nameless doll, you can submit more than once. i have had people submit 5 in one review :) i don't mind at all. anyway, here's some more... pre(?) sibling bonding. read, review and enjoy

Item: Badgermole

Pairing: Sisterly Su/Lin

Prompt by: Guest

"Mum, what are we doing here?"

"Shopping for this."

Lin looked up at her mother, to see her pointing at her baby bump. "What do you buy it?"

"It's not an it sweetie."

"Then what is… it?"

Toph thought for a moment. She hadn't even debated whether she wanted a boy or a girl, but she was seven months pregnant and she felt as though it was time to assign her child a gender. "A girl. We call it her."

Lin pondered the decision for a moment before nodding in agreement. "Sounds good. Girls are stronger than boys anyway and Beifong's are strong too. It works."

Toph smirked and reached down to take her daughter's hand into her own. "Alright then. We need supplies." Reaching out, the metalbender used her bending to take control of a couple of trolleys and had them follow her throughout the store. "We need baby wipes."

The five year old ran off and grabbed a box, then stood on her toes to put it into a trolley. "Baby powder?"

"Trolley." Toph wondered the isles, allowing her hand to delicately touch the cribs that littered the floor. "Hey badgermole, which one do you think is the best?"

"I like this one."

Toph wondered over to where Lin was and touched the crib. "It feels nice, safe, has a spot for the mobile. Can you see anything that might hurt the baby?"

"It's safe Toph."

The metalbender quickly turned around, causing her baby bump to hit a hard stomach. "Spirits Sokka, don't sneak up on me like that."

"Seismic sense still off?"

"Yeah. What took you so long? You were meant to be here ten minutes ago."

"Sorry. Meeting went a bit late. This is a really nice crib by the way. Made in the South. And you know my guarantee, anything made in the South is made with care and stability in mind." Sokka picked up a box containing the same product and put it in one of the trolleys. "Hey, where did Lin go?"

Toph's heart rate accelerated slightly as she felt around for her daughter. "Don't worry, she's coming back." The little girl rounded a corner with a large grin on her face. "Lin, you can't run off like that."

"Sorry, but I saw something really cool."

"What did you find badgermole?"

Lin let out a small giggle. "A badgermole!" She held out the soft plush for her mother to take.

"It's really soft. Why a badgermole?"

"Because I'm your badgermole and she needs a badgermole of her own."

"I think that is a great idea, but she will be my badgermole too."

A frown crossed the young girls features, but she quickly turned it into a positive. "Babies need toys and I want to give her a toy." She pressed the stuffed animal to her mother's stomach. "If she kicks, we get it… did she kick?"

Toph didn't feel the baby move, but she could feel her daughter's excited heartbeat and she couldn't turn that into depressed beating. "She kicked, twice. Looks like we're buying it."

"She will love it!"

Toph placed a hand on her stomach, caressing it gently. "She sure will." She felt Sokka punch her lightly in the arm. "What was that for?"

"Kids are making you soft, badgermole."