Kiss THIS!

For Rashaka's request on my meme, Toph and Zuko conversation about Z/K. Standard spoiler disclaimer applies.

30kisses challenge 26: if only I could make you mine

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"It's just not fair." He whispered quietly to himself, watching with jealousy as Katara and Aang practiced waterbending in the small stream nearby. "It's not fair at all."

"What's not fair, Burnboy?" The Earth girl had snuck up on him so quietly he had not even noticed she was there until she spoke. She dusted herself off quickly before taking a seat beside him, clearly intending to stay and listen to his musings.

He growled; he didn't know she had been behind him! "Nothing, Toph. Forget I said anything."

The little blind girl just grinned, cheekily. "It didn't sound like it was nothing to me, Burnboy." She scooted closer, as if readying herself to annoy him as much as possible. "Why don't you tell me exactly what's not fair? Maybe I can make it better."

He rolled his eyes. "I doubt that, and it doesn't matter anyway, so go away."

But Toph was not one to give up that easily, and annoying Zuko had become her newest and most beloved hobby. It took only a brief click of her foot on the ground to revel exactly what was bugging Zuko.

"Still crushing on Katara, I see. What? Is it not fair that she's hasn't fallen for you're sullen princey-ness yet?"

As soon as she said Katara's name, Zuko fell over from his place on the log, and landed headfirst into the ground. (How the hell did she know?) Even though she couldn't see it, Toph was sure his face was bright, bright red, and for that, she laughed.

"I do not have a crush on Katara!" He growled from his place on the ground.

"Acceptance is the first step to recovery!" Toph's torturous grinning just wouldn't stop. "The sooner you accept the fact that you have a crush on her, the sooner you can get over it, and then you can focus all of your efforts on wooing Miss Sugar Queen over there."

"I'm not trying to woo her!" Soon after he said that, the object of his affection came rushing over to them.

"Zuko! Are you okay?" Katara asked, and Toph couldn't help but laugh even harder.

"I'm fine," Zuko mumbled, accepting Katara's help off of the ground. "I just lost my balance, that's all—" But Katara would hear none of that.

"You're bleeding," she whispered worriedly, grasping at his hand in concern. (It was just a little scratch.) "Come on, let's get to the stream, I'll heal it for you."

Zuko made no argument, to both Toph's and his own surprise, but allowed Katara to guide him over to the stream, her hand steady on his arm.

He did make a point, however, to avoid Toph for the rest of the night, who continued to shout many obnoxious things ("Acceptance is the first step, Zuko!") and made these horrible kissy faces at him whenever no one else was looking ("Go get her, tiger!"), or when he was sitting unnoticeably closer to Katara ("How do you expect her to fall for you when you don't kiss her, Burnboy?")

He would get his revenge soon enough, though, for he was not the only one in denial, and Aang was far more oblivious to Toph's affection than Katara would ever be to Zuko's.

Vengeance would be sweet.

XXX
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"Sugar Queen"—that is what Toph calls Katara in the Chase, correct? I couldn't remember and am far to lazy to look it up. If I'm wrong, tell me and I'll change it.

Hope you enjoy it (and I hope the conversation (however short as it was) works to your liking, Rashaka)!

Jak