Chapter Three: An Understanding
It was chilly when I woke up, and I was still enveloped in Zuko's arms. It wasn't that I had a problem with the fact that he was there it was the fact that he looked so darn comfortable. It was ridiculous. I had hurt him more than anyone in the world, besides maybe his mother or whoever it was who had given him that scar, and yet there he laid as if we had been doing this for years and as if I hadn't ripped his heart out of his chest and thrown it in the dirt. I repeat; it was ridiculous.
I squirmed a little in his arms and he woke up, smiled at me and leaned in for a kiss. I held two fingers up to his lips to keep them off of mine.
"You look...comfortable." I said Cooly
He looked at me confusion in his eyes "I am? Thank you?"
I glared at him.
"What did I do?" He questioned while removing his arms.
"You don't hate me. At all."
"No. Should I?"
I moaned in anger "Yes Zuko, you should hate me."
"Well I don't. End of discussion Shaeli. Nothing you could ever do could ever make me hate you."
"Oh yeah?" I challenged "Zuko I'm pregnant."
He just rolled his eyes. "No you're not."
"And how exactly, are you so sure of this?"
"Sensu has been gone for a year, and you're a faithful lover. Its possible you were pregnant with his child at one point, but you're not right now. Besides you wouldn't have let me sleep with you if you were pregnant with another man's baby Shaeli."
He had a point, I'd give him that.
"Why are you even bringing that up?"
"Because it makes sense in my mind that you'd have a little bit of a grudge-"
I was interrupted by his lips crushing mine. I tried to resist at first, but I couldn't.
I moaned lightly when he pulled away "I love you." He said kissing my forehead.
I sighed.
"I should go pack up, I want to leave while we still have the sun." He said and then walked out the door.
I decided to pack a rucksack for the journey as well.