Taste
"Wait, what?" Toph jumped back. Sokka immediately blushed, knowing what he had said was weird.
"I meant that in the nicest way possible." Sokka didn't really know whether to laugh or scream at her reaction. Her face was unreadable. In fact, he was almost sure that she didn't know how to respond to the situation either. "You know what? Forget I said that."
"Oh, no. We're way passed 'forget about it.' 'Fess up," she said, stopping their walk that they always took after work. Since the places they worked were right next to each other, and they lived only a block away, they enjoyed their daily walk. It helped them decompress after a day and also vent to one another- yet another thing that made their relationship very strong. "What did you mean by that?"
Sokka took a breath as he faced her. She certainly wasn't the young girl they found oh-so-long ago. She was very broad, as most earthbenders were, and filled her lines well with muscle that gave away that she was a bender - especially since she was the best earthbender in the world. Sokka couldn't help but somewhat blush as he looked at her up and down, realizing what he was doing. He then remembered that she couldn't see him, but he knew he couldn't just depend on her blindness to get away with that. She would still know something was going on.
"Well, you were complaining about the guys you chased today and how you thought you smelled after all of it. I was just joking saying that you probably taste delicious," he tried to explain. His voice cracked a little like when they were young out of a bit of fear but more amusement at his girlfriend's expression. He shook his head as she let out a little chuckle. Toph just turned and started walking again without giving him the pleasure of a verbal response. "So, do you think you taste good?"
She automatically turned around and punched him on the arm as he laughed. She gave him a look that was better than rolling eyes and crossed her arms. There was a silence between them that Sokka couldn't quite tell if it was comfortable or not.
"Well?" He prompted, not knowing what else to say. She raised her eyebrows further, but dropped her arms and started walking toward him slowly. He gulped, not sure where this was going. She stood high and even went on her tiptoes to put her head next to his with her lips close to his ear.
"Why don't you come find out," she whispered. As soon as the last word was uttered, she immediately turned around and started a quick pace to her apartment.
Oh, this is going to get interesting.