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He lead the kiss as it slowly progressed. I had no clue what I was doing, but it was obvious that he knew what he was doing. I was so into the kiss that I hadn't realized where his hands were until one started lifting up my skirt. I ripped away from the kiss to stare at him. The only thing he was looking at though was the mark on my leg.

He traced the interesting symbol on my upper thigh. I've never been able to find what it's meant. It isn't that big, it looked like tons of little swirls all together. Like rolling waves turning in on itself over and over again. It is entrancing sometimes. I still remember the day that soldiers had came to carve it in my leg.

"do you know what this means?" Zuko's deep voice broke the silence.

"no." I said as I stared at his fingers still tracing over the scar.

"it depends on which language you are looking at. In modern fire nation it means water witch or hated one." he said without meeting my eyes. I could feel the tears start to well up in my eyes. To know that those hateful things were forever carved into my skin. I looked away. I wanted to just take it off instantly.

"but in ancient fire nation it means waves~Being moved, A deep connection to the spiritual world, Feeling that things are out of your control, Insecurities, The need to connect to your life and being in the flow, and Being overwhelmed." I looked up Into his golden eyes. "balance." he whispered.

I couldn't tell if this explanation made me feel better or worse about it.

Zuko picked me up off his lap so he could stand then placed me back down on the chair. He walked towards the door that we walked through just moments ago.

"where are you going?" I was afraid he was going to leave me alone in this giant room.

"i'm not going far." he said as he placed his hand on the door handle. "i'm just going for some food, I will be back in a few."

I sat back in the chair as I saw him walk out the door. Now that his presence wasn't in the room I actually relaxed for the first time since I got on that damn boat.

I had no clue what I was going to do. Zuko wasn't ugly like I tried to tell myself. He has to have some awful flaw.

I got up off the chair and walked over to the giant Kyoshi king size bed. I walked around it with my hand trailing behind me, slowly grazing the soft mattress that was covering it. It looked so soft and welcoming., like I could just lay down and dream reality away. I crawled up on it and decided to just lay down and wait for him to return. No sense in just standing around, right?

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ZPOV

I walked into my room with a platter of fruits, chesses, and crackers to find it silent and empty. I walked over to the chair quickly to put down the plate and look for clues to where she went or who took her. He couldn't have already killed her, she just got here and hasn't fulfilled her purpose yet.

I took a deep breathe and listened. I could here soft breathing form behind me. She was still here, but where? I turned around and my gaze fell onto a little bit of blue through the red gaze that covered my bed.

I walked over and there she was. Just sleeping. Her hair was spread out over the middle of the bed. Like chocolate water was spilt. Her face was finally peaceful. She looked happy almost. Maybe more of neutral. At least she didn't look scared or worried.

Should I wake her? Or leave her alone? I didn't have to think on it long because there was a knock on the door. Uncle poked his head around the door.

"ahhh, there he is." he said as he came into the room. "but where is she?" he asked as he looked over at the couches.

"asleep." I said quietly as I walked over and sat down on one of the couches and grabbed a mango.

"ohhh." he said as his gaze shifted to the bed. " she is awfully pretty." uncle said with a twinkle in his eyes. "i will be praying to the great Agni himself for many grandbabbies." I choked on my bite of mango.

"uncle!" I said with surprise. "she just got here."

"yes, yes I know." he said as he took a piece of cheese and took a bite of it.

I saw movement out of the corner of my eyes. Katara was awake and standing over near the side of the bed.

"ahhh, the princess has awoken." uncle said as he put down his food to walk up to her to give her a hug. She look uncomfortable at best. "my name is Iroh, but you can call me Uncle Iroh." he said as he released her and brought her to sit next to me.

"we need to talk."