"You're not trying hard enough!" He bellows as I growl at him in frustration.
"What the heck do you think I am doing? Penguin sledding?" I scream, throwing my hands to my sides as they clench into fists. "I'm doing the best I can!"
"Well, you can't show up dressed like that!" He yells, motioning to my usual Water Tribe clothes.
"What are you talking about? I'm a damn Water Nation Ambassador! Do you expect me to show up in Earth Nation clothing?"
"You're telling me the Water Nation doesn't have anything dressy?" I look down at my clothes and frown, then scowl back at him.
"These are dressy!" He laughs bitterly as I begin to fume.
"Katara, come on, you don't really think that, do you?" My scowl deepens as I growl again. "Don't you think it's time to grow up?"
"And, what? Dress Fire Nation all of the time?!" He raises a brow at me as though he were implying 'yes' without actually saying it. "Forget it!" I yell, stamping one of my feet down.
"I'm not asking you to wear red all of the time or anything, just, you know, look nicer, in something that fits you a little better; that thing is too short and really baggy." His eyes trace my silhouette again, and I see the sparkle of mischief. "Something that doesn't make you look like the peasant they keep referring to you as."
"That's it!" I scream, pulling at the water resting at the bottom of a vase, sucking it out from its' home to form a whip, traveling towards Zuko's face. He quickly responds before it can smack him and shields himself with a wall of fire, then swallows the pitiful amount of water in the flames easily, steam evaporating into the air. His eyes never leaving me, I feel myself shaking from my anger. "I don't know why you're expecting this from me all of the sudden! You knew who I was before you asked me to stay here!" I squint at him. "Ambassador! More like 'Zuko's personal concubine!'" He laughs a bit as his eyes suddenly soften.
"Concubine's are more compliant." I shriek at his response and head for the door in a huff as I hear him following me quickly, I turned to stop him as he grabs my wrists and pins me against the door. "That's why you're more of a challenge." He says deviously before violently kissing me. All of my anger melts as I return the gesture passionately. I feel him smile against my lips; he's won this battle.