First Glance – Take One
By: Iroh's Tea Shoppe Girls
Disclaimer: We own tea, sadly we do not own Iroh, Nickelodeon does, they also own Avatar: The Last Airbender, now if only they'd be more willing to share.
To my beloved,
I had always imagined when I first saw my true love it would be love at first sight. I used to imagine there would be fireworks and right away I'd know that it was meant to be. The day I met you couldn't have been further from that romantic ideal. .
I still remember it just like it was yesterday. Anxiety and fear were running through my veins, like penguins down a slippery slope. I had just done something wrong - something forbidden. I had disobeyed the rules and brought danger to my people. Little did I know that I'd commit the ultimate taboo and fall in love with my enemy.
We were both just playing the roles assigned to us that day. You were just playing the ruthless prince, I was playing the role of the defiant, yet powerless peasant. Even then acting like that felt so wrong.
You were so strong and beautiful, like the wild woolly-horses that roamed the arctic in years gone by. But at the time I could only feel anger at that, I believed that you were my enemy and that you shouldn't be admiring your enemy. It is rather ironic how my most feared enemy would become the love of my life. With all its disappointments and all the troubles it caused me, I wouldn't trade the day we met for anything in the world.
I love you Zuko,
Katara