Drip…Drop…Drip-Drop-Drip…Drop-Drop-Drip…Drip-Drop…
All
was silent except for the obnoxiously loud pitter patter and
drip-drop of the evening rain showers hitting the roof and windows of
our home. I have been sitting in the kitchen drinking tea for about
thirty minutes. I know it seems like and awfully long time to be
drinking one cup of tea, but it sounds reasonable when you add the
fact that I had been thinking about a lot of stuff while I was
enjoying my tea. When I finished drinking my jasmine mint tea, I
placed the cup into the sink and rinsed it out. After I cleaned out
the cup, I closed the shutters on the kitchen sink window and closed
the skylight on our stone roof with my earth bending. I left the
kitchen and walked down the hallway to get to the bedroom. I came to
a halt at the doorway and took a look around to see if he was in
there. He was.
Sokka
was sitting in their room by the open window. He was looking out into
the dark and damp night sky. He always liked to sit and watch the
rain…that's what he told Toph, at least. He had explained it as a
way to vent. It was a way to let out stress or just to sooth your
soul. He thought and felt that it was very calming and soothing to
listen to before getting a good nights rest. Still, she never could
understand why he liked it. It didn't seem that great to take a
chance at getting wet right before bed. She never bothered him though
because she loved and respected him. She decided to slowly enter the
room after a few minutes.
I walked over to the window where he was sitting. I kneeled beside
him and wrapped my arms around his upper arm and shoulder area. He
kissed my arm and then held me in his. We sat there with a blanket
around us and him watching and me listening to the rain outside. We
were sitting there, cuddled in each others warm and gentle arms for
about twenty to thirty minutes. He gave me a kiss and he stood up. He
reached down his hand and helped me up off of the floor. He gave me
another quick kiss and then he closed the shutters on our window.
With locked arms, we walked over to the bed. He sat down on the edge
and was about to take off his slippers. I stopped him and told him to
wait.
She told him that
she had a surprise for him. He looked at her with a stunned and
confused look on his face. "Follow me," she whispered to him. She
grabbed his hand and pulled him up off the edge of the bed. They both
grabbed their robes from the robe rack and pulled them on. Together,
hand in hand, she led them into the kitchen. "What are you doing,
sweetie?" he questioned as they stopped right in front of the door
that led outside. "You'll see," she replied with a small but
powerful grin.
I pulled
open the door and took a breath of the fresh night air. "I'm
lost," replied Sokka with the most adorable confused look on his
face. "C'mon," I said to him with a smile. Slowly and
cautiously I put one foot forward and stepped outside into the dark,
wet night. He caught on to what I was doing and smiled at me. We
stood there for a few seconds smiling at each other. We laughed and
started to run out into the night. We stopped at one point and
dropped each others hands. We stood there with our arms out wide and
our faces towards the sky. It was so refreshing! The feel of the rain
on my skin made me feel so alive and happy. I put down my head and my
arms and wiped the rain from my tired eyes. I looked over at
Sokka.
He looked so
happy to her. She could tell that he felt great. The look on his face
told her everything about what he was feeling at that very moment. He
let out a huge sigh which slightly startled Toph. He put his head and
arms down and shook the rain from his head. Even though she was
already soaked to the bone, she raised her arms in front of her face
to be shielded form the rain flying off of his soaked head. I guess
it was one of those force of habit moments. He looked at her with a
loving and warm smile that was worth a million gold pieces. He slowly
walked over to Toph.
He
locked me in his arms and gave me a hug that lasted a lifetime. With
his gentle and soft voice, he leaned into my ear and whispered I love
you. I started to tear up, though it was hardly noticeable. I
returned his statement with the same soft I love you in his ear. We
stopped hugging and looked into each others eyes. Then he leaned in
towards me and kissed me. At that moment, I felt like the luckiest
girl in the whole world. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed
him back. We stopped kissing and looked at each
other.
Together,
in unison, they started to burst out laughing. They were laughing at
each other because of how drenched each of them was. Sokka wrapped
one arm around Toph and said, "We should get back inside."
"That's
probably a good idea," replied Toph with a slight giggle. They
quickly walked back into the house and left their drenched clothes at
the door. Sokka grabbed their other robes and they put them on. They
walked into the bedroom once again and rinsed off their muddy feet in
the shower. When they were done drying off their bodies, they put on
their pajamas and lay in bed.
We snuggled ourselves under the warm
and cozy blankets. We gave each other another kiss. We exchanged I
love you with each other. Finally, we both shared one last good night
kiss and made ourselves comfortable.
"Good night, Sokka."
"Good
night, Toph."
And together they blew out the candle on their
nightstand.
Toph
and Sokka © Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
Idea ©
ActressKitty
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