#07: Don't You Knock?
Prompted By: GuitarBOSS

Ba Sing Se has fallen, and Zuko is delving deeper into the ship to evade all the scrutinizing eyes. The people congratulating him, of all things.

Zuko is feeling ill. He told the crew, Mai and most of the royal processions that he is seasick. Seasick. They all believed that, even after he was at sea perpetually for three years. Not to mention floating on a piece of driftwood endlessly with Uncle after the North Pole, only to be greeted by ─

"Azula?"

He says it in the exact same tone as he would when she is executing a surprise attack. Which, in Uncle's words, would not be so surprising. But this, this is much more shocking, as she is tangled, and mostly naked, pressed against a wall, halfway on a bed, with... with Ty Lee. Their tongues are in each other's mouths and Zuko is now a witness.

"Don't you knock?" Azula shrieks in such a shrill tone that it nearly shatters Zuko's eardrums. He tries to shut the door, accidentally shuts it on his foot, and it bounces open as he curses under his breath.

"Don't you lock?" is his breathless reply, golden eyes wide.

"Don't I lock? Oh, how very funny!" Azula exclaims, eyebrows nearly touching her raven hair.

"I thought it was kind of funny─"

"Shut up, Ty Lee," Azula snaps and the girl is silenced, lips squeezed tightly together and looking as if she has just had something thrown at her. Zuko's heart is racing at the speed of light as he wonders what he should do in this situation.

"I won't tell anyone, I swear. Don't do anything you would regret," Zuko stammers, trying to fade into the fabric of time itself. Despite being a foot taller and one hundred pounds of muscle larger than his sister, as she stands up, pulling up on the strap of her bra, he takes several steps backwards.

She holds up two fingers, mimes striking him with lightning pointedly as he flinches, then shuts the door.

After a brief pause, Zuko hears the click of the lock.

Prince Zuko, recently restored to Crown Prince Zuko, takes a deep breath. He just saw much more of his sister than he would have liked, and he moves with preternatural speed down the hall.

Slumped against the wall in the deserted kitchen, he breathes a sigh of relief.

Well... that was interesting.

Apparently Azula is...

"Still seasick, Zuko?" Mai asks dryly from behind, and Zuko can only stare at her with his lips slightly ajar.

"Uh, yeah."