(A/N): I know it's been a while but I'm back with my second smut fic. This takes place not long before 'The Tale of Zuko and Azula in Ba Sing Se' so keep that in mind while you are reading. College has been overwhelming for these first couple weeks but I'm gonna try to put more of an effort into writing.

"No way!" Ty Lee exclaimed to herself as she peered into the tea shop.

"Zuko's here, in Ba Sing Se, eeeeeeh!" She said joyously as she clapped her hands and bounced in the air. She began to remember the fond memories she had with Zuko in the Palace and on Ember Island and how she and Azula would constantly try to set up him up with Mai and how shy they were.

Her nostalgia was interrupted when she saw someone lean down towards Zuko's face.

"Wait, is that a girl… KISSING HIM!" Ty Lee gasped as the Earth Kingdom teen leaned back up and left the store leaving a blush on Zuko's face. After she left, Zuko returned to his normal brooding self, looking lost in thought as he slowly drank his tea.

'Sorry Azula, but this is too spicy to just ignore. Damn staying hidden,' Ty Lee thought to herself as she approached the shop with a wide and jolly smile.

Zuko was too preoccupied to notice the circus girl approaching him. He had certainly gotten closer with Jin the more time he spent with her, but he just didn't know if he was ready to do it yet. Let alone if this was the right way to go about doing it. There was something else he felt that was holding him back but he couldn't wrap his mind around it. He let out a deep sigh as he took another sip of his tea.

Just then, his old childhood friend appeared in front of him and greeted him excitedly, "Hi Zuko, it's been too long!"

Zuko immediately looked up in shock in response to his real name being uttered and spit out his tea as it dawned on him who exactly was standing before him. He didn't bother saying anything. He instantly stood up and grabbed her arm and took her out of the store as several of the shop's patrons stared in confusion. He slammed her against an alleyway wall right next to the store and pinned her arms before she could react.

"Ooooo kinky," She said calmly with a sarcastic wink at Zuko.

"TY LEE WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" He screamed with his face not far from hers as his grip on her did not loosen in the slightest.

Ty Lee put a fake frown on her face making sure to use her puppy dog eyes on him, "Can't a girl just catch up with a childhood friend she hasn't seen in three years."

At that he began to back away from her. He knew exactly what she was doing to him but he also knew that she didn't have any truly malice intent behind her actions. He pinched the bridge of his nose and then let out a sigh of frustration as he leaned back against the opposite wall.

"Look Ty Lee, I'm a banished Fire Nation Prince in an enemy city. You can't just call me by my real name in public like that." He stated with a more even-tempered demeanor.

She of course understood what he was saying, but she didn't dwell on that too much. She was still very much interested in who exactly the girl who had kissed him was and why it made him seem so conflicted.

She leaned forward with her hands behind her back and her breasts on full display, "Why don't you tell me about that girl who was all too eager to kiss you in front of everyone." She felt a lot like Azula when she smirked at the sight of his widened eyes.

He didn't bother trying to come up with some fake story. Ty Lee may seem like a lamebrain but she wouldn't fall for anything like that. And frankly, he wasn't exactly in a state to come up with any good cover story.

"She's my, er, I uh, I guess you could say she's my girlfriend, her name is Jin," Zuko slightly hesitated but ultimately admitted with a nervous smile as he scratched the back of his head.

She eyed him for some time after he said that. He gulped as he saw her studying him very, very carefully. He clearly wasn't doing a good job hiding his emotions.

"You know Zuko," she started while placing a hand on his shoulder, "most girlfriends tend to ease the minds of their boyfriends, not make them more tense," she said matter-of-factly.

Zuko didn't really pay much attention to her recent physical contact. He just looked down in an attempt to try and hide himself. 'Fuck it,' he thought. He wanted to clear his mind so desperately and he knew he couldn't just keep his feelings bottled up anymore.

"I don't really know how to say this but uhhhh Jin feels as if we should, you know, take our relationship to the next level," he said lowly while waving his wands to be clearer.

Ty Lee was confused for a second but then quickly picked up on what Zuko was trying to say. She couldn't help but chuckle lightly at the sight. 'Wow,' she thought, 'this turned out to be way better than I thought it would.'

"I know that we can't really amount to anything serious. It's just that, I do kinda like her and want to make her as happy as can be before I inevitably… end things."

Ty Lee simply nodded knowing that Zuko wasn't quite done yet.

"It also doesn't help that, well… uh, we're both virgins and so this would be my first time."

It was now Ty Lee's turn to widen her eyes in shock. 'A banished Fire Nation prince loses his virginity to some lowly Earth Kindom peasant, sounds like the plot of a cliché play performed by the Ember Island Players,' she thought. A smirk once again formed on her face as a deviant idea popped up in her mind; she knew it would just make him more conflicted but she was already committed.

"You know Zuko… I can help make sure your first time goes smoothly and you have no regrets about it," Ty Lee said with slightly tilted head and a sheepish smile.

Zuko, with a light of hope in his eyes looked up, "What did you have in mind?"

(A/N): Actual smut occurs in the next chapter