KISS THIS

A/N: Too tired to be coherinent (that's not spelled right, I know), but I'll try anyway.

"If I die, I forgive you; if I live, we shall see." –Spanish proverb

He was not going to let her die, at least, not like this. If she died, it would be because he, her enemy, killed her. Not because he pushed her into the damn river because she was annoying him.

He put his mouth against her's once more, pinching her nose and breathing in as much air as possible.

This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't pushed her into the river…

Shut up! He argued with his conscious. Oh Gods, now her face was beginning to turn blue…

What to do? He was running out of options, fast. If he didn't do something soon, she would die, and her death would lay guilty on his conscience. He didn't want that to happen.

They never told me what to do in First Aid class! He growled while pacing, watching as the girl in front of him began to stop breathing. Think, Zuko, think! Think of any other time you've heard of this---how do you wake someone who's in a death-like sleep?

A memory, a flashback—a simpler time when he was small, and he was in Mother's lap, laughing at a story she had just finished telling him.

"And then Prince Charming kissed Sleeping Beauty, causing her to wake up from her long sleep. Then they lived happily ever after."

Well, it worked for Prince Charming. And while Zuko wasn't exactly Prince Charming, he could pull off the Prince part. (At least the girl was a good Sleeping Beauty.)

What else did he have to lose? He had no other options.

Besides, it worked in the fairy tales, didn't it?

He quietly pressed his lips against her's, this time, not to breath air into them, but to enjoy the pleasure that came from the touch.

He broke apart--she didn't move; his heart fell.

I tried. He thought horribly, looking at the girl's still body.

Suddenly, she flickered, and coughed, water spewing out of her mouth. He leaned over near her, grasping her hand as she coughed tirelessly.

"Are you alright?" He asked, a sudden gentless spreading over him.

"I think so," She whisphered carefully. "I just had this crazy dream, though." She rubbed her lips quietly, as if trying to remember what she thought to be a dream.

"Well, you'll get over it, I'm sure." He said darkly, with just the slightest grin of satisfaction.

Sleeping Beauty: 0

Prince Charming: 1---SCORE!

XXX
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Yeah...this one is random, but I is tired, so please forgive me.

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