A/N: Set shortly after FBM, not Toko. Ozai's so mean!


"Careful, Aang, or you'll burn yourself," I snap.

"I thought firebenders couldn't get burned," Toph says.

There's a long silence, during which Aang looks anywhere but at my face. I grab a pebble and toss it at her.

"What was that for?" She melodramatically rubs her arm.

"That was a rock, wasn't it? Just because you're an earthbender – "

"Okay, fine. But I could've blocked that," she defends. "I just trusted that if you were throwing rocks at me, it was for a good reason."

"Yes," I say, brushing my hair away from my scar, "That's how a firebender gets burned."