A Revelation, Or Merely A Reiteration?
Author/Artist:
MuffyTaj
Pairing: Zuko/Katara
Fandom: Avatar: The Last
Airbender
Theme: #14. Radio-Cassette Player
Disclaimer: I do
not own the characters, or the series.
"Uncle, would you care to explain what on earth that thing is?" Zuko asked in a perfectly calm and reasonable voice. His uncle had been sent to buy food supplies for them. Instead, he had brought back, from the looks of things, half the market.
"This is the very height of technology, Prince Zuko!" Iroh said enthusiastically. "The man assured me that there were only a few of these made. Apparently, it plays these." He held up some small, grey box type things. "And it can even capture our nightly music, if we put one in a press this red button here…" But Zuko was no longer listening, and was instead poking around the heap of items.
Suddenly he saw a suspiciously-familiar looking necklace, nestled between an ugly statue and a painted rock. He snatched it up, and looked at it closely. No, the design was different, although it was the same navy cloth and blue pendant.
"Where did you get this from?" He interrupted his uncle.
"Ah, I noticed that you had given your old necklace to the water girl, so I thought I'd get you a new one," Iroh said. Then, all innocence, he added "but the man told me that it was a betrothal necklace, so I wasn't sure if it would be quite right for me to get you another one." He smiled at Zuko.
"I didn't give it to her, they stole it. I only found it anyway, it's not like, that is, I didn't-"
"Perhaps you should listen to some music." Iroh said, soothing as a mother's kiss, "That will help relax you."
"Urgh!" Zuko flared, and stormed off, necklace in hand.