Ed and Alma Kyser
4001 SW CR 250
It felt like the only time she saw her mom and dad was when something was wrong, when she either didn't wanna be around Zuko or he didn't want her around. She thought that the relationship between her and her folks had been a bit better than that, better than this, but she might have been incorrect.
They hadn't known about the rape, well her father hadn't. Suki was almost afraid to tell him, afraid that he would look at her differently. She knew that he would look at her differently. She couldn't lie about why she was here though, he knew that Zuko'd kicked her out, that he'd broken up with her, that she was now used goods, no longer his, thus, no longer useful.
"Are you gonna sell the ring?" Ed asked thought a mouth-full of grape nuts. "You could get a pretty penny for that."
Suki withdrew her hand from atop the table, sitting it on her leg.
"Is there another woman?"
Suki looked back up at her dad, "I don't wanna talk about it, dad."
He kept talking, taking another bite of his breakfast, "If there is, It's nothing wrong with you. Men are just pigs."
"That's not it at all."
"Did he cheat on you?"
Suki shook her head, "I really don't wanna talk about it."
"Did you cheat on him?"
"Ed leave her ALONE!" Suki's mother, Alma yelled from the kitchen. "She clearly doesn't wanna talk about it." The older, carbon copy of Suki sat down at the table with them. "If she wants to, she will, ok?"
"I guess I wanna know if this is a long term thing, or if he'll show up in a few days like he did last time."
Alma sat down her mug on the counter, twisting her jaw a bit. Suki was just looking down at her hands on her lap under the table. Ed knew right away that he'd gone too far, like he usually did.
"I…"
"You're an ass." Alma groaned.
Suki just sighed, standing from the table. "I'm gonna go lay down." She mumbled before leaving the room.
The Jasmine Dragon
15 Upper Bing Street
"Are you gonna come out of your room today?" Iroh asked with a rap on the door, tea in one hand.
"I hadn't planned on it." Zuko replied from the other side of the with a grunt.
"Oh…" The old tea maker sighed a bit, sitting the cup of tea outside the door. "There is tea here for when you start feeling better."
"Thanks." He listened to Iroh's footsteps as he walked away and down the stars. He thought he should get out of bed, but that didn't seem at all to be an option right now. He was naked in the big bed and had masturbated so many times that morning he, by right, should be blind. It was the only way that he could obtain sleep, or rather, a strange, half-conscious-like sleep, situation.
When they would argue he would be kicked to the couch, which was one thing. But this was the first time he's slept alone in that bed in over a year and a half. It was for this reason that sleep just wasn't an option. Between the crying and jerking off he'd fallen into a sort of rhythm. All of which came in between looking at his phone, wanting to either send or receive a text. She hadn't even texted him when, or if, she'd gotten to her folk's ok.
He was worried, but at the same time knew it wasn't his place to anymore. It didn't stop him from wanting her. From longing for her to be there to kiss away his tears and for her to fall asleep in his arms. He missed her and needed her and hated himself all at once and it was crushing him every moment.
With a sigh he rolled onto his back, a hand going between his legs as tears popped out of his clenched eyes.
Aang and Katara Avary
29047 North Madison
"So they broke up there in front of everyone?"
Sokka nodded, looking at his cup of coffee with a long face. "It was dreadful, and I don't use the word 'dreadful' very often."
"You don't ever use big words." Katara laughed, looking into the living room where Kya was playing. "So you must mean it."
"It's weird… They always seemed so 'together', you know? Makes you wonder about your own relationship."
"Well… Not really me." Katara smiled, "We're doing just fine."
"Well, look at you being all fancy." Sokka scuffed.
"Are you are the Mrs. have issues?" She said it would a bit of a giggle and a frown at the same time.
"We're great! Just a bit… bored." He took on a big grin, looking over at his sister, "We're gonna try for a baby."
Katara giggled a bit again, "Funny you should mention that. Because... I'm pregnant."
Sokka face lit up further, "Oh my god! Congratulations!" He stood up, reaching out for her and wrapping his arms around her neck. "I'm gonna be another Uncle!"
She shook her head with a grin on her face. "Well not another one, just again."
"Still." Sokka reached down to his sister's stomach, holding it in his hand. "You're gonna be born and then you're gonna have cousin and you guys will play."
Katara rolled her eyes with another giggle, tucking some hair behind her ear. "Well it's gonna be a while. Also can you keep it between us? We don't wanna tell people till we're a bit further in."
Sokka nodded, standing up. "It's just between us." He reached out and wrapped his arms around her neck, hugging her close. "Brother and sister."
The Jasmine Dragon
15 Upper Bing Street
The small bell over the door chimed at the entry of someone into the tea shop. Lu Ten looked up at the door, a smile on his face as he saw Ma Ling come in. She was the owner of the bakery down the road, the same one that made the pastries for the shop nowadays. They were truly delicious little cookies and cakes, and their customers seemed to love them. Iroh himself was known to sneak one or two to many.
Ma Lin looked at the counter, her face falling when she saw that it was Lu Ten sitting there.
"Is your dad here?" Was the first thing she asked, a hint of sadness on her face as she held the pink cardboard bakery box.
"Um… I think he's upstairs."
She crossed the tea room, her old legs taking small steps across the bamboo floor, "Upstairs?"
"Yeah, Zuko and Suki broke up last night so he's consoling Zuko. Or trying to."
Ma Ling sat the box down on the counter, a hand going to her heart, "Oh my, did they?" Lu Ten nodded with a long face. "Poor dears. I liked Suki."
"We all did." He motioned behind himself. There he'd sat up a little play area for Lily, who was currently have a mini tea party with a stuffed elephant. "She's not adjusting well to it, she loved her Suki."
The girl perked up, looking at her father with a troubled little face, "'Uki?"
"No sweetie." He cooed down at her. Lily cried a bit as he scooped her up into his strong arms, sitting her on his lap.
Ma Ling reached into the large pink box, withdrawing a small pink cookie with an elaborate "L" on it. She handed it to the mewling girl, who took it with a smile.
"Say thank you, Lily."
"Sank ou'."
Ma Ling gave her a warm smile, reaching back into the box and pulling out a square layered cake that was small enough to fit into the palm of her small hand. "I do hope you like ostrich berries like your father."
"I'll never say no to sweets." He took it graciously, noting the fine layers of cake and filling. He also noticed that at the top of the little pastry was a bit of sugar, shaped into a little heart.
Ma Ling grinned, reaching up and tightening the gray bun atop her head, "Tell your dad that if he wants his sweets, he should be here when I stop by." She flashed another grin, reaching out and running a finger over Lily's cheek before saying her goodbyes and leaving.
Lu Ten was sitting on the stool in the shop, looking at the small cake in front of him. His dad's favorite was ostrich berries, always had been. This, coupled with the little heart atop it made Lu Ten's eye brow raise.
"I think grandpa has a girlfriend."
