Disaster

Tuki: TophxSuki

"Every time I see her, I wanna punch her in the face!" screamed Toph. "Not that I see her, but you know what I mean!"

She tried explaining this to Aang, but he couldn't understand why it would be so difficult to give Suki a place to spend the night. Toph had a house in Gaoling, so she seemed like the best choice for the traveling Kyoshi Warrior.

Their entire evening together had been spent in awkward silence, neither of them really knowing why, but both unwilling to break the ice. Suki felt that her relationship with Sokka had put her on Toph's bad list. Toph felt Suki was flaunting her dating life to enrage the blind girl with a bit of pointless jealousy.

At dinner with Toph's family, Suki had gone on and on about her boyfriend until Toph thought she would die of asphyxiation. They retired to her bedroom a half hour later still bristling.

"Don't you have anything better to talk about?" mumbled Toph.

Suki shot up from her seated position, "Are you really going to be like this?"

"Yes," said Toph, a little surprised by her reaction. "I'm going to be exactly like this until you find a better topic of conversation. I already know about Sokka. I know him. And I have known him for a long time."

Suki bared her teeth, "Well, so have I! I'm not some floozy trying to move in on your territory or something just for fun! I wouldn't do that to you!"

The blind girl turned to her as if she could see.

She sneered, "You're a bit late for that, doll face."

The other girl boiled. Suki tackled her from across the room and pushed her against the wall. Toph made no move to break her hold.

"What do you want from me? What more can I give you? I've saved your life, I've been a good friend, I've been a good girlfriend to someone you claim to care about! What more do you want!?"

Toph lunged forward and caught Suki's lips with her own. It was clearly not the same kind of kiss as last time; in the water when they were so embarrassed it hurt.

She held herself there for a long moment before she peeled back to say, "I'd like to hear more about you. And less about Sokka." She could hardly believe that her sudden words had been the truth.

The taller girl released her grip and stumbled back to the bed. She looked very confused, but almost elated too. She blurted, "I-I don't feel the same way."

Under normal circumstance, Toph Bei Fong would have been devastated at these words. But she felt Suki's heartbeat falter for just a moment, revealing her lie through the ground. They went to bed in an enveloping silence.

The heartbeat raced long into the night until Suki finally fell asleep, and Toph was certain she'd made a lasting impression. From then on, Suki's heart fluttered every time Toph came into her view.

The Earthbender was glad she wasn't the only one pleased by their disastrous evening together.

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