A/N: AU, OoC, yaoi/slash. I'm finished with "Death Note," so now it will only be school that distracts me
Disclaimer: I don't own them.
Day Six
Sokka was looking forward to that afternoon, when he would be able to spend time with Zuko, alone. And, hopefully, he would be able to figure out what had happened yesterday to cause Zuko to look so distressed. But, for now, Sokka just wanted to focus on the positive aspects of that day—which really just meant their date.
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Zuko needed to get away from Jet. He needed to get away, get a shower, and leave. And the quicker he left, the sooner he would get to see Sokka. The thought of Sokka, however, made him feel slightly guilty. Especially since he wanted to be happy about their date (and, he was, just not as happy as he would have been, considering the events of the previous day). And, he didn't want Sokka worrying about him… too much. A little worrying was always good, though. Zuko smiled. Finally having someone who worried about him would be a nice change. Right now, though, he needed to get away from Jet.
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Jet knew Zuko was awake. His breathing had quickened, as had his heart rate. Jet smirked into his hair, then pulled Zuko closer to him. Zuko stilled beside Jet, causing Jet to smirk again. Then, suddenly, Zuko elbowed Jet, causing Jet to pull his arm away from Zuko, who jumped out of the bed and scrambled across the room and out the door. Jet snarled at the empty room, but didn't leave the bed.
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Sokka hated that the bus was slow, and had to wait at stoplights, and stop signs, and bus stops. Well, Sokka hated when the bus stopped and he wanted to be somewhere quickly. Because, the sooner the bus got to his stop, then the sooner he could be where he wanted to be, and the sooner he could see Zuko. And, right now, he wanted to see Zuko much more than he wanted to be stuck on a bus that insisted on stopping so frequently. Sokka decided that this was a very inconvenient bus.
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Zuko's hair was still wet from the shower, a fact that he discovered when it had dripped down onto his shirt as he was waiting in front of the zoo entrance for Sokka. He had come early but, he felt that coming early and having to wait was better than being stuck in a bed with Jet. Really, though, anything that didn't involve Jet was the better option for now and, probably, for always.
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Jet didn't like staring up at Zuko's ceiling as much as he liked staring up at his own. But, he didn't want to leave Zuko's bed yet. To the victor goes the spoils, and Jet felt that his spoil was being able to stay in the bed, even though Zuko was gone. Although, remembering that Zuko was gone angered Jet. Didn't he understand that Jet was finally paying attention to him? Couldn't he at least show some gratitude to Jet? With a scoff, Jet jumped off the bed and stormed out of the room. Next time, he would just have to be more forceful.
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Sokka tried to hide his frown when he noticed that Zuko's smile still didn't quite reach his eyes. But, he didn't think he was very successful in that venture, because Zuko broke eye contact to look at the ground. Trying to cheer Zuko up, Sokka slipped an arm around his waist and kissed his cheek, which caused a blush to appear. Sokka smiled, and then the two of them headed towards the entrance of the zoo.
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Even though it felt slightly childish, Zuko loved watching the turtleducks in the small pond. He especially liked watching the smaller ones swim around each other, as if they were playing tag. And he liked how Sokka's arm was still around his waist, and he was leaning on Sokka's chest, and neither one of them were saying anything and that felt perfectly all right. Of course, Zuko just had to be a moron and ruining the whole thing by opening his mouth and quietly mention what had happened the day before. And when Sokka's eyes had narrowed and his face had hardened, Zuko felt slightly scared. But, then Sokka's face softened and he hugged Zuko, and Zuko wasn't afraid for himself anymore.
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Jet was pacing again. Pacing and thinking. Lately, things with Zuko weren't quite going the way he wanted them to. Of course, that just helped him to decide that he needed to strengthen his efforts.
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They had migrated to the lemurs. A trainer was in the cage, showing off one of them named Momo. It was actually slightly impressive. Although, Sokka would have enjoyed it more if he hadn't of found out what had happened to Zuko the day before. And he felt kind of bad, holding Zuko as tightly as he was, but he was (irrationally, his head supplied) afraid that something bad would happen to Zuko if Sokka let him go. Zuko, however, didn't seem to mind.
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Zuko thought that it was rather strange that Jet holding him close was something scary, yet Sokka holding him close was reassuring. And he was sort of enjoying watching lemurs fly around. Although, they weren't as impressive as he had heard flying bisons could be. So, when the trainer left the lemur cage, Zuko dragged Sokka over to the bisons (and was pleased to see Sokka smiling and rolling his eyes at him). And, Zuko found, he really was more impressed with the bisons—especially the one that everyone seemed to be calling Appa.
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After leaving the zoo, they had headed towards the bus stop where they would inevitably have to split up. Sokka didn't want Zuko to return to Jet. So, as casually as he could, he mentioned that perhaps they should get something to eat. With a shrug, Zuko agreed, and Sokka mentioned that maybe they should get take out and go watch a movie back at his' place. Zuko raised an eyebrow at him, but agreed to that, too. And, later, after the movie was over, Sokka mentioned that it was rather late, and the buses had stopped, and he did have a spare bedroom, so… maybe Zuko should just spend the night? With a shrug and a half smile, Zuko agreed, and that made Sokka rather happy.