this is short, but i think it's nice. anyway, read review and enjoy.

Item: Arguing

Pairing: Toph and Lin

Prompt by: Guest.

A five-year-old Lin stood in the backyard waiting patiently for her mother, while she occasionally threw a rock at the steel fence that surrounded her. The sun was slowly disappearing when she gave up and wondered inside, only to find Toph lying on the couch. "You've been home this whole time?"

"Hmm? What?"

"You promised you were going to earthbend with me today!"

"Sorry badgermole, but your future sibling had other plans."

"That's what you said yesterday and the day before that and the day before that and the day-"

"I get it!" Toph threw her hands up in the air in exasperation. "But you know what Lin, not everything is about you. I am pregnant. I have another person inside me, feeding off of any energy I have. So I'm sorry I haven't been around to train you but I have better things to do."

Lin's bright green eyes swelled with tears as she quickly turned around and ran off towards her bedroom before her mother could stop her.

By the time Toph had calmed herself down and rationalised that she was the adult in the situation, it was nine at night and she finally gained the energy to crawl to her bedroom. When she finally reached the top of the stairs, she felt that her daughter was still awake. Letting out a sigh, Toph knocked lightly on the door, only for her to receive a 'go 'way' from the child inside. The metalbender pushed open the door to find Lin with her face buried in her pillow. "Are you okay badgermole?"

"I said go away."

"I'm not going to do that." Toph crawled into the bed and gently rubbed her hand on her daughter's back. "Look Lin, I am sorry for not keeping my promise, it's just getting harder with this baby inside me."

"Then why are you having it?"

"Same reason I had you. Someone to care for, to love, to watch grow up into an amazing person."

"You told me not to lie."

Toph nudged Lin in her side, her way of telling her off. "I felt the same way when I was about to have you, though I was more afraid with you than I am with this one."

Lin rolled over to come face to face with her mother. "Why?"

"Well, I was never really good with kids and I was on my own. People doubted my capabilities as a mother, causing me to doubt myself. But when I held you for the first time, I knew I made the right decision to keep you. And I need to take care of your future sibling like I did you, by listening to my body when it says it's tired."

"Well, I don't want my baby brother to not be taken care of."

"Baby brother?" Toph smirked at the notion. "Why do you want a brother?"

"Because I don't like that make up stuff and brothers are fun to wrestle with. Look at Bumi and Tenzin."

"True, though I think Bumi enjoys it more than Tenzin." Toph leaned down and kissed Lin on the forehead. "Now get some rest, you have school in the morning."

"Okay. I love you mum?"

"Love you too badgermole."