She had been standing behind the mansion in which the gaang has been living in since the war ended for over six hours. She knew it was a little stalkerish and creepy to be doing this, but she couldn't make herself walk in on them just yet.
It had been five weeks since she left the gaang, just over a month. Not much could have changed in a month, so she would think. And yet, when she finally arrived back in Ba Sing Se, she felt awkward and out of the loop as she listened to her friend's footsteps and actions.
For starters, Aang and Katara must have gotten into some sort of fight because they kept on avoiding each other. That was sure different from their hand-in-hand love that was there when Toph left.
"Suki and Sokka's relationship stayed the same," Toph observed with relief, surprising herself. Since when did knowing that Suki's and Sokka's relationship was going great given her relief?
Mai and Zuko, who must be visiting from the fire nation for a few days (a pretty typical thing they did), also seemed fine, yet it was almost as if Zuko and Katara had some sort of need for avoidance too. Toph pondered over this, imagining a secret unspoken love between Zuko and Katara that had driven Aang insane. She laughed. From a few vibrations she had made up and toyed with her friends' love lives. None of things she was assuming were probably true and all. She had to go see for herself. She had to say hello and rejoin her friends like she planned. She took a deep breath and knocked on the mansion's gate.