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I know this chapter is pretty short, but I wanted this chapter just to focus on Sokka and Suki. This is to set the emotions and events for what's to come.

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"Why Suki?

This was going to be the toughest conversation they would ever have. Things are going to be extremely difficult after this talk. Suki doesn't have to be a fortuneteller to know it. Though she tried her best to be emotionally prepared for this conversation, she found that she still wasn't strong enough. Heck, can anyone be strong enough for this?

"Suki... please answer me."

The Kyoshi warrior tried her best not to cry. The quivering voice of her ex-husband made her heart clench. "Sokka, I'm so, so sorr-"

"I didn't ask for an apology," he interrupted, "I want to know, why haven't you told me about Lei?"

She couldn't decipher his exact emotion. It seemed like a mixture of anger and sadness. She doesn't blame him though. She'll take full responsibility for his shattered heart, and she can't be anymore sorry. Another apology won't do, so all she could do was get to the point.

"I found out I was pregnant a few weeks after our last fight," she spoke as she winced at the painful memory, "I didn't want to believe it, but the signs were obvious. Ty Lee and the other warriors in the village also confirmed it. From then on, I was stressed. I was finally about to give birth to a child I've always wanted, but..." She didn't know how to continue.

"We broke apart," Sokka finished for her, "You were finally about to give birth to a child WE'VE always wanted, but then we broke apart."

Suki sniffled and tried her hardest to hold back the tears. "Yes, you're correct."

The Water tribe warrior tried his best to keep his calm, though it was extremely hard not to hide his pain. "So why didn't you tell me Suki? You know we've always wanted to have a child, and even though we got into that fight, why did you refrain from telling me about this?"

Suki finally choked out, "Because I was angry and scared Sokka! You yelled at me to stay away from you, so that's what I tried to do. I didn't want to be around you, but I still kept missing you so much! I even made Ty Lee go and talk to you, but clearly that didn't work out. When I found out that you didn't want me anymore, I thought... I thought..."

"You figured it be best if you raised your child yourself. You didn't want to raise him knowing his parents didn't want anything to do with each other. You thought that it would turn into an unhealthy family relationship. Am I right?" Sokka asked her. It was obvious he was hurt.

He was right though. If it's anyone that knows Suki the most, it was Sokka. Nothing changed over the past eighteen years. He stills knows her inside and out.

"Yes," Suki quietly answered. She felt ashamed of herself.

"You really thought that I would be a bad father?" Sokka wanted to cry himself, but he still kept his composure.

"No Sokka, it's not that. I thought it was best if Lei wasn't raised by parents who hated each other, but I just wasn't thinking straight. "

"And yet you still kept Lei's existence from me?! My own son?!" The water tribe chairman yelled. It wasn't a furious shout; It was one expressed in agony. He was hurt that Suki would keep this from him, and it also hurt to know Suki didn't think positively of him at all. "And how could you think I hated you," he added, his voice now soft, "I never hated you."

The Kyoshi warrior finally let the tears fall. He always loved her just as much as she loved him, and here she is shattering his heart and bringing him on the verge of tears. "I never hated you too Sokka," she softly sobbed, " It was my mistake. I was selfish and stupid, and I still thought about letting you meet Lei even as the years passed."

"So why didn't you tell me Suki?" Sokka let the tears fall, but still yearned for answers. "Why didn't you let me meet him?"

Suki didn't want to answer, knowing that it will break his already broken heart. She quietly sobbed to herself even more, rubbing the tears from her eyes that never seemed to stop falling.

"Suki..."

Sokka still demanded an answer, and she knows he won't stop asking. She finally decided to tell him, "Because Lei didn't want me too."

She flinched when she said that sentence aloud and tried her best to avoid eye contact with her ex-husband.

For Sokka, he just sat there, frozen. All his emotions for Suki seemed to have went away, at least for the time being. Instead, he seemed to have newfound emotions towards his son. It was an overwhelming feeling of hurt.

He rejected me already. I never got to know him, and he already rejected me. A son I've always wanted, and he doesn't want anything to do with me.

Sokka buried his face in his hands. He didn't know what to feel. He never had the chance to raise Lei, so he can't feel any love for him. However, he's his son. He's his flesh and blood, and the fact that he never got the chance to raise him is what hurts him.

He never had the chance to love him.

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Time passed by very slowly. Both the Water Tribe warrior and the Kyoshi warrior said no words throughout the elapsed time. The emotions between them were heavy.

Seeing Sokka like this always hit her hard. It hurts to see him broken, and it upsets her even more given the fact that she is the cause of it. Once she finished her silent sobbing, she decided to speak, "Sokka, it's not like that anymore. After talking with Lei, he's now okay with it. He's here in the city as well."

Sokka's eyes widened. His son is here, in his place of residence. Looks like he's going to meet him very soon, and he wonders if he's emotionally prepared to meet him.

"Sokka, I can't feel any worse than I already do," she choked, "I wish I can go back in time and change everything. I missed you so much, and now that I'm finally able to see you again, I don't want you out of my life. Not again."

Sokka said no words. Of course he missed Suki all this time, but the fact that he never got to know Lei pained him.

"Sokka, please..."

Though he was still hurt, he knew Suki's words were sincere. In his mind, he thought he had a fault in this situation as well.

"I forgive you, Suki," he was able to finally speak, "And I'm sorry too."

Hearing his forgiveness and apology gave the Kyoshi warrior a sudden surprise, but a slight relief.

"You're sorry? Why are you sorry?"

"I told you to stay out of my life," he commented, "I made it clear that I didn't want anything to do with you. You were just listening to my commands. I don't blame you for not telling me about Lei. I'm sorry."

Suki felt content with his apology. His honest apology made her happy, yet sad at the same time. Sokka is always the type to remain equal in situations he's involved in. He's able to look past people's mistakes, and he even acknowledges that he himself could've make mistakes too. That was one aspect of him that she always admired.

That's the reason why Suki feels bad for him. Her mistake was intense, yet Sokka manages to apologize and counts himself as a reason for this mess.

"Sokka, please don't blame yourself for this. My mistake was worse."

"But you wouldn't have made that mistake if it wasn't for me."

"Sokka..." Suki did what her instincts told her to do. She placed a warm kiss on his cheek.

Sokka loved those comfortable kisses. Even though he may not be in the brightest mood, he still can't deny those delightful kisses.

"Suki, can we start all over?"

Suki's heart jumped. She's always wanted that, and was hoping for that. She knew it was going to be hard, but she was happy to have this chance. "Yes, Sokka," she answered as she placed another kiss on his cheek, "I would love that."

They both kissed. Despite the emotional turmoil that has been occurring between them lately, their kiss always felt passionate.

For Sokka, he knew himself this was going to be hard as well. He's going to have to meet his son, and he doesn't know when he'll stop resenting Suki from never telling him about Lei.

However, he knows one thing for sure: he's not kicking Suki out of his life anymore. He finally has her back, and he's grateful for that.

They both know that rebuilding this relationship will be hard, especially under this circumstance.

But no matter what, they are determined to work on this.