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Chapter Three – You're not so bad after all…
"Ugh…" Ayame felt something warm was all over her…she couldn't see quite well…there was a faint glow by a window…and it seems like she was resting on a bed…her head was pounding…as if a huge rock dropped on her head…
"What happened?" she tried to remember what happened…she had a duel with Prince Zuko and just before her armor broke, Ihro and Shou interrupted…
"I could have won without my armor…" she said in a low voice…then she felt that the something that was touching her earlier was getting warmer…she held to it…the room seemed cold…so she just snuggled to it…
"I love you…whoever you are…" Ayame said in a small, but audible tone…
"I love you, too…" Ayame recognized that voice anywhere…she frantically searched for a light switch, or lamp, or a candle…finally, grabbing to the bedside table and turned on a lamp and she saw a certain sleepy golden eyed prince with a burn mark on his left eye…Ayame was almost frozen with fear…Ayame screamed
"Whoa!" Prince Zuko finally woke up…and looked at a half-naked Princess, screaming
"What are you doing here?" Ayame asked furiously and suddenly, Ihro and Shou came in, flipped on the lights in the room and looked at the two and smiled
"What did you do?" Ayame asked them
"This isn't funny!" Prince Zuko looked at his uncle
"We had to put you here…" Shou said calmly "The burn we did to separate you two was too serious and we had to quickly heal you two and it's through a specially made incense stick…but there was only one left and you two in Ayame's room…guessing you have to share the same room and we left the incense stick burning in this room and since you just woke up it seems that you two are okay…" he smiled afterwards
"I'm not okay!" Ayame said "Why is he here?" she pointed to Zuko
"And why am I here?" Zuko asked Ihro and Shou held out an exasperated sigh
"Who knows what he could have done to me!" Ayame folded her arms
"Listen…" Ihro was looking quite serious "You shouldn't move so much or it will hurt more…you both can leave in the morning…for now, have some rest…good night…." Ihro switched off the lights, leaving the lamp the only source of light and left the door open, Shou was still smiling at them…
"If I were you…" Shou added "You two better start apologizing to each other and start getting along…good night you two…" he finally closed the door…
"I can't believe this…" Prince Zuko said and went back to bed
"Lord…help me! Please!" Ayame was practically begging, looking up at the ceiling
"Shut up and go to sleep already!" Prince Zuko pushed her slightly and she just went back to bed…she couldn't sleep…so could Prince Zuko…he started to pondered on what happened earlier…oh yeah…he broke Ayame's armor…
"Ayame…you awake?" he asked, not facing her…then Ayame didn't look at him also
"What is it…" she asked in a more relaxed tone
"I'm sorry…I broke your armor…" he regretted what he said but it was worth it
"I'm sorry I got mad at you and got us into this…" Ayame clenched her pillow
"Truce?" Prince Zuko now was facing her and Ayame faced him
"Yeah…let's keep it like that…" she said then Prince Zuko turned away from her…Ayame couldn't help but think that even though his words and expressions arte cold, his heart says it's warm…wow…how ironic…she bent over to him, he was half-asleep…she whispered in his ear
"Good night…sleep well…" then she kissed him on the cheek…Prince Zuko woke up and thought…what just happened? He leaned to her and she was smiling…
"Why did you do that?" he asked and Ayame just gave him a blank look
"Because I wanted to…" she smiled and kissed him again… "Now, go to sleep…" she yawned and slept…Prince Zuko was feeling mortified and confused at the same time
"She did something nice for me…" so he thought "I should do something nice for her, too…" so he just snuggled with her…
"Sweet dreams…" he said and Ayame was practically giggling
later…morning…almost lunch time…
Ayame woke and Prince Zuko was gone…he must have went already…so she dressed and was happily combing her hair then tied it and she went down stairs to the galley for lunch and her Grandpa was there then she smiled and kissed him good morning, and her grandpa gave her a confused look
"Morning Grandpa…" she said sitting down quietly across him and started to eat
"What are you so happy about?" he asked then she smiled
"Oh…nothing…" the she giggled…her grandfather gave her a weird look
"I wonder what-" he stopped…she was with Prince Zuko last night…
"Wonder what grandpa?" she asked and his grandpa was now smirking
"Oh…nothing…" then he laughed at the bad karma that just happened
"You're so mean!" she looked at him…then she finished her lunch
"Where are you going?" he asked
"Oh…I have to see the Earthlord again…"
"Oh…okay…" he said
"Bye Grandpa!" she left the room…
Later…outside her ship and Prince Zuko's ship…
A guard at the entrance of Prince Zuko's ship was asking what Ayame was looking for…simply, she replied…
"I'm looking for Prince Zuko…tell him a friend wants to see him…" Ayame smiled
"Approved…I will be back with your majesty…" he walked away and Ayame was impatiently waiting and then she Prince Zuko coming…
"What is it?" he asked in a normal, not angry tone
"I'm gonna go see the Earth lord again…want to come?" she asked
"Are you sure he will present and not be cursed by my bad luck?" he repeated what she said yesterday and Ayame laughed
"Hahaha…very funny…let's go!" she was now holding to Prince Zuko's hand and he can't help but just to come…
"Fine…let's go…" he was walking with her now…they were chatting like what normal people would do, but little did they know that somebody was watching! Yes…obviously it was Ihro and Shou…they were laughing…
"You old Geezer!" Shou was pointing and laughing at Ihro from behind a tree…
"You set them up, didn't ya? You old man!" Ihro added now they were laughing boisterously out loud…
End of Chapter Three
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