Author's Note:

This is an Avatar the Last Airbender FanFiction. Disclaimer: I do not own the characters but I enjoy writing silly stories about them that make me giggle.

I hope you enjoy reading this I as enjoyed writing it.

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Road of Discovery

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"Is it just me or are those two closer than they were before?" Sokka asked pointing over to Aang and Toph, who were happily chatting away at the lunch table.

"What do you mean?" Katara remarked.

"Weren't they fighting? Toph didn't even want to look in Aang's general direction before but now she's all over him."

For the past week Toph had skipped out on school and Aang seemed like he was in his own little world but now they looked inseparable. They had their little squabble but now it seemed like they forgave each other by the weekend's end. Maybe it was his 'brotherly' instincts acting up but their relationship seemed much better than what it was before. That kind of thinking lead him to believe that something happened over the weekend. Something amazing.

"I think it's great that they made up." Katara smiled "That kind of atmosphere wasn't doing anyone good."

"It's not that I'm worried about. Don't they seem, I don't know, intimate?" Sokka asked. Katara shrugged before she glanced over to the two.

"Hey Toph, I passed by this shop yesterday and I found something you might like."

"What was it?"

"A Penguin doll."

"…I'm not Sugar Queen, Twinkles. Dolls aren't exactly my thing."

"I figured as much but I thought it would be nice to have around."

"How would a penguin doll make anything look nice?"

"What? Are you a penguin hater? They are cute creatures you know."

"No. I just don't find arctic poultry amusing or cute."

"They are! I'd love to go sliding with penguins someday." Aang rubbed his chin "I'll call it Penguin Sledding."

"Isn't that illegal?"

"No one has to know…" Aang coughed "Anyway! I'll find something else."

"You know what, on second thought, get it for me."

"Huh? Why'd you change your mind?"

"I don't know."

"Inconsistency?" Toph lodged her fist into his arm. "Ow! Okay, Okay."

Katara turned to her brother. "No, I don't see anything different."

"I know it's not my imagination." Sokka needed more evidence.

The guards at the Bei Fong estate had noticed that during the week their young Miss Toph Bei Fong had not once raised her voice at them. They also noticed they she smiled a lot more. They could have sworn that they actually heard laughing behind her bedroom door. Not that they were spying or anything! Just making sure she hadn't gone mentally insane or paranoid.

They hadn't known the exact reason for her current state of happiness (or mental delusion) but what did know was that it had something to do with the Aang boy that she consorted with. They had more than on one occasion try to apprehend the boy but they failed miserably when his stealth skills came into question. They had a hard time finding him. Before they knew it he had already snuck into her room.

Her parents didn't want him around, but Toph threatened to have them fired if they laid a hand on at least one of his shaggy hairs which made their jobs all the more difficult. She also swore them to secrecy about his visits to her room. As to what the two did in there they did not know. They respected the young Miss' privacy to not invade while the boy was over and to not install surveillance in her room. They tried that once and it didn't agree well with the Miss seeing as they all left in stretchers. The question on all the guards minds were: What the hell were they doing in there?

"Come on Aang, stop it."

Oh! They are at it again! Three of Toph's personal guards – Junior Edition - had their ears pressed against her bedroom door. Xiayou, Lu Yen and Kayuma couldn't help themselves.

"But you're enjoying it."

"You're enjoying this more than I am!" Toph defended.

"Maybe." Aang sounded delighted.

"Just because you have some skill with this doesn't mean you should do it every day!"

Every day?

"You're the one who said I took you to cloud nine with it."

Cloud nine?

"T-that was a slip of the tongue!"

"With all the work we've been doing in here, it's nice to relax. Isn't it?"

Work? What work! The guards were particularly interested in the work they were doing!

"Yeah…but still you did that last time…and it was embarrassing so…" Her voice trailed off. Was she embarrassed? Why was she embarrassed?

"I told you I was sorry about that but it just happened."

The guards were practically banging their heads against the walls unable to bear it anymore.

"Hey, do you hear something?" Aang asked.

"Yeah, it sounds like someone is using a hammer just outside the door."

Oh crap. Scatter!

They ran.

Toph opened the door and peeked out to make sure no one was there. When no one entered her sight, she shrugged and returned to Aang.

"So…Aang, from one man to another…did you and Toph do anything that would make her….like you more?" The following Monday, Sokka had finally had enough of waiting for the two to blow their cover. If he wanted information, he would have to do it his way ; the direct approach.

"Huh?"

"I don't know if I'm the only that has noticed but your relationship with Toph is different. How should I say this? She is nicer to you, well as nice as that goes, but still you guys just have a connection that you didn't have before."

"Oh…" Aang blushed. Why is he blushing?

"Well, last Sunday night, we uh…." Aang swayed his body slightly and fidgeted a lot more. What was so hard to say? Wait…he was at Toph's house on Sunday night? Wait…

Something good must have happened to them. It was there that Sokka's mind froze. The rumors that spread about Aang and Toph's nightly activities entered slowly into his head. There an image came to his mind.

"Aang, you and Toph didn't….do anything did you?" Sokka held Aang's shoulders tightly.

"Well yeah…some stuff happened and…"

Oh my god they totally did it! Sokka backed away slowly. This couldn't be possible. Aang had entered the world of adulthood without him. But more importantly, before him! And Aang was 2 years younger than he was. Aang must have had skills beyond Sokka's reach. Sokka was so caught up in his imagination that he failed to understand a word that was coming from Aang's mouth.

"Get it?" Aang asked.

"Oh, don't worry little- I mean big man. I understand." Sokka began to tear up "Congratulations my brother!" Sokka screamed as he ran away, tears streaming down his face. His little brother (figurative) had become officially awesome. He was so proud at that moment.

Meanwhile, Aang just stood there mortified that Sokka began randomly crying and ran away.

Later during Lunch.

"Anyone knows why Sokka is sulking in the corner of the lunch room?" Zuko asked curiously.

"No, he's been like that for a while now." Katara glanced over to her brother. "I say just leave him there. He'll come over here when he is hungry."

"What business do you have with the Bei Fong family?" The Gatekeeper asked.

The siblings had made their way to Toph's house with intentions of getting to bottom of this current mystery. They would have gone straight to Aang but strangely he wasn't home. The two could only think of one place he could be; here.

"We're Toph's friends from school. We've come to visit her."

"Is that so? Stand there and wait. I'll call the house." The gatekeeper turned to his phone. "Hello? Who is this? Lu Ten? Is Miss Toph near you by any chance? I need some identification for her two 'friends' here." After a few nods and 'uh huh's, he finally opened the gate.

"You two can go in. You'll meet Lu ten at the gate."

It took the two at least 10 minutes to walk to the main household. Aang had to sneak into this place mostly everyday? He must have been fit as hell to walk and sneak by all this security.

"Katara and Sokka right?" Lu Yen called out to them the instant they entered his site.

"Yeah, that's us. You're one of Toph's junior guards right?" Katara responded.

"Yep." He smiled "I'll show you to Toph's room. She might be busy though. Master Aang is there and she doesn't like being disturbed with him over but she might make an exception for you two."

After they exchanged greetings for a bit, he led the way to her room. Only after 2 minutes of walking, he got a call over his intercom.

"Yes? I see. Ok, I'll be right over." He scratched his head "Ok. There is a situation at the gates and I have to go there now. Her room is not too far from here. I'll give you a map." He pulled out his cell phone and opened a map application and gave it to Sokka.

"You need a map of this house? Don't you work here?" Katara asked.

"Yes but even I get lost sometimes. Now if you'll excuse me." He left.

"Katara…I'm scared." Sokka scanned the house. It was huge.

"Don't be a baby. Come on." Katara lead the way.

Out of nowhere, without warning, without any hints (you get the idea) they heard a girl's sudden shriek of…well they rather not think about it.

"Ah! Wait…ah! I'm still sensitive there…hah!" Toph suddenly moaned out load.

The siblings looked at each other with eyes opened wide as they rushed to Toph rooms. The house felt like a maze but the map they were given helped a ton. When they came to the door without second thought, Katara burst through the door pointing her finger at the two. She was physically stunned. Toph was straddling Aang.

"My body huuuuurts!" Toph whined.

"I know. This is the tenth time you've said it."

Aang hadn't exaggerated, he counted. Aang felt slightly cheated. Toph had called him over to her house saying that she had been in so much pain she felt like she was going to die. Aang not thinking (clearly) rushed to her house only to realize that Toph only had a mild sore body. Ever since last Sunday, Toph had been complaining about it. Only then had it occurred to him that he ran over to her house in such a rush that he forgot to put on a shirt or shoes. Oh how he wished he could forget the looks on all the servants faces when he burst through the front door screaming;

'Toph are you okay?"

Toph, on the other hand thought that his shirtless look was 'Hawt'.

After the events that took place on Sunday, it only took Toph until the next morning to realize that Aang wasn't the only one who was hurt from the closet escapades. When she hit the floor (before they made out), Toph failed to realize that her weight, along with Aang's did a little damage on her back. Ever since that day, Toph had a sore back that Aang had to frequently give her massages to soothe her pain.

"Come over here, I'll give you a massage." Aang motioned Toph to come over to him. Aang was proud of himself for many things; his academic grades for one, his ability to study anywhere, anytime, anyplace and his super effective massages.

"No! You'll-"

"I won't feel you up! Toph, trust me I'm your boyfriend."

"That's why I'm worried."

There was an incident where, during one of his massages, he regrettably touched over her butt and that lead Toph to believe that he was only doing the massage because it was a free pass at her body. Aang quickly defended saying it was an mistake. It was. At that moment, he heard some rustling at the door and thought it was her parents.

"Toph, I won't do anything strange." Aang offered his hand with a carefree smile on his face. Toph carefully eyed him and crawled over to him but then suddenly she stopped and hugged herself.

"You swear you won't do anything weird?"

"I promise."

Toph finally gave in and lied down on her front. Aang cracked his fingers, with a grin and began his work. He dug his fingers into her back loosening up all joints. Toph knew how good Aang was with massages, they were always rough at first but when you got into them you'd never want him to stop.

"Ah! Wait…ah," Toph fidgeted and moaned unable to relax "I'm still sensitive there…hah!" Toph suddenly moaned out load and Aang's hands instinctively retracted.

"Dammit Aang, I thought you weren't going to do anything weird!" Toph, now blushing a great deal, elbowed Aang in the stomach. Now she was too embarrassed to even turn and face him. She gathered her strength and nudged him again.

"I must have hit a sore spot…sorry…" Aang apologized rubbing his stomach "You know…you sounded like you enjoyed that"

"You little…!" Toph turned to face him but her blush deepened when she noticed that Aang was just as embarrassed as her. She quickly hid her face by looking down at the bed.

"You're not going to deny it?"

That was it. Toph quickly looked up and pounced onto Aang, completely forgetting her pains for a moment as the two tumbled and rolled onto the bed. Aang didn't know about her but he was enjoying this. He couldn't help but laughed the entire time. Toph on the other hand just raged. When they were both tired of playing around, Toph noticed that she was now straddling Aang.

"Déjà vu?" Aang remembered a very similar situation.

"Last time you were on top, now it's my turn."

"If you're on top you've got to do what I did, it will only be fair right?" A suggestive smirk crawled up Aang's cheek. Toph wondered what he meant and then a sly smile crept up her face. She lowered her head and rained kisses on his cheek, forehead and nose completely ignoring his lips.

"Oh now you're just being a tease." Aang whined.

"Hold it right there you two!"

Just then, Katara burst through Toph's bedroom door her face flushed while she pointed her finger at the two. Toph instinctively hopped off of Aang, while he struggled to reposition himself on the bed. Sokka entered the room with tears streaming down his eyes.

"Aang, my brother, you have ascended the steps to adulthood without me." Sokka couldn't have been more proud.

"Wait what? What are you talking about?"

"Sokka! Don't congratulate them!" Katara snapped. "They…are….they are too young to be doing any of this."

"Doing any of what? We were just messing around. It's no big deal Katara." Toph claimed.

"Just messing around? No big deal? Do you two have any idea what you are doing?" Katara couldn't control the volume of her voice.

"We weren't doing anything…that bad." Aang answered with a slight blush.

"You two were-…doing that thing!" Katara began flailing her arms about.

"What are you talking about?" Toph asked with a raised brow.

"You know…that thing when a man and a woman love each other very much…they-" Katara couldn't finish the sentence. She was so embarrassed she used the definition of sex that her dad told her when she was younger.

"Doing the dirty tango, doing the naughty, the crotch dance, etc." Sokka said with an exasperated sigh.

"What…?" Aang was as clueless as ever that was until the gears in his brain began turning "NO! Toph and I didn't do anything like that!"

"What? But she was just straddling you!" Katara remarked.

"Like I said, we were just messing around! We weren't going to go that far!" Toph stood as she vehemently denied the nonsense Katara was spouting.

"But we heard you moaning like a second ago!"

"Oh god!" Toph could not be any more red.

"I was giving her a massage!" Aang was equally as embarrassed.

"But at school you said some stuff happened between you and Toph." Sokka added.

"Sokka ,I explained to you that Toph and I kissed and that we were going out!"

"Oh…" Sokka was taken aback. He wasn't paying attention at the time. "Well…uh, sorry about that."

Silence.

More silence.

Even more silence.

Cricket.

"So…nice room you got here." Sokka broke the silence "It's nice and...roomy."

"Yeah." Katara agreed.

"You two are idiots…" Toph hid her blush in her hands as she muttered under her breath. She was never going to live this moment down.

One Word: Lol.