At dinner everyone was enjoying their food Jinora was talking about something she read, Ikki was bragging about her skill on an air scooter, and Tenzin was just happy to see his whole family together for dinner. "Zero I noticed you've been talking more easier," Jinora commented on her reading partner, which he just smiled, "So Korra how did Zero like your little tour around Republic City?" Pema asked, "ohh, it as good as you would aspect," Korra answered.
"What do you mean, you didn't have any trouble? did you?" said Tenzin, "well... Zero kinda wandered off to apologize to the guy he threw into the streets," Korra noted trying to downplay it, "well that was kind of you Zero, but please don't just run off like that... wait? where's the hat you had," Zero was still in his going out clothes and Tenzin had just realized the hat was missing. "It... Fell apart," Korra added, "how did that happen? It was brand new," Pema asked Korra didn't know what to say worried if she said it she would be in big trouble.
She was about to say something, but Zero said it first, "a rock hit me my head," Tenzin dropped his spoon on the table on what Zero had bluntly said and just continued munching on dumplings, "What! how? are you alright? and did anyone see you?," Tenzin said worryingly, but this time Korra spoke, "no, no one saw him and it was thewn by the bus boy's earth bending little sister," trying to explain everything. "A little girl beat up Zero?" Ikki asked, "yeah, that girl is really protective of her brother," Korra continued,
"Well if she thinks she can pick on my little brother she has other thing coming," Meelo stated with his fist in the air, "it's okay Meelo, the little girl said she was sorry for breaking Zero's hat," Korra told Meelo, "well it sounds like to me Zero made a new friend," Pema thought out loud, "more like girlfriend, Zero let her touch his hair after she asked him," Korra teased. Zero gave an annoyed look and then made her food on the table fly up in her face making a mess and wipping the smug look off her face, "hey, what did I say about powers at the table," said Tenzin, "sorry," Zero bluntly apologized with his mouth full and the family just returned to their dinner.
The next day Zero got a new hat and was hanging around the park with Bolin and rest of the gang this time Zero was taking his time to enjoy the park, the fresh green grass, the leaves changing color for the coming winter, and the sound of the stream just flowing through. Zero was playing a game of catch with Bolin, but with an earth disc even though Zero wasn't an earth bender like Bolin he used his ability to throw the disc back to him and imitated what Bolin was doing, so no one will be suspicious.
"Not bad kid," Bolin complimented, Korra, Asami, and Mako were sitting on the grass watching the two play, "he seems well adjusted than last time I saw him, what happen?" Asami asked, "yeah, I didn't noticed it yesterday, but he seems a lot better," Mako added, "Zero has been through a lot, espeacially when we had those pices removed from his head," Korra looked on studying Zero closer and sensed his happiness growing stronger. Zero was having fun playing with Bolin, but felt something was off he could sense it, that's when he heard a shift in the wind, and right there at that moment his instincts was telling him to DUCK!
Zero dropped to the ground, just in time for a rock to fly right over him, nailing Bolin in the gut, and sends him flying. Everyone saw Bolin flying through the air and land back down a good distances away from where he originally stood. Zero got back up and turned to the direction the rock came from, but was knocked down with his back on the ground. Zero was blinded by the shine of the sun, but he could see the out line of someone standing over him, when his eyes readjusted to the lighting he saw it was the girl from yesterday, Ju.
"Funny seeing you here," said Ju with a smug on her face and bended down to poke Zero on the nose making him blush, "HEY!" Korra shouted in anger, "IS THIS HOW YOU GREET EVERYBODY YOU MEET!" "pretty much," Ju answered straight forwarded. "Guys I can't breath, I think I might be dying," Bolin said making weird noises because he had difficulty breathing, "you're not dying, you just got the wind knocked out of you," Mako told Bolin helping him up, "yeah, but that kid has a cannon." Ju finally stepped off of Zero so he can stand.
"So, you're the little girl who pummeled Zero down to the ground," Asami asked seeming displeased, "pummeling is an overstatment," Zero interejected, "I totally pummeled you and you know it," Ju retorted, with the smug still on her face, but to Ju's suprise Zero used his powers to flip her in the air and land back down onto the soft grass. "Ha, who's on top now, not you that's who," Bolin mocked after getting his breathing back, Ju got back up and made a slight movement towards Bolin which made him jump back, sure he's a police officer but he can't hit a kid for threating him, who's gonna believe that?
"So why are you here Ju?" Mako questioned, Ju was a bit hesitant to answer but finally got it out, "there's a "free day" for kids at the pier tomorrow, I just wanted to know if you... Like to... Come with me?" Ju said shyly with her hands behind her back and looking down to the grass. Zero took his time to comtemplate the offer, he looked over to Korra and saw a big smile on her face, Asami's too, he can hear them whisper to him to accept the offer.
"Yeeees," Zero awkwardly answered, "great, see you tomorrow, don't be late," Ju spinned around and ran off towards home, Zero was about to turn his back, but notice another rock heading towards him, but this time Zero caught it like ball making him stumble a bit, he can hear her giggling from afar. "Oh, she definitely has a crush on you," Korra remarked, Zero raised an eyebrow, looked at the rock that was throwen at him and showed them the rock, as to ask why would someone thow a rock at a person of their interest.
"Sometimes girls like her don't know how to express their feelings towards someone they really like," said Asami trying to give good advise to the foreign boy. "You just got your first date with a gril dude, how does it feel?" said Bolin sliding in next to Zero and conrgatulating him, "yeah, he's a real lady killer," Mako then jumped in, "oh, they're gonna be so cute together," Korra teased, "I can already see them holding each others hands," Asami commented, "maybe she'll give him a kiss on the ferris wheel," Bolin joining in on the teasing pucking his lips and making kissing noises.
Zero was getting a bit ticked off from all the teasing, so he took a few steps away from the four so called adults and made the water in the park pond to shoot up, then land on them, the four were drenched in water. "ZERO!" the four young adults yelled, but soon as the sun was setting, Korra and Zero headed home.