Zuko held on to her throughout the whole storm. He kisses her forehead and let's go of her while she slept. He made no comment about his smile. He then turned and went to his duty he watched the men as they piloted through the storm. He went back to his room the next morning.
Yuki wakes up the next morning feeling weak. She makes her way to the deck and takes some deep breaths. The sea air filling her lungs with its healing salts. She looked rather pale at the moment. Her eyes distant and dazed over. She looks at the water hoping it would help her feel a bit better. She closes her eyes and continues to breath.
Zuko got over to her room and realized that nobody was there. He then walked out and saw his uncle. He looks at his Uncle and says, "Tell the men to stop at the next Island we need to refuel and they need a proper rest." Zuko walked off into his room and fell asleep.
Yuki joins Zuko in his room an hour later and cuddles into him as she felt sick as dog. She lays her head on his chest. She sleeps soundly in his bed next to him. Her whole body weak and pale as she lays there with him.
Zuko woke up and saw how sick Yuki looked. He sat up and got a warm cloth and patted her forehead. He tucked her in sheets. He then went and got Uncle and says, "She is not feeling well at all." Uncle looked her over and says, "Don't worry I have some tea that will make her feel better." He goes and gets some tea.
Yuki looks around weakly as she could not sense Zuko's warm body heat next to her. She says, "Zuko where did you go?" Her voice was weak and shaky as she tried to talk more. She tenses up at the mention of tea. "Tea won't help me none." She lies back down and curls into a tight little ball shaking like crazy in the blanket.
Zuko walked over and grabbed her in his arms and says, "Don't worry my uncle knows everything about medical equipment and if he says the tea will help then it will help trust me." He sits her up as his uncle cooled the tea and started to pour some down her throat. Zuko held her there until she finished her first cup of tea.
Yuki swallows the tea and then pushes her way away from them both gently not wanting to hurt them. She holds her throat as she runs back outside to the side of the ship. She tenses up as her throat feels like it is on fire. Her whole body is shaking like crazy as the sickness was getting worse. "I need to get on solid ground."
Zuko follows her and strokes her back. He says "We aren't too far from it although I must admit I wasn't expecting to find a water bender who gets motion sick." He kept stroking her back and says, "Let me know when you are ready to go back inside until we get to land." He looks up at his man and says, "How far from land are we?" The man answers back. "We can see the land another twenty minutes max." Zuko smiles and says, "See Yuki we don't have much longer before we are there."
Yuki says, "It's not motion sickness Zuko." She relaxes under his touch for a moment. "I am not use to the smoke and other fumes your ship produces. I am sure it is my body's way of slowly adjusting to this new way of things. I know it sounds weird but it's true." The smoke the ship produces floats above their heads but she knew she has been breathing them in since she got on the ship.
Zuko wraps his arms around her and says, "We are almost there." He points ahead and says, "There is the island we are docking at." He strokes her back as the time passes and they reach the island. Zuko lowered the boarding ram and got Yuki off the boat as fast as possible. He takes her on shore and says, "Enjoy the fresh air." He looks at her and says, "Yeah I know the ships smoke can be over whelming but after while you will get use to it."