Well this is probably surprising to all of you, because it's kind of surprised me too. I don't know why I have the sudden motivation to write, but I might as well go along with it.
Sokka arrived at his apartment later than he thought he would. He quietly opened the door and put away his jacket. Abruptly a light switched on and Yue stood in the doorway of their bedroom.
"You're back." She said relieved. "How was it?"
"It was good. After dinner we sat around and talked."
"Couldn't you have called me to tell me you were going to be late?" Yue replied upset.
Sokka froze. "I didn't think about that, sorry."
Yue walked towards him. "It's okay. I'm sorry too; I shouldn't have been so worried."
He embraced her, and held her in his arms. "Next time I'll call. I promise."
Yue sniffed a little, but didn't say anything. Once they let go, Sokka slowly smiled. "I'm tired. Do you want to go to bed?"
"Yeah sure." She answered brightly, and pulled him into their room.
Sokka quickly changed into his pajamas and slid into bed next to Yue. She turned to face him and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"So tomorrow maybe we can do something together."
"Sure, that'd be fun."
Yue looked excited as she tried to think of things they could do together. "We could go shopping."
Sokka smiled a little, trying to hide the fact that he hated shopping. "We could do that."
Yue beamed and kissed him quickly. "Good night Sokka."
She rolled over on the other side so that Sokka could put his arms around her. He kissed her on the cheek and whispered good night, knowing she was already starting to fall asleep.
A few minutes passed and Sokka still couldn't relax and sleep. He had too many thoughts whirring around in his head about his reconnection with Suki and about what just happened.
It was weird to think about how different Suki and Yue were. When he and Suki were together he couldn't remember a time when she forced him to go shopping with her. They always thought of other things to do together; play basketball, video games, talkā¦the only time he remembered being dragged to a mall was during Christmas time. But Yue was different; comparing the two of them, Sokka realized that Yue was a bit more fragile compared to Suki.
When he and Suki hung out, they would mostly play sports or play video games. A couple of times, when they would go out to see movies and at dinners they would go to places where he didn't have to kill himself over the bill. Sokka remembered that he could talk freely to her about almost everything without thinking about her reaction. He knew he often says things that are confusing and don't really make sense, and it helped that she didn't make fun of him for it.
But with Yue, dates mostly consisted of dinner at a fancier restaurant then a movie. Because of that, they didn't often go out. They sometimes would study together, but their workloads were a lot different. Whenever he would say things that didn't always make sense, Yue would giggle at him. When they first started to go out, Sokka thought she thought he was weird, but as time went on, he found out that she genuinely thought his jokes and sayings were funny. He couldn't think of anyone else who shared the same viewpoint as Yue regarding his jokes. He had a lot of fun around her, but when he really thought about it, he realized that he didn't do a lot of stuff with Yue that he used to do with Suki. When Sokka told Yue that he loved her, he had thought that it also meant that he was over Suki. But as they became more comfortable with each other, Sokka shied away from doing things that he and Suki used to do. Sokka playing basketball with Yue was a weird idea, and the more he thought about it, he couldn't really see it happening. Before he met Yue, he remembered meeting a lot of girls that were similar to Suki but for some reason he didn't like them. Did he only pick Yue because she is so much different than Suki?
But Suki has changed a lot over the course of one year. On their 'date' tonight, Sokka took them to a fancy restaurant and she didn't seem to mind it. When Sokka would make a joke, she would giggle similar to how Yue would instead of making fun of him for it. Suki seemed to becoming more girlish than she was before. He wondered if she would also insist that they go shopping. But at the same time, Suki was also the same. They talked about similar subjects that they would have a year ago, and they similarly bantered about situations. Suki was someone whom she had known in the past, so he guessed it was natural for them to reminisce a little. But thinking about the past and now in relation to Suki made a familiar sensation appear in his chest. Did that mean that he still loved her?
Sokka quickly squashed the question before he could think about it. Of course, he didn't still love Suki; he couldn't, especially while he was lying in bed with Yue. He absolutely knew that he loved Yue and he was sure that he couldn't love two women at the same time. So then what was the feeling he felt around Suki? He guessed and slightly hoped that it was just nostalgia.
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Light flooded into the room and blinded Sokka as he woke up the next morning. Yue was practically bouncing with excitement as she pulled open the curtains then proceeded to get dressed.
"What time is it?" Sokka asked groggily. He sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes, not completely adjusted to the sun.
"It's 9:30. I thought it was an acceptable time to wake you up- it's not too early. All malls are already open."
Sokka grimaced as he dug further into his covers. "Can you wake me up around 10:30? We can leave then."
Yue giggled as skipped over to the bed. "No, silly. We're already up, we should go now. Come on babe." She pulled the covers back and Sokka groaned.
Time passed quickly once Sokka was dragged out of bed. Within twenty minutes, he had put on clothes and now he was finishing his second cup of coffee. Yue quickly pulled their apartment together so by the time Sokka could coherently complain, they were out the door.
As soon as they got through the entrance, Sokka was being pulled into a store. Colorful shirts and pants were everywhere as Yue took her time to look at each section of the store. Spence started to realize again why the mall was so boring for him; all he did was follow Yue around and had to wait for her to try on clothes, then look again and purchase the clothing. Then he had the honor of holding the bags for the rest of the day. Katara once told him that shopping was always more productive if you knew what you needed to get. On their way to the second store, Sokka asked if Yue knew what she was looking for. Her response was not promising: "I don't know, I just want some new clothes." Sokka knew that his would definitely take a while. After a few hours looking through several stores, Yue asked if Sokka wanted to eat and he couldn't have been happier. The couple briskly walked to the food court and when they got there, Sokka had to slow down so he could take all of his food choices in.
"What are you going to get?" Sokka asked while he tried to decide which type of meat he should eat.
"I think I'll just get a salad." Yue replied, so they went over to get her food first.
"I think I'm in a hamburger mood." Sokka stated after Yue paid for her salad. They moved over to another line.
"Sokka? Is that you?" The two turned around and saw Suki, holding a couple of shopping bags in her hands.
"Yes, this would be me," Sokka smiled slightly. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just looking for a few things. That's generally what one does at the mall." Suki smiled and turned to wave to Yue. "It's nice to see you again."
"Yea you too." Yue mumbled.
"Well when I'm at the mall I usually eat." Sokka replied to Suki's previous comment.
"Yeah well you're still doing some shopping- you're looking out for food." Suki retorted.
Sokka frowned, not having anything to say to that.
"Well I'm going to head on home. I'm pretty much exhausted. It was nice seeing you Sokka." Suki smiled once more before walking away from the food court.
"So...hamburger." Sokka turned back around to go to the fast food line when Yue stopped him. "What's wrong?"
"Do you still love her?" Yue whispered, not making eye contact.
"What?"
"Do you still love Suki?"
Sokka turned and faced Yue, his need for food suddenly forgotten. "Where are you getting this from?"
Yue looked up at him, tears threatening to spill. "I saw the way you looked and smiled at her." She wiped a tear escaping from your eye. "The last time I can remember when you genuinely smiled at me was before she came here."
Instead of answering, Sokka glanced at the people starting to look curiously at them. "Look, can we do this later? Preferably when there's no one to judge us."
"Fine. You get your hamburger and I'll see you at the car." Yue quickly grabbed her shopping bags from Sokka's hands and walked off to the exit.
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"Sokka!"
"Hey, Aang."
The two slapped each other on the backs before taking a seat next to each other at the bar.
"Can we get two beers over here?" Aang yelled, surprising Sokka.
"Whoa, freshman year was that tough on you?"
Aang shrugged. "When you work hard, you have to play hard."
The bartender gave them their drinks without a word, not caring to know if they were of age or not.
The two took a couple of gulps. "Does Toph approve the new you?"
Aang grinned. "She likes that I'm taking risks, so yeah, she does."
"What about you, Sokka? Last time we hung out you were just starting to date Yue."
"Yeah, the workload got the best of us. Actually, now Yue and I live together."
Aang choked on his beer. "What?"
"It was Yue's idea and I just sort of went along with it."
"Should I expect in the next few months you'll be married?"
Sokka shook his head furiously and looked down at the counter. "No way, man."
Aang turned to face Sokka, his face serious. "Dude, I was just kidding. Is something going on between you and Yue?"
"Suki came here to visit." Sokka stated, slightly avoiding the last question.
"Toph told me that Suki was having a hard time moving on," Aang smiled slightly. "Your life just keeps getting more complicated, doesn't it?"
Sokka scoffed. "You don't even know the half of it. Suki told me that but she still wanted to be friends with me, and now I..."
Aang leaned in closer to Sokka. "And now you what?"
"I think I might be falling back in love with Suki."
Silence fell on the two friends as Aang finished up his beer.
"I think we might need another round," he said loudly.
Sokka continued to look down at the counter, ashamed of his confession. Maybe it wasn't true; maybe he just really missed her. But he knew what love felt like before, and this feeling was eerily similar. It dawned on him that his smile had given it away, and was embarrassed to realize that Yue could even notice it and before him too. This absolutely sucked because he didn't know what his next move was going to be.
"When did your love life become so complicated?" Aang finally spoke up after the second round had been delivered. "Do you know what you're going to do with Yue and Suki?"
"Nope," Sokka mumbled. "I still love Yue- at least I think I still do- but then there's Suki. We both cared about each other back then and we obviously care about each other now. Should the fact that Suki and I had a past be more important than the fact that Yue made me forget about Suki so quickly?"
"Well the absence of Suki made it easier for you to move on. It probably helped that you wanted to move on badly too. But even if you get back together with Suki, she still goes to school at Kyoshi."
"She told me that she was thinking about transferring to BSSU."
"Wow. So, I guess she never moved on."
"Yep. And I guess I never quite moved on either."
Sokka downed his second beer. His mind was starting to get fuzzy, but he didn't mind much. He needed a good distraction; something to take his mind off Suki and Yue and his screwed up relationships.
"Yue and I had a fight today. She thinks I don't love her anymore and that she's unintentionally making me miserable."
"So are you going to try and show her that you still love her, or are you going to go back to Suki?"
Sokka thought back to him and Suki together. He remember that the two of them would bicker and joke around a lot, but not any full out fights. The last fight he remembered was the one they had when they found out they would have to break up before college. Even then, when Suki was mad at him, he tried his hardest to make sure they were okay. Thinking to his and Yue's fight, Sokka didn't have any motivation to prove her wrong. That must mean I really do love Suki.
"I guess I want Suki back." Sokka turned to Aang, suddenly happy with his decision.
"Well then go get her!" Aang smiled, comfortable with Sokka's decision. Though Yue was a nice girl, Aang could see the huge difference in Sokka's attitude towards Yue and Suki.
"Maybe I should wait until I've sobered up a bit." Sokka and Aang chuckled when suddenly Sokka's phone went off. Looking at the caller ID, he was confused when he saw a number he didn't recognize.
"Hello?"
"Hello Mr. Soupole, this is Ba Sing Se's general hospital. We would like for you to come down here quickly. Yue Luna has been in an accident."
*Gasp*
Thanks for reading and I hope everyone liked it. There are 3 chapters to go plus a possible epilogue. Reviews would be really appreciated!
