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She didn't know when she had grown used to being taken care of, to letting him take control of the situation. She had always been the one in charge in every single one of her endeavors, even as a child, but now she was submitted to him, completely submitted to him.
And she loved every second of it.
His thrusts had been steady and rhythmical for a few minutes now, bringing them both to an edge as she ravaged his back's skin with her nails as she usually did. After six months of sneaking around and meeting in secret in many locations, which included her college's library, Sokka's workplace, the bathroom during a gathering of their group of friends and many more, she had almost grown used to being filled by him completely. It was something neither of them could explain nor comprehend entirely, but all of sudden both their lives seemed to revolve around getting together to have wildest sex they had ever enjoyed. And they could only get to it when it was the two of them… what they shared was special; they both had known it was ever since they had their first tryst.
Sokka feared Azula's nails might reach his bones if she kept ripping his skin in this manner, but for some reason the pain had become unbelievably enjoyable, he even looked forward to having those pale hands running up and down his back in that savage manner. As for Azula, she truly couldn't even think straight as he entered her repeatedly, crashing against every zone in her body he had to touch to make her scream his name out loud uncontrollably.
The entire dormitory was aware now that the scary firebending girl from the fourth floor was getting laid often: it wasn't easy to ignore her cries of passion at the most random times of the day, since whenever Sokka dropped by to see her they would get it going, and if he didn't go to her room, he'd give her a ride to his. All in all, they had barely stopped their carnal activities in half a year. Sokka even helped her study at times, whenever she had to face tests and the sort in school… although his method of aiding her wasn't a conventional one at all, but Azula was most enthusiastic about it.
Azula gritted her teeth, trying to control the screams somehow, but she couldn't stop herself. His penis seemed to grow larger with each thrust, and the friction between them was sending shivers down Sokka's spine. She was so hot he feared she'd melt down his cock if they managed to hold on any longer… but it was so enjoyable he wanted more, just a little more…
He couldn't hold back his orgasm when it hit him, only seconds after she had reached her own. They kept crashing their hips together amongst moans and groans, seeking another immediate release and obtaining it, making the experience so pleasant it couldn't be real…
Sokka collapsed on her heaving chest as his hands held her in place by holding her hips. Azula kept panting, still moaning slightly as the arousal began subsiding. Their surroundings returned to them as they recalled they were in her room, the place they usually met in since it was the safest, although Zuko had almost run into them once. Sokka had been forced to hide under Azula's bed as she pretended she had been about to take a bath when Zuko had barged in. Seeing his sister's naked body by mistake had probably scarred the man for life, but if he had known the truth he probably would have gotten a heart attack.
"Damn, that was…" said Sokka, struggling to get his breath back
"It gets better every time…" Azula said, a smile spreading over her face as she caressed his damaged back "There's no way this would happen if it were anyone other than you…"
"Or you…" he said, chuckling "It's almost as if we were meant to fuck for a lifetime… we're so damn good at it…"
"We are…" she said, touching his cheek now. He moved towards her face and joined their lips together, basking in the contact, enjoying it to its best…
"I love you…" he muttered when he pulled away, not even thinking about what he had just said.
Azula's eyes opened wide when she heart those three words coming out of his mouth. Sokka's dreamily smile faded instead, and he just stared at her in slight concern, wondering what was so wrong about what he had said… and then it sank upon him. This was a relationship based on urges, on desire, on the crazy rush of doing something that should be banned, forbidden, off the rules… never had they talked about love. And everything had been perfect so far… why did he have to blow it? He was a fool…
"Uh… I…" he staggered, getting off Azula and unlinking their bodies.
Azula hoisted herself upwards with her elbows as Sokka sat up on the bed, her eyes never leaving his despite he was avoiding her stare.
"W-what did you just…?"
"It… it's nothing, really" he said, smiling "I just blurted it out, some nonsense, it's just because I'm still with the stupid idea that you're the kind of girl who needs to hear that after sex…"
"Oh… so… that's it, then?" she asked, feeling somehow unsecure about the situation now.
Sokka still avoided looking at her before he realized what he was doing, before he understood that what he had just said was something he had been holding in for a long time, even if he hadn't processed it. He had wanted to tell her he loved her almost since the very first time they had shared a bed… and now it had come out. He couldn't hide it anymore, he couldn't lie about it: he wouldn't lie, not to her.
"No" he said, taking a deep breath "No, I was being stupid. I… I actually said that because… I do, Azula" he said, finally daring to look at her in the eye.
His confirmation left her aghast, staring at him in absolute disbelief.
"Y-you… y-you love me?" she repeated "W-wha-… how did that happen?"
"I don't know, really" he admitted, half laughing "It just happened, I guess. When it's you and me, it feels so right… it has never been like this with anyone else. We're pieces of a puzzle no one ever thought would match, but when placed together, it clicked. Well, that's what I think, at least"
"H-huh…" she mumbled, completely confused "S-sorry, I just don't… I don't have a clue of how to respond to that, really…"
"It's okay, you don't have to say anything or do anything…" he said, smiling as he patted her on the shoulder "Nothing has to change because of this"
"Oh, really?" she asked, regaining some sense and staring at him with skepticism "Sokka… do you have a clue when was the last time someone said those words to me?"
"Uh… not really. When?"
"I have no idea! That's my point!" she said, staring at him in shock "I just… I… it's the first time in hell knows how long that someone said that to me. I… I didn't think it'd ever happen, I just… don't think I'm really worthy of…"
"Not worthy of getting loved?" asked Sokka, shocked
"No, no…" she muttered, shaking her head "I mean, I never thought I'd meet anyone who would love me. I never thought anyone… I just can't understand it. I pretty much had cast away all hopes of getting loved and I was fine with it, and now I don't know what to think or say or do…"
"You don't have to think or say or do anything" he said, moving in bed so he could surround her shoulders with his arm "I mean… ever since we started out with this I was sure we would only ever go around having sex, and that's pretty much what we had in mind. This isn't the sort of deal that revolves around getting married and being happily in love… we're just having a blast by having the best sex we've ever had. So, really… if it bothered you, I'm sorry. But don't fret; I'm not trying to put any pressure on you or anything"
"Right…" she muttered, lowering her gaze. Sokka couldn't help but chuckle and sigh, rolling his eyes as he did. Azula frowned and looked at him "What's the problem?"
"This is awkward" he said, still laughing "It almost feels as if I were the girl in the relationship and you're the guy"
"Huh?!" asked Azula, astonished
"You know, you always hear that girls are the ones to drop the 'I love you' bomb and guys chicken out on them…" he said, giggling as he laid himself across the mattress "Well, it feels like we've swapped the usual way of things here…"
Azula watched him as he lie down in the bed and she climbed atop him with her head leveled with his chest.
"I'm sorry, Sokka" she said, and he laughed again as he played with her hair
"What're you so sorry for? You didn't do anything wrong, girl" he said, smiling kindly
"I just… I can bet what you were expecting to hear when you said that" muttered Azula, troubled "But I just…"
"I know, Azula, I know" said Sokka, still grinning "It's okay, I said. Don't get hung up on it, it won't do you any good"
"I can't let it go, though" she said, sighing "The problem is, Sokka… that I don't think I've ever been in love with someone. So even if I loved you… how would I ever know if what I feel towards you is love?"
Sokka blinked, surprised, and she looked up at him with the eyes that you might see in a stray puppy begging you to be his friend. He smiled and kissed her brown before lying down again and staring at the ceiling.
"Well, let's see… how can I explain this to you so you get it?" he muttered, still playing with her hair as she got into a comfortable position "Being in love is something strange… you don't really think it through, you just go with it. You notice it when you can hardly get that person off your mind, when everywhere you go, everything you see you link it with that very person… when you've only been away from her for ten seconds and you're already longing to meet her again. Everyone sees faults and flaws on her, like her attitude or her way of looking at the world, but you don't think those are flaws… you think they're what turns that girl into who she is, and you love every aspect about her. Even when she throws sassy remarks at you that make you scowl, even if she goes around doing dangerous things and causing a ruckus you'd rather avoid, you just enjoy every second of it… because it's her. Because the world only was worth living in when she reentered your life…"
Sokka looked down on Azula then and was slightly disappointed to see she had fallen asleep. Still, he didn't feel particularly bothered by what had just happened. In fact, he was pleased… he had finally realized the truth: he loved Azula. And he loved her in ways he had never loved anyone before her. Not even his first girlfriend, Yue, had held a sway like Azula did over him. And definitely, he didn't love Suki half as much as he loved Azula. After six months he finally could accept it… his relationship with his girlfriend was doomed to fail and he was only causing her pain by keeping this charade up. He had to break up with her, no matter if his relationship with Azula would remain purely sexual… he was obliged to break up with Suki now that he knew he couldn't live without the firebending beauty in his arms.
Unbeknownst for Sokka, Azula was not really asleep. She lay awake after hearing all of his explanation and understanding now the true nature of her feelings for him. If all he had said was actual love… then that probably meant she loved him too, but she was terrified of telling him for some reason. Maybe she'd say it the next day, or next week, or on their next life… but right now it was too terrifying a thought to admit her feelings for him. She had no clue what that would entail, and truth to be told, she wasn't sure if she wanted to find out…
Sokka had woken up a few minutes before his phone's alarm clock startled Azula. He reached out and shut it down, his eyes hardly leaving her beautiful sleepy figure. She had, as usual, slept with her head on his chest since she believed he was far more comfortable than any pillows. It didn't bother Sokka at all having her curled up on top of him, he enjoyed the closeness thoroughly.
"Morning" he said, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. Azula looked up, her eyes unfocused as she regained her consciousness
"You have to… to get up now…?" she mumbled, rubbing her eyes
"Yeah, I've got to go to work" he muttered "So if you got off me I might just get going…"
"Then I'm not getting off…" was her reply as she snuggled in his chest, hugging him closely. Sokka chuckled and sat up, to Azula's slight irritation. The worst part about being together was when they knew they'd have to be apart eventually.
"Come on, silly" he said, hugging her back since she hadn't let go of him "If I don't work I won't get any money and I won't work out at all…"
"I'll pay you for sex… that's exercise too, you know?" she said, caressing his back
"So now I'm a male prostitute…" said Sokka, wincing "I've fallen really low, haven't I?"
"You sure have" said Azula, smirking now, proof that she was finally regaining her senses.
Sokka grinned as he lifted her head and leaned down towards her.
"Fine, then. I'll be your personal hooker if that's what you want from me" he muttered, kissing her lips lightly. Azula kissed him back, intensifying the contact as her tongue darted into his mouth.
"I like the sound of that" replied Azula, placing her head on his shoulder when she interrupted the kiss.
"But sadly, the hooker has stuff to do" said Sokka, pushing her away lightly as he got off bed
"Can't you call in and say you'll be late…?" asked Azula, pouting in a way that Sokka couldn't help but find adorable
"What's my excuse?" he asked, chuckling as he turned to face her
"You have an obligation to give me morning sex… that'll be your excuse" she said, beaming in quite a silly manner
"I don't think that's gonna work" he said, laughing. He went to Azula's closet, where he had begun stacking his own clothing some time ago, when they'd realized this affair was bound to last for a long time "Has Zuko been around lately?"
"Why do you ask?" mumbled Azula, getting off the bed as well and fixing her hair with a soft brush.
"Because of the clothes…" said Sokka "If he shows up, he might see them"
"If Zuko goes through my closet, I'll kill him" said Azula simply, making Sokka chuckle
"And what if you forget to tidy up after I'm gone and he sees some of my stuff lying around?"
"I'll tell him I'm crossdressing now" said Azula, smirking "He wouldn't be surprised from anything of the sort if it comes from me"
Sokka laughed and rolled his eyes as he took out a shirt, pants and boxers.
"Still, some of these things are distinctly mine… anyone would tell, especially someone who has been my friend for ages"
"Oh, so Zuko finds out we're having an affair, big deal" said Azula "Would you chicken out just because of that at this point?"
Sokka frowned and shrugged
"Nah, I probably wouldn't, to tell the truth" he said, and Azula smiled as she approached him
"Good. That's why you're the kind of guy I need" she told him, kissing him lightly.
They helped each other to get dressed up, a practice they had gotten used to doing. Often they would caress each other in an extremely enticing manner and rather than getting dressed the clothes just flew off again and they ended up tangled up in bed again. This time, though, Sokka managed to hold back from kneading her breasts and she avoided groping his manhood, both knowing that he really had to get to work. When they were done they couldn't help themselves but lie down in bed again for a while as they kissed softly, just enjoying the last minutes of intimacy to their best.
Sokka lifted her up, snatched his leather jacket and led her all the way through the dorm to the open campus, and hand in hand they walked to the spot where he usually parked his bike. Azula, as usual, admired his figure as he climbed aboard. Sokka turned to her before setting his helmet in place and he gave her an extremely alluring smirk
"Can I get one last kiss for the road?"
"You can get a thousand if you only ask…" she said, leaning down on him and bringing their lips together.
He caressed her cheek kindly, their lips moving around the other in a very soft but meaningful way. He had never kissed her so gently before… and neither had she, for that matter. Something new was being brewed between them, something born from his confession during the previous night…
Sokka hated pulling away from her, and he did unwillingly, wanting to spend every single moment of the day with Azula.
"When will I see you again?" she asked him, crashing her body against his. Balancing the bike became only slightly more difficult, since she often leaned on him in this manner and he had grown used to it.
"Uh… I'll be free tonight" he said, thoughtful "But I have something to do after work. We can meet when I'm done…"
"Good" she said "We'll meet here again, then?"
"Sure thing" he replied, smiling kindly.
"Sokka…?" she started, her arms around his neck
"Yeah?"
She wanted to say it now, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. His kind blue eyes seemed to freeze her in her spot, and she had no idea if she had the strength needed to speak those damned three words, to tell him what she truly felt…
"Have a nice day at work…" she muttered, her eyes unable to hold his stare anymore. He smiled and sought her lips out one more time.
They kissed again in the same manner; Azula's hands ran over his hair as she tried to compel him to stay if only a little longer… Sokka found himself forced to push her away again, knowing that the longer he stayed, the more difficult it would be to part from her… He smiled cheerfully at her as he placed his helmet on and she took a few steps away, leaving him room to turn on his engines and head into the streets with a small rumble from his bike.
Azula saw him leave and felt herself longing for him already. A resolution was brewed within her… she'd tell him today, she would. When they met again, she would finally say it; she had the guts to do it…
The day went by extremely slowly for Sokka, which gave him the time he needed to think his situation through. It didn't matter much if Azula hadn't known how to react to his revelation, he couldn't change the fact that he had fallen in love with her. And even if he still cared for Suki, it made no sense to stay with her; it had never made any sense in the first place. A short argument via texts sealed the deal for him, he knew that he had to do it.
Things with Azula had felt so right… so much better than they ever had with Suki. He had to break up with the latter already, and he'd have to tell her the truth too… it was likely his family and friends would shun him away for being a cheater and his relationship with Azula would like be despised and condemned by all of them, but he had to do this. Being rejected by their peers no longer mattered… he didn't care anymore. All he wanted was Azula; all he could think of was her…
He felt a twinge of anxiety as he rode to Suki's home, hoping she'd be home. He hardly even knew what shifts she took nowadays, he could hardly even recall when they had met last… his life was revolving around his beautiful firebender now, and he hardly felt any guilt about it anymore. Sure he wouldn't be comfortable telling Suki about this… but he was proud of his new relationship and was certain that, despite how superficial it seemed since the sole thing they ever did was have sex, he and Azula were perfectly matched together.
He started pulled up to Suki's home, noticing a car parked on the far side of the garage. He did not get a good look at it though and just figured that it was one of the cars that Suki's father was working on. There were always cars all over the place at the house. He took the stairs to Suki's apartment slowly, half regretting what he was about to do. The door was open, a slightly odd occurrence but he did not think too much about. It was only when he was in the apartment that he heard the first few sounds that suggested that Suki was not alone.
Although he could tell there was something sexual about whatever activity was happening up here. He could hear with a little more clarity now the voices of two people, a male and a female, moaning in quite a passionate manner.
His stomach lurched when he realized the feminine voice belonged to the very girl he had come to break up with. For some reason he felt betrayed for a second before realizing it was perfectly fine for her to cheat on him, he had been doing the same to her. But who was her companion?
He walked in her room's direction, his heart beating wildly in his chest as he had no idea how to face this situation. There was a gleam from the window that invited him to look into the ajar door, and almost unwillingly, he pushed the door slightly inwards as he took in the sight that awaited him.
"It's so good." He heard her moan, his eyes falling on the activity on the bed.
His assumptions had been right: of course she was having sex, those sounds were unmistakable. Sokka felt horribly uncomfortable as he took in the sight, watching the pale body of a man atop his girlfriend.
A pale strong body with his pants down past his hips, his ass exposed. The skin tone reminded him of someone right away, the dark shaggy hair on his head giving flight to his suspicions.
"OH MY GOD THIS IS PERFECT!"
Zuko flew off Suki and onto floor next to the bed, pulling his pants up frantically. Suki sat up in bed, pulling one of her blankets over herself. She looked at Zuko, then to her boyfriend in horror. "Sokka…" She croaked, finally seeing the smile that was on his face; turning her embarrassment to confusion.
Zuko wanted nothing more than to crawl under the bed, to hide from the gaze of his friend. He had been so excited about the prospect of just being with Suki that he had not really thought about the fact that Sokka would have to find out that he had been with with her. All other circumstances aside he still had slept with his best friend's girlfriend.
"This solves everything!" He looked between the both of them, a huge smile on his face, "I was just coming here to break up with you!"
Zuko's eyes were locked on Suki's face as the news hit her. She looked a bit more surprised than he thought she would be, considering the climate of the conversation before they had gotten physical. He could still see the hurt, still see the pain in her eyes.
"You were what?" She whined. His bottom lip shaking, a sign that she was about to cry.
"Well I've been cheating on you for six moths. I thought that breaking up with you was the polite thing to do." Both Zuko and Suki dropped their jaws and the confession. Suki was not longer on the verge of tears, but we eyes were filled with anger.
"Polite?" Suki was getting off the bed slowly, the blanket still wrapped around her. Zuko stood up too, his eyes locked on Suki.
"Yeah. You see I realized last night that I love her way more than I do or ever did you and thought it was only right if I stood up and dealt with it." He laughed to himself, "You know it's funny cause I was really nervous about this, about confessing to you that I was cheating, but then I walk in to find that you are FUCKING my best friend. So needless to say I don't feel like such a sleazy whore cause I know that you are one now too. So I guess I should thank you for that."
Zuko had decided half way though Sokka's tirade that he was going to let Suki punch Sokka in the face, but only once. He felt like she, by right, could have that. If she went in for more than that he would stop it, but one was alright. His thoughts were confirmed as the red faced, auburn haired young woman came at the tall, blue eyed man with a clenched fist, her arm drew back. She and Zuko had learned to fight the same way, by a former boxer who worked in her father's auto garage. They were taught how to fake their way though an opponent who was, obviously, not as smart as you. Suki knew that Sokka feel into this category. He should have noticed that Suki was coming at him with her right fist drawn back, when she was deciding left handed.
Her right fist went to make contact with Sokka's stomach. It was deflected by his arm trying to protect himself. He was busy with that so he did not see her left first being drawn back, then forward and making contact his Sokka's face.
Zuko heard Sokka's nose break from across the room. He was on Suki as quick as he could be. The blanket that she was covered with had fallen off, leaving her naked as Zuko wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her away.
"YOU FUCKING SON OF A BITCH!" She was screaming at Sokka now, her arms reaching for him, "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME!"
Sokka's hand was on his face, having stumbled back when she had hit him. It was not the first time that he had been punched, but nothing was quite like that one. He hissed in pain, feeling the broken bones in the bridge of his nose, "Do what to you?!" He snapped back, removing his hand to find blood in it from his nose.
"TREAT ME LIKE THAT!"
"You mean like you did!"
"This is different!"
"HOW!? He is my god damned best friend and you FUCKED HIM!"
"That's right, I FUCKED ZUKO!" Zuko's face turned ever redder, trying to her hold her as best he could, "And I can assure you, that not only is his cock WAY nicer than yours, but his come tastes better THAN YOURS EVER DID!" Zuko frowned a little bit at this, looking away from Sokka, who was smiling now.
"It must be a family thing." Sokka laughed, his hands going to his hips, blood dripping from his nose.
Both Zuko and Suki froze, their eyes wide as they looked at their friend who was laughing lightly. "Huh?" Zuko croaked, his heart pounding up in his ears.
"I'm fucking your sister." Sokka hissed, a gleam in his eyes.
"What?" Zuko's stomach dropped, images of Sokka and his baby sister mid-coitous filling his head.
"You're fucking awful." Suki growled, shaking her head.
"The only thing awful is your sexual performance compared to hers." He sneered, looking over Suki, who's naked body now did nothing at all for him. For a second he even wondered what he ever saw in it at all.
Zuko was thinking about letting Suki go, letting her take care of Sokka in the way that he wanted to. He did not have the chance to though, as Sokka made his exit shaking his head.
"You both can go fuck yourselves." He mumbled as he walked away, leaving the apartment, blood still dripping from his nose.
A naked Suki and shirtless Zuko were left standing in her bedroom, either of them really sure what to say or do. They were both shaking light from the interaction that had just happened and Suki's hand was hurting from the punch she laid on Sokka. His hands snaked from around her waist, going to his side, pulling up his pants a little bit.
She spun on him, grabbing his face in her hands and pressing her lips to his in a flat, forceful kiss. He blinked in surprise at the kiss, looking at her with confused eyes. After a second though he just went with it, closing his eyes and his hands going back around her waist as they kissed. It was after a few moments of this that he opened his eyes and looked at her, seeing tears flowing on to her cheeks.
He pulled away, his hands going to his cheeks and brushing the gathering tears away. She laughed lightly, looking up into his lovely eyes with a smile, "I should not be sad." She sighed, "I should be happy that I have you to myself."
His lips went to her forehead, his arms going back to her waist and holding her close, her face going to his shoulder and she started to cry.
Sokka had gotten the bleeding to stop by the time he got to Azula's dorm. He knocked on the door, which opened swiftly. "Hi."
Azula's jaw dropped when she saw Sokka standing before her, a large smile on his face and blood smeared all over his mouth, "I knew you were into some freaky stuff, but even that is a stretch." He could not help but laugh, walking into her room and taking off his black leather jacket. Azula went into her bathroom, wetting a towel and bring it to him. He thanked her with a smile, sitting down at the chair at her desk. "So are you going to tell me what happened?" She was looking his face over, noting the now definite curvature that the bridge of his nose was taking on, "Someone got you good."
"Don't remind me." He sighed, looking in the mirror that hung above her desk, "My perfectly shaped face is ruined." He wined.
"So what happened?" She asked, sitting on his gaze to her, "Who hit you?" She took the cloth from him, wiping the rest of the blood off his face.
"If I tell you, you can't get mad, ok?" Azula knew she was going to get mad anyways, but agreed to this simply because she wanted to know who she was going to have to beat up later. "It was Suki."
"WHAT?! Suki?"
Sokka laughed, knowing that he should not have said anything about it to her, "I told you not to get mad."
"Damn right I'm mad." She hissed, a frown on her face as she was trying to clean him. Most of the blood was done but there was still this red stain on his skin which she was determined to get off, "Wait… why did she hit you?"
"I told her about us."
Her jaw dropped, looking at him with a stunned look. She never though he would tell Suki. She expected Sokka to come to her one day and tell her that he was getting back with their Suki, that relationship had to end. She never expected him to tell Suki, not even after what he had said to her last night.
"And she hit me." He laughed, looking at his reflection in the mirror, "It was the hardest punch I've ever taken before."
Azula shook her head, standing up with a frown, "I can't believe she would do something like that." She walked to her mini fridge, opening it and pulling out a drink for him.
"In all honesty I had it coming." Sokka stood, taking his shirt off as he looked his face over in the mirror, frowning heavy as his eyes were still on his reflection.
"Cheating or no you don't act like that." She opened the beer, giving it to Sokka as she sat back down in the chair.
"Well…" Sokka smiled, "There were extenuating circumstances."
"How so?"
"I walked in on her having sex with your brother."
Azula's eyes widened, a horrified look coming across her face, her right eye twitching. "What?"
"Yeah… they were going at it when I walked in."
Azula's lips pressed together, her eyes looking away. She was not really sure how to react to this news. She was actually really disturbed that Suki would have sex with her brother when she had the beautiful Sokka to be with.
"So I busted in, there was an argument, she said some things, I said some things… mostly me. She punched me, I told them about us, Zuko shit a brick, we argued more, then I left."
"I still can't believe she hit you." Her hand went to his face, running it over his skin, "I can't believe she hurt you, why would a woman do that to a man she supposedly loved?"
"Don't be angry with her over this…" He whispered, looking into her eyes, "I mean it."
"How can I not be mad?!"
Sokka shook his head, "I know that you are upset..."
"Upset does not even begin to describe the way I feel right now." She hissed, trying to clean up her room out of nervousness, "She assaulted you Sokka, and you don't seem to give a damn!"
"I don't." He asked, watching her as she walked around in her underwear and a tank top.
She looked back at him surprised, a frown on his face, "How can you not!?"
"Because I have you to myself now."
Azula smiled with sad eyes, looking over the strong man who was sitting before her. "And you always will." She sighed.
"You mean that?"
She laughed, nodding a little bit, "I..." She took a deep breath, swallowing hard.
"You...?" He looked at her a little confused, his eye brow raising.
"I love you." She finally croaked, looking at him with a soft smile, "And I only want to be with you."
Sokka could not help but smile wide as he looked at her. She was the last person that he ever expected to fall in love with. However as he looked at her now it seemed like she was the only person he would ever want. He rested his beer on the desk, standing up and walking to her.
"I love you so much Azula." He whispered, seizing her up in his arms and pressing his lips to her's in a soft kiss.
She laughed into the kiss, into the lips of her Sokka. He was just that now, her's. And would be for as long as she could have him.
"Dose it bother you?" They were in her living room, both laying on the sofa naked, stomachs pressed together.
He had been too busy counting her heartbeats to pay attention to what she was asking, "Huh?"
"That your sister is… having sex." She shifted nervously at the thought, knowing who his sister had been having sex with.
"Oh…. Not really." He shrugged under her, His one arm draped lazily behind the arm of the sofa that his head was resting on. "I'm just kinda surprised at the execution of it."
"Execution?" She was dragging her fingers nails over the skin over his ribcage lightly, leaving white marks.
"I always kind of imaged my sister like a spider when it came to sex. She would only do it before killing and eating her partner." This made Suki laugh, the side of her head going to his shoulder. He could not help but laugh softly as well, shaking his head as his one hand continued to play lazily with her hair.
She nuzzled her nose into his neck, a frown on her face. "I can't help but think that there is something wrong with me." She closed her eyes tight, "I mean why else would he do it?" She was more talking to herself than to him at this point in time.
"I meant what I told you earlier." He whispered, "That I find nothing wrong with you, I never have." She looked up as he turned his head to face her, their eyes meeting one another's, "Do you remember when you found my cuts? The ones on my arms?" She nodded, one of her hands going up to his face, running the tips of her fingers over his scar. "I was so worried. I was scared that you would be disappointed in me, knowing that I had been hurting myself." He smiled warmly at her, "And you just looked at them with this look of worry in your face, that you were scared for me or something."
"I was scared for you.."
"I just remember watching you as you looked them over, touching them, all of them. Then you wrapped your arms around me, held me tight, and told me 'Please never hurt yourself again'." Suki nodded, tears in her eyes as she remembered the exact moment that he was speaking of, "And your voice was so real, so sincere that I never wanted to hurt myself again because I knew that it would be hurting you when I did so. So I never did it again."
Suki smiled, tears dripping from her eyes now, "I never knew that is why you stopped."
Zuko nodded, a soft smile on his face, "I never told you, I figured that you would think it was dumb."
She shook her head, "That's nothing even close to dumb, Zuko."
He just smiled, "So see… I've never found anything wrong with you, nor will I ever."
Suki sighed heavily, leaning in and pressing their lips together, her hand holding his jaw in place as they kissed. Both of their lips smiling in the embrace.
Sokka was sitting up in bed, looking at himself in a hand held mirror. He could not help but frown, still getting used to his new face. "You know you might not find me attractive anymore." He was still naked, Azula's dark people sheet draped over his legs. He always felt comfortable when he was naked with her, or had on anything for that matter.
Azula laughed, her head on his lap as she looked up at him, studying him. "I don't think I could ever find you not attractive, you know." She had nothing bothered to get dressed either, or even put a sheet over her. She was laid out for him like an offering, her milks skin totally exposed.
Sokka rolled his eyes, "Well I don't think I'm as good looking." He smiled at his reflection, "However I'm so damn handsome there was no place I could go other than down."
It made her giggle again, snuggling closers to him, her arms going around his waist. Azula buried her face into his lower stomach, her lips nipping at the coarse brown hairs there. Her skin tingled as she took in the thick smell of masculinity on her lover.
Sokka smiled, sitting the mirror aside, and running his fingers though her raven hair. He looked her over, over every inch of her skin that was on display for him, for him only. He loved her now, and he could not see himself every loving someone else. Even with that overwhelming feeling in his heart and mind there was something that he needed to tell her, a boundry that needed to be laid, "Can we talk about something?"
"Sure." She said into his skin, laying kissed up to his navle.
"You know we…" He sighed, sadness in his voice. The tone made her sit up, looking at him with a frown. "We've never really talked about us."
She looked Sokka over. His thick brown hair was down and hanging around his strong face. She loved it when he had it down. It was just another thing for her to hang onto while they made love. "Well I never thought there would be an us." This was the first time that it occurred to her that there was a them, that her and Sokka had a relationship. She was just thinking that it was sex this entire time. It made her heart flutter to think that she had been wrong this entire time.
"Well of course there is." He laughed, kissing Azula on the cheek. "I just thought we might wanna talk about what there is to us… to our future."
She nodded slowly, looking him over. She had thought for so long about him, about them together. However now that there really was a them it totally took her by surprise and she had no idea what to say. "Sokka I…"
"I know Azula." He reached out and took her hand into his, holding it tight.
"I love you." She said with a frown, "But I don't want a relationship right now."
"Neither do I." Sokka smiled, "But I still want to see you."
"Well that goes without saying." He laughed, "I still want to see you, all the time."
Azula climbed into his lap, a smile on her face as they wrapped their arms around one another. He just held her, his lips going to the side of her head. Whenever they were close like this he wished that time would stand still, that he would never see or touch another person as long as he loved, only her. "I think that what we have is ok." She whispered, a smile on her face, "Don't you?"
Sokka nodded with a smile, "I think so, yes."
She looked up into his eyes, her hand reaching out and stroking his strong dark cheek, "So then we continue."
Sokka brushed some hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ear and they nuzzled their noses together. Neither of them knew it, but the other was thinking that even if they were not together, they never wanted to be in another pair of arms as long as they lived. Even if they were not in a relationship, they already were totally committed to one another.
Alma Kyser climbed the stairs to her daughter's room, concerned that she had not seen her yet. Suki usually came to the house for breakfast before she went with her father to the shop. If she was going to go in later she would at least text one of them and tell them. Alma had even texted her a few times to see if she was ok. It was when no texts were replied to that she took it upon herself to seek her daughter out.
She found Suki's door unlocked, her walking in quietly as to not wake her only daughter who might still be sleeping. She noticed a dark back pack on the floor, haphazardly thrown to the side along with a dark red t-shirt. Alma knew that neither of these things belonged to Sokka, not that he would be spending the night here anymore.
It was them that Alam looked in the bedroom, not at the bed but at the foot of it and the items on the floor. It was when she saw the shoes that she knew who they and the other items belonged to. The realization made her smile and sigh happily. She left the apartment and went back to the house, finding her husband in the kitchen drinking his coffee.
"Is she alive?" Ed Kyser asked, looking at her as she came in.
Alma just smiled, nodding lightly, "She is very much alive." She laughed to her self a little bit, "I'm afraid she won't be joining you at the shop today though."
Ed's ear perked up, looking at his wife with a smile, "Oh, did Sokka stay the night?" Alma took a seat at the table, drinking her tea slowly, not looking up at her husband. "Not… Sokka?" Ed raised his eye brow, looking at his wife concerned.
"Drink your coffee Ed." She scolded lightly, looking at the newspaper in front of her.
"Who is it?" He asked, sitting down at the table next to her.
"Ed, stay out of this."
"Alma." His voice was serious, "I've been accepting about our daughter and her… needs, from the beginning. Only because I knew that it was with Sokka, and I knew she was safe." Alma was looking over the rim of her cup at her husband as he spoke, "So either you tell me who that boy is, or I will march up there with my shot gun and let him know exactly who is looking out for that girl of mine."
"Quit being so dramatic." Alma sighed, rolling her eyes in the exact fashion that Suki did so often, "Suki is perfectly safe."
"And you are sure of that?"
"Positive." Ed looked out the kitchen window at the over the car garage with a frown, still unsure. Alma shook her head, sitting her cup down on the table, "For Christ's sake Ed, don't you think that if I was concerned I would say so?"
"How can you not be concerned with some strange boy in bed with her?"
"Zuko is not even close to a stranger."
"What the hell are you talking abo-…. Oh." Ed's eyes got wide when the realization struck him, his coffee being sat down on the table. He looked for the words to say what he was thinking about the thought of his daughter with her long time friend, but could not seem to find them. Alma laughed, standing up and going to the sink.
"Don't worry dear." She said, patting his back, "It's a new day."
"It certainly is." He mumbled, taking a drink of his coffee.
Sokka woke up when the sunlight hit his face, something that took him by surprise. He had forgotten to set up his alarm, and he was likely very late for work already. He'd probably have to call in later to let them know he'd work a double shift later to make up for his absence.
He looked down at the beautiful girl in his arms and smiled to himself. He was slightly uncomfortable after the strange place their relationship was at… they were together, but not really together. Full commitment would take a lot of work, and he didn't feel quite comfortable to jump in a full-fledged relationship again after the catastrophic failure his long-term relationship with Suki had become.
Azula twitched slightly in her sleep and Sokka kissed the top of her head gently. His movement woke her, and she looked up to him drowsily. Sokka grinned at the sight.
"Why can't you stop being beautiful? Other girls are supposed to look like a mess when they wake… but you can't do that" he said, chuckling.
Azula flashed him a very innocent smile, something that didn't quite go with her character.
"I'm always beautiful…" she muttered, rolling over to one side of the bed "Well, if I am I think you should be used to it by now. It's been six months and you're still amazed by me… there's something wrong with you."
"Nothing's wrong with me" said Sokka, snuggling close to her again as he pressed his face to her shoulder "But I'll never get used to you, believe me on that" he said, as he kissed her softly "It's one of the things I love the most about being with you. There's nothing predictable about you"
Azula smiled, allowing his arms to surround her. She clasped his hands with hers as he continued caressing her kindly.
"I think I'm only beautiful when I'm with you, though" she said, chuckling "You bring out something I didn't even know existed within me. Who would have thought I could fall in love?"
"I did" said Sokka, chuckling "Legend says you had quite a crush on me when we were little…"
"I didn't fall in love, though. Not real love." said Azula, beaming "It was just a crush"
"But it's not anymore…" Sokka muttered, moving to her neck as he bit her slightly
"No, not anymore" she replied, turning her face around to him.
They kissed passionate and gently at the same time, something they didn't even think possible, but ever since they had come to realize their feelings for the other, something had changed in both of them. The kisses had become loving, just as the sex had suddenly become love-making. Everything was still as wild as it had been before… but now there was something new, something that hadn't been there before. They couldn't stop smiling as they looked into the other's eyes. Azula couldn't help but feel her heart expanding somehow as she allowed herself to be enveloped by him completely…
"Wait…" she said suddenly, surprising him
"What?"
"Why are you still here? Don't you have work?"
"Oh, right" he said "I think I'm taking the day off, though. I'm already late, so it's better if I just don't go altogether. I'll just take a double shift on another day, no big deal"
"Gee" said Azula, grimacing "So that means I'll have to make the most of this since you won't have time for me that day…"
"I won't say no to that" he said, grinning as he kissed her again.
Azula dived into the kiss a little too wildly and their noses collided for a moment. Sokka withdrew himself with a whimper.
"Sorry!" she said, as he chuckled slightly
"D-don't worry, it's okay" he muttered, touching his still hurt nose
"You should go to a hospital or something" she suggested
"I've got no money for that" he said, shaking his head "It's not really that troublesome, don't worry about it"
"She should be the one paying for it, really" grunted Azula, still annoyed "She broke my man's nose."
Sokka laughed at that again as he hugged her tightly and kissed her brow again.
"Still…" said Azula, frowning now "… is everything really over between you two?"
"Well, yeah" said Sokka, shrugging "I'm with you, she's with Zuko… it's pretty clear that we're not together anymore"
"It sounds like a pretty bad place to be, though" said Azula, looking at him "You used to love her, didn't you?"
"Uh… yeah, but that's not…"
"Then… why don't you try to set matters straight with her?" she asked "You can tell her to pay for your nose surgery or something…"
"She's probably as broke as I am" said Sokka, chuckling "But I guess you're right. It's a little weird that things ended so badly with us. I don't really like it"
"I'd be pretty bitter if you suddenly told me how you've been cheating on me for six months" said Azula, sighing "But I still wouldn't want things to end like this"
"You're right" said Sokka, kissing her head "I'll get things straightened out with her, promised thing"
"Also…" said Azula, looking up at him with some worry "It's going to be out now, isn't it? Everyone will know that you and I…"
"Yeah, probably" said Sokka, shrugging "I doubt Suki or Zuko would keep quiet about it… and I'm pretty sick of hiding around, really. I might as well go out in the open and just tell everyone"
"Still…" muttered Azula "It's not going to be good on us, really. It looks like you and I were just fucking for the sake of it, that you hurt Suki and that Zuko came to her rescue. You and I look like the bad guys, she's the victim and he's the hero"
"I thought you'd like being the bad guy" said Sokka, smirking
"I do" she said, smiling too "But I don't think you'd like that much. I'm talking about being despised by your friends and family just because you're with me. It… it's not going to be easy. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of that…"
"You know, they can talk crap about me if they want" said Sokka, shrugging "They can go ahead and think we're only doing this for the sex. But you know better than that. And so do I"
"I guess, but… isn't it troublesome anyway?" asked Azula
"I knew I was getting into a ton of trouble when we first kissed" he said, smiling "And I'm perfectly fine with that, in fact, I love that. If they don't like it, it's their problem. I'm in love with you, and love only takes two"
"True" said Azula, smiling "Then, no matter the outcome of this mess… no matter if your sister tells you to get away from me or she'll freeze your balls up or something, you'll still be with me?"
"Of course, silly" he stated, hugging her closely "But I do hope she doesn't come up with that sort of punishment… it sounds damn painful"
Azula chuckled as she pressed her face against his strong chest. Sokka reached out for his phone in her nightstand and typed up a text really quickly. Azula took a peek from the corner of her eye, realizing the receiver was to be Suki. Sokka sent the message and smiled down at Azula. She gave him a weak smile too, at which he raised an eyebrow
"Something wrong?"
"Just thinking… won't she fall back in love with you if you two meet up again?"
"She might" said Sokka, smugly "I'm still damn handsome even if my face is wrecked! But even if she does, I'm all yours now, Azula. She can't change that no matter how hard she tries"
Azula smiled as she lay down her head on his chest again, feeling perfectly safe.
"So, you'll meet her at your place… at four, right?"
"Exactly" said Sokka "You'll be in classes by then, so it's not a problem… is it?"
"Not really" said Azula, shrugging "Will you meet me back here when that's done, or do you want me to go there?"
"I'll be here, I think" said Sokka "Waiting for you. In bed. Maybe naked. No, DEFINITELY naked"
Azula chuckled and smiled at him
"Sounds like a plan" she muttered, kissing his hurt nose again "Want to go get some breakfast?"
"How about I just eat you up?" he asked, rolling her in bed as he got on top of her, covering her chest with kisses.
"You really must love me" said Azula, beaming "I can't believe you'd rather eat me than actual food. This is true love indeed"
Sokka couldn't help but laugh at that comment. There was something so ridiculously accurate about that… He crawled upwards again and kissed her lips as he caressed her face kindly. Azula closed her eyes and enjoyed the touch, forgetting about breakfast altogether… if she could have him, she wouldn't need anything else.
Suki forgot who she was sleeping next to for the briefest second, the hair that he face was buried into feeling unfamiliar to her. It smelled spicy, it smelled warm, and so very sexy. She wondered how it was possible, about how someone could smell like this. It was then that she felt the warmth from the skin of the man in her arms. It occurred to her then who it was, making her smile and tighten her arms around her tall handsome fire bender.
The added pressure on her abdomen woke him, making him groan as his hands went to his eyes. She just smiled again, her lips pressing to his hair covered scalp. She got a tingle down her spine, thinking about how even his hair follicles were wonderful.
"I'm all for doing again today what we did last night, but I'm gonna need to get something to eat first." Zuko sighed, still half asleep. Suki laughed, kissing the back of his neck as she cuddled closer. "I want Waffle House."
"I'm really not sure if I want to share you with the world right now." She was kissing and nipping him all over her neck and shoulders, leaving behind little red marks on his skin. She was calming him. Making sure that anyone else who saw this beautiful man that he belonged to someone, to her.
"We will have to leave your room eventually." He laughed, spinning in her arms and facing her. He had to stop himself from gasping when he saw that it was still her in the bed with him. He half expected it all to be a dream, for everything that had happened the day and the night before to have never happened. So when he saw her full lips, felt her skin on his, smelled her in the air around him, heard her breathing: He knew that she was not dream, that this was real.
She saw the look of disbelief in his eyes as he was looking her over. She could not help but laugh at his expression, "I'm happy to see you too."
He just smiled wide, "I could get used to waking up next to you like this."
"And I you." She sighed, running her fingers though his hair.
After a quick shower, together, and getting dressed they got ready to get something to eat. It was getting to the point that she could hear his stomach growling even from across the room. It made her giggle but she knew that he would start getting cranky if he did not get something to eat. He had always been that way. Little did she know that nothing today would make him cranky.
She went to her big chair, grabbing her cell phone as Zuko was holding her from behind, biting and sucking on her neck. She just laughed, looking at the texts that she had missed.
Mom – 6:45 am
There is bacon and sausage downstairs.
Mom – 6:55 am
Not feeling well?
Mom – 7:15 am
Have a good morning Suki. I love you.
Sokka – 9:37 am
We need to talk. My place at 4?
They both read the last one, looking at each other for a second. "Do you think I should go?" He pressed her lips to her shoulder, closing his eyes. "You're right. I should."
"I can go with you if you want." He mumbled into her skin. She shook her head.
Suki – 11:17 am
Alright.
"I will be ok." She kissed him on the side of his head, pulling away from him as she slipped the phone back into her pocket.
"We can just stay here if you want." He half hoped that she would say yes, that he could stay with her for the entire day, holding her in his arms until they fell asleep like they had last night.
"We could." She raised her eye brow, smiling back at him, "But you kinda got my heart sat on Waffle house." She felt his stomach groan again, "And don't you have class today?"
He pulled away, his eyes raking over his body with a smile on his face. "Do you really think I'm going to sit though three hours of monetary policy theory when I've been waiting to kiss and touch you for 9 years now and I finally get to?!"
She giggled at this, turning to him and wrapping her arms around his neck, "Well when you put it like that."
He leaned in and kissed her, a smile on his face, "Lets go eat." He said into her lips after pulling away. Even he was having pain in his stomach as he was wanting food.
She laughed, her hand going to his stomach, "God even your hunger is sexy."
He laughed loudly, flipping some of his hair out of his eyes.
It was over matching All-Star Specials that Zuko and Suki laughed and joked, just like they always had. It was all the same. The same feeling, the same happiness, the same smiles. But every part of it was saturated with total admiration, with love.
He was using a sharpie to draw a hart on the top of her hand, his tongue sticking out as he took great care to decorate it with swirls and lines. They used to do all the time when they were in school. They sat by one another but were not allowed to talk as much as they liked. This resulted in them having a small notebook that was filled with drawings and little notes that was passed between them. There had been several of these books over the years, all of which she still had.
When he was in an especially bad mood she would take it another step, drawing things on his hand so that it would make him happy. It was a small thing that always had the effect she wanted. He would take great care of the next few days, washing his hands in a way that would insure the drawings would last as long as possible.
She tried to do it with Sokka once. He acted happy about it at first, glad even. She noticed though that after only an hour the drawing of a happy cupcake had begun to ware off from him washing his hands. She never did it again.
Zuko tried it once with Mai; only to have her stop him before the pen even made it to her skin.
"Are you worried?" He mumbled into his work.
"About?" Her eyes were fixated on him, watching him intently.
"Well…" He took a deep breath, glancing up at her with his hair in his eyes, "We were one thing for a long time, and now we are still that, just with more to it." He shrugged, "I don't want it to change what we already had: Or worse loose it."
"I never thought there was much of a different between best friends and boyfriend and girlfriends."
"Just the addition of sex." He smirked, looking back down to her hand.
"It didn't feel like that though."
"What do you mean?" He mumbled.
"That having sex with you doesn't feel odd or different." He looked up at her as she spoke, a smile on his face, "It just feels right."
He blushed, "I thought the same thing."
She smirked, her hand still in his, "So see… if we add the extra variable and things are the same, what do we really have to be worried about?"
"I love it when you talk math to me." He chuckled, pressing his lips to the hand that was in his own. Suki grabbed his hand and pulled it towards her, the rest of him following. He smiled and kissed her, a large smile on his face. "Same thing with that." He whispered.
Suki laughed and pushed him back down, going from her side of the booth to his. "So see, there is nothing to worry about." She took the pen from him, taking his hand into hers. "It's only to be amazing."
He kissed the side of her head, his nose in her hair, "I know, darling."
"Darling." She sighed, starting to draw on his hand, "I like the sound of that."
Zuko looked at the drawing on his hand of two dinosaurs kissing. The one had a definite scar on it's eye, which made him happy in ways that he had not felt in years. He half wanted to never wash the hand again or to get it tattooed right in it's place. He had already taken pictures of the drawing, thinking one day that it would be on their wedding invitations or something like that.
She just laughed from the edge of the bed as she looked back at him, seeing the funny look on his face, "You're welcome."
He smiled, his head and shoulders resting on her headboard as his eyes went to her, "I really do love it."
"Well there is more where that came from." She stood up, pulling up the underwear as she did. He watched her intently with a smile, her full hips filling out her pink lace thong perfectly. She walked to her dresser, pulling out a bra and going to slip it on. She turned back to him as she did so, finding the strange look on his face. "What?"
Zuko just shook his head, looking over at her with a growing smile, "I was just thinking about us."
"What about us?" She fastened the bra before pulling her hair back.
"About how I will tell people." He laugh laughed, sitting up in bed with a blanket over his naked body, "You know Uncle, Lu Ten and Kenton, All them."
Suki just shrugged, grabbing some black leggings from her drawer and slipping them on. "Well I'm not going to tell anyone anything."
"Oh so now I'm your closet lover now?" He tried to sound playfully insulted, but worried that is just came out as mean.
Suki giggled, "It's not that." She threw on a long yellow tunic that covered her torso and arms that she retrieved from the closet. "I guess I would rather show them then tell them."
He looked her over again, his hands running though his hair. "So that means I can keep you?"
Suki could not help but smile, walking over to him on the bed and sitting in front of him, "I thinks it means that I get to keep you."
Zuko just leaned in and kissed her on the lips, their tongues slipping into one another's mouths. They had just finished with this sort of thing after returning to breakfast, wasting away the afternoon talking and exploring one another. However it still felt like it was the first kiss all over again. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to his naked body, both of them moaning into the kiss. Suki laughed and Zuko laid down on the bed, pulling her with him.
"Zuko…" She moaned into the kiss, her knees going on either side of his hips as her hands explored his chest, her hunger for him apparent.
He pulled away from the kiss, looking up at her, "You need to go." He whispered, "You will be late getting to Sokka's."
She nodded, her hands moving to his head, fingers in his hair. "I will be back."
"I have to work at the tea shop at 5." He whispered, "I don't think uncle will let me get out of that." He chuckled.
Suki laughed as will, kissing him on the cheek forcefully, "So we will just fuck there tonight."
He laughed again as she got off him, going to put things in her purse, "So… can I ask you something?" He got out of bed as well, standing by the bed naked.
"Of course." She threw a hair brush in the bag.
"Am I your boyfriend now?"
Suki froze and smiled over at him, "Yeah…" She sighed, "And I'm your girlfriend." The statement brought a smile and blush to Zuko's face. Suki giggled and ran over to him, crashing into him with their lips pressing together. He lifted her up off the ground, their smiles both wide as they broke from the kiss.
"I gotta go." She whispered as he sat her back down. She kissed him quickly, "I will come to the tea shop when I'm done, ok?"
He nodded, brushing some hair out of her eyes, "I will see you then." He kissed her again, "I love you Suki."
The statement made her heart hurt, knowing that this beautiful, kid, sweet boy loved her. He always had and always would. She looked into Zuko's eyes and saw not only her past and present, but future as well. This was something that she could never really say about Sokka, and it gave her goosebumps as it occurred to her now. "And I love you Zuko." It was all that she could bring herself to say, but it was all that he needed to hear.
They kissed again, their arms wrapping around one another in a tight embrace. It was her that pulled away after a moment this time. She really did have to go. "I will see you tonight." She whispered, removing herself the from room before she forced herself to stay. He stood by the bed and watched her leave, her looking back at him with a smile as she did so.
When the door closed and she was gone he finally let himself swoon freely like the fool in love that he was. He laughed loudly, flopping down on her bed.
Suki heard the laugh, a smile on her face as she descended the stairs from her apartment. She walked to her Mustang, pulling her keys from her purse. It was then that she saw her father watering some plants in the yard by the car. His eyes were wide as she walked up to him, not looking at her.
"Hi dad." Suki told her father with a smile.
"Hello dear." Ed croaked, still not looking at her, clearing his throat. "Tell Zuko that is right rear tire is low on air."
Suki could not help but smiled at the auburn haired man, "I will." She shook her head and reached out, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him on the cheek. "I love you, daddy."
Ed could not help but laugh at this, "I love you too, Suki." He kissed her on the forehead, a small smile on his face.
She pulled away and continued to go to her Mustang and getting in. She started the old car and waved good bye to her father as she pulled away, a smile wide on her face.
Ed just waved back, still smiling softly. "That girl is gonna be the death of me." He chuckled, going back to his flowers.