Chandelier Lake - Tilly & The Wall
"Did you ever used to wonder when your life was going to start?"
"Yeah. Well, not exactly like that, but I did want to get away from home. I guess I'm still wishing for my real life. I mean, sometimes I wonder, when is my adventure going to start? And then I realize, it already has, and it's already over. I was too young when I had my life's adventure; now I have to live the rest of my life still, and nothing is as good as it should be. And then I think, some people live their whole lives without having 'a great adventure'. I don't think I could stand it."
Sokka turned to look at Toph. She wasn't one for speeches, or for talking about how she felt. Sokka smiled, thinking that meant they were that much closer, and realizing that Toph felt the same way he did about traveling.
"What do you think Toph? Do you want to go home?" he asked, fairly sure of her answer.
Toph turned away from the sound of Sokka's voice to hide her smile. They had been in Ba Sing Se for a few days now, and she had been pondering when to ask him the same question. She was a little surprised at how happy she was that he had asked her.
She shrugged noncommittally. "Not really I guess. What about you?"
Sokka sighed the sigh of a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders; in other words, a melodramatic sigh. "Not at all," he said. "I'm not ready to go back to that life again."
"Are you suggesting that we continue in our travels?" Toph asked.
"Yeah, I guess I am," Sokka said. "Well, if Aang and Katara get to continue travelling around the world, why do we have to be stuck at home? I'm not a housewife, and neither are you."
Toph snorted. "I thought that much was obvious."
Sokka rolled his eyes at Toph, fairly certain that she couldn't see that at least. He squinted his eyes as the sun beat down on them, and reflected off the water of the lake. They had packed a lunch so they could spend the day at the lake.
"It's really a nice spot," Sokka said, "It's too bad it creeps me out so much now."
Toph leaned back on her elbows and turned her face to the sun. "True. Lake Laogai will never make me think of rainbows and daisies."
"You know, I think between the two of us, there may be too much sarcasm."
"Oh Sokka," Toph said lazily. The sun on her face made her feel sleepy, and she was beginning to think it might be nice to nap on the shores of Lake Laogai – never thought she'd do that.
She yawned, and remembered that she had been about to speak. "Sokka, if there is one thing you must learn, it is that you can never have too much sarcasm."