AN: I don't feel like going to bed just yet, so I am going to take the time to begin the third chapter. First off, I realized that I am not putting my full writing potential into this, so from now on expect longer and more detailed chapters. I apologize if any of the characters end up being out of character and if the scenes are rushed at all. I normally do not write these types of fanfics. X'D
I know there is a lot of fluff in these chapters, but that is a major habit with me when I write for any pairing. Repsonses to reviews will be in the author's note at the end of the chapter.
Enjoy.
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Korra managed to sleep through the whole night. She did wake up a few times during the night, but when that happened it was only for a few seconds and she adjusted her sleeping position and fell right back to sleep. When she woke up for good, the sun was just starting to rise, appearing like it was rising out from the water in the view from Korra's bedroom.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes before stretching her arms over her head with a yawn. She was surprised because this was the first morning in a week where she didn't wake up feeling sick, and she sighed in relief.
Her boots were set nicely next to her bed. She put them on before standing up from her small bed and walking to the door.
The air temple was unusually quiet that morning; usually you would be able to hear Pema and Tenzin try to handle their now four children – though sometimes Tenzin would be out in Republic City at the city hall for a council meeting. Then again it was only six in the morning, so Korra guessed that everyone else might still be asleep.
Korra felt her stomach growl and put her hand over her stomach, sighing. So far, she hadn't gained much weight from the pregnancy, though that was usually the case since she was only one month. That meant that her slim figure would not last that much longer, especially since the baby kept wanting food, so her first stop that morning was the kitchen.
The only living thing in there was the ferret that had decided to sleep on the counter in a basket like it was a nest. Korra found some fruit in one of the cupboards above said basket and took a few pieces of it out for her to eat.
After she ate, she thought that maybe she could practice some more air bending. By now, the Avatar understood the basics of air bending, but she was learning some special tricks and techniques, however there was still Korra's least favorite rule involved: be patient.
Korra hated that rule, and her lack of patience made her air bending training difficult in the beginning. Tenzin had told her no distractions, not letting her off Air Bending Island, but Korra didn't listen, she would sneak off to the Pro-Bending Arena across Yue Bay, and much to her air bending teacher's dislike, she somehow ended up joining one of the pro-bending teams. She was glad that she did disobey him, too, because it turned out being in the pro-bending fights was practice enough for her in bending.
Korra moved the curtain out of her way and exited the kitchen, finishing up her last bit of her food as she walked outside the temple. She stopped outside the door of the temple, looking out over the small island that was currently her home.
She sat down on the top step of the small set of stairs the went down onto a stone platform. Thinking about home made her feel homesick. It had been a long time since she had been back to her home in the southern water tribe. It had been a long time since she had seen her own parents, too. The last time she had seen them, her bending had been severed, leaving her only able to air bend. She connected to her spiritual self, and the past Avatars before her, where she regained her connection to fire, water and earth as well as a new ability to return bending to those who had lost theirs.
But, speaking of parents…
The others living on the island would find out soon enough, but Korra had an aching felt at the thought of telling her parents that they would have a grandchild within the next eight months. She knew it would be difficult to tell anyone really…
"You're up early."
Mako's sudden appearance startled Korra a bit. She hadn't heard him coming because she was too wrapped up in her own thoughts. He sat next to her as she hugged her knees to her chest and put her chin on top of her knees. Korra didn't say anything.
He leaned back on the porch, using his arms to keep him from falling back. "Well… you might not be happy about this, but I told Bolin. He was surprised."
"I didn't expect you to keep it from your brother, Mako," Korra said. She let her legs drop, now he was able to see her stomach. Sure enough, there was a tiny bump just beginning to show. It would be unnoticeable unless someone looked closely.
"Korra?" At the sound of her name, she looked at Mako. "About the baby… what are you planning on doing with it? Do you want to keep it?"
In truth, Korra had no other plans but to keep the baby. Their baby. She didn't want to give it up for adoption; she wanted to keep it. Maybe it was her already developing motherly instincts, but she knew that she would not be able to give up the baby. She wasn't even pregnant for that long, and she had already grown an attachment to the life inside her. She would care for it and nurture it and once it was born, she and Mako would raise it.
"I can't get rid of it, Mako… I just can't…" She looked down, folding her hands in her lap.
A small smile appeared on Mako's face as he pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head. They would do this together. Neither of them said anything, though Korra's cheeks turned to a pink shade. He moved his lips down, stopping at her ear. "I love you, Korra."
"I love you, too."
Korra turned to face him; she put her hand on the back of his head, bringing his face down to hers and kissing him, which the fire bender quickly gave into. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer so that there was no space in between them. Both wanted the kiss to last longer, but they were interrupted by the fire ferret tugging at Mako's cloths.
"Looks like everyone else is looking for us."
Word of Korra's pregnancy spread fast in the temple, so almost immediately after she and the fire bender entered the dining room, the kids crowded them with questions.
"Korra, you're having a baby?"
"Is it going to be a boy or a girl?"
"What are you going to name it?"
"How long until you have the baby?"
Korra didn't blame the kids for being curious and asking so many questions, though it did take her a little while to register all of the questions before answering. "Uh… Yes. I don't know. No idea yet. And about eight months."
Bolin tried to hide himself under the table, fearing the wrath of his older brother. He told the kids, going against what his brother had told him the night before.
"Bolin…" Mako looked over at his brother, his golden eyes narrowing.
The earth bender sighed, sitting back up in a proper position. "In my defense, I didn't really tell them, I just confirmed what they heard."
"And they heard…?"
"Me yelling that I was going to be an uncle," Bolin answered quickly. "Okay, so technically, I did tell them…"
Across the table from the door, was were Pema and Tenzin were sitting. Pema was feeding her one month old son, Rohan, while Tenzin wasn't particularly pleased with the most recent news. Korra's bending lessons were important, and he had told the young Avatar no distractions. Baring a child was by far a distraction.
"How did this happen, Korra?" The irritation was clear in the air bender's voice. His mother had said that he had always been the more serious one of his siblings. "What are your parents going to say?"
Korra sighed, this being one of the dreaded parts of telling people about her becoming a mother. "Actually, my mom had me when she was about nineteen, so she became a young mom, too. Both of my parents became parents at a young age so-"
The air bender caught her off. "You are only seventeen. That is far too young, Korra."
It annoyed Korra when Tenzin would try to act as if he were her father, unfortunately for him, she was a very rebellious teenager. In truth, she really did not care what Tenzin thought about her being pregnant. Korra was not in the mood to deal with this, so she quickly exited the room, returning to her small bedroom.
Like usual, Mako followed behind her a handful of seconds later, finally stopping her outside her bedroom, taking a hold of her wrist gently. He didn't pull her back, but she turned around and cuddled her face in his chest. The fire bender held her closely, stroking her chocolate locks.
She looked up at him. "We need to go to the southern water tribe now, Mako. I need to tell my mom and dad about this. What do you think would be the quickest way to get there?"
"Maybe a flying bison. Do you want to leave now?"
She nodded. "Yes."
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AN: Don't worry, they are not going to steal the bison. XD Thanks again for so many reviews on such short chapters, guys. I hope this length will please those who said that chapters should be longer and more detailed.
~Kanra-chan