-Toph-
"Ah, well I guess that now I really can't call you a little girl anymore, Toph. You've grown so fast since I last saw you," Iroh said.
I smiled at my old friend as we sat around the low table drinking our tea and sitting on simple cushions.
"I wasn't expecting you for another month, and I definitely wasn't expecting little Fire Lord Princess to be coming along with you," I said as I took a sip of my tea, still quite a bit flustered after the little incident earlier, you know when I accidentally hugged Zuko, who was now the current Fire Lord.
"Well, I just couldn't wait to see you again, my young dear friend. I mean, really, a year and a half without visiting you truly is quite too long," Iroh said to me fondly, then laughing, added, "And Zuko said that he simply just couldn't resist the chance to get you all flustered and fuming." My brow furrowed together in anger as I turned to Zuko, socking him hard in the arm.
"I see that you still have that temper of yours," he said, and I heard him rub his arm.
"And I see that you finally learned how to be an even bigger pain in the butt to me, good for you," I shot back at him, sarcastically clapping my hands.
Meanwhile Iroh began to laugh heartily at the two of us as we bickered just as if I was twelve and he was sixteen again and we were having one of the fights that we use to have constantly back in the beginning when he first joined the gang.
"Well," I said finally calming down, "Do my par-."
"Yes, yes my dear. Your parents know that we are here and have already offered to give us a place to stay, and graciously we accepted," Iroh said, cutting me off swiftly.
"Oh, well, how long will you get to stay?" I questioned.
"Longer than expected, too long in my opinion. Uncle has requested that we stay a month, and unfortunately, your parents were happy to let us stay that long," Zuko answered grumpily. "But, we can stay no longer than that seeing as Uncle and I have to get back to the Fire Nation."
"Oh, no! Do you really have to be leaving so soon?" I said in a mocking tone adding in a fake pout, only to have Iroh burst out into laughter and to have the feeling of Zuko giving me a hard glare that, though I couldn't see it, I could defiantly feel.
I snickered and grinned evilly before picking up my tea, taking a sip, and asking casually, "So, have you heard from any of the others lately?
Sorry that the chapter is so short, I am planning to have the next one up today as well, I just could think of anything else to add into the chapter, though the next chapter will be longer. And it has a bit more of that wonderful Toko fluff that I am sure that you all love.
But, until next time,
Lilly Rae