Author's Note: Here's a nice chapter fic that I got inspired for after watching the first episode of LoK. The original game of Kyoshi Hold 'Em belongs to cupid-painted-blind, so go read her fic Kyoshi Hold 'Em for the back story. This is crack, crack and more crack. Just so you can't say I didn't warn you.
Kyoshi Hold 'Em: Generation Two
A Legend of Korra fanfiction
Chapter Two: Water is good for Hangovers
Lin woke to a splitting headache. For a moment, she was disoriented. Then she looked around. A blur of brown to her right, a fuzzy white lump to her left, and an unfortunately bright light above her. She swore. A patch of yellow appeared above her, blocking the light. "What?" she slurred thickly. Then the events of the last night came back to her. "Oh."
"Morning, Lin," greeted Tenzin cheerily. She made a vague hand motion that he took to mean 'to you too' but could have meant 'why the hell are you so conscious'. "Water is good for hangovers," he informed her. She glared as much as she could in her current state. "I also made tea."
She tried to roll out of bed and to her feet like she did every morning at the Academy, but her still-groggy mind miscalculated and she fell off the couch and crashed into Tenzin's knees, bringing him down on top of her. Instinct kicked in: she had spent hours perfecting the technique used when something fell on you, and she could do it in her sleep. Or in this case, with a very nasty hangover.
She kicked Tenzin in the stomach, heard the air whoosh out of his lungs, and flipped over, leaping into the air. She landed on him just as Tenzin tried to roll over, resulting in a position where Tenzin could lift his head not even an inch and kiss the girl on top of him; who, coincidently, was also the girl he had had a crush on since she had buried him to the chin in mud when they were five.
.o0o.
Kegan knew he had a knack for appearing at the worst moments. He had gotten it from his father, when the Fire Lord had walked in on the Avatar and his wife kissing. He also tried to keep it from happening, but often (mostly) it didn't work. So he had just stepped into the kitchen to get a snack when he turned to look at the clock and spotted Lin on the floor straddling Tenzin, who was red in the face. "Guys!" he yelled. Then he noticed that Lin was about to punch Tenzin in the nose. "Need help?"
Before Tenzin could reply, Kegan's older sister Kiza burst into the room, took one look at Lin and Tenzin, grabbed her brother by the sleeve, and dragged him out, grinning madly from ear to ear. "Let them be, little brother. It's about time they got together! They've been crushing on each other for years!"
.o0o.
Tenzin blew air in Lin's face, which seemed to wake her up, because she went bright red and leapt away from him, stuttering an apology. Tenzin pushed himself off the floor and shook his head, "No problem, Lin. You still have a headache? I made remedial tea."
"Don't talk," grumbled Lin, pushing herself up.
In the kitchen, they found Kiza wandering around with a dazed look on her face, staring blankly into her empty teacup, where the remains of her tea still resided. "It worked," she muttered incredulously. "It worked. Tenzin cooked something, and it didn't kill me. It actually did what it was supposed to do." She blinked, and continued her aimless chanting. "It worked. Tenzin cooked something, and it didn't kill me…"
In the doorway, Tenzin looked unsure as whether to beam with pride or to glare at Kiza for not believing in his cooking skills. He settled for something in between that vaguely resembled a puff-penguin that had eaten a rotten fish.
Lin walked in, gritting her teeth against her headache. "Tea?" she asked as calmly as she could. When Akai pointed timidly, Lin dumped herself a cup and downed it in one gulp, then poured another. When she had finished that one, she blinked again, and nodded. "That's better."