I'M ALIVE! Lol, sorry for the long wait, school got in the way… any who, dedicated to animegeek123, Shikaku Ryoko, justiceintheworldofhp-yearight, Hoshi-Okami-Chan and NeeMou for reviewing!

Disclaimer: if I did, the M. Night Shabamalama wouldn't have made my movie.

Zuko waited impatiently in his room. Amaiya had told him to wait for her after the meeting earlier, and he was going to keep that promise he made; even if it felt like waiting was slowly killing him. He looked outside; it was twilight. She had said that she would be there by then. What was keeping her? Was she just stalling because she knew he hated waiting? Knowing her and her brother's reputation, he wouldn't be surprised.

He began to wonder why she wanted to meet in his room tonight. She didn't give the 20 year old a reason, she just told him to, and he couldn't resist that look in her eyes. He flopped back onto his bed in a very un-Fire Lord like manner. Damn, he hated waiting.

Zuko and Amaiya had come up with the idea a few months ago. After trying to ease into a relationship slowly, thus helping their family and friends slowly get used to it in the process, failed (i.e. Zuko would show up in the middle of the night to Amaiya's room, who was awake thinking about him anyways), they tried a second tactic that was so far working a lot better.

While they wouldn't take it slow, they would ease their family and friends into it.

Honestly, could you blame them?

If there wasn't the threat of Hakoda spearing him and getting bludgeoned in the head with Sokka's boomerang, they probably would have gone much farther than kissing.

Zuko felt a shiver of fear go through his body. He honestly didn't think Sokka could be so scary. Hakoda, maybe, but sarcastic, meat loving Sokka, who had claimed Zuko as his 'Manly Bro Best Friend'? Never in a thousand years. But Sokka proved him wrong on so many levels. After watching the fire bender like a hawk for a full week, he stayed close to his twin. This proved seeing each other during the day to be difficult unless they were in a meeting together.

And even then, Sokka and Hakoda were keeping their eyes on the two.

Katara had also been told and was now once again holding a grudge over Zuko's head. She hung around Amaiya anytime Sokka was unable to, and was almost like she was Amaiya's mother.

Luckily for Zuko health, they didn't seem to catch on what they were really doing.

He wished he could have said the same about everyone else.

Sure, Amaiya's entire family was completely unaware, but Zuko's uncle was… Let's just say, after spending 2 years stuck on a ship with him, he knew how to read Zuko with ease. He didn't outwardly admit that he knew anything, but there was the occasional sly comment that set his nephew's face on fire. There was also Toph. She had actually came up to the two and told them flat out that she knew. Needless to say, she was bound to silence about it. She actually proved to be helpful in distracting Sokka, Katara and Hakoda; the only thing she wanted in return was for Zuko to give her a bigger room, which while an odd request, was done immediately.

A soft, slow three knocks on Zuko's door reached his ears.

He all but dashed over to it.

He took a deep breath before slowly opening it.

Amaiya slipped in breathlessly and shut the door behind her.

"Stupid brothers…" She muttered as she put her ear to the wood.

"What's wrong?" Zuko asked, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Sokka tried to follow me," She whispered, concentrating on hearing through the door.

"He what?" Zuko yelped. Amaiya shushed him and kept straining her ears. He cerulean eyes got wide.

"He's coming!"

They shared a scared look before another knock on the door nearly made them scream from fright.

"Zuko, its Sokka. Open up." The familiar voice said from the other side.

Amaiya covered Zuko's mouth before he could let out a curse.

Zuko shoved her over to his bed, mouthing 'hide!'

Being the naïve child at heart that she was, Amaiya hid under his bed.

That would have to do.

Zuko tried to not look flustered as he opened the door.

"Sokka, what brings you here at this late hour?" He asked easily, masking his distress. Sokka gave him a skeptical look.

"Have you seen Pockets?" he asked bluntly.

"Uh, no? Why would you think she's with me?" Zuko said back in a snarky tone.

"I think you can answer that," Sokka snapped, crossing his arms. Zuko frowned and crossed his arms back.

"Sokka, I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. She's not here, okay? Go ask Toph or something, but leave me alone," he said in what could only be described as a 'Zuko' tone.

Sokka studied his face for a lie with hard eyes.

"Keep away from my sister, Zuko," he said warningly before turning and leaving. Zuko glared at his back before shutting the door.

"You're mad at Captain, aren't you?"

Zuko looked back and was surprised to see Amaiya sitting in the middle of his bed. She was looking outside with a little bit of a sad look. Zuko sighed and leaned on his door.

"No… I'm just frustrated…" He walked over and sat down next to her. She wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Tell me about it…"She sighed sadly. He glanced back with a worried look.

"Did you guys have another fight?"

She nodded. Zuko knew she hated more than anything to fight with her brother. After seeing those two when they weren't, he wasn't surprised. Sure, he fought with Azula on a daily basis, but this was the first time Amaiya and Sokka actually disagreed this much. They were that rare pair of siblings that always got along no matter what.

"They're just..." Amaiya searched for the words, "They're reminding me of Mom... They're trying to change me and make me something for them."

Zuko turned and wrapped his arms around her, lying back.

"You're mom tried to change you?"

Amaiya nodded again and snuggled into his chest.

"I always got that feeling that she was disappointed in the way I turned out... I mean, I'm the first daughter, you would think that I would be the prime example of a proper young lady!"

Zuko raised a brow at that. Amaiya looked up and shrugged.

"Hey, we may be primitive, but we're not COMPLETELY uncivilized!"

Zuko rolled his eyes, but let her continue.

"But I guess since Sokka was the only kid my age around when I was growing up, I kinda thought that's how everyone was supposed to act. I thought all kids act like boys. So when we saw Dad, we both saw what we wanted to be; warriors and fighters like he is. And when we saw Mom, we just... saw MOM," she said with a heavy sigh.

"So, after Katara was born, she went about by telling her to NOT act like me. She wasn't trying to make fun of me, but... I knew she wanted what she called a daughter..."

Zuko took her hand and squeezed it.

"What's your mom like?" Amaiya asked, resting her head on his chest. Zuko smiled and thought for a minute.

"My mother was... she was more family oriented than Ozai was." Amaiya blinked uncaringly at the mention of his father. She wasn't surprised that he didn't call him his father anymore.

"My mother was very kind to me. She always stuck up for me when I messed up and made me feel like I was worth something. It seems weird that the older sibling would need protecting from the younger one, but I did. She wasn't sure about Azula, no matter how many times she said that she loved her."

"I don't think anyone can be sure about Azula," Amaiya said suddenly. Zuko looked down at her. There was a strange look in her eyes, one that he didn't recognize at all. A small flame had lit up in them, and she almost looked mad.

He opened his mouth to ask about it when Amaiya randomly reached up and kissed his cheek. She watched with a little smile as his cheeks turned bright red.

"Wh-what was that for?" Zuko asked, baffled.

"I don't know... I just kinda wanted to," She shrugged shyly. That was one thing Zuko liked; she would do something like that just because she could. This relationship was different that the one he had with Mai. This one felt more comfortable, like half the time he had a girlfriend and half the time he had a best friend.

Amaiya kissed his cheek again, smirking.

"Was that also because you wanted to?" Zuko asked. Amaiya shook her head, getting a frown from him.

"I did it that time because YOU wanted me to," she said slyly, giggling when his face turned red again.

"Did not…" Zuko grumbled.

"Oh really?"

"Yes, really."

Amaiya grinned wickedly and crawled on top of him.

"You sure about that?" she murmured, holding her lips just above his. Zuko pretended to think for a little while.

"Nope," he grinned widely, making her collapse into soft laughter on his chest. He smiled at that. Laugher didn't ruin the moment, with her. He loved making her laugh; it was something he didn't get with Mai. Of course, he didn't expect it to last too long. In fact, he was giving it about 5 more seconds.

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COCK BLOCK!

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