the thief and the airbender

flowers & fire alarms & fate

[3 kainora AUs from creyley on tumblr]

1: i'm a florist and you keep buying flowers from me and what do you mean it was my fault we didn't get together earlier you were buying flowers i assumed you had a lover au

Jinora had always thought her flower shop, PandaLily, was doing pretty well. There were a few customers who came in often, but the one who came in the most was a cute guy around her age.

His name was Kai, she had learned, during their first of many conversations while she helped him find the flowers he wanted. In came in roughly twice a week, and it made Jinora wonder if he and his lover argued often. A part of her hoped that they would break up, and that maybe she and Kai could take a shot at the whole dating thing, but it looked like his girlfriend was here to stay.

"Roses again?" Jinora asked when Kai brought his purchase to the counter. Usually smiling and joking, Kai seemed nervous today.

"S-sure," he stammered. Her brow furrowed, perplexed, but she rang up the flowers. She had fixed them up for him and was going to hand them over to him when Kai blurted out, "Would you like to go on a date with me?"

Jinora looked at him with a confused expression, taken aback. "Sure… But, I thought you were seeing someone."

"No, no," he grinned at her. "Where'd you get that idea?"

"You came in to get flowers, I thought it was for a girlfriend. Why didn't you tell me they weren't? I would've asked you out weeks ago."

Kai chuckled. "So, for our actual date?"

"Dinner," she suggested and he nodded, so they worked out the details.

"See you on Friday!" Kai said happily as he pulled open the door to leave afterwards.

Jinora smiled widely. "At least you don't have to get me flowers," she called, and they both laughed.

Maybe they were just like a flower about to bloom. Jinora hoped so.

.::.

2: the fire alarm went off at 3 am and now the cute guy from the flat next door is standing next to me in his underwear au

Jinora had no clue how the fire alarm had gone off at 3 am in the morning, but she was not happy about it. She pulled out her housecoat and poked her head into the hallway, her hair disheveled and her mood irate. A few of her neighbours had come out too.

Jinora stepped into the hallway, surveying the situation. The door of the flat next to hers opened and closed as a young guy her age stepped out… shirtless and in boxers, clearly having just woken up.

"What's going on?" he asked and Jinora tried not to stare. He was fit, lean and very attractive. And you know, shirtless.

"I don't know," Jinora supplied. "Somebody's called management and the landlord, but there is no real fire."

He ran a hand through his hair. "That's good. You're Jinora right?" She nodded. "Kai."

Jinora nodded again, committing the name to memory. She definitely wouldn't be forgetting him anytime soon.

Especially when he knocked on her door the next morning, fully clothed this time, and asked her out for coffee.

.::.

3: you look exactly like the main character in my novel au

Jinora stared at the teenager standing at the bus stop, her brow furrowing. She had seen a lot of strange things (mostly thanks to Meelo) but this was a whole new form of strange.

It wasn't that the boy was odd-looking or anything, no, far from it. He had nice features, floppy brown hair in an undercut and bright green eyes. He was talking on the phone to someone, smiling, and he had a beautiful smile.

But he looked exactly like the main character of the book she was working on. And the bus he was waiting for was the one she had to catch too. Trying to not gawk, she stood in line next to him as he hung up his phone.

Then, the boy turned abruptly towards her. "Er, are you okay?" he asked.

Jinora blushed furiously. "Oh, I'm fine, sorry. I just…" What could she say? Explain that she had been staring at this total stranger because of some weird coincidence? She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as a distraction.

The boy laughed lightly. "Don't worry about it. I'm Kai, by the way." He stuck out his hand.

She shook it. "Jinora. So, where are you headed?"

"A coffee shop."

"Me too. I'm going to the Jasmine Dragon. It's a good place to study," she explained. Now that the awkwardness was gone, she found words flowing easily and simply out of her mouth. Kai was strangely easy to talk to.

"Would you mind if I, er, tagged along?" Kai ran a hand through his hair, obviously a little nervous.

Jinora beamed at him. "Not at all." Kai returned the smile.

It was only a bus ride, two cups of coffee and an hour and a half later did Kai learn why she had been staring at him, and then asked to read her book. Jinora had brought the first few chapters with her for editing (her school textbooks lay happily forgotten in her bag) and handed it over.

A few minutes later, Kai had gotten a text and gave her an apologetic smile. "I didn't realize how late it was getting, gotta go to work." He gave her back the chapters, and Jinora saw some neatly written digits on the top of the page and smiled. "See you around Jinora?"

Jinora's eyes roved over his number and then met his eyes. "Definitely."

Kainora AUs are fun. If you guys wanna leave any AUs like those above down below, or at my tumblr (thethiefandtheairbender) feel free!

To the guest review who asked when Kai and Jinora get together, we actually don't get to see it happen. There's a three year timeskip in between season 3 and season 4. In episode 1 of season 4 Kai confirms that he and Jinora are in a long-distance relationship (and that they're doing fine).

To the guest who left a request, can you give me some clarification, when you say 'mature' what do you mean? I'm fine with putting them in a more 'adult' situation and implied doing-the-do, but that's as far as I'll go. I hope I can still fulfill your request though, which should be the next chapter. :)

I hope you all had a merry Christmas/safe, happy holidays. Some exciting stuff is happening in Kainora, there's gonna be back-to-back Kainora weeks, starting on January 2nd, 2015 and going until January 16th, 2015.

Here are the prompts:

1. Happily ever after

2. Celebration

3. Books

4. Together forever

5. Those three years

6. Air temple island

7. Dates

8. Don't get caught

9. Tenzin the dad

10. Bumpy road

11. Balance

12. Spirituality

13. The baby thing

14. Bisons

15. A new year

I'll be putting up my Kainora week stuff in my fic "Heart Thief" so check over there once the Week starts. :)