Day 7: Free Day
Pairing: Jetko (Jet x Zuko); also Kataang (Aang x Katara), Tyluki (Ty Lee x Suki), Sokkla (Azula x Sokka)
Genres: Romance/Humor
Rating: T
Setting: Modern High School (non-bending) AU; Juniors: Sokka, Zuko, Mai, Jet, Sophomores: Katara, Azula, Ty Lee, Suki, Freshmen: Aang, Toph
Free Day
"Well," Azula sighed triumphantly as she spun the map on her phone around in a full circle, admiring all the newly claimed Valor gyms, "I'd say we've successfully painted the town red once again."
"I'll say," Toph grinned, unable to see the fruits of their labor.
Azula rolled her eyes.
"Hey… wait a minute." Zuko squinted, looking off into the distance. "Is that person taking down the gym over there?"
The blind girl gasped. "I think he is!"
"I'm serious! Look!" He grabbed his sister by the shoulders and moved her into the right line of view.
"Who the hell is that?" Azula scowled, crossing her arms. "And who the hell does he think he is?!"
"I've never seen him before…"
"Well then he needs to learn who's boss around here!" Toph began stomping in the wrong direction.
"This way." Zuko helped to guide her.
"Yeah, yeah."
"I don't like this," Azula muttered. "A new PoGO player on our turf who's clearly not on our team? He could really throw off the balance around here – "
"Balance?" Zuko laughed. "If by balance you mean Valor's complete and utter domination…"
"Yes, exactly." She smiled haughtily. "Balance."
"And besides, Sparky, it's not like we outnumber our rivals," Toph added. "We dominate because we play harder – "
"Because they're doing other normal teenage stuff like, oh I don't know… dating!" Zuko didn't even bother hiding the bitter notes of his tone.
"Shut up for one second." Azula stopped them from walking any closer to the mysterious boy.
"What? What's wrong?" the blind girl questioned.
"He's… he's – "
"He's hot," Zuko breathed, getting a better look at the bronze-skinned stranger.
"Yes, my thoughts exactly." Azula smirked up at her brother. "Dibs!"
"What? That's no fair! You already have a boyfriend – "
"Friend with benefits," she corrected, still smirking. "And there's always room for more friends."
"You're unbelievable!"
"What? Am I supposed to just give him to you because you're lonely?!"
"If you were a good sister you would!"
"Oh, here we go again…"
"Hey!" Toph interrupted. "Would you two stop bickering like an old married couple?! We don't even know if he's gay or straight or whatever."
The siblings huffed.
With the stakes high and the tension near stifling, the trio approached the handsome stranger.
"Can I help you…?" The boy with a wheat grass blade in his mouth picked his head up for a brief second to find the Valor team staring him down like something straight out of Westside Story.
"What d'ya think you're doing there?" Toph demanded.
"What does it look like I'm doing?"
"Taking down our gym."
"Nah," he denied sarcastically, "I'm just standing here in the cold tapping my phone like a jackass for the fun of it."
Zuko chuckled under his breath.
Toph aggressively stepped toward the stranger. "Listen here, pal – "
"Don't mind her," Azula cut in. "She just… has a lot of pride in our team."
"I have a lot of pride?! You're the one who – "
"Who just loves welcoming new people to our little town," she said with a clenched jaw, glaring at the blind girl.
"Right…" Jet was unconvinced.
"Anyway, I'm Azula." She gestured to the smaller girl. "This here is Toph."
His attention remained affixed to his phone.
"And this is my brother, Zuzu."
"I-It's, uh, Zuko actually," the yellow-eyed boy nervously corrected.
Jet finished beating the gym and placed his phone into his jacket pocket. "The name's Jet."
"Well, it's lovely to meet you, Jet," Azula smiled. "Did you just move here?"
"Yeah, but I won't be here long."
"What do you mean?" Zuko asked.
"Nowhere I ever go is permanent. I just got out of juvie and moved in with my new foster parents. It's like my fourth home and they already have house full of foster kids. They won't keep me for long."
Zuko's eyes widened with concern.
"Juvie, huh?" Toph smirked. "Whatchya do?"
"Toph!" Zuko muttered.
Jet laughed.
"Y-You don't have to answer that…"
"Wasn't planning on it." Jet swished the wheat grass blade to the other side of his mouth. "Anyway, I'll be lucky if I can finish out high school here."
"What grade are you in?" Azula asked.
"I'm a junior."
Zuko's stomach somersaulted. "Oh, uh, me too – "
"But you're in the public school, right?"
"Azula!" Zuko elbowed his sister on the upper arm.
"What?" She failed to notice the elitist undertone of her question. "You are, aren't you?"
"Yeah…" Jet answered. "What, are you guys in the private school or something?"
"We are, but we have a lot of friends in the public school. We could introduce you sometime…" Azula smiled coyly. "And we'd be happy to show you around town…"
"Yeah, maybe…" He looked over at Toph. "Hey… if you don't mind me asking, are you… blind?"
"No, I just carry around this cane to make a fashion statement," she groaned.
Jet chuckled. "I mean, I figured, but… how do you play PoGO?"
"I can 'see' feeling the vibrations of the phone."
"Whoa, really?"
"No, you idiot!" Toph cackled. "My friends help me play."
"She doesn't really need much help," Zuko mentioned. "She has a pretty wicked curveball."
"No kidding." Jet looked at her, impressed. "So, do you guys raid?"
"Yeah, we have a group." Toph folded her arms smugly.
"And no, they're not all Valor," Zuko quickly added.
"I can add you to the group chat if you'd like," Azula hummed nonchalantly. "But I'll need your number."
The yellow-eyed boy rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, sure." Jet reached for Azula's phone so he could enter his contact info.
She flashed her brother a wicked smirk. He scowled at her in return.
"So, what team are ya on?" Toph asked.
"Mystic."
"Mystic? More like Mys-take!" She grinned widely.
"Funny." Jet was unamused.
Azula took her phone back from him when he was finished. "Well, we probably should be going. I'll let you know when the next raid is."
"Cool. See ya." Jet gave the group a charismatic smile.
Zuko nearly swooned.
As the Valor team made their way back to their upper-class homes, Azula linked arms with her brother. "Do I really need to warn you about falling for another Mystic boy, Zuzu? Especially after what happened last time…"
He rolled his eyes. "He turned out to be straight and then you hooked up with him!"
"Yes, several times," she smirked, thinking fondly of her blue-eyed hook-up buddy.
"Toph, what do you think? Your gaydar is usually spot-on."
"Not gonna lie, he's a tough read," she answered honestly. "He definitely gives off somewhat of a straight vibe…"
Zuko sulked.
"But… I was also picking up some unmistakable bloops on the rainbow side."
"What does that even mean?!"
"I think he's bi or pan or something."
Zuko sighed dramatically.
"Don't worry, Sparky." She slapped him hard on the back. "I have a plan."
"Taking down the gym right before a raid, huh?"
The low purr of the voice startled Zuko so much, he nearly dropped his phone as he spun around. Suddenly face-to-face with the hot new guy, the yellow-eyed boy was lost for words.
"Kind of a dick move, don't you think?"
"I – well – I," he stammered.
"Relax," Jet chuckled. "I'm just messing around. I was coming here to do the exact same thing."
"Oh," Zuko laughed apprehensively. "I-I don't usually do this. My sister sent me."
"Ah, so your sister bids you to do her dirty work for her? Interesting."
Zuko's eyes darted to the wheat grass blade in the boy's mouth and then back into Jet's pools of chocolatey brown. "N-No, she usually goes herself but she's just getting out of a cello lesson."
"Cello?" Jet smirked. "She any good?"
"Little Miss Perfect?" he muttered. "She excels in it. Just like most things." He looked down at his feet.
Jet took a step closer to him. "Perfection is boring."
Zuko looked back up at the boy.
"People's flaws and struggles, now that's what makes them interesting."
The yellow-eyed boy smiled, blushing faintly.
"So…" Jet looked mischievous. "I couldn't help but notice everyone in the group chat has a unique Pokémon type icon. What's up with that?"
"Oh. That," Zuko laughed, embarrassed. "One of the people in our group, Aang – you'll meet him soon – thought it would be a good idea if we all chose a trainer identity… it's stupid."
"Wow… he sounds like a total nerd. Let me guess, he's on Instinct?"
"Yeah… you just kicked him out of the gym."
"Figures," Jet laughed. "So… when do I get my trainer identity?"
"Really?" Zuko's eyebrows arched. "You want one?"
"If I'm gonna be part of the group…"
"Well then, Trainer Jet," Zuko smirked, "What type would you like?"
"I don't know… maybe Ghost…?"
"Hey, where is everyone?" Azula interrupted, approaching the boys in a fashionable down winter coat. "I can't believe I ran all the way here and still managed to be one of the first ones here." She rolled her eyes.
"Didn't our driver just drop you off?" Zuko questioned.
"Doesn't change the fact that the raid is starting in two minutes and no one's in sight," she scowled. "So, what were you two talking about?"
"Zuko was just telling me about your trainer types, Electric Trainer Azula," Jet smirked, teasingly.
"Oh, was he now?" She glared at her brother. "Well, it's not like any of us take it that seriously."
"Really? That's too bad." Jet shrugged. "I was just starting to get into it." He gave Zuko a cunning grin.
Azula huffed, which was visible in the cold winter air.
The others started to arrive.
"Well in that case, let me introduce you to our Flying and Water trainers, Aang and Katara, one of our Instinct power couples."
"Nice to meet you," Katara smiled, waving.
"Welcome to the group!" Aang grinned.
"Hey." Jet nodded coolly.
Azula gestured to two pretty girls to her right. "And here are our Fairy and Fighting trainers, Ty Lee and Suki, our other, hotter, Instinct power couple."
Katara shot Azula a dirty look.
"Ooh, he's a cutie!" Ty Lee giggled, eying the new boy.
"Seriously?" Suki groaned. She turned to Jet. "Don't mind her – she flirts with everyone she meets."
"Don't be jealous, babe." The bubbly brunette wrapped her arms around her girlfriend. "He's not as cute as you."
Suki gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Jet chuckled.
"And this here is Mai, our Dark trainer." Azula gave a quick glance to the goth girl to her left. "She's also on Mystic." She smirked deviously. "And, fun fact, she's also Zuzu's beard!"
Zuko's face went pale.
"Wait, really?" Jet smiled, amused. "You pretend to be his girlfriend?"
"Well, yeah." The black-haired girl's tone was unaffected, almost monotone. "I mean, he's one of my best friends, and – "
"And they did use to date," Ty Lee added, "You know… before he came out."
"Just kill me now," the yellow-eyed boy sighed dramatically under his breath.
"What I was going to say was," Mai continued, "and this way, his father won't find out."
"Really?" Jet turned to Zuko. "Your dad's that judgmental?"
"Seriously, kill me now." Zuko dropped his head into his gloves.
"Yes, Father can never know. Moving on!" Azula looked around at the group. "Well, you already know Toph, so that's everyone who counts – "
"Ahem!" Sokka cleared his throat.
The yellow-eyed girl gave him a teasing smirk. "This is Sokka, our Ice trainer. He's on Mystic and he's also my personal Pokémon rival."
"Hey." Sokka quickly acknowledged the new guy before turning his attention back to Azula. "So…" He grinned roguishly. "I just so happened to catch a perfect IV Snorunt last night. What do you think about that?"
"I think it's not as cool or as rare as the shiny Snorunt I caught this morning," she boasted.
"What?! No way!"
She showed him her phone.
"Damn it."
"Now can we please get on with this raid already?" Azula said in a way that was more demanding than asking. "It's freezing out here."
"Jumping in!" Aang called out.
Everyone else followed, carefully picking their teams for the legendary raid as the timer ticked down to the start time.
After Sokka finished his lineup, he took off his jacket and placed it on Azula's shoulders. "Here you go, Princess."
She gave him a look that read, "You shouldn't have," but accepted the jacket nonetheless.
Jet raised an eyebrow at the unexpected interaction, noting that no one else seemed surprised.
Finally, the timer flashed "0" and the raid began.
"Got 'im!" Toph bragged, "First throw, excellent curveball, let's go!"
"How did you know it was an excellent throw…?" Jet questioned suspiciously.
"She has superpowers," Sokka answered. "I got him too, by the way." He turned to his rival. "Did you?"
"Of course I did." Azula looked smug. "He's a ninety-three percenter too. Not a bad Groudon indeed."
The blue-eyed boy scowled.
"I got him too!" Aang cheered.
"Me too!" Ty Lee jumped for joy.
"I didn't," Katara muttered.
"You'll get the next one, Sweetie." Aang kissed her on the nose.
"I didn't either." Suki shrugged. "Oh well."
"Same," Mai said apathetically.
"I got him." Jet faced Zuko. "Did you?"
"No," he groaned. "Luck is never on my side."
He smirked. "Maybe you just need a lucky charm..."
Zuko felt his cheeks grow hot.
"Is that what that is?" Ty Lee pointed to the wheat grass blade in Jet's mouth. "A lucky charm?"
"No," the brown-eyed boy laughed. "Oral fixation."
Zuko's feet slipped out from underneath him, causing him to fall and land on his butt. "Owww!"
Jet snickered. Azula rolled her eyes.
"Are you okay?" Suki asked.
"Y-Yeah. The sidewalk is j-just really icy." He stood up, feeling humiliated as he brushed the snow off his jeans.
"Whoa! Did you know this gym is sponsored?!" Aang's gray eyes were as wide as saucers.
"What does that mean, Twinkle Toes?" Toph questioned.
Jet raised an eyebrow. "Twinkle Toes?"
"She has endearing nicknames for everyone." Katara smiled. "You'll probably earn one too if you hang out with us long enough."
"Anyway…" Aang spoke quickly out of excitement. "Now that it's out of beta, winning a battle at a sponsored gym means that we all have a chance at being invited to an Ex-Raid!"
"In other words, we all may have the chance to catch Mewtwo," Sokka added.
"If anyone gets an Ex-Raid pass, post it to the group chat immediately," Azula demanded. She shivered. "I need to get out of here. I'm freezing." She started to dial her driver when her brother interrupted.
"Wait. Before everyone scatters, Jet needs a trainer identity!"
The brown-eyed boy smiled. "You weren't gonna let me forget that, were you."
"Nope." Zuko smiled back at him.
"That's an easy one," Azula interjected. "He's our Grass trainer. You know, because he always has a blade of grass in his mouth."
"Makes sense to me," Jet agreed.
"Welcome to the team, Grass Trainer Jet!" Toph smacked him hard on the back.
"Thanks," he coughed, noticing that Azula and Sokka were having their own private conversation.
"Can I walk you home?" Sokka asked, grinning.
"It's okay. I'll just have my driver pick me up – "
He leaned in and whispered into her ear. "How about I keep you warm instead?"
She smirked. "Well in that case…" She let Sokka put his arm around her and began walking off with him.
Jet shook his head, laughing under his breath. "Some rivals…"
Group Chat: Saturday Afternoon
Azula (Electric): (Posts screenshot of Ex-Raid pass.) Read it and weep, suckers!
Sokka (Ice): WHAT?! NO FAIR!
Mai (Dark): Fake news.
Azula (Electric): Jealous?
Mai (Dark): Not even a little.
Ty Lee (Fairy): I didn't get one either. (Inserts broken heart emoji.)
Suki (Fighting): Same here. (Inserts sad emoji.)
Katara (Water): I GOT ONE! (Posts screenshot of Ex-Raid pass.) I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
Sokka (Ice): YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! WHY DOES THE WORLD HATE ME SO MUCH?
Toph (Steel): You make it too easy, Snoozles.
Toph (Steel): BTW I'm hanging with Twinkle Toes and Sugar Queen right now. They tell me I didn't get one.
Aang (Flying): I didn't get one, but I'm SUPER HAPPY for my sweetie! (Inserts heart emoji.)
Katara (Water): Awww, thanks babe! (Inserts three heart emojis.)
Sokka (Ice): Gross.
Mai (Dark): Blech.
Azula (Electric): What they said.
Ty Lee (Fairy): I'm so sad right now you guys. But good luck to those who got one!
Suki (Fighting): Yeah! Anyone else? Zuko? Jet?
Zuko (Fire): Do you really have to ask?
Toph (Steel): Let me guess. You didn't get one.
Zuko (Fire): OF COURSE NOT! FML
Jet (Grass): (Posts screenshot of Ex-Raid pass). Boom.
Sokka (Ice): Great. First my rival, then my sister, and now the new guy. Just great.
Aang (Flying): So, looks like the raid is next Friday night! That's in 6 DAYS! Are you guys excited?!
Azula (Electric): Omg…
Azula (Electric): I CAN'T GO! (Inserts angry emoji.)
Sokka (Ice): HAH!
Ty Lee (Fairy): Oh no! Why not?
Azula (Electric): I have a scheduling conflict OBVI!
Ty Lee (Fairy): But what is it? Can you reschedule?
Azula (Electric): No.
Zuko (Fire): She has her ballet recital dress rehearsal! LMAO. (Inserts laughing/crying emoji.)
Mai (Dark): You do ballet? Wow.
Azula (Electric): No.
Zuko (Fire): She sure does! Leotards, tights, little pink slippers and all!
Toph (Steel): ROFL
Azula (Electric): You really want to play the blackmail game, Zuzu?
Zuko (Fire): Uhhh…
Suki (Fighting): Can't you just give your phone to someone to play for you?
Sokka (Ice): Shot not!
Aang (Flying): I can do it!
Ty Lee (Fairy): Me too!
Mai (Dark): I would volunteer, but I don't want to risk ending up on Azula's shit list if I don't catch the Mewtwo.
Ty Lee (Fairy): That's a good point…
Azula (Electric): Zuzu just barged into my room and is acting totally crazy. He's trying to grab my phone. Don't trust
Azula (Electric): I give my dear brother Zuko permission to take my phone to the raid. I wouldn't trust anybody else with such an important task.
Mai (Dark): Facepalm.
Zuko (Fire): Well that settles it then! I'm honored really. I meeting hang kaftan so
Katara (Water): Are you having a stroke?
Zuko (Fire): I'm Zuko and I think Jet is SOOO hot.
Toph (Steel): HAHAHAHAHAHA
Ty Lee (Fairy): What's going on?
Suki (Fighting): They've traded phones.
Ty Lee (Fairy): Ohhhhh.
Jet (Grass): I'm flattered.
Toph (Steel): So you ARE gay?
Azula (Electric): THAT was your plan?! You were just going to ASK him?!
Toph (Steel): Yep. Aces like me don't play these stupid games. Aces rule!
Jet (Grass): Do you really wanna know?
Zuko (Fire): Yes please Jet sempai!
Zuko (Fire): Zuzu just hit me.
Mai (Dark): You deserved it.
Jet (Grass): Drum roll please.
Aang (Flying): (Inserts drum emoji.)
Jet (Grass): I'm bi.
Toph (Steel): Called it!
Jet (Grass): On that note, I'm gonna go get lunch. Bi!
"Thanks for the ride," Jet said as he stepped into Zuko's crimson red Lexus.
"N-No problem. I couldn't just let you walk in the cold."
He smiled. "Is this your car?"
"Well, yeah, sort of. I'll – "
"But I thought you had a driver."
"I do." Zuko looked down at his hands on the steering wheel. "But I just got my license, so – "
"So your rich, homophobic dad bought you a car. That's a pretty sweet deal."
He laughed nervously. "Well I'll be sharing the car with Azula as soon as she gets her license next year." He pulled out of the driveway.
"So basically Azula will have the car and you'll – "
"What makes you say that?"
"Oh, I don't know – she's headstrong and entitled? Not to mention how easy it was for her to take your phone away from you…" Jet smirked.
"Hey, I took her phone first!" He began to blush. "Sorry for all those messages by the way. You know I didn't write those…"
"I know. I thought they were funny."
Zuko smiled faintly.
"How did you manage to get your phone back?"
"Oh, after you left the chat, we beat each other up," he laughed.
"Really? Must be a sibling thing."
"It is. We fight all the time. She's deceptively strong."
"I guess she must be," Jet chuckled. "So… is she going out with that hot nerdy guy with the ponytail?"
Zuko's stomach dropped. "Sokka? Um… kind of. It's complicated."
"They're hooking up, right?"
"Yeah. On and off. He's crazy about her but he wants more of a commitment and she's… um…"
"She likes to keep her options open?"
"Not really. I think she likes him a lot more than she lets on, but she's too afraid to get close to anyone. She's kind of been that way ever since our mother left…"
"Oh. I didn't know. Well… I can relate to that."
"I can imagine." He paused, thinking of what to say. "Why do you ask?"
"Hm?"
"About Azula? Do you… do you like her?" His hands were shaking at the wheel.
Jet glanced over at Zuko, smiling as he sensed the yellow-eyed boy's nerves. "Not gonna lie, I think your sister's pretty hot. But…"
The tremoring of his hands intensified.
"Spoiled, elitist overachievers don't really do it for me."
"I see." Zuko nearly sighed audibly. "Well." He pulled into the parking lot. "We're here."
"Ready to catch a Mewtwo?"
"I better be. Azula will literally kill me if I don't."
"I DID IT! I FREAKING DID IT!" Katara shouted with glee, jumping up and down in the frosty air. "Sure it took four throws, but NOW I HAVE MEWTWO!"
"Congratulations, babe! I knew you could do it!" Aang threw his arms around her in the excitement of the moment. "What're its stats?"
"Let's see…" She did some quick calculations. "Not great. Ten, eleven, thirteen. Seventy-six percent. But I don't care, I still got it!"
"That's amazing!"
"Yeah, great job, Katara." Zuko's Mewtwo popped out of the pokéball once again. "Damn it."
"Congrats," Jet said as equally frustrated as Zuko. "Quit bursting my balls, Mewtwo!"
"Don't worry. You'll get it," the blue-eyed girl assured.
"Yeah! I believe in you two." Aang adjusted his scarf, pulling it higher on his neck. "I'd love to stick around and watch you catch it, but it's cold and I'd like to take Katara out for a celebratory hot cocoa!"
"Ooh, that sounds perfect!" She kissed her boyfriend's cheek. "Post your Mewtwos to the chat when you catch them!"
They walked off to the parking lot hand in hand.
"Damn it, I'm never gonna catch it," Zuko groaned. "This is it. This is the day Azula actually murders me and becomes the only child she always wanted to be."
Jet laughed. "I'm not doing too hot either. You'd think golden razzing excellent curveballs would be enough. But no."
"Two shakes and… HE POPPED OUT!"
"That bastard!"
"Two balls left."
"That's really all you need."
Zuko chuckled. "Excellent curve and… one shake… two shakes… NOPE! Of course not!"
"Down to your last?"
"Yeah."
"Me too."
Zuko picked up his head for a second to distract himself from the stress. "Did everybody else leave already?! Everyone already caught their Mewtwos and left?!"
"I guess so."
He sighed.
"Hey, I have an idea." Jet stepped closer to the yellow-eyed boy. "Let's trade phones."
"Really?"
"Yeah, so your sister can take out her wrath on me instead of you if I miss."
"You don't know my sister's wrath…" Zuko shuddered. "And I don't want to be responsible for missing your Mewtwo."
"I won't be upset. There'll be other Ex-Raids."
"You promise you won't be disappointed?"
"I promise."
Zuko smiled halfheartedly.
The boys exchanged phones.
"Okay." Jet took a deep breath. "Here we go." He threw the final pokéball. "Excellent curve…"
"You golden razzed it, right?"
"Of course." He stared at the screen. "One shake… two shakes…" He heard the victorious click of the pokéball shutting. "Got it! Would you look at that?"
"WHAT?! REALLY?!"
"Looks like you won't be having an early funeral after all."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! How can I ever repay you?"
"I'm sure we'll think of something," the brown-eyed boy laughed.
Zuko's cheeks reddened.
"Whoa. Its stats are pretty good too. Twelve, fifteen, fourteen. Ninety-one percent! Damn! Your sister is gonna owe you a big favor."
"Yeah…"
"Why don't you look relieved?"
"Because I still haven't thrown your ball."
"Then go for it already!"
"Are you sure? I'm inherently unlucky."
Jet looked into the sulking boy's eyes. "I don't believe that's true."
Staring back into Jet's warm eyes, Zuko nearly choked. "O-Okay." He fed the Mewtwo a golden razzberry and threw the ball. "Excellent curve." His heart was pounding in his chest.
"I can't look."
"One shake. Two shakes." He gasped. "I GOT HIM!"
"You got him?!"
"I GOT HIM! Ten, fourteen, fourteen. Eighty-four percent!"
"I don't care about the IVs, I – I'm just so happy, I could kiss you!"
"Then do it," Zuko whispered before clasping his hands over his mouth. He stared up at Jet, panicked. "I can't believe I just said that out loud. Oh God. Why am I such a – "
"Okay." Jet smirked.
"Okay, what?"
He stepped in toward the slightly shorter boy, placed his hand on his cheek, and kissed him softly on the lips.
Zuko's cheeks flushed. "I – you – I – "
"Thanks for catching me the Mewtwo." He gave Zuko a wink.
"Likewise," he smiled. "Do you… would you maybe… would you like to go out for some celebratory hot cocoa? My treat."
"Hot cocoa sounds lovely," he smiled back. "It's a date."
Author's Note: Thank you so much for reading my short stories! Please review :D