6.4 Toko
"How many times have you run away, Toph?" Zuko asked, a tease in his tone.
"Too many times to count Sunshine, but there's been good reason beneath each of them."
The two were walking along the beach, Yue's glow above them, the waves tickling their toes. The benders were leaving the Fire Nation capital for the last time, escaping everything that held them back.
"So what exactly is the purpose this time, Badger Bit?" Zuko asked, his eyes never leaving hers.
"Duh Ore," Toph mocked in a tone matching Zuko's, as they always did when they referred to their storybook nicknames. [See Storyteller's Secrets] "To escape, of course."
"Oh, of course."
"Come on. You're stuck with the responsibilities of being one of the youngest Fire Lord's in years, and every time someone mentions my parents I'm already packed to run. We're escaping it all tonight."
"We'll break away," they whispered simultaneously.