Suki put down her scroll. She grabbed and put another pastry into her mouth.

"Mmm.. I can see why Mai likes these so much."

Zuko's attention was broken away from the message he was reading. "Erm- yes. She does like them a lot."

Suki shuffled in her seat. She rolled up the scroll and put it down. "Well I gotta say. If I read anymore I might go nuts."

Zuko looked up and furrowed his eyebrows. Suki was smiling impishly, it almost reminded him of Sokka.

"So you're bored again huh?"

"Yeah. It's all right though. I'm the one who said I wanted to come. Don't let me interrupt you."

Zuko stretched his neck muscles. "So, is Sokka still with Katara in the Southern Water Tribe?"

Suki sprang up as if she suddenly gained a lot of energy.

"Actually he said that they would be going back and forth between the two tribes, I think Katara might have also gone with Aang to help with some rebellions across the Earth Kingdom."

Zuko thought for a moment. He walked next to Suki and grabbed a fruit tart from her plate.

"Have you seen much of him lately?"

Suki looked down. She was suddenly filled with emotion and Zuko could see it. Unlike Mai she did a bad job of hiding it.

"It has been a while. I've been doing work in the Earth Kingdom with the Kyoshi Warriors while he went to help with the Water Tribes. He asked me if I wanted to go several times but I knew I would be pretty much useless there, plus I would have to leave my girls behind."

Zuko nodded. He gave a loud sigh.

"It does seem that we all have to put aside our own desires to help with the conflicts. I'm only hoping that it will all end soon and we can all get to be with whoever we love."

Suki chuckled. "What's wrong FireLord? Do miss your girlfriend?" She asked in a playful tone.

Zuko let his serious face turn into a smile. "I guess I shouldn't be complaining. I get to see Mai a lot. I just feel like so much is missing."

Suki nudged him on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it. You are a very young FireLord. Of course you're going to feel weird about all this. I'm sure you'll feel happy in the end like the rest of us."

Zuko looked to her face. "Thanks."

They sat there in silence again. Zuko was lost in thought.

Finally Suki decided to say something. "By the way, thanks for letting Ty Lee visit your sister in prison."

"Well after all that badgering how could I refuse? By any chance, did she mention how that went?"

"She didn't say much. She told me that Azula was still feeling kind of bad and that she was going to visit her again tomorrow."

Alarms went off in his head. "Tomorrow!"

Zuko realized he had said that in a menacing tone. Suki had a guilty face as if she just gave away some valuable information by mistake.

"Err- well- no she was going to ask you, I think. She was probably going to ask you today. I guess I messed that up for her."

Zuko calmed himself. He didn't mean to make himself look threatening to her.

"No you know what, that's okay. Obviously one visit wasn't going to do anything. I have actually begun thinking about this whole mess anyway."

Suki seemed to relax. "So what have you been thinking of this situation then?"

"Not much really. I have been thinking of what the sources of… Azula's problems are and how to fix them."

Zuko felt some nervousness. He tried to hide it as best as he could. He wasn't ready to reveal his full plan quite yet.

Suki turned to look out a window. "That's nice. I'm sure Ty Lee will appreciate that a lot more than I do. I wouldn't be willing to spend this much time here if I didn't know how much this means to her."

Zuko felt curious.

"So you're only doing this because you want to do her a favor?"

Suki glanced back to him. "Oh no, of course not. I always try to do the right thing. I admit that I can't really feel compassion for Azula after all the memories I have of her. I assume that you don't have full control over your nations since most of it was supporting your father and her. I figured if we could get her to be on your side then that might give you support of loyal followers of your father."

Zuko scratched his chin. I haven't thought of it in that way.

Suki looked back outside. "I think we should go see if they're back yet."

Zuko followed her gaze out the window. He couldn't remember how much time they'd spent there."

"Yeah you're probably right."