Zuko stood outside the door to Mr. Pakku and Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran's room. There was a bunch of loud arguing coming from inside. He knew he wasn't supposed to hear anything, but they were so loud.

"Get your wrinkly ass out of my room!" Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran bellowed. For an old lady she has a pair of lungs.

"It's my room too. Why don't you—" Mr. Pakku argued.

"Don't you dare use that vulgar language in my presence! Leave, shoo!"

Mr. Pakku yanked the door open to find a startled Zuko, "Do your self a favor, boy, and don't ever get married. Women are nothing but trouble."

Zuko was not sure how to reply to that, well, because that was his whole reason for being in the South Pole to begin with.

Apparently married life was not suiting Mr. Pakku.

Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran screeched, "You ungrateful old man. You were the one who wanted this!"

"I wanted to make an honest woman out of you! How do I even know the kid is mine? You probably slept your way across the Earth Kingdom to get here!"

"Bah! Have you seen that boy lately? Always, so serious. Always, so uptight. And if that doesn't prove it to you, then he's the spitting image of you when you were that age."

Mr. Pakku huffed, then cracked a sly smile at her. "I love it when you get all riled up like this."

Panic. Pure panic was on Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran's face. She quickly grabbed hold of Zuko, pulled him in the room, and slammed the door on Mr. Pakku. Poor guy.

She stayed there, back against the door. "To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, Firelord?"

"Um… I need… supplies?"

Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran raised one eyebrow.

"Moon Time supplies. For a friend. Oh Agni, this is embarrassing."

"Ah, young Toph has finally blossomed."

"How—"

"She's the only girl you could ask for, dumb ass." Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran shook her head at his stupidity while Zuko hung his head in mortification. He should have known better.

Mrs. Kanna Gran-Gran bustled about her room from one side to the other muttering under her breath. Zuko assumed that whatever she was saying it was not polite.

Finnaly she seemed to find whatever it was she was looking for because she threw something at his face. It was a whole bunch of cotton cloths tied together.

"Go take that to Toph and come back down to the kitchen. I have something for you."

Posted 11/28/13