The rain pitter-pattered against the cave. It had been on and off all day. The cool air was creeping up on Sokka and Toph, forcing them to huddle around the fire's flames. With every raindrop, Toph dared herself to talk. Yet she remained silent. 'Just tell him,' thoughts had taken over. 'I won't,' she began to argue with herself. She still had no clue that the whole time she argued with her mind Sokka would scoot closer and closer to her, hoping she wouldn't suddenly strike him with a large rock.

Toph struck her hands into the ground. 'What's he doing?' she thought.

'What am I doing?' Sokka thought. He couldn't stop himself from kissing Toph on the cheek.

"Hey, Snoozles," Toph said before his lips hit her cheek. "Don't even try it." She immediately bit her lip. 'What is WRONG with me?'

"Sorry, Toph. You know, I should come up with a nickname for you."

"I've got an idea," Toph said.

"What's that?"

Toph brought herself as close as she could to Sokka. She put her lips onto his and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He wrapped his arms around Toph's back. For all they knew, they couldn't let go of each other even if they tried. Especially seeing as how Toph was having too much fun. She slid her arms down Sokka's back until they were at the ground. She brought her arms to his chest, smiling.

"Well, that's a great nickname," Sokka said after they broke apart.

"I thought you might like it, Snoozles." Toph's cheeks were on fire- not just because she was sitting by the fire. They glowed much brighter than anyone would be able to explain. Sokka saw the color reach Toph's forehead just as her hearing became slurred and raspy. Wait, that wasn't her ears. That was her! She felt her head hit the ground just as she said, "I love you, Sokka."

No matter how much Sokka called her name, she couldn't awake from the trance even if she wanted to. Sokka carried her all the way to the nearest healer, who had no clue what was wrong with the earthbender. He carried her to another place. Still nothing. Sokka began to carry her to Aang, who lived across the nation, when Toph awoke. Sokka didn't realize until he had gotten all of the way to Aang and Katara, when Toph gave Sokka a kiss on his cheek.

"This sweetheart carried me cross-country just to announce we're dating!" Toph exclaimed.

"Wow, what a shocker, didn't work out with Suki, Sokka?" Katara asked.

"What would make you think I was dating Suki?" Sokka replied.

"Oh, I don't know. She kissed you on Kyoshi, on the Boiling Rock, and wherever else you two snuck off to."

"Well, she had a thing for Jet." Sokka's face flushed with red and he rubbed the back of his neck. "So, I guess Toph and I are dating."

Toph smiled to herself. 'My plan went perfectly,' she thought.

"I swear though, Toph was sick with something!" Sokka said. "I carried her here to see if you could help me cure her."

"Yeah, I guess I just had the love bug," Toph replied. Her cheeks turned the same shade as Sokka's as he set her down and the couples caught up.