"Sixteen candles make a lovely light"

[markofthebrave]

Who: House Avatar and ANYONE ELSE
What: Katara's Birthday
When: July 5th
Where: House 56
Summary: It's Katara's 16th birthday today! ~Marrying age~ Seeing as it's a pretty big deal, even though there won't be all the gathered eligible young men in the village competing to make an impression, Sokka invites anyone who wants to come and celebrate

Comments

[sokkafangirl]

[Sometime during the festivities, while Katara is talking to someone else, a certain fiancee is sidling over to bump against you, Sokka.]

Feel any different, 'big brother'?

[markofthewise]

[Bump! He side eyes here and then sort of shrugs.]

Maaaybe a little?

[sokkafangirl]

Just a little? Your sister's an adult now, you know.

[And she's already fending off charming suitors! How scary.]

[markofthewise]

Yeah, I've been trying not to think about that.

[An adult in Luceti, no less. This was not how either of them imagined reaching adulthood.]

I'm not sure how all these guys found out about it.

[sokkafangirl]

They were probably invited. Katara does have a lot of friends, doesn't she?

[Guy friends. Ohoho, little sister gets around, doesn't she? In a purely platonic and non-sexual way]

[markofthewise]

A lot of guy friends, maybe. [Sokka is a hypocrite.]

[sokkafangirl]

[Speaking of which-] And how many girl friends do you have?

[markofthewise]

[Err-what?] Huh? What? I... I don't know! It's not like I keep a list or anything! [Actually he does. They're even ranked.] It's not like I don't have guy friends too.

[sokkafangirl]

Are the numbers pretty much even, or do you have more of one over the other?

[Because she's pretty sure she's met or heard about way more girls, honey.]

[markofthewise]

[... no, not even remotely even.]

In my defense? I live with four girls and one guy.

[sokkafangirl]

That's why you can't fault Katara for having so many guy friends, right?

[Nudge nudge wink. Though she finds the overprotective brother thing kind of cute, she doesn't want him to end up stifling her new little sis.]

[markofthewise]

I- well! [... okay, so maybe she has a point. BUT STILL.]

That's different. We're engaged. It's not like girls are coming up to me asking for dates.

[sokkafangirl]

I haven't seen any of those boys go up to Katara to ask for a date yet. [And maybe they will. And maybe they have. But she's an adult now so it's totally okay 8|]

[markofthewise]

You haven't? Whew. [Okay, that's a relief.] Let me know if you do. Especially Masaomi. He's up to something... Michael too. In fact? The blond guys. They're extra flirty.

[sokkafangirl]

Don't you think Katara can handle herself?

[markofthewise]

Of course she can. [A pause.]

But we're family. So we're backup, just in case.