Lin was dragged away by the ear by her mother while Tenzin cowered from Aunt Katara’s shouting. As much as she would have loved to stay and watch, one look at Toph Bei Fong’s face convinced her not to. They crossed away to the other side of the island in dead silence, but no sooner had they gotten out of earshot than her mother collapsed on the ground with helpless laughter. Lin stared.
“What are you doing?” she asked. Everyone had always told her how similar the two of them were, but Lin would never, not in a thousand years, understand her mother.
“Shh!” her mother howled, rolling with laughter. “Listen!” Obediently, Lin listened while her mother held her breath.
“I don’t hear anything,” she said finally.
“Really? Not even the sweet music of Auntie Katara in a towering rage?”
Lin shook her head, not even trying to listen anymore. “Why aren’t you mad at me?” she demanded.
“Do you want me to be?”
“No! Yes. I don’t know.”
“Well, let me know when you’ve made up your mind,” said her mother. “Sugar Queen is only shrieking at the volume of one angry badger-mole, so it should almost be safe to go back. By the way,” she added casually, “you like that boy, don’t you?”
Lin sputtered. “What! No! Never! Definitely not! How-you-“ Her mother patted her on the head.
“There’s no point trying to lie to me, kiddo,” she said, not unkindly. “That’s how I acted around the boys I liked too, when I was your age. The first time I met your father, I threw him headfirst through a brick wall.”
“I don’t like him,” she muttered halfheartedly.
“Uh-huh…Better zip up. Here comes your loverboy now.”
“Not-“ she began, but Tenzin was indeed coming over the hill towards them.
“Auntie Toph,” he acknowledged stiffly. “Lin. Even though none of this was my fault-“
“Sure it was,” said Lin. Tenzin went a warning red but managed to keep going.
“-And you were responsible for everything-“
“-only as much as you-“
“-my mother informed me that I should go apologize-“
“Duh. All you had to do was acknowledge earthbending superiority, and we would never have been in this mess in the first place.”
Tenzin snapped. “I’ll show you earthbending superiority,” he roared. The last thing Lin saw before they both plowed into the side of the hill was her mother’s approving nod.
"The last thing Lin saw before they both plowed into the side of the hill was her mother’s approving nod." I found the whole thing hystericaly funny. Toph proudly approving of her daughter's idea of flirting is pure gold. And those two fighting it out is so cute!
“What are you doing?” she asked. Everyone had always told her how similar the two of them were, but Lin would never, not in a thousand years, understand her mother.
“Shh!” her mother howled, rolling with laughter. “Listen!” Obediently, Lin listened while her mother held her breath.
“I don’t hear anything,” she said finally.
“Really? Not even the sweet music of Auntie Katara in a towering rage?”
Lin shook her head, not even trying to listen anymore. “Why aren’t you mad at me?” she demanded.
“Do you want me to be?”
“No! Yes. I don’t know.”
“Well, let me know when you’ve made up your mind,” said her mother. “Sugar Queen is only shrieking at the volume of one angry badger-mole, so it should almost be safe to go back. By the way,” she added casually, “you like that boy, don’t you?”
Lin sputtered. “What! No! Never! Definitely not! How-you-“ Her mother patted her on the head.
“There’s no point trying to lie to me, kiddo,” she said, not unkindly. “That’s how I acted around the boys I liked too, when I was your age. The first time I met your father, I threw him headfirst through a brick wall.”
“I don’t like him,” she muttered halfheartedly.
“Uh-huh…Better zip up. Here comes your loverboy now.”
“Not-“ she began, but Tenzin was indeed coming over the hill towards them.
“Auntie Toph,” he acknowledged stiffly. “Lin. Even though none of this was my fault-“
“Sure it was,” said Lin. Tenzin went a warning red but managed to keep going.
“-And you were responsible for everything-“
“-only as much as you-“
“-my mother informed me that I should go apologize-“
“Duh. All you had to do was acknowledge earthbending superiority, and we would never have been in this mess in the first place.”
Tenzin snapped. “I’ll show you earthbending superiority,” he roared. The last thing Lin saw before they both plowed into the side of the hill was her mother’s approving nod.
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I found the whole thing hystericaly funny. Toph proudly approving of her daughter's idea of flirting is pure gold.
And those two fighting it out is so cute!
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