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This idea has been bugging me for a while, and I'm glad that I've published it. I look forward to your reviews.

IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THIS

Toph Bei Fong was not a morning person.

Sh did not like the sounds of her fellow campers talking WAY too loud for this early, she did not enjoy the way the cold always somehow entered her air-tight rock tent, and she HATED being woken up.

"Wakey wakey, Toph. We have to get going. We don't want Azula's forces to catch up to us."

He was only being logical. Looking back on it, Toph realized she probably shouldn't have thrown that rock at Aang's head (which sent him flying 20 feet, she noted happily), but it was way too early to deal with his upbeat attitude, and he DID wake her up. And Toph Bei Fong DID NOT like being woken up.

"Sokka, why did you let him do that? You know how Toph gets in the morning!"

"I did warn him! But he said that 'Toph was a smart girl and wouldn't complain when she realizes how important it is that we get an early start'" he quoted.

"Poor naïve fool…" Zuko said, shaking his head.

Toph's morning ritual started with a cup of hot tea, and a short walk after getting dressed to wake her up and prepare her for a day's worth of insanity.

"Should we really let her go for a walk?" Zuko asked. "We should leave as soon as possible"

"You wanna tell her she can't go for a walk? Be my guest."

"…"

"It won't take long. She'll be back in about half an hour. Just relax until she comes back."

Zuko decided to take Katara's advice and walked off to take a quick bath. The closes stream was a good distance away so nobody would disturb him.

Toph was listening to the sounds of the Earth when she felt some very odd vibrations.

She listened carefully.

They sounded like…splashing?

Curiosity got the best of her and she went to investigate.

Using his firebending, Zuko turned the otherwise cold stream into a hot bath.

When it was at just the right temperature, Zuko began to undress and left all of his clothes next to his towel on a nearby rock. Sitting down on a natural chair of rocks in the stream, Zuko let the hot water wash all of his tenseness away.

This is exactly what he needed: some peace and quiet away from the insanity that often accompanied the "Gaang".

He closed his eyes and began to drift away…

"A little early for a swim, don't you think?"

Zuko's eyes sprang open.

Katara, Sokka, Aang, and Suki were taking a break from packing up when they hear a loud, and obviously pissed off scream, pierce the silence.

"TOPH?! WHAT THE HELL?! GET OUTTA HERE!

"What was that?!"

"That sounded like Zuko!"

Just as the foursome got up to investigate the screaming, a very angry and very red Zuko walked into the clearing, past his very confused friends, and into his tent. He was soaking wet, and was holding his clothes and wearing only his towel.

Too embarrassed by the whole situation to notice the vibrations of her fellow campers, a blushing Toph chased after him.

"I'm blind! How was I suppose to know you were naked?!"

-Awkward silence-

The same thought was on every person's mind at that moment: It's way too early for this…