ha! over 1000 words... barely. i've been finding these latest prompts challenging but in a good way :) read, review and enjoy

Item: Carnival

Pairing: Kyalin

Prompt by: YOLO1882

"Lin! I need more money."

The older Beifong looked down at her little sister and groaned. "I gave you ten yuans five minutes ago."

'Yeah and one ride is five yuans."

Lin growled but reached into her pocket and pulled out fifty yuans. "Don't spend it all in one go. Meet me by the Ferris wheel at eleven, or else I'm never taking you with me ever again, anywhere." She watched as Suyin ran off towards some of her little friends.

"I hope you didn't give her all your money." The metalbender turned around to see her girlfriend standing before her, with a hand on her hip. "You still have to win me a stuffed bison."

"The badgermole wasn't good enough?"

"Not when your girlfriend's sister steals it from you." Kya took Lin's hand into her own and led them to one of the many carnival games involving throwing metal rings over bottles. "This should be easy for you."

Lin handed the game vendor five yuans and waited patiently for him to set up the game. "You know, I might need a kiss for good luck."

Kya smiled and leaned in to give Lin a quick kiss. "You might get something better if you win."

The officer took the rings into her hands and began throwing them with amazing accuracy, but they kept bouncing off and not hitting their targets. "That's it little lady. Five more yuans for five more throws."

She slammed the money down and snatched the rings from the chubby man. The first two missed completely, frustrating the metalbender even more. She watched the vendor from the corner of her eyes, to see his finger twitch as she let go of the ring. With the forth ring, she attached it around the man's wrist and quickly threw the fifth, watching it as it secured itself around the target. "I'll take the bison, thank you."

"You ain't getting squat! I don't tolerate cheaters."

"Funny," Lin took her badge out of her pocket and held it up for him to see, "neither do I."

The two women walked towards the empty pier slowly, with fairy floss in hand, enjoying each other's company until they came to the end. They sat down and looked down at their reflections in the sea. Lin smiled when Kya took some of the fluffy sugar into her hands and fed her. "Great, we're turning into one of those corny couples."

"I like being corny." Kya laid down on Lin's lap and let out a sigh when her girlfriend began running her fingers through her hair. "You didn't tell me how work was today. You usually can't shut up about it."

"I thought I'd give you a break from all that for once. I actually want you to tell me how your day was."

"Really?"

"Sure."

"I helped an orphan today." The waterbender breathed in threw her nose, taking in the smell of the ocean. "She was playing with some kids when she fell and scraped her knee. She was crying so much, reminded me of Suyin when she was younger. So I healed her and then all these kids started lining up for me to heal them. From little bumps and bruises, to cuts and broken bones, I was able to heal them all. I was so happy with myself and felt pride in my work. I'm actually going down there tomorrow to heal more kids, maybe buy them some food, train any benders I can. I feel like I can truly help them."

"Kya, I don't know if you should do that. Triads operate heavily in those areas so they can recruit kids."

"Then come with me. You can help train them and you can help me on the food front."

"I guess I could do something." A few minutes of silence past, when a high-pitched whistle was heard, followed by a bang lighting up the sky. "Ten thirty fireworks display. They really went all out this year."

Kya sat up and kissed Lin. The kiss was slow as the waterbender licked her girlfriend's bottom lip, tugging it into her mouth roughly with her teeth every now and then, making the metalbender moan. "Mm, as much as I enjoy kissing you, didn't you promise a little girl a ride on the Ferris wheel?"

"Uh, yeah. But I'd much rather kiss you."

"Well I'm coming back to yours tonight so we can continue this, then." Kya stood up and extended a hand to the metalbender. "Come on, Su is a pain in the ass when she has to be patient."

The two lovers made it to the Ferris wheel, to see Su standing against a pilar, barely keeping her eyes awake. "Hey kid, you sure you want to go on the Ferris wheel? You look pretty tired."

"I'm fine Lin. You promised me a ride on the Ferris wheel and I'm not taking no for an answer."

"Okay, okay." Lin payed for the tickets and the three of them took their seats in the rather large gondola. Su could have sat on her own bench, but she chose to sit between Lin and Su, and gently rested her head on her sister's shoulder, snuggling into the warmth she provided on this chilly night.

Lin looked over at her girlfriend, when she heard a snore coming from Su, to find her smiling smugly at her. "What?"

"You two are so adorable."

"Shut up."

The ride quickly ended and Lin took her sister into her arms and followed Kya to the streets, where taxis were lined up to take home carnival goers. The taxi ride was silent as it pulled up outside the Beifong family home. They got out of the car to see Toph standing in the doorway, arms folded over her chest. "You guys have a good night?"

"Sure did. Su fell asleep on us though."

Toph took her youngest daughter into her arms. "I've got her. You two go to bed. We have work in the morning Lin."

Lin followed her girlfriend into her own bedroom, where they proceeded to strip and drowsily get under the covers. The metalbender was expecting to have the waterbender cuddle up to her, but was confused when she didn't. She rolled over to see Kya cuddling the stuffed bison. "Really Kya?"

"But it's so soft."