It's been a while since Sokka last got the chance to watch Suki as she trained.

He can't help but smile as Suki moved gracefully around the room, practicing with her fans. She hadn't bothered to put on her full uniform today so she was clad only in a tank top and some loose-fitting pants. He can't help but take note of everything: the sweat on her brow, the way she was biting her bottom lip in concentration, the stretch of her muscles as she struck the air with her fans, and just simply the commanding aura she had as she practiced in the dojo of her village. Sokka wasn't sure if he'd ever seen her look as sexy as she did when she was training. Well, aside from their more intimate experiences.

Suki suddenly stops, having noticed the goofy, love-struck look on her boyfriend's face. She places her hands on her hips, despite them being occupied by her fans, and gives him a questioning look.

"S-sorry. I didn't mean to stare," Sokka stutters shyly, when he finally realizes Suki stopped practicing. Suki chuckles softly.

"Wanna spar with me?" Suki asks innocently.

"I left my sword and stuff at your house, remember?"

"We can practice hand-to-hand. Or you can borrow my spare fans," Suki replies playfully. Suki knew quite well that Sokka still couldn't get use to fighting with fans so their sparring session would pretty much end within a few seconds.

"Hand-to-hand is fine," Sokka states, getting up from where he had been sitting earlier. Sokka and Suki walk towards opposite sides of the training hall and get into their respective stances.

"Whenever you're ready, Water Tribe."

Both of them continue to stay still, feeling each other out to see who would lose their patience first. Sokka frowns, already about to give up on the waiting game, despite knowing it would put him at a disadvantage. Striking first was usually a good idea but that never seemed to be the case when he fought Suki. He finally gives up, rushing towards the woman in front of him. He launches a punch first but Suki easily cartwheels out of the way, smiling at him when she lands. He frowns again. He had the advantage when it came to strength but that did him no good if he couldn't land an attack on his agile girlfriend in the first place.

He tries again, running up to Suki, and begins to send a volley of punches towards her. She dodges the first two, blocks the third and forth, and catches his fifth when he tries to throw another punch. She immediately presses a pressure point on his hand making him bend down in order to snatch his hand away. Once he bends down, he roundhouse kicks Suki, making her fall on her behind. She gasps in surprise, causing Sokka to smirk, before jumping to her feet and getting into a defensive stance.

"You're getting better. Although using my own moves against me has to be wrong in some kind of way," Suki compliments. Sokka chuckles. While sparring with her in the past, Sokka realized very quickly that Suki's go to attack was a roundhouse kick. Having seen her do it so many times, it was only naturally for him to pick up the move as well.

"Well, I do have an amazing sparring partner so its no surprise that I would copy her moves," Sokka praises. Suki smiles before suddenly making a dash towards Sokka and kicking his calves in a wide sweeping motion. Sokka ends up on his back with Suki straddling his waist and both of her hands pinning his arms to the ground.

"The original is always better though," Suki smirks, putting more pressure on Sokka's arms when he tries to get out of her grip.

"I suppose," Sokka admits, keeping still long enough to spot an opening to escape his girlfriend's grasp. Sokka rolls to his side, using the momentum to get his girlfriend off, before wrestling her to the ground. The warriors fight on the floor, each trying to get the upper hand. Lucky for Sokka, Suki tended to get tired a lot quicker than him and her techniques begin to get sloppier as she gets tired. After several minutes of wrestling, Sokka found himself above his Kyoshi Warrior, pinning her hands above her head and straddling her waist. Sokka smirks, unable to keep from snickering at his lover's heavy breathing.

"Tired? Wanna surrender?," Sokka teases.

"No way in hell. If anything, you should surrender."

"Huh? Why should I surrender when I'm clearly winning?" Sokka asks, a confused look plastered on his face. He feels one of Suki's legs gently tap the junction between his legs. He winces, realizing why she suddenly suggested that he should surrender.

"You got sloppy and left yourself open," Suki says simply, "Plus you didn't bother to do anything to stop my legs in general. Even if I didn't decide that kneeing you in the groin would be more effective, you would have gotten kicked off of me sooner or later."

Sokka sighs before letting go of Suki's hands and holding his own up in the air as a sign of surrender. Suki snickers.

"So how exactly do I not leave myself open?," Sokka asks. Suki motions for him to repeat the position they had been in. Sokka pins her hands above her head again and waits for her to explain.

"Honestly, it just depends on what you feel comfortable with. If you were only really worried about getting kneed, you could sit on on my waist rather than just straddle but since you have to worry about me escaping too it would probably be best to just put all of your weight on me to make it harder for me to escape."

Sokka nods his head in understanding before trying the second one. He lies completely on top of her body, still pinning her arms above her head.

"Like this?" Sokka asks. Suki nods her head in affirmation before wiggling around to show that she couldn't move very easily with all of his weight on top of her.

"Even then, I'm still probably one of the only people you'd be trying to get to surrender in this way," Suki notes, "Using an arm lock would be more effective for submission."

"Yeah. You generally aren't someone who surrenders when I do try that on you so I have to do all this extra work. Even then you managed to make me surrender," Sokka chuckles.

"You still did a good job," Suki smiles, giving her boyfriend reassurance that he had improved since the last time they had sparred, "But of course, I'm not going to let you beat me that easily," Suki laughs. "Also, you're heavy, so do you mind getting off?"

Sokka chuckles again before blushing softly upon fully remembering that his body was flush against Suki's. The two of them had a habit of not really realizing what kind of positions they had put themselves in or what parts of their bodies had been touching until after they finished sparring. He gets off of his girlfriend quickly, holding out his hand to help her up.

"I'm not that heavy and even if I am, its all muscle," Sokka flexes, as Suki shakes her head at her boyfriend's confidence. She punches him playfully in the arm and is admittedly taken aback by the fact that his arms were harder than before.

"Ooh! That might actually be muscle. Been working out?"

"Well, you know. I'll grab a tree branch and do a few chin touches every now and then, nothing major."

Suki chuckles. Sokka smiles back before giving Suki a gentle kiss on her lips. A simple kiss quickly turns into a heated make out session before the lovers bother to stop themselves.

"We should probably leave the dojo before we...you know...end up doing another activity," Suki suggests, quickly gathering her gear before heading towards the entrance of the dojo. Sokka quickly grabs a hold of Suki's hand and allows her to lead him towards her house.

"Awww. I think we could have managed a quickie in there," Sokka smirks, flashing her a brilliant smile that makes her heart skip a beat and her feet move faster. She wanted him out of those clothes as soon as possible but she could only get that done once they got to her house. After all, she did have to see for herself just how muscular her boyfriend had managed to get since the last time she had seen him.

"Well, I didn't feel like getting caught doing that in the dojo, again," Suki says, reminding her lover of the last time things got intimate in there. Quite a few of her warriors had walked in on the two of them going at it. That was definitely not one of Suki's fondest memories. "Plus, you're probably hungry, right?" She figured that Sokka wouldn't be interested in much of anything until after his stomach was full.

"Yeah, sparring does really works up my appetite. But, I think I'm in the mood to eat something other than food," Sokka confesses. Suki stops in her tracks to look at him and finds herself wondering what else he could possibly eat besides food. Though she knew quite well that he wanted her, she doesn't realize just how badly until she notices the lustful look in her boyfriend's eyes. She finds herself blushing softly when she realizes what he could possibly mean given the fact that he seemed more interested in her than food at the moment. Suki starts walking again, her pace even quicker than before.

"Why in bloody hell is my house so far away?"


Hooray for including actual lines from A:tLA into stories. It makes me happy. XD

Obviously, I don't own the line, "Well, you know. I'll grab a tree branch and do a few chin touches every now and then, nothing major," or these characters!

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