"What was she wanting?!" Zuko asked himself for the 100th time. "She was all nervous and then when sokka came in she was gone…" he sighed again. Maybe the best way to figure this out was to talk to the people who knew her best, in other words, the girls.
'knock knock knock' was the sound mai and Katara heard on her door, she stood up from talking with mai and opened the door, surprised to see who was there. "Zuko? What are you doing here?" she asked smiling. "Well, I have been wondering about ty lee, what's wrong with her?"
"I, I have no idea what you are talking about!" Katara said, lying terribly. "Is she in here?" Zuko asked looking at mai through the door way. "No, just me and mai." Katara answered. "Ty lee is with suki, practicing in the training yard."
"Thank you." he said and started to walk away. "uh uh uh!" Katara said. "What?" Zuko sighed turning around. "You didn't give me a hug!" Katara hugged him in a friendly way. He hugged her back then left to the training yard.
When Zuko approached the training yard he felt a fan whiz by his face. "Ok, sorry Zuko!" suki called and she stopped the sparring match with ty lee. At hearing Zuko's name, ty lee jumped and was about to run when Zuko came over and caught her arm. "We need to talk." he said seriously. "Oh, I think Katara is calling me I have to go!" she squealed and tried to tug out of Zuko's hold, unsuccefully. "Katara didn't call you, and we need to talk!" Zuko exclaimed. "Look, Zuko, me and suki were going to hang out with the girls after we spar, so I cant really talk." Zuko looked at suki and suki gave a discreet nod. "Well actually, I think we can set it up for another time!" suki said smirking at ty lee. Ty lee sighed and reluctantly agreed to talk with Zuko. All of the sudden toph appeared out of no where and pushed ty lee towards Zuko then ran. "Aaah" ty lee yelped as she was flung into Zuko's well muscled chest, feeling his arms steady her made her blush, but she didn't pull away she just leaned against him until he said. "Uhhh, ty lee you can move, are you ok?" he asked a worried tone creeping into his voice. "I am fine." tylee murmured blushing heavily. Zuko just grabbed her arms and took her into the private living room, that only Zuko and his friends and family could go into.
So, what did you want to talk about?" ty lee asked wanting to leave. "I want to know what you were going to tell me before sokka came in and why did he act like he knew something." Zuko replied calmly. "Well, I was going to…to tell you…that…" she left off. Zuko came over and sat on the large couch next to her. "Yes…?" he said huskily. Ty lee gulped, she was about to loose it. "That I-I-I li-like you…..more than a normal crush kind of thing, I really LIKE you!" she said desperately and covered her face with her hands peeking through her fingers. Zuko was shocked, ty lee could see, but there was something else in his eyes, she couldn't name it. Zuko gently grabbed her hands and lowered them, ty lee let him do so, captivated by his glowing amber eyes. He leaned forward his lips almost touching hers again.
Her breathing was ragged, Zuko could feel it on his face. He reached up a hand and brushed his thumb over her lips, he heard her gasp. She was shivering, not even keeping eye contact. All of the sudden he pressed his lips gently to hers, cupping her face in his hand. He felt her take a deep, sharp breath. He smiled that he could do this to her. It was only a second long, then he pulled away, leaving ty lee almost about to pass out. "Zuko…?" she whispered. "What…I mean do-" she was cut off as Zuko pressed his lips more firmly against hers and slowly kissed her.
Ty lee was in shock, but as she felt him kiss her again she molded her lips onto his and kissed him passionately back, it was slow and meaningful, she felt his tongue sliding against her soft lips, begging for entrance. She readily agreed. Zuko then started kissing her harder, rougher, ty lee was in heaven, he then pushed her down onto the couch and loomed over her, lowering his neck so she wouldn't have to lean up. He was kissing her with such need, but she was also. He kissed her neck sucking on it, ty lee moaned , Zuko smiled onto her neck and continued to her lips once again. The time ticked by until they broke apart panting heavily. "Z-Zuko, why d-did you…" she left off. "Ty lee, I-I love you" he said, looking at her with such a vulnerable look in his eyes. Ty lee, sat up still panting, but she had a thoughtful look on her face, she then smiled and moved onto zukos lap and started kissing his neck, then went to his lips and whispered "You don't know how long I have waited to hear that, I love you too." she looked at him, with a look of love in her eyes, then I clicked to both of them. Those looks they had been giving each other, they were basically saying 'I love you'. Ty lee got an impish grin on her face and started kissing Zuko with a zest she had never felt before. They were both moaning and kissing wildly. All the sudden ty lee stopped kissing Zuko, and he started kissing her neck since her lips were un available. "Zuko…" she tried to start a sentence, but she couldn't form a word. Finally she said "Z-Zuko, we missed dinner." "mmm," he replied, then sat straight up. "We missed dinner?!" "Yep" she replied, then looked worried. "Oh, I' ve got to go I promised the girls we would meet in my room tonight, bye! Then before she slid off his lap, she grazed her tongue along his jaw and whispered, "I love you, Zuko." then she was gone. Zuko sat there stunned for a second then smiled, and started to formulate a excuse for missing dinner.
As ty lee opened the door to her room, she saw 4 girls staring at her with frowns on their faces. "Hi, guys!" ty lee said smiling sheepishly. "Where have you been!" Katara asked in her motherly tone. "WE'VE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR HALF AN HOUR!" toph exclaimed. "Oh, sorry, I was…busy." she said blushing. Every one looked confused. Then toph said. "Why is your heart going so fast?" ty lee froze. "Oh no reason." she walked over and sat on her bed, she turned her head and saw in the mirror over her dresser that she had a dark mark on her neck were Zuko had been kissing, she instantly slapped her hand over it, in the process drawing all the attention to her once more. "Why are you covering you neck?" mai asked nonchalantly. "Oh no reason." then out of no where, suki pulled ty lees hand away from her neck and they all gasped causing ty lee to blush deep crimson and wince. "Ty lee, what is that?" suki asked pointing at the dark spot on her neck. "Oh, you see I ran into something and…" she left off. "What is it?!" toph asked. "it's a bruise on her neck and she says she ran into something." Katara said disbelievingly. "Wait, racing heart beat, skipping dinner, being late, bruise on NECK….Does this have anything to do with sparky?" toph asked. Every one gasped. "Ty lee is that a…hickey?! Suki asked. "N-no…" ty lee said. "I can tell your lying!" toph sang out. "You and Zuko MADE OUT!?" Katara gasped. "Shhhhhhh!" ty lee hissed. "Did you?" Katara asked quieter. "Y-yes…" "Like to what extent?" mai asked getting interested. "Kind of like a hard core make out session…" ty lee said, throwing her head embarrassedly on the pillows of her bed. Every one leaned forward as ty lee told the tale of her day.
"So, you told each other that you loved each other?" mai asked seemingly interested. "Yes, then all that happened…then this" she said poking the bruise on her neck. "So, are you two a couple now?" Katara asked, clapping her hands together. "I don't know, but I feel tons better, but how am I going to hide my neck?" "Wear your hair down, its beautiful when its down!" suki suggested. "Oh, okay…I will do that!" she said nodding her head.
"Zuko why did you miss dinner, we waited forever for you and ty lee…wait…you…and ty lee…missing at the same time…and you coming back now…what were you two doing??!" sokka asked as he sat on zukos bed with aang beside him where they had been waiting for a while. "Uh, nothing." He replied. "You know, toph has been teaching me how to read vibrations. I can tell you are lying." aang said wit ha goofy grin on his face. "Did you kiss?" sokka inquired. "No" Zuko said quietly. "LYING!" aang shouted. "Fine, we kissed…" Sokka and aangs jaws dropped. "Like what kind of kiss?" sokka pressed. "A quick one" Zuko replied. "Then why did you miss dinner?" sokka countered. "Your lying Zuko." "Fine, we kissed a lot! Happy now?!" "Not yet!" sokka chuckled. "What was it like?" aang asked, having only kissed someone twice. "I was…awesome" "Reeelly?" sokka got an evil grin on his face. "Details"
"Uhhg, well we sat on the couch, she told me she liked me, I kissed her for like a second, then she started stuttering. After that I cut her off with a kiss. She kissed me back I told her I loved her, she told me she loved me too. Then I pushed her down on the couch and we made out until not that long ago." Zuko said trying to sound uncaring, but his blush gave him away. "Wow, dude, that's like…awesome!" sokka shouted then gave Zuko a man hug. "Look, I am tired, so good night." Zuko said with a finality. "Sweet dreams of ty lee!" sokka said making kissy faces as he and aang walked out of the room.
The next day ty lee woke up with a big grin on her face, she had had wonderful dreams that night. She went over to the dresser and brushed her hair and was about to braid it when she saw the bruise. "Oh…well I guess putting up my hair is out of the question." She hummed as she let it down and changed out of her night clothes into her usual pink outfit. Stepping out into the hall she snuck to zukos room and knocked lightly on the door, she knew he was up because he rose with the sun. "Come in!" she heard a voice call. She stepped through the door and saw Zuko sitting at his desk and reading some papers. "Hey, Zuko…" ty lee said nervously, wondering if he regretted yesterday. "Oh, ty lee!" he said and turned around only to freeze when he saw her long brown wavy hair falling down her back and over he shoulders, framing her smiling face. "Wow, you look…beautiful!" he said then blushed lightly. Ty lee giggled and blushed too. "Why are you wearing your hair down though, I have never seen it down before?" Zuko asked raising an eyebrow. "Well." ty lee said drawing it out. "I got to my room and looked in the mirror and guess what I saw?" "What?" Zuko asked genuinely curious. "This!" she pulled her hair back to show the dark bruise on he thin neck. "Oh." Zuko stated and looked away, embarrassed. "Yeah, oh." ty lee pretended to be mad. "Sorry…" Zuko said looking away. "Zuko, I was messing with you, its no big deal!" she threw her arms up in the air laughing. Zuko looked at her and smiled. She all of the sudden plopped down into his lap and leaned her head against his chest. He looked shocked for a second then he relaxed and started playing with her hair, running his fingers through it. She looked up at him, as if asking him something, he definitely understood. He leaned forward and captured her lips in a gentle kiss. "Zuko," ty lee said as he pulled back. "hmm?" he mumbled looking into her eyes. "You don't regret yesterday, do you?" He paused and looked at her and said "No, I defiantly don't regret it." She grinned and let out her breath. "I love you Zuko, so much." "I love you too ty lee." he then snatched her lips into a deep kiss as she readjusted herself on his lap, where her legs were around his waist and pressing herself against him. "mmm" she moaned into his mouth. He chuckled as he kissed her. His tongue explored her mouth and tasted every inch of it. Zuko felt himself heating up, ty lee noticed to and pulled back, smiling. "If you get to hot I am gunna have to leave" she teased him. He frowned at the thought. Lowering his body temperature, he caressed her face, and she leaned into his touch. "How long till breakfast?" she asked as she settled herself against his chest. "eh, about an hour, you sure got up early, why?" he asked, she turned around and blinked. "Hmm, I don't know I just woke up, feeling refreshed and happy!" she giggled. Zuko snorted at the response, he then moved his lips to her neck, gliding across her smooth skin. She sighed and leaned her neck back to give him more room. "You better not give me another bruise!" she teased. Zuko stopped kissing her and smirked. "hm, I thought you liked this?" he said, meaning him kissing her neck. "Ah, yes…I love it, but I don't love the bruises" she replied and hopped out of his lap. Where are you going?" he asked confused. "I have to go do my morning stretches." she started to leave when Zuko grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms for a hug. "I'll see you later." he said against her skin, making her shiver pleasantly. "Deal" and then she flipped over and left the room walking on her hands. "Psh, that girl." he then went back to catch up on the work he had missed in that enjoyable amount of time.