A/N: I can't think of any more excuses.

"Good morning, you four!"

Toph and Sokka entered the dining room; Su in her mother's arms and Lin closely behind. They were greeted by the Royal Family and the Family of the Avatar.

Lin sat with Aangela on her right and Kya on her left. She quickly engaged in talking to her close friends in silent whispers, careful not to be heard by the other people surrounding the table. Meanwhile, Tenzin and Bumi were having their own conversation—more of a debate really—on who would win the next Pro Bending Match.

Toph and Sokka sat between Aang and Mai. The adults were seated at one side of the table, while the kids at the other.

Katara came up behind Toph and offered her a seat for Su, to which she gratefully accepted.

Once all the food was on the table, everyone dug in almost immediately.

"No! Mine!" Sokka slapped away Zuko's hand from the last piece of chicken.

"Ha ha!" Toph exclaimed as she stole the last piece of chicken from her husband's plate and quickly popped it in her mouth. She licked the juices off noisily, making sure Sokka heard every sound.

"Hey! Toph! That was mine!"

"Too late, Slow Poke! The chicken tasted delightful!"

"Hmph!" he crossed his arms as he thought of a way to get back at her, at the same time at least tasting that last piece of meat. The it hit him like a saber-tooth-moose-lion:

As she kept on laughing, Sokka swiftly used his hand to turn her face towards him. He then kissed her roughly, licking the sauce off her lips.

Toph was surprised at first then got what he was trying to do. As he was about to pull away, she pulled on his tunic and kissed him more fiercely than before. She felt his tongue brushing the ends of her lips and quickly opened her mouth, attacking it with her own.

The Councilman was too surprised by the sudden action to protest. Just like every kiss, he was put in a trance, being dominated by the Chief of Police. He could never get enough of her, of that.

His tongue danced inside her mouth, really tasting all the chicken sauce she had eaten earlier. That chicken must have been good, but this is way way better! he thought.

Before anyone else knew it, Toph was already straddling Sokka with her arms around his neck and his hands at her hips. The chair he sat on was already rocking so violently one would have thought it would have broken at any moment.

Sometime in the middle, they were able to bring down the plates in front of them and break them into pieces. This caught the attention of everyone in the room.

Just as they were getting out of hand—

"Mom! Dad!" Lin shouted at the top of her lungs, probably loud enough to hear throughout the whole island.

"Ewww!" the other kids shielded their eyes from the sight in front of them.

Everything seemed to stay still as the couple finally broke their kiss. They turned towards the table to see all eyes staring at them: angry, annoyed, disgusted, and horrified eyes everywhere.

"What the Raava?!" Katara's face was as red as Zuko's, though for a completely different reason.

Smoke was starting to come out of the firebender's ears. The only thing keeping him from pouncing on the Water Tribesman was his wife and daughter holding him back. What does Sokka think he's doing?! Toph's just recovering and he's already eating her whole face! I'm so gonna kill him! he thought.

The waterbender was in a similar position. Seriously?! In front of the children?! In front of the table?! And look at the mess they made! I'm so gonna kill them!

"Okay, Sweetie, calm down," Aang tried to coax his wife, rubbing her back carefully.

The earthbender tried to get off the warrior; he stopped her when he noticed the plates on the floor. "Glass," he warned in a hoarse voice, clearing his throat.

With broken ware on all sides, Toph had to sit on his lap as they were being reprimanded by their friends and children.

"What the Spirits, you guys! What were you thinking?!"

"Sokka! What the Spirits did you think you were doing?!"

Katara and Zuko both yelled at the same time, their arms flailing around them in exaggerated motions. They looked at each other once they realized they were in sync, nodding to each other, signaling who would be the first one to speak.

"Sokka, you know very well that—" Zuko attempted, but his efforts went to waste when the sound of a cry reached everyone's ears.

Su started crying as she saw her folks being shouted at. She may very well be just a baby, but she was a smart one. Her sensed were as alert as her mother's, and something in her mind told her that her parents were both in big trouble. Baby eyes wandering to her aunt and uncle, Su saw the red in faces, and much more than usual. She heard their screams as it rang in her ears. She knew she had to do something to stop all this yapping. So, she did the only thing she could do—cry.

"Great, thanks guys," Sokka said sarcastically as he struggled to bring Su into his arms from so far away.

Taking the baby from her husband's arms, Toph added, "Yeah, gee. You know, all your kids may have grown up already, but we still have a wee one her!"

"What did you expect when—" Katara was too hot-headed to worry about Su at the moment. The two needed to be disciplined; they acted the same as they did all those years ago, only worse.

"—when you keep banging each other at every chance you get!" Zuko finished, he wasn't going to let them off that easily.

Just as Sokka was going to make a snarky reply, Mai spoke up for them, "Cut them a break, you two. You know what they had to go through with Yakone." Her expression was unusually soft and understanding.

"But Mai—" her husband tried to reason.

"But what?"

"They can't just—"

"Auntie's right you know," said Bumi for the first time since his wild reaction.

"Son, you have no business meddling in other people's business! This is adult talk," the waterbender told her son.

"It's just that—"

"I'll have none of it."

"It's—"

"You're being disrespectful. I—"

"Let him talk, Katara," Aang was always the open type and encouraged his children to voice out any thoughts they had in mind freely.

"Well, it's just that, uh," he stammered at first. "I mean, Aunt Toph was unconscious for quite some time, right? She was hurt pretty bad. Uncle Sokka was hurt too, I guess—seeing Aunt Toph like that. We all saw how he cried right?"

Toph made a snort and muttered a "wimp" to her husband who only wrapped his arms around her more.

"Even if I'm a kid—and with no bending an' all—I can really see that Aunt Toph and Uncle Sokka really love each other. I remember the time when I was the only one born and they were having trouble in their relationship. I'm older now—much older—and even I can see the progress in their relationship. What I'm trying to say is—maybe they just miss other you know? I mean, they almost lost one another, I can't imagine them doing any other thing. Though I have to admit, it is really gross. Please do it somewhere private okay? Please Auntie? Please Uncle? I get enough from my parents already."

Everyone laughed at this last part, even the Avatar and his wife themselves. They all gave proud glances at the boy—who apparently grew up already.

Taking pride in his child, Aang rubbed Bumi on the head and exclaimed, "Haha! When did my child get so smart!"

"When you stopped being my teacher, dad."

Laughs echoed the room once again.

"Are you sure you didn't get that from one of mom's love stories?" Kya asked her brother in disbelief.

"Of course not!" he said too defensively. "Why can't you just accept that I'm smarter than you?"

"'Cuz you never were or ever will be."

The two stuck their tongues at each other.

Meanwhile, Sokka buried his face in the crook of Toph's neck, rubbing their baby's arms with his thumb.

"I love you, you know?"

"Why, Sokka! Has Bumi's speech made you a softy now?" she said exasperatedly. "What a shame, I can't love anyone who's that mussy," Toph made a pout before laughing and fiddling with the warrior's wolf tail.

On another note, both Katara and Zuko were in a somewhat deep thought. They took in the child's words slowly, taking a moment to comprehend every word. Soon enough, the two found the reality in the child's words. How could they be so blind to what's really in front of them?

Sokka and Toph were so used to expressing their feelings in strange ways that no one seemed to understand their way of love. To the Katara and Zuko, the kiss they shared near the dining table was just an act of ignorance, of self-conceitedness and lust. They weren't able to see the love filling the void that was made during the trial.

And they both couldn't blame the two for what they did anymore. They experienced the same feeling more times that they could care to imagine with their own lovers, in their own circumstances.

Sometimes, when things get too rough, it doesn't hurt to be reminded that you're still alive—still here and breathing. None of them would ever know what might happen—with danger and risk increasing—to them or their loved ones in the next mission. They were valued people, and for that, others hated them for it. It also meant that they were the target of many bad people. Even with Republic City and the Poilce Force, no one can really ever guarantee one's safety.

As all the people around the table looked at the thinking pair for their reaction, the two finally sighed and said,

"Fine."

"Whatever."

Cheers were made by the children and the victims.

"Thanks, kid. You just saved us from wasting hours of our life with lectures from these two!" Toph gave her nephew a thumbs up.

"No worries, Aunt Toph. Just don't do it in front of us anymore, okay?"

"Can't make any promises," she winked at him and he just laughed in reply.

"Okay kids—us adults have to clean all this mess up. Why don't we go go riding with the bisons?" Aang asked.

"Yes!"

"Let's go then!" The Avatar raced his family out of the living room and into the open air of Air Temple Island.

Seeing as something remained unsolved, Mai said, "I think I'll go to the room. I'll take Su," she reached for the baby and the two of them turned left down the hall.

"Don't think you two are getting away that easily," Katara warned with hands on her hips once Sokka swept the shattered glass away so that Toph would be able to stand up.

"Didn't your kid teach you anything?" Sokka whined, having an idea of what was coming. He got his glass and started drowning himself in water.

"I just have to know something. And this is for your own good Toph—I need to know your condition. I'll have a check on you later," the healer said.

"Spit it out then!" she told her somewhat sister-in-law.

Having an idea of what Katara's question would be, Zuko filled in, "Exactly how many times have you guys done it since the trial?"

With that, Sokka spit his water out all over the floor and looked at his companions sheepishly. Good thing the others weren't here.

He really shouldn't have drank that water.

A/N: Sorry for that scene over there. I changed the rating to T just to be careful. If you're not comfortable with this, then please tell me.

I don't actually know if anyone is sticking to this story anymore, but oh well. Have to finish what I started.