C A T H A R S I S
a world can't rebuild itself after all.
{maiko}
a/n: caffeine makes me hyper and aangsty. at the same time. it yields this sort of thing. short and not so sweet.
drabble title: revelation
word count: 168
pairing: MaiZuko
prompt: "only you decide their place."
disclaimer: what a twisted world that would be.
revelation.
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Mai leaned against a wall in their back room. Her face was so apathetic she almost broke a sweat.
Zuko was pacing and pleading.
"I don't know what to do anymore! I make one damned decision and they're all over me like a pack of angry komodo dragons! I—I just can't help it. I satisfy one group by neglecting another. And neither ends up happy. I can't—I can't help anyone! The Avatar's trying…I'm trying. People still suffer! Maybe I'm not too dissimilar from the rest—Azulon, Sozin, Dad…"
"He's not your dad," Mai said in a dull voice.
"Huh?"
"He's your father, but he's not your dad."
Zuko stopped, contemplating this. In its own strange, strange way, it made perfect sense.
Tears weren't welling in his eyes, his throat wasn't tightening, and he didn't blurt out, "But my mother is my mom!"
He should have. But he kept his mouth shut and his dignity spotless where people could see him.
Mai found this extremely boring.
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