Chapter 2: A Night To Remember.
Zuko smiled at his friend. Urging her to let go so they can continue to the dinning room. The two sat down side by side.
"Toph you didn't tell us you were friends with the fire lord." her father began as the servants set their food in front of them, "How did the two of you meet?"
"Um." Zuko coughed unable to explain chasing down the avatar and his friends, especially a little blind girl.
Toph's mom smiled gently at their guest, "Oh, Mr. Firelord?"
"yeah?" Zuko spoke softly, blushing slightly.
"You never told us why you came here so suddenly."
"Well, that's because…" His words got scrambled in his head, "um, well."
The Bei Fongs blinked, "Well that's not important, just so long as we're not in trouble with the Fire Nation." The husband chuckled.
"yeah…" The Fire lord's voice cracked.
The table grew silent as the four began eating. Toph's mom brought up a good point. 'Why was Zuko here?' She thought. 'Did he came to see me?' Toph glanced over at the older boy. He looked back, piling rice into his mouth.
Toph can sense how he felt by his vibrations. He was nervous. She knew he never really had too many friends, she just assumed this was his first time visiting a friend. "The food is…uh, very delicious!" Zuko spoke up loudly.
"Thank you." Mrs. Bei Fong smiled, "We have the best cook in town."
"Toph has such interesting friends." Mr. Bei Fong started another conversation.
"Oh?" Zuko blinked, thinking of Aang.
"Yes, the last one that came to our was the Avatar!"
"I see." He stabbed his rice with his chopsticks.
"Since you're the Fire Lord, you must be a really powerful bender." Mrs. Bei Fong jumped back into the conversation.
"Well, I'm no Avatar but I'm pretty good." He tried not to brag.
"Don't be so modest, sparky!" Top laughed as she made a nickname for him on the stop. "You're a wonderful bender!"
"I'm sure you know that Toph is an Earth bender?"
"Yeah, she's amazing." He bushed even more.
"We do not like such a young girl bending, but as long as she is safe we're happy." Mr. Bei Fong spoke for the both of them as his wife nodded.
Soon their dishes became empty and Toph stood up. She turned to her parents, "is it ok that I show Zuko around."
"As long as you don't leave the grounds." He put his chopsticks down firmly.
"Come on, Zuko." she grabbed his and pulled out of dinning room. "Now, where should I begin my tour?"
"Your parents seem nice." Zuko smiled knowing that Toph and her parents haven't always had the best relationship.
"Oh, I know!" Her eyes widened, "How about downtown?"
"I thought your parents didn't want us leaving the property."
"It'll be fine," she reassured him with a cutesy smile, "and besides I know of a fire bender who owes me a field trip."
"But your. . .parents. . ." Zuko tried to resist Toph's cuteness but failed. "Ok" he groaned.
"Alright!" She pulled Zuko out of her manor quickly before anyone could stop them. The sky grew darker as they walked down the street. Goosebumps lined Toph's pale skin as the air chilled. Zuko removed his jacket and placed it on Toph's shoulders. "hm?" she looked up at the firelord.
"I didn't want you to get sick from the cold." Zuko scratched his nose.
Toph jumped over and clung to Zuko, "I've missed you guys so much. I'm glad atleast one of you could visit me." She smiled and blushed from her honesty.
"Really?" Her words made Zuko freeze in place.
"Yeah, its been so boring without my friends."
"Oh…" They continued walking. "Hey Toph, where are we going exactly?"
"Not sure, maybe we'll walk to Kiyoshi Island and beat up Sokka!" She laughed.
"That's a little too far…" He thought, "How about we go somewhere else?"
Toph blinked, not sure if Zuko understood she was joking. "How about your place on Ember Island?"
"Are you sure you don't want to go back home?"
"I'm not sure if I ever had a home." she dropped her head.
"What do you mean?"
"My parents." she placed her free hand over her eyes. "They never really understood me and even though they're trying, they still don't get me. My friends are more like family than my actual parents."
"But they're trying…isn't that better than nothing?"
"They still hate what I do. My parents are only like this so I wont run away." She turned away from Zuko, "I know they love me, but I don't know why it hurts them when I act like myself."
Zuko grabbed Toph and turned her so she was facing him. "Toph" He hugged her tightly, "I know how you feel, but you need to just give them time to understand. Running won't help improve anything."
"Thanks Zuko."
He released his friend, "Now how about we get you home?" Toph nodded. She grabbed Zuko's hand as they lazily walked back to Toph's home.
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