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Pondering
Chapter 5- final
Sokka moaned in pain: his wounds had been healing for a time, but none were very close to being completely gone. Zuko sat beside the boy, stroking his cheek gently and in a caring manner. "It wasn't your fault Zuko… please don't blame yourself…" Sokka said comfortingly, reaching his arm up towards his companion's eye to wipe away the oncoming tears. Zuko took Sokka's hand and stroked it; he was so ashamed of what had happened.
"I wish this had happened to me instead of you." Zuko whispered, kissing Sokka's cheek. The water tribe boy shook his head gravely. "I'd rather die than see you in my kind of condition." He said. "Then you must know how I feel." Zuko smiled lightly in a joking manner, and Sokka smiled as well. "Your Uncle… has he found out yet?" Sokka inquired, looking up to his lover. Zuko shook his head, and placed a small kiss on the other boy's forehead. "He's getting very suspicious about it though, and I don't know what we're going to do…" The tall fire bender sighed and rested his head against Sokka's shoulder gently and cried. Sokka held the prince close to him, hearing the painful sobs escape the thin lips.
"We'll get through, I know we will… we just need to find a way for us both to be safe…" Sokka drifted off, placing a small tender kiss on his lover's forehead, then on his lips. Zuko kissed back with all the passion he could muster at that moment, but there was always the sign of sadness, both knowing what had to be done, but not daring to say it. "I can return you to your sister and the Avatar at the next island, it's the only way…" Zuko said when they had broken apart. "Zuko, please… I never want to leave your side, please don't do this to me…" Sokka persisted, leaning close to the other boy. "Sokka, if I keep you here, you would have to come with me following the Avatar and every one on this ship would try to capture you and torture you… and if I come with you…" Zuko broke off, thinking of the said option, but shook his head. "No, my Uncle, he would be so disappointed, and I would be hated by my entire country, and my father… he of all people would ban me from those lands again.
"But, I would do that for you Sokka… I would face all the hatred of my country for you, and I think that is the best option we can take. I will deal with every thing else later, but I will travel with you, your sister and the Avatar. That will not stop the search for the Avatar though, and if no one knows of my whereabouts, then my Uncle will search for me as well, but I'm coming with you Sokka." Zuko smiled at the boy in his arms, who smiled gratefully up at the prince. "Zuko, I could stay here if…" "No. I will take the option of coming with you, we both know it is much safer for us, don't deny it."
The water tribe boy smiled, and kissed Zuko softly in his return thanks. "I'll owe you quite a bit now won't I?" Sokka joked to the fire bender, who grinned. "Oh you owe me a lot, and I won't leave you until you've payed up…" Zuko leaned down quickly and swiftly, kissing the boy beneath him passionately.
The two boys might've never found out, but Iroh had been standing near the door listening to the conversation with a gentle smile on his face, knowing now what his nephew had meant.
Well, I guess I'll just leave it there, having the ending kinda to your own imagination. Not a lot of hard core love or anything, just a sweet troubled relationship, but trust me, I have other stories that will have a lot more luvin' than this! Tell me how you think it was please, I know really crappy ending, but I hate endings, so hard…. XP
Thanx for reading!
