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Warning: This chapter contains a lot of romance between Mai and Ty Lee so if you want to skip that i'd suggest to be honest, stopping reading this story in general. I did make this one a lot longer than the previous chapter and I really hope you all like this one just as much and please review and tell me if you see a typo and or you liked it. I'm sorry its been so long and I will try to start giving one night every two weeks, at the least to devote to new chapters or stories. I feel bad for neglecting you my fans so much and want to make it up to you or try to.

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Ty lee walked into the breakfast hall and sat on the right beside Azula who was up early as usual. A few minutes passed with Azula ranting about how they were close on the avatars trail and how she could feel it before Mai joined the table. She sat on Azula's left as was the normal spot she took. It had been ages since this order of seating was arranged.

As usual Mai had her almost ever present gloomy look about her. Mai would like nothing better than to be beside her lover every morning but to suddenly change the seating would most likely bring about suspicion which was why she sat in this spot looking seemingly carelessly crossed the table at her optimistic lover who would love nothing better than to hold Mai's hand under the table but couldn't.

After they were all assembled a servant hurried out to ask them what they would like for there morning meal. As the servant took the orders of the two eldest females Ty lee sat saying she wasn't very hungry but Azula would have none of it and said she looked sickly because of how little Ty Lee had spoken that morning and barked an order for the finest wood wine to be brought. In the end Ty Lee asked for bread and an apple just to get Azula to not think she was sickly.

The meal was eaten in near silence as was normal. That was at least until Azula found a cherry pit in her fire flakes and promptly screamed at the cook accusing him of trying to kill her with such poor services and clumsy care. He apologized time and time again, but thanks to Azula's fiery temper he was demoted and assured he would never cook for the royal family again.

Both Mai and Ty Lee were used to seeing this brutal display from Azula and while they felt bad for the cook particularly Ty Lee they said nothing knowing it would be best to not interfere with Azula when she was in a temper as she was now. They had grown up with her as childhood friends and were the people closest to her so they knew the monster she really was. She'd always been that way ever since they first met her so it far from new to them.

In the end the cook left in tears and the remainder of the meal was eaten in silence. Mai was lost in thought as she ate shutting the world out and Ty Lee was busying herself daydreaming of eating a pleasant breakfast alone with Mai beside her. She would not have minded them eating in silence if it was just the two of them and she could just even touch Mai's hand.

The brunette girl was ripped from her daydream by Azula's annoyed voice. "Ty Lee are you even listening to me?" Ty Lee looked up realizing she was being spoken to and saw both her lover's and Azula's eyes on her. "Oh sorry princess. I didn't hear you" Ty Lee apologized. With clear annoyance in her tone Azula repeated her orders for the week to which The gray eyes woman nodded to show she understood.

"Mai take Ty Lee back to her quarters" Azula ordered as they finished talking and she rose to her feet. Mai nodded and beckoned Ty Lee to follow her. Once in the hall Mai's voice hissed "Smooth move Ty. Now shes mad at you." "I said I was sorry" Ty Lee said quietly looking down. Her lover gave the smoke eyed younger woman a long gaze. Ty Lee's expression stopped Mai from pressing the subject any further as they walked. She knew she didn't like that expression one bit. She hated seeing Ty Lee look so down.

Once in Ty Lee's room Mai gave her a calculating look before asking what she was wondering. "So what was on your mind when Azula was talking?" "Us" came the simple reply as Ty Lee flopped down on her cot. "What about us Ty?" Mai asked curiously sitting beside Ty Lee gently pulling her head into her lap and running her long fingers through Ty Lee's hair soothing the younger woman who began purring affectionately.

"I was just thinking about us having breakfast together just the two of us and how nice it would be. How much i'd like to touch you while we eat" the young woman told the taller female. Mai leaned down placing a small kiss on her lovers lips that was returned lovingly. "soon baby but for now you need to be more careful. Azula will get suspicious if you continue to act in any way she deems strange. You know that." Mai said gently. "I'll be more careful." Ty Lee promised.

Mai gently moved Ty Lee's head and rose. The action caused Ty Lee to look disappointed as she was moved. "You cant stay?" she questioned Mia. "Unfortunately no I have to go or it will attract attention." Ty Lee pretended to pout puffing out her cheeks like a small child which gained her a soft laugh from her lover. "Don't look at me like that." Mai said halfheartedly as she walked to the door giving her lover a lingering gaze before she exited the room.

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Ty Lee sighed watching her lover go. She knew Mai was concerned for her safety but she really did wish her lover hadn't had to leave. She had really been enjoying the attention and closeness she felt to Mai. She had always liked being with Mai even before she discovered her true feelings for her.

Ty Lee could remember the moment shed realized her feelings and doubted she'd ever forget it. It was back in Omashou. The avatar had whipped the air sending her beloved back in the air and she fell off the building they were on as he escaped and Azula had went after him. She had subdued the water bender so Ty Lee jumped off the building to go get her. When she found Mai ,she'd dislocated her shoulder and was in pain. Ty Lee had worried at first because Mai wasn't moving. She had thought Mai was dead and her feelings burst out of her. She ran right to Mai and was relieved to see her chest rising and falling. In that moment she'd thought Mai wasn't with her she felt such loneliness and didn't know what she'd do without her. It had scared her so much that she'd been shocked when Mai grunted in pain waking up. Ty Lee rushed to her and after asking what was wrong with Mai, she fixed her shoulder. She was so relived and just looked at the taller woman who was in her lap partially. A blush crept into her cheeks as she noticed for the first time just how beautiful Mai was. She was long and slender with tight muscles and a great figure. The blush caught Mai's attention and she looked up and asked "why are you looking at me like that?" Seconds later Ty Lee had leaned down and planted a sweet tender kiss on Mai's partially parted lips. Mai's eyes went wide in shock but she didn't pull away. Instead she found herself kissing Ty Lee back with just as much tenderness. When the kiss was broken they stared at each other ,both blushing a little thinking "did that really just happen?" Then a loud crashing brought them back to reality and they sprang to Azula's aid.

Days later it was festering in both there minds and they hadn't spoken of the kiss even once since it happened. They could both admit to themselves it hadn't been bad or felt wrong and the other was an attractive woman but did that mean that since they hadn't pulled away that they liked or were into each other?

Mai had to know. Ty Lee remembered how she'd went to ask Mai if they could talk. She'd sat down after she was invited in and was offered tea. She'd accepted but they both had reached for the kettle at the same time and when their hands touched both blushed and pulled their hands away as if they had been shocked and apologized. In the end Ty Lee couldn't remember who made the tea but she did remember begging Mai to not hate her for the kiss and saying she hadn't known what came over her. To her shock Mai had said it was fine. Ty lee asked if she was sure and Mai did the unthinkable. She leaned in and kissed Ty Lee long and hard. The kiss was searing and definitely had a spark to it. Ty Lee's mind got fuzzy and It went much further. Needless to say she woke up the next morning in Mai's bed not knowing where she was at first or why her back was so warm. That was until she saw her clothes on the floor and realized she was naked. She heard Mai mumble in her sleep and turned seeing her pressed against her with Mai's arms tight around her middle and that brought everything about last night rushing back.

Ever since, she'd been Mai's girlfriend. They had to hide their relationship which wasn't easy considering how much they wanted each other. It wasn't forbidden in the fire nation to love another woman, but it was frowned on generally, plus they didn't even want to know what would happen if Azula found out ,considering the rumors in the palace that she herself was a sadistic bisexual. Mai and Ty Lee wouldn't doubt those rumors to be true and really didn't want to lose each other because Azula found out so they had to keep it a secret. It was the only way and it pained them both that they couldn't just be like other couples and do simple things like walk down a street holding hands.

Ty Lee rolled over trying to clean her mind closing her eyes. However, her lovers face this morning when she didn't know Ty Lee was awake was bothering her. What was bothering her baby, she wondered as she drifted into an uneasy sleep having nothing else to do since the fire princess felt that she was ill and wouldn't want her out and about if she was ,since there wasn't really anything to do around the ship anyway.