Disclaimer: Sigh, still not mine.

AN: Sorry I did not post yesterday. I was sick in the morning, and stayed in bed till about 2, and then I got on the computer and read the last three books of Fruits Basket.... I cried like a baby for the last six chapters, and for about thirty minutes later. I always cry at the end of things, especially Avtar (one of my friends called me right after ended beause my stupid parents forced me to go on vacation the week Avatar aired, and I couldn't alk to him for about twenty minutes because I was so choked up.) And so I was too emotionally unstable to post any new chaptes, and instead went to the library and the ice cream shop. Enjoy this chapter, it is one of my favorites as well :)

87. Unyeilding

"Are they still here?"

"Yup."

"Still waiting to kill us the moment we step out of the door?"

"Yup."

"You think you can sneak out and get us more food?" Sokka asked and his stomach grumbled at the mention of the sacred word of food, which almost always meant meat.

"Nope. They stuck Ty Lee in the kitchen." Toph muttered, her stomach growling as well.

"They turned Ty Lee against us?" Sokka cried out in horror.

"Yup."

"So do we have any allies in the palace."

"Well, Mai and Zuko are in Ba Sing Se with Uncle, and Aang would help us but Katara would kill him too."

"I mean… It's not like we even had sex! Why does she have to be so jealous?"

"Because we're best friends and we do everything together and I, once in my life, once very long ago, might have had a small miniscule crush on you. That and the fact that we were both hung over, and could have easily had sex last night… It wouldn't have been the worst thing we've ever done while drunk."

"But you weren't hungover!" Sokka yelled. They were quiet for a moment. "Wait! You liked me! Toph Bei Fong… The Blind Bandit… The Runaway had a crush on-" He was cut off with a blow to the stomach.

"Shut up! It was years ago! I was like… twelve!" Toph yelled, and she threw a rock his way, but she completely missed.

"No. I'm sorry Toph, it's just surprising."

"You never realized?"

"No, we were just… so close then, you know?" Sokka asked.

"I liked it like that. None of us were Avatars or lords or ambassadors… or, shit, none of us were married." Toph muttered, sitting on the bed that Suki had, almost a day ago, found them curled together in and had yelled threats to kill them both, along with other extreme things that made even Toph blush and wonder where Suki had learned such language.

"It was just me, you, Katara, Aang, and the world to see."

"You forgot the whole saving the world bit."

"True…" Sokka joined Toph on the bed, lying beside the blind Earthbender upon the gold and red, intricately sewn duvet.

"Suki's going to kill us if she manages to find some Earthbenders to lift the barricades I made." Toph said softly.

"Yeah," Sokka, answered and he grabbed her hand. "I wouldn't mind though."

Toph scoffed. "You will be groveling at her feet as soon as she comes in."

"Oh no I will not."

"Oh really?"

"Yup. If she wants to not believe me when I say I didn't cheat, then I refuse to apologize."

"What if she threatens something worse than death… breaking up with you! BUM BUM BUM!" Toph exaggerated.

Sokka was quiet, and Toph wondering if she had upset them by suggesting the breakup of what was considered the "perfect" couple to most of her friends.

"I don't know. In these past hours I've been able to think a lot. I mean… what if we really had had sex last night? Would it have been that bad? At first I was like, of course, but then I realized that it wouldn't be that bad. In fact it'd be great. I mean, you're my best friend and you know me better than anyone and you like throwing rocks and drinking and I think that maybe I'm in love with you,"

"AHA! I KNEW!" Suki screeched, standing triumphantly at the door with a confused Haru and an enraged Katara, and Sokka had only a brief glance out Toph, who looked just as impassive as usual, only a pink hue tinting her cheeks faintly, before he got his ass kicked by one very mad Kyoshi Warrior.

AN: I know Suki is very understanding and not the jealous type, but still i think that even Suki would be a bit mad if she walked in on Toph and Sokka, hungover, in bed together. And she probably would come to seek him out later and apologize, but not with Katara egging her on... So, I'm not trying to make Suki to seem like some jealous bitch or something, mostly it's just for laughs.