###

IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION

###

Azula and Ty Lee might not be dating, but Azula still cannot believe what she sees when she invites herself into her bodyguard's bedroom. The two women fucking pay her no mind, and so she sits down on a chair facing the bed and crosses her legs empress style.

After an abrupt shuffle and movement of sheets, "Who the fuck are you?" asks the woman in Ty Lee's bed.

Ty Lee stammers, "She's just a friend. Well, more than a friend. When I say friend…"

"Get out," Azula orders, glaring daggers.

The woman takes one look at Azula and scurries away, slamming the door behind her as she leaves the room. Ty Lee slowly stands up, wrapping her blankets around herself.

"Is something wrong, princess?" asks Ty Lee.

"I don't know," says Azula. "You tell me."

"I… I know I'm not… I know that… I know that we kissed kinda recently and there's always been something between us and… I should have known better. It's really a character flaw…" Ty Lee hangs her head as she rambles.

"Spare me your feigned self awareness," snarls Azula, arms tightly crossed over her bosom..3

Ty Lee bites her lip. "I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say except I don't know what we are. I really don't."

"Nothing. We are nothing."

Ty Lee's voice trembles as she replies, "Then why do you care so much if I sleep around or get a girlfriend?"

"Because you are supposed to be focused on me. It is what ZuZu is paying you for, is it not?" snaps Azula.

"Of course." Ty Lee forces a smile. "I promise to be focused on you from now on."

"I wish I could believe that."

"You can. I love you, princess. You're my best friend. I'm really happy with this job and I don't wanna screw it up." Like I screw everything up, Ty Lee cannot help but think to herself.

"I have no idea how you find something to be happy about all the time."

"I don't."

"You are always happy, somehow."

"The key to being happy isn't finding real things to be happy about. It's keeping yourself constantly busy with unimportant nonsense and eventually you'll be dead."

"I never knew your mind could be so dark." Azula does not know what else to say.

"Can it be our secret?" begs Ty Lee, head bowed. She wants to trust Azula, but that is not easy.

Princess Azula picks at her lip. She does not want to indulge Ty Lee, but she also wants to avoid any public humiliation. Therefore, she grits her teeth and makes her decision.

"Yes," she agrees.

Ty Lee weakly smiles through her tears.