Inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender

Season 3, somewhere between Episode 17 and 19

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Zuko woke up to something very unusual. His whole body twitched, he needed to defend himself. But something about the mysterious presence that had woken him up, stopped his natural reaction to attack first, ask questions later. He waited and listened. In the back of his mind, he thought about how Toph's earth bending lessons for Aang must be rubbing off on him…

Speaking of Toph, this foreign presence seemed a lot like her. The body moving near him seemed to be small, but smelled nice, like walking outside after a spring rain shower.

Zuko sat up, squinting into the darkness, "Toph wha-"

"Be quiet Princess, whisper!" Toph commanded hastily, "you don't want to wake up the others, do you?"

Zuko rubbed his eyes, still straining to see, "What's going on? Why are you here?" His eyes finally began to adjust. It was the middle of the night and the moon was half way out in a cloudless sky. Zuko was in his tent a several meters from Aang, Katara, and Sokka.

"I couldn't sleep and I wanted to talk to you." Toph said simply.

"Why couldn't it have waited til the morning? If you hadn't noticed, I was sleeping just fine." Zuko grumbled.

"Because I didn't want the others to know."

"Know what, Toph? What could you possibly want to talk to me about that the others couldn't know about?" Zuko could finally see Toph. She had her hair down completely and it was longer than he expected. She was sitting cross-legged near the entrance of his tent.

"The kiss and the foot massage." Toph whispered very softly.

"Oh," Zuko sighed, "Listen, Toph, before you start getting all emotional-"

"Excuse me?! Emotional over a kiss? Not me!" Toph thumped the ground angrily and crossed her arms.

"Shhh! No, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant." Zuko whispered urgently.

"You're not my boyfriend, and I'm not your girlfriend, I get it." Toph grumbled and made to get up to leave.

"No, wait!" Zuko reached out and put his hand on her arm, "We can talk about it, I'm sorry I insulted you! I like you, but you're way too young for me. I'm sixteen and you're twelve. It was impulsive of me to kiss you, but we need to leave it at that." Zuko said quickly before she could leave.

Toph stiffened at his words, "So you think of me as a small, defenseless child?" She spat the last word like it was poison. "No one will ever take me seriously, I'm stronger than I look you know, and I can see just as well as you, if not better, even though I'm blind!"

"I know Toph," Zuko said with a faint smile, "I like you because you are strong and smart, but…" he looked down, his smile fading, "…but this just isn't right."

"I changed my mind, I don't want to talk about this." Toph got up and kneeled, Zuko thought she was going to turn around and crawl out of the tent, but instead she approached him, rested her hands on his thighs and kissed him.

Zuko's senses lit on fire. He felt her small hands on his thighs, her strong grip digging into his skin. He felt her lips, inexperienced but determined, moving against his own. He reacted impulsively, kissing her back and reached his hands up to tangle his fingers into her dark locks. But before his hands could touch her, Toph had tackled him to the ground. Zuko's back hit the ground roughly and knocked the wind out of him.

Toph broke the kiss to let him catch his breath, "I don't need to be gentle either," she said smirking.

The fire inside Zuko raged up and he finally got his hands in her hair as she kissed him again. Her body resting against his, her hands on his shoulders. He knew he shouldn't be doing this… But it was just kissing, as long as they just kissed it was okay…

Zuko became frustrated with Toph's lack of experience. He held her tight and flipper her over so he straddled her on the ground. He pulled back and kissed her cheek, neck, and forehead as they caught their breath. Then he leaned down and slowly kissed her. He nipped at her bottom lip, and then let her do the same to him. He sucked on her bottom lip, and then let her do the same.

For nearly an hour they lay together that night and kissed while their hands lightly explored each other's bodies, without going too far. Zuko taught her how to use her lips, tongue, and teeth on his lips, neck, and collar bone. They fell asleep cuddling in Zuko's tent.

When the sun began to rise, Toph woke up, feeling Katara begin to stir. She sat up and gave Zuko a punch in the arm, "Wake up Sparky!" She whispered.

"Hey you don't have to punch me to wake me up," Zuko mumbled with his face still snuggling her long, dark hair.

"It was an affectionate punch, remember," Toph smiled and kissed him on the forehead before quietly crawling out of the tent and returning to her rock shelter.

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Ah to be young and receive kissing lessons *sigh* Hope yall enjoyed it!