"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 over anyway.
Rating: PG? Iunno. Depends on if she gets that birthday kiss.


Nami had been invited over for just after breakfast - that's when the approximation of 'gathering round the girl's family' to make an outrageous hair style and tease her about this new period of her life will begin.

After that's over, Sokka will make a general announcement on the journals, that if anyone wants to come and wish her a happy birthday to come on by around lunch. There's a spread of store-bought food for them to eat, and Sanji will later come over with dinner. And, hey, if you're in the mood for party games-all-sorts, Toph might be talked into building something fun in the back yard...

Comments

[markofthewise]

[Huh? He stops watching Katara for a moment to glance at her.]

Um, no. There's other reasons. [He thought she knew that!]

[kyoshi]

[Oh Sokka, so serious. She gives him another nudge.]

I think you're too tense today. Relax, it's a party for Katara. Just enjoy it!

[markofthewise]

I'm not tense! And I am enjoying it. See?

[Not taking his eyes off Masaomi, he goes over to get a piece of cake. He drops the slice of cake into a bowl of rice. Oops.]

Oops.

[kyoshi]

...Are you sure about that? [You're getting clumsy over there, darling.]

[markofthewise]

Um. [He pulls out some rice covered cake.] I meant to do that? [Yeah, he knows she's right.]

[kyoshi]

[This face. Uh-huh, she's sure you did.]

[markofthewise]

[Yeeeeeeah he's caught. Okay! So, pulling out the cake and TURNING HIS BACK to his sister.]

You know until today, I didn't realize how close in age you two were now. [Yup, Luceti. So weird.]

[kyoshi]

Does that bother you? [She's not terribly weirded out since she's nowhere near as close to Katara as Sokka is, but... she can understand that it might be a strange thing.]

[markofthewise]

[He considers that and... he shrugs.]

It's not that big of a deal. [He sort of likes being the older one. He doesn't seem as immature compared to her anymore.]

[kyoshi]

[She studies him for a moment, searching for any sign of him dodging the issues, then finally leans back, apparently satisfied.]

Well, that's good. It's not like you had that big of an age gap anyway.

[markofthewise]

And more importantly, you still get to be the 'older sister'. [Maybe not technically now... but eventually!]

[kyoshi]

That is pretty exciting. I've never had a sister before!

[markofthewise]

I've never not had a sister. Well, I mean, I did for a year. But it's not like I remember that.

[kyoshi]

If it helps any, I'm pretty sure you've never had a wife before. So you get to experience something new, too.

[markofthewise]

I seem to recall having a great wife for a week and a half not too long ago.

[One he'd apparently been married to forever. At least being newlyweds would be new.]

[kyoshi]

And here I thought you'd rather avoid remembering that experiment. [That weird one where your ex-sort-of-girlfriend-except-not was your daughter? Yeah. Beyond weird. Like waking up with your fiance and another girl in your bed. ...His bed.]

[markofthewise]

... I pick and choose the parts that were nice.

[You know, ignoring WHO his daughters were and the morning after bit, it was sort of nice.]

in which both siblings threads are steered towards motherhood

[kyoshi]

Hmm... [That's a good way of thinking about it, actually.]

It was nice, being a mom for a while. We'll have real kids someday, won't we?

[He strikes her as being like his dad, or at least, what little she knows of the man. He's a dad-type, yep.]

Are you trying to suggest something?

[markofthewise]

[Wow. Unexpected question. Funny how they've never really talked about this.]

Umm... yeah, of course. I mean, there's no hurry, but eventually...

[Just not... here.]

oh yeah, because I didn't have enough of that with jonah |D;

[kyoshi]

[Suki immediately turns red at that, following his train of thought.]

W-well of course not yet! I don't want to have kids here...

For all I know you have a babymaking addiction!

[markofthewise]

R-right, yeah. Because... not a good idea.

[He can only think of poor Sophie. By now she probably doesn't remember her dad at all. He'd never want to have to put Suki and a baby through that.]

man, do once pregnancy plot and you're doomed to relive it forever

[kyoshi]

It's okay. We'll have lots of time for that when we finally go home.

[Because she certainly hasn't given up hope. If anything, the engagement has fueled her desire to get back.]

You should have known what you were getting into.

[markofthewise]

Of course, we'll actually have boys then.

[Not that he's opposed to girls. But he wants a son, dammit.]

am I supposed to weep and regret now

[kyoshi]

And what's so bad about having girls?

[Might want to check your phrasing there, honey.]

you may use my shoulder to cry on

[markofthewise]

Huh? Nothing. It's just... I want boys too. [He's done daughters already!]