Zuko sat on a small couch in his therapist's office. After some convincing from Toph, he decided that maybe she was right and he needed to see a professional. The room was very neat with blue accents everywhere. There were no pictures of his therapist or their life so all he had to go on was they seemed to like the color blue.

Then she came in. She was holding a clipboard and had a pen stuck behind her ear. She also looked very young. At first, he thought it was someone who just left something in the room, but she sat down in the chair across from him and he could clearly read her name tag.

"Hi, I'm Katara, and I'll be your therapist." She smiled.

"Zuko." He gave her a small wave.

"So, first I want to tell you that I do have my bachelor's but just moved here to get my master's but I do take this very seriously and will do everything in my power to help you."

He nods and she continues, "That being said, what brings you into therapy today?"

He lets out a nervous laugh, "It's easier to say what doesn't bring me here."

"Ok then let's start with that. What are some good things in your life?"

He stayed silent for a bit but eventually said, "Well I'm the only one allowed to pet my friend's guide dog and my uncle is really nice..."

She made some notes on the clipboard and then said, "Well that's two things we can work with, and before I forget I do need to mention some things about therapy."

He nods for her to continue.

"So the rules of confidentiality boil down to, everything you say in this room will remain between us with the exception of if you are a threat to yourself or others, if someone is a threat to you, or if the court order records I will have to send that. Any questions?"

"No." He starts tapping his fingers against the couch.

"This is a safe place and you are free to tell me anything you want to and I won't judge, but if you do make questionable decisions I will try to steer you in a different direction." He relaxed a little and she smiled again, "Now that all that is said you can tell me anything about why you're here today and we can start to work from there."

"So I guess..." He tried to start, but he was having trouble finding where to start. He wasn't ready to talk about his scar so maybe he could mention his mom? Maybe his sister?

"It's alright take your time the first session is always much longer."

"I guess I can start with my mom?"

"Alright what happened with your mom?"

He started tapping his fingers again, "She, well...she disappeared when I was really young. She left me and my sister which had very different effects on us. My sister became ruthless and the perfect child for my father. My father also kicked me out when I was around thirteen so I've lived with my uncle ever since and then I had this really toxic girlfriend and"

Once he started talking it became word vomit. He didn't mention much of anyone his guard was still very high but this was progress for him nonetheless.

As Katara finished jotting down somethings he said she asked, "Ok so can I ask what your support system is like you mentioned how your uncle was nice."

"Yeah he's great he's always been there for me and helped when I had really bad days."

"That's good, and what are these bad days like?"

"Well according to him and Toph I get really angry and I have broken a couple of things in the past but I like to think I've gotten better now."

"Toph?"

"My friend with the guide dog she's the one who actually convinced me to come here."

"Ah glade to hear that, so what did she say that made you come here?"

"She said she was sick of my shit and I needed real help."

She had to hold back a laugh, "Well that's not exactly how I hoped that worked but it got you here and that's the important part."

"I guess I just stressed her out too much."

"Why do you think that?"

"Well, we both come from wealthy backgrounds so we would always vent to each other about that kind of life, but my venting kind of worried her. She's an absolute badass but if I was having a bad day she would try and help me from about ten feet away."

"Oh?"

"Yeah...one of the times when I broke something she was a little to close and she ended up stepping on some glass." He still felt bad about that and no matter how many times she said she forgives him he still feels extremely ashamed.

"How long ago was this?"

"Couple years I think."

"And has anything happened since?"

"Out of anger no, but I did break a couple of things trying to get my sister out of my house."

She gave him a look asking him to continue.

"My sister is, and I know this is bad to say, crazy. She broke into my house last semester claiming she left something there. I don't know how she got in but I do know she doesn't have a key."

She tried her best not to react to the news but she had to look down and say, "That must have been scary."

"Yeah at first I just thought someone was trying to rob me and my uncle but then we found out it was Azula and that's when I got scared."

"Why does that name sound familiar?"

"Oh...ummm." He knew he would have to tell her at some point. And so far he does like her as a therapist and she's really easy to talk to compared to the others he's tried.

"She's, well, taking over my father's company."

He can practically see the gears in her head move and she finally says, "Your father is?"

"Ozai, yeah." He sounds almost scared saying his name out loud. As if he will just magically appear in front of him.

"T-The same Ozai how tried to take away his workers' vacation and sick days and got away with it?"

She could see she had hit a nerve or something there. She saw how his eyes became cloudy and his tapping stopped. He was just staring at her but not really. It was like he was looking through her.

Oh fuck I just triggered a patient.

She did the only thing she could think of and grabbed a tea bag from her purse and she held it under his nose. It seemed to work since he was staring at her and looked very confused.

"Sorry I just don't have any smelling salts here and I didn't want to try and touch you incase that made things worse."

"Oh, you're ok...thanks." He was back to tapping his fingers.

"Do you want to talk about what happened?"

"I umm don't think I'm ready for that yet."

"That's ok. I promise I won't pry into that but can we talk about somethings that could trigger you and when I need to do to help?"

"It's been a long time since something like that happened but I would say sometimes my father or his company can cause me to have a reaction like that. As for what to do my uncle usually makes me tea."

"What tea?" She asked looking at the open tea bag.

"Jasmin or Gingsing usually."

"Ha what luck just so happen to be Gingsing tea I used, I need to make a note of that." She jots it down on her little clipboard. "Let's move back to something a little more comfortable, how did you and Toph meet?"

He smiled at the memory, "We were in a gen ed class and I missed a slide on the powerpoint so I asked her if she got it and she turned to me and gave me a black stare. I looked her dead in the eyes and asked again. She laughed and said she was my friend now."

She allowed herself to laugh along with him, "So you're both in college?"

"She dropped out and I am close to finishing my master's but we still hang out a lot." She once again made some notes on her clipboard.

"You take a lot of notes."

"Yeah, I always do this with new clients so that I can learn how to help them better if it bothers you I can stop."

He waved his hand, "No just an observation."

She looks at her watch and notices that they are almost out of time, "Ok so to sum up, you have some anger issues you want to work on, you get triggered by some things relating to your family, you have two people in your support system, and to top it all off you are also a grad student."

"Yeah."

"How often would you like to meet up if you want to keep coming back?"

He rubbed the back of his neck, "I don't know...I know I like you so far as a therapist but I'm not sure how often I should come."

"We can start with twice a week and see how we go from there?"

He smiled for a reason he can't really tell, "Sounds good."

Disclaimer: Don't date your therapist. These two aren't going to end up together the way you think.

That being said feel free to write comments or concerns I do read all the comments of my other stories and I will reply to any that ask questions.