II: Greed
"We will discuss your sudden change of heart now." demanded the last person Ty Lee wanted to hear from.
She had been trying to avoid Azula's presence since telling her she wanted to stop the affair. Of course Azula would never accept defeat, and Ty Lee knew that Azula was not happy unless the world and all its inhabitants belonged to her.
"No," Ty Lee said, but Azula could hear her indecisiveness like a beast could smell fear. And so she pounced; Ty Lee was doomed in this conversation.
"What made you become so ... good? Is he rubbing off on you while you're not rubbing yourself off on me?" Azula asked. Ty Lee almost laughed.
"I just…" Her eyes were wide and her body was frozen in the hallway.
"Oh come on, you're too greedy to play coy. You want both of us, but, of course, you want me more. What you made you stop craving having a husband and a girlfriend?" Azula asked.
"I do want you both," Ty Lee admitted, "but I told you that—"
"You really aren't kidding about suddenly growing a conscience." Azula shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Come on. Indulge yourself. Have us both."
"You want me to just have you. Or, no, you want to just have me," Ty Lee snapped.
Azula was silent and Ty Lee almost thought she won.
"That is somewhat true." Azula shrugged, and Ty Lee knew she was losing again. "But you will always belong to me. First love never really goes away."
She traced the grooves on the wall with her manicured fingernails. They were perfect, and Ty Lee was staring without meaning to.
"I will always love you," Ty Lee said as articulately as possible. "I just won't be sleeping with you."
The wall made a screeching sound as Azula lost her patience.
"Why?"
"You don't deserve all the answers you want."
"I don't care. I want them and so you will give them to me."
Ty Lee wanted to fight, but she just gave in. Azula would find out eventually.
"Zuko and me … We're going to have a baby."