30 Kisses challenge 12: In a Good Mood
We's gonna go back old school, season one style for this drabble. Enjoy. Jak
Mood Swing
Zuko was, for all intents and purposes, in a good mood. No, scratch that—Zuko was in a great mood. Best mood ever, to tell you the truth. In fact, he doubted if he had ever been in such a good mood as this one, because the mood he was in right now made him feel like he was on top of the world.
The reason for this oh-so-great mood Zuko was in was the fact that in the brig of his ship, right now, sat one warrior, one waterbender, and above all else, one Avatar, arrow-tattoos and all.
And his ship, to chalk another point to his good mood, was headed straight to the Fire Nation capital, all the way back home.
Life really couldn't get much better for Zuko. He walked around his ship with a smile on his face all day long, humming as he went. Sure, he may have scarred a few of his soldiers for life with his humming, but they'd get over it, wouldn't they? After all, life was good, sacred, and beautiful. Absolutely nothing was going to ruin this day for him.
His mood was so great that, even when he went down to the brig to check on the prisoners late that evening, he was gracious and merciful. He teased the water boy for only thirty minutes, and taunted the Avatar for all of twelve before moving his attention to their female companion.
To his surprise, the girl was asleep, and as further proof to his mercy he did not wake her, but instead, draped a nice warm blanket over her shivering form. He stayed and watched her for a few minutes, admiring the moonlight that shimmered in her long hair, the peacefulness of her face, and the softness of her lips as she breathed.
He then came to a half-crazed conclusion: for a crazy water-witch, she was pretty. Very, very pretty, even, and he wondered what it would be like if he kissed her. He had never given her a moment's notice before--he had always been too busy trying to capture the Avatar—but now that the Avatar was in his possession he could take a step back and admit, if only to himself, that that stupid water-witch was pretty, damnit.
Gorgeous, even. Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful.
He smiled lightly before leaving the room, shutting the door softly behind him. Maybe one day he could act on these thoughts, but for now they would be his own private secret.
XXX
Katara was in a rather shitty mood, when you got right down to it. Of course, you really couldn't blame her for that, because if you had been in her shoes you would've been in a pretty shitty mood as well. And all of the blame fell right on that stupid Prince.
First, he had to attack them. Okay, fine. She could accept that. He attacked them nearly every day; it was just something she had gotten use to. But what she couldn't accept was the fact that today, of all days, he won. That was both unexpected and unwanted. Stupid Prince.
Okay, so he won. Fine. She needed to train more, anyway. Really.
It was the fact that he captured them and locked them in separate cells that really got to Katara.
So what if she knew he was going to do that if he ever beat them? That really wasn't the point. The point was that he captured them and locked them into separate cells. Meaning she was away from Sokka and Aang. Which was probably a wise thing to do on the Prince's behave, she admitted begrudgingly, because if they were locked up together they would have probably found a way to escape by now. But no, they were separated, and she was scared and alone.
Soon after they placed her in her dark and lonely cell, she curled up immediately (Well, as soon as she got done screaming at them to let her go and banging at the walls) and tried to sleep, hoping that it was all just a very bad dream.
What made everything worse was the fact that when she woke up, that stupid Prince was staring at her, watching her as she slept.
Damn pervert. She would kill him next time he did it.
XXX
END
Sorry I haven't updated in forever:hugs: I've been busy. But prom and wedding are both finally over! SCORE!
Also, new episode: Toph is the awesome times 1000. Just so you know. And she and Aang need to get together so bad IT HURTS.
Not too happy with this drabble. Am not sure why. Tell me what you think.
Jak