"Well, if it isn't for you, water tribe boy. I want to know why you're here. And also, by the way, where's Zuzu?" she demanded that moment she went awake. She propped herself up and sat on her bed, then stared at him who was sitting on that couch, reading something.

"Geez, are you really like that all the time? You know, a 'good morning' would sound nice... But uh... of course, it's you."

She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Well?"

"He got into an urgent meeting and he had to travel all the way to Republic City. So he asked me to go here instead.. to uh... watch you until he comes back..."

She laughed, "You? To watch over me? Please... This must be some kind of joke."

"Yeah yeah, blabber all you want, but the Fire Lord sent me here and you can't do anything about it so just keep your mouth shut!"

She chuckled proudly which annoyed him, "Okay, water tribe boy, no need to burst up like that."

"I have a name, it's Sokka."

"Sokka, right." she then rolled her eyes for the second time.

There was a sudden knock on the door, which quickly ended their conversation. It was her doctor who entered carrying a tray full of apparatuses and probably some pills again.

"Good morning, your highness. How are you feeling?"

"Um, I feel very much the same, I appreciate your concern." It just didn't sound right, but it was more on the sarcastic side rather than very welcoming.

"Oh... Uh, I see. Though I have to inform you that you will be needing to use this breathalyzer from now on everywhere you go. This is to prevent your hyperventilation and some other lung related problems, you will attach these nasal cannulas along with it as well. We've examined your lungs and immune system yesterday and it's getting very, very weak. We have to treat it as soon as possible."

"What's new? What am I getting from this? From the beginning I was diagnosed with this, you said you have to hospitalize me to lure this illness away, but the latter never happened. You keep on injecting medicine in my veins, you kept giving me pills but I've always felt the same way since. To be honest, I felt worse than I ever was."

"Please... we insist."

"No! That's just going to kill me! Like all the pills and treatments you've given me!"

"Azula, calm down..."

"Stop, Sokka! I'm telling the truth! I don't want this anymore! I'd rather die in the easiest way instead!"

"Azula!"

"Why would you care about me? Isn't this what you and your sister want to see?! To see me rot away like this?! To see me suffer?! I've done enough to hurt all of you and I knew I deserve this! But I just can't take this punishment anymore! I'm so fed up!"

"No. Because we actually care even if you caused us trouble so much, even if you still loathe us. Because we have good intentions for others even if it's you and never will we wish for something like that to happen. And Azula, you don't deserve this. Just like your brother, you need a second chance, you deserve to live..."

Azula bit her lip in frustration. The words that came out from Sokka's mouth pierced her thoughts. She knew it was true, even her brother too. Maybe she really didn't deserve this after all. That maybe, this is just some game to redeem herself and change for good. Snap out of it! If you think your life wasn't good enough, You have to live and start over.

She took the breathalyzer, pushed it on and placed the nasal cannulas in her nostrils. The doctor gestured quickly to help her, but she insisted "It's fine. I can do it, doctor. You're dismissed."

"Yes. Your highness."

Then the door closed shut, so are her eyes. Minutes passed, Sokka could hear nothing but her short breaths and the loud noise of breathalyzer.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn? You see.. Everyone's trying to help you."

"You just don't know what I've been through."

"Like what? Your life seemed perfect, even better than Zuko's. It just didn't end up with the way you wanted it to be. What more could you ask for?"

She smiled at him, but soon averted her stare as she held her head up facing the ceiling "I wish my mom loved me as much as she loved Zuko. I wish she never left." it sounded peaceful, she took a moment to breathe and further continued.

"I wish my father didn't have to raise me in a certain manner so I wouldn't have to end up this way, so that maybe I'd have a better perspective in life."

She kept thinking for further reasons and sighed. "Right. I wish I never let go of Mai and Ty Lee just like that, I wish I didn't used fear to make them stay."

For the final part, she stared at him shortly then slowly bowed to look at her wrists where numerous vein-like tubes were attached and injected through her skin. "And lastly, I wish I didn't got this, so that I could live for longer to correct my mistakes. Or maybe I could wish that my life is far different from this... It isn't that too much to ask. One factor can change everything... but that never happened. So I'll just have to deal with this instead." Azula accidentally brushed her thin hair with her fingers because she felt depressed talking about that matter especially in front of that water tribe boy she barely even knew, and as expected, a huge clump of it came off of her head.

She held on to it tightly. Sokka saw it for sure, she knew he did. That was probably her last piece. Now, she was completely bald, looking very lifeless. Sokka didn't want to see this, despite the rough friction between them in their past, so he decided to cool things down for a while.

He sighed. " Probably I should get us something to eat. It's almost noon."

"Yeah, you're right."

"I'll be back in a second."

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