WOOO some Linumi. i should at this point tell you that i write the stories in order from when they are submitted so there will be 4 more Linumi's after this one :D i have to say, i enjoyed writing this one. Kinda miss Linumi. Anyway, Read, review and enjoy.

Item: A ring

Pairing: Linumi

Prompt by: sindzero

Lin lay in bed, sleeping peacefully. She had just pulled an eighteen-hour night shift and just made it home a few minutes ago in the late afternoon. She was finding herself in a rather peaceful sleep when something cold pressed itself against her bare back. Jolting awake, much to her annoyance, the metalbender rolled around to come face to face with her partner. "Why did you need to do that?"

"I wanted to show you something!"

"Bumi, inside voice." She let out a yawn as she nudged him lightly to lie on his back so she could cuddle up to his broad chest. "Now what cold thing did you want to show me?"

"This!"

"That's nice."

"Your eyes are closed."

At her boyfriend's defeated tone, Lin cracked open an eye, to see a ring on his finger. Not just any ring, a thick gold band, clearly made for a man. "That's some nice cold man jewellery you've got there. Now lets sleep."

"But it's only five o'clock. Besides, I got a ring for you too."

Once again Lin opened her eyes but this time she saw a simple thin gold band, with a generous diamond as the centrepiece. "Bumi, did these two rings happen to be a set?"

"Yeah! I wanted to get you a necklace, but the woman at the counter suggested that I should get the woman I intend to spend the rest of my life with, a ring. She also said that if I were getting you one then I might as well get myself one. These two are complimentary pieces."

"That's because they are engagement rings."

"Wait what?"

"It's pretty much the equivalent of a betrothal necklace in Republic City."

Bumi sat in silence for a few moments, trying to wrap his mind around the situation he had just gotten himself into. "Should I return them?"

"Up to you."

Taking the hand she had laying on his chest, into his own, he slipped the ring onto her ring finger. "She did say I should give it to the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with."

Lin lazily lifted her head and placed a kiss on his lips, causing him to smile. "We're not getting married, right?"

"Spirits no! You hate parties and I hate Tenzin telling me how traditions are meant to be done. Plus, he would also want to officiate which means really boring speeches and I don't think either of us is willing to sit through those. And then we have to watch everyone get drunk while we barely manage to get a moment to ourselves because people will want to congratulate us constantly."

"Thank the spirits. I love you Bumi."

"Love you too Linny." Wrapping his arms around her form, Bumi managed to pull her in closer before drifting off to sleep.