This is my first fanfic, so be nice! My English ain't that good. This takes place during their escape in Southern Raiders.
Warmth
They had been flying for a few hours since the attack on the Western Air Temple. A few hours ago, the group had barely managed to escape from the raid on the temple and are now trying to find somewhere safe to land on. Sokka and Katara whom both had just been reunited with their father the day before had to split up again to get to safety from Azula. They escaped on Appa, while Hakoda and the others had taken the stolen airship they 'borrowed' from Azula while they were at the Boiling Rock.
Sokka was at the front of the saddle, looking at his atlas he bought some time before with help from Toph and her earnings from the scams, trying to find a safe island where they can land and take sometime to rest. Tired from the long flight, he turned around to find that Suki was shivering, and quite intensely too. She was desperately trying to keep herself warm by rubbing her hands on her arms, but did not looked very successful. Her lips were pale and her teeth clattering.
Sokka kept his atlas and crawled his way towards Suki. "You okay?" He asked gently. "I'm fine, just a little cold. First time flying you know." She replied, still shivering. "Fine?" said Sokka, "You're shaking from head to toe!" Sokka reached for his blanket and place it around Suki's shoulders. "Here, this should make you feel warmer." "Thanks, Sokka." Suki replied weakly smiling.
Sokka went back to reading his atlas, but kept turning his head to check on Suki. She was still shivering, though slightly less intensely as before. He went back to her side. "You don't look so well, you sure you're fine?" Sokka asked his face turning into a worried frown. "Sokka, I'm fine. Just help us find a spot to land, okay?" Suki said, she seemed like she was begging him to read his map. "No," Sokka replied unconvinced. He held her in a tight embrace from her back. "You are more important that this map. If you don't get warm, you probably gonna catch a cold or something. Let me share my body heat with you. Zuko can handle the atlas," he said it in a-matter-of-fact tone. "What?" Zuko said surprised, "Why me?" "Well, for one, you had chased us down around the world before you joined our gang, and probably would be quite experienced with using maps, so there." Zuko sat in his spot, looking unconvinced. "What, you mean the whole time you've chased us down and you'd never seen a map before?" Sokka joked, Suki covering her mouth to hide her laughter. "And besides, it's getting dark. You can make some light with your 'Jerk-bending' to read the map in the dark. I know I wouldn't be able to read in the dark." Sokka continued, still hugging Suki. "Fine." replied Zuko, with a little unwillingness in his voice, and he moved to the front where Sokka was sitting before to assist Aang.
Suki had stopped shaking a while after Sokka had decided to 'share his body heat' with her. Colour was returning to her lips and face. Sokka decided to break the cold silence between them. "So I was wondering, if your shivering due to you having never flown in your life before, why weren't you shaking when we escaped from Azula and her fleet before?" Sokka asked a little curiosity in his still cracking voice. "Well, I spent a lot of time in a prison surrounded by a lake of boiling water, and need I remind you, I've never ridden a Sky Bison in my fifteen years of life." "Wait, you're fifteen?" Sokka inquired. "Yeah, I 'celebrated' my birthday about a month ago in jail. Why?" "Well its just that in the Northern Water tribe, the women are of marrying age when they reach 16, and considering you are just a year before you hit 16…" Sokka stopped midway, turning his head away while blushing a little. "Oh…" replied Suki. "Anyways, how does living in prison makes it so hard to adapt to the cold surroundings? I didn't have any problem with warmth when I first rode big old Appa." Sokka said, trying to change the subject. "For such a smart guy, you're pretty stupid." "Hey." Sokka said, with a mock tone of annoyance. Suki continued, "I told you that a was imprisoned in a prison that was much warmer than now, and I had also gotten used to that temperature during that period of time I was in that big cage, so I'm still taking time to get used to this new surrounding, and when we were escaping from the temple attack, all those Firebenders were practically heating up the air, especially Azula." Zuko looked at her for a while, and went back to navigating. "Then… am I helping you with…er… adapting?" asked Sokka. "More than you know." Suki's lips met Sokka, he himself returning her kiss, both of them full of love and sweetness in each other's mouths. Their tongues intertwining each other's. Zuko quickly held the atlas right in front of his eyes, trying to concentrate on reading the map.
They pulled away for air after a few minutes. "You know, I like your hair better without that ponytail." Suki commented smiling cheekily. Hearing that, Sokka pulled off the band holding his hair and replied, "Shut up." And he resumed their little moment.
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