Flameyo! Sorry I didn't update for a while. I've been rethinking this chapter for a couple of weeks now.

Previously on Avatar:

"There was no need to singe those boys!"

"Yes, there was," Aang replied his voice even. "I had tons of friends their age. You learn pretty quickly what goes through their minds."

"Okay, so they were looking at me! Is that not allowed?"

"I never said it wasn't. We just don't have time for those distractions."

"I am more than capable of taking care of myself! I don't need you, or anybody else to do it for me."

"And if I hadn't interfered you would have gone with them, wouldn't you?"

"How would you know? How is it fair that you get to judge me, as though you do no wrong? You run around here, like you are all important, like nothing in the world matters to you."

"That's not true. You know that's not true."

"You know what. I don't know what to believe anymore."

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Suki's POV

I sat down at the edge of the fountain, my mind racing. Sokka and Zuko sat on either side of me and Toph sat down in front of us. I felt Sokka slip his arm around my waist and I rested my head on his shoulder.

"This isn't good." I groaned. "This isn't good at all."

"So they had an argument. Big deal." Zuko shrugged. "Mai and I used to argue all the time."

"That's just it," Toph sighed as she tilted her head back, her sightless green eyes staring at the clouds. "They don't fight. Sure, every once and a while Sweetness goes off on him, or Twinkle Toes gets all moody and starts ranting. But nothing big."

Zuko stared at her for a second. "Okay," he said slowly. "I see the issue." I sighed and detached myself from Sokka.

"I'm going to go talk to Aang." My friends looked up at me.

"Why you?" Sokka asked. "Aang's my buddy. We have an understanding."

"To an extent." I said calmly. Something told me that Aang was hiding something from him and Katara. I could vaguely imagine Sokka freaking out over this secret, the real reason the fire nation boys were burnt. Toph snorted, signaling that she understood what I was thinking.

"Got that right," she cackled. Sokka looked from me to the metal bender.

"There is something you're not telling me." He accused.

"Face it, Ponytail. There are a lot of things that we aren't telling you." He opened his mouth to retort, but he dropped his head.

"Women," he muttered. "They are so confusing." He sighed. "I'll go see what I can do to calm Katara down."

He turned and stalked away without another word. As soon as he was out of earshot, Toph and Zuko burst into laughter.

"What?" I asked confused.

"He….he actually….thinks that…he can….calm her down!" Toph managed.

"She's impossible to reason with when she's upset." Zuko said, calming down. I shook my head. I knew the Waterbender had a temper. I also knew that Zuko and Toph had been victims of this temper, so I wasn't going to question their judgment. Zuko nudged the blind girl with his foot.

"You owe me 30 gold pieces." Toph looked up at him.

"What?"

"You bet that they were kissing the whole time they were gone. I think it's apparent they weren't swapping spit." She growled and dug some coins out and threw them at his feet. He scoped them up and began counting them out. I sighed and was making my way through the door when a thought struck me.

"When Sokka comes back," I said, "Go head up to Katara's room and calm her down."

"You have very little faith in your boyfriend," Toph called.

"No, I have little faith in Katara's brother." I said walking into the house. "Two totally different people."

I crept through the halls, trying to see through the dim lighting. I kept a hand firmly pressed against the wall, looking for the stairs that led up to the bedrooms. I no longer felt the coolness of the stone against my palm and stuck my foot out, searching for a stair.

"This would be so much easier if I was a Firebender." I grumbled as my foot found the stairs. I climb the stairs cautiously, counting the steps. I breathed a sigh of relief when I reached the last step. I took a deep breath and continued through the halls, not bothering to stroke the walls to figure out where the doors were. I had the upper floor of the house memorized from when I snuck out at night to spend time with Sokka.

When I reached Aang's door, I hesitated. 'Please don't go all Avatar on me,' I prayed as I opened the door. Aang sat on his balcony facing the cliff that led to a swift drop into the ocean. The sun had begun to set, casting a depressing gloom over the room. Momo, who was sitting on his shoulders, looked up as I entered. Aang remained motionless.

Small tendrils of smoke rose in front of him. I suddenly remembered what Toph had told me before. Strong emotions can trigger his fire bending. I took a step back, but I paused. The air was sweet and smelt vaguely of flowers. I breathed a sigh of relief as I made my way into the room. He had lit a candle, and was probably meditating.

"Aang?" I said tentatively, he usually freaks out if we interrupt his meditating. He turned and looked up at me, grinning.

"Hey Suki!" he said brightly. "You finally get tired of training?"

"Yeah," I said slowly, coming out onto the balcony and sitting next to him. "We got kinda interrupted." He sighed, turning back to facing the cliff.

"I don't want to talk about it." I blinked, surprised.

"How did you-."

"Vibrations." He said with a shrug. I stared at him for a moment in awe. He laughed. "I was taught earth bending from the best."

"You knew we were there? The whole time? Why didn't you say anything?"

"Eh?" he shrugged. "And make Katara go off on you after she was already peeved?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Oh. I guess. Thanks for that."

"Saving people. That's what I do." We sat in silence for a moment, watching the small fire flicker in the approaching gloom.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked shyly. He sighed, leaning back on one arm. He held his palm out in front of him. Suddenly, small flames erupted from his fingertips.

"Do I have a choice?" He grumbled.

"I'm trying to help Aang. You and Katara are my friends, and I hate seeing you two in so much pain."

"I'm fine," he said calmly, pulling that stupid façade Zuko had shown him.

"No, you're not." I said firmly. "And stop acting like you don't care! I can't blame Katara for going off on you. She's so used to reading you like a book. But now, you've cut her off."

The candle's flame and the flames flickering above his fingers suddenly shot up at least a foot before snuffing out, plunging us into darkness. I leapt back in surprise and Momo chattered angrily.

Aang swore under his breath. "Sorry." He mumbled. "But, now you can see why I have to keep my temper." I snorted.

"This is the first time that's happened." I said, trying to be helpful. Through the gloom, I saw him flick his wrist and a small flame crackled to life as it made contact with the candle stem.

"Doesn't matter. I've already hurt Katara while fire bending and with the Avatar state. I'm not going to let something stupid like my temper hurt her." I nodded, smiling sadly.

"But, you are hurting her. She doesn't like being cut off from you. Face it. She needs you as much as you need her." He looked at me.

"You sound too much like her. Have you been taking lessons?"

"No. It's just a girl's-."

"Go away, Sokka." Katara screamed, which was followed by the pounding of footsteps as someone ran through the hall. This someone, my boyfriend, tripped and clattered to the floor.

"You are insane, woman!" he screamed. I heard a clay pot shatter. Suddenly, the air became unnaturally cold. I shuddered at the memory of the freezer on the Boiling Rock. They threw me in there, and I'm not even a bender. "Ah!" Sokka screamed. "You can't just leave me frozen to a wall!"

"Watch me!" The Waterbender shouted and I heard a door slam.

I turned and looked at Aang. He looked from the door, then back to me. "You sent Sokka to go calm her down?" he asked incredulous.

"He volunteered." I shrugged. The master Airbender snickered.

"But, back to what I was saying. Don't cut her out. That's why she feels like you don't care."

"She could have told me," he muttered darkly, lighting his fingertips again. "She didn't have to wait 'til she was screaming at me."

"Yeah," I said. "I guess it just slipped out. You're mad at someone for one reason; than you bring all this other things the person did to make you mad into the conversation. Does that make sense?" Jeez, I'm not too good at this comforting thing.

"Yeah, I guess. But, I need to keep her at a distance." I looked at him.

"Why?" He looked at me sadly, his grey eyes revealing his true age.

"You've heard about the fall of Ba Sing Se." I nodded. Of course I remember. Azula stole my Kyoshi warrior uniform and threw me in prison. "Well, before that. I went to see a guru. A spiritual teacher." He added, seeing my confused look. "He wanted to help me master the Avatar state. Well, he told me I had to let go of my earthly attachments. And-." He looked down, ashamed. "I couldn't do it."

"Katara is your attachment? Do the others know?" He nodded slightly. "Except for Katara?" Again, he nodded. "Why don't you tell her?"

"She'll feel guilty." He mumbled, staring at the flames dancing on his fingertips. "And, she shouldn't. It's not her fault. It's mine."

"Wow," I said in awe. "You must really love her." He looked up at me. His eyes were pained. I bit my lip. I always felt so sorry for Aang. No one should know the kind of pain he's experienced.

"Yeah," the Avatar said quietly. "But, that's not going to help anyone."

"Yes, it will. It'll help Katara. She's been really confused lately. I mean, after we got from that play a few days ago, she's just been out of it." Aang looked away flushing. I decided not to press for answers. "Look, just talk to her. Don't block her out. Forget what Zuko told you about being calm all the time. And try," I said, emphasizing 'try', "to tell her about the guru issue." He nodded and I hugged him gently. He sat stiffly for a moment, before wrapping his non-flammable arm around me. I stood and made my way towards the door. I placed my hand on the door handle and paused.

"Aang?"

"Hmm?"

"Why did you burn those boys?" the Airbender turned to look at me.

"You already know," he said, giving a small smile.

"I think I do," I corrected. He rolled his eyes and stared back at his hand, studying the blaze engulfing his fingers.

"You said it yourself. I love her."

"So you had to burn them? Why not just tell them to lay off?" He continued to examine his hand. Finally, he curled his fingers into his palms, putting out the flames.

"You would do the same thing if you were in my position. Plus, it's more satisfying knowing they won't be able to sit for a while." I bit back a smile. He was right, of course.

"Okay," I said. "You got me." I sighed. "Just think about what I said. I've got a boyfriend to go unfreeze." I quickly slipped out as Aang rolled on the floor howling with laughter. I smiled. 'At least one of them is back to normal.'

I slipped down the hall, this time, pressing my hand against the stone. About half way across the upstairs platform, I felt something cold touch my hand. I reached a bit further and sure enough, something cool and moist met my skin.

"Sokka?" I hissed.

"Su-Suki?" I heard someone stutter. I looked around in the darkness, noticing light peeking through what looked like stone. I quickly opened the window open, just a bit, and half of the hallway was filled with the sun's dim light. But it was enough. Across from the window, pressed against the wall, was Sokka. I bit my lip. Don't laugh. He was flipped upside down, his feet brushing the ceiling. I lay down on my stomach, making me eye-level with the very cold warrior.

"Hey," I said brightly. "How's it going?" He glared at me.

"Not funny." He hissed, his teeth chattering.

"Actually it is." I said smiling. "You thought you had a chance of calming her down." I giggled.

"She's insane! I just told her to calm down-."

"First mistake." I sang. "You don't ever tell girl calm down. It just makes them freak out more. As long as you didn't tell her she was over reacting…." I trailed off as the Southern Water Tribe's man glanced around nervously. "You didn't."

"I did." He squeaked. I burst out laughing.

"Then you deserved it." I managed, gasping for breath, and pulling myself into a sitting position.

"Aw, not you too. Toph came by here and said the same thing." I leaned down and gently pressed my lips against his. He quickly responded, but I pulled back, smirking. Usually, if I pull away too early for his liking, he pulls me back in. Now, he just stared up at me, his ocean blue eyes wide. "Come on," he whined. "That's not fair." I laughed as floor boards squeaked behind me.

"Wow," Zuko said, squatting down next to me and staring at his friend. "What did you tell her?"

"To calm down. And that she was overreacting." I said, smugly. Zuko made a face.

"If that was my sister, you would have lighting up your-." I smacked him. One thing Kyoshi warriors don't tolerate was swearing.

"Watch it," I scolded. "Can you unfreeze him?"

"Yeah," the banished prince said, pressing his hand on the ice that encased my boyfriend. "Close the window," he instructed. I nodded and did as he asked. I turned around and Zuko's hand was bright red as he pressed his hand against the ice. I could hear water drip onto the floor and eventually I felt freezing water encase my feet. I leapt to the side, drying my feet with the edge of my skirt. Minutes past as the ice slowly melted. After a while, I leaned against the wall.

"Can't you go faster?" I whined.

"Chill." Zuko said. "I'm almost done." Sure enough, seconds later there was a thud.

"Ow!" Sokka shouted as he landed on his head. "You could have flipped me over." He snapped at the fire bender.

"I'm a Firebender, not a miracle worker. Now go change, dinner's almost ready." I heard scuffling as Sokka pulled himself onto his feet and trudged down the hall.

"Any luck?" I asked, standing.

"No," Zuko said before turning and heading for the stairs. I followed after.

"Is she better though? As in, 'not freezing' people better?" When we reached the stairs, a small flame erupted from Zuko's palm.

"Well," he replied. "She's not angry."

"I sense a 'but' coming."

"She was kinda on the verge of tears when we left."

"What?" I whispered, horrified. "She really thinks Aang doesn't care anymore?"

"Yeah. She said the Avatar didn't need anyone. And that's why the Avatar didn't marry."

I blinked, remembering what the Airbender had told me. "No attachments." I whispered. The prince nodded. "But, didn't Avatar Roku have a wife?"

"Ta Min." Zuko said darkly. I got the feeling he was hiding something, but I resisted the urge to ask.

"Katara doesn't know about the guru and the Avatar state issue. Surely, she would understand if-." Zuko cut me off.

"It's going to take more than that to change her mind."

"Aang loves her." I said firmly. "Isn't that enough?" Zuko turned to look at me sadly.

"I don't think so."

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