A/N: Be nice, please. It's my first song fic. The ending kinda sucks, because I'm just a lazy person.
I do NOT own any rights to the "Better Than Me" by Hinder, nor Avatar: The Last Airbender or its characters.
I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies that I made you believe
Zuko tossed, and turned in his tangled sheets. He was having the same dream every night since he left with Azula. He was dreaming of her. Katara, the water tribe girl, who was helping the Avatar. Why was she haunting his dreams?, he asked himself. Then he saw it, Katara holding the broken Avatar, and staring at him with tears in her eyes. As if saying, "How could you?" I thought you had changed.
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your nightgown used to be
Zuko sat up so quickly, his head immediately began to ache. As he looked up from his lap, he saw a shadow on the post of the footboard on his bed. He remembered how he had kept her necklace there. He had always kept it close to him. Always within his reach, so that it would not be lost. He remembered how he held it up to her neck as if it were a gift from him to her. The situation was very different then but he could help feeling something from being so close to her.
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remember
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
He remembered the last time he was close to her. In the cave, he never knew how much in common they were. He always saw themselves as opposites. They both lost their mother, a person who no one could ever replace. They were both headstrong and determined. But, she was also so much better than him. She was loyal, powerful, and beautiful. And she was so compassionate. He remembered how she offered to heal his scar. Zuko raised his hand to the place where she had placed her own.
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
She was pure, just like water. But him, he is a firebender, the prince of the Fire Nation. He's destructive and dangerous. He proved that when he broke her trust. He would never be good enough for her. She deserved someone better.
The bed I'm lying in is getting colder
Wish I never would've said it's over
Zuko gritted his teeth, and clench his fist as he thought about what could've been. He could've took his uncle's advice. He could've left with the Avatar and stayed with Katara. Instead of what really happened. He betrayed Katara and his Uncle, who had been there from the start.
And I can't pretend...
I won't think about you when I'm older
Cause we never really had our closure
This can't be the end
This can't be the end. "Maybe, if I just had a plan," thought Zuko, "I can help them from inside the Fire Nation." "It doesn't matter anyway, she hates me now," thought Zuko as he laid down and stared at the ceiling. Trying to will sleep to take him away.
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
(And I think you should know this)
(You deserve much better than me)