Title : Broken Hearts Club

Genre : Romance/Friendship

Characters : Zuko-centric, All members of the Gaang (including Suki)

Pairings : Zuko/Everyone (Friendship), Katara/Aang, Sokka/Suki, hints of Sokka/Yue, hints of Katara/Jet, one-sided Toph/Sokka, mentioned Zuko/Mai.

Summary : He burned one's feet and another's village. He stole one's necklace and got hit by another's boomerang. And don't forget, he chased one all over the world. Now, he's their personal relationship consultant.

Patient : Avatar Aang of The Southern Air Temple

Case : Love Above Duty Dilemma

"Sifu Hotman?"

Zuko sighed. They had just finished their morning exercise and he felt no need to getting himself all riled up over a stupid nickname at the beginning of a day. He settled with a civil reply.

"Yeah?"

"Did you have any girlfriend back in Fire Nation?"

"Yes, I did- Sokka told you, didn't he?"

Aang smiled sheepishly.

"Why are you asking me that?"

"Was it hard to let her go back then?"

"What are you talking about- of course it was! I love her, She loves me- oh."

"It was hard, wasn't it?"

"Aang, I.."

"I don't want to let her go. Ever."

Somehow Zuko realized that they weren't talking about his own relationship issues anymore.

"It's your duty to-"

"I know it's my duty! I know I'm the Avatar, and I'm supposed to save the world! But I want to love her! You have no idea how much she means to me, Zuko. You have no idea."

"..."

"When I first saw her, I thought she's the most beautiful girl in the world. She's pretty, kind, strong- She's so beautiful."

"It was when she found you?"

"Yeah.. She's the first face I saw after the iceberg broke."

"And then?"

"And then.. we went to this town with the volcano- and we met Aunt Wu-"

"Who's Aunt Wu?"

"A fortuneteller. And Katara asked her about her future- and Aunt Wu said that she'll marry a powerful bender- and I was listening at them- and I tried to gave her a Panda Lily-"

"You believed a fortuneteller?"

"Yeah, why?"

"No.. I just never thought that The Avatar is into those stuff.."

"And after everything that happened in The Northern Water Tribe, we kinda grew closer.. I mean- she is my waterbending sifu, and we nearly kissed in this cave of something.."

Aang had started to sound like Sokka, but Zuko believed that he should just let the Avatar rambled on.

"And well.. after convincing The Earth King that there IS a one-hundred-year-old-war, I went to the Eastern Air Temple to try to master the Avatar State with Guru Pathik."

"Guru Pathik?"

"He's an ancient guy who had close ties with Airbenders- and he loves onion and banana juice a lot- but the point is, I couldn't master the Avatar state back then."

"You can master the glowy stuff?"

"It's not the glowy stuff! It's the Avatar State! and because I couldn't master it, I failed at Ba Sing Se."

The younger boy's tone had changed into a darker, serious, tone.

"It's not your-"

"Yes it is! And it's all because I can't let go of Katara."

"Why would you let go of Katara?"

"She blocked my chakra. I depended on her love so much that it became my earthly attachment. And when it came to choose between Katara and The Avatar State, I chose her."

"Aang-"

"I chose her and I ran back to Ba Sing Se, because in my vision she was in danger there. When I finally found her.. she was with you."

Zuko nodded. It was just like yesterday... her touch on his scar, the spirit water, his uncle and Aang..

"To be honest, I was jealous."

"Wha- Why? You know we both hate each other."

"You two were standing so close."

"There was nothing between us."

"I know.. -wait, are we getting off-topic here?"

"Sort of."

"I still don't want to let go of Katara."

"Maybe you do have to let her go."

"What are you talking about?"

"I let go of Mai, but that doesn't mean I don't love her anymore."

"But.."

"If she loves you, she'll wait for you. No matter how long."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Thanks Sifu Hotman."

Diagnosis : If the patient can believe in something so vague like fortunetelling, help him to believe in something called hope. (someday it will cushion his broken heart)

I do not own A:TLA and its characters. Okay.. I hope I did Aang justice there, I never really liked Kataang (sorrysorrysorry but it's not dynamic enough) and in the next (and last) installment of Broken Hearts Club, we will have our resident waterbending master. Ooooh!