RIVER


Ty Lee meekly said to the princess, "It probably isn't that cold."

"I am not your keeper. You need not keep asking me to justify your poor choices," said Azula, crossing her arms like a spoilt child.

They stood in the Earth Kingdom at the edge of a languid river. It appeared to pose no harm, other than being cold as ice. Mai had already gone to bed in the ruy tent. She always slept early due to being "no fun," as Ty Lee called it, usually in a shrill whine.

"Will you jump with me, princess," begged Ty Lee, bowing her head and batting her eyelashes. She extended a hand that was promptly ignored by her sort of girlfriend.

"I do not do water," said Azula. "I am the fire princess, if you recall."

"But, if I may add, your highness, your eminence, your beautifulness, you do me." Ty Lee winked. Azula chewed on the inside of her cheek. "And I'll be very, very cold after a swim, with my clothes all soaked…"

Azula was not sure if she wanted to gag or tackle Ty Lee in a most romantic fashion.

Azula stepped forward. "I will jump in with you. But only to prove that fire is stronger than water. It has little to do with what we can barely call a relationship," she lied, and she kissed Ty Lee passionately on the lips. Ty Lee softly sighed, eyelids fluttering as they broke apart. Azula tried to digest the butterflies in her stomach.

They ran across the grass to the riverside. As the princess and her consort were about to jump, Azula's hands collided with Ty Lee's back and she shoved her into the water while remaining on the wonderfully comfortable dry land.

Azula cackled.

Ty Lee sputtered as she surged to the surface, and then screeched from the cold leeching into her bones and crushing her chest.

But then Azula smirked at her and she felt unseasonably warm.