All right, just so y'all know I haven't truly given up on this story. I should be in bed right now but I wanted to put this chapter up for the people that follow it, I know how it feels waiting for a good story. Anyway, I was inspired to write this after I saw a drawing by yssadalawa on tumblr. I hope y'all enjoy this chapter and I hope its longer than the rest. Leave me reviews and comments! Much appreciated!

Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Korra, or the characters...wish I did, haha.

Senna took Hanna's advice into consideration. There could possibly be a relationship between the two if she really tried. Tonraq and she were practically adults now. He wasn't like the teasing, little rascal that always picked on her anymore. She noticed this in the past month or two that he had been back.

Now that he was a full fledged healer, Tonraq worked in the Healing Hut along with Senna and Healer Kida. There were some days when he would go down to the training arenas and work with Sifu Sura and the rest of the warriors, though.

Senna watched him secretly. She wanted to see if he had really changed since he was a young boy. So far, she was impressed. He was kind, and tender when he healed. And Hanna was right, he wasn't that bad to look at.

Once, when a young girl in the village had sprained her wrist in a fall, she watched as Tonraq soothed the crying child, and even got her to smile. Senna was almost caught though. Tonraq looked her way just as he finished wrapping the girl's wrist. Senna didn't know it, but he was secretly watching her, too.

Senna was still the kind, outspoken girl he knew when they were kids, but he had missed out on all the years she had grown up. He wanted to get to know Senna a lot more. She was an excellent healer, and still didn't take crap from anyone. She was funny and bright, too. And lastly, he noticed she didn't have a betrothal necklace either.

They had an easy-going friendship blooming. There was no awkwardness, even after considering what he had last said to her the day they first saw one another again. Hanna continued to tease Senna relentlessly. They helped each other out. Tonraq would teach her things he had learned in the North Pole, and Senna would teach him likewise.

One evening, Tonraq and Senna were sitting on the dunes beyond the village after a crazy day. Discussing and laughing about different things that went on as they looked up at the stars.

"I swear to the Spirits, Hanna has gotten crazy ever since her pregnancy began!" Senna pronounced.

"Tell me about it. But don't even get me started on Yarak. Every time I bring up the baby, he seems like he's about to have a panic attack!" Tonraq laughed, "Something's never change."

"Yeah, somethings don't" Senna replied.

That moment, her eye caught something on Tonraq's wrist when he moved some hair out of his face.

"What's that?" she asked as she grabbed his hand, recognizing it. Tonraq blushed at the quick contact, but Senna was still inspecting his wrist.

"It's the friendship bracelet you made me." He spoke.

And it was. The different blues still intertwined with the white in an intricate detail lay delicately on his wrist, faded and worn but still there.

"You still have it?" she mused. "After five years." She couldn't believe he still had it.

"Of course. I never took it off." A smile forming on Tonraq's face. He reveled in how close she was leaning into him.

Senna looked up into his deep blue eyes. They were truly beautiful. Like the darkest part of the ocean when you look out from the shore. She smiled back at him, tentatively.

Suddenly Senna was very aware of how close they were sitting. She cleared her throat and let go of his hand, her face flushing in embarrassment. Tonraq's smile faltered. Disappointed that she moved away.

He continued to look at her. He loved that they could sit and talk about anything. She was so easy to talk to and joke with. She wasn't like any of the other girls in the village. The unmarried girls in the South Pole were very clingy. He had gotten many invites for dinner from girls, like Umma and Kasha, or seen them in packs giggling and watching as he and the other boys practiced in the arenas. But they had little to no affect on him, unlike Senna.

A Polar Bear Dog howled in the far distance. Tonraq laughed under his breath, remembering an incident from the past. Senna looked up into his deep eyes again, curious. "What?"

"I was just thinking back, that day when you asked me why I wouldn't just walk into a Polar Bear Dog den. After I hit you with a snowball."

Senna laughed too, remembering back to the day. "You were so annoying."

"I know!" he laughed, "But I've changed. A lot."

"You have." Senna countered.

"Remember what I said after you told me to walk in the den?" he asked her.

Senna thought about it. She couldn't remember. They had thrown many insults at one another back in the day. "No. I forget."

Tonraq's voice quieted, "I said 'because I wouldn't get to see your ugly face everyday' then continued by saying that that would be a good thing."

Senna couldn't believe he remembered, but didn't understand why he was bringing it up. The incident was over five years ago.

"You don't know how wrong I was." He said seriously. "I meant what I said the day I got back. You really are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."

Faces leaning forward, inches away from touching lip to lip. Tonraq's hand started to move to cup her face, when without warning the howl from the Polar Bear Dog sounded again.

The teenagers snapped out of their trance jumping back, both silently cursing the animal.

"It's getting late. W-we should start heading back." Senna said pushing back a loose strand of hair unsuccessfully as they stood.

"Yeah. Sounds good. I'll walk you home." Tonraq replied, tucking the strand behind her ear, letting his hand linger for a moment. Smiles erupted on both of their faces before they started heading in the direction of the village, hands intertwined.