WARNING: Spoilers for the Western Air Temple if you haven't seen it, be warned. Unless it's already come out. Then I'm an idiot.
Disclaimer: if I owned avatar it would have had a longer dry spell than it did. So obviously I don't own Avatar.
"Well at least I'm not a horrible fighter," Toph yelled at Suki from across the campfire.
"I am not a horrible fighter!"
"Apparently you are! You couldn't even fight psychotic girl and the weirdo twins when you and your little squad outnumbered them! Face it, you're weak!"
With that Toph stood up and stormed off. The rest of them stared after her in quiet shock. Then they all turned to their newest member.
"I'm going, I'm going," Zuko sighed.
For some reason the two of them had really clicked while Toph was attempting to hit him in the face with mud for burning her feet. He got up and walked in the general direction Toph had walked off in. Eventually, he found her, lying on her back in the grass, dangerously close to a small mud puddle.
"They must not like you if they're sending you to your doom," Toph commented as he approached.
"I guess not," Zuko answered flopping down on the grass next to her. "So, what the Hell was that, back there?"
"I don't like her."
"I'm not that oblivious, Toph," Zuko snorted.
"I guess not. I'm just confused and it makes me kinda angry."
"Tell me about it," he agreed.
"I…I used to like Sokka," she admitted finally.
"Sokka," Zuko asked incredulously. "Sokka?"
"Shut up!"
"Sorry, sorry. I'm not that good at advice, okay?"
"Yeah, well at least pretend to listen. Is that so hard?" He shook his head. "Good. I pretty much figured that I didn't like Sokka anymore, but I hate that girl because Sokka likes her." She watched him for a second. "Well, advise?"
"I'm trying to think of what my uncle would say…Probably something probing like…Why Sokka?"
"That's supposed to be probing?"
"Shut up! Alright, how about, what is the real reason you're angry. Are you angry because Sokka likes…what's her name again?" Toph shot him a dirty look. "Sorry. Are you angry at the girl or because you're confused?"
"That was pretty good. I guess I'm angry because everything is so uncertain. Liking Sokka, I actually had a chance at being with someone I really wanted to be with and not someone my parents chose for me. And now I might never have a guy I really like. Have you ever had a girlfriend before?"
"Yeah. And now I'm not sure if she still likes me, or if she's going to try and hack my head off the next time we see each other."
"Uncertainty again."
"Yeah. It seems to be a repeated theme in my life."
There was a silence. Zuko got up to leave and give her some privacy. Just as he turned away, something dripping wet hit the back of his head. He whirled around to face Toph, who was holding mud in her hands.
"Gotcha," she said.
A/N: Well my muse has desearted me...I'm not entirely sure how this came out and how in character Toph and Zuko are. This was meant to be a Toph/Zuko friendship story, but the ship Toko has been emerging so take it however you want. Please tell me if you like it. It'll give me some confidence that my muse is coming back.