For the Love of Flowers
Rating: G
Canon-Compliant
Zuko woke up relatively late that morning, but eventually got out of bed, and now was fully dressed and ready to begin the day. He began walking towards the garden to take a moment to breathe in the air of the freshly bloomed flowers, all the while wondering where his beloved had gone off to.
He stepped into the garden and immediately witnessed an unpleasant sight.
It was Azula and...another man?! Who she was now laughing with as he held flowers out to her!
He immediately sprung into action.
Zuko: *Jumps between the man and Azula*
Zuko: *Lifts right leg up then swings it with all his strength into his gut, causing the man to soar into the turtle duck pond*
Unknown Man: *Drops flowers right as he's sent flying through the air*
Turtleducks: *Quickly move out of the unlucky man's range before he lands in with a splash*
Azula: *Surprised Azula face*
Azula: *Immediately re-composes herself*
Zuko: *Shouts toward pond*
Zuko: "Stay away from my family you palace-wrecker! Or you can enjoy spending your weekend in prison!"
Zuko: *Turns to Azula, while pointing his finger out at the pond*
Zuko: "And just who was that?!"
Azula: *Greets with a bow*
Azula: "Good morning ZuZu. That was only our new gardener. He was showing me the flowers that he desired to begin planting and he wanted to know if they were to my taste, which admittedly they are."
Zuko: *Shocked Zuko face*
Zuko: "Oh...Butーwhat were you laughing over?"
Azula: "Oh that, well one of the flowers here—
Azula: *Picks up bunch of flowers*
Azula: —reminded me of you."
Azula "This one right here."
Azula: *Points at a non-blossomed flower from the bunch for Zuko to see*
Zuko: *Notices the flower looks like it has an angry face on it, and that its raised petals look like short hair tied up into a topknot*
Zuko: *Understands her point right away*
Zuko: "Oh. I see what you mean."
Azula: *Slyly grins*
Zuko: "Why didn't you wake me up this morning though? You always do."
Azula: "What am I, a bell-drop glass? A gong dial? You need to be able to wake up on time by yourself too. So far you're at zero times out hundreds."
Zuko: "Right, right. So, he was just the gardener. Heh-heh, so uhhh...I…
Azula: "You really need to learn to just trust in me for every facet of our relationship, ZuZu. It spares you the humiliation. However...it's always so flattering. You make me feel special to you."
Azula: *Leans in and kisses him on the nose*
Zuko: *Blushes and covers lower face*
That would leave a mark.
He'd now earned two different ones and it wasn't even the afternoon yet.
(She always kept count.)
The Gardener: "Walks towards the couple drenched in water*
The Gardener: "What was that for?!"