Jinora finished reading the book around midnight, Kai still cuddled up to her.

He pulled away a bit and spoke. "That was a really good book... I liked the part where he gave up being a soldier to stay with her in the village."

Jinora leaned a bit closer and nodded. "I liked how even though her father didn't approve of him...she ended up with him because they loved eachother."

Kai leaned closer as well, slight blush on his face. "I liked how he fought for her..."

She leaned in more and moved her hand to his face. "I liked...I like...you...a lot"

He looked into her eyes. "I like you a lot too"

She stared back into his eyes and leaned in more, slowly closing them.

He grabbed her face gently and they both moved in, pressing their lips together gently as their eyes fluttered closed.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his around her waist, deepening the kiss a bit. She leaned back, laying her head against the pillow and pulling him with her.

He ended up hovering over her while they kissed, hands holding him up on the pillow on either side of her head. He nibbled at her bottom lip until she parted her lips, letting him slide his tongue into her mouth carefully.

She slid her tongue against his and kept her hands loosely on the back of his neck.

He slowly broke the kiss and trailed feather like kisses down her jaw and to her neck where he stopped and nuzzled her for a moment before licking at her neck gently.

She let out a low hum and leaned her head back.

Kai started to suck at her neck while she slowly moved a hand to rub at his chest. He stopped after leaving a few hickeys and kissed her gently on the lips again.

She let out another hum, and lightly pushed on his chest, affectively breaking the kiss. She opened her eyes and looked at him. "We should probably stop soon...we don't want to go to far..."

He nodded a bit and pecked her lips before kissing her cheek and laying down next to her, opening his eyes. "We could keep kissing a bit more though...right?"

She let out a breathey chuckled and nodded. "Yeah I think we could get away with kissing a bit more. I hope this isn't our whole relationship though."

He shook his head and gave her a short light kiss. "No. So does this mean we're in a relationship?"

She nodded a bit. "Yeah...I hope so. We may have to keep it from my dad for a bit though...just so we can slowly hint at it to get him used to the idea."

He nodded and cuddled up to her, covering them up with her blanket and kissing her cheek. "Lets just lay here for a minute, ok?" He closed his eyes.

She nodded and closed her own eyes. "Yeah...let's just lay here."

(And then the author decided it was time for a line break)

The next morning was chaos, to be expected. Tenzin was over the worst part of his illness which meant that nobody could keep him from getting back to work, even if he was still technically sick. The first thing to happen that eventful morning was Tenzin getting a few complaints about how Jinora gave them an hour break and then disappeared for the rest of the day. The second was when he went into Meelo's room to find that Meelo had contracted his illness.

Tenzin was now on his way to wake Jinora up and check on her, worried that she disappeared because she had also contracted Tenzin's illness. He quickly knocked on her door before immediately entering. "Jinora, are you alright? I heard that you abandoned the airbenders and-..."

Jinora quickly sat up and Kai groaned, rubbing at his eyes before sitting up. Jinoras eyes were wide and she quickly spoke. "It's not what it looks like!"

Tenzin's face started to turn red as he spoke. "Good because it looks like Kai spent the night in your room."

Jinora looked to the side. "Ok so it's kind of what it looks like...but we didn't do anything I swear! Ikki was being annoying so we went in here and I read to him and then we fell asleep."

Tenzin stared at her. "And I suppose those bruises on your neck are from training?"

Jinora winced and glared at Kai who blushed and held his hands up.

Tenzin narrowed his eyes. "Jinora you are far to young to be doing this sort of thing. Not to mention that you're to young to start dating"

Jinora frowned. "Dad, I'll be sixteen in a week... In the water tribe people get married at sixteen..."

Tenzin frowned and crossed his arms. "Those are outdated watertribe customs that are rarely used. And air nomads would get married at a later age. This is the end of the discussion. Jinora you're grounded. Kai. It would be best if you were to go back to your own sleeping quarters."

Jinora frowned. "Dad, you arent being fair!"

Tenzin looked at her. "It's not my job to be fair. Now don't you talk back to me. Get dressed and meet us in the dining area for breakfast. And Kai I told you to leave."

Jinora growled. "Fine." She grabbed Kai's collar and pulled him into a kiss.

He squeaked at the unexpected kiss but kissed back immediately.

She broke the kiss and Tenzins face reddened more.

Kai kissed her cheek and absconded from the room.

Tenzin stared at her. "Well you were going to be grounded for a month but I suppose we'll have to lengthen your punishment to 2 months."

She glared at him. "Fine. Get out of my room."

(And out of the darkness a lone line break appeared)

Breakfast was awkward to say the least. Tenzin had moved Kai and Jinora to opposites sides of the table and everybody at the table was quiet.

Jinora pushed her plate away and crossed her arms.

Pema sighed and looked at Tenzin who narrowed his eyes and went back to eating.

Kai slowly pushed his plate away as well, leaning back in the chair.

Tenzin looked over at Kai. "Kai, stop leaning back before you fall."

Kai glanced at him and leaned back more.

Otaku looked around at the others and hesitantly spoke up. "So we'll be resuming our training today, right? Because I put my own spin on the air scooter and I wanted to show everybody before training!"

Tenzin looked at him and smiled lightly. "That's great, Otaku. Training will be resumed today so you will definitely have an opportunity to show everyone."

Jinora stood. "May I be excused?"

Tenzin glared at her and ignored the request.

She growled and left the room.

Pema frowned. "Tenzin. You need to talk to her. I don't think you're being fair to her and you need to talk. She just wants to be able to date."

Tenzin glared and crossed his arms. "She's 15, Pema! She doesn't know what she wants!"

Pema sighed. "She'll be 16 next week...you have to hear her side of things."

Tenzin relaxed a bit and looked down. "I'll think about it...I'll think about talking to her about it."