" Lee." Sokka whispered.
"Psssssttt. Are you a-w-a-k-e yet? " He continued.
Ty Lee roused from her deep slumber, and let out a groan. "Well now I am."
"Good." Sokka smiled at her, feeling extremely well rested from the night before. It's not like he forgot what happened last night, but he thought it best to ignore it and pretend it never happened in the first place.
"What's the plan for today Sokka?" Ty Lee asked him. "I hear your quite the mastermind planning guy."
"Yeah, I get that a lot." Sokka joked. "So I was thinking that we need to find the rest of team avatar. You know, find Aang and the rest so that we can help in take down the fire lord."
Ty Lee froze. "I don't know if that's a good idea. I mean last time I saw them we were trying to kill each other, and I temporarily took away their bending. I don't think they would be too happy to see me again. Plus that water-bender girl REALLY doesn't like me. She called me a circus freak!" Ty Lee pouted, a small frown forming on her lips.
"Oh, yeah…uhm that's Katara. She's kinda sorta my sister." Sokka said. "But I'm sure that once they get to know you they will realize that you've changed. Changed for the better." Sokka's words comforted her.
"Trust me, they are going to realize just how amazing you are and will beg you to stay and help them." Sokka stopped. His eyes widened. Did I really just say that! Out loud! What an idiot! Great, just great now she's going to think im a creep who's obsessed with her or something.
Ty Lee looked at him unwavering with kind eyes.
Sokka cleared the lump in his throat. "Well…uhhh, anyways I figured that we should catch a boat back to Ba Sing Se. That's our best chance to finding everyone else."
Ty Lee nodded in agreement. "We should try out best to stay under the radar. Azula probably has sent her men after us by this point."
"It's already around noon, we should get going if we want to catch the last boat ride of the day. " Sokka recommended.
The two of them made their way through the woods, occasionally stopping for a quick break. Along the way they grabbed some fire nation clothing to fit in more easily when they got to the town. It wasn't until sundown that they made it to the overnight boarding ship to Ba Sing Se.
"After you, ma-lady." Sokka grinned.
Ty Lee rolled her eyes and giggled. "So what room numbers do we have?" Ty Lee said as Sokka turned the corner down the hallway.
"Uhm. Actually its just 'room' number… There was only one room available, plus I thought that we should stay close anyways…you know just in case anything goes wrong."
"Oh!" Ty Lee exclaimed. She raised an eyebrow skeptically. "Ok!" She said cheerfully.
Well, that went better than planned. Sokka thought to himself.
Sokka opened the door of their small cramped room below deck. "Well, this is it. Welcome to our humble abode for the night."
Ty Lee looked around frantically. "There's only one bed!" She cried out.
Sokka looked at her, giving her a sort of all knowing expression. He sighed, "Don't worry I learned my lesson LAST night." His eyes slumped and became dull. "I will take the couch, you have the nice, big, luscious bed."
"Thanks, Sokka." Ty Lee gave him a kind look.
"Well, get some sleep now, by the morning we will be in Ba Sing Se and we will have to walk around a lot to find the others. "
"Good night Sokka." Ty Lee said under her breath.
"Good night, Ty Lee" Sokka smiled a little at the sound of her name. It was such a pretty name.
While Ty Lee sleept soundly Sokka could not catch a wink. He found himself staring at the beautiful girl who slept only feet away from her. He watched at her body rose and fell with every breath she took, and how calm and peaceful her face seemed to be. He wished that he could be there next to her, touching her soft skin and kissing her plump lips.
The wide awake Sokka became even more alert when he heard a faint noise coming from outside their room. He slowly groped the ground for his trusty boomerang, and stood up in a battle stance, prepared for whatever that was to happen.
He waited a minute or two, and nothing happened. "Phew." He let out a sigh of relief and began to make his way back to the couch he has been resting on.
Without any warning, a man barged through the door carrying a long sword and ran towards Sokka. Sokkka quickly turned around and threw his boomerang towards him, which ricochets off of the wall, and then smacked center on the man's forehead, knocking him out cold.
Ty Lee awoke suddenly in a cold sweat panick, as she saw the man lying on the floor. "What the fuck just happened!" She screamed, clearly frightened.
"I told you it was a good idea we sleep in the same room tonight." Sokka smirked.
Ty Lee looked shaken up, so Sokka came close to comfort her. "It's ok Ty Lee, I would never let anything happen to you." He looked into her eyes calmly. He wrapped his arms around the girl, and she placed her chin on his chest.
"I feel safe with you." Ty Lee admitted.
Sokka's heart began to beat. He thought it might explode right out of his chest. His nerves were all jittery. He looked down at the girl who clung to him as if for dear life. He placed his hand on her cheek, and raised her head to his. Without even thinking he pressed his lips up against her own. They were so soft and warm, and tasted like cherries. Ty Lee returned the kiss, kissing him with more passion than Sokka had ever expected. Sokka moved his hand down to her waist, gripping it tightly. This lasted for a while, until their lips eventually parted from the lack of air.
Both of them were speechless and blown away by what had just happened. Sokka went into deep thought. "Ty Lee I think I L-" He looked down only to see the girl fast asleep on him, clinging onto his arm. Sokka smiled, and closed his eyes.