CHARITY
"Maybe I'm not really friends with you," Azula said, smirking. She sat down on the rock behind her and stared down at a now-nervous Ty Lee. "Maybe I'm just being charitable. Who else would befriend you but me?"
"Well, that's really sweet and generous of you then, princess," Ty Lee replied despite her anxiety. She wanted Azula to be real friends with her. She wanted Azula to love her, and maybe kiss her beneath the rising sun one day.
"Of course it is. Being royal requires being charitable to those so much lesser than us," Azula answered and Ty Lee gazed at the grass.
Azula did not tell her that she was only saying it to cover up the blooming feelings in her chest. Ty Lee had to think that she was as meaningless as a grain of sand, because that might help Azula convince herself of the same thing.
It wasn't true. Azula couldn't hide from the fact that Ty Lee was important to her.
