a/n; Bwahahahaha. AangYue. This is so cracktastic. And so easy to write, now that I think about it. Why didn't I think of this pairing earlier, seriously? Anyway, this is dedicated to Static Lull, who likes my stuff when her writing is impossibly in-freaking-credible. And who is currently writing a story for me and is, like, pulling her hair out and thinking I actually care she didn't finish in two seconds. So, yeah.
disclaimer; Really? Really?
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ten inches could be a million miles
AangYue
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He sits in the background, and watches something Sokka later calls 'true love' with envy; why couldn't he have that kind of classic romance — he's the Avatar, for crying out loud! Shouldn't he get the girl of his dreams?
No.
He sits in the background, and wishes the classic of commoner and princess could just wilt away, for one (a million) tiny second(s) — so that the Avatar could step up and woo the princess.
No, that isn't how it works.
He resists the urge to walk away in disgust — he's the (twelve-year-old) Avatar; he should be setting the example.
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He isn't there when she dies, and he later berates himself for it — why couldn't he see her noble death; or, even better, why couldn't he die her death —
No. We don't have that kind of time, remember. Sozin's Comet.
But Sokka's there; infuriating Sokka, funny-guy who the girls fall for. Sokka's there to kiss her one last time; Sokka protects her. But still, the Avatar could protect her better —
No. That's not your place. You aren't some bodyguard.
He wants to scream at Sokka then, for being so stupidly imperfect in such a way Yue fell for him; not for the Avatar. But he doesn't — he's not a child.
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In the end, though, Sokka loses — he can't see Yue anymore; but the Avatar can, when he goes into the spirit world —
No; this is wrong. What about Katara?
Right — the Avatar has to be loyal, remember?
Aang really hates the world for giving him so many reasons (only one, though, really) to say no to himself. He hates being the Avatar.