UGHH, sorry for the long wait guys, it's just I've burried myself up to my eyes in fanfics, never finishing and starting up a new one whenever I get the idea of a pairing. I have issues =.=
Anyways, here's another chapter of Different. I'll try to work on it more, k? :)
"Can you believe them?! I mean, why would they go out!" Katara yelled as she paced the inn.
"They aren't hurting anyone…" Aang whispered, not liking how much his 4 year long girlfriend was reacting to the news, though, he, himself, was feeling a bad tugging at his heart.
"The age difference, Aang!" Katara yelled, throwing her hands in the air.
"You and I are 2 years apart."
"They're 4!" She yelled. "That's not even legal!"
"Why does it bother you so much?" Aang asked, before snorting a bit and adding "What, are you jealous or something?"
Katara froze, and Aang's heart stopped.
"Y-you are…aren't you…?" Aang stared at her through big brown eyes.
"Aang, I…"
And just like that, he ran out of the room.
"What were you thinking?!" Zuko yelled, kicking the floor and causing grass to rip out.
"I wasn't thinking, alright?!" Toph yelled back, slamming her fist into a tree. "I wasn't thinking! I was just so mad!"
Zuko groaned and fall to the floor, staring up at the clouds that hid the sun.
"It just proves my point, you know."
"What does?"
"She got jealous." Toph scoffed, before hitting the tree again, not even flinching as he knuckles torn open slightly.
"What are you talking about?"
"She told me…she fucking told me, that she was questioning her relationship with Aang. That Twinkle toes wasn't man enough for her." Toph spat out.
"So?"
"Well, she thinks you are." She crossed her arms and leaned back against the bark.
"How?"
"Zuko, you're like 6 feet tall, you're broad, and from what I've heard girls whisper, you're handsome." She laughed dryly. "You're physically stronger, you're heavier, and your stance is more sturdy. You are manlier than Aang. I mean, I call him twinkle toes for a reason, you know." She shook her head, her hair falling over her dead gray eyes. "Katara likes that. She wants someone to protect her. She wants a guy that can sweep her off her feet and whisk her away on a white horse. She's a sugar queen, she's so damn girly and she needs someone masculine to fit that."
"I guess the opposite can be said about you." He chuckled; earning a solid hit in the back from the earth she bent.
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
"You're a tomboy. Aang is pretty feminine. It works." He laughed.
"In that theory then opposites are meant for each other."
Zuko got quiet, and furrowed his brow, thinking.
"This is different."
"How?"
"This is personality, not elements."
"You're the one that said our elements defined our personality."
"Well I was wrong."
"Are you saying that two things so different belong together?!" She threw her hands up in defeat. "How is that normal?!"
Zuko sighed. "I don't know, alright! I'm just as confused as you!"
"Doubt it" she huffed, pumping her hip out.
Zuko sat up, glaring at her. "You can be such a pain, you know that?!"
"Whatever, hothead!"
"God you're worse than Mai!" Zuko ran his hand through his hair, sighing loudly.
"Fuck you!" Toph slammed her foot down.
Another hit to his back made Zuko to spring to his feet.
"Stop that!"
"Make me!"
"Is this a bad time?" The both turned their heads toward the familiar voice.
How did I not sense those foot steps?
"Hey Aang…" Zuko smiled weakly at the boy, blushing a bit at being caught acting like a kid.
"What are you doing here, Twinkle Toes?" Toph scoffed, clearly in a bad mood.
"I just…I just wanted to come to this field, is all…" Aang looked away from the two. "I didn't know you were here until I heard the fighting."
"Oh…" They both said.
"I guess…I guess I'll be going then."
"What's wrong…?" Toph asked softly.
"Nothing."
"Liar…" Toph walked up slowly to the airbender, touching his shoulder lightly.
"I'm fine." He jerked away from her touch.
He whirled his staff to his side, opening it, and taking flight, away from her, and away from the world.
"Aang?" Toph yelled out the second she couldn't feel him anymore.
She turned her head towards the sky, knowing he was flying away from her, where she couldn't ever be, where she would never find him.
"He's gone." Zuko said sadly, watching the blind girl's head turn in all directions, knowing that she wasn't even able to see his disappearing figure.
"I know that!" Toph slammed her tiny foot down, causing the floor to shake lightly. "I just…I just…" She didn't finish, shaking her head.
Zuko smiled half heartily. "Want to go grab something to eat?"
"Yeah sure." Toph smiled sadly.
"I get everything for free here, so it's on me." He put his hand gently on her shoulder, and she relaxed a bit.
"Alright, sounds good."