"And I have to do this because…?" Sokka whined at Katara, hating the idea of going shopping. On a perfectly good Saturday too!
"It's not like Aang wouldn't cater to your every need." This was said so that Katara couldn't hear, or catch the implications. She did hear though/
"What is that supposed to mean? Aang is to busy taking care of the aftermaths to be looking out for us." She paused then grinned most evilly. "You could ask Zuko to accompany us though."
Sokka glared at his little sister, all to aware that she was teasing him again. Of course, if Zuko were in Ba Sing Se, he would accompany the siblings. Well, the siblings plus one.
"Do you to mind? I'm gonna die of old age before you two stop-" Toph was interrupted by Sokka's reply to his sister.
"Would you leave me alone about-" This time it was Sokka's turn to get interrupted, as one short angry earthbender forced him to take a swim in a nearby fountain.
"Shut up monkey-boy!"
"Owie…"
Sulking (and still wet) Sokka returned home, unlocking the door to his upper-class apartment. Having aided the avatar on his quest, he received only the best that Ba Sing Se had to offer. Nice to see that all that camping in the woods had some benefits.
As he got in, he placed the items that he had gotten with Katara and Toph on his table. Nothing more was on his mind than a hot bath and bed when he felt a too familiar hand on his shoulder.
He quickly turned, only to come face to face with yellow eyes, and a burnt scar.
"Zuko!"
"I would be." Zuko replied sarcastically. "Or at least I am since the last time I checked."
Sokka grinned, that was Zuko all right. He hugged the firebender, for they had become more than friends since the incident with Azula.
"Back from the North so soon huh? Did you like it? Didja miss me?" Sokka asked, teasing his lover.
"You've got no idea… if I go back in this lifetime, it'll be too soon." He looked at Sokka an odd glint in his eyes.
"As for missing you, …" Sokka yelped as Zuko picked him up, and carried him to Sokka's bedroom. "…Lemme show you how much I missed you."