Disclaimer: Don't own.
1. Meeting
It is cold, and she feels it get only colder as the Fire Nation ship invades her home; and she knows she festers nothing but hate as those yellow eyes and fearsome scar (like fire, like the burning, eating, destroying flames of his element) search her people and grab her grandmother.
2. Smile
The first time she smiles in his presence is not because of happiness – it is scorn.
3. Jealous
Oh, la, why did he have to be just so good at firebending? Her eyes narrow, and as her element makes clumsy movements, she knows she will beat him one day.
4. Weapon
Her element is her weapon, his element is his. Those are the laws they have been taught by, and the laws they will follow in war till the ends of time. What they don't realize is that their words are stronger, sharper, and more painful than any water whip or fire ball.
5. Blink
She is yelling at him again, abusing his element, his people, his country, his own existence. He has no reply for her, nor any justification. All he can do is blink.
6. Sigh
Out of words to throw at each other, they fling themselves in opposite corners of the area. She touches her necklace, and him his scar, and without allowing it, they allow the words to sink in.
7. Blood
He says he is
on their side, and as an ally, she is forced to heal him. Through
disgusted eyes, she cannot help but notice, that even though their
lifestyle, their elements, their way of thinking and everything about
them is different, their blood still looks the same.
8. Water
Her
element, her glory, it dances in her hands, it heals, it helps, but he
cannot help but feel, as he fingers his bruised shoulder – it hurts.
9. Sky
He watches her brother stare up at the moon, and even more confused, he watches her walk up to him, hug him, and stare up there too.
10. Blush
They are sparring again. After heated splashes, and fiery blasts, the onlookers once again find icicles aimed at his throat, and two perfect flames on each side of her face. Eyes narrowed, they realize they are once again much to close for comfort.
She blushes, and turns away, calling it a tie.
11. Tired
All
they ever do is fight. That is, of course, until Toph walks up to them
and tells them to stop flirting – the rest of the group is tired.
12. Life
When
Sokka called them, he never expected to see this. What was even more
unexpected was the way she took over confidently, and birthed the koala
sheep, leaving the others to smile at the miracle of life.
13. Heat
As he saw the four of them huddle together in front of the fire, he wondered why Aang didn't just raise the heat. Once he saw how comfortable he was, with a lazy smile on his face, embraced by his friends, he wondered why he wasn't with them.
14. Laugh
The
first time he saw her laugh, it was at his expense. The first time she
saw him laugh, she frowned, but soon found herself wanting to laugh
along.
15. Cold
The first time he found himself
alone after joining them, the only thing he could think of was how cold
it was. The second, how his fire could not warm him here.
16. Fear
They both felt it in the presence of something too large, too fierce, or too dangerous, but both faced it, and neither succumbed to it.
17. Lust
The first time she felt it, she froze him to a tree. The first time he felt it, he left her alone in front of a fountain. When they felt it for each other, she was furious, and didn't know why, and he was amused, and knew why only too well.
18. Anger
He stood for
everything she had grown to hate, she had been taught to hate, and
what's worse, he was making himself so difficult to hate. How was she
to choose between the boy she loved, who could save the world, and the
boy who betrayed her and hurt her? She couldn't, but she was forced to,
so she took her anger out on him.
19. Nightmare
The first time he woke up screaming, she knew what was wrong. The second time, she wanted to ask.
20. Heart
She was surprised when he proved he had a heart, and astounded when he questioned the existence of hers.
21. Bet
"Five copper pieces she resorts to hand to hand combat." Toph said as he managed to pin her down in sparring for once.
"Ten I intervene." Aang said with narrowed eyes as he and Sokka walked up to the two. The fighting had gone too far.
22. Kiss
Their first kiss was not really a kiss – it was to save her life as her own element consumed her. Their second was yet to come.
23. Friend
When
they finally admitted that they could be friends, it was relief for
most, and surprise for the other. They didn't realize they had admitted
it long ago, when he saved her life, and she agreed to heal him.
24. Drink
The first time she saw him drink cactus juice, she was furious. Didn't he know he couldn't goof off, and that it was bad for him?
The second time, she laughed, and thought about taking a sip herself.
25. Scar
Other than that one time, they never talked about his scar. And as she tried to bring it up again, she realized, by the look in his eyes, there was nothing more to talk about.
26. Need
There are some things you just need. Like food, or water, or air… or warmth she thinks as she reluctantly shifts closer to him in the damp, wet store cellar she was stuck in, waiting for somebody to rescue her.
27. Hair
"I keep my hair like this because that's how my mother kept it." She confesses one day.
He fingers his messy locks and says "I keep my hair like this because it's the opposite of how my father kept it."
28. Love
He realized it wasn't about kisses, or hugs, or closeness. It was caring, and that he would keep on doing, even if she didn't.
29. Finale
It was over. His father dead and he was the Fire Lord. They had no more reason to travel together, no more reason to be with her. Then why did they keep on running into each other?
30. Death
He thought it would be cold, cruel, and painful. It wasn't, he realized, because she was at his side, and her hand holding his, as slowly, he couldn't feel hers anymore.
A/N: Just to be fair, should I do a Kataang one with the same prompts? Tell me what you think!
Jasmine