[ Ikki let herself be pulled in without a single complaint. She couldn't reach her arms all the way around either of them, and she was too short to see their faces, but it was a strange, familiar feeling, to be held by both of these people.
Katara looked so much younger next to Ikki's father. It was strange, and jarring, but it wasn't an inherently bad feeling for Ikki.
Without knowing her, without having her in their times, Katara and Aang and Sokka and Toph and everyone had welcomed her in, even if there might have been problems she couldn't see. Whatever they weren't to her, whatever they would become, they were family always, and Ikki held onto that belief, lived it in family dinners and waking up to make breakfast with Aang or Sokka.
And a very big part of her was so, so happy she could introduce these people to someone she loved as much as her father. Even with the problems that might bring. ]
[ action ] skipping back in, what up
Katara looked so much younger next to Ikki's father. It was strange, and jarring, but it wasn't an inherently bad feeling for Ikki.
Without knowing her, without having her in their times, Katara and Aang and Sokka and Toph and everyone had welcomed her in, even if there might have been problems she couldn't see. Whatever they weren't to her, whatever they would become, they were family always, and Ikki held onto that belief, lived it in family dinners and waking up to make breakfast with Aang or Sokka.
And a very big part of her was so, so happy she could introduce these people to someone she loved as much as her father. Even with the problems that might bring. ]