Avatar: The Last Airbender: To Tame A Fire Dragon
Chapter 11: Moonlight Meeting
As night started to fall, everyone got ready for bed. Seume stayed in the living room for a while. Rocky looked at her with concern.
"Are you okay, Water Flower?" he asked. She looked up at him and gave a small smile.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just worried about Zu-Zu. He's running a fever and I hope it doesn't get worse," she told him worriedly. He rubbed her head.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine. He just needs some rest, trust me," he assured her. She smiled. They said 'good night' and Rocky walked to his room. Seume sighed. She looked out the window and saw the stars shine. Suddenly, she got up from where she was sitting.
"I wonder if Yue will be out tonight. I haven't talked to her in a while. I bet she missed me," she said to herself. She walked out to the garden to the spot where she was drawing and sat down by the pond. She gazed at the moon in the water. All of a sudden, Yue came down smiling her.
"Hi, Seume! Long time, no see," Yue greeted. Seume smiled and started to talk to her.
"I'm learning water bending moves now from Katara and I'm doing really well." Yue nodded.
"I see Sokka has been bugging you, huh?" Seume nodded in response.
"Yep! He has now called Zuko and me love birds," she said wryly. Yue laughed.
"Yeah, I know but he's a good guy."
"Yeah, he's like a little brother, always making fun of you or getting in your face," Seume said with a giggle. Yue laughed.
"Yeah, I know," she replied. A little after, Zuko woke up from his sleep.
"I don't know why I got so tired. I guess it was the cold," he said to himself as the blanket slipped off the bed. He picked it up. "Seume, must have put this over me." He tossed it back on the bed and put on a red and gold robe. He walked out of his room and overheard Seume talking to someone. He peered out to the garden. "Who is she talking to?" he asked to no one.
He walked out a little more and saw Seume.
"Wow, seume looks really pretty in the moonlight." He looked at her with her aqua eyes sparkling as the moonlight shone on her, making her look like she had pure white wings. He smiled then coughed. Seume turned around and locked eyes with him.
"Z-Zuko, I didn't see you there!" she said in surprise. His gold eyes shone in the moonlight like a jungle cat. She got up and tripped on a rock. As she started to fall, Zuko grabbed her hand before she hit the water.
"Don't worry, I got you. You're safe," he assured her. She blushed as he set her upright. He sat down on one of the big rocks. "Seume, what are you doing out here? It's really late," She blushed again.
"Well, I couldn't sleep so I wanted to talk to Yue. She was one of my best friends when I was living at the North Pole, and I would talk to her if I couldn't sleep," she replied. She hid a yawn with the back of her hand and shivered a little.
"You're not getting sick are you?" Zuko asked concerned. She shook her head.
"No, there's a light chill in the air, that's all." He chuckled softly as she looked back at Yue.
"Sokka talks about you from time to time," Seume said to her. She nodded as Seume shivered a little bit more. Zuko took off his robe and held it out for her.
"Here, put this on. It'll warm you up." She put on his robe, and it felt warm from his body heat.
"Won't you get cold since I have your robe on?" she asked. He chuckled.
"No, my body heat is warm. I'll be fine," he replied. Yue looked at him.
"How have you been, Zuko?" she asked. He looked at her.
"I've been okay." Seume yawned again. "Looks like you're tired," he observed. She shook her head.
"No, I'm not," she said as she crossed her arms, He laughed then hid a cough. "Zuko, you're still sick. Maybe you should go to bed." He shook his head.
"No, I can stay up a little longer unlike you," he said, pointing out Seume's tiredness. She yawned.
"But I want to talk with Yue a little more." Yue looked at her.
"Seume, I'll always be here and you do need your rest." Seume rubbed her eyes.
"But I'm not tired, really," she insisted. Zuko stood up and held out his hand.
"Come on, I'll walk you to your room." She nodded as she said 'goodbye' to Yue. They walked into the house and she hugged his robe.
His robe smells like cinnamon. I like it, she thought. Zuko looked at her.
She looks like a little kid with her favorite blanket, he also thought. He walked her to her room.
"Thanks for catching me," she said with a smile. He returned the gesture.
"I didn't want you to get hurt, that's all," he replied. She opened her door.
"What about your robe, don't you want it back?" He shook his head.
"You can keep it for tonight." She blushed.
"Good night, Zu-Zu." He turned to her.
"Good night, Water Flower." Seume closed her door and dressed in her night gown with the robe still warm as she wrapped it around her.
She got into bed but before she fell asleep, she hugged her wolf toy that Zuko got for her.
"Wow, I'm so lucky," she said before sleep took over.
Meanwhile, Zuko got back into bed.
"Wow, Seume was really pretty in the moonlight. She looked like a angel and her eyes were so pretty," he said right before he fell asleep.
What we didn't know was that Toph was in the shadows watching them.