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3. Future
Sokka did not ask her. Toph did not ask him. It was not even a mutual agreement. They just happened to be wandering the streets of Ba Sing Se one night after being kicked out of three bars, when the stumbled upon Ping's Theme Weddings and Alteration Shop. Lured in by the promises of costumes—which were always fun—and beer—which was always even more fun—for the small total of four gold pieces, they found themselves half an hour later, up to their elbows in assorted robes and fabrics.
"Oma and Shu?" Sokka asked. Toph sent a glare his way as she fingered the cheaply sewn costumes that were meant to represent traditional Fire Nation robes.
"You know my feelings on those two." Toph muttered darkly.
"The Ocean Spirit and the Southern Warrior?" Sokka asked, then he suddenly realized what that meant and he dropped the costumes to the ground. "Well never mind then."
"No come on Sokka!" Toph insisted and she grabbed a robe of the ground. "I want to dress up as your dead girlfriend! It will be fun!"
"Actually Toph, you grabbed the wrong one." Sokka replied, pulling the other costume off the ground, which was a strapless flowing white gown, complete with a headpiece.
"Even better! Now you get to dress up too!" Toph replied, pulling on the blue tunic that failed in comparison to the one Sokka was wearing, and only once it was on did she realize her head was sticking out of the armhole.
"Haha, no." And he succeeded in yanking the tunic off her head.
"Hurry up people!" Ping yelled as he poked his head into the costume room. "Your wedding is in ten minutes and we have to be done before the next ceremony!"
"Ok, we will," Sokka muttered and he looked through the bins. "How about… the lady cop and the jailbird?"
"Hmm," Toph muttered. "It would be nice to finally be the one doing the arresting." She grabbed the costume from his hand, and after a moment of pondering, pulled it over her head as a headband. "Ok Snoozles, give me the rest of the costume."
"… That is the costume," Needless to say, they did not use the jail theme.
"Ok, here's one… Ju Li and Meo."
Toph picked up her head and turned to "look" at Sokka, the frilly skirt still on her head, swinging back and forth with her sudden movement. "Oh, I know that story. See, Ju Li was the daughter of a very affluent Fire Nation family and Meo father was chief of the Northern Water Tribe. And they met at some fancy party and fell in love, only their families hated each other."
"That sounds a lot like Oma and Shu and you hate that story."
"Well, that's cause they're idiots. But Ju Li was smart and she pretended to be dead so she wouldn't have to marry the man her parents picked out, and then Meo came and saved her and they ran off to be together. I think… My memory of that story is a bit foggy though." Toph said, not knowing that had she remembered the real story, she would have hated it just as much, if not more, than the story of Oma and Shu.
"So. Ju Li and Meo?"
"Ju Li and Meo!" Toph cried and they, as hurriedly as they could for Ping had told them they would have to pay an extra gold piece if they took more than thirty minutes, dressed in the tacky robes, which Sokka assured Toph, who had a sudden moment of pre-wedding jitters, looked even more beautiful than Katara's ceremonial robes and he secretly was glad she was drunk, or else she would have known he was lying, and they definitely would have had to pay the extra gold coin.
AN: OMG! Before I added the authors note, this drabble was exactly 666 words... Creepy huh? And just in case you didn't get it, Ju Li and Meo are supposed to be Juliet and Romeo.