Chapter 5: Arguing
"Suki?" Sokka shrieked frantically.
There was no response. Sokka picked up Suki and carried her to the bed.
"Somebody help me!" He screamed; his voice very distraught.
Quickly, two servants came running into the massive room. They ran to the bed to find Suki in Sokka's arms lying there, lifeless.
"Go get a doctor, or somebody!" Sokka cried.
He listened to her faint heartbeat and shallow breathing. Please Suki wake up. Sokka gave her a light shake, and patted her on the face.
"Suki!" He cried, sounding desperate.
The palace doctor came as quickly as possible.
"What happened?" He asked, very calm.
"I- I don't know. She was coughing, because she- she's been sick with a cold. A-and I just don't know! She was coughing and the she fainted and I carried her over here and now…" Sokka sputtered frantically.
"Just calm down Sokka." The doctor said, still very calm. "She's still breathing right?"
Sokka nodded, still holding his girlfriend tight in his arms.
"Get her into bed and put some rags on her face. She will wake up eventually." The doctor said, standing up from the bed.
"That's it?" Sokka almost screamed.
"I'm afraid so. There's not a whole lot we can do. Just wait and see how it goes." The doctor said, and then exited the room.
Sokka tucked Suki into the bed and went to the bathroom. The servants were standing by, waiting for Sokka's command.
Sokka grabbed some washcloths and wet them in the sink. He quickly ran back to Suki to put the rags on her forehead.
"Do you need anything?" One of the servants asked.
"Can you bring me something to eat?" Sokka replied.
"What would you like?" The servant asked.
"I don't really care. Food is food." Sokka laughed lightly, trying to keep himself from going insane.
"I'll be right back with something." The servant said as she exited the room. The other servant followed.
"Please Suki, wake up. Please!" Sokka begged, while he dabbed the warm cloth on her face.
Suki's mouth twitched. "Suki?" Sokka screeched.
"What?" Suki groaned. "What's going on? Did I miss something?"
"Oh my spirits! Thank heaven you're alive!" Sokka cried, hugging his girlfriend tightly.
"What happened, all I remember was coughing and then everything was black." Suki said wearily, propping herself up on both elbows.
"Yeah, you sort of fell. Luckily I was there to catch you." Sokka said as he kissed her on the forehead.
"Thank you Sokka. Now I think we should get some food and be on our way to Senlin Village. It's already half way through the morning." Suki said, starting to get up.
Sokka lightly grabbed her arm, as to not feel threatening, and said "Suki, you just passed out for a good 10 minutes. You need to stay another day and rest."
She sat on the side of the bed facing away from Sokka. "Sokka we need to get to Ba Sing Se. I don't want to keep people waiting."
"I know, me neither. However I need you to be well when we get there." Sokka said heavily.
"I just want to get to Ba Sing Se. I think we should cut across to the Serpent's pass and fly over into Ba Sing Se. I know it'll be kind of hard on Appa, but we can get there much faster." Suki said, standing up.
"No. You need to rest." Sokka said.
She started walking and collapsed. Sokka leapt up from the bed to grab her. He knelt down next to her to discover she was still conscious.
"Sokka I'm fine!" Suki almost screamed. She pushed herself up and sat on the floor. "Look, I'm just a little weak from being sick. I'm fine to travel. I mean it's not like strenuous activity. Only for Appa."
"Suki you're lying to yourself. It's ok to not be strong all the time!" Sokka yelled back.
The servant walked in with some bread but quickly turned around after hearing the couple arguing.
"No it's not. I'm a Kyoshi warrior! I'm tough all the time. I've had worse and so have you. I'm just going to suck it up and keep going to Ba Sing Se." She had raised her voice to match Sokka's at this point.
"NO! We're staying here, and there's nothing you can do to stop us from staying here." He was in Suki's face yelling at her because he was so frustrated.
"Just STOP!" Suki started to cry. She tried to keep from falling as she stumbled over to the bed. Sokka tried to help her over there, but she pushed him away. "Leave me alone!" She screamed, crying into the pillow.
"Suki, I- I'm sorry. I just, I'm stupid. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you in your face, or at all. Please Suki." Sokka sat down next to Suki on the bed.
"Go away or I'll kick you. I'm going to Ba Sing Se tomorrow morning and there's nothing you can do to stop me."
"No Suki, we need to stay here until you're better." Sokka said, trying to not irritate her. Suki kicked him forcefully in the arm. "OUCH!" Sokka yelped, rubbing his arm.
"I told you! Now please go away." Suki's voice was muffled.
Sokka obligingly stood up and went to the corner of the room. He slid his back down the wall and plopped onto the floor.
Suki sobbed into the pillow, and Sokka felt guiltier than he ever had before.
"Why are you still here?" Suki shrieked.
"I want to apologize," Sokka began as he headed for the bed. "I'm sorry I was such a jerk and blew up in your face." He said apologetically as he dodged pillows thrown by the angry Kyoshi warrior.
"I shouldn't be so protective of you, but I can't help it. I have always been the man around the house ever since my dad left for the war. It's just my natural instinct now. I'm sorry Suki. If you're still mad at me and never want to see me again, I understand. I'll take you back to Kyoshi and you won't ever have to see me again." Sokka said, his heart felt like it had sunk further than his stomach and had gone right out his ass.
Suki sat up, laughing lightly. "Ok look. I'm sorry I was such a bitch back to you. I think we both just overreacted."
"So you still want to go with me to Ba Sing Se?" Sokka asked hopefully.
"No." She replied.
"What?" Sokka almost fell backwards.
"I'm just kidding! Of course I want to go with you!" Suki laughed and sniffled.
"You gave me a mini-heart attack Suki!" He said in his ever so Sokka-ish manner.
Suki leaned over to hug Sokka. He hugged her tight, but not so tight as to induce coughing again. She pulled back and smiled at him. He took his thumb and wiped the tears off her face.
"I'm starving!" Suki said as she rubbed her stomach.
"Shall we go get some food?" Sokka said, motioning to the door. He stood up, as did Suki. She took a couple of steps and fell into Sokka.
"On second thought, I'll get some and bring it back to you." Sokka said as he picked up Suki and put her back down on the bed.
"Thanks. Oh, and one more thing. If you EVER tell ANYONE that I was crying I. Will. End. You." Suki chuckled.
"I promise I won't tell anybody." Sokka chuckled at his girlfriend's intensity.
"Good." Was all Suki replied.
Sokka left the room to go get some breakfast. It was 11 o-clock but with the morning's events breakfast was postponed. He walked down the hallway to find Bumi just walking around his palace.
"Why hello Sokka!" Bumi exclaimed.
"Hey Bumi. Suki and I are hungry; could we possibly get something to eat? Also, can we spend another night at the palace? I hate to ask, but Suki's not feeling well." Sokka asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"Sure! I don't really care. It keeps the servants busy and when I have company I'm excused from doing kingly duties!" Bumi cackled. Things that Bumi said were generally weird, but this was straightforward.
Sokka was thrown off by the King's straightforwardness. He stuttered "Th-thanks! Should I-I go find some servants, or will you send some to me and Suki?"
"I'll send you some in a minute; tell Suki that I hope she gets better!" Bumi called as he walked away.
Sokka walked back to their room scratching his head in confusion. He entered the bedroom to find Suki perched on top of a mountain of pillows.
"That was weird." Sokka said sounding confused.
"What do you mean?" Suki questioned.
"Bumi was straightforward. I mean, has that ever happened before?" He laughed.
Suki laughed. "I don't think it has. What did Bumi say about us staying the night?"
"He said it was fine. He also said he's sending servants in to get food for us." Sokka replied walking down to the bed.
When he sat down on the side of the bed, Suki's pile of pillows toppled over. She landed ungracefully on top of Sokka with her face on the ground.
"Need some help?" Sokka chuckled as he grabbed Suki under the arms like a baby and hoisting her back up onto the bed.
"Thanks Sokka." Suki laughed and gave him a dirty look for toppling the pillows over.
A few moments later, one of Bumi's servants walked in.
"Can I get you two something to eat?"
Sokka turned to Suki, "What do you want?"
"I really want lychee nuts and berries and really sweet stuff!" Suki said with excitement.
"I'll have blubbered seal jerky and some of Suki's berries please."
The servant nodded and bowed slightly as she walked away to retrieve the food.
Sokka moved to the center of the bed and Suki followed. She sat in his lap and her head fit perfectly on his shoulder.
She looked up and said, "Remember when you were telling me about the time when you rode the Omashu mail system?"
"Yeah?" Sokka answered skeptically.
"I say that after we eat, we should do it. I don't care if you carry me there and back, but I want to ride the mail carts!" Suki said excitedly.
"Sounds like a date." Sokka laughed and kissed her on the lips. He thought to himself, this should be fun!
So I figured you didn't want me to keep you waiting to figure out whether or not Suki was dead or not. Well obviously she's not. I spent a large portion of my day writing this, and I hope you guys like it. Please review it because I love getting reviews. I don't care if it just says "aww cute!" I still enjoy reviews. I decided to reroute their trip because I wanted to get to Ba Sing Se faster. I shall get to writing chapter 6 now. Thanks for reading it!