Title- Revelation
Rating- M for later chapters
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Summary- Remember when team Avatar split up to find Aang and Momo, what if when Toph goes with Zuko, something happens, something better than Toph's idea of a life changing experience.
A/N- Okay.. my first ZuToph... XD, I really hope you like it, and review. I need you guys to review, I really need to know how I'm doing with this.
"We should split up, we can cover more ground that way." Katara said looking at everyone else.
"I'm going with Zuko!" Toph called throwing her arms around him. From the dead silence, she could tell that the others were wondering why. "What? Everyone else that went off with Zuko had a life changing revelation, I want one too." she said. Zuko raised his good eyebrow, and looked down at the young girl her arms were still around his waist, and he could feel a small blush creeping in to colour his face slightly. Sokka shrugged and walked away to get onto Appa, taking the reins in his hands, he said some stuff Toph wasn't listening to, as she got onto the fluffy buffalo. They flew off towards Ember island, reaching it relatively quickly. Katara went through her elaborate plan, and the two groups split up, Sokka with Suki and Katara, and Toph with Zuko.
Toph and Zuko chose to go through the forests near the city walls, while they were there, Toph told Zuko of her past, and how many times she'd ran off.
"Look, I'm sure you've had a hard past, but I think we should focus on finding Aang right now." Zuko said. Toph knew that he was agitated, she could feel it through the ground. She walked silently behind him, trying to think of something else to say. She felt and heard Zuko's footsteps stop, and stopped as well. She focused on feeling something with her feet, but there was nothing.
"What? What's going on?" she asked. She felt Zuko take a step towards her, and wanted to move back, but his soft hands on her shoulders stopped her. "What?" she asked, her voice was soft, and almost nervous.
"You wanted a revelation right?" Zuko asked leaning toward her.
"Yeah I suppose." Toph answered.
"Hows this?" he asked softly, leaning forward and pressing his lips to hers. Toph let out a surprised sound, but melted into him with a small moan. Her arms wrapped around his waist as his hands rested on her sides. The kiss was short, but it was followed by another longer, deeper one. Toph felt footsteps a ways back behind them, and moved out of Zuko's embrace as Katara came around the corner.
"Hey guys, he's not here." she said in a soft voice. "Unless you found him?"
"Nope." Toph said walking past her with Zuko close behind.
"I have an idea." Zuko said to Katara. Toph wondered if perhaps he was playing one off of the other here, but when she felt his and Katara's footsteps, she could feel that he was closer to her than Katara. They got back to where Sokka and Suki were waiting with Appa. They were standing just beside Appa, snogging eachother. Sokka moved quickly away from Suki as he heard the others approaching, but of course, Toph saw almost everything through feeling. She decided not to laugh, and tell everyone what they'd been up to as usual, because she knew what it was like now, and could figure out why they did it as much.
"We should go back to the house, and start tomorrow at dawn, it'll be a long flight." Zuko said. Suki and Katara got onto Appa and Sokka took the reins. Zuko let Toph step onto his hands and vaulted her up into the saddle, following quickly. He sat near her at the back of the saddle, away from all of the others.
"Why'd you kiss me?" Toph whispered.
"Because I wanted to." Zuko answered looking down into her pale face. "You didn't want me to?"
"I didn't know what you were doing." she hissed then paused. "But after, I never wanted to stop."
"Neither did I." Zuko agreed in a whisper.
"Why though, why did you do it in the first place?" she asked.
"Because… I love you."
"How?"
"It happened quickly, I think I realized it most yesterday, after you told me about my uncle." Zuko whispered.
Toph nodded softly. "What about Katara?" she asked.
"I've never felt any attraction towards her."
Toph nodded again. "What do you like about me?" she asked Zuko.
"Youre beautiful. And you hit hard for a girl." he said absently rubbing his left shoulder where she'd hit him. He looked back at her. "You know just what to say, and you're so full of spirit. You have a fun sense of humor, and aren't afraid to say what's in your mind."
Toph smiled softly. "So you just like me for who I am?" she asked in a whisper.
"Yeah pretty much." Zuko answered, discreetly touching her hand with his.
"What are you two talking about over there?" Katara asked with a smile. She'd never seen Toph smile like that, and it was kind of refreshing.
"Revelations." Toph answered, her smile disappearing.
Katara laughed softly, "did you get a life changing revelation while you were off with Zuko?"
"I think I did." Toph answered stretching her arms over her head. "I'm tired, I didn't get much sleep last night, can I use you as a pillow Zuko?" she asked poking him in the side.
He raised his good eyebrow again. "Sure I guess." he answered.
Toph moved closer to him, leaning on him with her head on his chest. He moved his fingers in small circles over her back, and even though he forced his expression to be one of nervousness, and discomfort, he had to suppress a smile.
Katara watched the exchange with a small smile, shrugging at Zuko's bewildered expression. Both her and Suki were at the wrong angle to see his hand working over Toph's back, but they could both see Toph's contented expression. She hadn't been lying about being tired, and soon fell asleep, and as her body relaxed, Zuko had to put his arm around her to keep her from sliding down his chest. Katara frowned at the closeness of the two, but she knew it shouldn't bother her it wasn't like there was something going on between them. Although Zuko's soft contented expression bothered her a little bit, if they were just friends, he wouldn't look like his life was complete.
Katara turned away, she was so confused, she liked Zuko kind of, but Aang seemed to return her feelings for him. She knew though that if she had to go with someone, it would have to be Aang, if they ever found him…
Appa landed with a thud, but Zuko sat still, not wanting to bother Toph.
"Zuko! Are you coming?" Sokka called.
"As soon as I figure out how to wake her up." he answered. Sokka laughed and followed Suki, and Katara to the house. Appa yawned and laid down, Zuko smiled and shook Toph gently. "Hey, we're back." he said leaning down towards her.
Toph woke slowly, her clouded eyes opening to look past Zuko.
"Sorry." she said sitting up and yawning. She stretched, and leaned against Zuko again. He tilted her head up, kissing her softly before pulling away. Toph leaned into him, crushing their lips together again. Zuko slowly pushed his tongue past Toph's lips into her mouth. She tilted her head and opened her mouth wider to give him more access. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders, as his wrapped around her waist. He pulled away from her when his need for a proper breath of air was too great. Her breathing was regular as she opened her eyes again. Zuko looked down at her and realized then how beautiful she actually was. He brushed her hair away from her face, and tilted her head back looking down into her eyes, and down past her slightly swollen lips.
"What are you doing?" she questioned as his hand moved from her face, and down the side of her neck.
"Marvelling at your beauty." he answered back with a smile. A small blush appeared on Toph's face colouring her normally pale skin. She reached up blindly, and brushed her palm over Zuko's face, getting an idea of what he looked like, her hand paused on his scar, before moving back over his face again. "You're not that bad looking yourself." she answered.
"Yeah, what about this?" he asked bringing Toph's hand up to his scar again.
Toph snorted softly. "It's not the outside that matters, it's in here..." she said pulling her hand out of his, and placing it on his chest. "I can't see you and even if I could, I wouldn't care if you looked like a sabertoothmooselion." she said with a small laugh. She really had no idea what a sabertoothmooselion looked like since she'd been born blind, but she'd caught glimpses of them when the one Aang had been fighting hit it's head on the ground.
Zuko laughed as well, before sighing. "We should go inside, they'll be wondering what's up." he said softly, moving away from Toph, and jumping down. He took her hand, and she jumped down beside him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her softly again. He walked behind her up to the house. "I'll come see you later tonight, and we can talk about some stuff while we're alone." he said holding open the door for her.
"Okay." she said walking inside and following the others voices to the sitting room.
"There you are… what took you so long?" Katara asked.
"I'm a deep sleeper." Toph answered with a smile.
Sokka laughed slightly, and Zuko looked at him, he was sitting near the fire with his arm around Suki. Zuko frowned and sat as far from Katara as he could. Toph flopped herself next to him with a sigh.
"You're going to be up all night now aren't you?" Katara asked her.
Toph frowned, still staring straight forward. "Probably, got a problem with that?" she asked.
"No, just wondering." Katara said throwing a look at Zuko who turned away from her.
"Well, I'm going to bed…" Sokka said standing and stretching.
"Well then, so am I." Suki said standing quickly, and following Sokka. Katara shook her head, "I'm sleeping at the other end of the house." she said going the opposite way as Sokka and Suki. As soon as she was out of earshot, Toph stood, and turned toward Zuko. He reached out, "Over here." he said quietly. She reached out, and fumbled with his hand, but instead of standing, he pulled her towards him, and she straddled his lap, sitting on his legs. Her hands rested on his chest, and she sighed.
"So let's talk, no one's here." she said.
"I've already told you that I love you, and nobody else, now it's your turn." Zuko said.
"I love you... Zuko. I really do, I never thought about you this way before, but now that I do, I know that I do love you. I love the sound of your voice, especially raised in anger, and the feel of your hands." she said taking one in both of hers, brushing her fingers over his knuckles. He squeezed her small hand in his, and leaned up into her to kiss her again. He heard a gasp, and looked towards the door.
"Suki?" he questioned.
"S-sorry, I didn't mean to intrude." she said taking a step away from the door.
Toph was still looking over Zuko's shoulder when she addressed Suki.
"What was it you wanted?" she asked.
"I just thought that Katara would be down here, I wanted to talk with her" Suki answered.
"She's down there, and don't tell her about me and Zuko, we will do it ourselves." Toph said, and Suki disappeared down the hall with a nod.
Toph stood from the couch, and pulled Zuko to his feet. "Lets go to my room." she said leading him towards the stairs. She took them two at a time, and walked towards her room. Zuko could see her lips moving, and stopped her. "What are you saying to yourself?" he asked her.
"I count my steps to my door, so I know where I am." she said.
"How many steps are there?" he asked.
"Twenty-three, and so far I've counted seventeen." she said taking the next six steps and walking through her door.
"I only do it when I can't feel where I am." she said. "I feel the vibrations of the wood, but it's fuzzy, and it just confuses me."
"I see." Zuko said following her to her bed, and sitting down. He opened his arms, and as if she detected his movements she moved forwards a step, and he pulled her into a tight embrace.
"You do know I'm only twelve?" she asked.
"That's only four years younger than me." Zuko answered smiling.
"What will people think of you now that you're with an earthbender?" Toph asked.
"As you know, a lot of people already hate me for being a firebender, I doubt if it would really matter." he said with a sigh.
"I don't hate you." Toph said nuzzling his shoulder.
"I know, but others do. I guess I shouldn't complain though, it's your opinion that really matters to me, not others'." Zuko said pressing his lips to Toph's in another tender kiss.
"Zuko, this is a little too soon for me, I don't think I'm ready for the really heavy stuff." Toph said softly shifting in Zuko's embrace.
"I won't make you do anything you don't want to. I can wait until you're ready." he answered.
"And what about your old girlfriend Mai?" Toph asked.
"I never felt this deeply for her. It's strange, I always thought that I was destined to be with her, but all it was, was an adolescent crush, it meant nothing at all." Zuko answered. Toph could feel what his body was doing, and either he was as good of liar as his sister, or he was telling the truth. She decided to go with the second, knowing that he was nothing like his sister.
Zuko laid her down under the covers of the bed, and climbed in beside her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her into him.
She lay comfortably on her side with her arms bent between them, she could feel his heartbeat through her palm, and knew that this was definitely real, and she wasn't still asleep on the buffalo. She sighed softly as Zuko pulled the covers over them, and fell asleep quickly.
When Toph awoke, she was alone, and she panicked.
"Zuko?" she asked, but no one answered.
"Zuko?" she called. She heard footsteps, and heard someone kneel on the ground next to the bed. She reached out, and brushed her hand over their face, even though just from the sounds the person made, she knew it was Zuko.
"I'm sorry." she said. "But I woke up and I was alone, and… and…" she trailed off as Zuko sat next to her on the bed.
"No, it's my fault for leaving without telling you." Zuko said softly taking her hands in his.
Toph heard someone at the door, and turned towards the person. "Suki?" she asked. They were too light to be Sokka, and too careful to be Katara, so it had to be Suki.
"Sorry, I heard you calling Zuko, and had to make sure everything was okay." she looked accusingly at Zuko, and he raised his eyebrow. Judging from the look on her face, Zuko could tell that she either knew how young Toph was, or knew of Katara's feelings for him, he guessed that it was the second.
"everything is peachy." Toph said standing from the bed. "you can leave now."
Suki nodded, and turned down the hall. "Zuko, why did she sound like that?" Toph asked turning her pale eyes towards him.
"I don't know." he answered standing. He pulled her into him and placed a chaste kiss on her lips. "Good morning anyways." he said in a light tone.
"Good morning." Toph said walking towards the door. Turning down the hall, she walked to the sitting room without a problem. She sat down, and Zuko sat close next to her, draping his arm over her shoulders. Toph moved closer to him, snuggling into him, and wrapping both her arms around him. Sokka outright stared at them, a bewildered expression on his face, while Katara was staring stubbornly at the floor. Zuko tapped his foot softly, and taking the hint Toph stretched out her leg, and placed her toes on the floor. With the steady tapping of Zuko's foot, she could see what the others were up to.
"You'd better shut your mouth before a bird nests in there Sokka." she commented before standing. Zuko had to bite his lip to suppress a smile, but he held onto Toph's hand in case she did anything rash.
"Katara, can I talk to you for a minute?" Toph asked the older girl.
"I guess." Katara said.
"In private?"
Katara stood and followed Toph outside.
"Look, I know how you feel about Zuko, but I really love him, and he loves me. Aang would be a better choice for you anyways, can't you tell that he really likes you? He was heartbroken about what you said to him at the play. Actually I think that's probably why he ran off. You have no idea what you do to him do you? I'm blind and even I can see that he loves you and would stick by you until the end..." Toph said in a rush before pausing to take a breath.
"Toph, I'm happy for you, I am really. I just don't really trust Zuko around you, his temper is way too unstable, he could hurt you." Katara said.
Toph snorted even though she felt something shatter inside at these words, "Yeah, sure, you're even blinder than I am if you can't see his expressions, and soft gentle movements. And when he kisses me…"
"He kissed you?" Katara demanded.
"More than once, actually you almost caught us the first time, on Ember Island…" Toph said.
"So that's what you were doing." Katara said softly, it was so obvious now.
Toph nodded, and stepped back away from Katara. "Sorry." she said turning, and running into the house as the pain in her chest grew to be too much.
Zuko was standing next to the fire, obviously trying to zone out Sokka's ramblings, when Toph came in. He opened his arms quickly, and Toph threw herself into his embrace. Sokka stopped talking and watched Zuko talk to Toph softly, his hand brushing her bangs off of her forehead as he leaned down to kiss her cheek.
"Hey, calm down, you said she was okay with it, what's wrong then?" Zuko asked her.
Sokka finally noticed that Toph's shoulders were shaking. "I-I told her everything, and told her what you said, she doesn't trust you, and says that I should be really careful around you cause your temper is unstable, and you could hurt me… you wouldn't hurt me would you?" she asked tilting her head back."No, no never, I couldn't it's not possible any more. Toph, I would never hurt you, not if my own life depended on it, I would rather die." Zuko said softly, pulling her into him firmly. "I love you too much to loose you."
Toph sniffed softly, and fisted her hands in the back if his shirt, crumpling the fabric.
Sokka watched them, a soft expression on his face before he looked at Suki. She looked like she had tears in her eyes as she saw the exchange between the two. "That's so sweet…" she whispered, her attitude changing completely from that morning.
Katara had to wipe her own eyes to rid of her tears, maybe she was completely wrong about Zuko, he seemed completely sincere about what he said. He loved Toph more than anything, and would do anything for her.
He leaned down a little bit more, and it looked as though he was going to kiss her, but he finally noticed everyone else in the room and stood up straight. He kept his arms around Toph, and walked backwards towards the chair Katara had been sitting in before. He sat down, and pulled Toph into his lap so it looked like he was cradling her to put her to sleep. She rested her head against his chest, and Zuko looked up at everyone else as though daring them to comment. Toph could feel the others' eyes on her and turned her face away, burying it in Zuko's shoulder. He rubbed her shoulder gently, and her arms wrapped around his waist.
"They're not going to judge you." he said softly, leaning down again. Everyone's eyes were still on them as though it were reality TV. Suki and Katara both gasped softly as Toph leaned up, and pressed her lips to Zuko's, to them the kiss lasted eternity, in reality it was only a few seconds. Toph leaned against him again, closing her pale green eyes as she suddenly felt exhausted again. Zuko held her close, a contented look on his face. He hadn't even noticed that Sokka had left until he came barging in again.
"Appa is gone." he said his voice jolting Toph from a light sleep. Zuko stood with Toph in his arms, holding her as though she was a small child. He followed after Sokka with Toph in his arms, once they were outside where they'd left the bison they saw no trace of him other than his footsteps, and tailprint from where he'd taken off. As if on cue, Momo landed in front of them just as Zuko put Toph down on the ground.
In the distance they could see the speck of Appa in the sky, growing steadily larger as he got closer. A few minutes later he landed on the ground, and Aang jumped down off of him.
"Good to see you twinkletoes." Toph said as he passed, giving him a playful punch in the arm.
"You too." he said absently. He walked straight to Katara, and pulled her into a hug, kissing her softly again. Zuko once again tapped his foot on the ground so Toph could see what was happening. Katara's arms wrapped around Aang's shoulders just before he pulled away.
"I have to do it." he said. "I have to kill the fire-lord."
"Aang, the comet is days away, it's fine for now." she answered softly. "Focus on training for now."
Aang smiled, and looked at everyone else. He saw Zuko with his arm around Toph, and raised his eyebrows. Zuko was still tapping his foot, and Aang could tell from the way Toph was looking at him it was so she could see what was up. She waved at him, a wide smile on her face. He laughed, and walked towards the house with Katara. Sokka and Suki followed, but Zuko stopped Toph from going as well. He looked towards the water.
"You want to learn how to swim?" he asked. Toph's expression was fearful for a moment, but she nodded. Zuko helped her strip down to her underclothes, and quickly stripped down to his boxers. He noticed finally that she did actually have breasts, and they were nearly as big as Katara's but she hid them well under baggy clothes.
Zuko took her hand and led her out into the warm water. She paused when the water reached her waist, but Zuko coaxed her onwards. She walked out until the water was neck deep, holding onto Zuko's arms with a tight grip.
"Okay now take your feet off of the bottom, and don't worry, I've got you." he said.
After a deep breath, Toph did as he said, floating.
"I'm going to let you go but don't worry, I'm right here." Zuko said. He let her go, and she floated for a few seconds before she started to hold her breath and sink. She reached for him, and as promised, he took hold of her. He laughed gently, and turned in front of her. "Hold onto my shoulders." he said. She did as he said, and he pushed himself away from the ocean floor, swimming out a ways.
He could feel and hear Toph's soft laugh, and he turned back towards land. He grabbed Toph's hands gently and turned, he backed up, before tripping over a rock, and falling. Toph went with him laughing as she did. Her hair had come down from the weight of the water, and was plastered to her back, some of it trailing down her shoulder and onto Zuko's chest, and the sand.
She brushed her sand-free hand over his face, and found his lips, she kept her thumb at the corner of his mouth as she leaned down to kiss him. Even though she marked where she was aiming for, she missed his lips slightly, kissing mostly his bottom lip. He moved his face down so she was kissing him fully.
She had to pull away and laugh. "Sorry about that." she said.
"I don't mind, I'm sure that you'll soon know exactly what I look like if you continue with that." he said with a smile.
"Keep smiling." Toph said, reaching out for his face slowly. She felt his scar under her fingers, and moved her hand over until she felt the bridge of his nose, Zuko's smile was genuine as he watched her face, her expression intrigued him. Her hand continued moving down, until she felt his lips, her fingertips brushed over his lower face, feeling his smile.
"You look nice when you smile, you should do it more often." she commented and he laughed.
"If only I could, I would for you." he said.
"Why can't you?" Toph questioned.
"Im not one for smiling, but I'll make an effort whenever I'm around you." Zuko said pressing his lips to hers again.
Toph pulled away from him. "And when will that be?" she asked.
"Forever hopefully." he answered.
Toph smiled and rolled off of him, staring blankly at the sky. "Zuko?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"What does the sky look like?" she asked.
"it stretches forever over the land, and is a pale blue during the time the sun is out, and is dark when night comes. There are stars that are little white dots in the sky, but they're only out at night." he said.
"Can you tell me what colours look like?" Toph asked him softly.
"It's too complicated to explain, but you can touch things of the colours, that may give you an idea." he said.
Toph's eyes lit up. "Really?" she asked.
"I would be honoured." Zuko answered. He stood and pulled Toph to her feet.
"Remember the feeling of the water?" he asked.
Toph nodded. "Water is blue, so blue is soft, and cool." Zuko said trying his best to explain to her.
"And the sand?" Toph asked.
"Sand is a pale whitish brown."
"So brown would be warm and soft then?" she asked.
Zuko led her to a patch of grass.
"And grass is green."
"So it's sharp, and yet soft."
"And it's cool. Yellow is warm like the sun. White is warm as well but can be cold like snow. And tan or peach is the colour of skin." he said softly.
"So I am?"
"You're light peach or beige colour."
"So it's warm and soft." she said reaching out she placed her hand on Zuko's chest, brushing her fingers lightly over it.
"And you are?" she asked.
"Only a little darker than you."
"You're not soft though. You're strong, and nearly unbreakable like the earth."
"But I am soft." he said pressing on her hand so her fingers pushed into his flesh. She tilted her head, and leaned forwards.
"What?" Zuko questioned.
"I can feel your heart." Toph answered pressing her ear to his chest. "I like the sound of yours." Toph said and paused for a moment. "Tell me a lie." she said.
"Why." Zuko asked.
"I want to know what it sounds like when you lie." she answered.
"I hate you." Zuko said softly.
Toph listened as the his heart skipped a beat, and started beating a little faster.
"I love you." he said and Toph heard no change in his heart rate. She looked up at him, her blind eyes staring right past him. He waved his hand in front of her face and she blinked. "What?" she asked.
"Could you see that?" he asked.
"I could feel the wind from whatever you were waving in my face." she said coolly.
"Oh." Zuko said shifting to sit cross legged. He leaned back on his hands, and looked out over the horizon.
"Zuko?" Toph asked softly.
"Hmm?"
"I think we should go inside, I can't feel anyone anymore, I think they've all gone to bed." she said.
"Okay, let's go then." Zuko said pulling her to her feet. He leaned down to get their clothing. A coil of sand wrapped around his wrist, pulling him to his knees. "Toph?" he asked looking up at her. The sand continued moving up his arm, and over his shoulder. He watched her fingers twirl, and her wrists twist as she maneuvered the sand over him. It slid softly over his back and torso, and down over his other arm swirling and twisting over his skin, in small circular patterns. She let the sand circle over his body and face for a few more moments before having it trail down his arm, and sit dormant on the ground.
"What was the point of that?" he asked softly finally opening his eyes.
"I wanted to see you." she answered softly. "I had to make you touch the ground to sense the vibrations, you're very well built." she continued to explain.
"Thanks, but you could have just asked." he said standing.
"It just came to my mind a moment ago, so it was kind of spontaneous." she said taking a few steps towards him.
He met her after she stopped, his strong arms wrapping around her in a gentle embrace. He smiled as a thought came to his mind. "could you imagine yourself years from now if we stay together?"
"No." she stated.
"Right sorry..." Zuko said finally realizing that, that was a stupid thing to say. "But think, you'll be Toph, earthbender of the fire nation. And if I can manage it, you'll be the wife of Forelord Zuko." he said rubbing her back softly.
"You would marry me?" she asked.
"Of course." he said with a soft smile.
He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers in a soft kiss. "I love you." he said as he pulled away. He leaned down and picked up their discarded clothes. Pausing for a moment, he swept Toph off of her feet, cradling her against his chest as he walked towards the house.
"This is the second time you've done this tonight, I can walk." she commented, but by her expression, she liked the warmth and closeness of him.
"But why should you? You'll soon have no need to walk, I'll take you anywhere you want to go." he said softly, stopping and kissing her again.
She kept her eyes closed and rested her head against his shoulder as he opened the door easily turning the handle even with her in his arms. He shifted her a bit as he walked through the door, and kicked it closed with a soft thud. He walked up the stairs, and into her room. He laid her on her bed under her blankets and covered her up.
He turned to leave, but she fumbled for him, her hand hooking on his elbow. "Stay with me please?" she asked.
He turned and flipped the covers up so he could get in with her. He wrapped his arms around her again, pulling her against him. He rested his chin on her finally dry hair, and sighed softly. Their clothes had dried so they weren't uncomfortable, and Toph's hair was dry so it wasn't making the bed damp and cold.
Zuko's hand brushed through her hair softly, and she sighed contentedly. "That feels really good." she said in a hushed tone, and Zuko smiled.
There was a soft knock on the door, and Zuko lifted his head glaring at the person that broke the moment.
Katara leaned against the door jamb, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Isn't she a little young for that kind of activity?" she questioned, and Toph sat up, the blanket fell back to reveal that she had on her underwear, as well as a soft undershirt, and a pair of loose shorts that she wore under her clothes.
"We weren't doing anything Katara." she said, reaching for Zuko. He took her hand gently, sitting up as well to look at Katara.
Katara blushed softly, "Sorry, anyways I came here to talk to you Toph, could we have a moment alone?" she asked looking pointedly at Zuko. He leaned over and kissed Toph's cheek softly "Call if you need me for anything." he whispered standing from the bed and brushing past Katara. He slid down the wall a little ways down the hall, and prepared to wait.
Katara walked into the room closing the door softly behind her.
"What is it Katara?" Toph asked getting right to the point.
"I just wanted to talk to you about Zuko." she said.
"Again with Zuko I-" Toph began.
"Wait, this is important. Has he asked you for anything more than kissing?" she asked.
"What like sex? No, I told him I wasn't ready, and he said that he'd wait until I was." Toph answered.
Katara took a step back. "Did he ask for it though?"
"No, we were just kissing, and I felt a change in how his hands moved on my back, so I told him I didn't think I was ready for the heavy stuff, and he said that it was okay and that he'd wait until I said I was ready." Toph suddenly felt a little embarassed, and took another step back. "Oh, well okay." she said.
"Is that all?" Toph questioned.
"I guess, until I think of more things to bother you with." she said obviously trying to make a joke.
Toph frowned and crossed her arms over her chest she was not amused.
Katara shook her head and exited the room. Zuko looked up from where he was sitting as she passed, and stood. He walked into the room, and closed the door.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore Katara." Toph said crossing her arms again.
"Last time I looked, I wasn't Katara." Zuko said jokingly.
Toph's face immediately lit up at his voice, and she held her arms out. Zuko walked towards the bed, and leaning down over her, he placed a chaste kiss on her lips before getting back into the bed with her. He pulled her into his arms again, and sighed softly once more. "So what did Katara have to say?" he asked.
"She asked wether or not you'd asked me to have sex with you." Toph answered.
"And what did you tell her?" he asked.
"The truth, that I told you I wasn't ready and you said you'd wait." she said, snuggling into him.
"She believed you?"
"Yeah, I think that's why she wanted you to leave so she'd get a straight answer out of me." Toph commented with a short laugh.
"Oh, sounds interesting, I don't think she trusts me. Even after what I went through to show her that I am trustworthy." he said.
"Don't worry about her, she's got problems." Toph said softly, tilting her head up. Zuko leaned and kissed her softly, but just as he was about to pull away, Toph's hand pressed on the back of his neck holding him to her. He took the hint, and brushed his tongue over her bottom lip. She opened her mouth, and he pushed his tongue past her lips, tasting hers. She mingled her tongue with his tentatively, a small moan pulled itself from her, and Zuko's arms tightened around her waist pressing her flush to his body.
Her hand still rested on the back of his neck, but her other slid up and down his chest lightly. He pulled away from her, catching her roaming hand before it could get too low.
"Don't do that." he said.
She frowned. "Do what?" she asked. From her tone, and her expression, Zuko could tell that she was genuinely innocent.
"I'll tell you some other time." he said.
"No, tell me now so I know what I'm doing wrong." Toph said firmly.
"You didn't do anything wrong, it's just that if you... uh... touch the wrong places, stuff happens." Zuko said softly, obviously a little embarrassed.
"Oh, so that's…?" she questioned. He took her hand tracing her fingers over his lower stomach. "Below here..." he said. She pressed her palm flat against his stomach, as if trying to remember what that place felt like.
"I remember someone saying something about that. You get an er-erection?" she asked.
"Yeah."
"And what might that do?"
He almost laughed at her innocence, but held it back not wanting to offend her.
"That makes it possible for two people mostly a girl and a guy to-"
"Have sex. I learned something about that by listening to the lessons in school, I never understood it, because I can't see, but I think I get it now, I don't suppose you could show me?" she asked. "Not sex, I still don't think I'm completely ready for that, but your uh..." she trailed off.
Zuko frowned slightly, not saying anything, mostly because he didn't trust his voice. After a long pause he finally answered. "I'm not sure that's such a good idea right now." he said.
Toph nodded, moving her hand up his body, and hooking it over his shoulder.
"Okay." she said softly.
His arms wrapped around her, and he pulled her against him again. "Its not your fault." he said gently brushing his lips over her cheek.
She draped her arm over his shoulder, a small smile pulling at her lips.
"You should get some sleep." he said.
"Only if you kiss me again." she said tilting her head back again.
"Gladly." he said pressing his lips to hers softly in a sweet gentle kiss full of his love for her.
She snuggled into him as he pulled away. "You know, it's only been two days since the play, how could our relationship have grown so quickly?" she asked.
"I'm not sure, but don't worry, I wouldn't leave you. Ever." he said.
Toph smiled and closed her eyes, falling into a deep exhausted sleep.
Chapter one!
Chapter two be's up soon.
XD, I hope you like this, I worked really hard on it... I know I should work on other stories, but I finished this chapter soo...