Sokka rummaged through his pack, making sure he had enough clothing for the journey. He slid his sword into it's scabbard and secured it to his waist. He stepped over to his desk, picking up the letter for Suki and reading over it one last time before folding it and putting it into an envelope. He melted the wax over a small fire in his room and sealed the letter with the symbol of a wolf's head.

"Surely a letter from the Chief of the South would get priority over others," Sokka said, smirking as he slipped the letter into his bag and headed downstairs. He slowed to a stop as he entered the kitchen, seeing two small, packed sacks on the table.

"You finally got up," Malina said, sitting close to the main fire while reading construction reports. "I thought Toph was going to have travel alone. Hopefully those help."

"What is all this?" he said, walking over to the sacks and opening them up, finding them full of food.

"I went out this morning and gathered some stuff for you and Toph. I thought it might save you a bit on supplies. It's mostly dried meat, but it should last both of you a while." Malina looked up at him, smiling softly. "Maliq and I lived on this type of stuff when we first left the North. We were always travelling to different towns trying to find work."

"Thank you," Sokka muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. "Malina, how much did this cost?" He reached into his pocket. She raised an eyebrow and frowned at him.

"Sokka, we're family. You don't need to pay me back. Think of it as a gift for you birthday if it makes it easier," she told him, rolling her eyes and looking back to her reports, hiding her grin.

"Oh..." He stood there for a few moments before he stepped over to Malina and gave her a quick hug. He heard her laughing quietly as he slung the two sacks of food over his shoulders and headed out.

Sokka made his way through the city, getting a few waves and passing nods as he walked by. As he neared the city gates, he spotted Katara and Toph. Toph turned her head slightly to him when he neared, and a moment later Katara looked at him, and her brow furrowed.

"About time, Snoozles. We were planning on sending a search party to rescue you out of bed," Toph said when he reached them.

"Hey! I wasn't sleeping. I actually had some stuff to take care of first."

"Sure, you did, Snoozles. Hurry up. Gears has been ready to leave for a while now. He still has to make his meetings in the Fire Nation." Toph turned and began walking towards the airship. "See ya later, Sugar Queen." Sokka began trudging after her until Katara put a hand on his shoulder.

"He'll be two minutes, Toph. I've got to talk to him for a bit," Katara called to the blind girl, who kept walking.

"Whatever! Just don't be too long," she yelled back.

"You sound annoyed. What did I do this time?" Sokka said, letting out a sigh.

"Why aren't you going to see Suki?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"I'm...I'm travelling with Toph," he said .

"Then why didn't you say that when I gave you the letter? I'd have thought you'd at least mention you weren't going to be staying in the South when you got back."

"I forgot about it. Calm down, Katara." Sokka put his hands up defensively when he saw the small twitch in his sister's eye. A few tense, silent moments passed as she eyed him angrily before responding.

"I was just talking to Toph about what your plan is for this trip, and she hadn't any idea," she said.

"Do you really expect a blind girl to be able to read a map?"

"No. However, you always told us every last detail during the war. I can still picture you droning on and on about your schedule. She would have a slight idea if you even planned a little, which you clearly didn't."

"Just get to your point already," Sokka said. Katara glared at him before letting out a slow breath.

"I'm worried where your head is at. Before you left, all you talked about was wanting to go see Suki again. Now that you're back, all you want to do is spend time with Toph." He frowned, beginning to understand what she was saying.

"What's the problem with that? We're friends."

"Toph told me you two went out drinking on your birthday." Sokka gave a short nod, caught off guard by the sudden change of topic. "Did anything––"

"Nothing happened between us! Don't you dare even imply that," he warned, his eyes flaring. Katara's own eyes widened and she took a step back. She bit her lip as she returned to her normal stance.

"Why are you travelling with Toph?"

"She wants to help me search for Space Sword and Boomerang, that's it," he said curtly. "Plus, I won't have to listen to someone nagging me every hour."

"For Tui and La's sake," she muttered, rolling her eyes. "You don't think Suki will be hurt that you're putting your old weapons before your girlfriend?"

"If that's the case, then she must consider Zuko much more important than me. You're grasping at straws, little sister." Katara's eyes narrowed as things started to make sense in her mind.

"You just want to get back at Suki!"

"Suki has nothing to do with why I'm going!"

"Then why––" She stopped talking when Sokka turned and headed for the airship.

"I'm done talking with you. I'll see you in a couple of weeks, if I come back," he called back to her, changing from a walk to a light jog. Katara raised her hand and concentrated on the snow around her brother's feet, but dropped it.

"I'm going to force him to speak to Suki when he gets back!" Katara growled as she stormed back into the city.

A Couple Days Later

Toph barged into Sokka's room. "Gears told me we're landing soon," she said. "You have everything packed, right, Meathead?"

"Will you ever learn to knock?" Sokka asked. A small shrug was all he got in response. "Take this." He picked up two bags and handed one to Toph.

"Why are you giving me this exactly?" she asked, letting the bag drop to the floor.

"You can't possibly expect me to carry all of our gear. When we get what we need in Makapu Village, I'll sort out who gets what." He strapped his sword to his side.

"Why can't you carry it? Aren't you the big, strong man?" She lightly tugged at one of the straps of the bag.

"Oh, so you're the small, fragile little girl when it benefits you?" he asked, a smile on his lips.

"Fine," she whined, picking up the bag and slinging it across her shoulders. "I hate this part of travelling. Why couldn't we take Appa?"

"Aang's busy with some spirit nonsense; some giant monster is attacking caravans along the trade routes or something. I doubt he would appreciate us stealing his bison. You remember the last time someone did that?" Sokka immediately regretted his choice of words when he saw Toph clench her fists.

"Yeah. I do." The two stayed quiet while Sokka double checked the gear. Toph was lying on the southern warrior's bed, daydreaming, when a bump interrupted her thoughts.

"Come on, let's get going. If we make good time, we can be out of Makapu before nightfall," Sokka said, grabbing her forearm and helping her out of the bed.

"I can't wait to walk for hours on end and sleep on the cold wet floor!" Toph said excitedly, following after him. "Not." Satoru was already waiting outside for them, staring up at the sky.

"Of all the times you decide to go travelling, you pick the beginning of winter," Satoru said as they stepped beside him.

"A bit of rain and cold winds never stopped us. We'll be fine," Sokka said, shrugging at the grey clouds passing overhead.

"That's because Aang and Katara used to keep us dry when we were travelling on Appa," Toph said dryly. "Now we get to sit in a tent all day if it gets too heavy."

"Oh, no, you'll learn what it's like for us normal people to go off adventuring." Satoru smirked down at Toph.

"Don't you own a giant balloon that bring you places?" she shot back.

"I was a beggar for months. I know what it's like to live on the streets, unlike you, Miss Beifong." Satoru grinned when he saw Toph roll her eyes, and opened his arms wide. She smiled as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'll see you soon, Toph. Don't annoy Sokka too much," he whispered to her, making her laugh.

"I'm not promising you anything," she said, turning and walking towards the forest.

"Hang on a minute Toph," Sokka called. She stopped and stood there, arms crossed and foot lightly tapping the floor. Sokka turned and stepped closer to Satoru. "I want to say thanks for saving me back in the South. I doubt Katara would have let it slide so easily if you hadn't spoken up during dinner," he said quietly.

"No problem at all. I could tell you were struggling to come up with something. I hope everything goes well on this little adventure," Satoru said, smiling as Sokka glanced over to Toph.

"Honestly...while finding Space Sword and Boomerang would be great, I'm hoping this helps me answer a couple of questions." Sokka let out a sigh. "I just want to know if––"

"Will you hurry up!" Toph shouted at him.

"I should get going, or she'll end up hurting the both of us," Sokka said, grinning at Satoru. His eyebrows shot up and he dug into his bag. "I almost forgot! When you get to the Fire Nation, can you send this letter to Suki? Tell them it's for the chief bodyguard of the Fire Lord. It should get to her pretty quickly then."

"No problem. I'll be travelling to Fire Fountain City; they'll certainly have a place where I can send it," Satoru told him, taking the letter and putting it in his back pocket. Satoru looked over to Toph, who had begun dragging her feet along the earth, creating random grooves as she went. He heard a slight cough and looked back into the deep blue eyes of the southern warrior. He noticed the nervous excitement in them, and the hand held out to him. He reached for the hand, and Sokka grabbed him by the forearm, pulling him into a hug.

"Thanks, Satoru," Sokka said as he embraced the stunned engineer, "for everything." Sokka let go and stepped back, grinning as he realised Toph was staring at them. "That girl sees everything." He glanced at the still shocked Satoru, and gave him a small nod as he began walking towards Toph.

If it doesn't work out, you can still try and have a relationship with her, a voice in the back of the engineer's head suggested.

If? a second voice spoke up. I don't think that word applies to those two. Satoru stood there, watching the two of them stroll into the forest.


Well it's the last chapter for Three's Company and Sokka, Toph and Satoru's time together has come to an end. However, this clearly isn't the end to the Tokka story, and we'll see what happens between them in some time. Before explaining the current plan for the series, I'd like to thank you all for reading this story, and for the many people who've favourited, followed and took time out of their day to review it, even if it's just a couple words. It's always lovely to see those emails coming in.

Three people I'd like to thank personally: secondstart - You're one of those consistent reviewers that pretty much every writer loves to have, I always looked forward to hearing you opinion on chapters.

8D SerenityCrystal Tear 83 - My beta for a couple of chapters near the end. Incredibly helpful, thorough and in my opinion has helped improve the quality of my writing hugely.

Last but not certainly not least - Nerdy J Fics Some people might find it weird to do these personal thank yous, however this girl right here is the main reason for this. She had been there before I had even written Unintentional Dating, and has helped right throughout the story. She is, in my opinion, the most kind, funny and all around amazing person you'll meet on any site, be it FF, AO3 or DA. I don't necessarily think she'd agree, but she's been instrumental in Three's Company. Having someone you're able to bounce ideas all the time is someone every writer needs. She's also a fantastic writer, and I'd suggest everyone go check out her stuff, especially if you're a fan of Zutara. Sadly she has left for an unknown amount of time, so I wanted to do a large thank you here, as a sort of welcome back message for when she returns.

Enough of the oogie stuff! So what's next for my little series? Apologies to the Tokka fans, but this side of the story will be put on hold for a while. My current plan is to go all the way back to chapter one of this story, but this time follow Zuko and Suki. Those of you who read their part of Unintentional Dating, and remember what Sokka wrote to Suki may be able to work out what the general story is going to be about. I'm not 100% certain on the title of the story, however I'm leaning towards "An Old Flame". There's also a second story in the works for Zuki, although I could have that be part of An Old Flame if I don't think there is enough to warrant a full story. It would more than likely be a relatively short story, but would occur on the trip after An Old Flame. When I finish those, I'll be straight back to the Tokka side of things. I already have some ideas, mainly cute/fun scenes involving Sokka and Toph travelling together.
I hope that isn't too disappointing for some, and that you can still enjoy the Zuki stuff even if you aren't a fan of the couple. I'm currently planning out the general plot of the whole story. I'm not sure when that'll be done and when writing will begin. The first chapter could be uploaded next week, or it could be in two or three. When I do upload, I'll try to stick to this Thursday/Friday upload schedule I've fallen into, so check back on those days to see if the story has been started or not. Or consider following me on FFN, DA or AO3.

I hope you enjoyed this story, and as always would love to hear what you thought, or any little comments you may have. Thank you all for keeping up with and reading this, and I hope to be able to post more soon!