The Path of Water

By Arlia'Devi

Disclaimer: I do not own Spirited Away in any respect; all rights go to Hayao Miyazaki and associates. I make no money from this.

A/N: By no surpirse, this is the chapter most people have been waiting for. The story is now rated M, so be pre-warned this chapter contains a lemon, which has been edited to abide by this websites rating guidelines.

The Path of Water

By Arlia'Devi

XXXV: Afternoon Delight

Rin sighed and looked over the paperwork she still had to do on Haku's desk. Slumping into his office chair, she picked up a quill and began to sign her name as acting manager over things Haku had marked to sign. Other things, such as a trade agreement with another rival bathhouse were denied and Rin used it as kindle for the fireplace.

She didn't feel bad in doing paperwork in Haku's chambers – she did it quite often in fact. His desk had all the stationary; the stamp and the wax to make the seal, a nice view over the gardens and pigsties to the west and with the shoji open a little, it was rather breezy. She could tell why Haku preferred shifting through paper work than working with the sometimes annoying, sometimes worth less than their money guests. Rin snuffed – she hated working with the guests. That was a job for the cat.

Rin sighed and signed her name again, dipping the quill back in the ink. She didn't mind filling in for the dragon; not really. True, at first she was a little irked he was planning on surprising Chihiro and going away for four days; he'd only just recovered from his poisoning, but was adamant that they both needed some time away. Thinking good deeds give their own rewards, Rin had taken up the duties without a snigger or complaint. They did deserve it, anyhow.

Life around the bathhouse was hard; gossiping, guests, work, asshole frogs to deal with, so who could blame that the dragon and human wanted a little holiday together? Haku hadn't had a real holiday for the past twenty years, save the time he spent at his river, though that was work in it's own sense.

Good deeds will bring their own rewards, huffed Rin as she folded another document - letter Haku had penned and signed to another spirit. Nothing of interest; the dragon was as normally dull in his socialities.

What Chihiro sees in him is a complete mystery… grinned the sable spirit, and yet the human was hopelessly, head over heels in love with the man-dragon, and he was just as enthusiastic if not more about her. Love's definitely strange…

A whole pile of papers down and Rin heard something rattle in the master bedroom. Dismissing it, she started back to work until she heard it again. And again. And again. Like the rattle of shoji, and then she heard the whole door shoot open. This was the second top floor! Who ever had managed to sneak in was obviously someone not to be dealt with lightly

Grabbing whatever was around – a decorative yet completely functional staff with two steel-capped ends, Rin stalked into the master bedroom to confront whatever the hell it was who had the audacity to sneak in like a dog.

"Put 'em up," growled Rin and brandished the staff.

"Huh?" the confused thunder god blinked for a moment before clearing his throat. "… Is Haku not around? Who are you?"

Rin crouched down low and stared at this tall man, dressed in robes almost as white as the hair on his head. "No he's not. Now get lost!" Rin spat and stabbed the staff with force forward a little, though not enough as it would actually reach the god in front of her.

Raijin smiled toothily. "There's been some mistake. I'm not an intruder – I am Haku's friend, Raijin."

Rin frowned and got to her feet then, rather confused. Her grasp on the staff loosened a little. "Raijin?" she muttered. "God of thunder?"

"So you do know me?" he smiled sweetly if not a little smugly, his tone casual and completely unfazed by the dangerous weapon being put to him. "And your name is?"

"Rin," muttered the sable spirit. "I'm managing the bathhouse while Haku is away."

"And where is Haku?"

Rin frowned. "Not for you to know."

But Raijin was not that stupid, nor was he going to give up that easily. "With his human, I would assume?"

Rin remained silent, knowing that it would give the god the answer anyway.

"At least tell me this," sighed Raijin, realising the woman would give out no information on Haku's whereabouts. "Will he be gone long?"

"Come back at the end of the week," she bit out.

Raijin hummed softly and fondled with his large rod, touching the pointy tip with his finger idly. He looked to Rin, an obviously very athletic woman as she was all muscle. Her face was hard and angular, but rather pretty when she was angry. Chocolate hair was pulled back into a classic tie at the back of her head. Raijin studied the staff in the woman's hands and then said, "That's a nice looking weapon."

Rin's eyes dropped to the tipped staff. "Oh yeah…," she muttered rather sheepishly and played with the staff in her hands. "I grabbed it off the wall. I don't think Haku would be happy with me if he found it stained with blood." Raijin smiled and Rin shuffled her feet on the floor, her lips and mouth suddenly dry. "Do you… do you want some breakfast or something? A bath while you're here?"

Raijin grinned and stepped towards the sable spirit. "Sure."

Chihiro was awake before Haku, which was strange since she was the last to get to sleep. She lied awake in his bed for a long while, feeling his breath against the back of her neck. It was obvious he was dead to the world.

Untangling herself from Haku's body, her stomach was rumbling and she didn't bother pulling on some pants as she walked down to the kitchen and sifted through the very little Haku had in his pantry. Padding back up the stairs and into Haku's room, he had rolled over and was hugging Chihiro's pillow, his face buried in the plush. Slipping in beside him, Haku must have registered the change against the mattress or body heat because he muttered and rolled against Chihiro again. Grunting slightly, Chihiro would have never known the dragon was so cuddly in bed.

"Chihiro…," murmured Haku as his arm wrapped around her waist.

"Hakuu…," she whined playfully and the drowsy dragon grunted in her ear. "I'm hungry." He ignored her. "Haaa-kuuu."

"Fine," he growled and launched himself up and over Chihiro's body until he could swing his legs over the side of the bed with a large, long, loud yawn.

"Poor sleepy dragon…," Chihiro murmured and rolled in the silken sheets, peeking up at the man who was attempting to wake up. Haku stretched his arms up and over his head before pulling the curtains open and letting the sun that filtered through the holes of the cavern.

"I'm hungry," he ribbed in a poor imitation of Chihiro's voice, making Haku sound like a fool. "Feed me Haku, I'm hungry, Hakuu," his voice got further away as he descended the stairs.

Chihiro laughed and rolled her eyes, pulling on a pair of shorts and tailing the dragon down the stairs. He made her bacon and eggs, and well, Chihiro eyed the pork suspiciously. But she was grateful for the large feed later that afternoon as after a nice soak in the tub, complimented by some very expensive oils she'd stolen from Haku's cupboard and a walk around the meadows and daylight parts of his river which meandered along the forest. He tugged her along, hand-in-hand smiling lazily and kissing Chihiro under the sun.

His home was lovely and every place he took her to seemed to become more beautiful than the next. There were the hot springs hidden deep within glistening caves, of which Haku assured that they could try out before they made their way back to the bathhouse. Then there was the forest and the flowery meadows with the river, water as clear as day, which floated through an entirely tranquil scene. Chihiro could see herself with a book under the shady trees, though she wouldn't fall asleep again, save for the forest sprites she'd encountered sniffing through her backpack. The giant Itchaki fish had swam their way back into the lagoon and were lazily swimming around by the time they made their way back to the house.

Wandering into the kitchen, Chihiro made a garden salad for lunch while Haku wandered out by the river and fixed a few things. He ended up being rather late for lunch, dripping wet with muddy feet and quickly grabbed a towel and switched clothes before coming down for lunch.

"What are you going to do this afternoon?" Chihiro asked Haku leisurely across the table. He offered her a nice grin.

"Laze around all afternoon; read a book, have a nap in the sun. Generally lounge around."

"I thought you hated mindlessly lounging around?"

"But you would be lounging around with me," he corrected with a sly grin as he collected the plates and left them by the sink. He strung his arms around Chihiro's waist and kissed her delicately.

Chihiro giggled and stretched up Haku's body and stroked the ends of his damp hair, allowing his tongue to slip inside her mouth. Dishes crashed somewhere behind them, but they paid little notice as Chihiro pressed her body against his softly, grinning through the kiss.

Breaking off, Chihiro offered a devilish grin before she stood on her tip-toes and began to softly kiss down Haku's throat, a little frustrated with how high the collar was on his tunic. With butterflies flittering around in her stomach, Chihiro made her intention clear and, while pressing her body against his a little harder, bit the smooth yet thick skin of the base of his throat, causing Haku's eyes to roll back into his head. He groaned loudly. Chihiro snickered.

Gathering up her courage and fuelled by the fire sparking in her abdomen, Chihiro said saucily, "I have an idea, but it's a little bit more energetic than lounging around, if you're interested?"

Haku's hand squeezed her rear and he bent his head to whisper huskily, "Tell me more?"

Chihiro whimpered and smirked. They were a long way from the bathhouse, there would be no interruptions. The anticipation was great, and butterflies erupted in her stomach. Chihiro felt a little light-headed. "Well… we are all alone now. We're not going to be interrupted…"

"Will we take this out of the kitchen, then?" Haku asked, dipping low and Chihiro saw just how much his emerald eyes had darkened and smouldered. It was all she could do as to nod when Haku scooped her up and cradled her to his chest, smoothly ascending the staircases and ceremoniously kicking open the door to his bedroom. The bed had been made and it's covers were pristine and neatly tucked, each pillow in the right place.

That was utterly destroyed when Haku slid Chihiro's body over the silken covers and covered it with his own. She gasped his name when his body rubbed her in such a compromising position, but she quickly recovered to his sweet, tear-jerking kisses that made her heart ache for how much he loved her.

Sun streamed through the light white curtains that drifted in the slight wind that smelt refreshingly of running water. When the tip of his tongue touched Chihiro's, she granted him access to the sugary recesses of her mouth as one hands buried itself in his damp locks and another ran up and down his toned back. Suddenly, realising the amount of clothing between them, Chihiro grunted and twisted free of Haku's roaming hands.

"Huh?" the dragon frowned, confused. He was getting mixed ideas here, her body and scent told him that she wanted him, but she was squirming to get away. When her hand pressed against his chest and pushed him up to lean on his knees, Haku had wondered what he'd done wrong. Slowly, he began to understand when Chihiro's hand meandered down his chest, feeling the skin's warmth through the cotton of the t-shirt before she hooked her fingers under the hem and pulled it up. Haku eagerly complied and shivered as Chihiro's hands explored the regions of his chest, highlighted perfectly by the afternoon sun. The grey pants hung low on his hips, giving Chihiro just a mouth-watering idea of what may be underneath. Her fingers trembled as her heart raced.

Offering a shaky if not nervous smile, Chihiro leant back against the pillows and was kissed softly again, feeling Haku's hands slide under her shirt. That was the next to go before he said in a rasped voice;

"The best thing about last night…," he breathed against the hot skin of her jaw. "I know that while you were swimming, you were wearing very little clothing." Her pants suddenly dropped to the floor, exposing a pair of very attractive lacy undergarments that left very little to the imagination. "Chihiro?"

She moaned in reply as his eyes were hazed over in lust and a small growl rumbled in the back of his throat. He kissed her lips hungrily and then said, "I want you."

He touched her in places no man had ever touched her with hands; down her hips and sides, skimming over silky fabrics she wore, eliciting gasps of pleasure and sweet murmurings of his name. The afternoon sun was beautiful against her alabaster skin, highlighting the creaminess of her thighs and the strip of skin between her breasts. Haku had thought to make an effort; to make it romantic but he suddenly realised that in making a nice meal, and lighting candles, he would never be able to capture the perfect moment to make love for the first time. Here, on a sunny afternoon, it was beautiful and it was perfect and as he kissed a trail of open-mouthed, yet soft kisses down Chihiro's throat, he wondered what in the world was this garment across her chest and how in the world did he get it off?

Noticing Haku's fumbling with the bra, Chihiro laughed a little at his slowly growing frustration. "Don't ruin it," she murmured affectionately, rubbing her thumb across his cheek. "My other one is wet. Here," she replaced her hands near her back and unhooked the clasp, slowly and very shyly slipping it off her shoulders and onto the floor.

For a moment, Haku just looked. Unmoving. Unspeaking. He just looked and made Chihiro feel very self conscious. When she moved to cover herself under his intense gaze, he caught her wrist and kissed the inside softly. "Sorry," he whispered, his breath tickling her skin. "I've never seen a woman like… this."

Chihiro laughed and adjusted so that she was comfortable with the dragon kneeling between her legs. "Well," she said softly, her voice not disguising how nervous she really was. "I've never let a man see me like this, either."

His hand caressed her flat stomach. "I am honoured," he whispered sweetly. "I have loved you since the day I met you… Chihiro," she whimpered as he cupped her cheeks in her hand. "You are my soul mate. I want to give everything to you, Chihiro… I love you. This," he touched his chest, "Is a promise of body. You already have my heart and my soul, my life, now I want to give you my body – of no one else has had, if you'll accept it."

Chihiro's lip quivered a little and her eyes frantically searched Haku's eyes for something, but all she found was adoration, love and honesty, and that made her heart wrench all the more. He rubbed tears she didn't know she had been shedding before Chihiro sobbed, "No more talking," and kissed him passionately. A growled out reply of "Good" was her answer.

Kissing Chihiro, Haku unfastened the buttons of his pants and rather awkwardly kicked those off and onto the floor, leaving his body only clothed in a fundoshi, which, like Chihiro's more… modern fundoshi, left very little to the imagination. She rubbed her thighs against his, which, like hers, were hairless and smooth from being a water dragon. He leant over and kissed her slowly, intent on cherishing this moment with her. Chihiro didn't mind – she was in no rush.

"I like yours better than mine," he muttered playfully and kissed her naval.

They proceeded to explore each other's bodies with just hands for a long time after that, slowly learning how to love each other properly. Haku would grin and look up at Chihiro once in a while and his eyes would be so full of love and amazement and downright naughtiness as if he truly couldn't believe his luck, and that Chihiro was the most amazing thing on earth he'd ever seen. That part was sweet and tender, and his kisses were soft until Haku began exploring with his mouth. That was when things began to heat up in more ways than one.

Her arousal barraged his nostrils like the most potent, utterly intoxicating, desiring scent he'd ever smelt and he knew he was designed to act with it. He moaned softly in her ear as Chihiro grazed her nails across his back. She attempted to kiss down his neck, grazing her teeth and hearing him groan. She bit as hard as she could when his pleas for it "harder" were breathed heated into her ear, and she complied, knowing that her teeth would never damage his skin too considerably. Somehow she knew he liked it rough; he was a dragon, Rin had warned her, so there were no surprise there.

It was getting too much to handle anymore. Her body was on fire as Haku's hands and lips caressed her, pleased her and teased her, touching her everywhere except for the triangle between her legs that throbbed in anticipation that was never met. She whimpered his name in a plea she hope he would accept and suddenly, his lips were back at her ear, whispering hot words and the last of their clothes were gone.

The room was spinning; darkness was being leaked into the side of her vision as Haku suckled on her earlobe. Her body was on fire and had a layer of sweat coating it. The sun that filtered through the window was almost blinding. Though Haku's lips were just by her ear; his voice sounded a long way away.

"Is this what you want?" he asked tenderly though his mind was running at a million miles an hour. His body was on fire, he wanted to touch her, to quench the instincts that told him the warmth pooling at the pit of his stomach could be very, very nice.

Chihiro nodded and bit her lip.

"Say it," he demanded. "I want to hear you say it, Chihiro."

She let out a shaky breath and blinked a few times, trying to engage her brain through the haze of lust. "I want you, Haku…."

He noted how she didn't say 'please'; she never had to beg for his attention, he would give it all to her if only she was willing. He aligned his body and cupped her cheeks into her hands. "Yes," he kissed her lips. "I want you too."

It was beginning to get hard to see. "…I want you," her voice sounded far away, like she was underwater. "… Need you. Now."

First, Chihiro felt very little – a kind of stretching feeling but not uncomfortably so. Then, there was a strange twinge that shocked her more than anything, and Haku stilled as she let out a quick gasp and dug her fingers into his back.

"Are you alright?" he grunted and leant up on his hands to give the woman some space. "We should stop, I-,"

"Haku," Chihiro snapped the dragon back to attention. "It's fine. I was just a little surprised."

He seemed a little apprehensive. "I don't know…," he muttered out. "I don't know how to do this and know I'm not hurting you…"

Chihiro smiled and ushered for him to lean back down against her body. She kissed him tenderly before whispering, "Sometimes, you have to listen to your instincts on what feels right." She caught the deep blush on his cheekbones and found it rather amusing considering their position. "Don't be embarrassed, koishii," she said softly, noting how he pricked up at the adoration. "I know what I love."

Haku licked his lips and shivered visibly, his emerald eyes watered and easy to read. Chihiro had never seen him so open and emotionally raw and then she laughed despite it all, despite knowing the deep implications of spirit joining. She didn't care; she wanted all of him, so deeply and wholly it made her heart ache of how much this dragon meant to her. His cheeks were stained lightly in pink and for a moment, despite their compromising position, Haku just took the time to kiss her; to feel the skin of her neck, then down her chest, stomach until he came to kiss her navel. Time lost all meaning; Chihiro didn't know if it had been five minutes or five hours, nor did she care. After a while, she caught Haku's cheek as the dragon scrambled back into position, smiled softly and kissed him gently and tried to tell him what she couldn't speak. Haku understood.

Experimentally, his hips pushed forward, though he was always careful. Suddenly, his head dropped and he let out a deep, satisfying moan. He snapped his hips forward a few more times before Haku found a gentle yet satisfying rhythm and Chihiro touched his body with tender caresses, her breath suddenly getting caught in her throat as intense pleasure surged through her body. Their bodies became laced with sweat and Chihiro's legs began to get delightfully tingly as Haku kicked the speed up a notch and she wrapped them around Haku's hips because it seemed like a good idea. She whimpered against his lips, feeling and tasting his hot breath on her own; and then Haku pushed his forehead into the pillow, groaning loudly in Chihiro's ear. She panted as the pleasure grew greater and her skin grew hotter and Haku's nose and lips nuzzled her brow as he moaned against her skin. Chihiro closed her eyes and whimpered. The feel of Haku's sweat-slicked skin on hers, the feel of him like no other was insane. The sound of him panting and moaning against her ear and the taste of him upon her tongue. It suddenly became too much and she was vaguely aware she had cried out as pleasure she'd never experience before coursed through her body. Chihiro tried to hold Haku, but he was moving frantically, panting and his eyes screwed tightly shut before he stilled almost instantly, grunting once and then again, before sucking in a tight breath and falling limp over her body.

Chihiro caught her own breath before Haku, resting on her chest, looked up at her blearily. Obviously unable to be coherent, he moved his hand to cup Chihiro's cheek and rub it softly before he slumped and closed his eyes again. Haku was utterly spent and Chihiro adjusted herself a little, pulling Haku to lie beside her and pulled the sheets down and over their sweating bodies.

Haku murmured a little and nuzzled Chihiro's jaw, liking the way she smelt of herself and also now of him. His scent had twisted around, caressing and complimenting her beguiling scent. She looked at him with wide eyes and he smiled softly at her astonishment. It had been amazing; and he kissed her softly.

"I love you…," he smiled drowsily and closed his eyes.

"I love you too," she replied, pushing back his hair from his eyes and smoothing it over. She kissed each drooping eyelid as Haku let out a shaky breath.

"Did I… did I hurt you?"

She shook her head. "No. You were very gentle. I feel amazing."

Haku smiled through his drowsiness. The afternoon rays floated through the window and with shaking legs, Chihiro stumbled over to close the curtains, knowing that though the dragon was drowsy, his eyes would be studying the woman's naked form. She smiled and slipped in next to the dragon who kissed her slowly in long, wet kisses, running his hands up and down her back and rumbling softly.

"It was equally as amazing for me," he smiled back, tucking a curl behind Chihiro's ear and stifling a yawn. "Mind blowing – I'd never experienced anything like it." The dragon was having a hard time staying awake, and attempted to maintain a normal conversation before Chihiro laughed and said,

"We should rest, Haku. I'm tired." She smiled sweetly before attempting to say humourously, "You wore me out."

This, however, only made Haku all the more worried. Fear he had indeed hurt her in some form or another, he asked, "Are you hungry? Thirsty? Do you want-,"

"Haku," Chihiro sighed at the dragon's needless worry. Trust him to get so worried on what the human race did regularly. "Stop it… I'm fine." He was sticky and hot, but her scent was soothing and her body warmth comforting. When he was finally assured Chihiro was okay – a quick sniffing over, it seemed, was enough to assure him she wasn't bleeding, or injured in any way, though the way he intently sniffed around her shoulder had Chihiro thinking she smelt rather abhorrently. All of that aside, Chihiro soon found herself taking a spell, and Haku was not too far behind her.

For a long time Haku lied unmoving in his large bed, just feeling Chihiro rest in his arms, her strong back from the work she'd been doing recently, how her legs intertwined with his and his arms wrapped around her bare stomach. Chihiro's hair smelt of the oils she used; scented with jasmine and soft musky vanilla, and much of her own naturally alluring scent.

She whimpered and moaned slightly, shuffling in his arms to get a little more comfortable. It was getting late in the afternoon, and though he loathed to wake her now, she would not sleep at night if she slept any longer.

Not that we will get to sleep tonight, with any luck, Haku grinned and lowered his lips to Chihiro's ear. "Wake up, Chihiro," he whispered and then pressed his lips to the junction of her ear and jaw. Chihiro groaned and rolled in his embrace, Haku's voice in her ear doing very little to awake her. He tried a different approach now her lips were in reach.

Chihiro moaned and her eyes fluttered open as she felt a lingering, coaxing feeling on her lips, only to realise Haku was kissing her. When his lips left hers, she smiled lazily at the man of her affections and said, "What a wonderful way to wake up."

Haku smiled, and, his teasing nature obviously creeping back now that he was no longer a nervous, embarrassed first-time lover, "Well, I tried shaking you and dumping cold water, but it just didn't do the trick." Chihiro laughed and shoved him. "Speaking of water; what's your inclination on taking a bath?"

A bath was a good idea. Chihiro felt sticky and sweaty, and she probably smelt a little. Her muscles ached a little, especially between her thighs, but that was normal considering the circumstances. She nodded and attempted to shuffle to get up, but Haku would not have a bar of it. Hearing the water was already running in the ensuite, Chihiro was scooped up into his arms and he rather ceremoniously carried her to the steaming, frothy bathtub before easing her down so she could step in.

"Are you getting in?" she cocked an eyebrow back to the dragon as he held one hand to steady her as Chihiro stepped into the mind-numbingly good water.

"And let you have all the fun?" he said and eased into the water himself, sliding to sit by Chihiro's side in the tub. "I told you the next time you should bathe with me. This time, I can look all I want."

Chihiro laughed and felt she was blushing, though she didn't really know why. Hadn't this man seen everything of her already? Making love with the sun streaming in had made sure of that, though Chihiro thought it was to the advantage on her side, being able to see her lover's body so clearly. Romantic aspect of candles aside, you didn't really get a good look at the other person's body. Chihiro got a good look, and she could look all she wanted. The dragon was her property; his body belonged to her in the spirit sense. He had pledged that to her just a few hours ago, though he didn't have to. Sex could be meaningless, just as it could be in the human world; Rin often had casual sex; but Haku had pledged his body to her, and she had done the same. They owned each other for the duration of their relationship, and cheating on someone you had pledged was a grievous crime.

Not that I'd ever want anyone else, Chihiro snickered and then sighed as poured a handful of warm water over her shoulders before he started kissing the warm path down her neck and shoulders, a soapy loofah rubbing down her back in large, scrubbing circles. Haku's lips and mouth were hotter than the warm water and he decided to kiss every inch that he washed. With some scented candles burning and no natural light filtering through into the room, it was a nice way to get to know her lover's body. Haku seemed to enjoy washing Chihiro down immensely, and when the loofah switched hands, Chihiro found that she found it just as appealing.

"Hungry?" he rumbled when they resembled a prune considerably. Chihiro nodded and was helped out of the bath and wrapped in a fluffy robe.

Haku scooped her up into his arms and with a devilish smile, placed her back on the bed. When he began to unfasten her robe, Chihiro laughed and said, "I thought you were going to make me some food?"

Haku kissed down her stomach and murmured, "Hmm… I asked if you were hungry," he pushed her up the bed and against the pillows. Capturing her lips, Haku ended with, "And you said 'yes'." Chihiro laughed as she tumbled through the blankets. "But Haku, I just had a bath!"

Eventually, Haku did get around to serving dinner, and though they were only wearing bathrobes; too lazy and not caring to get dressed, it was not chilly. Haku was practically glowing and every now and then he'd give a soft, lulling smile. "Do you like it?"

Chihiro nodded and said, "Haku, I am so damn hungry you could serve me up a rotting fish corpse and I'd still eat it," she sighed and twirled the pasta around her fork. "No, it's really nice. In all honesty."

"Good," he smiled back. "I was thinking tomorrow… I want to take you up to the mountains. I am a river god by birth, but I've sort of… adopted the mountains that surround my river. Does that sound good? There are some very interesting places around…"

Chihiro shrugged. "Yeah, that sounds great, Haku – but it means we have to get a good night sleep."

Haku winked. "Eat your dinner, my little human. And then we'll see about that good night sleep."

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Also, shout out to Sokka2Me, who was worried that the worst was going to happen.

must you always say "Will this or this happen?" it's almost always the bad thing

Haha, well, the good thing happened, so it's all right. :)

I'm a bit squished for time right now, but I don't have much else to say:

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~ Arlia'Devi