Chapter 16

Truth or dare

"Awesome dinner Katara!" Suki smiled.

"Thanks! It's nice to know that someone appreciates all my hard work." Katara replied, shooting a dirty look to her brother.

"When are we going to play truth or dare?" Aang asked impatiently.

"How about now?" Sokka suggested.

Everyone nodded in agreement. The group was walking from the Jasmine Dragon back to the apartment. Sokka opened the door to the apartment and held it for everyone.

"Are we sitting in chairs or on the floor?" Suki asked.

"I vote a circle on the floor." Katara said, walking past the furniture to the empty space behind it.

Sokka and Zuko quickly moved the couch to make room for the circle. Zuko took his spot next to Mai and Sokka took his spot next in between Suki and Katara. Toph sat in between Zuko and Aang. Mai and Suki wound up sitting next to each other, but they were too engrossed in their boyfriends to care.

"So, how about some rules?" Katara suggested.

"No rules!" Sokka smiled evilly. Suki raised her eyebrows at Sokka's comment, pondering the possible outcomes of what he just said.

"Who starts?" Katara asked.

"You!" Toph said excitedly.

"Toph, truth or dare?" Katara asked kindly.

"I'm going to give you what I assume is a dirty look." Toph said, unimpressed by the fact that she was first to be asked. "Truth." She sighed.

"Ok, this one's an easy one." Katara began. "If you could be melon lord again, would you?"

"Wow, that's a ridiculous question. The only possible answer is HELL YES!" Toph grinned.

The whole group except for Mai and Zuko laughed. They were engaged in some intense face-sucking.

"My turn!" Toph rubbed her hands together wickedly. "Twinkletoes! Truth or dare?"

"Dare?" He said hesitantly.

"I dare you to kiss Mai!" She laughed maniacally.

Mai didn't even hear her name being called.

"Do I have to?" Aang whined.

"Yes." Toph said, her voice stern.

Aang got up and leaned over Mai. He puckered his lips and she suddenly noticed he was there. She leapt up and had 3 knives in her hand in half a second.

"What the hell are you doing?" She yelled.

"I was uh- dared to uh, kiss you?" Aang stuttered.

"If you're not going to pay attention, why are you even here?" Toph defended Aang.

"Fine, we'll pay attention." Mai said, sitting back down.

Aang returned to his spot next to Katara, he smacked his hand against his forehead repeatedly in shame.

"Ok, I guess it's my turn." Aang said grudgingly. "Suki, truth or dare?"

"Judging by the way your last dare went, I'm going to say truth." She laughed.

"Ok, I've got a good one, why don't you tell us your life up until we met you?"

"Long story or abridged?" Suki clarified.

"Long story of course." He smiled.

"Ok. Here it goes!" Suki took a breath of air. "My parents came from two different nations. My mom was from the Earth Kingdom and I don't know where my dad was from. All I know is that it wasn't the Earth Kingdom. I guess I'll tell you about my dad first, since there isn't too much to tell. All I really know about my dad is that he worked on airships. I remember sitting with him when he would build them and he would tell me how everything worked. I could barely see the controls, but he drilled everything into my brain."

"So is that how you learned to pilot an airship?" Sokka asked incredulously.

"Yeah, pretty crazy huh?" Suki smiled proudly. "Anyway, continuing on. When I was 6, he was called to war. The fire nation made him hand over the designs for the airships before he could get them to the Earth King. We had been living in Omashu, but my mom decided to take me and move to Kyoshi Island. She heard it was completely safe, and decided that it would be the best place for us to live. After about a year living on the island, many of the residents got an incurable disease, my mother included. A few days after contracting the disease, she passed away."

"That's so sad!" Katara said sympathetically. "I remember when I…"

"WE KNOW!" Toph interrupted.

Suki continued her narrative, "Having no parents to live with, I went to train with the Kyoshi Warriors. At only 7 years old, I was the youngest member of the group. I had the most adorable little fans and outfit! They taught me everything about being a Kyoshi Warrior and when I was about 12, the Head Kyoshi Warrior, Yong Gan, was swimming in the bay. Unfortunately she was eaten by the Unagi. Being the most advanced in the group, I was named the head Kyoshi Warrior. And that pretty much brings us up to the present."

"That's quite the story!" Aang said, clapping in appreciation.

"Thanks!" Suki smiled.

"How come you never told me any of this?" Sokka asked, slightly offended.

"You never asked!" She giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "My turn now! Mai, truth or dare?"

"Truth I guess." Mai sighed in an I'm-too-cool-for-this manner.

"How many knives do you keep on you at one time?" Suki asked curiously.

"Want to count?" The corner of Mai's mouth pulled upward, and she looked at Suki in a seductive manner.

"Yes!" Sokka said eagerly. Suki quickly punched him in the arm he was supporting himself with, causing him to fall.

"No thanks." Suki looked frightened.

"Well to answer your question, as a general rule I keep 117 on me. Usually around 20 when I sleep." Mai said flatly.

"How- I never counted that many!" Zuko exclaimed.

"You need to get better at counting!" Mai laughed and kissed her boyfriend passionately.

"How about I practice tonight?" Zuko whispered into her ear.

Mai giggled and nodded.

"Toph, truth or dare?" Mai asked.

"Dare." Toph grinned as she spoke the dangerous word.

"Ok brave one. I dare you to kiss Sokka." Mai was satisfied with herself for coming up with this dare.

Toph contained her excitement, as she calmly moved over to Sokka. She leaned in and kissed, who she thought was Sokka, on the lips.

"Hey Toph?" Sokka asked.

Toph froze, petrified by the fact that she just kissed the wrong person.

"Suki's my fiancé!" He laughed.

Suki laughed as well, not bothered by the fact that Toph just kissed her.

"Is there something I should know?" Zuko asked, half-worried half-amused.

"No." Toph said sharply.

The whole group except for Toph laughed.

"Oh lighten up Toph, it's not that bad!" Suki laughed lightheartedly.

"Alright Sokka! Truth or dare?" Toph said with a grudging tone.

"Well based on the tone of your voice, you sound a little vindictive at the moment. I'm going to have to say truth."

"Chicken." Toph muttered. "Well let me think for a second. I had a good dare!" Toph stroked an imaginary beard.

The group was sitting in couples; Suki and Sokka were cuddling as usual. Aang and Katara were holding hands, both of them shy to show affection in the presence of others. Zuko and Mai were, as always, having an intense make out session.

"Ok, I got one. If you could change anything about Suki, what would it be?"

"That's an easy question! I would change…" Sokka paused and looked down at Suki. Suki looked up and gave him "the look".

"I would change nothing." Sokka kissed his beloved on the forehead.

"How predictable." Mai said, disgusted.

"If you're going to be like that, why don't you just leave?" Katara said with a certain ferocity in her voice.

"Fine, we've got better things to do anyway." Zuko said indignantly. He stood up and helped Mai as well. He put his arm around her shoulder and the two left the room.

"The room got a whole lot less sulky." Suki laughed as soon as she heard the door shut.

"Very true." Katara agreed.

"Why don't we kick this up a notch?" Toph said excitedly.

Suki yawned, "Why don't we just go to bed?"

"Yeah, I'm quite tired." Katara agreed.

"Fine, party poopers." Toph crossed her arms across her chest and stood up.

Sokka stood up as well and helped Suki up. Aang did the same with Katara.

"See you tomorrow!" Suki said to Katara.

"Goodnight!" Katara replied.

The two couples went to their respective bedrooms, and Toph headed over to the Jasmine Dragon. She was wide awake and wanted to talk.

Sokka and Suki cuddled in bed next to each other.

"You said earlier that you were going to tell me what was bothering you." Sokka said.

Suki sighed, hoping that he had forgotten.

"I don't quite know how to put this but I'm…"

So I worked like all day on this chapter. Hope you thought it was hilarious! In case you were wondering, Yong Gan = brave/courageous. I'm learning Mandarin Chinese, so yeah. I have a lot planned for the sequel that I just set up in this chapter. This chapter was a little rushed but hopefully the quality is good. (: as always, please review!