This is just a story from jinora's point of view about Skoochy being imbarassed to tell her that he can't read

Jinora POV

It was a beautiful autumn's day in the park; it was warm like summer but had a cool breeze about it. I loved autumn with all the different colours you could see in the foliage and how it was never to hot or too cold, it was after all the airbenders season.

I was lying down and reading a book like normal. This one was about a boy who was seen as an outcast because of his family until one day a girl begins to talk to him and I hadn't gotton any further than that. I was so immersed in the book I hadn't even noticed Skoochy had started playing with my hair. He always seemed to do that, particularly now that it had fully grown back to how it was before I had shaved it all off to get my arrows to signify me becoming an air bending master.

"If you're so bored maybe you could bring a book of your own? Preferably not stolen." I told him just joking around. "Sure, whatever." He mumbled back in reply. It was something I was not expecting from him of all people he didn't even use one of the many nicknames he had given me and ones that no one else could use (that I pretended to hate but I really loved it. Anyway we were always joking about this kind of stuff so what's wrong now? Maybe the stuff about the stealing, maybe I went too far?

I moved from where I was laying to sit up making him let go of my hair but that didn't make him look at me he just looked at his hands instead like they were the most interesting things in the world. "Hey skooch, I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you about the stealing." I explained to him studying his face to see what his reaction was so I could go from their.

"Huh... don't worry about it." He said back earnestly and smiling but it faltered, I could tell something else was wrong with him. "Skoochy I can tell when you're upset, what's wrong?" He lifted his head up to look at me. "I'm fine really Jinora don't worry about me, but I had probably better get going some new information might have just turned up." he replied softly and got up to start leaving until I grabbed his arm.

"You're not going until you tell me what's wrong and none of this 'i'm fine' business ok?" Come on you can tell me anything." I smiled up at him. He just took a deep breath and sighed. "But it's nothing important, just something silly besides you wouldn't understand, I'll get over it." I was getting annoyed, what could be so bad he'd avoid my questions? And think it wouldn't understand?

"Skoochy come on if it's got you upset than it must be important otherwise you have told me, besides I would never think of how you felt of as silly. You're my best friend I wouldn't that to you." I told him never breaking eye contact.

"You wouldn't understand." He said simply

"Try me."

"Oh fine it's just what you said before about me reading."

"What about it?" I asked him worried I had hurt him

"It's just that could never happen because" he looked down at his feet "cause I can't read." He looked up at me sadly and worried.

"Is that all? Skoochy that's nothing to be worried about, you didn't have to worry about it besides if you want I can teach you to read?" I told him smiling softly.

"Really? I mean, that would be great but you don't think any less of me?"

"Of course not skooch I don't care, just as long as you're honest to me, next time you don't have to make such a big deal out of things."

Just then I realised I was still holding his arm and I quickly let go and blushed but he just grinned at me. "Hey buttercup, want me to walk you to the docks?"

"I thought we agreed you'd stop calling me that but sure lets go."

The end