What you are thinking: God, took long enough.
What I am thinking: I should be studying. : /
What Zuko is thinking: I would really never do... ANY of this. (Perhaps he would. Idk. I'd like to think he loosened up a bit.)
What Suki is thinking: -swoon-
Suki woke up alone in bed as normal. She sighed a little bit, wishing just once that she could wake him up. It wasn't about sex, but more about just watching him while he was sleeping. She loved the way he looked when his eyes were closed.
It was early, more so than the first few times she had woken up this week. It was before dawn and the light in the room was dim. The air in the bedroom was cold, making her pull the blanket up under his chin. She wished that he was with her in bed, cuddling close to him for warmth. She frowned a little bit, thinking that tomorrow they would have to go back to their normal life, a cold life without him by her side. She missed him already.
She bit her lip, her free hand going to her chest and grabbing her breast. She moaned a little bit as she pinched her nipple, her body getting excited from the pain. She was surprised at herself, getting excited like this. It was not something that she did before, not before he had taken her.
A hand trailed down her body and under her leggings, slipping in between her legs. She shivered a little bit as her finger tips made contact with her sensitive spot. She was not sure why she was doing this. After all she could wait for him and have him do it, order him to do so. That would certainly be fun.
However as she rubbed herself she could not stop, she could not stop pleasing herself. She rolled her head to the side as a moan came from her lips. She thought of Zuko's hands on her body, his lips on her skin. She smiled widener, her hips arching into her hand.
She gasped her lover's name as she climaxed, her head arching back. She rode the waves of pleasure, whimpering as she felt her tender insides contract and retract. She smiled a little bit, her eyes closing lightly. Her hand slid out of her self and her leggings, her arms going around her waist as she held herself. She smiled to herself as she feel asleep in her cool soft bed.
Zuko stood outside the door to the bedroom, his back to the wall with his head leaning back. He felt somewhat guilty for listening, and even more so for pleasing himself as he did so. He wiped his hand clean on the inside of his shorts and walked to his own room, changing pants. He made a mental note to wash those before he went home. He surely did not want someone at the palace to see that.
It was while he was in his room that he started thinking about what going home would be like. He felt like they were closer now than they ever had been, but that things were going to have to change back to how they were before. He frowned deeply, sitting on the bed with his elbows on his knees. He was not sure that he could go back to seeing her, but not being able to touch her, to kiss her when he felt like it.
He shook his head in annoyance, feeling actually ashamed of himself that he would let himself get attached to someone like this. On one hand it was ok that he was, it was Suki after all. Its not like she was someone who was a passing fancy, she was the woman he was going marry. So its natural and realistic that he would be attached to her.
He had been for a while, but now there was more to it. It was not only emotional and physical, but sexual. He laid down on the bed, rubbing his face with a sigh before remember what he had just done with that hand. He pulled it away, annoyed with himself. He suddenly regretted ever taking this latest step. He hated that he was so damn needy, that he needed a woman in his life so badly. He figured that it was a by product of being a momma's boy, of needing a woman with him all the time.
It was Mai, and then she left, breaking his heart.
Then there was Suki, filling the void that needed to be addressed. Filling him with something that he could not really put his finger on. He had never really thought about it though. He closed his eyes on the bed, sighing as he thought of Suki's lips on his.
He did love her.
Didn't he?
"Aw fuck." He kicked the air softly, pulling on his hair a little bit.
He loved that she was there, that she loved him. He put another woman in her place, imagining someone else with him to see if it would have the same effect. He reached for the face that was freshest in his mind, Toph. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing his lips to her forehead in comfort and love. He heard her laugh under him, her smile infiltrating him.
He snapped his eyes open, pulling himself from the awkward day dream. He did not think of her like that. She was his friend. Just like Suki had been her friend before, before things changed. Before they started looking at one another differently, before they started kissing, before they held hands and told one another they loved eachtoher.
Now there was sex to deal with. The sexual drive that seemed to give him a second wind in his life. He felt himself getting excited over the thought of her. Her strong long body under his, looking up with him with a soft blush on her cheeks, love in her eyes.
He did love her.
He loved the way she looked, and looked at him. He loved her smile, her voice, her thoughts, her very existence. He did love her.
He crawled up into the bed, placing himself under the covered and pulling them close. He did love her, he just needed his own bed for the rest of the night, he needed time to himself.
Suki felt around for Zuko as she woke up, her hands searching for him. She wined ever so lightly when she did not find him, the bed cold. He had never came back.
She guessed that it had been a few hours since she last woke up from the light that was in the room. She pulled the blanket around herself as she sat up, shivering a little bit. She felt so lonesome. She just wanted him with her. She pulled a blanket around her shoulder shivering as she took to her feet. She walked to his room, looking through the open door. She saw him laying in the bed, his chest rising and falling
She wanted to crawl in bed with him, so cuddle close to him for warmth. She wanted to touch him, to hold him and have him hold her.
She just bit her lip and walked back to her room alone. She dropped the blanket and put on a long thick skirt and long sleeve tunic. She breathed hot breath into her hands, then rubbed them together then on her arms as she walked to the kitchen. She wanted to be the one to cook this time.
She did as best she could with what she found still in the kitchen. There were eggs, thick strips of bacon, a little bit of cheese and some dried herbs and spices. She nervously looked at the ingredients and started to make omelets. She browed the bacon with the the herbs and spices then prepared the eggs. As she layered them together she did her best not to burn the eggs, even though a few spots did look a little more brown that they should.
She carefully put one of the omelets onto a place, then poured some water into a cup. She grabbed the cup and the plate, taking a fork in her fingers as she walked to his room. She wanted to leave it for him, even if he did not feel like eating it. She found him still sleeping in the big bed, his back to the door. She set the plate and cup on the small side table, then quickly turned and left the room.
She ate her own food alone in the kitchen, silently looking at her plate. She was not sure what was going on with him, or if it was anything really. She just figured that he needed space, that he needed to be alone. She closed her eyes, her chin in her hand.
"Time without me." She said to herself.
Suki got up and shook her head, throwing her dished in the sink before walking outside. She hugged herself against the cold as she walked down to the beach, looking out at the choppy ocean. She sat down on the sand, her knees being pulled close to her chest. It was then that she closed her eyes and started to think.
She was thinking that it was perhaps not the best idea that they had had sex. Its not that she did not love doing it, she did, she just thought that it complicated their already somewhat complicated relationship. But perhaps she was only making things complicated, that she was looking too much into something that was not really a big deal. He may have just needed time, space. It wasn't like he hated her or something.
There is no way he would hate her; Zuko would always love her. She knew that. She knew that he would be there for her, that he was her soul mate after all. She tried to laugh it off, she tried to find it foolish that she would so overreact to what was him just sleeping in another bed. He could have forgotten where he was sleeping, just gone to his own bed out of habit, or something.
She laughed to herself, thinking that it was dumb that she was like this. Dumb that she would even question him for a second. She was supposed to be trusting him.
Zuko was watching her again, eating the breakfast that she had left for him in the large door way that lead out to the beach. The eggs wen't bad, a little burnt but not bad. He was more appreciative that she had taken the time to make him something. He figured though that he had hurt her feelings by not coming back to bed. He bit his lip as he thought about seeing the sadness on her face, at knowing that he had hurt her.
He rolled his eyes lightly, finding it utterly ridiculous that both of them would be so effected by something so small. He knew that that was how relationships were though. He knew that they made you over sensitive, that they made you care about things that you normally would not. He hated feeling all of those things, but he loved her. He just wish he knew how to feel one without the other.
He finished his food set the plate with hers in the kitchen sink, going into the bathroom and closing the door behind him. He stripped off his clothing and started the shower, making it go as hot as possible. He stepped in, his body shivering from the unexpected heat. He put his hands on the tile, letting the water flow over his head, soaking his hair.
It was with his head under the water that he did not hear the soft voice from outside the shower. He sighed heavily as the shower door pooped open. He did hear that, making him snap his head to the door. Suki was standing there with a soft smile on her face. "May I come in?" She asked.
He looked at her, his lips curling up a little bit. "Please." He stood up and watched her from under the streaming water.
She took her clothes off quickly before joining him in the shower, closing the door behind her. Without a word they wrapped their arms around one another, pressing their unmoving lips together. Suki shivered happily as his hands started to move down her body. His face moved to her neck, placing his face on her warm wet skin.
"I thought you were mad at me."
He just shook his head as he started to place kisses along the nape of her neck. "I just needed to think." He ran his hand down her back, slipping it over her bottom and in-between her legs. She rubbed his shoulders and he released a gentle moan. She bit down on her bottom lip, feeling the vibrations of his moan on her skin. "I could never be mad at you." He told her with an assuring voice. "I will never be mad at you." When his fingers pressed onto her soft skin in-between her legs she moaned happily, her face flushing over. He started placing kisses down her chest, his knees bending as he lowered himself down on her, his hands on her hips. Her hands went to his wet hair, running her fingers over it as she pressed her back to the tile wall.
He started to kiss down her stomach, biting at her skin playfully as he did so. She smiled at him as he kneeled in front of her with his face in between her legs. He was nipping at the grouping of soft hairs there, his hands slipping between her thighs. She brought one of her legs up, sitting her thigh on his shoulder as her hands ran thought his wet hair. He placed his one hand on her soft folds, a finger dipping into her liquid center.
She gasped a little bit as his finger penetrated her, his lips making contact with her swollen clitoris. Her hands moved to the back of his head, pressing him into her. She rolled her head to the side, laying it on the tiled wall. He licked her, flat tongued and forcefully as her thrusted his finger in and out of her.
He added another finger to her soft insides, reaching up inside her and rubbing the rough patch that lie inside her. She thrusted her hips towards him, biting her lip happily. "Oh Zuko..."
Her breathless words drove him further into her, his face pressing into her as he made love to her with his mouth. Her hands traveled over every square inch of him that she her fingers could reach, the heat of his skin on her fingers and on her privates overwhelming her.
She nails dug into his scalp as she came. He moaned feeling her clenching walls around his fingers and the rising heat on his tongue. The sensation made him clamp his lips on her, his tongue rolling around her. The added sensation made her body lurch with pleasure and scream out his name.
Zuko left his lips lingering on her tender skin for a moment before pulling off her, smiling up at her. Her eyes were closed and fluttering, her head leaning back on the tile wall. His lips went to her lower stomach, kissing her there as he laughed a little bit. She placed her leg that was on his shoulder back down onto the floor, her knees shaking.
Zuko stood up in the shower, lifting himself off the tile floor. His placed his forearms on the tile on either side of her head, pressing the expanse of his body on her. He just smiled at her, her sent heavy on his breath. She laughed a little bit, melting at his touch.
"Still think I'm mad at you?" He asked her, speaking into her lips.
She shook her head, smiling at him as her chest rose and fell. "But..." She asked, then shook her head. Her hands went to his neck, running her fingers nails over his skin lightly.
"But?"
She looked into his eyes with a soft frown. She felt like right now they were being combined into one body, the warm water acting like a cement between them. "Why did you not come back to bed?"
He sighed a little bit, "I just needed to think."
"What about?"
"Its nothing." He looked away from her, not waiting to look into her eyes thinking like this.
Suki grabbed his face and forced him to look at her, "Don't do that. Talk to me."
"I was just thinking about us, about how I felt about you."
"About me?"
He nodded, looking at her with unsure eyes, "I was thinking that I don't love you for you, but just because you are there." He felt her shift her weight, her hands pulling way from him and her gaze turning away. "I don't think like that though." He corrected himself.
"Really?" She was still looking away, tears in the corner of her eyes and a blush on her cheeks.
"Yes. I do love you." He told her, his nose nudging the side of her face.
She pulled away from him, "Zuko..."
"Let me explain" He tried to hold her in place, his lips going to the side of her face. She kept her eyes down as she let herself be pressed to the tile wall. "I'm supposed to be never weak or vulnerable for any reason." He sighed, looking at her face that was turned away from him. "And you make me feel both of those things."
She snapped her eyes back to him, looking at him with a frown.
"You make me feel like a child, like a kid." He laughed a little bit, "And that scares me so I'm kinda a dick about it."
"Why is this only an issue now, Zuko? I mean we've been together for years and how is the only time that you feel weird about it?"
"No, I've always felt this." He said with a frown. "Its just that with us having sex its made it worse. Its made me feel more attached to you. That I can't be apart from you for a second without loosing my mind." He groaned a little bit, "And I hate feeling like this."
She held his face on his hand, frowning a little bit.
"So that's what I was trying to explain. That I'm really needy, and I something's think that I don't care who is with me as long as someone is."
"Is that the case though?"
He shook his head, pressing his forehead to hers. "No. I love you." He looked into her blue grey eyes, "But I do need you, and I still hate feeling like that."
She nodded a little bit, running her finger tips over the stubble that had now started to grow on his face from his lack of shaving. "So what can I do to help?" Her voice shook a little bit, feeling a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had no idea what he was going to ask of her, but she would do whatever she had to do to make him feel better.
"That's the thing, I don't know." He said with a frown. "I don't know how to have you in my life without feeling like this."
She bit her lip, looking into his eyes. "I know how." She pulled away from him, dipping out of his arms and out of the shower. She grabbed a towel and quickly dried.
He looked at her from the shower with a frown, "How?"
She said nothing as she dressed quickly, leaving the bathroom.
He frowned a little bit, then stepped out of the shower and dried off as well. He put his own clothes on then followed Suki to her room. "What's wrong?" He asked her.
"I think we should break up." She mumbled, a comb going though her auburn hair.
He looked her over with sad eyes, the tips of his wet hair on his clothing. "What?"
"If you see me as a thing that makes you weak and that you can't be weak then I should just go away." Her voice was soft and shaking a little bit as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Suki that's not what I meant by it." He told her, going to her and grabbing her arm. "I did not want you to leave."
"Then what do you want me to do?" Her voice was shaking heavily.
"I don't know." He was trying his best to blink away tears. "I know that I can't loose you though." His hands went to her back holding her there possessively. "You mean far to much to me."
She frowned, her hands gong to his face, "And what is the problem with that?"
"Cause I need you." His voice shook heavily as the tears finally came down, falling from his lower eye lid onto his cheek. "I can't live without you; and it scares me." He was sobbing now, unable to stop the tears as they flowed into his cheeks, his breath hitching. "It scares me that you are so important to me, and I can't live without you."
She held his cheeks lovingly as brushed away the tears as quickly as they came with the tips of her fingers, her lips shushing him. He clenched his eyes tight, tears squeezing from the corners. She kissed him softly, her arms wrapping around him. "You don't have to Zuko." She said after pulling her lips away from him, "You don't have to live without me."
He clung to her as his breath returned to normal, her hands traveling over his face and neck lovingly. She combed up her fingers though his tangled back hair, pulling out the tangles and snags as best she could. He smiled at her as she did so, feeling her skin on his. "I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"You never have to be sorry at me, about anything. Understood?"
He gave her a shallow nod, taking his hand to his eyes to rub them. "Do you still wanna break up?"
She shook her head with a sigh, "I never wanted to. I just want to give you what you want. I want to help you."
He nodded, "I don't know what needs to be done." He sighed.
She pulled him to the bed, sitting them both down on it, "We need to talk about this."
He rolled his eyes, looking away.
She held his hand tightly, "This is what couples do when they have issues."
"We've never had issues before." His hands went to his eyes, rubbing them as he laid down onto the bed.
"Cause things are been fairly simple before this." She reached out and rubbed his leg softly, "We were comfortable in our relationship that had clearly defined boundaries and limitations."
"And those both went out the window this week." He asked a little bit.
"Exactly."
He leaned up on his elbows, looking at her with a frown, "So that is what's going on?"
She twisted herself on the bed, sitting so that she was facing him. "It is. We just are going though a change, the first real one in our relationship." He was watching her speak, his mouth twisted a little bit. "We have to adjust, we have to figure out a way to make it though."
He nodded, some of his hair in his face, "So what's the first step?"
She shrugged, looking down at him. His eyes were still red from crying, his scar dry. She could see that the skin was white and was likely causing him a fair amount of pain. "I have no idea." He reached for her bedside table and picked up the jar of lotion that was there. "I've never been though this before and had it come out successful."
"Me either." He told her, watching her as she unscrewed the lid and started to apply lotion to his scar, just like he liked it. He closed his eyes and let her do so, a smile across his face. "And we both want this to end well, so its important that we don't fuck it up."
She nodded in agreement, covering the scar with the white crème. "You know no one will think of you as weak for being attached to your girlfriend."
"But I will."
"Why do you think that makes you weak?"
"I don't, but I fear that's' others will." He opened his closed eyes, looking at her with a soft frown.
"You said the yesterday that you don't give a shit about any of that."
"I don't give a shit about people thinking poorly of me because I'm with you."
"I guess I don't understand." She closed the jar, putting it back onto the little table.
"I would feel like this with anyone. I would feel that the people of this nation wanted their ruler to be strong, to not bend to the will of someone."
She reached out and took his face into her hands, looking into his eyes. "They would have wanted that from your father, not from you."
His eyes dropped at the mention of Ozai, a frown on his face. "Why did you have to bring him into this?"
"You are the one who puts the same requirements on yourself that they did on him." He said nothing, just looking away from her. "Your people will not care that you are in love. They will not care if you are compassionate and kind. They want that from you." She held his hand tightly, her thumb going over his knuckles. "They want you to be what your father was not, not what he was."
He looked back to her, nodding ever so softly.
"Your people want you to be human, they want you to have feelings." She laid down next to him, her arms going around his waist. "They want you to love and be loved, they want you to make babies." She giggled softly.
He laughed as well, kissing her on the cheek, "They want me to have sex?"
She nodded, rubbing his chest lightly. "They do. They want an heir."
"And they will love it when it comes." He kissed her happily.
"So don't think that your people want you to be a hardass all the time, they don't want that from you."
He nodded, rubbing his face onto her's, "I did not think of that."
She sat up, smiling down at him. "I know you didn't."
He looked her over, "You know that's why I feel in love with you."
"What do you mean?"
"You challenge me; you won't let me be an idiot."
She stroked his face with the tips of his fingers, a smile on her face. "Your not an idiot. I actually think you are the most amazing man I've ever known."
"Is that why you feel in love with me?" A grin spread across his face.
"I feel in love with you because you remembered my birthday when no one else did." Her voice was series and low, a smile dancing on her lips.
Zuko blushed a little bit, "Tell me the story."
"What?"
"Tell me the story about that day."
"Why do you want me to do that?"
He laughing, flipping dome of his dried hair out of his face, "I lived it from my perspective, I wanted to know what it was like form yours."
She smiled down at him, "Well... It was my birthday." She crossed her legs in front of her. "We were a few days in on the trip we were taking to try and find your mother. I knew that the mission at hand was the most important thing so I did not really expect anything special for my birthday."
He frowned at her saying this, "It was still your birthday."
"I know." She shrugged a little bit, "I did not really think anything of it though. I did expect Sokka to remember though." She frowned a little bit. "I woke up that morning to find that there was no sign of it, no indication that anyone, let alone him had remembered." She shook her head, looking at him. "Even you."
He frowned a little bit, his face flushing over.
"It was a few hours after I woke up that Sokka walked up to me while I was getting some water." She got out of bed, going to her trunk. "He had a bunch of flowers in his hand and a gift." She pulled a small gold box out of her trunk. It was on the small side, but was covered in delicate and beautiful carvings. She kept a soft green cloth around it. She never wanted anything to happen to this precious item.
She sat back on the bed, setting the cloth down as Zuko sat up, watching her. She opened the box slowly, her fingers handing it very delicately. "He gave me this as a gift." She opened the box to reveal a green velvet interior. In the center of the box was a beautiful gold necklace with a handful of green stones dancing across the length of the chain.
He watched her as she held the necklace, her face looking much like it had the first time she had seen it.
"I knew the moment I saw it that you had intended to give me this necklace."
"That quick huh?" He sat up, taking the necklace from her. He kneeled up on the bed, crawling around so that he was behind her.
She nodded with a chuckle, "I knew that there was only you and Toph would have access to something like this and she would be unlikely to care about jewelry."
He took the necklace and stretched it out in his hands, lifting it above her head and in front of her. He brought it to her, laying it on her soft skin. She smiled as the cold gold made contact with her skin, her finger tips going to the hard stones. "You had given Sokka this to give to me, so I would not know he had forgotten my birthday."
He smiled softly as he did the clasp at the back of the necklace, kissing the back of her neck once it was secure.
"I tried to give it back to you later that day." She closed her eyes, her fingers dancing over the stones as she felt his breath on her neck, "I told you that it was too much, that I could not accept such an amazing gift."
He laid down on his side, his head being help up by his elbow on the bed. "And then I told you why I wanted to give it to you..."
She nodded, tears in the bottom of her eyes. "It had been a gift to Avatar Kyoshi from the Fire Lord at the time, Fire Lord Kokozaun." She looked down at him. "It was known that they had been friends for years, and no one thought anything of it. He would visit her frequently on the Island and they thoroughly enjoyed one another's company. The joke was that he liked her better than his actual wife.
"She was never really the jewelry type, but this was different to her. She wore it every day, it never left her side." She reached out and took Zuko's free hand into hers, "When she received word that the Fire Lord had died on the voyage home after seeing her on the island, she mourned for weeks. No one knew why she was so sad about his death. People just thought that she was sad about loosing such a powerful friend and ally."
Zuko smiled up at her, his hand holding her tight.
Suki blushed a little bit, "9 months later Kyoshi gave birth to a girl she named Koko. People knew that she had named the girl after her lost friend, but they did not understand the further connection; nor would they ever. No one would ever know who Koko's father was, or that she was a fire bender.
"The girl was hidden from outsiders, from anyone seeing her until she was almost three years old. Only Kyoshi's closet friends and family could see her. They did this to hide the fact that she was a fire bender. In those three years she taught her daughter to hide her powers, to not fire bend even by accident. When Kyoshi was sure that the girl would be able to live as a non-bender she knew it was time."
"This is my favorite part." He whispered.
"It was on her third birthday that Kyoshi presented her light skinned, green eyes daughter to the world. She also announced that she would be starting a new group, one for non benders like her daughter to learn the art of the fans. They would be called the Kyoshi Warriors.
"Koko never had children of her own. She feared that they would inherit the fire bending trait. When Koko died Kyoshi lost not only her daughter but her long connection to her long lost love. She sent the necklace back to the fire nation, with a note explaining everything. The note was never read, the necklace and box thrown in with the other Fire Nation Jewels.
"It was there until a few hundred years later when a the new, young Fire Lord ordered that the jewels be gone though. He wanted anything that did not belong to the Nation to be returned to the nation of origin. The Kyoshi necklace was found and brought to him. He knew the moment that he read the note and knew exactly who this necklace was going to be given to."
He smiled as she laid down on the bed with him, sitting the box on the bed above their heads. "So that young Fire Lord gave it to you, just as a gift of friendship as far as he wanted you to know."
"Little did I know that you were meaning something quite different about it."
He pressed their foreheads together, "It was just a crush." He blinked slowly, a smile on his face.
"A crush that came full circle." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him tenderly, holding him close. "So now we have the Fire Lord and the Kyoshi warrior, together again."
Zuko just laughed a little bit, nodding. "And I would not change it for the world." He held her around the waist tightly, smiling at her. "What do you wanna do today?" He asked her with flushed over cheeks.
"I was gonna go see Rei. I told her that I could stop by before I left."
"You like her, huh?"
Suki nodded, a smile on her face. "She reminds me of home."
"Are you home sick?"
She nodded, but laughed as she did so. "No. I'm not. I miss home but I'm not home sick."
His free hand went to her face, brushing hair out of her eyes, "What's the difference?"
"I miss my home, but I love being here with you." She pushed him onto his back, rolling on top of him. "My home is where you are, and it always will be."
He laughed a little bit, her knees going on either side of his hips. He ran his fingers up and down her back as she laughed at him, her finger tips running over his scar. "You know we can have homes anyplace you want. If you wanted to we could have one on Kyoshi Island, one in Republic City, wherever you would like."
"What is it with you wanting to buy me stuff?" She half laughed as she asked this.
"I just want you to be happy."
"You don't have to buy me stuff to make me happy, I'm happy with you as it."
"I'm still going to buy you things." He smiled at her, his face lighting up. "I like buying you things, I like seeing you look nice and feel nice." His finger tips went to the necklace around her neck, it looking like it was created to be there.
She rolled her eyes and ran her fingers over his tunic clad chest, "Believe it or not I feel best with you when I have nothing on."
"I believe it." He reached down and grabbed the bottom hem of her shirt, lifting it up and over her head. She let him discard it, a smile on her face. "That's when you look sexiest to me." He looked at her bare chest, a smile on his face. "But you always look beautiful."
"Then respect the fact that I don't need you to pamper me." She told him, a frown on her face. "I know you want me to look and feel fancy; but I don't need that."
"Do you want it though?" His hands went to her hair, feeling the softness of it.
"I will sometimes and if so I will tell you." She sat up on her knees, smiling down at him. "But for the most part I don't need things."
He nodded, looking up at her. "I will respect that." He rubbed his hands up and down her sides. "Its a macho thing, a guy always wants to have his woman taken care of."
She laughed, moving his hands to her chest, letting him cup her breasts. "I don't need to be taken care of."
He nodded, smiling at her. "I know you don't." He leached up, kissing her chin softly. "But if and when you need anything please tell me. It will be my pleasure to give you it."
She nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck as she smiled. "I will let you know." She laid down on top of him, their chests pressing together. He ran his hands over her bare back, a smile on his face.
"I just want you to be yourself, whatever form that takes."
She nodded, kissing his jaw line. "I think thinking that my clothing should always be red and green."
"I like that idea."
"I mean I want to look the role of the Fire Lady, but not loose my identity as an Earth Kingdom woman."
"Nor do I want you to."
"I'm just not sure how to do that..." She sighed a little bit, kissing him on his chin.
"I think we will figure it out." He smiled down at her as she placed her head on his shoulder. "We will figure it out." He said again, his hand going to the back of her head.
"I will make you proud of me." She told him, a smile on her face.
"I don't doubt that Dumpling." He closed his eyes, leaning his head back onto the bed.
She cringed, "I hate that name."
He laughed, "I know you do, which is part of why I like it so much."
She shook her head, her hands going to his strong chest. "I have to come up with a dumb one for you."
"You really think its dumb?"
She nodded, "I do, but I like it." He nuzzled her face into his neck, a smile on her face.
His long arms went around her bare back, holding her in place with a smile. "Would it be ok if I went with you today?"
She looked up at him, a smile on her face. "You want to?"
"It may be nice, we could all go out to dinner or something."
"A double date?"
Zuko laughed, sitting up and forcing Suki to do so as well. "It may be fun. Or horrible, it just kinda all depends."
She laughed and kissed him, "I think it will be fun, and we should do it."
"Do you wanna have sex?" He asked her, looking into her eyes as his hands went to her shoulders.
"Not so subtle, are we." She mumbled.
"I was just asking." He said with a smile, squeezing her tight.
"Well at least make it romantic or something, jeez." Her hands went to his neck, traveling over the skin there with a smile.
"Would you like to make love, Commander Suki?"
"Try again." She said, her eyes narrowing.
He rolled his eyes then looked at her again, looking deep into her eyes. "I love you Suki, and I think you are so beautiful." His hands were going up and down her bare sides, his fingers leaving a warm trail as he did so. "And I'm so glad that I have you in my life..."
She smiled and leaned up, pressing her lips to his. He moaned into the kiss, his hands gripping her sides softly. She moaned happily, pulling away. "That is exactly what you tell me to get me in the mood." Their hands both traveled down to the waist of her skirt. Together they undid the clasp, pulling it down over her hips. She lifted herself up so he could pull it totally off, tossing it over the side of the bed.
She shivered at the cold air coming in contact with her naked body. His arms went around her body, running his hands over her as he created heat on his skin. She cooed at his touch, it making her skin melt. "I can't express how wonderful you are." She told him, laughing a little bit.
"You can show me." He nuzzled his nose on her's, a smile on his face.
She laughed, her hands going to the sides of his face as his hands ran over her. "I do have something that I've been meaning to try."
"Something kinky?" He asked.
She nodded, undoing his shirt and pulling it off. "This will require a fair amount of strength on your part, are you up for it?" She looked down at his pale skin and strong muscles.
"I think I can manage." There was a hint of pride in his voice.
She pushed his pants down, a smile on her face as she looked down on his already hard cock. "I will never get tired of seeing that." She laughed, her hand going around his pulsating head.
"Nor will it ever get tired of seeing you." He kissed her happily as her hand applied soft pressure to him, pulling at him. "Tell me what to do."
Suki pulled away from him for a moment, pushing him off his knees and onto the bed before her. With his help his pants were removed and tossed to the side. She instructed him to cross his legs and lean back a little. "Now prop yourself up with your hands like this." She showed him, resulting in a his back sitting on the bed at an angle, his legs in front of him.
"What are you going to do?"
Suki just laughed a little bit, sitting up and going on top of him. Her knees went to either side of his hips, sitting on the bed. It was when her chest was pressed to his that he had a full idea of what she was doing. She took his erection into her hand, holding it in place so she could press herself down onto him. He smiled and his eyes fluttered as he felt her shoving herself down on him.
She felt him gasp, his body shaking as he looked at her face. She smiled at him, taking one hand and brushing her hair out of her face. "Just sit back and relax." She breathed into his lips, a smile on her face. He breathlessly nodded, looking into her beautiful eyes.
She started to move up and down on him, her hands going to his shoulders, holding him tightly there. He watched her move on him, his eyes locking with hers. She had been told to alternate between shallow and deep thrusts, but as she was making love to him she could not think of any of this. All She could think about was him, and their bodies together. He did not seem to mind either. He kept eye contact, his breath heavy as he felt her move on him quicker.
He removed his hands from behind him on the bed, moving them to around her waist. He pressed her lips to hers as he did this, pushing her down onto the bed, her hips resting on his folded legs. He moved his legs from a crossed position so they were stretched out in front of him, her laying in between them. She moaned deeply as his lips pulled away from hers, going to her right breast. He sucked on her nipple, a moan creeping from his mouth. She wrapped her hands around his ankles and closed her eyes as she started to move her hips towards and away from him.
It did not take long before she felt his body tense up and breath come from his lips and onto her naked chest. He moaned her name as she opened her eyes, looking up at him. He laughed a little bit, his body shaking as he released himself into her.
Her hands went from his legs to her own hair, digging her fingers into it. "Oh Zuko." She smiled happily, feeling her self climax, the sensation of their position overwhelming her. He laughed again at her, his lips locking on the side of her breast. "What's so funny?" She asked, his eyes half open and her voice soft.
He shook his head, his hands going to her waist and holding her tightly. "I just love you." His voice sounded like it was fluttering as he said this. "Did that go as you wanted it to?" He looked up at her, a smile on his face.
She nodded, sitting up and pressing their chests together. "Very much so."
He nuzzled his face to hers, his lips in a large smile. "It just keeps getting better and better."
"What happens when we run out of ideas?"
"Then we invent new ones." He kissed her lips ever so softly.
She nodded happily, "We can do that." She kissed him on the cheek. You know I touched myself this morning." She nuzzled her face into his. "I thought of you."
He blushed, looking into her eyes. "I was outside your room."
"So you heard?"
He nodded, looking away for a second then back at her. "I did... and I liked listening to you."
"Did you jerk off while you did it?" His face flushed over deeply, smirking a little bit. "Oh you dirty boy, you." She winked at him.
"I felt kinda creepy."
"Don't. If I would have known you were listening I would have put on a better show for you."
"Oh trust me, your show was just fine." He kissed her, pressing their lips together in a soft but passionate kiss. The kiss lead into another one, their lips moving on each other's. One kiss lead into another, both of them being unable to stop.
It was when he became hard inside her that Suki pulled away from the kiss. "Oh Zee..." her moan was caught by his lips, making him quiver under her.
He laughed a little bit, reaching out and nibbling on her bottom lip. "I love you." She just moaned in response, her head rolling back. His hands traveled down to her hips, holding them tight. With her knees still on the bed, she started to move up and down on him again. Her arms were on his shoulders, her knuckles white as she clung to him.
With his hands on her hips he helped her move on him, her movements alternating between shallow and deep thrusts. It was different from what they had done before, it was more deliberate, it was more powerful and felt so much better. They spoke to one another in soft voices, telling the other when they did something they liked. Suki just found herself basking in pleasure, finding everything that he was doing to be utterly amazing. Her hands moved around his neck, her thumbs running along his jaw line.
"You are amazing." Suki breathed into his lips, shivering as she came, her heart beating so fast it felt like it was going to explode out of her chest. Her legs twitched from the pulse of pleasure, her body jerking up towards him.
He smiled at her, kissing her lips softly as he came himself. He never broke eye contact with her, watching her with a smile on his face. She was reeling with pleasure, his face falling in a way that drove him mad with love for her. "I've never seen you look so beautiful as you do right now." He told her, a smile on his face.
His words made her melt, a smile dancing across her face. She opened her eyes and looked at him, her fingers locked under the mop of his black hair. "So I need to just look like that always?" She asked, a laugh on her lips.
"You just have to love what we do."
"And I always will."
He nodded and kissed her, "And the more we do it the better we will both get."
"Well I think we are pretty good right now. You are anyway." She blushed a little bit, his strong body still on hers.
She shrugged, "You will get better. Mai was pretty good so its kind of a high bar."
She narrowed her eyes at him, her full lips drawing into a frown.
He closed his eyes, turning his head away as he snarled in annoyance. "That was not the right thing to say."
"No, It was certainly not." She sat up and pulled off him, growling softly. "You're a fucking idiot." She quickly grabbed his clothing off the floor, throwing them at him.
They hit his face, making him frown and gather them in his lap. "I'm sorry..."
"Fuck you." She grabbed her robe, throwing it over herself. "Get out of my room." He tried to look at her with large eyes, only to have her frown more. "I mean it."
She said nothing as he took to his feet , putting his clothing on slowly. "I don't know why I said that."
"I don't know either." She crossed her arms over her chest, looking him over.
"I'm sorry Suki." He walked over to her, reaching out for her waist. She pulled away from her, her hands going to her chest.
"I said get out of my fucking room."
"I'm sorry!" He hands went to her waist, holding it tight. "I'm sorry and I did not mean it. I don't even think that!"
Her eyes were baring into his, a frown on her face as he hands over her chest still. When he tried kiss her she frowned again jerking her head away from him. "Go." Her voice growled a little bit, her eyes down.
He pulled away, then nodded. "I'm still sorry." He pulled away from her, going to walk from the room.
"We are still going out tonight, so get dressed in something not dumb."
He chuckled a little bit, leaving the room and going to his own.
Suki ran her fingers though her hair, sighing as she did so. For the life of her she could not understand him sometimes.
Unbeknownst to him, Zuko had invented modern hair styling. It had little to do with styling though, and more to do with just making sure that he did not look like an idiot. His hair was, and had always been somewhat temperamental. It was very thick and could be unruly at times. He had come up with a sort of routine with it. Oils, certain combs and his best tool, his own fire bending. He looked in the mirror in the bathroom, holding a clump of his black unoiled hair in his hands. He placed a the clump of hair between his index and middle finger then created heat there. He slowly dragged his finger down towards the ends of his black hair, applying steady pressure as he did.
The end result was that of one section of hair that was soft and strait. He repeated this over and over, until his hair slipped though his fingers like strands of fine silk. He combed and oiled it, smiling at how nice it now looked. He pulled it back into a knot at the back of the top of his head. He was already dressed, having on a pair of red pants, a brown shirt and dark red vest. She looked himself over, frowning a little bit. He did need new colors in his wardrobe. He hated it how she was always right.
Suki was watching him from the door way, saying nothing. She had on a long green skirt and white shirt. She had taken her necklace off, not wanting to loose it or anything. She was still mad at him for what he had said, but it did not think that she thought he was beautiful. He looked towards her, a soft smile on his face.
"Ready?" Was all she said, standing up in the door way.
He nodded, walking over to her. "Yeah." He wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her on the side of the head.
She did not move and did not embrace him back, watching him as he held her.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled.
"I know."
"I'm an idiot."
"You are."
"And you are beautiful and smart and amazing in bed and I love you."
She said nothing to this, but just placed her hands on his shoulders, looking at him.
"Please don't be upset with me."
She looked away, her jaw twisting.
"At least act like things are ok, please?"
"I keep wanting to say something hurtful." She said with a frown, "I can't do it though."
"Can't think of something? Or don't wanna say what you have in your head?"
"Both." She sighed.
"Did that really hurt you when I said that?"
"Well yeah." She gave him an annoyed chuckle.
"Why?"
"I don't like it when you compare me to her. I'm not her."
"I know your not and I don't know why I said that."
She sighed a little bit and she kissed him on the nose. "You can stop saying that you are sorry, I know you are."
"You know that I can be an idiot."
"Just… stop." She told him, "Just…. Stop." She pulled away from him, walking out of the bathroom. "Come on." She called back to him.
He followed her out of the house, walking next to her.
"Are we made up now?" He asked as they walked.
She shook her head, "No."
"What can I do to make it up to you."
"Just..." She looked over at him, frowning a little bit. "Move on."
He reached out and took her hand, holding it tightly. "I like that idea."
"You know you can come in." Kaede said to Zuko, a smile on his face as he stood in the door way of the cottage.
Zuko laughed a little bit and walked up onto the porch, "Well I did not want to invite myself in."
"You are too damn polite." We walked in after Zuko, finding Suki and Rei holding the baby and cooing over her.
"She is still so cute." Suki said, talking her in her hands. She looked at Zuko with a smile, holding the baby close to her.
"Are you going to ask them?" Zuko was trying to keep the topic off the baby. That is something that he did not want to talk about at this juncture.
"Oh yeah." She smiled at both Kaede and Rei. "Would you both like to come to dinner with us?"
"OH YES!" Rei called out, smiling wide at Suki. "A double date would be amazing!"
Both Kaede and Zuko rolled their eyes at the same time, looking away.
"We can take Zarra to your mom and dads!" Rei told her husband, a smile on her face. "Would that be cool, right!?"
Kaede's eyes were wide, but then just nodded. "Alright. I mean we did not have anything to do tonight anyways."
"Which is why its perfect!"
"So thats a yes?" Suki adjusted the baby on her, Zarra's stomach on her chest.
Kaede looked over at Zuko, who just shrugged. "We can do that." Kaede said to his wife, smiling a little bit.
She laughed happily and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him quickly. "I will get the baby stuff together." She ran off into the kitchen.
"I have to go pick up some tools." Kaede said, motioning out side.
"Would you like some help?" Zuko asked.
He laughed, shaking his head, "I'm fine, thank you though." He left the cottage, going outside.
Suki walked over to Zuko, a smile on her face. "Is this ok?"
He nodded, "Yeah sure." He reached out and touched Zarra's cheek softly with his hand. The girl just smiled at him happily in Suki's arms.
"Can we just try to act normal tonight?" She asked, rubbing the baby on the back.
"We are normal Suki." He said with a sigh.
"Normal for our age."
He just nodded, "Alright fine."
Rei came back into the living room, bottles in hand. "Thanks so much for having us out with you guys." She grabbed the bag that she used for the babies thing and started packing things.
"It's our pleasure." Suki told her still holding the baby in her arms.
"Are you sure?" She asked, feeling that Zuko was a little uneasy about it.
"It's quite alright." He told her, smiling a little bit. "It will be... fun."
Rei nodded with a smile. "Alright then."
Kaede walked back into the cottage, closing the door behind him.
"Wanna go with me?" Rei asked Suki, putting the bag over her shoulder.
"Is that ok?" Suki looked over at Zuko, asking him.
He nodded, "Go ahead."
Rei nodded, "Alright then, lets go."
Suki and Rei left the cottage, walking into town to take Zarra to her grandparent's house.
"Are you guys arguing?" Kaede asked The young Fire Lord once the girls were gone. He reached up to the top shelf in the living room, taking down a bottle that held some clear liquid. He opened the bottle and offered it to him.
Zuko narrowed his eyes and took it, "Yes." He took a drink quickly, his face twisting as he did so. "That shit is horrible." He offered it back to him. "You guys drink that?"
Kaede nodded, "Not all the time." He took a swig and re-corked it, putting it back onto the shelf. "At the end of the day, after the baby goes to sleep, we just unwind a little bit."
Zuko nodded, leaning against the wall. "I get ya."
"So why are you arguing?"
"Cause I'm an idiot." Zuko rolled his eyes, looking away.
Kaede just laughed, "Its good to know you are just like every other man in the world."
"I guess that is good."
Kaede nodded, "It is. Shows that you are human."
"Did you… think I was not human?"
"Of course I didn't. No one thinks you are."
Zuko just raised his eye brow, crossing his arms over his chest, "I guess I don't follow."
"Its not just you. Its you, her." He motioned to the door that Suki had just walked out of. "It's the Avatar and his girl and her brother and that earth bender. None of you are human."
"Then how do you see us?"
"Well…" He smiled a little bit, shrugging as he did so. "You are heroes." Zuko blushed as he said this, suddenly feeling very out of sorts. "And now you are in my living room and I'm sharing a drink with you are we are about to go out to eat and my wife is friends with your girlfriend."
"Well I can go outside if you want." Zuko chuckled, "I mean you are the one who invited me in."
Kaede just laughed, "I did." He looked over his new friend, a soft smile on his face. "In all honesty, it's a pleasure to be acquainted with you, sir." Kaede bowed a little bit to Zuko, making him feel a little bit more awkward.
Zuko just smiled a little bit, his face flushing over. "Please, call me Zuko."
"Alright, Zuko." Kaede smiled at him and motioned to the door, "Come on, lets go meet up with the girls."
Rei and Suki had just dropped off Zarra and were walking back to meet the boys. They were walking arm in arm, something that was so girly yet felt so comfortable to them both.
"Did it really hurt you that much when he said it?" Rei asked her friend.
"Not really. It mostly just made me mad." She shook her head lightly.
Rei shook her head, a frown on her face, "I wish I could tell you any different, but sometimes men are just idiots."
She nodded, laughing a little bit. "I know. He is good at it too."
"A week or so ago Kaede told me that he wished that my boobs had gotten bigger from nursing."
Suki narrowed her eyes, frowning. "Men."
"Lets ditch them." Rei said in a laugh.
Suki laughed at the thought of it, leaving them sitting on the steps of the little house wondering where they had gotten off to. "I would love it, but he will mope about it for months."
Rei just laughed to herself, "I never thought that I would be talking to the future Fire Lady about the Fire Lord." She spoke like she could not believe what she was saying.
"Do you find it odd?" Suki asked her.
Rei just shook her head with a smile, "Not at all, its kind of refreshing actually." She looked at her friend, "I'm mostly just glad to have someone who understands."
"Understands?"
Rei nodded, squeezing Suki's arm. "For us being so different we are very much the same."
Suki smiled over at her, "I was kinda thinking the same thing. Please tell me you will come and visit when I get back to the capital." Suki pleaded a little bit.
Rei nodded, a smile on her face. "It will be my pleasure. I would love to see the palace and the city."
"Its quite beautiful. Large and overwhelming and kinda foreboding but beautiful at the same time."
"Like most palaces." Rei giggled.
"Did you live in the place in Ba Sing Se?"
She shook her head, "I lived in a villa in the upper ring with my parents and siblings."
"Oh, you have siblings?"
Rei nodded, her eyes getting heavy, almost like she was sad. "Three small sisters." Her voice was heavy and soft.
Suki looked over at her, "Oh I'm sorry... I did not mean to bring it up."
Rei just shook her head, "Its fine. I just miss them, that's all." She smiled over at Suki, "How about you? Did you have any siblings?"
Suki nodded, biting her lip. "I did yes."
"Did?" Rei frowned, "Sorry to bring it up."
Suki smiled softly. "No its fine, you told me about yours so its only fair that i tell you about mine." She swallowed hard, "I had an older brother, half brother actually. He was ten years older than me."
"What happened?"
"It was a mud slide, when I was 6. It took him and my father."
Rei frowned heavily, looking at her, "I'm so sorry Suki."
Suki shrugged, "It was so long ago that I don't remember them much. I only know what my mother still says about them."
"What does she say about them?"
"That I have my father's eyes and temperament, and my brother's pout." She laughed a little bit. "Even though we had different mothers we still were very much alike."
"I wonder what they would think of you now. Now that you are a hero, and the girlfriend of one of the most powerful man on earth."
"I'd like to think they are proud of me." She looked down, smiling to herself. "And that they are always looking after me from beyond.
"They would have to be proud of you." Rei insisted, nudging her with her elbow. "Like I'm sure your mother is."
Suki laughed a little bit, "My mother is a mixture of proud and apprehensive."
"Why apprehensive?"
"She worries that it will be too much for me, that Zuko will somehow turn evil."
"I don't think he will." Rei mumbled. "He helped end the war, he will not go down the back of his forefathers."
Suki nodded, "I agree." They walked up up Zuko and Kaede who were standing not far from the house.
Rei rolled his eyes as soon as she saw what they were doing. They were standing an arms length away from one another, Zuko's hand level with the ground and facing up, Kaede's hands were a few inches above his, facing down. They were both looking into one another's eyes most intently.
"What are they doing?" Suki asked, her eye brows raised.
"Hot hands." Rei said with a growl.
Kaede created a small puff of fire directed at Zuko's hands. As soon as he felt the heat he jerked his hands away, laughing. "Again." Kaede said to him, laughing as well. Zuko put his hands back in place and they did it again.
"I feel like that is not a good idea." Suki commented to them as Zuko pulled his hand away, getting his hand burnt a little bit.
"Azula and I used to do this as kids." He commented as they switched, Zuko's hands going on top.
"I've not done this in years." Kaede added.
Rei just rolled his eyes, looking at Suki. "Age, family, position, all irrelevant. Still just kids."
Suki laughed a little bit, shrugging a little bit. "What ever makes them happy I guess."
Kaede yelped a little bit, feeling a hard burn on his hand. "Alright, enough of that."
"Yeah." Zuko frowned awkwardly, "I'm sorry I burnt you."
Kaede just laughed, "It's fine, part of it."
"Can we go?" Rei asked her husband, her jaw twisting in annoyance.
"Yes Dear." Kaede said to her with a smile.
Rei let go of Suki and grabbed onto his arm. Zuko reached out and took Suki by the hand, blushing a little bit. She took it happily, intertwining their fingers.
The four of them walked into town, joking and laughing with one another as they did so.
It really took Suki by surprise to see Zuko talking and laughing like this with Kaede and Rei. It made her happy but was still unexpected. She had not seen him be like this with anyone other than Aang. Not even Katara and Sokka would bring out this relaxed Zuko.
It could have also been the Alchaol. In fact that was a more likely answer.
They were in the back room of the small bar and restaurant. It had been Rei's choice, and she said that it was a great place. It was a great place, which good food and plenty of booze.
"We need more." Zuko insisted, noticing that the bottle was empty.
"AGREED!" Kaede added, a wide smile on his face. They both laugh with their faces flushed over.
"Should the Fire Lord get drunk?" Rei asked, taking a sip of her own drink.
"I'm not the Fire Lord tonight." He said with a smile, "Tonight we are drinking and I don't have anything to do but drink and be merry." He leaned down from his standing position and looked at Suki's face. "As long as that is alright with you darling."
Suki was the only sober one in the room. She wanted to drink but though that it would be best if she did not drink. She mostly did it to keep him safe. She wanted to make sure that no one hurt him, that he did not hurt himself. "You can drink and be merry." She told him.
He smiled wide and kissed her happily, "I love you." He told her with a sing-song voice. He stood up, he and Kaede rushing out of the room to go back to the bar, getting more drinks.
"Drunk Zuko is odd." Rei told her with a smile.
"Very much so." She commented, watching him go. "He will be fun later."
"Are you gonna get busy later?" She raised and eye brow.
She laughed lightly, "I was just thinking about him throwing up all over everything." She rolled her eyes lightly.
"That too." She laughed a little bit.
"Has he ever drank before?"
Suki shrugged, "He may have. Never with me though."
"Are you a little jealous?"
Suki shook her head, "Not really. Just kinda annoyed with him."
"Still?"
She nodded, "Still."
Rei reached out across the table and took Suki's hand, "One thing that I've learned about relationships is that you have to let things go. He will always make stupid comments and do dumb things. It's part of it."
Suki nodded, feeling tears welling up in her eyes.
Rei reached out and held her cheek. "I find that you just have to take it with the good, and know that he still loves you. You know that, right?"
She nodded, "I know he loves me."
"Then that's all that matters." Rei smiled kindly at her, much the way that Suki's own mother would smile at her from time to time, "So roll your eyes, complain about him to your friends, but don't be mad at him."
"You think?"
"Of course. Every second that you have with him is precious and should never be spend in bitterness." Rei withdrew her hand, still smiling at her.
Suki sighed lightly, feeling better already, "Thank you."
Rei just winked at her as Kaede and Zuko clamored back into the room with two more bottles.
"Oh… did you want some?" Zuko asked them both.
"No, we are ok." Rei said with a smile.
Suki just looked up at Zuko, letting herself let go of the anger and hurt that has filled her only a few momemnts before that.
"Good." Kaede took a drink out of the bottle after smiling.
Zuko said down next to Suki leaning in and kissing her on the cheek as he laughed. "You are so pretty." Suki just laughed, kissing him on the cheek once he pulled away.
Kaede sat on Rei's lap, making her laugh. "I think we should enlighten our ladies about the conversation that we were having out in the bar.
"Yeah." Zuko chirped, "Rei and Kaede are gonna come to the palace!" He told her, nodding.
"That would be fun." Suki smiled at him, then over at Rei and winking. "Did you guys come up with this on your own?"
Kaede nodded, taking another drink. "We did." He smiled at her, "We are going to go, and stay, and be merry." He was talking now to his wife, his face covered with a wide smile.
"Drink?" Rei asked with a grin.
"Drink." Zuko added, raising his bottle.
Kaede followed suit, a smile on his face, "DRINK!"
Zuko laughed, leaning over and placing a sloppy kiss on Suki's cheek before taking another drink.
Suki and Rei just smiled at one another.
Suki laid Zuko down on the floor of Kaede and Rei's cottage, arching her neck as she stood up. He was much heavier when he was drunk, apparently. She noticed that he was hotter than normal. She figured that it was his body trying to burn off the alcohol in his system.
Kaede was already on the floor, laying on his stomach. He could hold his alcohol a bit better than Zuko could, but they were both flushed over and giggling at the woman that stood over them. "You both have on green." Kaede said though his laugh.
"Yes. Very observant of you." Rei said with a smile, "You boys seep down here tonight, we will take the bed."
"What about the baby?" Kaede asked, half sleep.
"She is staying with your parent's tonight." Rei told him, kneeling down and kissing him on the forehead. "You don't need to worry about her, just get some sleep love."
Suki looked down at Zuko, running her fingers over his cheek. "You ok?" She asked him.
He opened his eyes a little bit, "Yeah, I'm fine." He smiled when he saw her, his face getting redder. "I'm sorry. I think I drank too much."
"Its alright." She smiled and kissed him on the lips, tasting the booze on his lips, "Next time we get to drink and you boys get to take care of us."
He just nodded, "Deal." He closed his eyes, laying his head back down on the floor and closing his eyes.
She kissed him again and stood up, nudging him with her foot.
Rei motioned her to follow her, then walked to the ladder than lead to the loft. They both silently climbed the ladder together, then closed the red curtain that closed the loft off from the rest of the cottage. Suki smiled at the surroundings, finding them cozy and soft. There were red, crème, and red pillows and blankets all around the area, with the bed just big enough for two adults and a baby off to the side.
"I figure we should be confortable." She told Suki with a grin. They both stripped in front of one another, talking about the boys that lay down on the floor. Rei told her not to worry about them, that they would just sleep it off and things would be ok. She gave Suki a spare shirt which she put on.
They both climbed into bed in nothing but simple shirts and their underwear. Suki could not help but giggle as she felt Rei's cold toes on her legs. "I'm glad we are friends." Suki said with a sigh, smiling at her.
"Me too." Rei said back, closing her eyes. "You remind me of home."
"Funny, I think the same thing of you." they giggled more, there heads laying on the pillow only a few inches apart. "And now the boys are fiends, so we're all good."
"You know I was worried about him." Rei said to Suki, "I thought he would be a snob, or rude."
"Everyone thinks that." She shrugged, "I take it with a grain of salt."
"I'm glad I was wrong." Rei laughed, "I came in that one day and he had tea for me. It was totally not what I expected."
"He is not what I expected either, he has changed a lot." Suki commented, thinking about how he used to be, "I would have never thought he would have done something like he did tonight."
"Drinking?"
"Drinking, relaxing, acting his age." She smiled a little bit. "Its refreshing."
"Same. Kaede is always so busy working that we can't take time just to unwind."
Suki laughed a little bit, "They are so much alike."
Rei nodded in agreement, "They are both so busy that they forget that which is most important to them. They live for the day, the hour, the moment even if it means that the one they love sits alone. She will still wait for him though." She sighed lightly, "She has no idea what else to do, nor dose she want to do anything else."
Suki closed her eyes sadly, tilting her head down.
"Oh dear…" Rei wrapped her arms around Suki's neck, "I'm sorry."
"Its ok." Suki held her back, a smile on her face. "You are right though. She doesn't want to do anything else."
Rei pulled away and laughed a little bit, "Cause we love them, for better or worse." She kissed Suki quickly on the lips, "And we always will."
Suki nodded, "That and they are crazy good looking."
"Hella good looking!"
They talked more after that, but Suki could not really recall what they talked about. They both feel asleep mid sentence their forearms touching as their Fire Benders drooled on the floor below them.