Their Week Apart

by Jordanalane

Zuko and Suki spend a week on Ember Island alone after being apart for over a year. What they don't know is that this time, while intimate, will set the tone for their relationship in the future. Tons of Smut/Fluff. A Zuki Story.

2. Day 2

Suki opened her eyes as the smell of bacon filled her nose. She sat up, pulling the green sheet around her bare chest and body. She was alone in bed, a fact that made her a little sad. She tried to think if Zuko had spent the night with her or not. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in his arms, but could not recall if he had stayed with her or not.

She stepped off the bed and onto the hard wood floor. She grabbed her green silk robe which had been discarded on the floor the night before, slipping it onto her pale skin. She pulled the belt in place, trying it with one solid knot. She looked in the mirror in the bedroom, examining her reflection. He hair was a mess, her skin splotchy and her bottom lip a little swollen from biting it so hard last night. Despite all this she felt totally and completely sexual. She laughed a little bit at herself, pulling her hair up into a pony tail with a strip of red ribbon that had been in Zuko's hair the previous night. She looked herself over with much pleasure, walking from the bedroom.

She could hear water boiling and bacon frying from the kitchen as she made her way to it. When she rounded the corner to the kitchen she saw him nibbling on some bacon happily. She stayed back and watched him. He was shirtless, having on only the same red pants from last night. The pants were pulled down further than normal though; his hip bones and stomach clearly exposed. The only part of his torso that it really covered was the one part she wanted to see most of all. His hair was down, a black curtain hanging around his beautiful face. She bit her lip as she watched him, taking him in.

"Are you just gonna watch me or come and eat? He asked, not looking up at her.

She laughed a little bit and walked over to him, "I kinda like watching you." She told him as she walked to him.

He turned to her and wrapped his arms around her waist, picking her up off the ground as he buried his face into her neck. She laughed happily, kissing the side of his head lovingly as she kicked her airborne legs playfully. He sat her down with a smile, leaning in and kissing her happily. She kissed him back, moaning a little bit as she parted her mouth into the kiss. He let his tongue graze her lips before pulling away. "Good morning." He told her with a grin.

"Morning." She told him, stroking his cheek.

"I'm making boiled eggs and bacon. I hope you are hungry." He let go of her and turned back to the stove, putting some bacon on a plate for her.

"Yes please." She told him with a grin as she took the plate from him. "You are so sexy when you cook." She said laughing a little bit as she sat on the counter. She grabbed a fork from the counter next to her, starting to eat.

"Then I will have to cook more." His voice was light and playful. It was now as he had his back turned to her that she saw the scratches on his upper back and shoulders. She blushed deeply at seeing it. It was dirty and somewhat obscene but she got an enormous mount of pleasure out of seeing them on him. She felt like she had claimed him as he own, like she had left her mark on him. He turned to her with a boiled egg in his hands, putting it on her plate as well. "I know how much you like them." He said with a soft grin.

She nodded and leaned in, kissing him softly. "Do you know everything that I like?" She asked him playfully.

He nodded, pulling away. "I'd like to think that I do." He grabbed his plate and sat on the counter next to her, eating his own food.

"So what else do I like?" She asked, nudging him with her shoulder.

"You like the color yellow, boiled eggs, lilies, dumplings and..." He thought about it. "Snowy days when you don't have to leave the house." he finally said, nodding.

She laughed and nodded as well, "All very true. You forgot the thing I love best in life though."

"And what is that?" He asked, taking a bite of his boiled egg.

"You, stupid." She said with a soft laugh.

"Oh yeah, I left that out." he mumbled to himself.

She leaned in and kissed his shoulder happily. "Thats just how you are."

He shrugged a little bit. "I put a cobbler in the oven. You could take it to Kaede's wife today."

She nodded, "I can do that. I was going to go later in the week though."

"I figured you would wanna go today. I have some work to get done and I may get a little boring." Zuko chuckled, eating a piece of bacon.

"You're working on our vacation?"

"Such is the life of the Fire Lord. I was planning on doing it last night bur you were here so I could not." he grinned awkwardly at her. "Sorry."

"Its ok. I understand." She leanined in and kissed him on the cheek.

He smiled happily. "I also have money for you so you can go shopping."

She rolled her eyes, "Oh, that." She ate the last bit of bacon.

"You don't have to go."

"No, no, no. You're right about it. It would be kinda nice." She hopped off the counter, grabbing both of their plates and throwing them both into the sink.

"So shop, do girl stuff... Thats what girls do right?"

Suki just nodded and smiled. "It is." She walked over to him and placed herself in between his bent knees, wrapping her arms around his waist. She kissed his chest happily, looking up at him.

"Then it is what you will do." he kissed her forehead tenderly.

She nestled into his chest with a smile on her face. He ear was right over his heart; she could feel and hear it beating. He moaned happily as he ran his hands over her strong back, tickling her softly. "Can we go out tonight?" She mumbled softly.

"You mean like... Out, out?"

She nodded. "You know that we have never even been on a date before."

"Oh corse we have." He laid his cheek on top of her head. "We would go out together all the time before you left for your trip."

"Walks in the garden are not dates." She told him playfully.

"They arn't?"

"No. Dates are when you go out to eat, or out dancing. Everything that we do with one another is more or less me working and just escorting you someplace." She looked up at him with a serious look on her face.

"Oh..." he raised his eye brows at her, "I did not know you felt that way." She reached up and held his cheek a little bit. "I just kinda though that any time we were together was special."

She felt guilty all of the sudden. Of corse any time that they spent with one another was special, and she felt foolish for thinking other wise.

"I'm sorry, forget I said anything." Suki shook her head, looking away.

"Wait, no." he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. "We can do a date. It would be kinda nice to have something like that."

"If you don't want to..." She mumbled, shrugging her shoulders.

"I want whatever you want." He gave her a faint smile, making her heart melt.

She nodded. "Alright." She leaned up and kissed him happily before pulling away.

"You find a place for us to go tonight and we will go." He assured her, nodding softly.

She bit her lip looking into his eyes. "I love you, Zuko." She told him.

"I love you too." he said, his smile widening so as to show his teeth. He kissed her on the corner of her mouth, making her smile as she held his shoulders from beneath his arms. She just laughed a little bit, feeling his breath on her skin. She loved his breath. It was not anything particular, it just always felt so wonderful to her. Like a warm soothing wind that would flow to her very core.

She could not stop laughing as he held his lips on her own. he eventually pulled away and laughed himself. "Sorry."

"Its fine. I love your laugh."

She just looked into his eyes, running her fingers though his long hair. "You know I know things that you like too." She told him.

"Oh? Do tell."

"Well... You like Fire flakes and Almonds. You like sun rises better than sun sets. You absolutely hate custard pie."

He smiled, nodding, "All very true."

"And you are partial me as well, I do believe." She said with a soft shrug.

He nodded, "That is very true as well." he reached out and held her breasts gently. "I love everything about you." he said with a smile.

She looked down at her hands on her chest and blushed, "So they look ok?" She asked unsure of herself.

He nodded, massaging them a little bit. "I think they are beautiful, just like the rest of you." She bit her lip and wrapped her arms around his neck, moaning happily as he thumbed her nipples. "Your body is more beautiful than it was in my dreams." He said with a sign, speaking into her neck.

"And just think, its all yours." She told him biting his ear playfully.

He groaned happily, pulling her robe aside so he could touch her soft flesh as he sucked on her neck.

"Zuko..." She told him, pulling away from him a little bit. "Later..." She told him. He pouted playfully as she put her robe in place. "We will have plenty of time for this." She told him, patting his chest.

He hopped down, grabbing both of her hands. "What about me?" he asked her.

"What about what?" She asked, swinging their hands together.

"Do you like the way I look?" He asked her, motioning down to himself. She looked at him and laughed, throwing her head back. "What?" He said, a little hurt.

"You are without a doubt the single most beautiful person that I have ever seen." She told him with a kiss on his strong chin. He blushed a little bit, biting his lip. "And your cock is huge and I love it." His face held a look of embarrassment and pride at the same time. it made he laugh loudly and lean up, kissing him tenderly. "And its all mine now." She said, digging her nails into his hair.

He just nodded and returned the kiss, "All yours, my love."

She pulled away and let go of his hands, "I'm gonna get ready."

"Alright. The cobbler just needs to cool I think. You should be able to leave here whenever."

She nodded and kissed his cheek, walking to her room. He watched her go, her hips moving under that silk robe excited his body, making him picture in his mind all the things that he would do to her.

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Suki walked from the beach house to the town on Ember Island. The main part of the town was attached to the large beach on the island. Some of the larger estates, like Zuko's, had its own private beach. Everyone else just shared this one large location. Suki smiled when she saw it, seeing all the people out under umbrellas and on blankets. She took her shoes off and buried her feet into the sand with a happy moan. She walked along the beach going towards the very end of it. She held the basket holding her cobbler in her hands as she spotted the small green house on the very far end of the beach.

It really was off on its own. It was the only green structure around, its outside being a very earthy hue. It was also differently decorated than the rest of the houses around. The other houses were very ornate. They were painted red and gold, with flowers and other embellishments. This one was totally different. Apart from the green color the outside of it was painted with flowers and a few hearts. In the yard there was a few assorted items. On the front porch were two long surf boards resting on against the wall casually. She smiled to herself as she walked onto the front porch. Above the door was a little sign that said: The Home that love built.

She smiled at the saying, feeling that she was at home and relaxed in this place. She rapped on the door gently, looking around at the paint that was spilled on the porch. There was actually hand and foot prints in two different sizes, looking like adults. Then there were fresher, newer ones that were very tiny. She assumed that they were from the baby, making her smile grow.

The door was opened by a woman with a soft smile. She looked to be in her late 20s. and was sporting a brown short bob of a hair style and bright green eyes. As soon as she saw Suki her smile dropped, being replaced by a nervous grin. "Your majesty." She said with a slight bow.

"Please, just Suki." She told her with a smile "And you don't need a bow" she said with a soft laugh.

"Oh... I'm sorry." She said with her nervous. laugh. "I'm Rei." She told her with a soft smile, "Kaede said that he invited you over but I did not think that you would actually come." She invited her inside with her a gesture of her hand. Suki could tell that she was nervous, and made it a mental point to make her feel better in any way she could. "This is our home, I know its not much but we love it." She said with a gentle laugh.

Suki looked around the living room of the small cottage. It was slightly cluttered, with paint and other art supplies scattered about. There was also some baby things, like blankets and little toys around. The furniture in the room was simple, with a few small tables and a ladder leading up to a loft. There was a large chair on the one side, it was just large enough for two people to cuddle together. It was apparent from the ware pattern on the sofa that that is exactly what had been going on. There was something very cozy about it. It made Suki feel happy, and slightly envious of this simple and obvious loving life.

"Its beautiful." She told her with a warm smile.

"You think?" She asked with a soft laugh. "I like to think its wonderful. Its all ours, which I guess is the important part, right?" She asked.

Suki nodded, "Its an important and beautiful thing." She offered her the basket with the cobbler in it. "This is a cobbler for you." She told her with a soft grin.

"For me?" She asked, reaching her hands and and taking it.

Suki nodded, "A thank for from Zuko and I for letting us borrow your husband.." She said with a soft laugh.

She just nodded, "Thank you." She laughed nervously again, "I still find it hard to believe that Its been the Fire Lord that Kaede has been working for all this time." She motioned Suki towards the door on the far side of the living room. "Shall we have a piece?" She asked.

Suki just nodded and they walked into the kitchen together. The kitchen was a very small one, but still had that cozy and wonderful feeling to it just like the rest of the place. Rei sat it down on the counter, pulling out a spoon and serving both her and Suki some of the cobbler. "Thank you so much." Suki told her, sitting down at the small table in the center of the room.

"This must be so different for you, a small place like this." Rei told her as she got them some water, sitting down with her.

"Not really." Suki told her with a shrug. "I grew up on Kyoshi Island, so this is very much like how homes are there." She smiled a little bit, taking a bite of her cobbler. Her eyes widened as the berries melted on her tongue, the crust tasking so good in comparison to the softness of the berries.

"I didn't know that about you." Rei told her with a smile.

Suki just nodded, "Yeah. I'm just a common earth kingdom girl." She thought about it, "Well not common I guess. But kinda common."

"I've heard the stories about you, how you helped end the war." She told her with a smile. Suki blushed a little bit, looking at her cobbler. "And now you're with the Fire Lord, you may be the Fire Lady one day. There is nothing common about you."

Suki just laughed and nodded, "Thank you Rei. I can sometimes get a little upset that everyone just thinks of me that way, but I see your point."

"Do they treat you like that back at the palace?" Rei asked.

Suki nodded, "Oh yeah. They still think that I'm little more than his concubine who just so happens to be his body guard. That I'm just a passing fancy for him, and that one day he will settle down with someone more suitable for his position." She sighed a little bit as she said this. She was equally as surprised that she could talk to Rei about this so easily. She had only spoken to her mother about these feelings. There was just something about this woman that made he feel totally at ease.

Rei reminded her of home.

"Well does he think if you like that?" She asked.

"Oh no... I know that he loves me."

"Then forget them." Rei told her with a wide smile. "Did Kaede tell you how him and I meet?" She asked.

"He just said that you were from the earth kingdom and that you two meet while you were on vacation here."

Rei nodded with a smile, "That is half the story. I was from Ba Sing Sae, my uncle is the earth king."

Suki's jaw dropped, "Your a princess!?" She stammered, not really believing her.

Rei nodded, "I was..." She thought about it for a moment. "3rd in line for the throne."

"Was? As in your not anymore?" Suki asked, drinking her water.

Rei nodded, "I gave up my birth right when I married Kaede." She said this with a great sense of pride in her voice. She smiled to herself. "It was worth it too." She laughed a little bit.

Suki laughed a little bit with her, "How did you two meet?"

"My family came here for vacation just after the war. I was on the beach and I saw him surfing. I thought that he was so good looking, you know? And the way that he moved in that water was amazing." Suki watched as a smile spread across her face, "I was very shy and could have never spoken to him. The very next day his father and him showed up to fix our leaking roof. I brought them both some water, just being polite you know?"

Suki nodded, "Totally Normal."

She laughed a little bit, "They were both so taken-a-back that I had done that. They had never had one of their clients, let alone a princess bring them water."

"I can see how that would be an immeasurable gesture of kindness." Suki told her.

Rei nodded in agreement. "They came back the next day to finish the work. I again brought them water." She blushed softly, "He asked me to go for a walk with him, I said yes."

"Thats so romantic." Suki said with a happy sigh, her chin resting on her hand.

Rei just nodded, "Then we just got to know one another and feel for one another. I went back home a few weeks after that."

"But you stayed in contact?" Suki asked.

Rei nodded, "He wrote to me a lot. I didn't care that he was common, or the son of a handyman. I just feel in love with him."

Suki smiled happily, listening to her story and feeling that it was the mirror of her own. Her and Zuko from the perspective of the nobel in love with a commoner.

"Well around this time I was to be married, arranged of corse."

"Oh no." Suki was wrapped up in her story, the words hitting her hard.

Rei nodded, "Yes. To a young Earth Kingdom Man. I didn't have the heart to tell Kaede through a letter. I asked that i be allowed to visit Ember Island again before I was to be married."

"And they let you go?" She asked.

She nodded, "Yes. They did not know about me relationship with Kaede."

"What happened?"

"As soon as I got there I told him about the marriage. He told me that it was my choice untimely but that he loved me and wanted me to marry him and not this other young man." Rei smiled with a warm happy smile. "I was concerned of corse. its hard for one to just drop off the face of the earth without support for ones own family. But he assured me that he would do everything that he could for the rest of his life to make sure that we had anything and everything that we needed."

"And that sold you?"

Rei nodded, "It did. We were married that night. I sent a letter to my parents and never heard from them again."

Suki frowned softly, "I'm sorry that you don't see them."

Rei just shrugged a little bit, "I'm happier now than I ever have been. I have a wonderful husband, an amazing, beautiful, healthy daughter and this super cute home that I love. There is nothing about my life that I don't like."

Suki just smiled at her, feeling a weight on her heart. She thought that this story was so cute, so sweet, so amazing. She wished that her own love story had been as tender as this one. "That is amazing." Suki told her.

Rei just nodded, "I'm a lucky girl." She grinned. "What about you?" She asked.

"What about me?"

"Well how did you two... you know..."

"Oh." Suki giggled a little bit. "Well Zuko and I were were friends, and I was dating a good friend of his."

"That water tribe guy, right?"

Suki nodded, "Sokka. While I was with him I was sent to guard Zuko at the palace. I accidentally caused the break up of him and his girlfriend." She chuckled a little bit.

"Did you mean to?" She asked with a smile.

Suki shook her head, "Not at all. I was just trying to help him."

"Still, good for you." She said with a wink.

Suki just nodded. "After that he and I got close. He really was my best friend before I knew it, and me his."

"So when did it turn romantic?" Rei asked.

"He kinda... went though some stuff and came out of it being more assertive." Her mind flashed back to the night that he had come back from his trip to find his mother. The same night that he has taken her into his arms and kissed her for the first time.

"So he asserted himself on you?" She asked with a giggle.

Suki just laughed a little bit, nodding. "He came to me and told me how much I meant to him; and I told him how much he meant to me." Suki blushed deeply. "When he kissed me for the first time that day I knew that I would be with him forever." She smiled as she though about it. "I had known him for so long as a strong powerful man. But when he came to me that night he was so emotional that he started crying. Just tears all over his face from everything that he was feeling. It was remarkable."

"Awww." Rei said with a large grin. "That is so sweet."

"Don't tell anyone about that by the way. I don't think he would want people thinking that he was a wimp or something." Suki ate the last little bite of her cobbler.

"I think that it makes him stronger." Rei said. "I mean he rules a nation, I would hope that he would be able to show love to someone like that."

"I wish more people would think like that." Suki said with a sign.

Rei nodded, "Its a good thing. Like when a man cries, I think its actually really sexy."

Suki laughed at her, "Dose Kaede cry?"

Rei nodded, "He dose. Not all the time but he will just get upset or overly happy he will just let them flow. More so since Zarra has come. Its like she will do a little face and he will just cry tears of joy."

"Its is kinda sweet, really." Suki said with a smile. "Is he a good father?"

"Oh the best, he is so good with her. Always so gentle." Rei took their plates and cups, putting them in the sink. "I never thought that it would go so perfect you know?"

"Are you wanting to have more?" Suki asked.

Rei shrugged, "We are not not going to try. If we have another one thats fine, if not thats fine too."

"I was an only child, and its not without its perks." It was after she said this that a soft whimper came from the living room.

"Looks like she is awake." Rei said with a smile. "Excuse me." She said to Suki before walking into the living room. She went to the bassinet on one side of the room and pulled away some of the blankets, reveling a tiny baby girl. She wrapped the girl in a blanket and carried her into the kitchen. "This is Zarra." Rei said with pride, showing the little girl to Suki as she sat down.

The little girl was very fair, with green eyes that matched her mother's. Suki could not help but smile at the little girl. She looked so happy with her huge cheeks and cute little nose. Her tiny ears stuck out in contrast to her fine dark hair.

"So is so pretty." Suki told her, smile at the little girl.

Rei just smiled, patting the girl's belly. "Its been interesting." She told her with a smile. "Thank you for coming today. I get a little burnt out sitting around the house all day with her."

"I can understand that." Suki said with a smile, "I'm going into town next if you would like to come with me."

"You mean that?" She asked with large eyes.

Suki nodded, "I need to get some nice clothes." She still did not like the idea but wanted to humor Zuko.

Rei just nodded, "Alright. I will get my things together." She stood up from her chair, "Can you hold her?" She asked.

Suki nodded and stood as well, taking the little girl. Rei smiled and left the kitchen and went into the living room, then up to the loft. Suki smiled down at the little girl, "You are so cute." The baby was heavier than she expected her to be. There was something in Suki that was drawn to the child. Like a primeval draw that she felt to the infant. She always felt this way around babies. She supposed is what her chemical make up, that the fact that she was a woman that gave her this pull. It was one of the reasons that she wanted a child so bad. She wanted to feel like this about her own flesh and blood.

Rei came back in after a few moments. She had changed into a long colorful skirt and simple green tank top. She also had a large bag with her, presumedly filled with baby supplies as well as an odd looking sash hung over her chest. "Ready?" She asked.

Suki nodded and handed the baby back to its mother. Rei took the child and pulled apart the sash, putting the tiny baby into the sash. It looked to be a kind of sling for the baby. "That is clever." Suki told her with a smile.

Rei nodded, "Kaede's mother gave it to me. Zarra seems to like it and it makes carrying her a little easier."

Suki smiled at seeing the little girl smile herself a little bit, feeling the warmth of her mother. "Shall we?"

Rei nodded and they left the little shack, Rei locking the door behind them. "Have you been shopping here before?" Rei asked her.

Suki shook her head, "No I have not. The last time that I was here was at the end of the war. We were not doing much shopping then." She said with a laugh.

"Well I have to warn you that this place is not as open as other placed around the world have become." Rei said with a soft frown.

"What do you mean?" She asked as they walked along the beach. They were both barefoot as their feet dug into the sand.

"In some cases the shops here will not allow earth kingdom citizen into their businesses." Rei told her.

Suki looked at her a little socked, "What?"

Rei nodded, "Its not as bad as it was at first. The first time I came here we were asked to leave several places. They said they did not serve our kind and that we needed to leave."

Suki looked at the bundle in Rei's arms, at the child born in post war Fire Nation. They had fought to end the war so that children that were born could have a safe world. They wanted equality for all, no matter what. This kinda of treatment was not what she had fought for those years ago, its not what she and Zuko still fought for. "Its not right." She said with a sign.

Rei just shrugged, "Its not,but it is what it is."

Her and Suki walked along the beach, making small talk till they got to town. They put their shoes on, walking on the soft stones of the square.

"What kind of clothing were you looking for?" Rei asked her. "There are several shops and not all of them have the same thing."

"I need some nice silk robes. Something sexy but not too sexy." Suki told her, motioning to her current clothing. "I think Zuko feels bad that he has nicer clothes than me sometimes." She said with a chuckle.

Rei nodded in understanding, "I can understand that." She smirked as Suki a little bit. "You know that if you are looking for something really sexy there is a place here that sells just that."

Suki blused deeply, "Like what?"

"I have a red lace robe from there." Rei said. "I got it celebrate our anniversary, which is how she came about." She told her with a soft laugh, motioning to Zarra.

Suki laughed as well, "I guess that would kinda be a cool thing then."

Rei nodded, "We will go there first." She told her.

They went to the small shop that was on one of the outlying streets of the small town. The shop had things that would make any other girl blush, but not Suki. She looked at the soft delicate things and just thought about herself in them, though about Zuko seeing her in them. "I like this one." Suki said, holding up a very short robe made with thin black silk and black lace trim. It was very soft and slipped though your hands like it was not even there.

"Very sexy." Rei said with a little bit of a growl. "In a bossy way, you know? Like your all elegant and shit but then you tie him down."

Suki could not help but laugh at her new friend, "I think he would like that." She said with a smirk.

"They always do." She said with a wink at Suki.

Suki bought the black robe, as well as some frilly underthings. They were more for her than anything else. She liked the way they felt and figured that it would be nice to have some sexy things like that. She knew that once she got back to the palace she would have to resume her normal Kyoshi uniform which would not support these kind of garments. She thought that they would be fun for this week though.

"You'r lucky that you still have the body to pull these things off." Rei told her as they walked from the small store.

"You could still do things like these." She assured her.

Rei laughed a little bit. "Not since I had the baby. Things have shifted a little bit. Its not like I don't mind. I mean I don't care. Keade is found of the new changes so thats all that matters."

"Found of them?" Suki asked.

Rei nodded, "I put on some weight that i've not been able to get off since giving birth. He just says there is more of me to love so he likes it like that."

"You're lucky." Suki told her with a laugh.

Rei nodded, "I am, but I'm sure that his Majesty will think of you the same."

Suki blushed a little bit, "I'm not so sure about that. You see I've put on some weight myself in the year that I was away, mostly in my bottom." Suki blushed heavily as they walked. She had done all she could to not have this happened, but it just did. She just figured that it was from getting older.

"So your ass got a little bigger?" She said with a chuckle, shrugging. "Worse things could happen."

"I don't think he has noticed yet." Suki told her. "I'm worried that he will though and will not like it."

Rei just shrugged, "I would not worry about it."

Suki just nodded, the worry lingering in her mind. "How about this place?" Suki asked, motioning to a fancy looking shop with some silk robes in the window.

Rei bit her lip and looked at it, "We can try."

Suki nodded and walked into the shop, holding the door open for Rei. Rei walked in, holding Zarra softly, as if protecting the child in some way. In the shop was exactly what Suki was looking for. There were soft silk robes in ever color and style, each one looking more beautiful and amazing than the last.

"This is exactly what I wanted." Suki said, holding up one that was red and gold.

There was a small woman with grey hair that came into view. "May I help you?" She asked Suki and Rei, a soft frown on her face.

"We were just looking at the beautiful robes you have." Suki told her with a smile.

The old woman frowned gently with her fingers laced together, resting on her stomach. "I see." She saw Suki with the robe in her hand. She reached out and took the robe from Suki's hand. "I'm going to have to ask you both to leave."

Suki snapped her head back, looking at her with a frown. "What?"

"I'm afraid that we don't cater to your kind."

Suki crinkled her nose in a frown. "Our KIND!?" Her face was red. "What kind are we?!"

"Suki..." Rei said in a whisper, placing a hand on her upper arm. "Lets just go." she said softly.

"Yes. We do not sell to Earth Kingdom scum here." The old woman said.

"SCUM!?" Suki screamed at her. She thought that Rei had been exaggerating when she told her that earth Kingdom people would be asked to leave. She did not think for a second that it was actually true.

Rei pulled on her arm harder, "Come on Suki." She said with a firmer voice.

The older woman said nothing, but just looked at them both with a frown.

Suki looked at her and knew that she was letting her temper get the best of her. She took a deep breath and just nodded a little bit. "Alright." She said. She and Rei left the shop without another word. "I'm sorry I did not believe you." Suki told her with a frown.

"Its ok." Rei told her with a frown. "I have hoped that I would have been wrong, that things would have changed."

Suki nodded with a frown. "I'm sorry sorry. Let me treat you to something to eat? To make up for it." Suki asked.

Rei just nodded, "Alright." She told her with a smile.

Suki treated Rei to a nice lunch at small restaurant, them eating outside. Rei took a moment to nurse Zarra while they were sitting outside. It made Suki smile, feeling the same warm sensation that she felt when she had held the child. It made her want one of her own.

After they ate they went to another clothing shop, this one much more friendly to the two earth kingdom women. After they were done they said their good byes to one another. Zarra was getting cranky and Rei wanted to get her home. Suki wanted to get back too, she missed Zuko.

"I will stop by and see you before we leave for the week, alright?" Suki told her.

Rei nodded, hugging Suki happily, "It was so wonderful to meet you." She told her with a smile.

"Same with you." Suki told her. She looked down at the tiny pink baby in Rei's arms. "And you." She said, rubbing the little girl's cheeks. Zarra fidgeted a little bit in her mother's arms, snuggling close to her. Suki laughed and hugged Rei again.

"I will see you again." She told her again, "Take care of that husband too!" Suki told her with a smile.

Rei laughed, "You have fun with the Fire Lord." She told her with a wink as she left.

Suki walked back to the beach house, her purchases in hand. She walked quickly, a smile on her face as she thought about getting back to him.

She walked into the large house, going into the living room with her bags. Zuko had his back to her, working at the counter in the kitchen. He had some papers, quill and ink in front of him. He was fully dressed, much to her dismay with his hair pulled up in a pony tail. This was working Zuko right now though, so she understood in a way.

"Hello Fire Lord." She told him as she came in the room.

He turned around and saw her, giving her the special smile he had only for her. "Hi." He said with a soft voice, "Have fun?"

She nodded and sat the bags on the table, "I did. Rei went shopping with me, she is a lot of fun."

He nodded, "She seems really sweet." He told her, looking at the bags. "Get what you needed?" He asked. She nodded, reaching into the pocket of her robe and pulling out the sack that he had given her earlier. "Keep it." He told her with a smirk.

"You sure?" She asked.

He nodded, "Yeah, I don't need the money." he told her with a soft laugh, shrugging a little bit.

She nodded, "Very true. Would you like to see what i got?" She asked, opening the one bag.

Zuko nodded,taking a drink of his water. "If you want." He smiled to himself.

She nodded, taking her things out and showing them to him. He smiled a little bit as he ran his fingers over the soft fabric of the robes and the tunics that she showed him. "I like this one the best." She said, holding up a tunic that was green and red.

He nodded, "I like this. It reminds me of us." he said with a soft grin.

She nodded with a large smile, "I thought so too." She started to pile things up to take them to her room.

"What is in that one?" He asked her, motioning to the bag that had her delicates in it.

"That..." She grabbed it, "Is a surprise." She said with a soft smirk.

"Did you get me something?" he asked, his eyes wide.

"Kinda." She said with a smile. "You shall see." she put it on the top of her other clothes, lifting them up into her arms and carrying them to her room. She sat them on the dresser, noting that he had made the bed while she was gone. She smiled to herself, thinking about him making a bed. The image of the brave and powerful Fire Lord fluffing a pillow made her giggle softly. She took off her green cotton robe and slipped on some dark green leggings that were in her trunk, then put on the green and red tunic that she had just bought. She pulled the top half of her hair up putting it into a top knot. It was much like it was when she had stayed here the first time. She went to her trunk and pulled out a small bottle of red creme. She put some on her finger, spreading it on her lips. She rubbed them together with a smile, looking herself over in the mirror. She laughed to herself and left the room, going back out to him.

"Rei told me about a nice place in town that we could go out to." She told him.

He was putting his work away, "What is it?"

"Its a night club, lots of dancing and stuff like that."

He snarled a little bit, looking over at her. "Sounds dumb." His eyes widened when he saw her, her appearance making his heart skip a beat. "You looks amazing." He told her.

She smiled and twirled in front of him. "You think?"

He nodded, turning towards her. "You look like a Fire Lady." he said, his mouth wide in a grin.

She blushed a little bit, running her hands over the soft fabric. "I think I like this look too." She went over and sat next to him, treading their arms together and laying her head on his shoulder. He smiled to himself, feeling comfort spread over himself. "Can i ask you something?" She asked him.

"Yeah?"

"How many children do you want?" She asked him, rubbing his arm.

"Kids?" He asked, his eye brow raising up.

"I mean not right now of corse, just eventually."

"No, I know what your saying." he told her, looking at her head. "I only want one."

She pulled her head up, looking at him. "Only one?" She asked.

He nodded, "Yeah. I don't wanna fuck one of them up like what happened to Azula."

She frowned heavily, pulling her head away from him. "What?"

"It's a worry of mine. I don't wanna play favorites and therefor alienate the one child, leading to a life of insecurity and instability."

Her eyes widened, looking into his golden orbs.

He shrugged, "Its just how I feel. Its something that I think about alot and its the only way that I know to make it so that it is not an issue." he looked at her, "Why, how many kids do you want?"

She shrugged a little bit. "I don't really think of it as a number. I just wanna have your kids. I don't care if its one or twelve."

He kissed her forehead tenderly, "I hope its a girl." He said to her. "I want her to be a Kyoshi Warrior just like you, then be Fire Lord one day."

"Can there be a female Fire Lord?" She asked, holding his hand lightly.

He nodded, "They can be. There has not been one in several hundred years though."

She laid her head back on his shoulder, "I would like a girl." She said with a smile.

He stacked the rest of his papers in a pile, putting them aside. "I should not have anything else for the week." he said, more to himself than anything.

"So we can go out tonight?" she asked.

"I don't wanna go to a night club, Suki." He said, rolling his eyes.

"Hey." She said, pulling away from him a little bit. "You told me to find a place and we could go."

"I was talking about a place to eat or something."

"Whats the big deal?"

"I'm the fire lord, I can't be going to a club. Someone might see me." He wrinkled his nose.

"Thats the cool thing though. Its for Fire Benders so its dark in there and the only light that is made is from the benders on the dance floor. Rei said that they will shoot fire into the air to light things."

Zuko bit the inside of his cheek, thinking that it did sound kinda cool. "Someone still may see me."

"And if they do you can just tell them that your not him, but that you get confused for him a lot." She grinned at him standing up and walking to the sink.

He groaned a little bit, "I don't want to."

"Why don't you wanna go? Really?" She asked him, standing across from him at the counter after getting some water.

"I don't dance." He mumbled softly.

"What?"

"I don't dance." He told her again, his voice clear now.

"Its not that kinda dancing." She said to him, rubbing her fingers on the top of his hand lightly. "Its dirty dancing."

"Dirty Dancing?" He asked.

She nodded, walking back over to him and motioning him up. He stood up, facing her. She walked to him, her elbows on his shoulders, her hands behind his head. "Hands on my hips." She told him in a firm voice. "Always on my hips."

"My pleasure." He said with a soft smile, placing his hands on her soft hips.

She started to move her hips slowly, his hands and hips moving with her. "This is for slow dancing." She told him.

He nodded, looking into her blue grey eyes. "Slow dancing."

She turned around, her arms growing in front of her. She put her hands over his that were on her hips, pushing her bottom into his crouch area. His eyes widened, looking at her. She looked back at him with a smile, "And this is for the rest of he time." She told him playfully. She grind up against him with a smile on her face, seeing him blush at the contact.

"This is how people dance?" He asked, laughing a little bit.

She nodded, "Anymore yeah."

"Scandalous." he said, speaking into her neck. She laughed a little bit, arching herself back to meet him. He felt her moan as his lips made contact with the skin on the nape of her neck.

"You are trying to get me excited so I won't wanna go, arnt you?" She asked with a smile. He nodded softly, his hands traveling up her torso to her tight thin stomach. "I missed you today." She told him with a moan.

"You were only gone for a few hours." He told her, kissing up her neck.

"I was, but I still missed you." She told him, reaching back and tugging on his pony tail.

He laughed a little bit into her ear, "I missed you too." He told her with a grin.

"It was only a few hours." She told him playfully.

He bit her neck softly with a laugh. "I guess after a year apart I did not wanna leave you for any amount of time."

Suki closed her eyes and nodded with a sign. "My thoughts exactly." He pulled away from him, turing to him. "Lets go for a walk?" She asked Zuko.

He nodded, taking her hand. "I would like that."

Together they walked out of the house and onto the beach. They walked hand in hand as they reflected on their last time on the beach. She teased him lightly as she usually did about his then negative attitude. "You're so different now." She told him.

"You think?" He asked.

She nodded, "I do. I remember how you were during that time. Like you were happy but wanted not to be."

"I was happy." He mumbled.

She nodded, squeezing his hand tight. "I know you were, I could tell." She bumped her shoulder on his. "And you're happy now too." She told him with a smile.

He nodded, looking at her as he stopped walking. "I'm happy with you." He faced her and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close.

She reached out and held both sides of his face, smiling into his eyes. "Its the thing that I like best about being with you; seeing you happy."

He leaned down and pressed his thin lips on her full ones in a soft and perfect kiss. As he did this the wind picked up, flipping their hair and clothing around them. Suki's heart melted as she took in this perfect moment with Zuko. Her toes tingled softly as she felt like she was rising off the ground, she felt like she should fly away with him.

He pulled away from the kiss, looking at her with her closed eyes. "Lets get married tonight." He said to her in a voice that was little more than a whisper.

She opened her eyes and looked at him, a funny expression on his face. It was a smile that she had never seen before on his face. It almost felt like a dare. She did not know what to really make of his expression or request. She looked into his eyes and smiled a little bit at him, her thumbs running down his face and to his jaw line.

"Alright." She said, looking at him.

His eyes widened at her answer. "Really?" His smile changed to one of happiness.

She nodded as she laughed a little bit, kissing him again quickly. "Yes, we can get married."

He laughed and picked her up around her waist, spinning her in the air. She laughed happily, holding him around the neck and pressing their cheeks together. He sat her down and just held her softly, kissing the side of her head. "We should get ready." He told her, speaking into her ear.

She nodded, "Let me pick out what you wear." She told him, her hands rubbing her shoulders.

He nodded, "Ok. I want you in exactly what you have right now." He told her as he ran his hands over her soft tunic.

She nodded, smiling. "Lets do this then." She pulled away from him as and started to walk away. She glanced back at him playfully. "Come on." She said motioning him up to the house. She took off in a laugh, running up to the house. He smiled and ran with her laughing loudly. He caught up with her in no time, running ahead of her which made her run faster. They both laughed as they ran to the house, both sprinting by the time they reached it.

They ran though the door and she reached out and grabbed her around her waist as they both laughed. She pulled away from him and ran to his bedroom, going inside. She looked around the room and could not help but laugh.

"You are so messy." She said with a laugh. There was no furniture in the bedroom other than the large bed covered in a single red sheet and two pillows, and a small bedside table. In the one corner was an open bag, clothing spilling out of it and all over the room. The clothing was thrown in plies all over the room, his boots crumpled up by the door.

"Its not that bad." He told her, walking into the room past her. "I don't not have anyone to clean for me, remember?" He started to pull clothing off the floor and throwing them on the bed.

She looked though the clothes that he was laying of for her. They were all different shades of red and brown, with gold trim. "You need more colors in your wardrobe." She told him, pulling out a soft silk shirt that was dark brown with red stitching and buttons on the top half of the front of it. It reminded her of her own Kyoshi Warrior uniform. "This one." She told him, offering it out to him.

"I like that one." He undid the belt on his shirt, slipping it off and onto the floor. He took the shirt from her, putting it on. She watched him happily. Her hands went to the buttons on the front, buttoning them up. She left the top two open so she could see the top of his hairless chest. "Pants?" He asked her, reaching down and undoing them.

She nodded, reaching onto the bed and getting some red ones that were of a sturdy cotton. "These."

He slipped his pants off, standing before her in his shorts. She just smiled happily as he took the pants from her and put them on himself. "You know if kinda sucks that our friends won't be here to see us get married." She said sadly

He nodded, frowning a little bit. "Its true. Our family will miss it as well."

She frowned a little bit, "I wanted your uncle to be there."

He looked at her with a frown as well, "So did I."

They both stood silently for a while, looking at one another. She put her hand on his chest, leaning up and kissing his chin. "We should wait." She told him.

He nodded in agreement, putting his hands on her back. "We should."

"I do wanna marry you though." She said to him in a soft voice.

He kissed her forehead with a smile, "I wanna marry you too, Suki."

She laughed a little bit, "Are you asking me?" She asked, her hands on his shoulders.

"Am I asking you to marry me?" He asked. She nodded. "No." He said before laughing softly.

She pulled away from him with a pout, "Why not?"

"Cause I will be asking you in a wonderful and romantic way like I always wanted to and like you deserve. This is not that way." He shrugged a little bit.

"When are you going to do it?" She asked, turning to the bed and starting to fold some of the clothing.

"Its a surprise." He told her, reaching out and rubbing her back. "its not like you don't know its coming though."

She nodded, "Good point. I know you will be asking me eventually." She held some of the folded up clothing looking for a place to put it. He took the clothing from her and threw it over into the corner with some of the others. "Hey, I folded those." She said with a frown.

He just smiled to himself, reaching his arms around her and lifting her up, throwing her to the bed. He climbed on top of her with his knees on each side of her hips, putting his hands on each side of her head. She looked up at him with a laugh as his hands held her hair. She put her hands on his chest, touching the soft shirt. "Did you say yes to getting married so we could have sex?" he asked her.

She twisted her mouth into a frown, "No, is that why you asked?"

He shook his head, "I wanted to marry you because I'm in love with you." He pressed their foreheads together looking into her violent eyes. "And cause we needed something to do tonight."

Both of their eyes widened at his comment. Her mouth dropped in surprise. "What?" He cursed under his breath at his comment, looking away. "You only asked me cause you didn't wanna go dancing tonight!" She told him, trying to get out from under him.

"Its not like that!" he told her, trying to keep her under him.

"SHUT UP!" She lifted her knee up and pressed it to his stomach, forcing him up. The pressure on his body taking his breath away. She put her hands on his shoulders, pushing him off her. "You are a jack ass." She told him as she lifted herself off the bed, walking from the room with her eyes crossed over her chest. He rolled onto his back on the bed, holding his stomach as he called out for her. After a few moments he got up, going after her. She had gone into her room, slamming the door behind her.

"Suki..." He called to her, knocking on the door.

"Fuck off." She said though the closed door.

"I'm sorry." he told her with a groan, holding his stomach. "I do wanna marry you, you know that!"

"Yeah if it gets you out of something."

He pressed his forehead to the door, sighing. "Please Suki, I'm sorry. That came out wrong." She said, cursing to himself. "I asked you out on the beach cause we kissed and it was a really good kiss and I got really into the moment." He banged his head on the door rhythmically.

"It was a good kiss." She said from the room.

"It was the best." he said with a smile on his face. "And I just thought about the future and us and how much I loved you and that came out. It was not to get out of anything, it was just spur of the moment."

The door opened and she was looking at him, a soft frown on her face. "I was thinking all those things too." She said to him. "I wanted to fly off with you so we could be together forever; just the two of us."

"Its always going to be just the two of us." He told her with a sift voice.

She walked forward and wrapped her arms around him firmly, her had on his chest. As she held him she wished more than anything that was the case. She thought about that small cottage that Rei and Kaede shared, the large chair with the ware pattern of two bodies. She wanted more than anything to live a beautiful and intimate life like that with Zuko.

She knew it was impossible of corse, it would never happen. She knew that the only time that she would be close to him like that was in moments when they stole time together. The realization sent a sudden and quick burst of sadness to her. She started to cry with her head on him shoulder.

"What is it?" he asked her; putting a hand behind her head, the other one around her waist.

She shook her head, pulling away and looking at him. "Its nothing." She told him.

He held her chin in her hand, forcing her to look him in the eye. "Suki..."

She told him about Rei's house, how even though it was no bigger than the living room of the beach house it was the most beautiful place she had even been in. She told him how she wanted that life that she had saw in that house, in that baby. He listened to her intently, his eyes on hers. He nodded softly from time to time to let her know that he was listening. As he did this his hand was on her side, stroking her skin softly.

She took a deep breath to signify that she was done, looking away softly. His one hand went to her lips, his thumb tracing it. "I understand what you are saying." He told her in a soft voice, "And I'm sorry but we can't have that life."

She nodded, kissing his thumb. "I know." She said her voice shaking.

"But we can still have times when it is just us." He told her in a soothing voice. "We can have this here when we visit, we can have it at home when we are alone."

"We are never alone." She said to herself.

Zuko kissed the top of her head with his eyes open. He knew that she was right of corse. They almost never got time that was just the two of them. When they did it was walks in the garden or a moment or two in his office. The most time they spent alone was once a week in his private apartment, kissing and holding one another until they were about to fall asleep.

They saw one another all the time, nearly every moment of every day, but they never could touch or love on one another during these times. She figured that it would just be something that she needed to get used to. She knew that Zuko was an intensely private person and that when they were married it would be like this. That they would only be married behind closed doors.

"How about this. We will have a date night every week. I will set aside any all work that I have to do and we will spend time together." he said to her with a smile.

"Twice a week." She said, looking at him with defiant eyes.

He nodded, tapping his forehead to hers then pulling back. "Twice a week."

She smiled at him, rubbing his back softly. "And if you don't follow though you have to make me dinner."

He nodded, "I can do that." He kissed her on his lips gently, making her moan happily. "But enough about that. We have to get ready to go out tonight."

"Oh so we are going?" She asked with a soft laugh.

He nodded, "We are." He pulled away from her, "Do we have to dress fancy?"

She shook her head, smoothing her hands over his strong shoulders. "You are ok. I need to change though."

"Can I watch?" He asked with a smile. She nodded, pulling him into the bedroom by his waist with a soft laugh.

"You never have to ask." She told him playfully, sitting him on the bed and pulling her tunic off. He crossed his legs in front of him, watching her with his hands on his knees. She placed her soft tunic In the trunk, turning her attention to the white wrap that was around her breasts.

"Is that what you ware?" He asked her, motioning to chest.

She nodded, "Most of the time, yeah." She started to un-do it, letting it fall to the ground. "Sometimes I won't have anything on. When I ware my uniform I have to though." She put the wrap on the floor next to her trunk. She noticed his eyes on her chest, making her laugh a little bit.

"Sorry." he said, looking back up at her face with half a smile.

"Its ok. I would be lying if I said I did not like it." She said with a chuckle. She took the bag that she had gotten at the specialty store, pulling out one of the delicate items.

"What is that?" he asked, reaching out and touching the soft silk.

"Its something I got for myself today." She told him with a smile. She wrapped it around herself, fastening it on the back. "Help me?" She asked, turning her back to him after standing in front of him.

He nodded and reached out, "What am I doing?" he asked, looking at the back of it, lost.

"The strings, pull them." She told him, looking back at him.

He nodded and held both of the strings in his hands, pulling them with even pressure. She adjusted herself in the corset, making sure that her breasts were positioned right. "That good?" He asked, not wanting to pull any harder for hear of cutting off her circulation.

She nodded, "Now just tie them together." She told him.

He nodded and did as he was told, "Let me see." He told her, wanting to see the front of her. She turned around and showed him her chest. The corset was strapless, her shoulders and upper chest exposed. The way that it was built made her soft breasts look larger and perkier. He raised his eye brow, looking at them. "I like." He liked that the corset just covered her nipple, leaving the top of her exposed. It made him smile a little bit to know that he would be able to see this much of her even when she was clothed. "Is that all your going to have on?" he asked.

She shook her head, "I'm going to put on a shirt." She told him, going to her trunk. She pulled out a red one, slipping it over her head and onto her body. The shirt was low cut itself, still showing a great deal of her delicate skin. She pulled down her leggings on her hips so that the waist was below her navel. She took out a black skirt and slipped it on herself, putting the waist of it right on the waist of the leggings. "What do you think?" She asked, holding her hands out.

Zuko smiled to himself thinking that she looked absolutely beautiful and totally sexy at the same time. "I wanna fuck you." He mumbled.

Suki laughed and charged to him on the bed, pushing him to the bed as she kissed him. He kissed her back, his mouth opening on her's as his hands traveled over her exposed waist. She felt the urgency in his kiss and pulled away, "Later." She said with a moan.

"Really?" He asked, looking at her as he brushed some hair out of her face.

She nodded, smiling at him. "Really." She leaned in and kissed him quickly before getting off the bed. "I don't sleep with someone before a date." She told him with a laugh.

He got up and followed her happily, a new feeling of urgency filling him. He had the feeling that he would not be able to focus on anything tonight with the thought of finally being with her like that on his mind. "How long will we be there?" He asked her, putting a hand on the bare part of her back.

"It depends." She told him, putting on some simple shoes of hers that were in the living room. He did the same thing, opting for some simple flats in place of his boots.

"On?"

"We will just see." She shrugged a little bit as she left the house. He followed her, walking next to her with one arm around her waist. She looked out at the sunset, purple and reds painted across the sky and smiled to herself. "I love my life." She told him with a smile.

"I'd hope so."

She nodded, putting an arm across his shoulder. "I have you, I have this great job."

"We are both lucky like that." He said looking ahead. "I have a challenging and frustrating but incredible job, and I have an amazing girlfriend."

She nodded, feeling the fluttering feeling in her stomach and heart. They walked together into town, getting there just as the sun was going down. She could tell that he was nervous, his body language showing it. He switched sides on her so that his scar was facing her, in hopes that no one would see it. He walked closer to her, their arms around one another's waists. She was not accustomed to being this close to him out in public. She found it exhilarating, the feeling of his skin on hers for everyone to see.

"Is this it?" he asked her, looking at the red door with some people around it. It was very trendy looking, with the people outside dressed stylishly and looked to be about the age of Zuko and Suki.

She nodded and grabbed his hand, pulling him to the door. They got in easy enough, having been deemed by the bouncer to be attractive enough. Zuko had his left side of his face turned so the man could not see but, but saw that the man was looking at Suki's exposed skin. He felt a little bit of anger swell up in him at the sight of another man looking at the woman that he loved. That was always a trait in him that he could never shake; jealousy. He brushed it off though, for Suki's sake, for the sake of the date that she wanted.

They got inside, the pounding music being heard as soon as they were in the room. Suki lead him down a flight of stairs, his hand tightening on hers. "Its gonna be ok." She told him over the music.

They got to the bottom of the stairs and to a large open room. They both opened their eyes looking at the scene before them. It was a huge room with what felt like hundreds of people crammed into its space. On the one side of large room was a stage that held a hand full people playing large drums, which is what made the walls throb with sound. People covered every inch of the dance floor, their bodies becoming one solid mass. The only light in the room came from the fire that was on the stage, and the fire that was being bent by the people in the dance floor into the air above them.

Suki pulled Zuko close by his hand, knowing that he was uncomfortable and wanting to make him feel better. She pulled him to the dance floor, him feeling worse with every step. When they got close to the center of the dance floor She turned to him, putting her hands on his chest and unbuttoning the buttons on his shirt. He watched her, putting his hands on her hips as she started to dance, moving and popping her hips in time with the music. He tried his best to follow along, but was still so nervous. He kept looking around, afraid that someone was going to see and know him.

She saw his nervousness and placed a hand over his scar, covering it as best as she could. She leaned up and kissed him tenderly, trying to relax him. He kissed her back, focusing on nothing but her and her body. He moved closer to her, his hands moving further down on her bottom. Once she felt that he was relaxed she spun around in his arms, pressing her backside into him. He pressed the scarred side of his face on to the side of her head, breathing into her ear. Suki reached back and held his face with one hand, her other hand going on top of his that were on her stomach.

They danced close to one another, their bodies getting hot from being on one another and the others from around them. Zuko did not care about any of that though. The only thing that he cared about or even noticed was her. He felt her sweaty skin in his hands, her hair sticking to his own sweat covered face. It occurred to him that this was very much like sex, with their bodies pressed to one another in pure pleasure and lust. It made him melt under her at the thought that this is what sex was going to be like for them.

Suki quivered under his touch, feeling that she was unequivocally his. She had so much missed this time with him, missed this feeling with him. She wanted to tell him in some way to show him how much she loved him in this moment. She spun around in his arms, reaching up and putting her arms around his neck. He looked at her surprised, a smile on his face. She leaned up and kissed him. She tried to make it a strong kiss that showed her feelings and intent. It was actually just her putting her mouth over his awkwardly. He laughed to himself and went with it, holding her around her waist tightly.

The song ended and all the benders on the dance floor shot fire into the air above them. Suki pulled away and motioned up with her head, telling him to do the same.

He nodded and inhaled deeply, lifting his head up and exhaling fire into the air above him. The fire that he breathed was much brighter and went further than anyone else's. She looked at him with a smile, seeing the power in his very breath. He hands were on his strong chest, the warmth under her hands making her smile.

Her leaned his head back down and locked his eyes with hers in a smile. Suki reached up pressing her lips to his in a much better, a much more elegant kiss. Her hands went to his waist, holding him close as she dug her fingers into his skin. He felt her moan deep in her throat, one that he had never heard from her. He knew what she was saying; it was time to go.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her from the dance floor, her following him close. Her face was flushed over, her breathing shallow as she thought of only one thing. They reached outside shortly moving at this quickened. As soon as they did her hands when to his waist, pulling herself to him with her lips pressing on his back. "We still have to get home." He told her softly.

"Well don't take forever." She told him in a hard whisper.

He nodded and took her hand again, pulling her along as they started to walk back to the beach house. She could not keep her hands off him the entire time. She would stroke and pet every inch of skin that was exposed, kissing him as she did so. He did his best to keep them moving, to keep them walking towards their destination.

Their trip to the house felt like it took forever, but it was likely just the desire that they felt for one another. They got to the house, Suki going in first. Zuko followed and closed the door behind him, turning to her. Her hands were on him in an instant, pulling at his shirt as her lips went to his. He moaned into her kiss, holding her around the waist. Her tongue snaked into his mouth, urging him to kiss back. He reached down and grabbed her bottom with one hand, squeezing it firmly and possessively.

She smiled to herself as she pulled him towards the bedroom, a longing smile on her face. "Finally." She said in a soft whisper.

"What?" He asked as they got to the bedroom, closing the door behind them.

She answered him by pulled his shirt off, running her hands over the expanse of his strong chest. He smiled at her warmly, reaching out and putting his hands under be trapped breasts, his thumbs on top of them. Her hands went to his pants, pushing them and his shorts down after undoing them. He stood before her naked, his member pulsing with pleasure.

He paused for a moment as she looked over him with a smile, "You... Are amazing looking." She smiled widely. He blushed deeply and smiled at her, his eyes looking away. She laughed a little bit, putting his hands on her hips and pressing herself on him. They breathed heavily on one another, a fair amount of urgency in the air.

He moaned lightly with a smile, reaching to her skirt and leggings and pushing them down. With her help the bottoms fell past her hips and over her legs. "Turn around." He told her into her mouth. She just nodded and did as she was told, turning her back to him. He removed her shirt and rubbed her back with the tips of his fingers. His attention turned to the corset, His hands fiddling with the strings till they came open. A soft moan came from her lips as he searched for the clasp that would free her. Her hand had traveled down in between her legs, a finger rubbing on her tenderness. "Hey, don't start without me." He told her playfully as his fingers searched for the clasp.

She laughed a little bit and removed her finger from herself, reaching back and undoing the clasp for him. "Easy." She said with a smile, removing it and throwing it on the floor.

"Sure." He laughed as he reached forward, wrapping his arms around her and kissing the back of her neck.

She shivered lightly, biting her lip. The realization that they were both naked and together filled her body with a tingling sensation. She could feel his hard cock on her bottom, making her face flush over. His hand trained down her stomach, his fingers finding themselves in the short soft auburn hair in between her legs. He swirled his tongue on her skin as he slipped a finger into her, finding her tenderness. This made her shiver and moan, her body arching into his hand.

He moved her forward towards the bed. When Suki reached it she climbed into it, putting her knees onto the soft mattress. He followed her movements, his hand never leaving her. She moaned heavily and reached back, tugging on his pony tail as she felt herself getting wetter. "Oh Zuko." She said with a sigh, a smile on her face.

He smiled and pulled his hand from her, pushing her down to the bed gently. She rolled over on her back and looked up at him, her legs spread as she looked at him. He climbed into the bed on top of her, looking down at her as he hovered over her, kneeling on his hands and knees. Her hands went to his chest, smiling widely as her fingers ran over him.

"Don't be nervous." She laughed a little bit, sensing that he was feeling anxious.

He laughed a little bit, leaning down and pressing their lips together in a soft and tender kiss. He reached down and felt around her delicates insides. He found her opening, slipping a finger inside her. She tightened herself around him, feeling her body pulse with pleasure.

He removed his finger from her and taking himself into his hand. He placed his hard tip into moist opening, looking at her for a reaction. She just nodded, looking up at him with longing eyes. "You're fine." She said with a soft smile. He pressed himself into her, making her wince as her insides tore.

"Are you ok?" He asked her worried, his hands going to her waist.

She nodded, looking at him though half open eyes. "I'm fine." She looked at him with a smile. What he did not see was the trickle of blood that was finding its way down from her and onto the bed below them.

"Tell me if I need to stop." He told her, moving his hips and into her a little further. Suki rolled her head to the side with a smile and a moan. He pressed himself into her much as he could, quaking at the feeling of her tightness around him. He leaned down and slid his hands under her shoulders, holding her there. He pulled out of her, his hips moving away from her. She whimpered a little bit, feeling the void in herself. He pushed himself back into her as he bit his lip softly.

Her hands went to his back and shoulders, digging her nails into his skin in pleasure and excitement. He settled into a steady rhythm, his head down and his breath on her skin. They gripped onto one another tightly, the room filling with the sounds of their flesh on one another and soft moans. Her hands traveled all over his body, dragging her nails over his skin.

He pressed his lips to hers in a sloppy warm kiss and shuttered as he came. He moved in and out of her a few more times, the slickness of his seed allowing him to move with less friction now. She arched her back a little bit, smiling at him as she came herself, her body clenching around him. He gripped on to her tightly as he moaned her name.

Her hand found the back of his head, patting it as she smiled into his kiss. He pulled away from her and looked down at her as he sat up on his elbows. "I love you." He told her with a soft voice.

"I love you too." She told him, holding him close as to she could. She wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling him closer with her long legs. She reached up and pressed their cheeks together. She wished that she could have him melt into her in this moment. It may be possessive or controlling, but she never wanted him to be anyplace other than in her arms like this.

She felt him growing hard in her again, making her whimper as he insides streached out yet again. He heard her soft cry and sat up, pulling out of her. She gasped a little bit, the new vacancy on her insides causing her more and intense pain. He looked down at her, "Are you ok?"

"I'm ok." She smiled a little bit.

He then looked down in-between them, seeing the blood on the both of them and on the sheets. "Suki?"

She sighed and set up, pushing him into a sitting position. "I know."

"Are you sure you're ok?" He asked her again.

She laughed, holding his face with her hands. "I'm fine. It happens." She shrugged a little bit.

He looked at her for a moment, "Did I just take your virginity?"

She nodded, pressing her forehead to his. "You did."

He frowned a little bit, holding her around her waist. "I'm sorry."

She laughed a little bit, "Please don't be. I wanted it to be with you."

"You told me that you and Sokka had had sex."

"I lied." She told him, her hands traveling down to his neck. "When we were talking about it you said that you had done it with Mai. I knew that if I told you I was a virgin that you would have felt bad, so I lied." She shrugged a little bit. "I'm sorry I did not tell you."

He shook his head, moving in and kissing her softly. "Don't be." He said with a soft smile. He deepened the kiss, their lips fumbling against one another's. She bit down on his lower lip as he pulled away, making her laugh as her fingers pinched his nipples lightly. "Lets pretend that we got married tonight." He told her when he was able to get his lips away from her teeth.

"I already see us as that." She looked into his golden eyes with a smile. "I have for a while."

"Really?"

She nodded, "I will never want anyone other than you as long as I live. That is what marriage is, right?" Her hands were traveling up into his hair, tugging on his ears softly.

He smiled to himself as her hands traveled over him, his skin quaking under her touch. "We should clean up."

She looked into his eyes and hugged him close as they were both sitting on the bed. "A good idea." She said simply.

He smiled and leg go of her, getting up off the bed and extending a hand to her. She took it and her pulled her up into his arms. She smiled at him as she pressed her lips onto his, lifting her foot off the ground a little bit.

He pulled away from her, smiling a little bit. "You go get in the bath, I will clean up here." He told her as he reached around and grabbed her bottom softly.

She put her hands on his chest, smiling up at him. "Don't take long." She told him as she pulled away from him and left the room.

She went to the bathroom, turning the handle for the water on, letting the warm water flow into the tub. She laughed to herself softly, thinking how much she had missed plumbing while she was in Kyoshi Island. She wetted a soft cloth and cleaned herself up. She looked at the blood on the cloth, smiling a little bit. She felt like a woman, she felt like his woman. She laughed a little bit and climbed into the water, letting the soreness that she felt in between her legs be soothed. She sighed lightly as she spread her legs, her knees into the air. She rubbed herself lightly, thinking that the warm water would ease her pain.

Zuko walked into the bathroom, still naked. "Still hurting?" He asked her.

She nodded, "A little yeah."

"I'm sorry that it hurt." He pulled the band out of his hair, letting it fall onto his shoulders. He grabbed the soap and two small towels from the cabinet, sitting them all on the edge of the tub.

"I told you its nothing." She smiled at him a little bit as he stepped into the tub with her. He laid down on top of her in the water, covering her body with his own. She smiled and kissed the top of his head as he laid in on her chest, her arms around his shoulders. "I knew it was going to happen."

"Still." he kissed her soft skin, looking up at her. "I feel bad." She laughed a little bit as she cupped water into her hands, splashing it onto his strong back. "Why are you laughing at me?" He gave her a playful frown, his hands resting on top of her hips.

"You never stop amazing me." She put water on heard and hair, turning his dark hair even darker and slicker. "You are a beautiful, strong, honorable, powerful man and you are worried about this."

"Well I hurt the woman I love." He closed his eyes softly, his nostrils flaring as her took in her scent.

She chuckled a little bit, smile on her face. "This is what I'm talking about." The tips of her fingers traveled up and down his spine, feeling the warmth of his skin under.

He smiled softly as she touched him, melting a little bit under her touch. "I guess I don't understand."

She leaned down and kissed the top of his head, her lips on his dark hair line. "I love you, Zuko." She sighed a little bit.

His lips curled up a little bit into a soft smile, his eyes still closed. The side of her finger traveled over the roughness of his scar. She always loved this part of him, it was her favorite. It made his face unique and recognizable; it made him handsome.

She leaned her head back into the tub, letting the warmth of him and the water relax her totally. He last think she was aware of before she feel asleep was the feeling of his heart beating on her stomach.

Zuko felt her breath under his head, getting much comfort from it. He could also feel her heartbeat on his face. He could not help but smiling, feeling her very existence under him. He opened his eyes, looking at her sleeping face. He wanted not to wake her, but did not want to leave her in the tub for the night. He leaned up from her, her skin slipping away from his. The change in water movement made her wake up with a soft sign.

"Damn it." He said under her breath.

"What?" She asked, bling slowly at him.

"I woke you up." He reached for the cloth and soap on the side of the tub, taking them into his hands and dunking them into the water.

"Sorry, I did not mean to fall asleep." She sat up and looked at him with a smile.

"You looked so pretty." his voice was soft as he used the soap to create a lather on the cloth. He took the cloth and draped it over his hand, reaching out and pressing it on the skin of her neck.

"I can do it." She said with a laugh.

He just shook his head as he started to clean her upper body, taking great care to wash every part of her thoroughly. She let him do so, watching him with a smile on her face. He cloth went down under water as he washed her stomach and private area. She put her hands on his shoulders, watching him as she bit the inside of her cheek. His eyes were down looking at her body as his hand slipped inside her, gently cleaning her, making her shiver. He pulled his hand out as he eyes flicked up to meet hers. "All clean."

She nodded, her hands playing with the tips of his hair. "Your turn?"

He nodded, giving her the soap and a clean towel. She took the soap into her hands and ran it over his chest, shoulders and neck. Her eyes were on her work as his eyes were on her, watching her hands running over his body. She ran her hands down on his body, cleaning him thoroughly in every place that she could reach him from this position. She smiled and moaned a little bit as she cleaned his cock, making him bite his lip and close his eyes.

She looked back up at him with a soft smile and she removed her hand, putting the soap and cloth back in their place. He looked at her with a large smile on his face. "You freak me out when you smile like that." She laughed softly.

"Thats romantic." He rolled his eyes as he reached down and pulled the drain from the bottom of the tub, the water around them starting to lower.

She laughed a little bit, running her nails over the skin on his cheek as she held his jaw in her hand. "Its sweet." She clarified.

"But it freaks you out."

She nodded, "Just cause I don't see it on you as much as I'd like for it to."

He smiled softly, looking over her soft beautiful face as the water swirled out from under them. She looked at him with a smile, leaning in and kissing him before standing in the tub.

He watched her as she got out of the tub, walking over to the wall and grabbing a towel. She dried herself off as he watched her, his lips curled up ever so slightly. "We will have to sleep in my bed tonight." He watched the way that the white towel moved on her hips. "I only brought one sheet for your bed." He snapped his gaze to her face. "That is if you want to sleep in the same bed."

She picked up a towel and threw it at his head, it landing in his wet hair. "Of corse I want to sleep with you." She rolled her eyes playfully, hanging the towel up on the hook after she was done. "And I will not mind being in your bed."

He stood up in the tub as he pulled the towel off his head, drying himself off. "Will you sleep with me from now on?" he looked over at her, his voice serious.

"Sleeping as in sleeping, or as in sex?" She pulled her wet hair back, looking over at him.

"Well, both." He stepped out of the tub and onto the wood floor as he was drying himself off.

"I don't think we will be able stop having sex now." She laughed a little bit, watching him with the white towel.

He nodded in agreement, drying his hair off. "I think thats fair." he walked to her, the towel still on his head.

She tugged on the towel on both sides, smiling at him. "Do you think that people will take issue with this?" She still felt a soft lingering pain in her heart, that she would never make the transition from body guard to lover in the eyes of the court.

He shrugged, looking at her though his hair that was in his face. "I don't really give a shit what they think."

She laughed a little bit, reaching out and tugging on one of his black locks. "I'm glad."

"So... will you stay with me at night?"

She sighed a little bit, her finger tips going to his soft thin lips. "Some nights yes, but not all."

"Why not?" He mumbled, looking at her lips.

"I have responsibilities to the Kyoshi Warriors. I am their commander and I need to be in the dorms with them."

He nodded, looking into her eyes as he pulled the towel off his head, loose stands of his hair rising from his scalp. "And the other nights?"

"The other nights I will be yours."

He smiled at her with a smile that was filled with love, hope, and Lust. "Your wrong about that." He shook his head. "You were never mine; but I was always yours."

She laughed as him, grabbing some of his hair and pulling him close, pressing her pillow like lips on his. He smiled into her kiss, his eyes closing as a moan slipped from him. She pulled away with a grin, her eyes heavy.

He could tell that she was tired and he took her hand, pulling her to the bedroom. They got to his bedroom, going inside the dark room. He sat her down on the bed before lighting a fire on the small candle beside the bed. He gathered the clothing that was on the bed and threw it to the side of the room. "I will clean those up tomorrow." She said, pulling the sheets back and laying her head on one of the pillows.

"You don't have to." He grabbed a bottle of oil from the table and putting some in his hand, then ran them though his hair, applying the rich material to his thick black strands.

"I want to." Her eyes were getting heavier as she watched him from the pillow.

He waved his hand over the lit candle, extinguishing it. He crawled into bed with her, snuggling next to her as he pressed the expansion of his body to hers. "Its up to you."

"I mean its only fair. You have been cooking for me." She kissed his collar bone as his arms snaked around the trunk of her body.

"I did it cause I know that you have been working so hard this past year." His hands rubbed her back lightly, traveling up and down his spine.

"I appreciate it, but I still wanna help." She said with a sleepy voice, whispering into his collar bone. "We are married now remember? We should learn to share the responsibilities."

He nodded, laying his head on top of hers, his cheeks laying on her still wet hair. "Then we will do that." He smiled a little bit.

She just nodded and grunted a little bit, her eyes closed and her heart beat getting on a steady rhythm. He felt her body slip to sleep next to him, making him smile and finding that he was totally relaxed like this.

He would never tell her this, but the reality is that he had not had a good nights sleep in the past year. Without knowing that she was someplace in the palace it was like there was a void there. It was like he could not rest, he did not feel safe. Now that he was in the same location with her his sleeping was sound yet again. Now even more so, since she was in his arms. He never felt better, he had never felt safer.

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Its all a bit porny, right? lol.