009. Combination

It is hatred; it is lust.

A combination of those two desires tie them together. Ty Lee wants to face that, wants to tell Azula that, but she keeps it to herself. She is not supposed to be the cynic in the relationship.

She wants to keep it in forever, until Azula throws a salad at her. Ty Lee tries to keep her mouth shut like she always does. Azula does things like this, and Ty Lee remains calm because it is the only way to fight the princess and win. Yelling, throwing the salad back at her, any of that would be in vain.

Unfortunately, Ty Lee is not in the mood to maintain her usual tactics.

"We don't even love each other!" she screams. Belatedly, she realizes that they are at a party, and now everyone is looking at her.

She could not have picked a worse time to scream her thoughts at Azula.

Then again, it is not like many people missed a salad bowl shattering on the wall. Azula has marvelous aim; Ty Lee has a lot of yelling bottled up. They were bound to make a scene like this eventually.

"I know," Azula says quietly.