AN: Ok here's chapter two.
Lucid Fortune
"Jin, is that you?"
"Yes Zuko it is." Jin said with her arms folded.
"Are you here to yell at me, because if I wanted a girl yelling at me I'd be courting one right now." Zuko said with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Zuko I'm not going to yell at you, I just want an explanation."
"Good thing you're sitting down this is going to take a while." Zuko said after taking a deep sigh.
During Zuko's long explanation of how he was hiding in Ba Sing Se to how he joined with the Avatar the other customers left. It was dark by the time Zuko neared the end of his story.
"I opened the Jasmine Dragon and here I am." Zuko said leaning back.
"Wow that's quite a story." Jin said in a surprised voice.
"Well that's what happened; it's hard to make up a story like that." Zuko said in defense.
"I'm not saying it's fake, it's just a lot to take in at once. Look it's late I should get going. I'll stop in tomorrow to say hi." Jin said getting up to leave.
"Alright I have to close up the shop anyway." Zuko said.
They both said there goodbyes and Zuko was left alone in the tea shop. Zuko had an odd feeling but it was quickly ignored. Zuko closed the shop in silence.
The next morning Zuko opened the shop and it was immediately packed. Zuko was constantly taking orders and brewing tea. When the shop had started to slow down Zuko nearly passed out in a chair, he knew he wouldn't be able to run the shop by himself; it was just too much work. Zuko heard the door open and grudgingly got up to see who it was.
Jin walked into the Jasmine Dragon and was surprised to see that Zuko was no where in sight. Seeing the back room door open she saw a tired Zuko walk to the counter. Jin walked over and she could see the exhaustion in his whole body. Jin took a mental note of how toned Zuko's body was.
"Zuko you can't run this place by yourself, let me help you." Jin said softly.
"I don't need help I can do this myself." Zuko said defensively.
"Look at you your exhausted." Jin said in response.
"I'm not tired!" Zuko nearly shouted.
"Than why are you supporting yourself with the counter?" Jin said with a smirk on her face.
Zuko looked down and noticed he was indeed leaning on the counter. Zuko knew he had lost the argument and rather than make it worse he gave in to Jin's request.
"I'll get you an apron, can you be a waitress?" Zuko asked.
"I can manage." Was Jin's response.
Surprisingly enough to Zuko the rest of the day went by rather smoothly with Jin helping. Zuko noticed that Jin was much better with people than he was, but this was fine with Zuko he preferred to not get stares from people because of his scar.
Zuko wondered how much different his life would be without the scar. Zuko would still be in the Fire Nation being his father's lackey just like Azula. Zuko shuddered at the thought and went back to cleaning dishes.
When the last customer finally left Zuko and Jin both fell into seats.
"Well that wasn't so bad." Jin said sarcastically.
"Well one day down I only have the rest of my life to go." Zuko said while rolling his eyes.
"Jin I don't know how to thank you for helping me today." Zuko said looking at Jin.
"Let me work here and take me on a date and we'll call it even." Jin said smiling.
Zuko remembered their last date. He did enjoy himself even though he made a fool of himself in the restaurant, and the kiss was nice. If she worked with him Zuko wouldn't go out of his mind from the work load.
"Alright after work tomorrow I'll take you out to dinner." Zuko said with a smile.