Long Overdue - A TAANG Story
[Author's Notes: In the TV series, they leave this unresolved, and I think that is a big mistake as well an opportunity for these two to grow even closer. (Maybe that is why they did it, or they would have added some TAANG to the series) This story isn't an offshoot of 'A Kiss in the Night of Ba Sing Se, and so Aang and Toph are not involved in that way. Young men can be dense and thus need to be prodded into understanding just because things aren't said doesn't mean they don't exist.
Time has passed, and now Aang is ready to make amends. How this plays out… well, read on!
Standard disclaimer: I don't own the Avatar: The Last Airbender
So as always, on with the Story!]
Chapter 13
ALIAS
Toph and Aang cling to one another as if they would disappear if they were to let go.
This passion ties their hearts together as their bodies mingle.
"Marry you, of course; I will, but what about Sugar… I mean, Katara?"
"I don't know," Aang admits in a long sigh. "I just know I can't live without you, Toph."
"So, we leave Katara, standing at the altar? I admit, that might be funny seeing her water whip the place to the ground, but she's not the only one who would be hurt."
Aang sits up and hugs his knees. "I know, that's on my mind too. The World is looking at me as a symbol of peace and unification. They see me as someone they can trust, rely on."
Toph mirrors his position and posture. "Yep, and I'm the Chief of Police. I just can't up and disappear, leaving all those noobs to themselves." Toph places a hand on the Avatar's shoulder. "Aang, have you tried talking to her? Tell her that you don't want to marry her?"
Aang nods. "A couple of times. I did work up the nerve to tell her that I thought of you as more than a friend."
"And how did she take that?"
Aang shakes his head. "Not very well. I'm glad you weren't around to hear all the terrible things she called you. She accused you of flaunting your significant 'asset' about to lead me astray."
"I gather you didn't tell her about our little beach episode?"
"Nope. I've; I, but I never did, especially after we had sex. How was I going to say; oh yeah, I've already done this with Toph."
A rosy hue fills the earthbender's cheeks. "Ah, I, uh, guess that would be difficult."
The monk rubs his forehead. "Ya think? I think she suspected something back then, even without me saying anything. She never wanted me to be alone with you, and she started getting more touchy-feely after that. I thought it was because of all those female acolytes, and I didn't mind her wet-n-warm handjobs, to tell you the truth."
"Seriously, Aang, you can skip those details."
"But I want to be totally honest with you, my love."
"I know, but you can keep the wet-n-whatever freakiness to yourself unless you're trying to make me jealous."
"I swear Toph; I wasn't."
Toph smiles with a warm, gentle glow. "I know. I may not be able to give you one of those wet handy-thingies, but I can offer you a few wet places – if you know what I mean."
Aang reaches between her raised knees, softly feeling her damp vagina. "I know, and I appreciate all the places, especially this one."
Toph shudders and coos as he grazes her stiffening clitoris. "And it appreciates you, Twinkle Toes. You fit perfectly."
In an instant, the pair were once more connected. Aang's groin meets hers as the tip of his penis pressed into Toph's uterus.
"See, ahhhh, so deep. Ahhh, purr-fect fit," the petite earthbender moans as Toph's hips begin to gyrate.
Aang makes a series of short rapid thrusts before rolling unto his back, carrying Toph upward in a wide straddle.
"Your turn," the Avatar whispers in a deep raspy voice.
Toph smiles as her hand glides across his hard, heaving chest. "You're just being lazy, Twinkle Toes, making me do all the work. Not that I mind," she admits with a sexy smirk. "But, you do realize that I will give no mercy, either."
Aang places his hands on her writhing hips, halting her motion.
"Hey, what's the deal, Twinkle Toes?"
"I just wanted to get a good long look at the woman I love more than life. You're the storm inside of my heart, Toph."
With those words, their lovemaking shifts from frenetic and playful, to slow and passionate.
Toph's trembling form rests upon her lover. His ejaculation felt as though a torrent had been released deep within her core. Even if she wanted to stand, her hips and thighs wouldn't be able to comply. From Aang's ragged breaths, she deduced he was in the same weakened condition.
"I think - I'm broken in - real good now," Toph laughs as she presses hers to his.
Aang joins in the jocularity. "Well, my balls are drained so dry, I think they're the size of raisins."
"Lucky for you, I happen to like raisins," Toph exclaims as she manages to straighten one leg, letting his flaccid member fall from her. The action releases their combined emissions on his genitals. "Do you mind me sharing, Twinkle Toes?"
Aang softly pats her butt cheek. "Not at all, my love. It feels good, and I love our scent."
Toph's cheeks take on a rosy flush. 'You shouldn't say such embarrassing things, Twinkle Toes. What if some big sand monster likes it too? I can tell you; they would be munching on earthbender because I can hardly move."
The Avatar chuckles as he adds a second hand to the task of fondling Toph's firm and well-formed backside. "You don't have to worry about that, Appa can fly out of its reach long before it could attack us. Plus, if push came to shove, I could go into the Avatar state," he says.
"But if that thing is moving underground, how would Appa know when it was about to pounce?"
"An air-bison, like its earthbound cousins, the leaping bison, can detect tremors from deep underground, even in the air, and they have an awesome sense hearing, just like you, Sifu."
"I knew I liked something about this big furball."
Appa bellows in response.
The couple lies in silence, each within their thoughts.
"Aang, we can't run away," Toph declares with a sigh.
"B-but, my love, I thought you said we could get married," the startled Avatar protests, taking hold of her slim muscular forearms.
"Don't panic, Twinkle Toes. I still want to marry you."
Aang's hands relax. "That a relief."
"Ow, I think you bruised me. I am a woman, and you have to be more gentle, Mr. Avatar."
"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to grab you so hard. I was just really surprised when you said we shouldn't run away. I thought you were serious.'
"I was, and I am, being serious, Aang."
The earthbender feels her lover tensing beneath her before he exhales in a long breath that cools her entire body.
"Okay, talk to me, Toph. What are you thinking?" His question emanates with tension and fear.
"I know you Air Nomads are used to running away when the going gets tough. We earthbenders, on the other hand, don't know when to run."
Aang can't argue with her logic so far, though it stings his pride. "Go on."
"Well, Twinkle Toes, we've built a country where benders of all types can live. I'm the frick'n Police Chief only because you asked me to be."
"I didn't know anybody tougher than you, Sifu."
"Yeah, and the fact that metal bending trumps most other forms had nothing to do with that?"
Aang's eyes shift away. "It might have influenced my decision a bit."
Toph rolls her sightless orbs. "Yeah, right, a bit, you say?"
"Okay, that was the main reason," the Avatar admits. "We had some pretty rough people moving in, so we needed somebody even tougher. Zuko and Sokka agreed you'd be the best choice for the job."
"What did Sweetness think?"
"Katara didn't like the idea of you fighting all those thugs. She didn't mind the idea as long as you stayed in the office and directed everything. She had a fit when Sokka told her that there was no way in the Nether World that you would just sit back and let your people fight."
"Snoozels really gets me."
Aang grimaces as a touch of jealousy shoots through him. "Be that as it may, Katara is still pissed at the three of us for saddling a girl with that responsibility."
"What, did Sugar Queen think a man could do it better?"
Aang shakes his head. "Nope, she just thought that you should be more focused on pursuing things like getting married and having babies, like her."
"That's Sugar Queen for you. Always trying to force everybody into her pace. But it is good to know she cares."
"You still haven't told me what you're thinking, Toph. I'm dying here."
"Don't get all dramatic with me, Aang. I swear you're worse than those actors. "
The Avatar sits up, shifting the petite woman to sit across his lap. "Then tell me, Sifu."
Toph sighs, aligning her face with his. "Fine. My thinking is we have too many people depending on us just to run away. The Avatar disappeared for 100 years, and people lost faith and hope in him. Now we are just rebuilding that. If we ran, that would undo all we have done until now, Aang."
The Avatar runs a hand down over his scowling face. "Don't you think I thought about all that Toph? I just want to marry you; tell Katara it's over, and then we can…"
"We can what Aang? Do you expect me to live on that spirit forsaken island in the bay along with your fan-girls? Thanks, but no thanks. If you were thinking that, you're asking the wrong girl."
The Avatar tugs at his goatee in frustration. "Then, where are we supposed to live?"
"Twinkle Toes, I'm an earthbender that doesn't see or swim. For me being in a place like that is like being confined to a cage or prison. Plus, I do like having a career. I think even if I do have kids, I want to continue doing what I've been doing."
"Are you saying I have to choose between you and restoring the Air Nomad's, Toph?"
Toph springs to her feet, placing her hands on her hips. "Hey Aang, you're the one who asked me to marry you! Don't go and try to put some guilt trip on me, Twinkle Toes. What you been doing or want to do to restore whatever is on you. If you go there, we can stop all this right now. I'm sure Sweetness is more than willing to help you."
The Avatar floats up onto his knees and embraces the naked woman about her waist. "I'm sorry, Toph. Please, I don't want to lose you. I'm just confused."
The earthbender hugs his head tightly. "I'm asking you to trust me, Aang. I'm not, as greedy, or selfish, a woman, as some might assume of a Bei Fong. I was raised to be, well, pragmatic."
Aang sits back down, guiding her to his lap one more. "How so?"
"Aang, you told me before that Air Nomads didn't believe in marriage. That they said, it was unnatural. That a monk often had many partners in his life, all at the same time."
"Yes, but Katara told me that wasn't the way things worked anymore and that I needed to change with the times."
Toph shakes her head. "Twinkle Toes, do you listen to everything Sweetness says?"
"Uh, no, but mostly yes. In fact, she told me to go on this trip with you."
"Yeah, you told me that already."
Aang steels himself. "But what I didn't tell you is that she said if I fucked you, she didn't want to know about it."
Toph chuckles as she drops her head. "I guess Sweetness was sharper than I gave her credit. She must have known something was up to say that."
Aang rubs his lover's back. "She told me that you were in love with me and that we needed to resolve it. If anything did happen, she would forgive me this time, but I had to make it clear to you that I was in love with her."
"Oh, twisted fate. If she only knew the change of tides that comes in the spring."
"Wow, that's really poetic, Sifu. Did you just think that up?"
"No way, you dummy. My mom would say that whenever she caught my dad fooling around with the chambermaids. We went through a lot of maids."
"Did not know that," Aang exclaims, rubbing the back of his head.
Toph smirks. "Well, now, you know. I guess Sweetness gave you a pass on this trip. Is that why you were all 'pervy' in the beginning? You were hoping I would give in?"
Aang places her hand in the center of his chest. "Feel my words Toph. Yes, I was so excited, I was hoping that we would make love again. I felt like a true newlywed, just going with you on this trip, and it wasn't because Katara gave me a pass or anything. It's because I love you."
Toph moves her hand to his cheek. "I already figured that out Twinkle Toes, but it was still nice to hear. Because I am convinced you to love me, that I have thought all this through."
"Thought it all through?"
Toph nods. "Yes, all of it. We will get married, as you have suggested, but we keep it a secret. In true air nomad fashion, you also marry Sweetness."
The Avatar's jaw drops open. "Why?"
Toph holds up three fingers. "One, because as I said, a lot of people are trusting you, and if you run out on Sweetness, they'll be more than just disappointed. You guys are a celebrity couple, anywhere you go. I don't want to be known as the floozy who breaks you two up."
"Okay, I don't agree with that, but I can see your point, Toph."
"Two, if people knew you were married to the Chief of Police, they could threaten me to get leverage over you, Twinkle Toes. That would be very bad for the both of us."
Aang nods. "That one I can agree with, and that's part of the reason I wanted you to live on Avatar Island, was to keep you safe."
"Thanks, but no thanks, Twinkle Toes. I would rather take my chances with the baddies than those delusional bimbos running all around that place. You know each one of them wants to be the one to pop out the next airbender."
Aang's brow knits together. "Do you think Katara thinks the same thing?"
"Of course, she does, you idiot. She knows you're boinking the air-ettes to increase the odds of making more of your type. But she's not going to say a word because she has her own dream and priorities."
Aang is truly shocked. "Really?"
"Oh yeah, really. She takes great pride in being the fiancé to the one and only Avatar. She lets the occasional infidelity slide as long as she's the top." Toph faces Aang fully. "That's why she said, what she said, about me, Twinkle Toes. She figures that I would be so desperate for attention that you could just have your way with me. Like, WAM, BAM, split that ma'am!
"Eh, then why would I stay with her?"
"Because she believes you are infatuated with her. Both physically and spiritually. Didn't that Guru guy say you replaced your people with her?"
"Yeah, but that was years ago, Toph. He also told me I had to let her go. I think I've grown a bit since I was 12. Don't get me wrong; I still care for Katara, and I think she's beautiful, but Toph, you're gorgeous, inside and out."
Their lips meet.
"Keep talking like that, Mister Avatar, and you might get lucky."
Aang kisses her once more. "I'm already the luckiest guy in the world with you in my arms. Uhm, what's the third one, Sifu?"
"Well, the third is going to be coming up with a name for my lover, Twinkle Toes."
"But, eh, I am your lover, Toph, right?"
Toph pinches the bridge of her nose. "I sometimes wish those Avatar powers came with super smarts as well."
Aang cocks his head to the side. "Did I say something wrong?"
The earthbender shakes her head as she sighs. "You were just being you, Twinkle Toes. What I should have said is that we need to come up with another name for you, my lover."
The Avatar smiles in relief. "Oh, okay. I was a little worried you were talking about somebody else, Toph."
"That's okay; I know life can be a bit confusing for you, Twinkle Toes, especially after that psycho bitch zapped you."
Aang flexes his left arm. "The numbness is gone in this arm, finally, and I can remember most of what happened the day before she shocked me. My sense of smell and taste are a bit off, but nothing too bad. Katara says focusing is still an issue."
"I wouldn't worry too much about that Aang, that was never your strong suit."
The Avatar chortles lightly. "Sokka said the same thing."
Toph kisses his nose. "Listen to Sokka. He's got the attention span of a bot-gnat, and he's doing fine, isn't he?"
Aang shrugs. "I guess. But why do I need a new name? Everybody knows me already."
"And that's why you need a new one, lover boy. We agreed that we will keep this marriage secret. I'm going to play the single, sexy, but tough police chief with her secret lover, who is actually you, Twinkle Toes."
Aang smiles brightly. "Ooh, I get it now. That way, nobody will know it's me when you're talking about me!"
"That's right. It's also a way for my parents to stop trying to pair me up with suitors. The moment they believe I'm a whore is the moment most of them will withdraw their proposals."
"What? You have suitors, Toph?"
"Of course, I do, you knucklehead. I'm the Bei Fong heiress. And despite my dad almost bankrupting the family, I have a sizeable fortune of my own, thanks to some shrewd investments."
The Avatar strokes his chin. "Did you really partner with that Cabbage Corp guy?"
Toph smiles. "I bankrolled his operations, Aang. I hold 51% of that company, and a few others in Republic City, Ba Sing Se, Omashu, and the Fire Nation. I also own the majority of Bei Fong Enterprises, my dad's company. We have a very diversified portfolio if you're looking to invest, Aang?"
"Wow, I wish I could. So, what Katara told me about you is true."
"What did Sweetness say about me now? More about me using my 'ass-ets' to tempt you?"
Aang cups her tit. "She said, you ought to be happy being the richest woman in the world and that you could have any man you wanted. I suppose you can. There must be a lot of guys better than me."
Toph feels his member stirring beneath her. "Maybe, but I don't know of any better than you Twinkle Toes. Most of those clowns are either after the money or my family name."
The Avatar places her nipple in his mouth with a gentle roll of his tongue.
"Aang, before we do it again, can we take a bath?" Toph proposes, pulling back. "I'm feeling all sticky and gross, and to be honest, in this heat, we're starting to reek really bad."
"We can do that. There's an oasis about two hours from here outside of the Hami Village. I was planning to go there anyway and set up camp."
"Cool."
"Uh, Toph, just how rich are you, since I guess I should know since we're going to get married," Aang asks in a meek voice.
Toph snorts with laughter. "You're so cute when you act like a little boy, Twinkle Toes. Katara is correct. I am the richest woman in the world, and the seventh richest person by income, but money can't make you happy. Besides, you're the only guy I want, so relax."
"I wasn't worried," he lied. "Uh, so this name, for me, your lover, what should it be?"
"Are you letting me pick it, Twinkle Toes?"
Aang nods. "Why not? You're going to be the one using it."
"That makes sense. I was thinking about some kind of name I wouldn't forget. Like, uh, Long, or Feng," Toph suggests.
"Uh, Toph, wasn't Long Feng that guy who almost killed us in Ba Sing Se? He did kill Jet."
"Right, right, that's probably why I remember his name so well. We will not be using either one of those." Toph massages her temples in thought. "Twinkle Toes, little Aang is trying to burrow inside of me again. It's making it hard to think."
Aang shifts to place his semi-rigid member under her taunt thigh. "Is that better? He seems to have a mind of his own when it comes to you."
Toph leans in to pin the pesky penis down. "After a nice bath, we'll let him have his way. But right now, we need a name."
A hot breeze sails through the gondola, carrying stinging sand. Toph picks up the minute projectiles and sweeps them from the air almost subconsciously. Memories of how she attained this new attribute return.
"I've got it, Twinkle Toes. I have the perfect name."
"Great Sifu, what is it?"
"That big, glowing guy I saw. The one who looks like you. I could never forget that guy."
"I don't think he has a name, Toph," Aang sighs.
Toph grins broadly. "He does now. Why don't we call him Kanto?"