This is for Tyzula Advent. I hope you enjoy.
No one's gone in vain
Here is where you'll stay
'Cause life has been insane but
Today has been okay
"Today Has Been Okay" - Emiliana Torrini
Azula never had felt so deeply and profoundly alone in her life. She didn't know what to make of it. Not in the slightest.
Ty Lee watched her from afar and loved her from afar. And truly, it pained them both.
Today, Azula was perched on a rock in the palace courtyard. She tried to meditate but couldn't find the balance. She never could find balance anymore.
Ty Lee watched from the window, gazing at this beautiful creature sitting all alone, seething with hatred for the world around her.
She was beautiful even when so bitter, like strong alcohol and Ty Lee was drunk on it. She could not help but gaze at the love of her life and think of nothing but the feelings that she hid.
She did not hide them well.
"Hey, Azula!" she called out from the window, her heart pounding wildly in her chest.
The princess looked up. She said nothing but could not fight the slight curl of her red lips.
Azula regally waved. Something about her mood improved but she could not quite place a finger on precisely what. However, she did everything in her power not to show it. Ty Lee did not need an ego and no one needed to know that Azula was ever anything but livid at the world and her circumstances.
Ty Lee waved back.
Azula's stomach did a backflip.
They both took deep breaths and pretended it never happened.