I'm trying guys… work and school is keeping me busy, and some writer's block is keeping me from really committing to anything.

Sokka was sitting on the small sofa in his one room apartment when he heard the knock at the door. Usually a knock would make his heart leap, knowing that someone was coming to see him, for either sex or whatever. This time was much different though.

He got up and slowly walked to the door, opening it with much hesitation. He at the woman standing at his threshold and could not help but frown. She looked at him with a frown as well, but then let out a soft giggle when she got a good look at him.

"I really did break your nose, didn't I?" Sokka rolled his eyes, standing to the side to wave her in. Suki laughed lightly as she walked in, looking around. She had not been in here for months, and it showed. Sokka was always a bit of a slob and she was the one who cleaned up for him. With her not coming around it was no wonder that things looked the way they did. She noticed a few articles of clothing that were not hers, them making her stomach churn.

After a few moments she looked back at him, a frown on her face, "I'm sorry I hit you last night."

Sokka just shrugged, "I had it coming."

"Well at least we agree on that." She sighed, sitting her green purse on an unoccupied chair, walking into the kitchen. He raised an eye brow, watching her as she started taking the steps needed to wash dishes.

"What are you doing, Suki?"

"Well it appears that Azula is not cleaning this place up for you, so I will have to."

He ran his fingers back behind his head, pulling on his pony tail to tighten it, "I don't want you to clean Suki."

"Well I do." She was doing it mostly to keep herself busy, to keep herself from noticing the smell of a perfume in the apartment that she knew was not hers.

"Can't we talk?"

"We can." She sighed, "We need to."

Sokka nodded, looking a her with his hip leaning on the counter. "I think we should break up."

"HA!" She laughed, shaking her head, "You don't say."

He rolled his eyes, "Well one of us had to say it."

She looked down into the sink as she washed, shaking her head, "I guess I'm just confused."

He crossed his arms over his chest, watching her. "I…" He sighed, "I guess…"

"Did I do anything wrong?" She asked, whispering to him, "I mean…" She looked over at him, "Why did you do it, Sokka?"

"Because we were in a rut, and you know it."

"When most couples are in a rut they TALK about it. They don't go off and have sex with their best friend's little sister."

"Does it really matter at all that it's Azula?"

"YES!" Suki took a deep breath, looking away, "Yes, it matters Sokka."

"I don't care that you slept with him."

"You can't compare what we did to what you and her did!" Suki shook her head, tears rolling down her cheeks, "I did it once, not even total sex."

"He was INSIDE YOU!... That was sex!"

Neither of them said anything for a long, painful moment, their minds alive with activity. They should have been thinking about what their next step would be as a couple, but nothing was further from the truth. They were both just thinking about the respective fire benders that now had the majority share of their hearts. Suki just washed the dishes, the started to clean the apartment. Sokka helped her a bit, but mostly just watched her, not sure what to say or do.

"Come on." Suki sighed after a while, motioning to the bed, "Let me fix that nose."

"Fix it?"

"I've taken enough volleyballs to the face to know how to fix a nose."

Sokka could not help but smile, walking to the bed. Suki picked up a cloth, wetting it before following him. He sat on the bed, Suki standing over him. She instructed him to hold the towel under his nose, warning him that it was going to bleed.

"I just wanna know how long... how long were sleeping with her?"

"I don't think you want to know." He sighed.

Suki's thumbs went to both sides of his nose, feeling out the bones. "Was it weeks? Months?"

"Suki..."

"We had sex what... a month ago?"

"Six weeks." He flinched as she felt out his nose.

"I guess I'm just kinda freaked out at the thought of you having sex with her around the same time I was" She felt him sigh under her, "You did do that... didn't you?" She shivered in place.

"The last time we had sex I came to your place from her dorm."

Suki frowned heavily her thumbs making a quick movement as she snapped the cartilage in his nose back into place. He yelped in pain as blood flooded from his nose. She pulled away, going into the bathroom. Sokka laid down on the bed, feeling light headed from the blood loss.

Suki brought him some pain killers which he took, the cloth still at his nose, "You know I always knew it would be you too."

"Huh?"

"You and Zuko." He was looking up at her, "The first time I meet you, when I saw him with you, I just knew."

Suki blushed a bit, looking away as she thought about Zuko, who she knew was waiting for her. "You think, huh?"

"Yeah. You're soul mates."

Suki looked back at him, a soft smile on her face, "You're right. We are."

"So really this was all for the better."

"Whatever." Suki laughed, "So... that's that?"

"I..." She was looking for the right words, what to say to this boy that she was breaking up with, the man that she thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with. She had made plans, and set the expectation that he was it. She was going to be Suki Kimura. She was going to have a couple kids with him. Fat, happy little things that her parents would fawn over.

Now, that last name, and the owner of it and the life that was attached to it seemed so far away, and she wanted it that way. She had something else, a fire breathing dragon curled up around her heart that was the only source of warmth she needed.

Suki laughed a bit, "I will see you." She whispered, taking her leave without saying another word.

Across town Zuko walked though the large double doors of the university library. He knew that his sister would be here. She was always in the same place when she had to study. It had been her spot since her freshman year, and was where he knew he would find her at.

He sat at the table across from her, her gold eyes flicking up to meet his. She pulled her white headphones out of her ears, a frown on her face.

"Hi." He whispered.

"Hi." She snapped back.

Zuko looked across at his sister, thinking intently about what he wanted to say. He had been thinking about it since Suki had left him in the apartment, and was still not really sure.

He took a deep breath, "Why aren't we friends?"

"We're siblings, we are not supposed to be friends." Azual sighed, shutting her book.

"But there should be basic communication, right?" His elbows were in the table in front of him, a frown on his face.

She rolled her eyes, "Since when have we communicated?"

"Since never, and that's an issue."

"Says you."

"Says the fact that you were fucking my best friend behind my back." He sounded a bit more upset and was too loud. The statement drew some looks from the people around them.

"And what's so wrong about that? It's not as if you informed me of who you fuck. I don't care. Why should you?"

"Cause it's not just anyone, it's Sokka."

She looked away, slightly annoyed, "I was unaware that he was sacred ground or something."

"It's not that..."

"Then what is it? I don't give a fuck who you have sex with. In fact you are the one who set the entire 'lets fuck your siblings friend' precedent."

Zuko rolled his eyes, "That's not even real."

"Yes it is Zuko! You started having sex with Mai without asking me, without even thinking about me and my friendship with her."

"What the hell? Why would I need to check in with you about who I have sex with?"

"Exactly." She hissed, narrowing her eyes.

Zuko shook his head, looking away, "I guess I see your point."

"Damn right you do." Azula shook her head, highly annoyed, "And you cannot lecture me about morality when you are the one who fucked your best friend's girlfriend." Zuko sighed heavily, leaning back in his chair annoyed as he ran his fingers though his hair. "Looks a little different when you look at it like that, doesn't it?"

"I've loved Suki longer than he has." He mumbled, smiling at the thought of the beautiful woman that he would see tonight.

"So does that make you entitled to her or something? Make sure you tell her that, she'll find it so romantic." Azula rolled her eyes.

"Can we leave her out of this?" Zuko sighed, sitting up in the chair again, "She has nothing to do with this."

"I think she has everything to do with this, big brother. You wanted her, have for years. For whatever reason, I'm clueless on that. You saw and opening, took it, never thinking about the person or people you were hurting. You just wanted her. Right?"

"Right."

"Which is exactly what I did Zuko... And if you wanna play the seniority game I will win cause I've wanted Sokka for almost twenty years."

Zuko said nothing because he knew that she was right, right about everything. He looked away, biting his lip.

"Another thing." She sighed, "Suki? Zuko, you really could do better."

He shook his head, looking back at her, "I don't think so." He thought about her, about the way she smelled and tasted, the sound of her voice. He started getting wrapped up in the moment, at the thought of her "Doesn't get any better than her"

Azula felt her stomach growl in annoyance as her brother seemed to drift off into his mind, "When she's fat and old you'll think otherwise..."

"I doubt it." He smiled a bit.

"You don't see it now because you're too in love to get it. The term 'idiot in love' is invited for this very reason."

"Yeah." He took his hand into his hand, looking away with a far off look in his eyes, "I love her."

Azula sighed, "I'm not going to get through to you, am I?"

"Nah..." He looked back at her, a smile on his face, "Too damn happy to listen to you."

"You know you're kids are gonna be fucking gingers, right?"

"Beautiful gingers." He sighed.

"Riiiight..."

"Gingers with freckles and a learning disability."

Azua just rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "You're insane."

"No, I'm in love." He clarified.

"What's the difference?"

"I'm not sure." He chuckled a bit, "And I'm ok with that."

"You disgust me." Azula growled, "Now get out of here, I need to study and your overly romantic gushiness is making me sick at my stomach."

"Fine." He sighed with a smile, "I have work tonight anyways." Zuko stood up, smiling down at her. "You're not gonna kill Suki or anything, are you?"

"I would not waste my time on that ugly little girlfriend of yours."

"Yeah..." He sighed happily, "She's my girlfriend."

"Gross." Azula groaned, pulling her headphones back into her ears. Zuko didn't even hear what she had said, his head in the clouds as he thought about his girlfriend.

Iroh Kasai had bought the three story structure on Upper Bing Street after he had sold his shares in Kasai Corp to his brother. He was going to realize a life long dream of opening and operating a tea shop. Iroh, with the help of his son and sister-in-law refurbished the old building into a tea shop, apartment combo. The shop was on the bottom floor, and Iroh would live on the second and third.

It was a simple, quiet life. It was exactly what he wanted.

Six months later Ursa disappeared and four years after that Ozai was sent to jail. The result was his niece and nephew coming to live with him in his two bedroom apartment. Azula moved out a month or so later and moved in with her cousins. She had her own room there and didn't have to share with Zuko.

It had been Zuko and Iroh for almost ten years now, with Zuko both living and working in the building. Zuko was an acceptable employee, neither great nor horrible. His tips were good, which was his payment for working. The nice tips usually came from girls who would come into the shop to see Zuko and bat their eye lashes as him. He was cordial, never mean but never flirted back.

On this night Zuko was off, and it was worrying Iroh a bit. The 22 year old kept smiling, kept laughing to himself at random moments. Iroh would look at him with concern, worrying if he had drank some poison or was coming down with something.

When Zuko's long time friend Suki Kyser walked though the door of the tea shop Iroh could not help but sigh in relief.

"Suki!" He hissed, motioning her towards him. Suki walked to him, a smile on her face. "I need you to talk to Zuko, I think he is having some sort of a break down."

She tilted her head, "Break down?"

"Yeah." His eyes were wide, a frown on his face. "He keeps smiling and laughing for no reason. I think he may have snapped."

Suki suppressed a goggle, but nodded, "Is he in the back?"

Iroh nodded, "He actually wanted to do dishes!"

Suki laughed bit, shaking her head and walking into the back room of the teashop.

She found Zuko standing before the double slop sink, his back to her with his hands in the water. The closer she got to him he could hear him humming softly, something that he only did when he was truly happy. When Suki reached him her arms went to his head, wrapping around it and covering his eyes.

"I missed you." She hissed into his ear which make him smile wide.

"You know its only three hours," He chuckled, "And I missed you too."

Her arms went from around his head to his waist, pulling him close. "You know that we may have a problem." She kissed the back of his neck, placing her face into his mess of dark hair.

"Problem?"

"Yes, I won't ever want to be apart from you."

"Well..." He turned off the water, reaching for a cloth off to the side. "We don't have to be apart from one another." He dried off his hands, turning on her. "We can be together all we want now."

Suki sighed in relief, a smile on her face as she looked into those gold eyes of his. "You know your uncle thinks there is something wrong with you." He raised an eye brow as his hands went to her hips, holding her in place. "He is worried that you are too happy."

Zuko could not help but chuckle, "Well he is right about that."

Suki smiled a bit, her thumb running over the edge of his scar, "It's great to see you like this..."

Zuko nodded slowly, looking her face over, "So h-how did it go?"

"It went." She sighed, looking up at him. "We broke up, I fixed his nose."

"That was very nice of you." He whispered, "Are... things ok?"

Suki shrugged, "As close to ok as they can be." Zuko gave her a sad smile, one of his hands going to her hair and petting her there. "When do you get off?"

"I close." He frowned, "So it will be a few more hours." He let go of her, leaning back onto the sink. "You can wait if you want."

Suki nodded, smiling at him softly, "I can go upstairs."

"A pretty girl waiting in my room for me to get off of work?"

"Your pretty girl." She corrected gently.

"Mine." He sighed happily. Suki reached out and took his hand into hers, pulling him up off the sink.

"Yours." She whispered, leaning in and kissing him on the lips. Zuko could not help but smile into the kiss, his eyes fluttering closed as they had one another tight.

Iroh walked through the swinging door that lead to the back room. He stopped in his tracks when he saw his nephew and Suki entangled in a passionate kiss in front of the sink. He backed out of the room, a smile on his face as it became away of why Zuko was in a such good mood. Saying that he approved was an understatement.

The bus stop was a block away from the old, tattered building in which Sokka lived. Azula was already used to having to walk the distance to his place, but it didn't make it any less displeasing to pass by the hobos and druggies loitering in the streets. Sokka sure could use moving to a nicer environment… Azula's nose wrinkled when she passed by a man sitting on the doorstep of a liquor store, downing a bottle of whiskey. It wasn't even six in the afternoon yet and the man was obviously drunk…

Azula did her best to ignore the stench and the rest of the filth as she finally got to Sokka's building. It wasn't as if she feared these people could bother her in some way, she could fend for herself with her bending and make them wish they'd never messed with her, but the mere sight of so much vermin repelled her completely. Sokka really had to appreciate what she put up with for his sake…

She headed up to his room when the elevator finally arrived. She slipped her hand into her bag and looked for the key he had given her.

Azula entered the room to find Sokka lying on his bed in his usual tangle of sheets and limbs. Azula had come to notice he was quite a sloppy sleeper… save for when he was holding her. She smiled as she approached, but her face turned into a frown as she caught sight of a bloody cloth lying on the floor. She turned towards Sokka again and realized his previously broken nose seemed to be back in place… How? He couldn't have fixed it himself… had he gone to a hospital earlier? It didn't seem like it…

She caressed his cheek softly with her fingers before leaning down and pressing her lips against his, avoiding his nose deliberately in case it still hurt. Sokka groaned a little, not expecting to be woken by a kiss from the woman he loved. He lifted a hand to her head, pressing her down on him as he opened his mouth, his tongue sliding into the territories he'd claimed time over and time again, yet he still couldn't get enough of them. Azula would have smiled at his response if he hadn't been busying her lips with his own.

Azula pulled away after enjoying their contact to the fullest, her fingertips on his cheekbones.

"How did you fix it?" she asked.

"Hmm?" Sokka's mind refused to work properly yet, his mental abilities weakened

"Your nose…" asked Azula "It's back to the way it used to be"

"Right…" he said, his eyes fluttering open to find her face a few inches from him "Morning"

"We're in the middle of afternoon, you know?" said Azula, raising an eyebrow and pulling away from him swiftly.

"W-where are you going…?" asked Sokka, sitting up in the bed and following Azula with his gaze as his sheet slipped off his bare chest. She dropped her bag on the floor and took off her jacket, staring around the apartment in surprise.

"Did she clean up here?" Azula asked, raising an eyebrow "Did she… fix your nose too?"

"Oh… yeah" said Sokka, rubbing his head with the palm of his hand "I told her not to bother with either thing, I just wanted to talk… but she's authoritarian when she wants to be"

Azula looked at him again, worried.

"Did things go alright this time? Please tell me she didn't have second thoughts…"

"None of that" said Sokka, lying down on the bed again and smiling at Azula "She seemed really happy about whatever's going on with her and Zuko. I told her they were soulmates, and she agreed"

Azula sighed in relief, finally letting a small smile appear on her face.

"Good to know"

"Now, now, enough about that…" said Sokka, shaking a hand carelessly "Time for you to crawl in here with me! Weren't you up to something by waking me up like that?"

Azula couldn't help but smirk as Sokka closed his eyes, a dumb grin on his face as he tried to pretend being asleep again. He loved playing games with her… and she sure loved playing with him, too.

She sat by him and leaned over his body. She kissed his lips once again, her hands moving down to his strong body. Sokka smiled and mimicked her, caressing her hips gently. He pulled her into the bed, positioning her body atop his. Azula dragged her fingernails down his neck slowly, making Sokka shiver in excitement. He bit her lower lip, eliciting a gasp. Azula smirked at his roughness, sliding her tongue into his mouth and prompting him to release her from the mild bite as he greeted her tongue with his. Azula stroked his chest gently, pleased to discover he had kept his promise about being naked when she came back to him. One of his hands slid to her lower back, pressing her against him, while the other traced its way over her back, playing with her soft and straight hair.

Their lips continued locked together for longer than they could tell. They parted at times to regain their breath, but they kissed again even before they had recovered completely. The other's taste had become their addiction, and they couldn't get enough of those lips, of that tongue…

Azula pulled away shortly to remove her shirt. She had nearly forgotten she was still dressed while he wasn't. Sokka smiled as he watched her strip her upper body, his hands slipping up to her abdomen as she took off the shirt. Azula beamed back at him after tossing the shirt away and working on unhooking her bra. Sokka sat up in bed and trapped her lips in his once more as he surrounded her with his arms, helping her unclasp the garment with a delicacy most unusual in him. Azula looked into those blue eyes, mesmerized, as he slid the bra off her shoulders, revealing the breasts he would always be fascinated by. He pecked her lips softly once more as Azula threw her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss quickly. She could never have enough of being linked to him through their mouths, inhaling his breath as he took in hers…

Sokka caressed her bare torso with his expert hands. He had come to know every little inch of that body a long time ago, yet he was still completely smitten by it. Her back was arched elegantly as she pressed herself against him, her breasts colliding with his broad chest. Sokka kept wondering how had he earned himself a woman like Azula… she was so beautiful, so amazing, and she could be doing so much better… yet she had chosen him. She had chosen him.

His hand went to the nape of her neck and he held her in place as he pressed his lips softly to her cheek, moving down slowly towards the sensitive skin on her neck. Azula moaned as he kissed her, his tongue darting out between his lips time over and time again, his teeth leaving a trail of reddened skin behind them. He sucked on her skin as her hands went up to his loose hair, pushing him closer to herself. Her breath left her as his mouth worked harder on her, delivering the pleasure she could always count on when she was with him.

Sokka slid down his hands to her pants now, unbuckling her belt quickly and casting it aside. At times he would like to use it to bind her down and make his way with her, but not today. Not if it wasn't wild, raw sex… not if they were making love. He opened her pants and slid them down, taking her underwear with them. Azula chuckled and threw herself on the bed so he could remove her remaining clothing with further ease. She suppressed a giggle as he struggled to take off her boots and socks too. Sokka gazed at her fully naked body with a grin on his face before going down on her again.

While exchanging another hungry kiss, their hands devoted themselves to stimulating the other's body. They had come to memorize all their weaknesses and sensitive spots by memory only within the week of sleeping together, both eager to please the other in the ways nobody had ever pleased them before. And they had accomplished that. Neither of them had ever been intimate with anyone who understood them as well as they understood each other.

Sokka's hands cupped her buttocks and pressed them softly as she slid her hands down his back, her nails grazing him and branding him as her own.

"Say… did she ever notice… the trail of my nails over your back?" asked Azula, kissing his strong jaw as she spoke.

"No idea…" said Sokka, chuckling "We didn't sleep together that much ever since you and I got involved… and I used to just please her and get out of there before she could ask for more"

Azula couldn't hold back a cruel smirk at that. She should stop comparing herself to Suki… but doing so boosted her ego brutally. Sokka had never wanted to get away from her. He even asked her if she wanted him to attend school with her just because he wanted to stay close to her, and more than once he asked her to come to work with him. Those had been silly whims of his, yet they had showed Azula the depth of the connection between them. It had showed her how badly he wanted to be with her. And it was more than she had ever thought she would get from him. In her years of having a childish crush on him, Sokka had been nice to her, yet he had always been busy with other matters. He would play house with her, yet he'd run off to play robots with Zuko after a while. That was what Sokka used to be like when it came to her. But now, so many years later, he had chosen her over everything else. And the more she thought about it, the more she came to love the man in her arms.

Sokka moved down her body, kissing her slowly as he found his way to her breasts. Azula closed her eyes and smiled, ready for the pleasure she knew he would gift her with. Sokka smirked and kneaded both boobs with his rough hands before taking her left nipple into his mouth. Azula's moans grew more urgent when he began devouring her skin eagerly, sucking and licking her in a relentless manner.

"S-Sokka…" she whispered, her legs flexing and her toes curling as the waves of pleasure she knew so well began washing over her.

Sokka smirked when he heard her say his name. It was music to his ears. He also found himself calling out for Azula often, and more than once he had been on the verge of doing so while with Suki… he'd had to hold back to avoid getting skewered alive by saying the wrong name in bed with another woman. But there was simply no risk of doing that when he was with Azula. And he knew she would never call out for anyone else. They belonged to each other in every possible way. The rest of the world could blow up for all he cared, so long as he could stay in Azula's arms forever.

He moved onto the second breast, making Azula draw her head back in excitement, her hands in his hair again. Her body was arched against his, and she had opened her legs to him unconsciously. Sokka sucked on her erect nipple one last time before sliding down her abdomen, his tongue leaving a trail as he reached her core. Azula's hands went to the bed, clawing at the sheets as he pressed his mouth lovingly against her nether lips. He took her clitoris in his mouth, fascinated by its taste and smell. He fumbled with it with his tongue, stimulating her with his every move. Her moans were becoming shriller and far more desperate, as if she were in the verge of release. Sokka smiled and pulled away, leaving her in the midst of her arousal.

"You're… not gonna finish with that?" she asked, gritting her teeth as her chest heaved with every breath she took.

"I thought we could finish together…" he admitted, smiling at her.

"Gods, Sokka…" said Azula, throwing her arms around his waist and pushing him down on the bed, her lips on his again.

Sokka chuckled as Azula's hand worked over his erection. She would always caress him roughly when it was flesh against flesh, get at times she would caress him with the tips of her nails, never raking him harshly enough to hurt him, yet always managing to turn him on when he felt how she grazed his skin. She did so this time as well, her mouth busy on his chest as her nails stimulated him quickly with her superficial touch. She rubbed his shaft with her fingertips, pressing the palm of her hand against his throbbing gland. Sokka was the one throwing his head back now as he tried to catch his breath.

"So… together?" asked Azula, looking straight into his eyes.

Sokka gasped and nodded, rolling her on the bed until he was on top of her. He kissed her again, having it hard to move as she continued fondling his manhood. Her legs surrounded his waist as he positioned himself in the right place, and her hands guided his organ towards her moist opening. Sokka took a deep breath, overwhelmed by her touch.

"Y-you can let it go now…" he muttered. Azula couldn't suppress a chuckle as she obeyed, knowing she had driven him a little further down the road of arousal than he could handle.

"Got it" she whispered back at him as his hands glided down her thighs, rising up to her breasts. Azula surrounded his neck with her arms again, devouring his lips with her own as she felt the way his tip began probing her.

Sokka moved his hips forward and his cock entered her swiftly. Azula gasped as he filled her, her walls spreading to make way for his massive penis. Sokka's hands continued brushing against her silky skin, moving up and down her body as he continued kissing her, their tongues reaching out for each other subtly. Azula didn't claw at his back this time, unwilling to hurt him. He'd suffered enough after that punch to the nose.

His thrusts were slower than usual, without the urgency that Azula had become used to. He was taking his time for once, and Azula was perfectly fine with that. She moved her hips as well, following his rhythm and enjoying every caress from his tongue and his hands.

Their mouths parted and both of them panted heavily. Their hips continued moving as they had, the stimulation reaching unexpected levels due to their gentle love-making.

"I… I love you, Azula…" said Sokka, between gasps.

"Me too… I… love you, Sokka…" Azula managed to utter before all she could let out were moans.

Sokka beamed and dove into her lips once more, his thrusts becoming more potent as he penetrated her completely. Azula moaned into him with each movement, her heart beating intensely inside her chest at the rate as his. It was just as if they were merging into a single being…

Their lips were forced to part when they reached the pinnacle of the experience. Azula threw her head back as she screamed his name while Sokka whispered hers against her breasts, his hips still moving back and forth to make the most of their arousal. He stopped thrusting and lay atop her for a moment, regaining his breath as she did the same, feeling her heartbeat against his cheek while she felt his on her belly.

"That was… that was…" said Azula, still gasping.

"That was love" finished Sokka, smiling sneakily as he looked at her, marveling at the way her hair looked when in disarray, at the way her cheeks were flushed, at the way her sweat glistened in her skin. Who knew sweat could be so alluring…

He kissed her again while holding her closely, their bodies still linked together. Azula's fingers got tangled between the locks of his damp hair, enthralled by every detail about him.

"That's the way to wake up from a nap…" he said, chuckling as he placed his head on her shoulder, his lips on her neck.

"Good to know you enjoyed it" Azula muttered "Perhaps I'll wake you up like this more often…"

"Oh, gods… how will I be able to fall asleep if I'm hoping you'll wake me up like this?" he asked, laughing "The excitement will drive me insane and I won't be able to close my eyes…"

"Well then, learn to sleep with your eyes open" said Azula, smirking and hugging him even tighter.

"Huh… I wonder if I can do that" Sokka mused, raising an eyebrow.

"We'll find out eventually, I suppose…" Azula replied, moving under him and disengaging their bodies.

"What are you…?" asked Sokka, pouting when she got off the bed.

Azula appeased him instantly when she took him by the arm and pulled him off the bed too.

"I think I could use a shower… the fun can continue in there, you know?" she said, giving him one of her best devious smiles.

Sokka couldn't stop grinning as he followed her into the bathroom, his eyes taking in every detail about the woman before him "Damn, I love you so much…" he muttered between chuckles as she entered the shower, beckoning him to follow her with a suggestive smirk.

Iroh let Zuko go early, saying that it was a slow night. He eagerly went upstairs to the third floor and to his bedroom. He closed himself off from the rest of the worked and turned to the bed, a smile spreading over his face.

She had taken a shower in his bathroom and gone to bed right after words. This left her hair wild and messy around her head on his pillows, her long soft body mixed in with his blankets. She had put on a pair of boxers and a red t-shirt, both his and a bit big on her.

Zuko slipped off his shoes and shirt, looking down at her with a smile. She was in his bed, in his clothes, and likely even smelled like him from using his body wash and shampoo. She really was his.

He crawled into bed with her, the movement on the mattress waking her. Her violet eyes fluttered open, looking up at him with a smile. She went to say something but was cut off when his lips made contact with hers. Suki's arms went around his waist, gasping into the kiss.

Zuko felt his skin ache with pleasure as his arms went under her shirt and skin touched skin. Their eyes were closed as they kissed, their breath being taken by the other. Even from the lack of air making them dizzy they still were locked into one another's mouth. Zuko's hands went to the band on the boxers she had on, placing his hands under it and pulling them down. With Suki's help they were removed and sat to the side in the bed among the sheets and blankets.

Suki rolled onto her back, breaking the kiss, as her lover's hands went to the oversize shirt, pushing it up slowly and pulling it off. Zuko licked his lips as he eyed her naked body. She looked like she was on display for him, mixed in lazily with blankets and sheets. He gave her a soft smile before leaning down and pressing his face to her flat, strong stomach.

Her hands went to his hair, running though his locks with a moan. Zuko started kissing down her, his breath heavy, thick and hot on her skin. Suki's lips curled into a soft, sweet smile, her eyes lidded. She gasped happily as one of his strong hands went between her legs, forcing her thighs apart.

Her skin tingled with pleasure as his head went between her thighs, his lips nipping at her soft nether lips. Zuko found himself quite intrigued by her body and the taste of her skin, the member in his pants reacting as such.

His eyes flicked open as his tongue snaked out of his mouth and onto her eager clitoris. Zuko focused on her as he started to move his lips and tongue against the wet, silky skin. A hand ran down, a finger dipping into her warm opening. The only sound in the room was that of her breathing and that of his lips moving and sucking on her.

Suki giggled loudly, rolling her head to the side. He could hot help but smile at her reaction, pressing his mouth onto her with more force, with more passion. Zuko's middle finger cut a path though her as his lips pleased her, the stimulation making every nerve in her body scream out in pleasure.

Her hands went from his hair to her own, fingers wrapping around locks of auburn and pulling. Her breath quickened, a tongue snaking out and licking her lips. Zuko closed his eyes, his mind focussed on every part of this moment with her, with the woman he loved. She gasped sharply, her hips thrusting in the direction of his mouth as her entire body shook.

Zuko opened his eyes just in time to hear Suki let out a soft cry of pleasure, her stomach contracting violently as she was engulfed in a climax. He almost came himself from just watching her, her chin lifting up towards the celling as she pulled one knee up on the bed. Zuko continued to move his lips and tongue on her as she rode the orgasm, her fingers pulling on her hair. It was only when Suki stilled that he pulled off, looking at her with wide, fascinated eyes. Her eyes opened, looking down at her lover with a soft smile on her lips.

He climbed on top of her, his hands going to either side of her waist as he held himself above her. Suki's face shone as she looked into his golden eyes, her hands going to his pants. Zuko looked down at her hands on him, her fingers undoing his button and zipper. Suki's eyes meet his as she felt the erection though the thick blue fabric of his jeans.

"I found it." Suki whispered up at him, a tongue snaking out and licking her lips.

"Found what?"

Her fingers rubbed back him though his jeans, her body heating up at the thought of seeing his cock again, at the thought of him, "The haiku you wrote me."

Zuko's face flushed over, turning away from her in embarrassment, "Oh..."

"I thought it was sweet." Suki sighed, reaching out and tucking hair behind his ear, "Dumb but very sweet." She laughed.

Zuko looked back at her, his face red, "Really?" He breathed, smiling lightly.

Both of her hands went into his hair, a soft smile on her face, "Really." She sighed happily, a thumb grazing his scar, "Say it to me."

He smiled ever so lightly, the skin on his back tingling with love and excitement. He leaned down on her, "Rose petal kisses." His lips pressed to her's softly, tenderly, in a kiss. Her own mouth spread into a smile as he spoke into her lips, her violet eyes looking up at him.

His long, strong arms went around her waist, holding her tight, "Never thought I'd be so close."

Suki tingled happy as he spoke in breaths to her, his body heating up each moment that they were touching. "Perfect." She told him in a shallow breath, "Mine to hold." Suki smiled, completing the poem for him.

"Mine." He repeated, laying down on her with a sign.

"Oh Zuko." She sighed, pressing her wet lips to his. "I want you inside me." Suki hissed quietly into the kiss, her heels drawing up on the bed.

The action made him shiver in pleasure and forced him to grind himself down on her. He trailed a hand down between his legs, unzipping his pants quickly. Her hands went to the waist band, pushing them down in attempts to get what she wanted quicker.

As soon as his cock was freed from his pants her hand went to him, pulling on him roughly, begging for him. "Fuck, you're ready." He groaned.

"I've been ready for hours." She laughed, pressing his tip against her soft folds, "I've been in this bed missing you."

"I was right downstairs, you know?" He said into her lips, slowly starting to move his hips forward.

"I'm surprised you didn't hear me moaning your name from up here." Suki whispered, clutching onto his shoulders as he pressed himself into her. He smiled into her lips, his hands going to either side of her waist. He could smell the pheromones on her skin and on his bedding, evidence of what she had been doing in his absence. "It's so much better now that you are here now." She insisted with a low, gravely voice.

"You will never have to about about that again." he insisted as he settled himself on her, his penis filling her completely. "I will always be here, Suki." He laid himself down on her, hands slipping under her shoulders and holding her close.

As their lips came together, tangling into one another's he started to move his hips on hers. He took his time with her, moving in long steady stokes, one sloppy kiss leading into the next. Her knees came up in the air, heels hovering inches above the bed while he did as he liked with her.

Their lips snapped apart, both of their heads dizy from the lack of air. It did not stop him from moving on her though, nothing would ever stop him from loving her. Suki felt herself enter a dream like state as he was making love to her. She was loosing control of her own body in a wonderful way, in a way that was actually just surrendering herself to him. It's all that she wanted, and all that she would ever want from him.

"I love you." He whispered into her neck, his hips moving in fluid circular motions against her. Her fingers tangled into his hair, pulling on them tightly to encourage him to move faster. Zuko complied.

Suki was all smiles as he worked on her, as her body became something else. It seemed bazar but she felt like she was in another plane of thought, of feeling. His warm body on her's, moving in quick even thrusts, comforted her in ways that she never had been. She was happy, she was content, and she never wanted this moment to end.

Zuko bit his lip as he came, Suki's chest filling as her lungs took a shark inhale. He watched her, a smile on her face as auburn hair slid over the pillow case around her head. "You're so beautiful." He whispered, drinking in his lover before him.

"And I'm yours." She whispered in reply. Her eyes fluttered open, looking at him as he still laid on top of her. A hand went to his face, finger tips running over his scarred cheek, "Yours Zuko."

They laid in bed together through the evening, talking making love when they saw fit. They spoke if their meetings earlier in the day and talked about what it meant for their lives.

"I just have one thing to ask…" He whispered to her, strong fingers running though soft hair.

"Anything." The tip of her nose rubbed his as their arms were locked around one another.

"When you see my sister again… just don't…"

"I won't kick her ass." She sighed, "I don't care that much."

"Lair." Zuko laughed, "I know you care… but I don't want that."

Suki blinked slowly, looking into the deep pools that were his eyes, "I-I wont make any promises."

"Suki…"

"I won't kick her ass…"

He smiled a bit, nodding as he placed a kiss on her lips quickly, "I just don't want anyone to get violent with one another."

"Come on Zuko." Suki sighed, rolling her eyes, "We are all adults, and I think that we are totally capable of keeping our hands to ourselves, even admits this emotionally charged situation."

Zuko looked over at her for a long moment, but then nodded, the one side of his lips curling into a smirk, "You're likely right."