011. Enslaved
"Does it bother you that you basically belong to her?" asks Zuko. He is startled when Ty Lee smiles about it, but she smiles about most everything.
"Do you know about us?" Ty Lee inquires cautiously. Zuko thinks she may be treading a thin line, thinner than any tightrope she has ever been on.
"You're kind of like her slave. That's what I was saying. I guess I don't know a lot about you two as friends but I do see the slave thing," Zuko says. He is startled when Ty Lee laughs about it, but she laughs about most everything.
"Okay," Ty Lee says, crawling across the sand to sit nearer to him. "I'm gonna tell you a secret but if you tell Azula she'll kill both of us."
Zuko grimaces. "How pleasant."
"We're in love." Ty Lee grins. "We're so in love and it's amazing."
Zuko stares, his brow furrowed. "Azula doesn't love anybody but herself. She can't be actually in love. You two aren't…"
"We're openly together. Did you not notice?" Ty Lee looks befuddled now.
"I didn't," Zuko admits.
He sees it. Yup, now he sees it and feels like a moron for not noticing earlier.