CHAPTER 2: Requests
The whole night at camp was full of singing and dancing. They settled in the middle of the woods in an open space. Zuko built them a campfire and Ty Lee brought s'mores along with her. Together, they roasted s'mores in the campfire. The smell of burnt marshmallows filled the atmosphere. Everyone started snickering when Sokka got distracted and accidentally burnt the entire marshmallow on the stick. "Aw, man!"
Everyone laughed. "You know, this is really fun." remarked the little earth bender after she just finished cooking her s'more.
"Ha-ha." he forced himself to laugh though the irony.
"Hey, Sokka," Zuko said. "I brought my guitar. Now, who's up for a sing-a-long?"
This got everyone's attention. "Oh cool! A sing-a-long." Ty Lee beamed. "May I lead the first song?"
The fire lord chuckled. "Actually, we should let Sokka lead the first song. Since he reserved himself a space to start. He's been waiting for this for a long time."
"Fine." she crossed her arms. "I'll be the next, then."
Zuko took his guitar and started to find a tune. "This song is dedicated to my girl Suki." Sokka announced. And it made Suki blush and she started playing with her hair nervously.
He played the song and in an instant, everyone was swaying in the rhythm of the song and some were even mouthing the lyrics.
"..You look into to your heart and you find love, love, love.." Sokka took Suki's hand and she squeezed it rather tightly.
Everyone swayed and clapped. And just like what Toph had said earlier, 'This is really fun."
The music died down and Ty Lee took her stance. "This song is dedicated to someone special here in the circle…" she said.
"And how come we're really suspicious to know who you're talking about?" Haru quoted behind her.
Ty Lee giggled. "I'm sorry, but that was a rhetorical statement."
"Hmmp," He raised his brow. "That backfired."
Zuko started playing the second song for the night.
"..And I can tell you: his favorite color's green…" she sung. "He likes to argue…" she started exchanging glances with Sokka who she had eyes for and then with Haru-whose got eyes for her.
When Zuko was busy playing, Toph approached him. He least expected her to interrupt. Cause normally she would just sit down and not even bother to sing along. "Hey, I need to talk to you."
"Not now." Zuko whispered back. "I'm really busy, Toph. Can you wait till I'm done?"
She pouted. "Fine. But hear me out first: I want to request a song dedication."
"You?" he gasped and that made him realize that Ty Lee was done. "It's not like you at all, Toph. You couldn't even speak in front of a crowd. Why would you want to sing-"
"I didn't say I'm going to sing. I simply asked you to dedicate a song for someone."
"From you or from me?"
"From me of course."
"Okay. What song?"
She began whispering to him the lyrics and the fire lord himself was impressed.
"I'm not sure what the title is." she protested once she finished.
"But you memorize the lyrics! How could you not know the title?"
She scratched her head. "Well…"
"I'm not singing this. It's a girl's song." He surrendered. "It's a girl's 'I-want-you-to-be-mine' song. I would be mistaken as 'gay'. And I most certainly don't want that to happen. Nu-uh. Sing it yourself, tough girl. I'll play it."
"Guess I never thought of that…B-but I can't sing! Not in front of them. Not in front of him…" she whispered back and bit her lip when she heard herself say it.
"I'm sorry. Who?"
She shook her head. "There is no way I am going to-"
Before she could finish, Zuko stood up and announced to the whole camp. "Well, well, well. Guess who's singing for her 'special someone' tonight?"
Toph clenched her teeth. "I'm going to kill you.."
Everyone shifted on their position when they heard the words 'special someone'.
"No way…" They muttered doubtfully. Then their heads turned to Toph who immediately straightened up from embarrassment.
"Great," she grumbled. "Just great. Why did I have to tell Zuko?"
Zuko smirked and Toph fell back to her seat and regretted ever asking him.
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