Avatar: The Last Airbende (c) Mike and Bryan
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Yuyi breathed a soft sigh of relief once he heard that Chang'e had fallen asleep; for a firebender she liked to stay up late. Regardless, the sixteen-year-old prince of the Fire Nation calmly slipped out of bed and quietly left the room.
It was dark in the palace, but there were candles lit at five foot intervals, and the moon was full, its light shining through the tall windows. Yuyi had become somewhat of an excerpter in sneaking around the palace ever since he was fourteen. First it was practicing bloodbending under the light of a full moon; knowing full well his mother would probably kill him if she ever found out her son was bloodbending.
More recently, he'd been sneaking out because it was the only way for him to meet his boyfriend. Junichiro was waiting for him in the little antechamber that nobody used, juggling little balls of flame. Yuyi liked watching the firebending boy play with his element. He could write a poem about how the flames lit of Junichiro's face in the dark room and the slight curve of his mouth as he absorbed himself in his bending. Softly, Yuyi cleared his throat.
Junichiro stopped bending and looked up at Yuyi before breaking out in a grin. "Yuyi!" Junichiro got to his feet and embraced his waterbending prince. The two teens shared a kiss, before breaking away. Yuyi pressed his forehead against Junichiro's. "I thought you weren't coming," Junichiro admitted. "I was starting to get worried."
"No, I was coming," Yuyi assured him, "I just had to wait until my sister fell asleep."
"What? Are you afraid your sister will rat you out to your parents?" Junichiro asked.
"Not my parents, the Fire Nation. I am still the Fire Nation Prince, certain things are still expected of me." Yuyi muttered darkly. Junichiro frowned before pecking Yuyi's nose.
"Stop that," he said. "Tonight is about us. It's a full moon." Junichiro grinned.
"I could… bloodbend," Yuyi whispered huskily as he pressed his boyfriend up against the wall. He slipped his hand beneath Junichiro's shirt and slowly teased the skin, bending his blood just slightly. Junichiro hissed.
"That feels weird," Junichiro muttered, before moaning when Yuyi began to suck on his neck.
Chang'e couldn't believe what she was seeing! She cupped her hand around her little flame and continued to watch her brother make out with, Junichiro! Who was simply the son of the guard captain. Hardly anyone worth noticing, yet Chang'e knew her eyes weren't lying to her and she could definitely hear them moaning.
She looked away, hurt that her own twin would feel the need to sneak around and lying about something like this. He was suppose to be able to trust her and tell her these things. Was he afraid that their parents would find out? That hardly mattered considering that relationship between her parents was once considered taboo and forbidden by both the Fire Nation and the Water Tribe.
She was about to leave when she noticed that a guard was about to check the room they were making out in. If she didn't do something, the guard would get a rather rude shock and her brother didn't need to explain why he was making out with Junichiro. She shot a little bit of fire at him, startling him and her brother. "What was that?" she heard Junichiro ask.
"I don't know," her brother replied before giving his boyfriend a quick kiss and leaving. Chang'e swiftly made headed back to bed.
The next morning, breakfast was an awkward affair. Zuko was off in an early council meeting, leaving Katara alone with her two children. "Is there something wrong, you two?" she asked.
"No Mom," Yuyi said. "Uhm… may I be excuse? I want to practice my waterbending," he added.
"Sure. I'll come join you later," Katara said with a smile and watched her son get up and leave. She turned her attention to her daughter. "Chang'e?"
"Yes, Mom?"
"You're making that face again," Katara pointed out.
"What face?"
"The face that says you know something and want to tell me about but are unsure how your brother will react."
Chang'e sighed. She could get nothing pass her mother. "Fine, I do have something. Last night… I caught Yuyi with a boy… he was making out with him."
Katara stared at her daughter before chuckling. "About time," Katara said. Chang'e looked up at her mother. "So who is it? No, lemme guess… its Junichiro. He's been making moon-eyes at him for months now."
"You aren't mad?" Chang'e asked.
"Why should I be mad? Yuyi is a waterbender. While he's the Prince of the Fire Nation, that is as far as he'll ever go, due to his bending." Katara sighed, "Believe me. I tried to have the rule changed, but even your father insisted that only a firebender could succeed him."
"But Yuyi will still stay in the Fire Nation, right? When I become Fire Lord?" Chang'e said.
"No. Most likely not. There is truly nothing for him here, I hope he goes off and discovers more about himself," Katara said.
"No fair. I want to go on an adventure," Chang'e grumbled.
"Adventures aren't all that they are cracked up to me," Zuko said as he came in. "Sorry I'm late, I settled the meeting though. Everything is working out fine." Zuko sat next to his wife. "What's up Chang'e?" he looked at his daughter.
"Lots of things Dad, the sun, the sky," she muttered.
"Chang'e caught her brother making out with Junichiro," Katara said.
"You owe me twenty gold piece," Zuko said. "I told you he'll go for Junichiro."
"You two aren't upset?" Chang'e asked again. She was expecting a different reaction from her parents. Not that she was upset herself about Yuyi liking boys or anything, it was more the fact that he felt he had to hide such a key part of himself from her, his own twin sister!
"Chang'e… back when your mother and I first met… we were enemies… and even after the war we were… our relationship was taboo and forbidden. Fire and Water didn't mix," Zuko said, "especially Fire Nation Royalty and a Water Tribe commoner."
"Yet that didn't matter. Your father and I married and I became Fire Lady of the Fire Nation," Katara said with a smile. "Besides, what kind of parents would we be if we can't accept Yuyi for who he is?"
"It's not that… it's argh!" Chang'e bent flames before storming off.
Yuyi stumbled upon his sister crying in their mother's garden. "Chang'e?" he asked and walked up to her. "Chang'e what's the matter?"
"You! You and your stupid sneaking about and…" she looked away. "Why… why didn't you tell me?"
"I'm sorry…" Yuyi whispered.
"Was I… I'm your own sister!"
"I know," Yuyi hugged her. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you but it's just so… Mom and Dad already know… and I wasn't sure how to break it to you."
"By just coming out and saying it," Chang'e grumbled.
"Okay," Yuyi muttered and kissed her temple.
"And that's how you do…" Yuyi stopped letting the water fall to the frozen ground. Korra was staring at him again, in that dreamy far-away look she got. "Korra," he said sternly, drawing his young pupil's attention back to the present. "Why were you staring at me like that?"
"I was staring?" Korra asked baffled, a blush covered her cheeks.
"Yes, now let's get back to waterbending training," he said.
"Right… uhm… do you have a girlfriend?" Korra blurted out.
"Korra, you're twelve. You shouldn't be worrying about whether or not I'm in a relationship." Yuyi said. "And no. I don't have a girlfriend."
"Alright!" Korra jumped and pumped the air with her fist. "Will you be my—"
"—boyfriend." Yuyi finished.
"Huh?" Korra stared at her teacher baffled.
"I said I have a boyfriend, his name is Dokka. And before you ask, some people are like that," Yuyi said and then put his hand on Korra's head. "But between you and me, you are my favorite waterbending student."
Yuyi trains Korra in waterbending. He lives in the South Pole, and is something of a heartbreaking among the women, who are always disappointed to learn that Yuyi is gay.
Korra has a cute little girl crush on her handsome teacher.
I fail at Water Tribe names.
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