DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN AVATAR THE LAST AIR BENDER; ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED FOR IT'S RESPECTIVE OWNERS.

"Too Close for Discomfort"

*Discomfort: an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.

Toph smirked, lips turning up in an evil, manipulative way. Folding her arms across her chest, she leaned up against the rock wall she had recently created.

Inside the wall two annoyed, embarrassed bending teenagers happened to be clawing uselessly at the solid rock.

"TOPH!" the female inside the wall screamed at the top of her lungs, while violently pounding on the stone with every ounce of force she had inside her. "GET ME OUT OF HERE! WHY HAVE YOU STUCK ME INSIDE SOLID ROCK WITH ZUKO, OF ALL PEOPLE?!"

The boy in question cleared his throat irritably. "You know, water peasant," he sneered. "You are not the only person suffering today. Why would I wish to spend my afternoon stuck in the earth with an annoying, whiny, water bender?"

There was a thump and then a not- so-subtle growl. "What was that for?" Zuko hissed.

"For being an obnoxious, jerk- faced ego- maniac who can't stop the enormous amount of insults he hurls at me." She said sweetly.

There was silence. Then… "YOU ARE A LOWLY, WATER BENDING HYPOCRITE!" he yelled. "How DARE you try and push the blame all on me when you clearly play an equal part in this argument!"

"Ohh, so now you're pinning the blame on me?! Well, I'm not the one who betrayed the other after she thought he was different!"

"That was a mistake! Why can't you just let it go?!"

"IT WAS A MISTAKE THAT ABOUT GOT BOTH ME AND AANG, THE AVATAR KILLED. You insensitive jerk!" Katara huffed angrily.

Toph sighed dramatically. This was going to be harder than she thought.

Flicking her wrist almost casually, she pulled the rocks closer together. Forcing the two stubborn fighters closer together… as in chest- to- chest close.

Katara's surprised gasp soon turned into one of horror.

Zuko was utterly silent, until…. "TOPH!!!" they screamed in unison.

Smirking, she pulled herself away from the exterior surface of the rock encasement.

"When you two finally decide that you are so much in love with the other that you can't hold it in any longer, I'll be happy to let you free. But this denying- the- obvious thing is soooo not working for me. If you two have somehow forgotten, I can read your heartbeats better than even you can. Sparky, yours is hammering so dang loud that I am honestly scared to know what it is that you are thinking about."

Zuko growled quietly from inside the earth, but his heartbeat was still pounding.

"We are not in love with each other!!" they said simultaneously, voices trembling slightly.

She laughed. "See! You know each other so well that you can't even speak without the other knowing exactly what you're going to say!"

"This is not funny Toph!" Katara yelled.

"From where I'm standing, yeah it kinda is Sugar Queen."

Once again Toph raised her hands, positioned them in an earth bending technique and suddenly the rocks were inching even closer together. She didn't want to squish the two people inside, but she didn't want to have them too far away from the other either.

Once again, they gasped.

Toph smiled brightly, feeling accomplished as she strolled back to camp.

It didn't take a genius to realize why their pleas of release had suddenly, miraculously, ceased.

***** I came to the conclusion that I needed more Toph in my chapters. I also need more Aang. I haven't even had one with Suki yet! Isn't that absolutely unacceptable?!

Once again, my title is more than one word. I think I'm going to change that. I'm now going to use phrases as well as words.

So anyway, tell me how you liked it! REVIEW!

I think I'm much better with angsty fics rather than humorous ones, so this is not Grade A material I believe.

~Moonlit- Silhouette