Howdy y'all here is my new fic. This is my first avatar fanfic and as the summery says it is a four part Tokka fic. Normally I don't go for non canon pairings but after reading the best piece of fanfiction I have every come across, a tokka fic called "I'll walk you home" by Justthisguyyouknow I was converted to Tokka. I know my track record with stories is terrible so I already have all four parts written and will upload one a day over the next few days. So enough of my pointless ramblings please enjoy my poor writing and warning this is a T rated fic but there are one or two swear words and a word some readers may find offensive but as I explain in the story it is not intended to be offensive.
Disclaimer: I do not own ATLA or else there would have definitely been tokka in the show.
Part 1: Confessions of the Heart
Sokka sat on the edge of a cliff on a deserted island in the Fire Nation. They had stopped here for the night after Azula had found them at the Western Air Temple but they were now stranded for at least a few days while Katara and Zuko went off to find the man who had killed his and Katara's mother.
The moon was full that night and Sokka was just staring at it, thinking about Yue, as he tried to sort out the feelings in his own heart. Yue had been his first love and he had failed her, or so he had originally thought, now he knew that she had made a selfless sacrifice to save the world. She had acted out of duty and love for her people to protect them and now Sokka had realized that it was not his fault that she had been forced to sacrifice herself. As he looked up at the moon he thought about his second love or so he had thought but now he was unsure.
When he had first met Suki on Kyoshi Island he had liked her but it wasn't until their journey through the Serpents Pass that he thought his feelings had changed. Now however he understood that he was simply trying to feel love for someone else since he had lost Yue, and Suki had been the one he directed those feelings towards. However even after he had rescued her from the Boiling Rock he had felt that something was off between them, something he couldn't quite place until now, he was in love with someone else, he always had been and he hadn't realized it. He thought to himself how ironic it was that he had been so blind to his own feelings towards a certain blind earthbender, but now it was clear to him, he was in love with Toph.
He didn't know when these feelings had begun but he assumed that they had always been there and he had just chosen not to notice them. At first he found her brash and arrogant but as he got to know her he soon discovered the real Toph underneath the tough exterior that she put up for everyone else to see. She understood him, shared his interests and was always a good laugh to be around especially in these troubling times. It wasn't until they had reached the Fire Nation that Sokka had begun to consider her his best friend and his subconscious self had begun to fall in love with her, but he knew she couldn't feel the same way about him, he was just another useless non-bender to her and besides he had Suki it was wrong to think about another girl the way he did while he was with her. Sokka knew that he would have to break it off with Suki and tell Toph his true feelings for her before the Sozin's Comet arrived even if it meant loosing both of them it would be worth it to let her know how he felt just incase they failed to stop Ozai.
Sokka was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of someone softly approaching him and sitting down next to him. He didn't have to look over to know that it was Suki next to him. Well better get this part over with anyway he thought to himself as he opened his mouth to speak to her at exactly the same time she started talking to him.
"Sokka I need to talk …" Suki began
"Suki I have to tell..." Sokka said at the same time before quickly saying, "never mind you go first."
"Ok" Suki began again, "Since I met you all those months ago on Kyoshi I have been confused. Well if I'm being honest I was confused before I met you but you just added to the confusion. You see on Kyoshi all the fighters are female, its a matriarchal society because of Avatar Kyoshi, so as I got older I started having some strange feelings about what a proper relationship should be and who it should be with. Then you come along and prove to me that men can be just as tough as women so I liked you, especially in full Kyoshi warrior dress, and thought that with you I could finally sort out my feelings in general but you had to leave and me and the girls decided to help with the war effort."
"Ok, now I'm confused as to what you are trying to tell me." Sokka interrupted.
"I'm getting there," Suki replied with a little impatience, "then we met again at full moon bay and I joined you on the Serpents Pass, I was still confused about my feelings. When Toph kissed me after I saved her it just made all those feelings more confusing to me."
"Toph kissed you!" Sokka almost shouted.
"On the cheek after I saved her, I think she just did it instinctually as a sign of thanks." Suki quickly answered not wanting to give away Toph's secret, Sokka would have to find that out on his own, "but you should talk to her about it I think you will find it very insightful. Anyway after I was arrested by Azula and sent to the Boiling Rock I was able to finally think, I had nothing else better to do there. Finally after years of not understanding my feelings I was able to come to terms with and accept who I was, but it took you breaking me out for me to finally admit it to myself."
"What are you talking about?" Sokka said still trying to figure out what Suki was babbling on about.
"Sokka I can't be with you because I don't love you." Suki said, "I thought I did but in all honesty you were just an experiment to see if the feelings I was having where real or not, and after spending time with you I can tell that you love someone else. I have to be honest with you Sokka, you deserve it but I can't be in a relationship with you. I still consider you a friend but I don't love you the way a girl should love her boyfriend."
"I still don't understand why you had this problem." Sokka said raising a hand to silence her before she could interrupt him, "it is true that I love someone else and that is what I was about to tell you but why are you telling me all this."
Suki sighed to herself because for all of Sokka's brains and plans he still could be very oblivious. He certainly was oblivious to the fact that someone else in their group was deeply in love with him but Suki was sure she was the only one who could tell that.
"I'm telling you this because you deserve to know and I can finally be honest with myself about who I am." Suki said.
"I get that," Sokka replied, "but I know who you are Suki. You're a kick butt, beautiful warrior."
"That's not all I am Sokka" Suki said, "there is something else about me that I am trying to tell you about, but you have to keep it a secret I don't know how the others would react to it."
"Ok tell me, you know you can trust me." Sokka said not really expecting anything too shocking.
Suki hesitated for a second before exhaling and composing herself. She was about to reveal to Sokka her deepest secret, something she had kept hidden for years afraid of what would happen if she even acknowledged to herself that she had these feelings. It was her fear and denial that had lead her to try and see if being with Sokka would change them but it didn't and now she had finally come to terms with it herself and he deserved to know.
"I'm gay" She said not looking at Sokka for fear of his reaction.
Sokka's jaw dropped. He had not expected anything like this from Suki. When she said she had something he couldn't tell anyone else he expected it would be something like an arranged marriage or something along those lines. He understood why she was afraid to say it, he had seen how traditional the Earth Kingdom was and how they would react to something like this, especially from a war hero, providing they won the war and survived he thought to himself, but he wasn't going to judge her for it. While he may have once been a sexist hogmonkey due to his upbringing in the Southern Water Tribe he still held one of their most sacred tenants, that love, regardless of nation or gender, was to always be held above everything and nothing should get in the way of it. It was because of that tenant that he had to tell Suki that he no longer loved her, but now he also had to support her and keep her secret until she was ready to be more open about it.
"Suki …" Sokka began, but before he could finish Suki had started babbling again. This time however he noticed that she was crying.
"I know you won't accept it, nobody will" She said tearfully, "Kyoshi is the only place I know where the people actually accept homosexuality. The Air Nomads did but only Aang is left. The other three nations are too rigid and stuck in their ways to accept something that they see as unnatural. Why can't they understand that its not a choice to be gay. Please Sokka, I'm begging you to accept me for what I am."
"Suki will you listen for one second." Sokka said forcefully interrupting the hysterical girl. "I understand that its not a choice, the heart wants what the heart wants and no matter how hard you try to control it you will loose. Love is the most powerful emotion there is, it makes us do things we never thought we were capable of. We can't control who we fall in love with, if that person happens to be of the same gender then so be it who are we to deny the feelings of the heart." Sokka paused there to wait for Suki's response.
Suki just digested what he said with a confused look before she said, "but Sokka your from the Water Tribe, aren't they rigid and class based like the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom."
"I'm from the Southern Water Tribe" Sokka said with a lot of emphasis on the southern part, "not the Northern Tribe. Yes its true in the north they have rules and regulations, and yes they don't accept people because they are gay but the south is different. The Southern Tribe was set up so that they could be free from the rules that governed the Northern Tribe. One of our most sacred beliefs is that love should always come first, no matter what tries to get in the way. Be it duty, society, rules, nationality or even gender. Yes its true that at the moment there aren't any homosexuals in the Southern Tribe as far as I know but if there were then they would be accepted."
"You don't think of me as different or abnormal." Suki said shocked.
"Not at all" Sokka said, "It is true that I am very surprised by this revelation but who am I to say who you can or can't have a relationship with, that's your choice and yours alone. In a way," Sokka continued with a slight laugh, "this makes me not feel as bad for what I had to tell you."
Suki didn't pay attention the last part of what Sokka had said because she had pulled Sokka into a slightly precarious hug seeing as they were sitting on the edge of a cliff.
"Thank you for accepting this" She said as she cried tears of joy into his shoulder.
"Its ok" Sokka said gently patting her on the back, "as I said the heart wants what the heart wants. No one fully understands love in this world so who are we to try and fight it, love is important that's why we have to honest about no matter what may happen."
"That's why you wanted to tell me that you loved someone else, right?" Suki said as she pulled away suddenly realizing that his speech was not just about her feelings but his as well, "because you knew that it was wrong to keep trying to force something that isn't there."
"Yeah, sorry" Sokka replied, "I was afraid at first because it took me so long to realize I was in love with her and I didn't want to hurt you, but I knew I had to do it especially with the chance that soon we may all not be here if we can't stop Ozai in time."
"It's ok, I had to be honest with you about my own feelings too, you didn't hurt me." Suki said deliberately ignoring the slightly morbid note from him, "she's beautiful by the way."
"Yeah she really is," Sokka said a little wispily before he realized exactly what she had said, "wait you knew I was in love with her."
"Of course it was obvious" Suki said laughing a little, "but don't worry the others don't know, it seems that everyone here is oblivious to feelings that aren't their own. Sure we all know that Aang and Katara are in love each other but can't see it themselves but other than that they just thought that we loved each other and didn't pay too much attention."
"But you figured it out" Sokka said.
"It wasn't hard," Suki replied, "The way you look at her and act around her its just like how Katara acts around Aang. As soon as I realized that you loved her I knew I had to tell you the truth, in fact it actually helped me accept my own feelings as well."
"Oh" Sokka said, "I know I have to tell her that I love her and that I have to do it before Sozin's Comet arrives but I just can't see her feeling the same way about me." Sokka suddenly chuckled, "its quite ironic actually how blind I was to my own feelings towards her all things considered. Although I have never really seen Toph as blind, I know she hates it when people forget that she is but I can't help it. She's just so confident and assured when she's on the ground that its hard to remember she can't see without earthbending."
"What do you love about her?" Suki asked curiously, "She's not really my type, I prefer my women to be less aggressive and dominant, that's my role in the relationship. I won't deny though that she is beautiful and in a few years she will be drop dead gorgeous."
Sokka laughed a little at that, he was glad that Suki was happy about her sexuality. He had to admit that thinking about Suki in a relationship with another girl he could definitely see her wearing the pants so to speak in that relationship.
"Yeah she is beautiful and she does it without even trying or caring." Sokka said, "that's one of the things I really love about her though, the fact that she doesn't care what she looks like to others, I know that its because she's blind but still it just makes her even more beautiful to me that she doesn't care. Its because of this that makes you get to know her for who she is and I love that. I love that she's an awesome fighter and that she enjoys it, I love her for who she really is not what others think she should be because of her blindness. She's shown that she can overcome that by being a kick butt earthbender, the best the world has ever seen, for spirits sake she invented metalbending, something that has never been done before and she couldn't have done that if she wasn't blind. I guess what I'm trying to say that I love everything about her even if she constantly hits me, makes fun of me and is just generally sarcastic around me. I'm just afraid that she doesn't feel the same way about me."
Suki couldn't believe how oblivious Sokka was, it must run in the family because Katara was just as oblivious about Aang's feelings as Sokka was about Toph's. Seriously they were both practically throwing themselves at the Water Tribe siblings, when she next saw their father she would have to ask him if it was a family trait.
"Tell her what you just told me" Suki said, "trust me you won't regret it."
"Regardless of her answer I won't regret it," Sokka replied, "just so long as she knows how I feel about her will be enough to make it worth while, no matter what she says."
"Ok well that's good at least" Suki said, "anyway I'm going back to sleep. Thank you so much for understanding and accepting me for being gay, it took so long for me to accept it myself that its good to know someone else also accepts me. Sokka I want you to promise me two things."
"Of course, what are they?"
"Firstly you won't tell anyone I'm gay" Suki said, "I had to tell you so you would understand why we couldn't be together but I'm still not ready for the others to know yet. Secondly that you will tell Toph exactly what you told me, trust me it will be worth it."
"I promise"
"Ok good. Goodnight Sokka." With that Suki got up and kissed him on the cheek.
"Night Suki" He said as she turned to head back to their campsite.
As Suki walked back she thought she saw a small figure hiding behind an unnaturally placed boulder. She just smiled to herself as she felt a small wave of earthbending directed at her as if to say thanks. Suki had had a feeling that Toph was there the whole time and while that meant that Toph now knew her secret she felt like she could trust the blind earthbender with it.
From what she knew about Toph she was from an upper class Earth Kingdom family and should by all rights be disgusted by the fact that Suki was gay, but Suki knew that Toph hated the rules and regulations of high society within the Earth Kingdom and should be accepting of her because it would go against those rules. Plus her parents would be appalled by the fact that their daughter was friends with a lesbian and from what Suki knew of Toph she loved to piss off her parents.
As Suki settled back down in her tent she was just glad that she had come to terms with her own sexuality and that Sokka had accepted her as a friend regardless of her sexual preferences. She fell asleep truly happy for the first time in a long time.
Meanwhile, as Suki settle to sleep Toph was wide awake trying to process what she had just heard and wondering if she had truly heard it correctly. Her seismic sense told her that he wasn't lying and she knew he was a terrible liar, almost as bad as Katara or Aang. Therefore she reasoned what he had told Suki and what she had told him was true and she still couldn't believe it. He loved her. Sokka, the guy who she had first developed a crush on after he accepted her for who she was and who she had fallen deeply in love with over the last few months, loved her. She couldn't help but remember the recent events one more time before she could gather up the courage to go to him.
Begin Flashback:
Toph couldn't sleep, ever since Suki came back she had been afraid that she would loose him, she knew he didn't feel the same way about her but she could hope. Now however, with Suki back, that hope was gone. She was going to loose him without him knowing how she felt and that was killing her. She was also afraid that he may not survive the end of the war and she would be devastated if he died without her confessing her love for him. Toph knew she was a little young to be feeling love for someone but she knew in her heart that's what she felt for him. Finally after another few minutes of failed sleep she decided that she would tell him right now how she felt, she was an earthbender after all and earthbenders met things head on.
With this realization she quietly lowered her rock tent and checked to "see" where Sokka was. It wasn't hard, she could always find him even in the thickest crowd, he was still awake sitting on a nearby cliff. She had been so focused on Sokka that as she headed towards him to tell him exactly how she felt she failed to notice someone heading towards Sokka as well. She only realized that someone was with Sokka when she heard Sokka almost yell "Toph kissed you!" It was then that she realized that Suki was with Sokka and she froze, she didn't want to listen to their conversation but she just couldn't make herself go back, she was determined to tell Sokka so she just lay down quietly and listened.
She could tell that Suki was nervous and scared but couldn't understand why until she heard Suki's confession. Toph's first reaction was one of complete shock. Like Sokka she had not expected Suki to be gay. Now she understood why Suki had been so scared to admit it though. Toph had been raised in an upper class society that preached family values, that you should be with someone of the opposite sex, that being gay was one of the worst things possible because it was unnatural to want to be with someone of the same sex. Personally Toph couldn't understand why it was wrong, if you loved someone why should their sex matter, because of her upbringing and the fact that most of the world at best frowned upon homosexuality she had never actually met someone who was gay but she accepted Suki for it. Toph knew that she had accepted it because of three reasons, the first being that it meant that she was not attracted to Sokka and while Sokka would be heartbroken it meant that she had a chance to be there to mend it and possibly make him love her back. The second was that her parents were against the idea of homosexuality so she supported it because it would annoy he parents. The final reason was that she felt Suki had a right to choose who she fell in love with, regardless of gender.
When she heard Sokka accept Suki for being gay it made her love him even more. He was so kind and selfless that, even though the girl he loved (or so she thought) had told him that she wasn't into guys, he still accepted her right to be with girls. Then she heard that he didn't love Suki but loved someone else and that Suki seemed to already know this without him telling her. Toph felt her heart break again, just like it had when Suki returned, even though he didn't love Suki he still loved another girl that wasn't her. For all her toughness and hatred of crying Toph couldn't help but let the tears fall. She wanted to go back to her tent but she couldn't stop listening, she had to find out who her competition was. Then she heard her name as he described how he never saw her as blind, Toph was a little confused by this until she heard Suki ask "What do you love about her?" and that was when she knew Sokka was talking about her.
The tears kept falling but this time they were tears of joy. She could tell they were both telling the truth (and she was silently glad she wasn't Suki's type, she may accept homosexuality but she wasn't into girls). It took all her strength to not run over to Sokka and kiss him then and there. She just waited until the conversation was over. She knew she would have to thank Suki in the morning for this but she had to talk to Sokka as soon as she could. Suddenly she heard Suki say she was going to bed and as quietly as possible while Suki was standing up she bent a boulder out of the ground and tried to hide behind it. She felt Suki look towards her as she passed and knew that Suki had seen her. Toph cursed to herself that she had been discovered but was shocked when Suki just continued to head back to camp. Toph quickly sent out a small wave of bending at Suki to thank her for not revealing her presence and then began collecting herself for the moment she thought would never come.
End of Flashback.
As soon as Toph had finished her mental flashback she got up and headed towards Sokka. She knew she wouldn't need the words she had been practicing before she accidentally overheard the conversation.
Sokka was just staring out at the moon thinking about what he and Suki had just talked about. True he was surprised by her confession but he was glad for it as well. It meant that she wasn't hurt by the fact that he didn't love her and while it was a little emasculating to be told by your now ex-girlfriend that she was not into guys but was into girls, he accepted her for it. He was brought out of his thoughts by Toph's voice.
"Hey Snoozles"
Panic, pure and simple panic, went through Sokka's mind as soon as he heard her voice. However he controlled himself quickly before responding.
"Hey Toph" he said failing to keep a note of panic out of his voice, "been here long."
"Just long enough to hear everything, that all." She said enjoying making him squirm.
For the first time Sokka was speechless, he mind had gone into complete panic mode and had prevented him from speaking.
Damn I've never managed to make him speechless, Toph thought, may as well show him exactly how I feel now.
With her heart pounding in her chest for what she was about to do, Toph quickly bent an earth platform out of the cliff so Sokka's feet were resting on something (that way she wouldn't fall when she did what she was planning to do). Before he could reach Toph got down on her knees, straddled him so she was sitting in his lap and grabbing his face kissed him on the lips pouring all her love for him into the passionate kiss.
As soon as Sokka's brain caught up to the fact that he had Toph in his lap she was kissing him. SHE WAS KISSING HIM. As soon as he realized this he returned the kiss with as much passion as she was giving while pulling her into him.
Toph let go of his face as soon as she felt his arms around her, pulling her into him, and put her arms around his neck. She didn't want the kiss to end but after what felt like an eternity she felt him pull away. As soon as her lips were off his she said the words she had been dying to say to him for months.
"I love you Sokka"
"I love you too Toph" Sokka replied as he pulled her in for another kiss.
After the second kiss ended she just rested her head on his chest, her body refusing to leave his lap. Eventually Sokka broke the comfortable silence they were in.
"So you heard everything Suki and I spoke about."
"Yes" Toph replied and before he could say anything she put a finger to his lips to silence him, "and before you say anything more I won't tell anyone about Suki's secret."
"Are you ok with it though." Sokka said a little worried, "I know you hate high society and their rules but they are against homosexuality."
"I know thats why I support it." Toph replied from his chest where she had laid her head again, "if she wants to fuck other girls then fine by me its her choice who she wants to be with. Plus it means that I can now claim you and go against my parents wishes for me to not socialize with homosexuals."
"Ok good."
"By the way" Toph continued, "you have no idea how much what you said about me meant. I know you didn't mean for me to hear it that way but it just made me love you even more."
"How long have you had feelings for me?" Sokka asked.
Toph blushed, grateful he couldn't see her face at the moment, before responding.
"Since the library when you treated me for who I was and not what you wanted me to be. At first it was just a crush but as time went by I started to fall for you until it got to the point were I just had to tell. Thank the spirits it was the same night you had to confess your feelings for me."
Sokka just smiled glad to finally have the girl he loved in his arms.
"What do you want to do about us?" He asked after a while.
"What do you mean?"
"As in do you want to publicly tell the group that we are now a couple or do you want to keep it a secret so we can plan a big reveal and shock everyone."
"Definitely the second one" Toph said quickly grinning, "it will piss Katara off so much. Also I think its best if we let the others think that you and Suki are still together, at least until Suki wants to tell them her secret."
"Ok that makes sense" Sokka said, "I'll have to describe Katara's face to you when she finds out because I'm sure it will be priceless. Luckily she's so in love with Aang that she wont pay us much attention."
Toph just laughed at that before responding, "yeah and I'll make a statue so everyone can see her face. I'll talk to Suki tomorrow about all this, I want to thank her and apologize for eavesdropping."
"Ok good idea," Sokka said yawning, "I think its time we go to bed so as to not arouse suspicion."
With that Sokka kissed Toph one more time before she slowly got off him. Toph quickly bent everything back to normal before checking that Aang was still asleep. Together they walked back to the campsite holding hands glad that finally they were together, even if it was in secret.
Aang was the first to rise the next mourning, bright and early as always, it took him a few minutes to remember that Katara, Zuko and Appa were on their little field trip for revenge. Without either of them to wake up early and train with him, Aang ate a simple breakfast of mixed nuts before training alone. He knew that it would take ages for Toph and Sokka to wake up. He was just done with his airbending exercises and was about to take a break when Suki woke up. Aang noticed that she looked happier than usual as she began to cook a much more meaty breakfast than his. This naturally managed to wake Sokka up.
"Meat how I've missed you." Sokka said enthusiastically as he delved into his breakfast.
Suki just chuckled at this and Toph sent a small rock at Sokka for waking her up. Soon the rest of the remaining gang were fed and had begun their various training exercises in preparation for Sozin's Comet. By the time all four of them were finished with their respective workouts tired and sweaty from the intensity of them.
"I think I need a bath" Toph suddenly said sniffing herself, "it has been a while since I had one."
Everyone just laughed at this because even though Toph usually had a healthy coating of earth it was getting a little too thick.
"Suki do you mind coming and helping me." Toph said to the Kyoshi Warrior, "I can't see in water, even if I'm touching the ground its still very fuzzy at best. Normally I would ask Katara to help but she's away on a life changing field trip with Zuko. Besides I know your a great swimmer."
Suki blushed at the memory that Toph was implying before realizing that while Toph probably needed help to wash, that wasn't the real reason she wanted Suki to accompany her.
"Sure I could use a bath as well, I still have the stench of that prison to wash off." She replied grabbing a pair of towels and some soap from their supplies, "do you know where some water is?"
"Theres a waterfall in that direction," Toph said pointing towards the heart of the island, "there's a lake at the base of it I think."
"Alright" Suki responded.
"If I feel either of you even remotely close to us while we bathe I will earthbend you into next year." Toph threatened as they walked off.
"Strange Toph asking for help" Aang said after the girls were gone, "normally she tries to be as independent as possible."
"True but you know how she is about water" Sokka said knowing full well that while Toph may actually have a bath that was not the real reason she wanted Suki there. "Anyway lets have some relaxing guy time."
As soon as the girls reached the waterfall Toph checked to make sure the guys weren't in earshot before turning to Suki.
"I assume you have guessed that I don't really want you here to help me bathe." Toph said to Suki, "but I will need your help in a bit to wash my hair and lead me into the water so I can still stand."
"No I know why you wanted me here and away from the guys" Suki replied, "very clever way to ensure that the guys won't follow."
"Its Katara's ruse for girl talk, which I hate." Toph said.
"Let's cut the shit Toph" Suki said bluntly, "I know you're very blunt and to the point."
"Got that right, Dyke" Toph said proudly, "and before you get your panties in a twist I did not mean to offend you by calling you a dyke."
"Its ok I actually take that as a compliment" Suki said to Toph's surprise.
"You do"
"Yeah cos that's how I see myself." Suki said, "I know you heard my confession to Sokka last night and I am assuming you heard my preferences in girls. To me a dyke is the dominant partner in a lesbian relationship, which is how I would be in a relationship so I'm fine with being called a dyke. Even if someone was to use it as an insult I wouldn't find it to be one. The best way for me to deal with bigotry is just accept that there are small minded bigots in the world and to use their insults as compliments, that just annoys them and prevents them from thinking they have won."
"Ok good, that's going to be my new private nickname for you then, I'll think of a different one to say in front of the others." Toph replied happily, "don't worry I won't tell anyone your secret its yours to tell not mine."
"Are you ok with it though? Me being gay that is." Suki said nervously.
"Of course I'm fine with it." Toph said, "its your right to choose who you want to be with sexually, no one else has a right to tell you who to be with. You know how much I hate high society and their rules so the fact that you are going against it is great, also it will piss my mum off when I tell her I have a lesbian friend, don't worry I won't mention your name."
"Thanks" Suki said, grateful that Toph as well as Sokka accepted her for who she is, "I take it things went well with Sokka after I left."
"Yes" Toph said blushing slightly, "I'm sorry I eavesdropped on you two I didn't mean too but I'm still glad I did, as soon as I realized how Sokka felt towards me I knew I would be able to tell him how I felt."
"Its ok" Suki replied, "I had a feeling you were there the whole time anyway. So are you and him finally an item."
"Yes but we are going to keep it secret until we feel like telling people." Toph said, "the plan is to surprise everyone at some point. Also this way you can still pretend to be with Sokka until the times comes when you want to come out to the others."
"Thanks that actually makes sense." Suki said, "and don't worry I wont tell the others about you too. I will come out soon to the rest of the Gaang, but not until this whole war is over, providing we can end it."
"Oh we will" Toph said adamantly, "with me on your side the loser lord stands no chance."
Suki just laughed at Toph's arrogance. It was a shame she was such a dominant person or Suki may have gone for her, if she was gay that is, but Suki knew full well that Toph wasn't.
"Aren't you worried or jealous about Sokka and me still pretending to be together?" Suki asked when she had stopped laughing at Toph's arrogance.
"No because I know you won't try anything with him." Toph said, "remember I can tell when someone is lying and you weren't when you said you were gay."
"Ok good and you are sure you are ok with it."
"Of course if you hadn't have told Sokka then he wouldn't be mine now." Toph said, "that reminds me I still need to thank you for that."
"There's no need to thank..." Suki began before Toph suddenly grabbed her shirt, pulling Suki down to her own level and violently kissing Suki right on the mouth, much to the Kyoshi Warrior's shock.
Toph had been thinking of ways to thank Suki for making Sokka available before deciding give her a something Suki had never had, a lesbian kiss. Toph wasn't gay, she wasn't even bisexual, but she felt that the best way to thank Suki for her bravery in coming out in the first place and thus making Sokka available to her (and getting Sokka to confess his feelings for her) was to give Suki something she could use to compare other girls too.
Suki just stood there in complete shock at what Toph had done. While she had accepted that she was gay Suki had not actually kissed another girl before. Toph's kiss had been violent and aggressive, just the way Suki would kiss a girl she liked, but that didn't mean she didn't like it.
"Why did you do that?" Suki finally said when she finally found her voice again.
"Firstly to thank you for making Sokka available to me and getting him to confess how he felt." Toph began nonchalantly as if nothing had happened, "also to give you a baseline to compare with when you finally get a girlfriend. I also assumed you hadn't properly kissed another girl before because of all that confusion you were talking about last night and I wanted to be your first."
"Oh well thanks" Suki stammered.
"This doesn't mean I like girls" Toph said, "I love Sokka with my whole heart so if you tell anyone, especially Sokka, I will bury you so deep that not even the bagermoles will be able to find you. Do you understand?"
Suki just nodded quickly before realizing that Toph wouldn't see her nod and quickly saying, "yes I understand."
"Good" Toph said suddenly taking her shirt off, "now lets actually wash ourselves before the guys get suspicious and try and find us."
With that Toph took off her shorts so that she was only in her undergarments and started to cautiously wade into the small lake. Suki was still too stunned to move until Toph called out to her.
"Hey Dyke, if your done staring at my ass can you please come in here and help me so I can wash myself"
Blushing furiously Suki snapped out of the stupor caused by Toph's kiss and after stripping to her own undergarments caught up with the small earthbender in order to help her in the water.
Thanks for reading the first part in this four part adventure, the second part will be uploaded tomorrow. I apologize if anyone who read this found the use of the word dyke offensive I know some people think it is. I would like to reiterate that I mean no offense by this word and am not using it in an offensive context I just couldn't think of a nickname for a gay Suki that Toph would say. If you think I should reedit this chapter or increase the rating because of the use of dyke (and that is the only reason why I would change the rating) then please review. Otherwise review anyway because feedback is always welcome so long as any criticism is constructive.
Stringdog