Chapter 7

"Um Sokka?"

Sokka was sitting there poking at his food with his fork, lost in thought. "Hm?" he replied after a moment.

"Are you ok?" Suki asked, putting her hand over his free hand.

"Mm yeah, why?" he asked, taking a bite from his meat finally.

"You haven't said a word all morning not to mention you haven't taken one bite from you meal..." she said, narrowing her eyes.

Sokka laughed. "I did to just a second ago..." he joked, before taking another bite. Suki just stared at him with an emotionless expression. "Oh Suki, don't give me that look..."he whined, putting a hand on her shoulder. She just continued to stare at him.

"Sokka..."

"Suki..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just tired..."

Sokka then laughed before standing up. Suki raised her eyebrow at him as he pulled her out of her seat and into a hug.

"Sokka..." she complained as he hugged her tighter.

"I love you," he whispered, kissing her on the cheek. He pulled away from her embrace and smiled before taking a seat once again and chowing down. Suki slapped a hand to her forehead before sitting down once again.

"I hate when you do that..." she fumed, as she took a sip out of her tea. Sokka just smiled at her innocently.

"What are the others up to?" he questioned, as he cleaned up. He had slept in so they were gone before he woke up.

"They went to visit Master Pakku," Suki replied. "Oh and Your father and grandmother arrived here a few hours ago..."

"What?!" Sokka exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "Why didn't anybody wake me?!"

"We called to you but with all that snoring," Suki teased. Sokka glared at her for a moment before letting out a chuckle.

"Your so mean to me..."

"Its my job I mean somebody has to pick on you," she said, getting to her feet and pinching his cheek for a moment before walking by him. "Well you wanna go see what their up to?"

"Yeah sure," Sokka said, walking over to her and taking her hand. Suki smiled before sprinting off, dragging Sokka along. "IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY?!"

Suki just giggled continued dragging him along. Then for some reason they ended up in the Spirit Oasis. Suki just beamed as she looked at him with red cheeks. "Isn't this place just wonderful?" she questioned, slipping off her coat.

"Uh Suki-"

Suki paid him no mind as she sat by the pond. "Its so romantic, don't you think?" She laughed softly not letting Sokka get a word in. "I'm sorry for bringing you here but I wanted something to do something special today..."

Sokka just sighed. He never told her what had happened up here so she must of thought he never been to the Spirit Oasis. He guessed she wanted to show it to him...

Suki came over to him tugging at his coat to get it off of him. "C'mon silly its warm in here..."

Sokka grabbed her hands making her stop. "Suki..."

"What's wrong?" she asked, squeezing his hands.

Sokka took in a breath as he squeezed her hands back. "Listen Suki, this is very nice but..."

He let her hands go, looking away and he said in almost a whisper. "This is where I lost her..."

Suki just backed away, biting her lip. "Who?"

"Princess Yue...I couldn't protect her..." he said, clenching his fists. Suki put her hand over her mouth then dropped it after a moment.

"I'm sorry..."

Sokka just shook his head before walking over to the pond where the two koi fish swam in there circles. He just gazed at him but he was brought back when he heard the door to the Spirit Oasis shut. "I need to move on..." he said, sitting down. He closed his eyes in deep meditation then when he opened them he was in the Sprit World. How the heck was he there? He hadn't died and he was certainly not the avatar. He stood up in the new ghostly plain and just started walking.

I'm probably just in a dream...Yeah that's probably it...

He then saw a light glimmer and he headed towards it. Once there he saw a woman laying down and floating. Sokka inched closer and recognized the spirit to be Princess Yue.

"Yue!" he exclaimed, but the Princess did not stir. The light coming off her dimmed till it was gone and she started falling. Sokka extended his arms and caught her. He passed his hand through her white hair. "Yue..." he whispered gently, pulling her close as he fell to his knees. She still did not stir. What was wrong? Why didn't she answer?

Yue grabbed a fist full of his coat. He then gave a sigh of relief as he grasped her hand. Her eyes opened suddenly. One of her eyes were blue then another was turquoise, yet Sokka didn't notice. She smiled softly as she sat up. "Sokka..."

Her grip on his coat loosened and she went to pull her hand away, but Sokka grasped it again. She just stared at his hand, biting her lip as tears formed in her eyes. Sokka noticed this and let go of her hand. He then rested it on her cheek, smiling gently.

"Honey, its okay now..I'm here," he said, caressing her cheek. Yue smiled weakly at him, leaning into his touch. Sokka then leaned in and kissed her lips softly. He could feel her smile against his lips as she kissed him back. She put her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. Sokka put his arms around her waist. This was real it had to be! He never felt happier as he kissed her. She pulled away after a moment or so. Sokka wanted the warmth of her lips back on his so he leaned in again. Yue put a finger on his lips, stopping him. He opened his eyes and they just gazed at each other for what seemed like eternity.

"S-something wrong?" Sokka questioned, breaking the silence. She chuckles softly, resting her head on his shoulder. She nuzzled his neck gently for a moment...probably lost in the moment.

She then finally whispers. "I miss you..."

Sokka held her more tightly now. "But I'm right here..."

Yue looked up at him with sorrow filled eyes. "But I'm not really here..."

Sokka kissed her eyes when she had closed them to hold back tears. "Of course you are here...this feels to real to be a dream..."

Yue shook her head slowly. "Not all of me is here..."

Sokka smiled weakly. "This is enough..."

Tears spilled down her face yet she still smiled. "Your to good..." she chuckled, resting her head against his. "I love you..."

Sokka heart leapt, he had longed to hear these words for so long. He leaned closer to her, there mouths only an inch apart. "I've always loved you, Yue." and with that he kissed her gently. She kissed him back. It was a wet kiss cause of her tears, but it was still nice. He smiled at her.

"Goodbye Sokka I'll always be with you," she said, kissing him again. Sokka eyes widened and he grabbed her wrist.

"No, Yue..." he said, shaking his head. She nodded sadly running her fingers through his hair.

"Take care," she said, kissing his forehead before disappearing.

Sokka squeezed his eyes close as he tried not to cry. It was just as painful as the first time he lost her...maybe even worse. When he opened his eyes there stood Suki with black rivers running down her face. Her make-up was running. "Suki..." he said, reaching out to touch her. Suki recoiled.

"Y-your still in love with her!" Suki cried before turning away from him. He couldn't deny it so he remained silent. Suki then ran off she wasn't the one to break down in front of him, he knew that. She ran away with what was left of her pride. Sokka felt a pang of guilt.

"I'm sorry..."

a/n not much of a chapter but hey I'll try to have the next one up soonish...and I'm sorry I was late to updating it but the next chapter will be up soon I promise!!