RECAP: You turned to him to see him looking at aya with actual concern in his eyes. "will she be alright?" he asked softly.
You nodded. "your uncle said she will be. She just needs rest."
Zuko nodded and went to his bed. You crawled into your got, glad that you were no longer in the cold holding cell.
"good night prince zuko."
"good night miri."
You smiled to yourself; that was the first time he called you by your name.

You heard a scream in your sleep and sat up instantly. You noticed that zuko had also woken up from the scream. Then your turned to aya. She was sitting up in her bed, crying. She ran to you and crawled into your lap. "I had a nightmare," she whispered. "it was scary. It was of daddy. He was getting eaten by fire."

"It's alright now. It's over," you told her, trying to calm her down. You looked at zuko apologetically. You thought he was snobby, but he was nice yesterday after he found out aya was sick. and you knew that nobody liked to be woken up in the middle of the night.

Aya suddenly pulled away from you and went to zuko's bed. "aya, what are you doing?"

She turned to you. "I want to ask the prince something."

Zuko stared blankly at her. You smiled; obviously he was surprised at what aya was doing.

"you're prince of the firenation, right?"

He nodded, still in his slight shock.

"why did you kill my daddy?" she asked, keeping her voice steady and looking him in the eye.

"I didn't kill your father," he said softly.

She cocked her head. "but firenation killed daddy."

You didn't like this at all. Zuko was probably really annoyed by now. You stood up and went over to pick aya up and take her to her bed. "come aya, it's time for bed. I promise your nightmare wont come back if you think happy thoughts."

Aya nodded and went to sleep within a minute of her head touching the pillow, she was that tired. You then turned to zuko. "I'm sorry," you said. "she's young and she reads a lot, so she knows more than she can comprehend."

"It's alright," he whispered. Then he turned to you with curiosity in his eyes. "is your father really dead?"

You nodded, making sure aya was tucked in warmly for the night. "my father died a year ago fighting in the war. My mother died when I was nine. She died giving birth to aya. Aya almost died, but she made it through."

"oh, I'm sorry," he said looking away.

You crawled back into your cot. "ive read about your parents. Well, aya has. She read that lady ursa died young."

Zuko closed his eyes and nodded. You were suddenly regretful for asking. "I'm sorry. Were you close?"

He glared at you. "what do you care?"

You scowled. "I was just asking?!" you said angrily.

"well, it's none of your buissness."

"fine you just stay over there and sulk."

"I am no sulking!"

"whatever"

"fine"

"fine"

And with that, you fell back to sleep.

The next morning you woke up to the sound of aya coughing. You got up and went over to her to give her the medicine. You heard zuko groan and get up. You smiled; serves him right for being so mean last night.

Zuko glanced at you. Aya took her medicine and scowled. "that taste tasty," she said and cough again.

"I know, but it will make your cough go away."

Then you stood up and went over to zuko. You were still mad at him, but you didn't let that show. "Um… aya's fever is gone, but she's still clammy. Is there a place where we can wash up?"

He glared at you, obviously mad at you for waking him up. But then he saw aya and his eyes softened slightly as she coughed. He then pointed to a door in the corner of his room. "theres a bathroom in there. Let me get dressed first, then you can use it."

You smiled. "thank you."

He rolled his eyes and got up, disappearing behind the bathroom there.

He reappeared fifteen minutes later dressed in armor.

He glanced at you. You were starring blankly at the ceiling while aya was reciting a poem to her teddybear.

you looked up at him. "you can use the bathroom. Then you and aya can go to the messhall to get something to eat," he said.

You smiled and hopped off the bed. you went over to him and stood on tiptoe to give him a peck on the cheek. He starred at you, surprised. "thank you for being nice to my sister," you say. Then you took aya's hand and went into the bathroom, leaving zuko bewildered.

Zuko's POV

i heard a coughing noise and then shifting. i groaned, not wanting to get up yet.

"It taste nasty," a small voice said. i smirked at that.

"I know, but it will make you cough go away," a more beautiful voice said. Wait beautiful, what am I thinking now.

When i looked up i noticed miri walking towards me. She knelt before me. "Um… aya's fever is gone, but she's still clammy. Is there a place where we can wash up?"

I glared at her., about to make a smart remark, but then I saw aya coughing. I felt sympathy. She was little and needed help, so I told miri where the bathroom is. I changed first and then came out to see miri starring up at the ceiling, obviously in deep thought. Aya was mumbling something to her teddybear that you noticed she always had with her.

Miri sat up and starred at me, waiting for me to talk. "you can use the bathroom. Then you and aya can go to the messhall to get something to eat," I told her.

She smiled and then walked up to me. I starred, wondering what she was going to do. She then kissed me on the cheek. she said, "thank you for being nice to my sister," in that beautiful voice of hers and disappeared behind the bathroom door.

I starred at the door for a moment, my hand pressed to the spot where her lips had touched. It was just a peck, but still. Then I shook my head; she was just a tool to help me capture the avatar. She would be gone soon enough. I cant fall for her. I wont fall for her. And with that I left the room.

Your POV

After you and aya cleaned up you straightened up the room. You noticed zuko hadn't made his bed, so you preformed the chore for him. Then you fixed up yours and aya's cots. Satisfied with the way the room looked, you took aya's hand and began to lead her to the messhall.

As you stepped into the hall you realized you had a huge problem; you had no idea where the mess hall is. "looking for something?" a cheerful voice that you recognized asked. You smiled and turned around to see iroh.

"actually, we're looking for the mess hall," you said, smiling politely.

"I was just going there myself for a nice cup of tea. You look like you good use one as well."

"if it's as good as the tea I had yesterday, then yes I would like some."

Iroh led you to the mess hall, where you and aya each had soup and a cup of tea. You smiled as you and iroh chatted back and forth about random things.

After about a halfhour, zuko came in. "we have to stop at this firnation port to get repairs to the ship."

"repairs?" you inquired.

"you didn't happen to notice the damage?" he snapped.

You scowled. "no I didn't. I'm SORRY."

Zuko glanced at the two of you. "don't try to escape. It's a firenation port, so it probably won't do you any good."

You nodded. "I promise we wont. I'm not that stupid."

He continued, "if anybody asks, you two are maids on this ship, understand? It will eliminate questions." You scowled but nodded again.

That afternoon you all filed out of the ship so they could make repairs.

Iroh began to talk of the avatar. Zuko got cross. "Don't mention his name on these docks! Once word gets out that he's alive, every firebender will be out looking for him and I don't want anyone getting in my way!" he exclaimed.

"getting in the way of what, prince zuko?" a voice asked from behind them.

And I leave you there, its sorta cliffy even though you should who 'the voice behind them' is.