Zuko and Aang trained hard into the morning. Of course, Zuko tried hard to not overextend his legs so the scabs would not start bleeding again. Aang stopped and looked at him.

"Why did you have to tell me to do ten hot squats and a firewall every time my name was said? I did those about a million times yesterday?"

"Because you still needed to train."

"But it wasn't a good way to."

Zuko stopped and stared at him. "At least I never said your name. Think about that, Aang."

Aang stayed quiet the rest of the morning.

After they trained, Zuko and Aang returned to the group just as Katara and Sokka were making rice. Toph was sitting nearby, playing with her moon rock. Katara looked at Zuko, and then she looked at Sokka to say something loud enough for Zuko to obviously hear.

"Well, I guess we know how fire benders train. They make their students bend constantly until exhausted."

Zuko sighed deeply. 'If she says something one more time…'

Sokka sighed. "Katara, you know that didn't happen."

"Yeah? Then how come Aang kept bending every time his name was called? He was eventually about to run out of energy." Zuko balled his hands into fists. "Oh well, fire benders are known to be ruthless anyway, so what should it matter?"

He snapped. He turned and faced Katara angrily.

"Okay Katara, enough with the bullshit!"

All was silent. Katara stood up and glared at him. "Excuse me, what did you say?"

"I said, enough with the bullshit, Katara."

"And what are you meaning by that?"

"Obviously, I am meaning you talking crap about me, my homeland, and my people."

"Whatever do you mean?"

Zuko tensed up and brought his shoulders down. "You know what I mean. Quit being a fucking bitch and pretending you have no damn idea what I am talking about!"

"And you really think I am going to listen to an emo fire bender?"

"The hell is that supposed to mean?"

"It means that I am calling you a cutter, obviously."

"I am not a cutter." The weird feeling returned to his throat.

"Liar."

"You have no proof."

"The knife."

"Infused metals make it have strange colors."

"The bands."

"I normally wear them."

"The scars."

"A result of a childhood accident."

This kept on going back and forth, back and forth. Toph noticed Zuko was making more and more lies. She finally could not take him lying anymore. "Zuko, stop lying."

Zuko looked at her. "What?"

"You heard me. Stop lying, please. I am getting sick of knowing you are lying. Zuko, you are covering up something that is very serious. I can tell by your body's reaction to your lies, and I can tell by your voice."

Everyone was silent and looked at Toph. She was silent. They then looked at Zuko. His heart was pounding in his chest, yet he was keeping his breathing even. Katara then whispered, "Knew it."

Zuko sighed angrily. "Only because Aang was an asshole and had to tell." He walked away from the group.

"Zuko, come back." Sokka called.

"No." He kept walking.