She lights one candle and then the next. For such little things they cast a powerful glow. Thunder rumbles and roars outside. The goes tense and Azula takes the excuse to hold her close.
She listens to the sound of rain bearing against the windowpane and atop the roof.
Azula a love of storms isn't something that she shares with her girlfriend. Where Azula takes comfort in the sound of rolling thunder, Yue finds anxiety.
Another flash lights the room and Azula feels Yue go tense against her.
"You don't have to be afraid." Azula mumbles, not that it will help any.
"I just wish that the power would come..." she jolts when another crash of thunder sounds.
"How about this?" Azula begins. "I'm going to grab a blanket and we can watch some DVDs on my laptop until it dies."
Yue shakes her head. "Just get a blanket please."
Azula wanders across the room to fetch a blanket. She drapes it around Yue and kisses her forehead before starting a warm blaze in the fireplace. A gust of howling autumn wind throws leaves at the window, reminds ding her of why the fireplace is now in use.
"Cozy." Yue remarks.
"That's the point." Azula replies.
A grin breaks over Yue's face. "You know what I used to do on rainy days?"
"The same thing that you do now? Hide under the covers?" Azula quirks a brow.
Yue rolls her eyes. "I built blanket forts." without any further warning, she throws the blanket over the sofa and the chair next to it. "Come on, grab some blankets and pillows."
"This is ridiculous." Azula remarks several blankets in. Having already torn the cushions off of her sofa, she is beginning to feel like a child.
"You're having fun." Yue insists.
"I'm making a mess of my apartment, that's what I'm doing." She finds herself glad to not have to worry about a scolding from her father.
"Oh! Get your lava lamp and put it in the center of our fort!"
" you mean the one that requires electricity to work?"
"Oh. Right. Well what about that decorative light that looks like a moon?"
Azula shuffles around the apartment until she finds the light. "Perfect!" Yue exclaims. She pulls out her phone and Azula k owns that this will end up online.
She is just happy that Yue is no longer starting at every roll of thunder.
"Join me!" Yue beckons her into the fort.
"I'm coming." Azula says. She blows out the candles, leaving onlly the moon lamp and fireplace to light the room. Yue pulls out her iPod and starts her indie playlist.
Azula dicks under a quilt and sits herself on Yue's lap.
"Hey! I usually sit on your lap."
"Hmm...not this time." Azula decides. She is on the mood to be held. Yue obliges. They sit in front of the crackling fire. Azula savors it's crackle and pop beneath the litter patter of rain while Yue Huns along with the current song.
A particularly loud bang has Yue gripping her tighter.
"Geez, not so tight!" Azula wheezes.
"Sorry." Yue apologizes. "I guess that my pillow fort can't protect me." She pauses. "But I know someone who can."
Azula takes this as her cue to run her hand over Yue's head and oress a kiss to her cheek. "I suppose that I can."
Outside nature continues her fit. But it is no bother to Azula. Not at all. No she likes such fits. She likes them very much. Without the storms she wouldn't have cozy nights like these, where Yue clings to her and a fire blazes.