A/N- Wazzup people? A question came up in a review asking how old Xai was. In answer to that, she's three years younger than Daini. So in the previous story, she was…one-years-old. This story is going to take place 4 years later. So, now Kikan is 10, Daini is 8, Xai is 5, AND THERE IS YET ANOTHER BABY! XDDD This is the last one though. Four kids are enough. Heck, 3 are enough, but Kikan needed a brother. ;D The last baby is 2 in this story. Like all the others, his name will be revealed later. MWAHAHAHAHA! In this story, we're going to see a whole new side of Kikan. You know the drill, R&R. 8D Happy reading!

Jealousy

Kikan was angry. Why did this have to happen? Why did his mom and dad HAVE to have another baby? Sure he had a brother now, but Zen was hogging ALL the attention. Not that his sisters hadn't, but his mom had kept them busy because they were total momma's girls. That allowed him to have all dad's attention. Now, he was hypnotized by Zen just like the rest of the world. Cute, perfect, airbender, Zen. It made Kikan sick just thinking about it. What was so great about his brother that made him less interesting?

"Kikan?" said Aang's voice from the door. Kikan ignored him and glowered at his shoes instead. He heard the door close and his father's footsteps approach him slowly from across the room, almost silent, but making the faintest patting on the floor. Kikan sensed he was reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder so he moved farther to the edge of the bed to avoid it. Aang sighed from behind him.

"This is about Zen, isn't it?" he asked knowingly. Kikan only "Humph"-ed in response. He didn't want to talk to anyone, but that didn't stop his persistent father. He felt the edge of the bed sink as Aang sat down.

"Look, I know you're jealous of all the attention your brother's been getting, but…you have to understand that he can't do anything by himself yet. He needs constant attention, and that's why it seems like we're not paying attention to you as much. He's quite the handful you know." Aang said with a laugh. Kikan turned around to face Aang, still glaring.

"It seems like he's getting more attention? That's an understatement. More like, he IS getting more attention." he retorted before turning around again.

"Kikan…" Aang started to plead, but Kikan interrupted.

"Just...leave me alone, dad." he said, trying to sound angry, but his sadness dripped into his tone. Aang hung his head with a tired sigh, but he wasn't going to give up yet.

"Kikan, please listen to me." he asked softly. Kikan remained silent, but turned around again. Aang smiled warmly. At least he had gotten him to pay attention.

"Come on, Kikan. You know I don't like it when you're sad..." Aang said, and Kikan knew exactly what was coming next and he also knew that it would make him laugh no matter how angry he was.

"Dad…don't..." Kikan interrupted. Aang wasn't listening and made the pouty face anyway.

"Because it makes me sad." he finished. Kikan tried really hard not to laugh, but his lips had twitched upwards despite his efforts. He quickly went back to his facade of anger however. Aang sighed. He was sure that would work, but he wasn't finished yet.

"You know Kikan, when I was twelve, I had almost the same problem you have now." he said, leaning back against Kikan's headboard. Kikan raised a skeptical eyebrow at his father's claim. How could his dad EVER understand how he felt? Times were different and his father had lived through different times. He didn't know anything about his life.

"Well, when your mother and I were saving the world from Fire Lord Ozai, Appa went missing. So we posted all these posters around Ba Sing Se trying to find him. Then this guy Jet showed up." he started.

"Who's Jet?" Kikan asked, trying to hide that he was interested. Aang shrugged.

"Eh, he was a jerk your mom had a thing for when we first met him. Then, when he tried to flood a village, she…erm…sort of lost interest." he replied, leaving out the part where Katara had frozen Jet to a tree. "Getting back to the story, Katara wasn't happy to see Jet. It turned out that he wanted to help us find Appa, so we agreed to let him help. But it gets better, Jet was brainwashed."

"BRAINWASHED?!" Kikan said a little too excitedly. Then he regained his composure. "That's cool." He muttered.

"Not really. It was horrible. He couldn't remember anything except his own name pretty much. We had to try and help, so we started thinking of ideas. That's when Sokka suggested that Katara should kiss Jet. I didn't exactly cope well with that idea because I didn't want anyone to kiss Katara. Except myself of course."

"So…did mom kiss him?" Kikan asked. Aang smiled at the memory.

"Nope. Her exact reaction to that suggestion was, 'Maybe YOU should kiss him, Sokka.'" he replied. Kikan laughed a little and started to feel a little better.

"So, are you ready to stop stewing, or am I going to have to tell you more adventures?" Aang asked, looking over at his son. Kikan shrugged.

"I feel a little better, I guess." he admitted.

"Well, a little isn't good enough. Looks like I'll be here a while." he said, grinning. Kikan smiled a little and listened as Aang began to recount the adventures of his childhood.

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When Aang was finished telling stories hours later, he turned to Kikan.

"Now, do you still think I don't pay enough attention to you?" Kikan shook his head no. There was a silence as the two were lost in their own thoughts. Aang however was interrupted from his when Kikan's voice broke the noiselessness.

"Dad?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks."

"You're welcome buddy."

A/N- D'AWWWWW! Father/Son Bonding! 8'D So touching. And don't worry, Father/Daughter Bonding will come. ;D Yeah, I know the jealousy thing is cliché, but that's the beauty of it. Siblings get jealous.

So, now we have discovered the sarcastic, intelligent, jealous side of Kikan. He seems to have a thing for adventure too. XDDD In case you're unsatisfied because I didn't go into it much, Kikan finally gets the idea in the end that Aang does care and that he does take the time to spend time with him. I do that sometimes. Keep the message vague and unobvious I mean. So, did you like it? 8DD

P.S- Noiselessness IS a word. LOL