Disclaimer: MUST I say it? I don't own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I rolled over and buried my head in my pillow. But, since when does my pillow give off heat? I lifted my head up to look at what I had decided was my pillow. Since when is my pillow Zuko's chest? I sat up and stretched. It looked to be some time late at night. Not sure exactly what time; I was too tired to check exactly.
I slid out of my bed. Zuko was still sleeping. I crept into the hall and found my way to the kitchen. I got some cookies and some kind of individual cake things. I walked back to the room, munching on cookies. Zuko was still sleeping so I sat on the bed eating the cakes and cookies.
When Zuko did wake up I was at the point of fullness that if I ate another thing I would blow up. Zuko looked at me. I probably looked pretty pitiful. Laying on the bed with crumbs all around me and a look on my face that said 'No food commercials please'. Thankfully, I wasn't watching TV at the moment.
He laughed and took one of the cookies I hadn't eaten, and ate it. He pulled himself up next to me, on a pillow. He ate the rest of my cookies and buried his head in my hair again. I rolled my eyes. "What are you doing?"
"Sleeping." His voice was muffled by my hair.
"In my bed?" He nodded. I sighed.
"You can't."
He looked up at me. "Why?"
"Because. We already missed dinner. If someone finds us in the same bed tomorrow what do you think they will think? Now please go to bed." He pouted and slid off my bed. I rolled my eyes. He looked at me with a sad face. "Go." He bent down and kissed me.
My eyes widened, but now that I think about it, I shouldn't have been very surprised because of the way he had been acting today. He pulled away, kissed my forehead and smiled while I blushed furiously. "Night." He started to pout again, but left the room.
I didn't move for quite a while, still contemplating what had happened. He had kissed me. I knew that much. Why? Because he wanted to? Why now? Was there a better time? No, I guess not. I sighed and tried to sleep. It wasn't the easiest thing to do, but I finally fell asleep.
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I sat up in bed and yawned. I thought back to the night before. Today should be interesting. I slipped out of bed and into a pink and light blue kimono. We would arrive in the earth kingdom today so I decided to actually wear clothes today.
I walked out onto the deck. Amazingly, Zuko wasn't there. I found Iroh and asked him if he had seen Zuko. "I did see him about an hour ago. In a great mood today, he is. Quite weird actually." I thanked him and wandered around the ship, hoping he wouldn't pop out of nowhere again.
I walked back on deck and found Zuko giving orders to the crew. We would be hitting land any minute now. He turned to me and smiled. "Morning! I have some stuff to do when we get to the earth kingdom. You'll have to wander around by yourself for a bit." He handed me a small sack full of coins. He smiled and went back to throwing orders at his crew.
When we landed I was one of the first off the ship. I hadn't seen a really big town yet and was eager to find out exactly what it was like. I wandered around the market for a while. I bought a sleeping bag. I wasn't going to sleep on the ship when I could sleep under the stars. I also bought Molly some small fish. She had insisted.
I also bought a few other things but the bag Zuko gave me hadn't lost any weight. Why he gave me so much money, I would never know. I walked back towards the ship and smiled. Molly was jumping around the beach trying to catch a butterfly.
I walked onto the ship. It was pretty much empty. Everyone was wandering around town. I walked into my room and shut the door. I changed into a bathing suite I had bought. It wasn't exactly my style, but I liked it. It was sky blue and it would have been a two piece suit if it didn't have strips of cloth crossing over the back.
I grabbed a towel and ran off the ship, and down the beach away from the town and ship. I sat on the towel and sighed. I had been sitting for about twenty minutes when I heard a whistle. I turned to see Zuko coming towards me. I giggled. Wow, never thought I'd giggle like I did. I sounded…OMG I sounded like I was egging him on!
How scary on my part. Before he sat down he picked me up and set me off-center on the towel, so he wouldn't have to sit on the sand. I scowled. "That was mean."
He frowned. "I'm sorry. Can I make it up to you?" I laughed. Now he was gonna get it. I knew just the thing to do.
"No."
"Please. You know you want me to."
"No." I smiled to myself.
He pouted. "Oh, come on. I can't make it up to you in any way?"
"No." I turned my head away from him.
"Meanie."
"And proud." Before I knew it he was kissing me. Again. HA! He did it again. In the middle of the beach. Wow. OMG he is kissing me and all I can do is think about where we are. I scowl at myself and kiss him back.
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We had been on the beach for at least two hours. I stood up and stretched. "Let's go swimming."
He looked at me like I was crazy. "No. I don't want to."
"Please?" I was already walking towards the water.
"No."
I rolled my eyes. "Fine. Be that way."
"Ok." I swam a ways from shore and got an idea. I looked back at the beach. Zuko was watching me. Good. Plan into action. I made it look like I was pulled under water and waved my arms, trying to scream. I pulled my arms under water and waited.
My plans always work. In less than a minute he was in the water, calling my name. When he got to where I was he felt under the water until he grabbed me, and pulled me up. I smiled. "Hi!"
He frowned and let go of me. "You are SO mean."
"I know. And guess what. You're in the water now." I started to swim towards shore. "And I don't feel like swimming anymore." I felt the water heat up just a bit and tried not to laugh. I had gotten him so mad that he had warmed the water.
When I reached the beach I grabbed my towel and walked towards the ship, with Zuko behind me. I looked back at him. He didn't actually look mad until he saw me looking at him. He is really a bad actor though.
When we reached the ship a guard brought Zuko a towel and I walked back to my room, a huge grin on my face.
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Ok. I'm SO sorry this chapter is so short. I am going through a rare case of writers block.
Yes, I know. Zuko is OOCish.
R&R please. TY reviewers!
