the thief and the airbender


2014KW:

(day six) farewell

[older!Kainora]


She cupped his cheek with her hand, pressing a gentle kiss to his lips as their children and grandchildren left the room, leaving the couple alone for his last moments. Kai wrapped his aged hand around hers, his eyes crinkling and lips twitching upwards. "Kai," Jinora breathed, and she tried her best to memorize him. Memorize the wrinkles of his face, the age of his eyes, the strands of gray mixed in with his white hair, in stark contrast with his dark skin. His breathing was slowing; the end was coming, she could feel it. Her eyes welled with tears, and a few slid down her cheeks when he reached up to tuck some of her gray hair out of her lined face.

"I love you Kai," Jinora told him - she must have told him a million times throughout their lives, over sixty-eight years together - but she felt like she had never meant it more than she did right now.

"I love you too Jin, my Lion Turtle, so, so much." He kissed her hand, eyes looking at her with adoration and affection.

"You are the best thing that's ever happened to me. And I..." she trailed off, a lump forming in her throat.

She had known him since she was eleven. She had been his friend since she was eleven, his girlfriend since she was sixteen, his wife since she was twenty-three, and the mother of his children since she was twenty-six. They had known each other for sixty-eight years, she could barely remember a time without him. She didn't want him to go.

He squeezed her hand, seemingly understanding what she couldn't say in words. "Thanks," he croaked out cheerfully, "that's real nice of you."

She saw his chest rise, and fall, for the last time. Then, she bowed her head and sobbed. Her children came in and her eldest Kotta wrapped an arm around her shaking shoulders.

Hi, I'm Jinora. If you need any help with airbending, I could show you what I know.

Thanks, that's real nice of you.

Now, she would have to learn how to live without him.


A/N: Even I got a little emotional writing this, not gonna lie. So yeah, cry my lovely readers, cry.

That is all. :)