Kiss THIS!

Yeah, like SPOILERZ PLZ for Cave of Two Lovers. If you haven't seen that already, you suck at life and are probably a hobo /sarcasm

Before

The water twisted and twirled around his arm like a snake in the grass, stopping only temporarily to heal his broke arm. He winced.

"It stings." He whispered in the darkness of the cave, unsure of why he was whispering. The girl in front of him did not even look up to him in the eye.

"It's suppose to." She spoke, equally as quiet as he had. She wiped a bead of sweat off of her face before turning her attention to him. "Your arm is broke in about three different places. Your ankle is twisted, and your leg is broke in at least one," She ran her hand down his leg, looking for sore spots that could indicate where else he was hurt. He winced. "…Perhaps in two places."

"Can you fix it?" He asked slowly, not use to sling his arm was in and even less acquainted with the crutch she had given to use when walking.

She shook her head. "I can't fix what I can't see. Sorry." She smiled—it was a pleasant smile, one the Prince was not use to and was unsure of how to react to it. "I guess that means you're stuck with me until we get out of this cave, then."

Before he would have thought that to be pure torture, but now…not so much.

Her blue eyes met his gold ones for little more than a hastily second, recognition spreading through them as she broke their gaze. "I'm sorry—have we met before?" He had to ask—there was a feeling he had felt when his eyes met hers, one of vague familiarity.

She gave him a pointed look that gave her answer away; he brushed her off. "I don't mean that. I don't mean all the times I've chased you and whatnot, I mean…" He steadied his breath, unsure of what he was about to say. "I mean, before then. Did we ever meet before then?"

She shook her head. "Not that I'm aware of. I never left the South Pole until I found Aang, and I don't think anyone from the Fire Nation ever came there. Unless you were part of the attack that killed my mother, of course, but you were probably too young."

He nodded in agreement, rubbing his good arm against hers unexpectedly, a warm flush brightening his face. "I have this feeling, okay? And I don't understand it—but I feel as though I know you." She blinked at him curiously. "I-I keep wanting to call you this, this name," Shu "it's not your name and I don't know where it came from, but I keep having to stop myself from calling you that. Crazy, I know but…" A ran a hand through his hair tiredly. "Are you sure we've never met before?"

She nodded. "Absolutely positive. It might just be these caves, though. They—they do funny things to people." She did not mention her own feelings of vague familiarity, when his eyes, so small compared to her own, met hers. She did not mention the spark she had felt when his hand touched hers, nor her did she mention her growing desire to feel his lips on hers, like she had before.

"Like rocks falling out of nowhere, huh?" He gave her a small smile, indicating his broke body parts.

She laughed. "Only on you, Oma."

There was a pause in the cave, one that was terrifying yet gratifying. At last, the truth was out.

"What did you call me?" He whispered. He was not angry; rather, he looked sort of reflective. Where had he heard that name before, and why did it sound so right when she called him that?

"Nothing. I don't know. It was just a slip of the tongue." She blushed, ashamed. In truth, she did not know where the name had come from. It was as much of a mystery to her as it was to him.

She turned away from him, her face beat red, and a sudden thought occurred to him: he wanted to kiss her. It was silly, he barely even knew her, she was his enemy, wasn't even that pretty---

"Forgive me." He whispered as the fire in his hand darkened. Using his one good arm, he grabbed her and pulled her closer, claiming her lips with his own. The roof of the cave above them lit up, but it went unnoticed.

Two spirits smiled. Welcome home, beloved.

XXX
END

…Okay, this one is kinda weird, but I like it. I blame it on the fact that I had to take my ACT this morning and that kinda killed my brain. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET UP SO EARLY ON A SATURDAY/whine

Jak