Author's Note: Heeey there, all! This is being done for the Tokka 100 challenge over at Live Journal, except I'm not really… Entering. Because I don't want the pressure of having to make them under 100 words. xD Except, they'll all probably be pretty short anyway, so yeah. But I don't take credit for the idea. I'll also be doing them in order (-gasp!-), simply because I enjoy doing that. Tokka and Kataang are my absolute FAVORITE avatar ships, so I hope I'm doing it justice! As a result, there may be Kataang mentions in there, just as a warning. I would really love to get reviews/critique, etc, as this'll be my first time in a while writing fan-fiction. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy it!

Also, it's rated T to be safe, as there is almost certainly going to be mentions of alcohol, having babies, and some other "mentions" of things, if you know what I mean (but nothing explicit!)

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender, nor the Tokka 100 idea-thingeh. If I owned Avatar, I would have much too much trouble fighting the urge to not have Sokka and Toph get much more shippy moments. x3

001: Time

"Yoo-hoo, earth to Toph!"

"What?!"

A jump from the blind earth bender revealed that she had been lost in thought, not something she was known to do. Blind eyes glared in the direction that she felt the intrusion was coming from. It was unusual for the girl to be caught unawares; She had of course known that he was there seeing as they'd been sitting there for a while. People often said that time stood still while one was fishing.

It had been Sokka's grand idea to teach Toph to swim, which she had flatly all-out refused. So, he decided to teach her how to fish instead. Even though she wouldn't be able to see anything that she was doing, she would still be able to feel the fish on the line and be able to pull it in (of course, with the risk that it would simply fly up and hit her in the face.) It still made her wonder why he wanted to teach her something so badly. Normally, she would hate the idea of someone having to teach her something, but she had sensed the earnestness in Sokka's voice and knew that he didn't want to do it just because he felt her incapable, but because she was his friend. So, grumbling that he better not push her in the water, she had been dragged along. They'd been there for a long time already, and neither had caught anything. The warm summer sun had taken it's toll on the girl, and she had been, in simplest terms, "zoning."

"I just wanted to know if you caught anything yet." The young water tribe warrior asked innocently. This caused the girl to groan and shake her head.

"Sokka. If I had caught anything, you would know. You're sitting right next to me!" She replied in an annoyed voice. Honestly, as smart as the boy was with things like plans, he could be really dense with other things.

"…Oh… Right." Sokka agreed. "But, I just wanted to make some conversation, it's so quiet!" He argued.

"I thought you were supposed to be quiet while you were fishing," Toph countered as she gestured towards the pond. "And are you sure there are even any fish in this pond? Neither one of us have caught anything!" She continued. She had never been fishing before, but she assumed that it actually involved fish, somehow.

"Of course there are, can't you see them?" Sokka said indignantly.

"Yeah, you're right! They're so great, how did I not see them before?" Toph replied sarcastically, putting on a fake smile. It was silent for a moment.

"…Right. Sorry." Sokka said hastily.

There was silence for a few more moments, before Toph felt Sokka stand up and head towards the water.

'What are you doing?" She demanded, following his movement curiously.

'I'm catching a fish the old fashioned way!" Sokka announced proudly. "Come on, you too!"

"What part of 'I can't swim' don't you understand?" Toph replied, this time with slight annoyance. Normally she loved when Sokka forget that she was blind. It made her glad that he didn't just think of her as a blind little girl, but as normal. Still, this was the second time this morning she had reminded him about the swimming part alone.

"It's shallow, you'll still be able to touch the ground." Sokka insisted. He had reached the water now, and from the sounds she hear was standing in it.

"I still can't feel anything, it's too sandy, like in the desert." She replied simply. He shrugged, then remembering she couldn't see that, spoke.

"Don't worry, I'll help you! I'll hold onto you." The eagerness in his voice, and the fact that he had just said he would hold her made Toph's face blush faintly. Hoping against hope that he wouldn't notice, she hesitatingly thought it over. As strange as it might have sounded, the idea made her feel terrified and excited at the same time.

"Well…" She started, but she couldn't finish because at that moment Sokka started splashing the water right towards her.

"Come on, come one!" He teased, continuing to splash her. Deciding to not beat him up this time, Toph sputtered through the water in her mouth "Fine, fine!" She stood up, still hesitating a little bit, and headed towards where she knew the pond was. As soon as her feet entered the sandy water, she stopped. The water was cold and refreshing, but as soon as she stepped in it everything seemed completely blurred. She nearly jumped when she felt a hand on her arm.

"Don't worry, it's just me!" Sokka told her, laughing. "Don't get so nervous, it's just a pond, you won't drown." He slowly started moving deeper, gently pulling her along with him. She didn't want to go any deeper, but she didn't want to have to be left alone without him, either. The tough-girl Toph, master earth bender, fearless fighter, had maybe one fear: and that was water. She started walking slowly, immediately disliking the strange swirling feel that sand in the water had as it rose up all around her bare legs. While it was swirling like that, she could "see" nothing. Soon, they were up to their knees.

"Great. Beautiful. Can we be done now?" She insisted, turning around.

"Nope!" Sokka said, with a strangely sneaky voice. "I'm teaching you the basics of swimming today!" He said almost dramatically.

"WHAT?!" Toph yelled, turning back towards him. "You said you were getting a fish, you liar!" She would kick him, if she could find him.

"Yeah, well… Change in plans?" He replied nervously. She seemed like she was going to start yelling at him again, so he spoke quickly. "It's important to know how, at least a little, since we're in water so much! I mean, no one wants you to drown, and even knowing a little can help you!" He started rambling on and on, and Toph, finally getting annoyed, raised a hand to silence him. When he did, she crossed her arms.

"If… It'll get you to shut up, then feel free. But if I drown, I will personally come back as a ghost so I can kill you, and then bring you back to life so I can't have to deal with you in the Spirit World." She said, her voice still seething with anger.

"That's great! I mean, the swimming part, not the killing-me part," He responded cheerfully. Toph sighed.

"Great. Just get it over with, will you?" She pressed him, her arms still crossed.

"Alright, well, first off, you've got to kind of kneel in the water so I can help you." Sokka started, sounding an ever the eager teacher. Toph scowled, but did as he said, very carefully so as to not fall in and under water.

"Alright, I'm just going to grab you around the middle a bit, okay?" He said, and she soon did feel this, her face betraying her and going red again. Suddenly, she was lifted up and was floating on her stomach, having to put her face to the side to stop inhaling the pond water.

"You didn't warn me about that!" She growled as fiercely as she could from such a position.

"Well, what did you expect, you'd be swimming while kneeling?" Sokka returned before continuing with his 'lesson.' "Now, you basically just kick your legs and dip your arms in and out of the water… Just start with kicking your legs. Not so hard!" He sputtered and water splashed his face from her wild kicking.

"Gimme a break, it's my first time!" Toph grumbled. It was a little hard to concentrate, what with him holding her like that. And it was lucky that she couldn't see either, what with his face about as red as hers.

"Alright, well a little gentler… That's it! You've got it! Now the arms…"

This went on for a bit, and finally Sokka had decided that Toph was getting the hang of it. Which, of course, led to him letting her go. Which then led to Toph being so immersed in her pride of kicking and splashing that she didn't even notice at first, and was actually a bit away from him before she did. But, she found out soon enough.

"Sokka!" She yelled, being so surprised that she dropped under the water for a moment. It wasn't deep enough for her to not be able to simply stand up, but she did inhale a bit of water and was coughing when Sokka quickly helped her up. He expected her to be yelling and screaming at him for what he had done, but rather, as soon as she finished coughing she started smiling widely, not a normal sight (unless she was, of course, making fun of him.)

"Can… We do that again?" She asked him, resulting in him smiling just as wide.

They said that while fishing, time stood still. While "fishing" with Sokka, Toph really wished that was true.

AN: So, there you have it, the first installment. It's not that great, but the fishing thing is the first thing that came into my head when I though of 'Time.' x3 It's also not extremely obvious-type Tokka, but we can't have every one being too lovey-dovey, can we? It's Toph and Sokka, for crying out loud! But I've wanted to write about Sokka trying to teach Toph to swim for a while now, so there you have it. I won't write such long comments for the rest, I assure you! Well, I hope you enjoyed and review! See you next time!