Hey you guys, I'm back with an update here. As I've mentioned before, I don't really have an updating schedule for this story yet. It'll probably get more attention when FWR is over.

This is a take on the incident mentioned in chapter 39, when Toph mentioned how Katara walked in on her and Yuexi's first try at being "intimate….ish".

Walk in

"Are you sure Katara won't mind if we're in here?" Yuexi asked when Toph insisted they stay in the room Toph and Katara shared instead of going out that night.

"Her and Aang are too busy being all mushy in the shop, they won't be back for a while." Toph told him.

"Alright." Yuexi shrugged it off and plopped himself on Toph's bed, exhausted for whatever reason. "So, what do you wanna do?"

"I don't know." Toph answered just as dryly, collapsing on the bed next to him, placing her arms behind her head as they both inhaled and exhaled lazily in unison.

"We could play that 'would you rather' game again." Yuexi mentioned. Toph just laughed, remembering how much they played that game back when they were first dating. It was such an awkward time that they would make up all kinds of weird things to do just to have something to talk about without blushing madly.

"Okay…" Toph shrugged. "You go first."

"Hmm," Yuexi pondered in thought, scratching his chin before a sinister smile crawled across his lips. "Would you rather play this game….or kiss me?"

Toph's eyes widened.

"W-what!" She sat up from her lazy position quickly, her widened eyes cast blankly forward, panting to catch her breath for whatever reason.

"Oh, come on Toph, you're still nervous about kissing me?" He asked smoothly.

"N-no…it's just, you asked so…"

"Smoothly? Suavely? Charismatically?" He inserted for her with a dorky wiggle of his eyebrows.

"Annoyingly." Toph said instead, laughing and pushing him back down on the bed.

"Well?" He probed.

"Well what?"

"Which would you rather do?" Yuexi asked. He heard a low breath fall from Toph's lips before and she began to idly pull her hair behind her ears, only to have it fall back and for her to complete the cycle over again. Yuexi sat up once more, a more worried look than before. "Are you okay?' He asked.

"I'm fine." Toph answered.

"Then….?"

"Well…it's just….you…" Toph stuttered, a sure sign that she was seriously troubled about something.

"I…?" Yuexi pushed.

"You don't just want to kiss me, do you?"Toph finally got out, her cheeks coloring beautifully as she spoke and, after the initial shock of her question, Yuexi began to color as well.

"Well, just a kiss wasn't what I had in mind, but….but, I mean, if you don't want to."

"I-I guess a few kisses would be alright." Toph tried to find a safe middle ground and reached blinding forward to grab her boyfriend's hand. She smiled when he felt his fingers curl around hers.

She felt his hand move up to grab her shoulders, turning her slightly towards him and felt him lean against her. His breath running against her lips was driving her insane to a certain degree. She wanted to smack him for teasing her in such a manner, but for the moment all she did was grab him by his shirt and pull his lips, finally, against hers. His lips seemed warmer that night, like he had been waiting for this particular engagement all day. And, knowing Yuexi, he probably was. Toph smirked against his lips and deepened it, sinking more and more within him and wanting nothing more but just to stay that way.

He broke his lips away a few moment later.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Of course I am." Toph answered quickly and pulled his lips back to hers, letting their mouths go back to business. The kiss only got deeper the second time, more hungry. Her hands ended up in his hair, twirling it around her fingers while he grabbed her waist, pulling her closer to him still. She let out a small whine when he did so, only heightening his want for her and he drove his tongue deeper into her mouth and another—unfamiliar yet greatly welcomed—noise escaped her throat.

Toph was beginning to feel strange then—a little too excited, a little scared, a little shy, and swimming with want—but all that stopped mattering when she heard a slide of the door.

"Oh my," She heard Katara's voice and the two immediately split apart. "Uh, sorry."

"K-Katara!" Toph exclaimed, recognizing that voice anywhere. "I…we….uh."

"We'll….just go." Aang finally said, grabbing Katara's waist and leading the shocked girl out of the room. Toph just exhaled, rather loudly, and collapsed back on the bed in one swoop, Yuexi following suit soon after.

"Well, then." He said. "That was unexpected."

"You think?" Toph said sarcastically, sitting up just as quickly and standing from the bed.

"Hey, wait!" Yuexi called. "Don't you want to continue?"

Toph was silent, crossing her arms over her chest, obviously thinking and trying to make it look like she wasn't.

"Maybe later…" was her answer.

"Oh, well, okay." Yuexi sighed, also trying to cover up the fact that he was sad and walked up to his girlfriend, pulling her against his chest and hugging her tightly.

"Sorry…" Toph muttered into his shirt, eventually hugging him back just as tightly, still a little shaken up. Yuexi sensed this and lead her over back to the bed, not taking any further than simply staying in each other's arms.

"S'okay."

Haha….I thought I'd just end it there, because whatever else that would've happened after this would just be awkward Toexi-ness. But, as you all know, these two got their chance to try again a little later.

And, of course, thank you Katsumara, Kimjuni2, Pengwens, Kataanger476, and dcp1992 for reviewing chapter 4!