Hey, hey, it's kitsune no tsuki again! Well, I need 2 work on my Familiar Face story, so I'm doing this as a little...thingy. What? I was bored.

Well, I'm changin' it up a little; this is a Taang fic. Not as fluffy, mind you, but it kept So. Cal Girl satisfied, and she's the fluff master (hahah, that sounds funny). So it must be half-decent.

Being blind isn't always a bad thing.

I mean, sure…I can't see how beautiful the sunset is, or help Sugar Queen cook the meals. But I still find ways to help my friends: When Scarface's sister and co. went looking for us with those huge tanks, I could sense them before anyone else.

Everyone is always so careful about what words they use around me.

When they say, "Ohmigod, I can't see!" in front of me, they always add a little "Not that it's bad, though", or something else. Really. I know I'm blind; I don't need anyone to remind me.

But I like it sometimes.

People who have never seen Aang before say, "He's our answer to save the world. He'll save us from the Fire Nation." They treat him like he's some idol, like he's as old and wise as time.

Hah!

The real Twinkle Toes I know is only twelve, my age. Okay, he's really a hundred and twelve, but he's still very much a kid. He's still so naive to the world; more clueless than me, and he has eyes.

Sugar Queen and Sokka see something along those lines, but a bit more criticizing. At least, Sokka does. And I will admit, he does have his idiot side.

But I don't need to know what he looks like to know who he really is.

I pride myself on being able to listen to someone and know what type of person they are. When I hear Aang, I hear a boy, forced to become a hero before he was ready. When he's happy, I can hear it in his voice, which is most of the time. All he wants is to have fun, like any boy. When he's sad, he tries to hide it from everyone, but I can hear it.

Once, when I was thinking really hard about something, Aang came by and put a hand on my shoulder. I dunno why, but for some reason I think I jumped at least a mile in the air. He sounded so concerned when he talked to me. "Toph, you okay? You look worried."

I just shrugged him off, but I suddenly felt like I was burning up. Aang must've thought that, too, 'cause he took his hand off my shoulder and felt my forehead. "You look a little feverish."

His hand was smooth for someone who bended air often. I felt myself flushing harder than ever. "I…I…"

He grabbed my hand and helped me up. "I was going on a walk. Wanna come?"

I nodded, unable to speak. After we got a little distance away, I could feel Twinkle Toes stop and turn around. "Hey, Toph? There's something I wanted to talk about."

"What?"

Then I felt something really weird. It felt like…someone's lips against mine. What was I to do? I kissed him back.

When we broke apart, he mumbled an apology, saying that he had wanted to do that for a while. But I ignored him, searching with my hands for his lips. I didn't want to look like an idiot by missing. His face was really soft. Finding his lips, I kissed him again.

I like getting to know him this way.

That's it...read and review please!

Ja ne!

Kitsune no tsuki