(Theme Fifty-Five) The Chaperone
(As Prompted By) GuitarBOSS
It is one week before they reach Ba Sing Se with a drill, and Mai is trying to stop Azula and Ty Lee from drilling each other.
"No!" snaps Mai as Ty Lee wraps her arm around Azula, fingertips resting on the princess's waist. Ty Lee jumps about a foot in shock and makes a small hissing sound in fright as Azula laughs cruelly. "I refuse to allow any of that touching. At all."
"Why?" Ty Lee asks, narrowing her eyes at Mai. She looks up and down her friend, whom looks quite firm about the decision. Mai has never protested about Ty Lee and Azula before, even though she has expressed her disinterest in all aspects of their newly kindled romantic relationship.
They are in the first phase, Mai supposes. The phase where there is incessant touching. It is utterly repulsive. She cannot help but roll her eyes every time they steal a kiss or touch in ways that likely should not be so prominently and publicly displayed.
"I have been asked to be your chaperone on this drill excursion. And I take that duty very seriously," Mai replies flatly and Azula squints at her.
"Are you joking? I can't tell with you," Azula says slowly, suddenly looking far less amused. Ty Lee twitches towards Azula before watching Mai's amber eyes flare. "Who appointed you our chaperone?"
"Your father," Mai says and Azula chews on her lower lip. "And don't try to talk me out of it, because I'm getting incredibly tired of all of the kissing and touching. It is gross, uncomfortable and not meant to be in public. And now I have the authority to stop you."
Azula crosses her arms. "You have no such authority. I have the utmost authority to do whatever I would like, and you have no power over me. I mean, what did he give you to stop us? A spray bottle of lemon juice?"
"I have to say I agree with him. It's getting out of hand," Mai says firmly, crossing her arms.
Princess Azula is completely stunned and revolted at Mai's insubordinate behavior. Last Azula checked, Mai is loyal to Azula not Fire Lord Ozai. Sure he may be the sole ruler of an empire with the power to execute and banish people for no reason. But Azula got her claws on Mai first.
"Nothing is getting out of hand. I am basically an adult and I can do whatever I want with her," Azula says and Mai sighs.
"Take it up with your father. But I think I enjoy my assignment." Her lips twitch with a small smile and Azula's face becomes ashen. Mai, expert at knives, nationalist, cockblocker extraordinaire. She likes it in a sick and sadistic way.
Azula simply turns away huffily, and Mai thinks she may have won.
At least for now.
Mai lies down on the princess's surprisingly plush bed in the Earth Kingdom fortress near a river leading to Ba Sing Se. Azula and Ty Lee fall into each other, of course, which is entirely inappropriate and moderately gross. Mai picks up her pillow and examines it for a moment before getting a brilliant idea.
"No," Mai says and Azula grits her teeth. "Let go of each other before I smother one of you with this pillow."
"You can't smother me," Azula snarls, her eyes flashing. Mai wants to step backwards, or possibly run, but she stands her ground. Ozai has put her a notch ahead of Azula on something, and, while she knows she should not enjoy it, she kind of does.
"Hm. True. If I smothered you, me and my family would be executed for treason... but if I smother Ty Lee, I probably see, five, ten years of prison tops," Mai says and Ty Lee recoils slightly. "Maybe less than that given my dad's connections. Watch yourself, Ty Lee."
Ty Lee looks concerned, her lips pursed tightly and her eyes glittering. She has never been so scared of Mai before. But Azula scoffs and kisses Ty Lee pointedly.
"Azula, stop, she's going to smother me," Ty Lee squeaks, pushing on the princess's shoulders.
"She's not going to do anything. Because if I kill her, I won't even go to prison at all. My father will just cleanly cover it up," Azula says smugly and Mai narrows her eyes. The princess shrugs carelessly and returns her lips to Ty Lee, who seems soothed by Azula's statement.
Mai sighs and decides to devise a new plan to keep them apart. She wonders briefly why she feels so passionately about this when there is nothing to gain from it save from the satisfaction. Does she really want to do this to Azula and Ty Lee so much?
Yes, yes she does.
She just needs to outplay and outwit them.
Agni, she has better uses for her time.
A/N: I might continue this one. I'm not quite sure, because I feel like the ending isn't very conclusive, but this is all I planned for the drabble. If people want a continuation I would continue it in drabble 57, because 56 I have been sitting on for a long time and am eager to share.
