"Azula, do you always have to be so mean?" Ty Lee asked as Mai walked away from them, looking both happy and disgruntled at the same time.
"I wasn't being mean, I just don't like being nice and happy all of the time." The princess responded, not even bothering to look at her friend.
"I should think that the pregnancy of one of your best friends would call for some sort of kindness."
"It should, but the fact that my own brother is the father just ruins the whole matter." Azula said, locking her eyes on the small bit of fuzz that lay atop Ty Lee's shoulder.
Ty Lee giggled. Azula hated when she did that. Why couldn't she just laugh like a normal person?
"Well, you're never going to find a suitor with an attitude like that." The contortionist said, trying to get Azula's full attention.
Finally looking up at her, she replied, "Yes, but it is my goal in life to dethrone my brother, become Fire Lady, and finally do as my great-grandfather wanted done. A husband would just get in the way."
"And it is your wish to remain alone?"
"Yes, it is."
Ty Lee thought for a moment. "You won't be alone, for you'll have me. I'll always be around, so long as you are."
"Ty Lee, that has got to be the most clichéd thing that I have ever heard. Besides, I was only being facetious."
"Well, if that's not the case, then I think you're jealous of Mai." She said, though blushing fervently.
"Jealous?" Azula asked, smugly.
"Yes. Mai is married, and now- almost- has a family."
"Just because one of my friends has managed to grow up, that does not mean I am jealous." Azula sighed, noticing the fuzz on Ty Lee's shoulder once more.
"Fine, but just-" Ty Lee was cut off, however, by a sudden shock of blue fire grazing her shoulder.
"You had a bit of fuzz on your left shoulder. It was bothering me. You were saying?" Azula moved her hands back to their formal position, speaking calmly.
"Azula! You could have just told me there was something on my shoulder- you didn't need to blast it off with fire!" Ty Lee yelled, her eyes watering and rubbing her singed shoulder.
"I didn't blast it off, I just don't like having to keep my bending bottled up inside." The princess answered matter-of-factly.
"You know, you really can be mean sometimes."
Azula smirked.