Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar. -looks around- Nope, no 'witty' remark this time.
"Jet?" Zuko pushed the door to his room open and stepped over to the bed. He looked around; Jet wasn't there.
"Zuko?"
The firebender turned to see Jet standing in his doorway, holding a cup of tea.
Zuko eyed the tea sadly.
"I was thirsty," Jet said emotionlessly, "Am I going to be punished for that?"
Zuko shook his head. He didn't know what was happening to him; his eyes burned and itched like crazy.
"Jet," he whispered, barely loud enough for Jet to hear.
The earth kingdom teen answered harshly, "What do you want?"
Zuko motioned to his bed; Jet stared at him in disbelief.
"You want, that?"
Zuko stared at him for a moment before it registered, "What!?" His eyes sprung open in shock, "No! Just...have a seat a moment, will you?"
He watched Jet pass by, setting his cup down and taking a seat on Zuko's bed. He secretly wished Zuko had wanted that.
"Jet, there's something I need to tell you."
Jet's mouth dropped a bit, "Y-yes?"
Zuko approached Jet, kneeled before him, took the older boy's hands in his, and turned an almost tear stained face to look into his eyes.
"Jet..." the word was mouthed, not said.
"Yes?" the older teen leaned forward, resting his forehead against Zuko's with a faint blush. This was it, Zuko was going to confess his love...
"Oh, Jet..." he looked away.
"Oh, Zuko..." he whispered back.
Zuko looked back into his eyes, "Jet..."
Jet cupped Zuko's hands in his tightly, "Go on..."
"Oh, Jet, I'm so sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry," he kissed the Prince on the forehead, "now tell me what it is you came here to tell."
Zuko let his head drop forward onto his chest. Jet waited for his confession.
"Jet, the Dai Li are coming for you. Azula is going to have you sacrificed as a scapegoat."
Jet's mouth dropped open, "What!?" He let go of Zuko's hands and jumped to his feet.
"I'm sorry..."
Jet shook his head, "Oh, no no no," he turned to Zuko, "If this is some sort of sick practical joke-"
Zuko got to his feet, "It's not."
Jet paced back and forth, muttering as he did so, "Then I have to get out of here. I need a plan. What do I do?"
"The Dai Li will be here any minute."
Jet looked at him, "You have to help me!"
"What?"
"Escape! You need to distract the Dai Li while I escape!"
"And what makes you think I'd do that?" He furrowed his brow, rage building up inside him for no reason.
"You have to!" Jet demanded.
"Well, I'm not!" Zuko shouted back.
Jet looked at him in disbelief and astonishment, "You'd let her kill me?"
"It's you or my Uncle!"
Jet threw his hands up, "So you're just going to sit back and watch them kill me!?"
"There's nothing else I can do!" Zuko glared at Jet angrily, "And there's nothing I'd want to do..."
Jet looked at him both frantic and disapointed, "And here I thought you were about to confess your love for me..."
Zuko glared at him, "There's nothing you can do to stop this from happening. And I'm not going to let you escape."
"There has to be something!" Jet exclaimed, "Even if you don't want to help me, at least don't stop me from escaping!"
"You can't sneak through the hallway and there's no way to climb out my window," Zuko stated, arms crossed.
"Can't you ask them to sacrifice someone else?"
"That won't work!"
Jet flailed around, in a panic, "There has to be another way!"
"There is no other way!"
Jet turned to him, grabbing his shirt by the collar and jamming his face in front of Zuko's, "How do you know for sure!?"
Zuko shoved him away, "Because it was my idea to kill you!"
Both teens went silent, frozen in their stares.
"W-what?" Jet asked softly, disbelieving what he just heard.
"You heard me," Zuko replied. His voice wasn't loud, but it was harsh.
"Oh my god..." Jet's eyes welled up with tears of sadness and anger.
There was a knock on the door, and they both knew who it was.
Zuko didn't move to answer the door; he continued to stare, arms crossed, at Jet.
"So, this is it, huh?" Jet asked, trying to force out a little smile.
Zuko didn't answer.
"I guess...I should go..." Jet walked around the Prince, placed a hand on the doorknob, "I can't fight my way out of this...and there's no use in prolonging my departure. I had nothing to look forward to, nothing to live for anyway," He pulled the door open; two Dai Li agents stood before him.
Zuko kept his back to the trio, staring off at his wall solemnly.
A Dai Li agent grabbed a hold of Jet's left arm, the other his right.
Jet forced one last smile out at Zuko's back, "Good-bye Zuko. I will always love you..."
And with that, they dragged him away.
A/N: Yeah...sorry. I don't update for like, a month, and then this 800-something word chapter is all you get. Whoops...
In the next chapter: Zuko decides to follow some old advice, and Jet awaits his death.