Maegan's Corner: I'm glad you liked the first two Kataang chapters. I'm thinking I'm going to move into Sukka and Tokka. So…this whole chapter is going to be from Suki's and Toph's point of view. The next will all be from Sokka's. After this whole deal…I'm going to move into Maiko! Then, I will be done with this short little sidetrack story. So…stay with me, don't give up on this story, and Please Review.
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Chapter 3, Toph, Sokka, and Suki
Four years.
Four years of only seeing Sokka four times.
It was a disappointment actually, I figured since the war was over, and we were already considered a couple, (in my eyes), that we would be spending a lot more time together. But, that didn't happen.
I was stuck in my little town of Kyoshi, caring for my people and acting as a leader, while Sokka was out there traveling the world with the little blind girl. I know it's sad to be jealous of a child, let alone Sokka's best friend, but she had spent much more time with Sokka then I had.
So, when I got the invitation to go to the 4th annual celebration of Peace, I jumped on it. This was my chance to tell Sokka how I felt about him, and we could finally be together. Maybe even start a family.
Ok…maybe too far, but something along those lines.
Some kind of relationship.
Sokka is somewhere in this ballroom right now, and I need to find him. I have to find him.
"Of course!"
A sharp, loud voice drilled into my head. I almost forgot, I was talking to Ty Lee. I glanced at her and she smiled, "Aren't you enjoying the festival?"
I smiled, "Very much so."
So much for finding Sokka, nobody could ever leave politely when you were talking to Ty Lee, AKA, A big ray of sunshine.
"Ahh I love festivals! They make the pink in my aura even brighter!" She giggled like a five year old, "All the dancing and the excitement!" she giggled again, and I took that as my cue to laugh with her.
Before she could say anything else I asked her the question on my mind, "Have you seen Sokka?"
She paused and looked at me, "You mean the cutie with the ponytail."
I turned a slight shade of pink and glanced away, "Yeah, him." I mumbled.
She laughed, "I think I have actually. He was over at the buffet table." She studied me with her eyes, "in fact, he was with that little blind girl everyone always sees him with. Rumor has it there an item."
The shade of pink turned red, "Just a rumor. Besides, Sokka and I sort of…have something going."
This raised an eyebrow, "Really?" she stared foe a second before shrugging her shoulders, "Never would have guessed."
"Well, I think I'm going to go find him now."
I walked away quickly before she could catch me and engage me in another awkward conversation. Toph and Sokka? A couple? It couldn't be. He would have told me so. It's not like he and I were 'officially' a couple, but we kissed, we talked, we had all the components of being a real couple.
"Suki?"
I whipped around to see Katara standing there, Aang at her side. When had they reunited?
"Katara!"
She ran at me and gave me a hug, which I greatly accepted, when we separated Aang equally gave me a hug, "So nice to see you!"
Her smile glowed, and I didn't fail to notice Aang's hand slide onto her back,
"Nice to see you guy's too! How have you been?"
We walking to the tables together, "Fine, just dealing with the new world, you?" she asked me.
Nothing. I had really, literally saw nothing exciting, or worth talking to the Avatar and companion about. "Umm, just trying to be a leader."
Aang smiled, "Ah yes, the Kyoshi warriors. How is that going?"
I shrugged, "Oh the regular. Just a couple drills every day. Just trying to keep the tradition going."
"That's reasonable." We had reached the table and I watched Aang pull out a chair for Katara before she sat down, "So how long have you guys been a couple?"
Katara plopped down in her seat in surprise while Aang froze in his spot, "Excuse me?" she asked.
"Well you guys are obviously dating…" I paused, "Right?"
"Not exactly," Aang stammered, "I mean, Katara if you want to be…I don't know."
Ok. Sooo…wrong question. I had Aang scrambling to find the right words to say while Katara sat there and gaped like a fish. I held my hand up for him to stop, "It's ok. I get it."
He sighed in relief, and we sat in an awkward silence.
"So…have you seen Sokka?"
Mind as well get right to the point.
I saw them share a knowing glance what they knew I never will know before Katara answered me, "Yeah he's somewhere around here. Probably hoarding the buffet table with Toph."
Aang laughed, "Or there both sitting at the bar getting wasted."
"I sure hope not." Katara said.
So he was with her. Why was everyone telling me this? Me. Suki. All my hopes were starting to dissolve. I'm sure he remembered me. He had to.
"If you'll excuse me, I need to use the restroom." I stood up quickly and left before they could say anything, apparently, Toph and Sokka were connected at the hip.
Now I had nowhere to go, except for where I said I was going, so I guess that's where I'm heading.
I passed a handful of tables, but paused when I heard a familiar laugh to my right. Sure enough, when I turned that direction, Sokka's familiar face was right there. Finally.
"Sokka?"
S W I T C H C H A R A C T E R
"Suki?" He stood up and ran, I'm not even joking to give her a hug. So much for my hilarious joke.
He laughed in disbelieve, "You're here!"
"I've been looking for you!" she sighed, relaxing into the hug.
I hate being blind.
People think you're weak and helpless.
You don't ever get to know how you look.
And if you're like me and can tell vibrations with your feet,
You can see everything thing that's going on around you.
EVERYTHING.
I can feel Sokka and Suki's hearts racing.
I can feel the way there hugging each other like there's no tomorrow.
I can feel the happiness seeping out of them like water from a sponge.
I can feel the jealousy building in me.
Sokka and I are best friends, right? So this shouldn't bother me…right?
Wrong.
I love him. I've spent the last four years traveling around with him just so I could be with him.
They sat down at the table me and Sokka had previously been sitting at, "Suki, I haven't seen you in so long! You look…so…so…so different!"
She beamed, "I hope that's a good thing."
Sokka laughed, "That's a wonderful thing!"
I don't think either of them just realized that that was basically an insult. Telling her that she looked so much better then last year. If I was her I would've caught that in heart beat.
"I can't believe it's you! How have you been?" she asked as soon as he settled down in his own seat.
"Awesome really, just been traveling the world, seeing how things are getting along now that Ozai's gone."
Hello?
Did he even remember me?
Toph, the girl he begged to travel the world with him. The girl that made him laugh almost every single day.
"Oh My goodness, you're so lucky! All I've been doing is hanging around Kyoshi." She took a sip of my punch.
My punch.
That almost made me punch her in the face, did she even see me? Hello, who was the blind one now?
"Aww Kyoshi isn't all that bad! Speaking of, how are the Kyoshi warriors?" He leaned on his hand.
"There great! There's no need to do any intense training since the war is over and all, but we still run our everyday drills. You should come by sometime, we could get you another dress!" She laughed and Sokka blushed.
I almost dropped my head down on the table as the band the Earth King hired switched to another song. Sokka and Suki continued talking.
How I wish you could see the potential, the potential of you and me
Ha. Ha. Very funny. The spirits love mocking me. Couples were dancing all around our table, and I was stuck listening to everyone else's heart, not mine.
It's like a book elegantly bound, but in a language that you can't read - just yet
"Can I ask you a question Sokka?" Suki asked. Her voice was low, and she had a, what I can only assume guys find sexy, tone in her voice. I felt Sokka's heart speed up a bit, matching Suki's pace, yet again.
"Of course Suki."
She took a deep breath, and brushed off her dress before continuing. She sure loved to take up a person's time, "Are you in a relationship?"
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
Yes! Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. He, Sokka, was in a relationship with Toph Bei Fong. Well, sorta. Not romantically, but he was my best friend, and he couldn't just walk away from that.
Ok, just take a deep breath, and calm down a bit. I'm starting to sound desperate. Toph Bei Fong is a rich, elegant, say it how it is lady. Toph Bei Fong is not desperate.
"No, Well, at least not yet." He blushed, and his heart sped up again.
Suki rested her hand on his, "Would you like to be?"
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
"If I can find the right girl."
This was a conversation I did not want to hear. Gross, mushy stuff that would just make me even more jealous.
"Have you?"
He paused, "I think I have."
There are days when outside your window, I see my reflection as I slowly pass
Her breath hitched in her throat, Sokka's breath was slow and steady, and mine, well, mine had stopped long ago. So I was being left behind, he was just going to run off with that floozy, and forget anything we had ever had in the past.
And I long for this mirrored perspective, when we'll be lovers, lovers at last
Did I ever say how much I Don't Like this song? Did I ever say how much I don't like the spirits sometimes? Well if I haven't, I'm saying it right now.
"You…have?"
"I'm pretty sure."
Gross. Disgusting. Repulsive.
Blah.
Why don't they just kiss already? Sokka wants to kiss her, she wants to kiss him.
Blah.
I dropped my head on the table with a thump. I figured they didn't even notice because nobody asked me if I was ok.
Glad they cared.
Blah. Blah. Blah.
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
I will pay half of the Bei Fong fortune, which is a lot I'm not going to lie, to whoever has the power to make this song stop abruptly.
Of course if I had said that out loud instead of in my head, hundreds of people would be lining up for the money.
"Umm, I'm glad. Because I think I have too."
"I'm glad you're glad."
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
"So…you think your ready for a relationship, and I think I'm ready for a relationship."
"It seems so."
Sokka was acting weird. How would I know this? Four years with him that's how. I remember how when we traveled from town to town, Sokka spent a lot of time outside every full moon. When I would talk to him about it, he would always give me short, trick answers. That would mean he either didn't want to talk about it, or he knew what you were thinking was completely different from his thoughts.
I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart
"And you think you have found the right person for you, and I think I have found the right person for me…"
"Apparently."
Stupid couples. There's way too many of them, all dancing closely and making each others hearts race. I decided to block out from Sokka and Suki's and try to find Katara and Aang's heart beats.
Never mind. Looks like things were getting way too racy on the balcony. Ha! If only I could tell Sokka, see how hilarious his reaction would be.
You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you, let me down so easily, so easily
"Sokka…"
I was snapped back to their conversation.
"Suki…"
Time wasters. It was around midnight, I'm tired, and I don't feel like having my heart ripped apart a little bit more every time they said something to each other.
I lifted my head up and scooted my chair back a little.
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
"I really, really need to ask you something."
"Go ahead."
I scooted back a little more. This was more than I could stand. I had to leave before people saw me in my point of weakness. Yeah, I know, Pride is overrated. But I have a reputation that has taken me years to build, I can't let it all just be destroyed because of some boy.
"So you're single…"
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
"And I'm single. We've shared a past before…"
Not like they noticed, but I stood up, ready to retire for the night and maybe talk to Sokka the next morning. If he was still here…
"And it was great. We were great. Together."
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart
The exit was on the other side of the ball room, so I had to maneuver around Sokka's chair to get to the other side.
"So I was just wondering if maybe you wanted to start up again. We could go out tomorrow." She paused.
I walked around Sokka's chair but before I could take another step, his hand took hold of mine and pulled me back towards him. I breathed in quickly in surprise, and I think Suki acknowledged me for the first time tonight. Sokka was looking at me, I could tell.
I will possess your heart
"Sorry Suki, but I already promised Toph to be with her."
Sorry sprits. I never meant to curse your name.
"Really?" she asked in disbelieve. She was staring at us in complete shock.
He squeezed my hand and placed his other on my shoulder.
"Really."
I will possess your heart
