Third-person omnicient. Dialogue-heavy. Femslash. No copyright infringement intended.

Me: So is Tokka your OTP?
Grass: You bet.
Me: I need one of those.

And this was born.

"I am so freaking bored."

"No, you're not."

Ty Lee came down from her handstand and folded her arms. "What do you mean, I'm not?"

Mai slid her eyes toward Ty Lee's standing frame. "Well, just that you're never really bored. You can amuse yourself with your circus-freak routine. I just have to sit here."

Ty Lee softened her look. "Well, yeah. I'm pretty talented."

Mai didn't respond. Ty Lee did a mini-front-walkover to Mai's bed where she was seated. "Well, you could find something to do."

Mai narrowed her eyes skeptically. "What do you mean?"

"Well, Mai, you could always find a hobby."

"A hobby." Mai looked mildly amused.

"Yeah. Like, I have my gymnastics and Azula has her...global conquest." Ty Lee stretched her legs out and reached for her toes.

"Wait. So you think I need a...hobby?" Mai said it slowly and like it disgusted her.

"Or anything to do." Ty Lee replied. "You sitting there starting at me is kinda creepy."

"How can I not, you're doing your freak-things right in front of me." Mai adopted her usual subtle expression of sardonic amusement, but it didn't really have the same effect because she was now nervously biting her bottom lip.

"I always do my exercises in here, Mai." Ty Lee sounded extremely calm besides the fact that she had resumed her tricks and was currently upside-down. She righted herself swiftly and stood in front of Mai. "Why did you pick this day to spend an hour watching me stretch and practice my exercises, hmm?"

"I was bored."
"Was?"

"Am." Mai added quickly.

Ty Lee shrugged. "Go capture a city with Azula. You don't have to complain to me."

"You're being nasty today."

Ty Lee broke her scowl and giggled. "Yeah. It's kind of fun."

There was a brief moment of silence in which both girls simply sat and looked at eachother. Regardless of how simple this sounds, it wasn't easy for a shy girl like Mai. She had an especially hard time not blushing, but still she set aside all inhibitions aside and gazed the gymnast in front of her, all pink-skirt and rosy-cheeks and slightly-out-of-breath. She really did have a good reason for watching Ty Lee practice, except that she didn't want to think about it.

It was Ty Lee's unabashed knack for saying awkward things that saved the day.

"You like me, don't you?"

She didn't wait for Mai to respond. She simply grinned wickedly, got real close, and placed both of her hands on Mai's shoulders. And just like that, both of their boredom was cured.

Thanks for making it this far. Next reason: Because they were drunk.

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