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item: A dress

Paring: Linumi

Prompt by: fluffypoops

When Lin arrived home, she expected Bumi to greet her with open arms like he usually did. But instead she was greeted to seeing Bumi lying on the lounge room rug, face down and moaning. She placed her keys on the hallway table before walking over to him. She crouched down to place a hand on his back. "Are you okay?" He shook his head. "Do you want to stop acting like a child and tell me what is wrong?"

Bumi lifted his head off the carpet, frowning as he spoke. "I got in trouble with the Airhead."

A smile was already beginning to grace Lin's face. She always enjoyed it when Bumi got in trouble, it meant that he did something to ruffle the Airheads feathers in an amusing way. "What did you do?"

"I may have told him to take a chill pill and that getting laid would help." Lin cocked her head to the side in confusion. They both told Tenzin to get laid on a daily basis, that shouldn- "and some of the other benders and acolytes may have asked what getting laid meant. So I decided to tell them. I didn't know his kids were listening." There it is.

"Is there anything we could do to make you feel better?" Lin decided to play nice for once. On a daily basis she told him to suck it up but Bumi could only take so much of Lin's tough love.

His smile decided to reappear on his mouth. "Can we go shopping?"

"Yes we can go shopping. Sometimes I think there is more Sokka in you then there is Katara or Aang."

"He just showed me how much fun shopping can be."

They entered the ever popular and busy Republic City mall and Bumi instantly felt like a child let loose in a lolly shop. "I want to get a new boomerang." He took hold of Lin's hand, dragging her into the closest Water Tribe weapons store he could find. Whilst Bumi looked at the different assortment of boomerangs, Lin decided to look around, when the gleam of a sword caught her eye. It had been years since Lin had picked up a sword. The last time she touched one was when she was helping Katara clean out Sokka's apartment after he passed away. And even though it had been ten years, it was still hard. "Are you ready to go?" When he received no response, he followed Lin's gaze to the item that held her attention captive. "I can't pick up a sword either. Ever since we lost him."

Lin took his hand in hers for comfort. "It truly is a beautiful sword. Maybe one day you and I will spar again. Like when we were kids and Sokka tried to teach us." Lin tore her eyes away from the sword to focus on Bumi. "Did you find anything?"

Bumi rubbed his neck sheepishly. "The one thing I forgot about shopping with Sokka is that we buy anything we want. So I kind of own all the boomerangs in this store and they won't get the new collection in until next year. Whoops."

Lin shook her head in disapproval. "We need to find a better outlet for when you are upset."

Bumi began to stroke is beard. "I can think of one thing that will make me happy." He dragged her out of the store to a shop thirty meters away.

"Bumi, no."

"Oh come on. It could be fun. And no one will recognise you." Time to lay on the guilt. "You wanted to make me feel better."

Lin let out a sigh. "Fine. But this is a one time deal."

Bumi fist pumped the air as he led her into the store. He began rummaging through the different clothes racks, picking out different items for her to try on. "Try these on. And if they seem to revealing," a perverted look found its way onto his face, "then I'll just come into the change room."

"Down boy." Lin walked into the change room, remerging a few minutes later in a corset with black tights. "What do you think?"

Bumi pondered over the article of clothing. "It's not you. Don't get me wrong. You look totally hot in it, but it's too… skimpy?"

Lin rolled her eyes before changing into the next pieces of clothing. She walked out of the change room in tight black leather underwear and matching bra. Though she took note that Bumi was no longer sitting on the couch alone. Sitting on the opposite side of Bumi, facing in the opposite direction was none other than, "Tenzin!"

The two brothers whirled around only to accidentally bump heads. Pema decided to walk out of the change room at that moment. "Tenzin, honey, I don't know about this one." She looked up to find Lin wearing the exact same outfit she was currently trying on. "Oh, uh, hmm, hello there er, Lin. That looks really good on you."

"Thank you Pema. Though, and not to sound rude, you may want to go up one size. It looks like the pants are riding up a bit." Pema began to blush furiously before returning to her change room. Lin returned to her own. "I'm trying on one more item and then we're going home."

"So Tenzin, finally decided to take up my advice I see."

Tenzin folded his arms and pouted at his brother's words. "I don't want to hear it Bumi."

They sat in silence as they waited for their partners. Bumi decided to have some fun. He leaned his head back to talk into his brother's ear. "Did she do anything like this for you?" Silence. "I've gotta say, my girl looks better than yours." Tenzin was about to retort when he remembered that Lin still had her twenty one year old figure and his wife had stretch marks and baby fat. Let's face it, Bumi one this round. Lin walked out into the change room foyer and Bumi's eyes instantly flew to her body. Taking in the way the dark green silk dress clung to her body. The way it accentuated her hips. And the appealing way in which it stopped mid thy to show off her long, slender legs. "Babe, you have got to buy that dress. It is beautiful and you look amazing wearing it!"

Lin blushed at the compliment. "I have to say, I love it as well."

Lin changed into her clothes, before handing the garment to the cashier. It was the first dress she had bought in years and the first dress she had bought because a man liked the way she looked in it.