AN: This is a drabble collection with 42 drabbles that are all only 200 words. I had some requests to do more after my Tyzula Week Entry, and I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Celestial Creatures
001. Forget Me Knots
The Fire Nation has a tradition.
It's a tradition of ties and lies and goodbyes, and it's the most traditional part of two adolescent girls' love. Azula considers them chains when she puts them on Ty Lee; Ty Lee considers them snares when she puts them on Azula.
"So you don't ever forget me," Ty Lee says softly before she leaves to the circus, tightening the silky red ribbon on Azula's wrist.
"So I can try to forget you," Azula says softly before burning it to pieces after being betrayed.
"So I can forget this is my fault," Ty Lee says softly before wrapping a ribbon and changing her mind about sending it to the asylum.
"So you don't forget to come back from that peasant isle," Azula says softly before tying it so tightly that Ty Lee holds back a whimper.
"So you don't forget why you're walking down that aisle," they both agree the night before the wedding.
The Fire Nation has a tradition.
Azula and Ty Lee did it but didn't need it because they always forget to remember to forget.