Late
"What do you mean?" Zuko stammered
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean?'"
Zuko's eyes narrowed and his scarred eye twitched.
(A/N: tell me someone has noticed this, every time Iroh starts to give Zuko proverbs his scarred eye twitches, don't believe me? Go watch the siege of the north when Iroh says: "You're fishing for an octopus my nephew, you need a tightly woven net, or he will squeeze through the tinniest hole, and escape." AND ZUKO'S EYE TWICHES! As he says: "I don't need your wisdom right now uncle." Do it!)
Seiko smiled sideways.
Zuko stepped nearer her
"Don't…" he said pointing to fingers to her chest.
"Disrespect…" flames were licking the inside of his lungs and liver with every breath he took.
"EVER…" Seiko's smile only grew.
"AGH!" there was a sound like a bomb going off and a blast of flames. Iroh looked over, but he was almost afraid to look, a feared that Seiko might not be able to survive his nephew's hot temper.
But when he looked over what he saw shocked him.
Zuko was on top of Seiko, his legs on either side of her. His arms out stretched his fingers running along the sides of her body.
"Stop-stop it Zuko, sto-stop, i-it!" Seiko cried her voice cracking from laughter. "Stop! You're ti-tick-tickling m-me! Stop!"
"I won't stop till you tell me what you meant by that comment."
"NO!" Seiko cried.
"Fine!" Zuko said and ran his fingers around her faster.
"N-no! Sto-stop, I can't breathe! Really, I-I can-can't" Seiko sounded less playful and far more serious. "It-its not fuuu-funny any-anymore! I can-can't breath!" she was gasping for air heavily, sweat drops and tears wear running down her face. "Pl-lease Zu-zuuukkoo! Sto-stop!"
"What did you mean by that comment, what do you mean you late? Late for what?" Zuko yelled to her.
Iroh stopped died in his tracks.
Seiko lifted her head and ordered: "let me up."
"Will you explain if I do?"
"Yes"
"Promise?"
"On my honor"
Zuko got off of her and let her stand.
"Not like you have any." He added.
"What?" Seiko asked
"Honor"
"Honor yourself, and others will honor you."
"Did my uncle tell you that one?"
"Fortune Cookie."
Zuko rolled his eyes. "Stop avoiding me." He announced.
Sieko sighed and leaned over to him and whispered something into his ear. She pulled back and watched his emotion. It didn't change. His arms where still crossed and his lips where still stern in a sideways frown. In fact he hadn't taken a breath since she had last spoke.
"Zuko?" she called waving a hand in front of his face. "Zuuuukkkkooooo?"
Zuko eyes fluttering back into his head and he hit the hard metal of the ship's deck in a dead faint.