003. The Same Ballpark
"I'm dying," Azula sighs as she lies down on the chaise lounge.
She has just come in from practice, which she has been forced to do with bruised feet and two broken toes. Of course, she did not complain once during the ordeal, but now she is alone with only her two closest friends and has every right to bitch about her pain.
"I have lotion in my make-over kit I brought! It's really great," Ty Lee says, grinning. Her white teeth sparkle and Azula hates her. Azula hates everyone and anything that exists, because her feet are murdering her. "It helps so much when I get hurt practicing and then practice while hurt. I take like a nice bath and then I rub it on myself wherever the bruises are and just massage and poof! my pain is gone."
"If you think it's so magical, why don't you do it for me?" Azula asks sweetly and Ty Lee nods excitedly. And then feels her stomach twist with nerves; Mai glances at her with a solitary raised eyebrow.
"Yes, I will give you a foot massage with my wonderful lotion!" Ty Lee says too eagerly.
"Good," Azula snaps, before lying back further. Ty Lee's eyes follow the arch of her back and Mai has the sudden urge to flee.
Mai's desire for escape intensifies when Ty Lee fulfills her promise, and Azula makes two sounds that make Mai really consider just jumping through the glass window, and then, prompted by those sounds, the door opens to reveal Fire Lord Ozai.
Yes, that window is looking very good to Mai.