7.4 Toko

Heaven. How could one word be so confusing? Toph sighed as she walked around the Air Temple grounds, searching for Katara. Sweetness always has the answers; annoying know-it-all might come in handy for once.

"Hey Sugar Queen," Toph said as she sat beside Katara, who was doing the day's laundry. "What's heaven?"

Katara laughed as she continued to dry a plate. "Everyone sees heaven differently. Heaven to me is home, the snow slowly falling, Gran-gran's kumquats, the water pressing against the ice…" Katara kept going on and on, until Toph finally got up with a sigh and walked towards Sokka. Even Snoozles should have some idea, no matter how much of an idiot he is sometimes.

Aang and Zuko passed Toph on her way to Sokka's room, and Aang told her to meet them later for bending practice. She walked and continued onward, entering Sokka's room without so much as a knock.

"Hm, that's a good question Toph," Sokka said as he laid on his stomach, playing with his boomerang. "Heaven is a place were you're surrounded by family and friends. So…aren't we there already?"

Toph shook her head, knowing it was useless to come to Sokka. Without a word she left, returning to the main hall where Aang told her to meet them.

Aang and Zuko were warming up, completing their stretches with 100 push-ups. Toph walked over to them with a sigh; they were her last hope to get an answer.

"Hey Twinkletoes. What do you think heaven is?" she asked as she took a seat on Aang's back, her legs crossed. He continued his push-ups with ease.

"Heaven is perfection; the perfect ending. A place where your always happy, and there's never a worry in your mind. Dreams come true there." Aang eyed Katara as he said this, and blushed when their eyes met, causing Toph to fall from Aang's back as he shook nervously.

"Airhead," Toph said as she stormed back to her room. She stood and thought for a while as she paced the room, with no luck in understanding.

"So Toph," Zuko said with a smile as he walked up behind Toph, wrapping his arms around her waist as he stole a quick kiss. "Did you find out what your heaven is yet?"

Toph felt a sudden heat sweep through her, and then she understood. Heaven had been there all along; the others were right, they just needed to add their theories up. Toph smiled, and turned around to face the ex-prince as she spoke.

"Heaven? Its here, in your arms."