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Fight
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ON WITH THE STORY

"Why didn't you send for me?"

The feather-light touch of fingertips against her cheek caught her unprepared. Lin jerked awake and away from the caress over the tight red scars running parallel down her cheek, almost toppling off the stone bench she sat on while waiting for the boat to arrive.

Blinking the sleep from her eyes Lin glared up at the bent over woman with her hand still outstretched looking at her with hurting blue eyes.

"Kya. About time. What did you have to do, swim all the way here from…wherever it is you were?"

The hand withdrew and the eyes closed in the face of Lin's snarling. For a moment Kya mourned the absence of love that always pulled on Lin's smile and put a spark in her eyes when they were together. But that was years ago and thousands of miles of land and sea closer than they are now.

When she opened her eyes again, Kya smiled lightly and grabbed her backpack that she had left on the floor when she reached out to Lin. "As a matter of fact, I did have to push us along when the steam engine overheated."

Stifling a yawn, Kya turned away and began walking out of the empty wharf. "You didn't have to wait up, Lin. I know how to find my way around. Things haven't changed that much."

The footsteps that followed were a sharp clip on the stone road, metal on rock. The voice that reached her ears mirrored the sharpness. "I needed to get out of the house. And I promised Aunt Katara I would be here when you arrived."

Something about Lin's words, or her demeanor, or just how awful she has been since Kya greeted her pissed the waterbender off. Whirling around Kya stepped into Lin's face and let her tongue loose. "What is your problem? If you didn't want to be here you shouldn't have come! I'm tired and hungry and you are treating me like a diseased mongrel that's at your door. Go away, Lin. I don't need you to escort me."

Not giving the red-faced earthbender a chance to retort, Kya turned back around and proceeded to stomp off into the city in the opposite direction of the Beifong home. It seemed as if Lin obeyed Kya's order and the older woman could not understand why it made her heartache the further she walked away from her friend.

Then the ground heaved under her feet and a wall rose inches from her nose. Kya dropped her backpack and whirled to face the earthbender still in a fighting stance. Quick as her element, Kya drew water out of her hip flask and whipped it at Lin, lost to her emotional upheaval and needing a target to unleash upon.

Lin flipped out of the way launching a boulder in retaliation, followed quickly by a series of smaller rocks angled away to spots around the larger piece of earth. Kya didn't even bother dodging. From a nearby well she pulled a wave of water and froze it to block the incoming barrage. It was such an unusually earthbender move from the normally flowing fighter that Lin hesitated too long.

The ice wall melted, blasting her full on, throwing her through the air. Lin instinctively reached out to the cables she had on her belt and flung them to a wall. The sharp, thin metal cables pierced the stone and Lin pulled her hands in to mimic the reel. The cables pulled taut and rocketed her to the side, out of the path of the water. Shaking the cold water from her face, Lin let the cables slacken then tighten again to launch her forward where Kya stood ready for the next clash.

"I am so tired of your attitude!" Lin swerved right to avoid a slash of water. "You just pick up and abandon everything on a whim!" Slamming into the taller woman, the earthbender fought against the way Kya tried to roll them so she would have the top position. "You never stand against the tough stuff. You just run, you Coward!"

Kya's face held a stunned look when Lin had started talking. Her longtime friend rarely spoke of her feelings or thoughts beyond single statements, but this was new. And it made Kya equally as mad, especially with Lin's hard eyes glaring down at her.

"I am not a coward! You are!" In a very agile maneuver Kya rocked into a back somersault, pushing Lin up and locking her legs when they came back down. Face red from exertion and anger, Kya held on tightly as Lin began to thrash. "How many times have you kept silent when I needed you to say something? How many times have you pushed me aside because of your precious job running around playing cop?!"

Gritting her teeth, Lin forced her arms to rise under Kya's hold trying to give herself more room to think. The words they were throwing at each other were hurtful but also steeped in truthfulness. They lay there, glaring, until Kya's lip trembled and she sniffed.

"Why couldn't you have asked me to stay?" Kya did not have to shout her feelings this time; whispering them made just as big of an impact.

All the fight went out of Lin's body, heart pounding and eyes impossibly sad for the forever tough earthbender. "I - I didn't believe I could be enough to hold you here."

Kya's eyes filled with tears that dripped down her cheeks and chin, raining onto Lin's dry lips. Kya sat up releasing the wrists she had held tight, jerking to her knees but still straddling Lin. She stared down at the openly emotional face that looked back at her with such sincerity. "I'm sorry Lin. You would have been the only reason I would have stayed. I'm sorry I ran instead of talking with you first."

Lin's hands rose to her face and covered the tears that were burning in her own eyes. She sobbed once then removed her hands so she could see Kya once more. "I should have said something. I'm sorry and you're right, I'm a coward for not asking."

Both women sniffed and rubbed at the tears dotting their lashes, letting the silent night close in the comfort them after such a wild outburst of emotion.

"I - Can I …?" Kya's fingers hovered over the angry red scars on Lin's cheek wanted so badly to heal them even though all she might be able to do is ease the lingering pain.

Lin clearly struggled in her decision, her eyes flinting in a hardened stare before softening again when she refocused on Kya. "Yes," she said and guided those gentle fingers to the wounds.

Cool water coalesced on the tops of Kya's fingers drawn from the very air and lingering tears. A soft blue glow shimmered in the water as Kya absorbed the hurt still in the wound and accelerated the body's natural healing. When she was finished Kya let the water slide down to the ground and gazed at her handiwork under her fingers.

The two bisected lines were no longer red, they were the aged white color of scars after a decade of healing. Kya sighed, sad that she could do no more but also happy to see she made a difference for her beloved earthbender. "There, now all the girls in Republic City can swoon properly over their beloved junior Chief of Police.

Lin rolled her eyes at the tease but relaxed further at the gentle brush of fingertips on her face. The burning from her wound had blessedly stopped, cooled by the expert care of one of the world's best healers. "I wouldn't let anyone touch me except to bandage the cuts."

Her confession confused Kya, a wordless 'why' being asked of her.

"Su and I fought the week you left," the earthbender elaborated as if this fact explained everything.

Kya raised an eyebrow incredulously. "So you picked a fight with your little sister because you were mad at me? And then refused healing?"

Well when someone other than her mother and Aunt Katara put it like that it sounded very childish. Lin felt a slight wash of embarrassment flood her face but she kept eye contact and defended herself. "Not everything is about you, Kya.

Biting the inside of her cheek and looking down and away so she couldn't see Kya's reaction, Lin allowed a secret to pass her lips. "But…I might have been…hurt because you left and I…wanted to let you know how much I…I…!"

Lin couldn't continue due to the mouth covering her own, swallowing her words and devouring any thoughts other than how wonderful it felt to have the one she loved so close and her feelings aired out properly.

The kiss lingered, interspersed with a teasing nip and a solid swipe of a tongue. When Kya finally pulled back and sat up, Lin had a wide goofy grin on her face.

"I will have to fight with Su more often," she said dazedly.

Whapping the earthbender on the chest, Kya forbade it. "All you have to do is ask. Or stand around long enough. I won't be able to resist," she finished cheekily.

"Hmmm." Lin blinked then sat up so she and Kya were chest to chest. "And what if I want more than just a kiss?"

Kya's blue eyes darkened as she shakily inhaled before pacing her forehead against Lin's. "Then we had better get a hotel room so your mother won't have to 'hear.'" Placing a gentle kiss on Lin's nose, Kya continued. "And I expect a betrothal necklace by the end of the week."

Lin smirked and laughed. "Bossy," she said affectionately then, using her bending, pushed them both up to stand.

Linking arms the duo continued down the road Kya had started on.

"Just for that, you have three days," Kya mock growled stealing a kiss on Lin's neck.

The earthbender shivered and pulled Kya in tighter to her side. "I will ask you in one," she whispered into the blushing ear of her waterbender.

Kya bit her lower lip. "I love you, Lin."

A sharp gasp met her words and a strong hand turned her head. Wide green eyes stared at her from above a very happy smile. "I love you, too," Lin said clearly.

Another kiss broken, this time by a giggle which turned into laughter. Kya released her grip on Lin, dancing out further along the street. A very naughty thought tingled along her skin to settle like a fire in her loins.

"So," Kya grinned at her lover. "You have approximately until moonrise tomorrow to convince me to be your wife." She sauntered back, moving away from Lin. "What are you going to do about it?"

The thrill of seeing her beloved smirking at her and confidently striding right to her brought goosebumps to Kya's arms. It felt like the pressure of her pleasure was steadily climbing as Kya hungrily devoured Lin with dark blue eyes and slightly parted lips.

Stopping right in front of the taller woman, Lin just bluntly said, "Enjoy every moment with you."

Kya swallowed hard, grabbed Lin's hand, and pulled them both down the road faster. "Me too," she promised.


The End

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