WOW I posted a story (and I feel guilty about not updating ) anyway this idea has been floating around in my head for a whi

WOW I posted another story (and I feel guilty about not updating ) anyway this idea has been floating around in my head for a while. Just a cutesy Kataang Family fic. Kinda different from the funny ones that I posted previously but hey, it's adorable! Enjoy!

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Rain Dance

There is a phase that every human being goes through towards the beginning of their life, though most don't remember it. It begins shortly after we learn to walk and certainly once we know how to speak. We go through this phase because, to put it quite plainly, we don't know everything from the moment we are born. No, we have to ask our parents and the smart individuals around us for they obviously have all of the answers.

Katara and Aang's first child was going this particular time in her life. She would awake in the morning with a new set of questions about the world around her. Tian Mi would toddle around the house, black curls and rosy cheeks, point out objects, and ask "Mama's what's that?" or "Papa why?" It was really rather cute. The particular incident we will look into happened one rainy day when the Avatar's two favorite ladies were home alone.

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"Mama mama mama mama mama!" Tian Mi called anxiously. Katara rolled her eyes and smiled to herself. There wasn't anything to worry about, for her daughter had been doing this the day she started to talk. The little girl would run about, asking questions of all sorts. That particular day Aang had been away on business and the girls were confined to the house as a steady drizzle poured down. Unfortunately, this meant that Tian Mi was confined to the house and couldn't explore. Back to the present, Katara was currently in the kitchen when Tian Mi comes racing in.

"Mama!" she said, her tiny voice shaking. When the waterbender saw the tears streaming down her daughter's face, she grew very serious and worried indeed. This couldn't possibly be one of her daughter's regular inquests. Kneeling down, Katara gently grasped her daughter's shoulders, looked her straight in the eye and said:

"Sweetie, what happened?"

The little girl sniffle a few more times before sobering up enough to ask, "Mama, the sky is cwying! Why is the sky cwying? Is it hurt?" Sighing with relief, Katara lifted her child and placed her on the kitchen counter.

"Sweetie, the sky isn't really crying," she cooed as she cleaned her daughter's face gently. "It's just raining, is all. Nothing to worry about."

"But, Mama, if it's not cwying, why is that water falling down? Water comes out of my eyes when I'm sad!" Tian Mi persisted gesturing to her face. Her mother chuckled.

"The water that comes out of your eyes and the water that comes from the sky are two different things, dear."

"But, Mama, the sky is the same color as me and Papa's eyes so it must be cwying! It's just bigger is all!" Katara chuckled once more as she moved to take the whistling teakettle off of the stove.

"Tian Mi, you're being ridiculous. The sky isn't an eye you know. It is just doing something called 'raining'. You see, raining is very important," Katara explained good-naturedly.

"It is?" Sniffle. The waterbender nodded.

"You know all of the pretty flowers in my garden outside? With all of the pretty butterflies and the bees and the other little bugs you like watching so much?" The child nodded with a smile.

"Well, the flowers need the rain to grow, just like they need the sun. And the flowers attract all of the butterflies and the bees and the other little bugs. It also makes all of the vegetables and the fruits grow. People catch rain water to drink it too." Tian Mi smiled, wiping away the last of her tears.

"So, the sky isn't crying? It's making all of the pwetty flowers gwow?" Her mother nodded. Tian Mi thought for a moment and smiled a smile that would rival her father's. "Do you think if I stand outside the wain will make me gwow?" she asked feeling quite clever. After all her father often called her his "pretty little flower bud." If the rain made the other pretty flowers grows, it should make her grow too, right? Her mother chuckled, knowing the answer was "no" but she loved seeing her daughter's smile so much that she shrugged, her way of saying "maybe." The little girl laughed, hopped down from the counter, and raced out of the room.

"Wait, Tian Mi!" Katara called running after her daughter to get her in a proper raincoat and boots.

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Once safe and warm in raincoats, boots, and hats, Katara and Tian Mi ventured into the drizzle. Immediately, the girl was enthralled by the growing puddles and she merrily splashed in them as her mother watched from the step outside the door. Katara was glad she was enjoying herself; she'd sleep much easier later on in the night. After a while, Tian Mi abruptly stopped, removed her hat, and tilted her head back towards the sky. Katara was going to reprimand her, but decided to wait and see what her daughter would do. Slowly, Tian Mi began to twirl. Faster and faster, she went as shrieks of laughter escaped her lips. By this time her hair was soaked and her dark curls stuck to her flushed cheeks. Her wide grey eyes sparkled as she turned toward her mother and outstretched a little hand. "Dance wiff me, Mama!" she commanded playfully. Smiling in return, Katara too removed her hat and walked over to her daughter.

Bowing grandly, Katara asked "May I have this dance m'lady?" rather grandly as her daughter giggled and blushed. After a polite little curtsy, Tian Mi took her mother's hand and they began to dance and twirl.

How long they danced and laughed, neither of them knew for the rain kept coming down lazily. Eventually Aang arrived home and he grinned, quite amused to see his girls soaked to the bone; dancing in a matter he thought fit for the grandest of Earth Kingdom balls. Shrugging, he jogged over to them and caught Tian Mi mid-twirl. The two girls shrieked happily as the third member of their small family joined the dance. Neighbors and pedestrians walking by watched as the trio danced in the rain, worrying about their mental health. Of course, they didn't care. It would be all the more fun that night as they sat snuggled warm and cozy in a large blanket in front of a crackling fire, listening to Aang tell about his latest adventure, while sharing a pot of Jasmine Tea.

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The early stages in life are always the most remembered, yet the most forgotten. When five years had passed and Tian Mi had a younger sibling, she would often be the one to answer the barrage of questions the little child spilled from her mouth. But when asked "Ti Ti, what's that picture about?" Tian Mi would look at the picture of her and her parents dancing merrily in the rain (courtesy of a kind old lady who understood exactly what was going on that day, unlike other confused by-standers). Honestly, she would answer, "I'm not sure. I don't remember." Of course, it wasn't like that was the only experience she didn't remember. Her father often joked about a time when he and she had attempted to make breakfast in bed for Katara when she had fallen sick and the result had been a kitchen and two very guilty airbenders covered in flour. Her mother also joked about a time when Tian Mi had gone into a bathroom, didn't come out for an hour, and emerged looking like one of the clowns in the Fire Nation's Royal Circus. No matter how silly they seemed though, her parents would always try to justify Tian Mi's "embarrassing" moments as learning experiences. All children had them, Tian Mi learned as she watched her sibling grow. Honestly, who said learning couldn't be fun? After all, we aren't born knowing everything.

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:3 review peez! IDK maybe if I come up with more of these family oneshots I'll post them in a different place solely for family stuffs but for now this story can stay here.