A/N: Don't know if I'll continue this… it'll be awhile before I update again

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Months went by. Mai and Zuko announced their engagement and got married. About two weeks later they told the Fire Nation of their pregnancy. The Fire Nation was thrilled to have a new heir.
Mai however, wasn't thrilled at all. Being pregnant just wasn't what she wanted for herself at such a young age. Zuko was great, he was amazing actually. Sure, she had imagined having his kids sometime. But she thought it would be when she was at least thirty... Not in her late teens. Mai was usually smarter than this.
"How are you feeling today?" Zuko asked Mai as she sat down at a long table for breakfast.
"Oh you care about how I feel now? Or is it just the baby you're worried about?" Mai rolled her eyes then glared down at her empty plate. She wasn't hungry.
"Don't be like that, Mai." Zuko told her as he stood up from his chair.
"Is that an order, Fire Lord Zuko?!" Mai spat at him. Zuko frowned as he walked up to her. She crossed her arms and continued to glare at her plate.
"You and I both know that I can't order you to do shit. How are you feeling, Mai?" Zuko reached out to touch her shoulder. Mai snapped her shoulder back from his hand when he got too close.
"Don't you have some war counsel to get to or something?" Mai finally looked up at her husband. She looked directly at the scar Zuko's father had given him. Most people felt sorrow or pity when they saw the scar on Zuko's face, not Mai. When Mai saw his scar she only felt love. Pure love for him.
"Not today. I canceled everything so that I could spend the day with you. Not that you deserve it, but I love you. I want to spend time with you." Zuko bent down and kissed her head. Mai let out a giant sigh.
"You're right, I don't deserve your love." Mai mumbled lowly as Zuko wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her close. Mai just smiled and hoped that Zuko didn't see her.
"See, we agree on something!" Zuko chuckled then he kissed her head again. This time Mai rolled her eyes.
"I hate being pregnant, Zuko." Mai admitted after a few moments of silence. Zuko put his hand under Mai's chin and pulled her head sideways to look at him.
"Why?" Zuko asked with what appeared to be sincere interest. Mai blinked, wanting to turn away from him. She couldn't because of Zuko's hand holding her chin up but she sighed instead.
"Are you going to love our baby more than me?" Mai whispered in the softest voice she could manage, with just a hint of worry. Zuko was afraid this might happen at some point during her pregnancy. He just hoped it would come later so he'd have more time to prepare, oh well.
"Look, Mai. You're the only person I have ever loved other than my family my entire life... That kind of love is intense and it will never go away. It can only grow stronger. And our baby is a part of both me and you, right?" Zuko was trying to explain this situation the best he could.
"Yeah, but-"
"Let me finish. If our baby is a mix of me and you, then the baby is my family too. Like I said before you're the only person I have ever loved outside of my family. As fucked up as this sounds I won't love our baby more than you, Mai. I can't." Zuko told her with a strange smile on his lips. He wasn't sure how Mai would take this answer. Until, she smiled widely.
"That's just what I wanted to hear. We're going to be really selfish parents, aren't we?" Mai laughed as she stood up and hugged Zuko tightly. Zuko welcomed her with open arms then kissed her head again, leaving his lips in her hair.
"Probably, but they'll get so much attention from the Fire Nation that they won't even care. I know that I didn't mind that my father hated me until I was banished." Zuko told her in a chuckle.
"I don't know what I'd do without you, Zuko. I love you." Mai held onto him tighter. She didn't know why but having Zuko hold her was very comforting.
"I think I'm going to be sick, stay here." Mai reluctantly let go of Zuko and ran out of the dining room toward the bathroom. Zuko just laughed and smiled to himself. He couldn't wait to spend the day with Mai.


"I fucking hate the sun." Mai grumbled as she opened a large black umbrella and hid under it.
"You're so beautiful when you hate everything." Zuko complimented and he wrapped an arm around his new wife. He pulled her close.
"I don't hate you." Mai replied then she stopped walking, Zuko stopped as well. Mai kissed Zuko softly on the lips.
"I don't hate you, too." Zuko kissed her back and smirked. Mai grinned at him, then she went back to frowning. As her usual facial expression.
"Lord Zuko! Lord Zuko!" One of their many guards ran over to the two. Zuko and Mai both turned to look at the guy. He had a very worried expression on his face.
"Yes, what is it? This better be an emergency because you're interrupting my day off." Zuko hissed at the guard.
"There's some bad news about your sister, the Princess." The guard spoke in a breathless heave.
"What bad news?" Zuko nearly growled. There were two people who never ceased to make Zuko angry. His father, Ozai and his sister, Azula.
"S-She's escaped the institution." The guard informed lowly. Mai backed away from Zuko, knowing that he would blow up.
"AZULA ESCAPED THE INSTITUTION?!" Zuko screamed at the top of his lungs. Mai's eyes grew wide in shock. But she knew exactly where Azula was going since she escaped. Azula was going to the palace. It was only a matter of time before Mai would see her.