"Why do we have to go to them? Why can't they come see us?" Zuko wined as he snuggled into his parka further. The cold fire bender, his wife, and their 6 month old son where walking through the snow to his in-laws igloo.
"Because, they came to see us last time." Katara responded. After another ten minutes of walking, everyone stopping them to say hi and see they baby, they arrived at the chief's hut. Inside they were greeted by Katara's family, her Gran Gran, Paku, her father Hakoad, and her brother Sokka. Later, when they had wormed up and gotten food in their bellies, Sokka asked Zuko to take a walk with him so they could talk and catch up. Zuko reluctantly agreed, not wanting to go back out into the cold, and handed the babbling, blue eyed, black haired babe back to his wife.
"Soooo. What did you want to talk about?" Zuko asked after walking in silence for five minutes.
"Do you remember what I told you when asked if you could court my sister?" Sokka questioned while stroking his beard.
"'Um, no."
"Are you sure nothing important comes to mind?" He probed. Zuko stopped and looked at the ground and tried to remember what his brother in-law could be talking about. The next thing he knew, Zuko was on his knees clutching his stomach in pain. He looked up at the only person who could have thrown the punch and growled.
"What in the Spirit Realm was that for?!" Zuko shouted. Sokka couldn't help the grin that spread across his face as he watched the fire bender try and catch his breath.
"I told you that I never wanted to see you two doing anything, you know. "He said while waving his hand in a dismissive fashion, "OR, that I wanted to see any proof that things had happened." By now Zuko was back on his feet and the look he gave Sokka was somewhere between murderous and confused.
"Yeah and we have never done anything around you." He half shouted.
"Wrong."
"What are you talking about? While were engaged we never did anything," that you know of, he added mentally, "And we left right after the wedding. Plus we haven't seen you for nine months. So there's no way you could have seen or heard us do anything." Now Zuko was pitching the bridge of his nose. Not even here an hour and already Sokka was giving him a headache.
"I said I never wanted to see it or any proof."
"What. Dose Katara have a hickey on her neck?"
"No but she does have a baby." At this point Zuko could only stare at his wife's brother.
"You sucker punched me because of my son?"
"Yep."
"So what. Are you going to punch me every time Katara and I have a child?" Zuko questioned.
"No I'm not gonna punch you every time you and Katara have a child." Sokka laughed, "I'm going to hit you every time I see you and for every child you have. Because they are permanent proof that stuff has happened." Sokka wasn't surprised whenever Zuko lunged at him and tackled him into snow. But by the time they got back to the house Sokka had to hold a handful of snow to his broken nose, and Zuko was freezing having lost his parka after accidentally catching it on fire. Katara then hit both of them and refused to both heal her brother's nose, and to make her husband a new parka, saying that they deserved to suffer a little after acting like such children.