#dontleaveme

“Very weird,” she whispered suspiciously and sat on the edge of the bed.

The sun was still down, the sky was dark with a little orange reflection near the horizon. The night was crisp and wet.

Kya rubbed her sleepy face and headed towards the kitchen, where the light was coming from.

“Lin?” she said more consciously. Her hoarse voice was a bit worried.

“I just wanted a cup of tea, go back to sleep, I will join you in a while,” she smiled a little.

Kya sighed. She knew Lin better than anyone. She immediately recognised the lie.

“I also wanted a cup of tea.”

Lin blinked with confusion.

“It’s the middle of the night…”

“So why aren’t you in bed then?” Kya folded her arms with tryumf.

The earthbender gave a sigh.

“Because I wanted some tea?” she raised her eyebrows. She was aware that she wouldn’t convince Kya to let her alone.

“No, Lin, you hadn’t wanted it,” she looked deep in her eyes. Lin swallowed. “You still have those nightmares, am I right?”

She nodded nearly noticeably. Kya came closer and gave her a secure hug. Lin tilted her head to the right and rested it on Kya’s arm. She didn’t notice when tears started to run down her face.

“You need to face it, Lin,” she touched her chin and forced her to look at her. “I will be waiting for you in the bed.”

Kya turned around and was about to go but Lin caught her hand.

“Please, don’t leave me.”

She said emotionlessly.

“Those nightmares… They aren’t about Amon anymore,” she took a deep breath. “They are about you. I’m scared that someday you will leave me like everybody always did. I don’t want to be alone again, Kya. I don’t want to lose you.”

Kya squinted.

“How could you even think that I would leave you,” she took her other hand and clasped their hands together.

“Let’s get back to sleep, you look like you’re going to collapse.”

Lin nodded.