word count be damned
item: glasses
pairing: Linzin
Prompt by: Ignorant Sparrow
Tenzin walked into his family home with anger written all over his face. "How was your appointment Tez?"
Tenzin looked up to find his wife feeding Rohan in the lounge room. "It was, fine." Lin pointed to her feet that were currently bare and on the ground. Tenzin let out a sigh. He hated it when she could catch him in a lie so easily. He reached into his robes and revealed a glasses case to her. "I have to wear these when I'm reading or flying."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Because my eyes are fine and that optometrist had no idea what they were doing."
"Do I really need to point to my feet again?" Tenzin groaned as he sat next to her. He took Rohan into his arms and placed the case containing the glasses in her hands. She opened the case and instantly tried to stifle a laugh. "Oh, what's wrong with these? They, uh, look… great?"
"I don't need my feet to tell me you are lying. They look terrible. I don't even think they are meant for men."
Lin unfolded the glasses and put them onto his face. "Sexy."
Tenzin deadpanned "They're women's glasses."
"That would explain why they are cat eyed. Didn't you order your glasses when they took your prescription?"
"Yes. I thought they were men's glasses. They didn't say anything so I thought they were fine. I only realised they were women's glasses when I saw a few females walking around with the same ones."
Korra walked in at that moment and instantly started laughing. "OH SPIRITS! PLEASE TELL ME THEY ARE YOURS AND NOT LIN'S."
Tenzin sighed at his students' outburst at his current situation. "Yes, they're mine. But I don't need glasses. They made a mistake. I can see just fine!" He handed Rohan back to Lin so he could fold his arms over his chest and pout.
Lin put a free hand on Tenzin's shoulder. "Tez. You have to wear glasses to read and when you fly. Just deal with it."
"That's rich coming from you miss 'I can see with my feet.'" He stood up from the couch and grabbed his glider. "I can fly without glasses. Just you watch." He exited the house and pushed off the ground, allowing the wind currents to carry him through the air.
Lin and Korra walked outside to observe him. "Twenty yuans says he can't land in four tries."
Korra cocked her eyebrow. Surprised that Tenzin's wife was making a bet against him. "I bet he will crash."
"See?! I can fly just fine!" Tenzin shouted as he flew over them. He tried to land but misjudged how far away the ground was. By the time he tried to land on the fifth try, he had hit a bird and a lemur in his previous attempts. "I will land! Just you watch!"
Lin rolled her eyes when he finally landed on shaky legs. "That will be twenty yuans Avatar."
"How did you know he wouldn't be ale to land on the first try?"
Lin giggled at the memory that was currently playing in her mind. "Aang had to get glasses and he had the same reaction. Though he didn't land. My mother created a pillar and he crashed into it. Mind you, he had a minute to judge where it was. It just proved that Katara was right when she said he should get his eyes checked."