Zuko decided he hated the colour blue.

Yes, hated.

Though his uncle often said it was calm, soothing colour, Zuko considered it to be very sad. He didn't like sadness, so he didn't like blue.

It was also the colour of the ocean, which not a part of nature he was particularly fond of. Considering the fact that he had spent three years of his life surrounded by water, this was not very surprising.

Blue was the colour of the necklace he had found on the prison brig. Which was another reason to dislike it; Zuko had been unable to keep his mind off that annoying waterbender because of the stupid necklace.

The necklace also happened to be the same shade as the girl's eyes. He hated her eyes. They had looked at him with so many emotions; fear, anger, hatred, annoyance, determination, sadness, betrayal…

'But never happiness,' a distant voice in his mind nagged. Zuko hated that, too.

Because of the stupid waterbender and that stupid colour, he could now think of nothing but his betrayal, his guilt, and his unhappiness.


Author's Notes: Yup ,another colour based fic. I'm pretty happy with this one, too. Probably because it involves Zuko torture. xD

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