"What are your favorite birds?"
Aang's mouth moved before he caught it, but the raven haired princess across him on the balcony blinked. "A dove."
"My apologies," he laughed. "I should have asked about something more appropriate."
Amber eyes lit up. "What would be more appropriate than what you asked?"
"Just...we were supposed to get to know one another, and then I asked a silly question."
"No. You ask me about my favorite bird," she said. "A question like that is better than what most men ask me."
He got so caught off by the smile that rendered him silent. Princess Azula did not smile often. The corners of her reddened lips reaching her eyes, melted him in a puddle.
Azula had come a long way, but in the end, she became withdrawn from those around her. She had been invisible, and he found himself stunned when, after ten years of only spotting her once in Ba Sing Se with Zuko, he mustered up the courage to ask her out to King Kuei's birth celebration.
Aang spotted the silent permission in her warm gaze.
"May I?"
He started inching forward. His hands were already pressed against her waist as her sweet breath gushed against his lips,
"Yes."
End Note - I had this oneshot stored up. Just wanted to post it.