would just add to the confusion.

"So Grandpa Tonraq and Grandpa Karrem aren't like Dragona and Ozia? Or like you and mommy?"

"Correct." Iroh shook his head trying not to laugh.

"Then why'd Grandpa Karrem call Grandpa Tonraq beautiful?"

Iroh buried his face in his hands, all his hard work down the drain. "Dad…what…how? No…I don't think…why?"

Korra still chuckling looked at the two older men. "So, how'd you two sleep?"

Karrem stretched. "Pretty good, took a little time to get comfortable but once I was asleep, I slept like a baby."

Korra looked at Tonraq who was thoroughly enjoying Iroh's attempts to fix Sona's misconception. "And how'd you sleep Dad?"

"Eh, honestly I would have preferred cuddling with Karrem then the floor."

Sona jumped up. "Ha! See Daddy they are like you and Mommy!"

Iroh looked over at Tonraq and Karrem who were now laughing hysterically. Iroh crossed his arms. "Oh, laugh now but when we meet up with the rest of the group I will make sure she explains to them the sleeping issues" Iroh smirked. "And I won't correct her. So have fun clarifying that and trust me by the time the story is told to them you two will be cuddled on the pull out bed and dad kicked Chief Tonraq out and made him sleep on the floor for some reason that will come right out of left field and I can't wait to see Commander Bumi's face."

The two stopped laughing. "But she'll figure out that we're not right? Because we are both guys!" Karrem looked quite concerned about the idea of Bumi hearing any semblance of the story Iroh had just described.

Korra scoffed. "This is Omashu, most of Iroh's coworkers are guys and dating each other…also I don't think she's clearly figured out that male and female are different yet…I'm pretty sure she just thinks it's a style of clothing." She paused for a moment. "Our child is special."

Iroh put his arms around Korra's waist. "Our child is a wonderful little girl…who may or may not be the reincarnation of Grandpa Sokka…on cactus juice." Korra shot Iroh a dirty look. "What? She named her dragon Hakoda and we never told that was her great grandfather's name."

.o.

Sona looked up at Sokka's spirit giving who kneeled down and gave her a high five. "Good job little one."

Sona laughed. "Pranking the grandfather's is fun."

Sokka nodded. "Yeah now if you really want to mess with Grandpa Karrem ask him about he time he and Bumi tried to out woo Honora by singing."

A/N sorry this is so short but I just really enjoyed writing this chapter and didn't want to bog down the fun with the serious plot. And Yes, Sona can see spirits and often is visited by Sokka who is pretty much her imaginary friend; and Korra and Iroh don't see him since it's my personal head cannon that human spirits are easier for the young to see. Comment if you feel so compelled!