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A/N
Team: Earth Kingdom
Round: One
Category: Drabble
Prompt: (Object) A sleeping bag/ Mat. (Emotion) Rejection.
Word count: 260 words (without the A/N and disclaimer)
Everyone was asleep. At least that's what it appeared to be. But there was someone among the group who wouldn't succumb to Morpheus's enchantments. The banished prince tossed from one side to the other in his sleeping bag. His thoughts wouldn't let him be at peace. But how could it be posible after what he had been told by a certain waterbender?
…
He was standing in front of a pair of sapphire gemstones that were lately haunting his dreams. He had just confessed his feelings to the owner of those eyes. But he wasn't prepared for what was to follow.
"Zuko, I can't love you".
It took five words to cause his heart to bleed out. He never believed the fact that one could die from unrequited love. But now, he considered the possibility that he might end up proving such theory.
How come is it that nobody had warned him that love could punch him in the gut and mock at his face? It felt as if his heart was being ripped from his body and squished until it was completely drained from its last drop of feelings. Not even when his father had burned his face had inflicted such an agonizing pain upon him.
Zuko decided to close his eyes and forget that it ever happened. Maybe that way he could be able to extinguish that ardent flame that lived inside of him… Who was he kidding? Zuko would never stop loving Katara. Even if he had to sacrifice his life, he would never change his mind.