Monsters


"Do you miss me?" Azula asked, a wicked glint in her golden eyes.

"No," Ty Lee weakly replied, stopping her real feelings from creeping up into her throat and satisfying the princess's cruel curiosity.

"Oh, come on. I'm the liar in this room, not you." She sounded vaguely sweet. Ty Lee knew it had to be mocking, but she wanted to believe otherwise.

Azula was the monster that haunted Ty Lee. She was right about herself, the night Ty Lee first fell deeply in love with her. Maybe Ty Lee was a monster too for leaving her, even if everyone tried to convince Ty Lee otherwise.

"This is just a work visit," said Ty Lee but Azula clearly did not believe her. "It is. You're still my friend and stuff so I thought I'd stop by."

Azula stayed so quiet and so still that it gave Ty Lee goosebumps. She edged closer and closer and Ty Lee's heart sped up.

"You know you want to kiss me," said Azula. "It'd be innocent. Just for friends. It wouldn't have to mean anything, would it? So, do you? Do you want to kiss me?"

Ty Lee waited as long as she could to respond. She thought she could change her own mind.

"I do," she said at last.

Azula took two swift steps forward and pressed her lips against those of an old friend.