Drabble Soup For The Zutarian Soul
Brothers Ruin All The Fun
"Hey Toph, have you seen-"
The blind girl sighed.
"Oh – right."
"You know, sometimes you're smarter than you look, Snoozles."
"Gee, thanks! I – hey…"
With a laugh, Toph leapt to her feet and sauntered away. "I'm gonna practice awhile. Sweetness headed out to the village a few minutes ago."
"Thanks!"
"Oh, and Zuko went with her."
"What?"
The last Toph heard was an agitated shriek.
Katara sighed. What was his problem
He was so irritating. One minute the guy was completely open and, she swore, flirting with her; the next minute he was back to his surly, egotistical self. It never made any sense anymore.
She shrugged her basket higher on her arm to get a better grip on it. Suddenly, she realized he wasn't beside her anymore. Glancing behind her in worry, it didn't take her long to find the former prince in, of all things, a weaponry shop. He had hefted a sword into one hand and was fingering a dagger with the other.
"Oh, no," she said. "No weapons for Li."
He turned to her with an annoyed expression. "What, think I'll just snap or something?"
"Yes," she said bluntly.
"Well, peasant," he snarled, "I won't. I have too many things to lose."
"Like what?" She put her hands on her hips.
"Like…" his face suddenly smoothed out in an unreadable expression. "Like you." Before she knew it, he was leaning in…the sword was yanked from his hand and held to his neck.
"You have three seconds to get away from my sister. One, two…"