I would like to thank 205, Seyary-Minamoto and It makes sense in context for help on this chapter. It's the last one, but I will be posting another one here in a bit that will be an epilogue. And by a bit I mean an hour. Lol.
I'm going to be doing a sequel, its going to be called "Rei's Life Changing Fieldtrip", and it will be so very cute. Also be on the look out for "The Proposal", it will be posted in a week or so.
Suki woke up to Rei shaking her arm lightly, "Suki…"
She opened her eyes and looked at her friend, a smile on her face. "Hey." She sat up in bed, stretching her arms.
"I have to go get the baby." Rei whispered, "You want to start on breakfast?"
Suki just nodded, "I can do that." She scooted off the bed, staggering up and putting her leggings from last night on.
Rei was already downstairs and going to the front door after tip toeing across the two fire benders sleeping on the floor. She motioned to the boys after getting Suki's attention, then left the house, closing the door behind her. Suki peeked over the edge of the loft and down at the boys. She put a hand over her mouth to cover a giggle.
Zuko and Kaede were laying cuddled up on the floor together, Kaede's face buried into Zuko's hair. She thought it was actually quite cute how Kaede's arms were around Zuko's waist. They actually seemed quite content.
Suki got downstairs and went to Zuko. She leaned down and ran her fingers over the side of his face. He still looked so sweet while he slept. She kissed him on the top of the head, silently creeping into the kitchen.
Suki started on the meal as best she could. She was still not a great cook but none of the less felt the need to impress not only Zuko but Rei and Kaede. Shortly into the preparation it was obvious that she was going to impress no one with this food.
Zuko smelled the burning eggs as he woke up, his eyes blinking several times. He felt arms around him and assumed that it was Suki. It was only when he felt the extra hot breath on the back of his neck that he realized it was in fact not his girlfriend. His eyes widened as he pulled away from Kaede stammering to his feet.
He held his head as he hissed in pain, the symptoms of his hangover apparent. He looked around, trying to remember how he got to this place. He figured that he was in Kaede's house. That much was apparent by the small, coziness of the place; as well as the fact the fellow fire bender was sleeping on the floor. He just shrugged it off, trying to find someone awake.
He stumbled to the kitchen, in the direction of Suki's somewhat frantic cries. He stood in the door way, his hair askew as he looked at her.
She smiled at him, throwing the blacked eggs into the sink. "Hello."
"What happened?" He asked, walking to her. He wanted nothing else than to just hold her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face into his neck.
"I just kind of burnt the eggs." She looked back at him, a soft smile on her face. "How are you feeling?"
He shook his head, groaning a little bit as he held her tighter.
She laughed a little bit, kissing him on the side of the head. "You were kinda a fun drunk, you know?"
"Well there is that." He sighed, lifting his head up out of her neck. "Want help?"
She nodded, turning around and kissing him quickly on the corner of the mouth. "That would be amazing."
Zuko helped Suki cook, teaching her how to make egg coated bread and to cook it without burning it. His body was pressed against her's, his arms under hers as they worked on food together. He spoke to her in a soft voice, making her laugh. He was having a hard time keeping his eyes open, his head was still pounding in his skull.
It was after a while that Rei walked into the kitchen, Zarra in her sling in front of her. She smiled at the both of them, "Good to see you joined the land of the living." She told Zuko with a smile.
He just groaned, his face in Suki's neck as he held her close.
Rei laughed, sitting her bag on the floor in the kitchen. "I'm gonna nurse her." She told her, turning to go back into the living room.
"You can do it in here." He called out to her.
"Really?" She looked back at him.
He laughed a little bit, "Its fine, its your home; and I don't wanna have you wake Kaede up."
She nodded, sitting down at the table after grabbing a nursing blanket. She placed it over herself as she started to nurse Zarra, watching Suki and Zuko. "What are you guys making?"
"Egg toast." Zuko replied, helping Suki put them on the plate. "It's pretty tasty."
"Everything he makes is good." Suki said with a smile, grabbing the plate and taking it to Rei. She got them all some water, sitting the cups down on the table.
"Geez, the man can cook too?" Rei asked with a soft laugh.
Suki nodded, raising and eye brow, "I know right?"
"Pretty damn cool, arnt I?" He nodded his head, puffing his lips out a little bit.
"Cute butt too." Suki whispered into his ear, biting his earlobe.
He blushed deeply, looking away from her. "Yours is ready." He handed her the plate, looking back at her.
She took it and smiled, sitting down at the small table with Rei. "Should we wake your husband up?"
She thought about it for a second. "Likely." She stood up, the baby still in her arms under the blanket. "I will wake up him." She walked into the kitchen as Zuko sat down next to Suki, two more plates in his hands.
"Do you really think it's cute?"
She nodded, taking a bite of her food, "It's so very cute."
He frowned heavily, looking away.
"What? Its a complement."
"I don't wanna be cute." He frowned, his chin resting in his hand as he ate, "Girls are cute, babies are cute... guys are handsome or we try to be anyways."
"It's still cute." She smiled at him, reaching out and patting his cheek lightly, "But the rest of you is pretty hot." she laughed a little bit.
"You think?"
"Very." She leaned in and kissed him quickly, a smile on her face.
"I still don't wanna be cute." He groaned.
"She is just trying to give you a complement." Kaede mumbled as he walked into the kitchen, his hands combing though his short dark brown hair. "And you do have a cute ass."
Zuko blushed heavily and laid his head down on the table, his hand resting on top of his head.
"Hair smells good too." Kaede added. Suki giggled at the both of them, her hands going to her cheeks. Kaede patted Zuko on the back, a smile on his face. "How are you feeling?"
Zuko just groaned again as Kaede took a seat at the table with his food.
"Eat something, you will feel better." He told his friend, looking at his own food. "Did you make this?" He asked Suki.
She shook her head, motioning to Zuko. "This is the work of Mr. Fire Lord over here."
"You have to stop making the rest of us guys look so bad." Kaede laughed.
"Sorry." Zuko sat up and looked over at Suki, smiling at her. "You don't seem to mind, do you?"
"Not at all." She smiled at him.
Rei walked back into the kitchen, having put the baby on the floor to play. "You boys were fun last night."
"Arn't drunks usually?" Kaede said to her, kissing her on the cheek as soon as she sat down.
"Yeah but you two were really fun." Suki added. She motioned to Kaede, "You were all giggly and happy."
"And you were clingy." Rei told Zuko, "You would not let her out of your right." Zuko just blushed a little bit.
"Could explain why you two were spooning on the floor this morning." Suki laughed
"Should we be jealous about that?" Rei asked Suki.
She just giggled lightly, "You know I don't think they will leave us for one another."
"A good assumption." Zuko mumbled.
"Yeah, Earth woman got it going on." Kaded looked over at his wife and winked at her.
"You know we kissed last night." Rei told Kaede motioning to Suki.
Zuko raised his eye brow, looking at Suki. "Waaaahhh?"
Suki nodded, "And slept in nothing but our underpants."
Kaede looked at Rei, then Suki, then over at Zuko. Zuko just smiled, shrugging. "Not bad." Kaede said with an impressed frown.
Suki took Zarra out to the beach. She wanted to get time in with the girl before heading back. She held her on her chest, walking along the shore line. Zarra was looking out at the ocean with Suki, her large green eyes ever curious.
Zuko and Rei were in the kitchen cleaning up form breakfast while Kaede went and completed a job in town. He could see Suki walking on the beach from the window in front of them, making him smile.
"You're really are crazy about her, arnt you?" Rei asked for beside him, washing a cup.
He looked at her with a smile, nodding a little bit, "How can I not be? She is amazing."
"Oh you don't have to tell me." Rei chuckled, "She is so sweet."
He nodded, watching Suki as she walked and kissed the top of Zarra's head.
"I felt so bad about what happened the other day though. I think it embarrassed her."
"The other day?"
"Yeah at the shop in town." He raised his eye brow, looking at her. "Oh… did she not tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
Rei filled him in on the incident that occurred at the clothing store and few days ago. She was totally honest with him, telling him about their treatment. He listened to her intently, his frown growing more and more severe.
"Is this common treatment?"
Rei shrugged, "Its better than it used to be. Whenever I was with Kaede no one would hassle me, but when I was alone I would be asked to leave most places. Anymore I can go ware I please; with a few exceptions, that store being one of them."
Rei did not notice his face getting red with anger, his brow line gathering. "What was the name of the store."
"Why?" She raised an eye brow, looking at him.
"Because I want to see this for myself."
She told him the name of the shop, thinking nothing of it. He just nodded and thanked her. "I'm going to go check this out. I'll be back." He left the kitchen, leaning her alone in the room.
It was then that she thought about what she had just told him and grew concerned. She ran out of the house and to Suki who was still walking on the beach with Zarra.
"She is so pleasant." Suki told her with a smile.
"I told Zuko about the shop the other day."
Suki's eyes opened up. "You what?"
"I did not think anything of it. He asked I told him."
"Oh shit." She gave Zarra back to Rei, "I have to stop him."
"What is he going to do?"
"I have no idea." Suki took off running towards town, trying to catch up with him. She was finally able to do so, finding him right before he got to town. "Wait!" She called out to him.
He turned around to her, "Why didn't you tell me about what happened!?" His hair was down, his face red and serious.
She grabbed his arm, pulling him close, "Cause I knew you would be upset."
"Damn right I'm upset!"
She took his upper arms into her hands, holding him in place. "Zuko…"
"We did not risk our lives for this."
"I know…"
"And I don't bust my ass every day of my life to bring this world back only to have people treat others like this."
"I know." She leaned in, pressing her forehead to his.
"How can you be so calm about this?!" His face was getting redder, his voice louder.
"Because it's my job to be calm when you are not." Her hand went to the side of his face, holding it comfortingly. "So calm down."
He sighed angrily, looking into her blue eyes.
"Now… why are you really upset about this?"
"I'm pissed that someone would treat you like that. Rei too." He motioned back in the direction of the cottage. "And that Zarra was with you."
"She is so young, she will never remember it."
"But it still happened to her." He shook his head, looking down. "She was an innocent child who's mother and friend were discriminated against because of the color of her skin and the eyes."
Suki sighed, hugging his head and kissing his temple, "I know."
"I won't put up with that at the palace, and I won't put up with it here either." He pulled away from her embrace, looking at her with a frown. "If someone ever talked to you like that at home I would destroy them. You can't expect me to treat people here any different."
She held his cheek, nodding softly. "I understand that, you can't destroy them though."
"Then what?"
"Well… we can talk to them."
"Talk?"
"Not… angry talk. Just talk." She reached down and held his hand, holding it softly.
He nodded calmly, kissing her softly. "Just talk."
They held hands and they walked into town, Suki showing him the shop that her, Rei and the baby had been kicked out of. They walked into shop which on the outside looked like a classy dress shop. Zuko was surprised that this was the shop that they had had issues in. It looked like a nice place after all.
Suki held his hand tight, feeling that they may have to make a speedy exit at any time if he got too upset.
A woman, different than the one who had asked them to leave the shop a few days before came into view. She was younger than the last one, but gave Suki the same look that the older woman had given her. She then turned to Zuko, a smile on her face. "Can I help you today, Sir."
"Is this the one?" Zuko asked Suki, motioning to the woman.
"No." Suki sighed, "She was older."
"I'm sorry, what?" The woman looked at both of them, confused.
"There was a woman working here three days ago. She was older, her hair long and graying."
She nodded, "That is my mother, this is her shop."
"Are you and your mother in the habit of asking patrons of Earth Kingdom ethnicity to leave your shop?" He half expected her to deny it, for her to know his face and flat out lie.
"We are." She replied, her hands gathering in front of her.
"You are proud of this?" Zuko snapped.
Suki sighed, tightening her grip on his hand.
"It is our shop and we can serve whoever we want or do not want to." Her eyes were piercing at him in a way that made Suki want to knock her out. "It is our right and you are no one to say other wise."
Zuko laughed a little bit, that scary laugh that Suki knew all too well.
"I don't care if you are a soldier or not, I will not be intimidated by you?"
"What makes you think I'm a soldier?"
"Why else would your face be messed up?"
"Messed up?" Suki hissed, "His face is perfect!" She let go of Zuko's hand and started to walk to the woman, her fists balling up. He grabbed her arm, pulling her back to him.
"Honestly honey, you can do much better. Earth Kingdom or no."
Suki's face got redder and Zuko held her arm tighter. He was regretting coming here. "Come on." He told her, pulling her to the door.
The older woman from the day Suki was there came out into the store from the back, "What is going on?" Her eyes widened as soon as she saw him, her eyes then going to Suki. The blood drained out of her face, realizing who he was, and who she was to him.
"She is the one from the other day." Suki told him.
"You kicked her out?" Zuko clarified.
The woman looked between the both of them, not able to find the words to answer him.
"If I ever hear about this shop, or any other business, discriminating against anyone I will shut you down."
The older woman had a look of panic on her face, as the other one just looked at Zuko confused. "Your majesty. I apologize for-"
"Majesty?" The younger woman asked, looking at her mother.
Zuko held his hand up, cutting her off, "There is nothing that you can say that could justify either of your actions." Suki looked at him, a soft smile on her face. "I meant what I said." He said looking at the both of them. "I don't want to shut you down but I will not stand for this behavior in this nation."
None of them said anything else as Suki and Zuko left. Zuko moved from her arm to her hand, taking it into his. They walked close to one another, saying nothing for a while.
"You think my face is perfect?" He was still looking a head and not at her, his voice soft.
"I think everything about you is perfect, Zuko." She assured him, leaning over and kissing his shoulder. "Especially your face."
He looked over at her with a smile, a soft blush on his cheeks. "I think that went very well."
She nodded, "You handled it beautifully." She squeezed his hand tighter. They leaned in and kissed one another happily, drawing a whistle from behind them. They both looked behind them to see Kaede walking to them, his cloth tool bag around his shoulder.
"What are you doing here?" He asked them as he caught up with them.
"We just had something to take care of." Zuko told him, "Nothing to worry about."
Kaede just nodded, walking with them back to the cottage. "You killed someone didn't you?"
Zuko just laughed, "I would never kill someone."
"Have you?" Kaede looked at him with wide eyes.
Zuko raised his eye brow, "No. Why would you think I have?"
"Well you both fought in the war and what not."
"Well I never killed someone directly."
"Speak for yourself." Suki mumbled from next to him.
"You have?" Zuko asked her, looking at her.
She nodded, "Back when I was on Kyoshi. People who would try to take advantage of us had to be dealt with."
"What is 'dealt with'?" Kaede looked at her with his eyes wide.
"We would feed them to the Unagi. It was a giant eel that lived in the waters around the Island." Both Kaede and Zuko looked at her with a slightly startled expression. "It was kind of a brutal thing to watch."
"You know if make Rei mad she won't cook me dinner." He looked over at Zuko, "You piss your girl off and she feeds you to a man eating giant eel."
Zuko just laughed, "I guess I have to make sure I don't make her mad."
Rei was waiting on the front pourch with Zarra, a soft frown on her face. She stood up when she saw them coming, "Did you kill them?" She called out to Zuko.
"Of course I did not." Zuko laughed, "Why does everyone think that I'm going to kill someone?"
"Cause you are the Fire Lord, and we assume that you are going to go all Fire Lord on people."
"No such luck." Zuko smiled, walking up on the porch behind Suki and Kaede. Rei handed Suki the baby, making Zarra smile up at her.
"I'm sorry I told him." Rei told Suki, frowning a little bit.
Suki just shook her head, laying the girl on her chest. "Its fine. I should have told him when it happened."
Kaede raised an eye brow, looking at his wife. "I told him about what happened at the shop the other day." She informed him.
"Ah." He looked over at Zuko. "I'm surprised you did not burn the place down."
"If she hadn't of been there I would have." He leaned on the railing, putting his hair back into a knot at the back of his head. "I want you to tell me if anyone hassles you again, understood?" He spoke to Rei.
She just nodded, "I will tell you, sire."
He laughed awkwardly, "Jeez guys, just call me Zuko."
Rei just nodded, smiling over at Suki and Zarra. "I guess I can do that."
"You will write, wont you?"
Suki nodded Rei, hugging her close and kissing her on the cheek. "I will write as soon as we get back."
Suki hugged Kaede, then Rei Zuko. Zuko and Kaede went to shake hands, but then both laughed and hugged one another.
"I will close the house tomorrow." Kaede told his friend, pulling away from him.
Zuko nodded, "Thank you for all your hard work on the house. You take care of her." He motioned to Rei as he said this, "The baby too."
"I will. Same to you" Kaede told him, taking Rei's hand into his.
"We will see you guys again soon." Suki hugged Zuko's arm, making him smile as he glanced down at her.
Zuko nodded and smiled at them both, turning to leave. Suki looked back over her shoulder, waving at them as they walked away from the cottage and towards the beach house.
They walked along silently, Suki holding Zuko's arm happily. It was when they were both on the path that lead to the house that he finally spoke.
"They make me feel normal." He said in a soft voice.
She just nodded, leaning in and kissing him on the cheek. "Me too. its good to have friends that are not Avatars or Master Waterbenders."
He laughed a little bit, "It's nice. No formalities or treaties or anything like that." He looked out at the ocean, smiling again. "I feel like I can just be me." He looked back at her, "It's like how you make me feel."
"I can tell that this week has been good for you."
"Good how?"
"You have been yourself."
"I can let my hair down."
She laughed and reached back, pulling the ribbon that held his knot in place, letting his hair fall down around his face.
He ran his fingers though his hair, sighing happily. "Exactly." He looked over at her, then leaning in and kissed her on the cheek.
Zuko was laying on the sofa in the living room, still nursing his headache. Suki was in the kitchen, cleaning up as quietly as she could. She had changed out of Rei's shirt back at the house, getting back into her skirt and shirt. She was just in her white shirt and leggings now, wanting to be comfortable while she cleaned. She looked into the living room every once in a while, checking to make sure she did not stir him.
She got goosebumps when she thought about him, still. The fact that there was a beautiful, powerful man that was all hers, and she his. It was something really amazing that she suspected would always make her happy.
She left the kitchen and walked into the living room. She laid crawled onto the sofa with him, laying down on top of him. He smiled at her when she laid her head on his chest.
"Feeling better?" She asked as she felt his heart beating in his chest.
He nodded, running his hand up and down her back. "I am." He opened his eyes and smiled down at her. "I just needed a nap before we get ready."
She nodded, "Will you help me with my uniform?"
"I'd love to." He brushed some hair out of her face, "I love watching you get dressed."
"Make up too."
"I'm not a fan of the make up." He mumbled. "If you wanna know the truth."
She looked at him, frowning. "Its to honor Avatar Kyoshi."
"I know, but I don't like that it covers up your beautiful face, and that I can't see your skin."
She nuzzled her face onto his chest, nodding. "Alright."
"You don't have to have it on all the time in the palace, you can also ware whatever you want, robes or your uniform or whatever."
She thought about it for a second, "It might be fun to just be in whatever I want."
He nodded, "Kinda sexy if you ask me. Its like you are my lover slash body guard in disguise."
"Like a spy or something." She kissed his chest, a smile on his face. "It will be sexy."
"Will you do it?"
"I will think about it." She told him with a smile.
He ran his fingers though her hair, a smile on his face. "No matter what you will be beautiful though, you always are."
She blushed a little, leaning up and sitting on her knees, looking down at him. "Really?"
He looked up at her, biting his lip as he smiled.
"You know we should have sex once or twice more, since we don't know the next time we will be able to."
"Hey! I got yelled at yesterday for phrasing it like that."
She just laughed a little bit, reaching down and pulling her white shirt off. She threw it to the side and Zuko laughed lightly as seeing her in her leggings and bindings.
"Not a good time to laugh."
"I'm just thinking about how beautiful you are." He sighed a little bit and reached up, starting to undo the white band wrapped around her breasts. "And you're all mine."
"Always yours." Suki spoke softly, helping him unwrap her. When it was loose enough she lifted it over her head throwing it to the side.
Zuko hands cupped her breasts, squeezing them happily as he moaned a little bit. She laughed a little bit, her hands rubbing his upper arms. "You're so warm." He sat up and pressed his lips to hers, still holding her chest in his hands.
"You're one to talk." She could not help but laugh as he kissed her, "You always feel like you are on fire." Her hands went to the fasteners on his shirt, undoing them as she bit his lip, pulling away from him.
Zuko groaned lightly, her hands ripping his shirt open and traveling over his well defined chest. In one movement he took off his shirt and rolled her off the sofa and onto the floor. They both his the wood floor with a thump, making them laugh. His hands went to the band on her leggings, pulling them down past her thighs as he was hovering over her.
"I like it how you have given up on underpants." He laughed, reaching down in-between her legs.
"You're just gonna rip them off."
His hand pressed against her soft folds, making them both smile. "We can go to the bed if you like." He whispered.
She shook her head, closing her eyes as his finger dipped inside her. "Kitchen."
"Kitchen? But I make food in there!" He protested.
"And now we make babies in there." She smirked and raised an eye brow.
"That reminds me." He with drew his hand from her, placing both his forearms on the floor on either side of her head. "How are you not going to get pregnant after all this?"
"Is this still foreplay?" She asked, laughing lightly.
He laughed back at her, kissing her in the corner of her mouth. "I'm just wondering."
"There are certain times during the month that a woman just can't get pregnant."
"So that time of the month is now?"
She nodded, her hands going to the side of his chest and scratching him lightly there, "Why do you think I wanted to do this this week?"
"So you knew that we were going to get busy?"
"Oh course not. I hoped we would though. I thought you would chicken out or something." She smiled up at him, "I'm glad I was wrong."
"Why did you think I would do that?"
She shrugged, sitting up and forcing him to do the same. "Cause it was your idea to wait."
"Was it?" He tilted his head a little bit, looking into her eyes.
She nodded, reaching down and undoing his pants. "It was. We had been together about six months and were in your office. You looked at me and said 'If it's all the same to you, I'd like to wait till we are married before we have sex.' And then you said nothing more about it."
"Did I really say it like that?" He looked down at her hands as she took him into her hand, his face flushing over a little bit. "Seems shallow even for me."
"I didn't care." She told him with a laugh, "I was just excited that you were talking about getting married. It was the first time you mentioned it." She wrapped her hand around his cock, pulling at him ever so lightly. He was already hard and she found herself just looking down on him, a smile on her face.
He sighed a little bit, his hands going to her hair. He ran his fingers though it tenderly as he looked her face over. "Did you want to?"
"Have sex?" She glanced up at him in time to see him nod before looking back down at his penis in her hand, "Of course I did."
He looked her face over, feeling his own heat up. "Why didn't you do it with Sokka?"
She looked at him, her eye brow raising, "Why do you ask?"
"Well you were with him for so long, I'm surprised you never did it."
"Me too. He never wanted to. I mean we fooled around but never had sex."
"I wonder why."
She shrugged, kissing him. "You will have to ask him." He reached down and pulled her hand away, a smile on his face. "Hey, I was doing something."
He just laughed pulling her in for a kiss, "More like teasing me."
"Come on then." Suki took his hand and stood up, pulling him with her. They stood and removed the rest of one another's clothing. She could not help but giggle as they did so, feeling his erection on her leg.
"I don't want to do it in the kitchen." He spoke into her lips.
"Too bad." She turned from him, pulling out of his arms and walking to the kitchen.
He followed her, a frown on his face. "But its gross."
"Are you implying that our love making is gross?" She hopped on the counter, pulling him in-between her spread legs.
"No, never." Zuko's hands went to her thighs, rubbing those long muscles as her knees clung to his hips. "There is just a lot of body fluids involved that I don't want to deal with while making rice." He pressed his face onto the side of her's.
"Funny." She reached down and held his cock in her hand, pulling at him again, "You were eating something yesterday and did not seem to mind about fluids."
He laughed loudly, his face still pressed onto her cheek, "Oh you."
She just smirked, taking his member and pressing him into her. He moaned softly, kissing her jaw line with a smile. "You will never be able to say no to me."
"Not anymore, no." He tilted his head up and bit down on her ear, "You pretty much have me wrapped around your finger." He trusted his hips forward, pressing into her. Suki's hands went to his back, digging her nails into his skin.
He put his lips to hers making them both smile as they kissed one another feverishly. He started to move in and out of her, his hands going down around her hips to pull her closer. She whimpered into their kiss, feeling him cutting a path though her. Suki's legs went around him, her feet behind his knees.
A hand moved from his back to in-between her legs. She rubbed herself with the tip of her middle finger, making her yelp out a little bit. He pulled away from her kiss, looking at her, "That's my job." He mumbled, reaching down and shoving her hand out of the way.
She tried to say something, but it just came out as a whimper as his rough finger tip started to rub her clit. He laughed a little bit, seeing her reaction. Suki just glared at Zuko, her full lips puffing out a little bit. "You killed my mood."
"No I didn't." He bit her lip softly, rubbing her as he moved in and out of her.
She just moaned, rolling her head to the side as her face got even more red. He was watching her, a smile on his face. "Are you watching me?"
"Yes." He breathed, watching her most intently.
She gripped him tighter with her arms and legs, her finger nails digging into his strong back. He felt her insides tighten around him as her climax took her. She shook a little bit, feeling his intense gaze on her. "Good." She looked back at him, a smile on her flushed over face.
He withdrew his hand from her, putting it back on her hips. He was moving on her faster and harder as he pressed his face into her neck. She dug her nails into his hair, pulling at it softly. She closed her eyes as she felt him come, his fingernails digging into the soft flesh of her bottom. He moaned her name, his lips on her jugular.
Suki held him in her arms as he swayed lightly, soft moans coming from his mouth as he sucked on her skin. She just laughed, kissing him on the side of the head before pressing her cheek to his.
"I love you." He finally mumbled, pulling away from her so he could look her in the eye.
She held his cheeks in her hands, pressing their foreheads together. She watched to find the words to truly tell him what she was thinking, what she was feeling. She wished that there was a way that she could express the feeling that she got her in soul when she was in his arms, when she was looking into those breathtaking eyes. It was something that she was never able to express and it frustrated her to no end.
"Is something wrong?"
She shook her head, a smile dancing across her face. "I just wish I could tell you… how much I love you."
"You don't ever have to. You show it to me, every second of every day; and that is more than adequate." She smiled in reply, nuzzling him close. He laughed, pulling away from her and helping her off the counter. "You have to wipe that down before we leave."
She just rolled her eyes but kissed him quickly, "Deal."
Zuko scrubbed Suki's back with the soapy washcloth, making her laugh. "What's so funny? I'm just helping you shower." He was half laughing himself.
"I just like it." Her fingers were in her hair, scratching at her shampoo covered scalp.
"I could see this entire process becoming a new past time of mine." He kissed the back of her wet neck quickly, cupping water into his hands and washing off the soap.
She closed her eyes, putting her head in to the water to remove the shampoo. He watched her most intently as the water cascaded over her, a half smile on his face. She pulled away from the water, looking at him with a smile. "You really do think I'm pretty, don't you?"
"Of course I do." He narrowed his eyes at her, "How can I not?"
She shrugged a little bit, "I don't know. I just like it how you look at me, how you make me feel."
"And how do I make you feel?" He asked, putting some of the shampoo in his own hair.
"Pretty." Her hands went up to his black mess of hair, working in the shampoo.
"And you make me happy." He spoke in a soft voice, a blush on his cheeks as he leaned his head down.
"So together we are pretty happy." She chuckled.
"Very happy."
"And lets not forget that you are cute, so there is that too."
He rolled his eyes, "I told you, guys don't wanna be cute."
"Well you are." She leaned in and kissed his lips quickly, "But you are also handsome."
He just nodded, looking into her eyes. "I can deal with being both."
"Did you wipe the counter down?"
"Yes." She groaned, putting on her bindings. They were taking their time getting ready, just spending these last few hours with one another in any way they could. He had on nothing but knee length red pants, her only leggings and the bindings she had just wrapped around her upper torso.
He frowned a little at seeing her chest covered. There was a sinking feeling in his gut once he realized that he would not be seeing that beautiful skin for a considerable amount of time. "What is it?"
"I miss you already." He walked into her room, flopping down on her bed.
"I'm right here." She went to him, sitting on top of him with her hands on his chest.
"Yeah but soon that's not going to be the case." He sat up on his elbows, smiling as he looked at her.
"I know, love." She looked down on her clean, fresh boyfriend. She really just wanted to get dirty with him again. "Lets not talk about that."
"We need to talk about it though."
"There is nothing to talk about."
"Suki, We've been dancing around this all week."
She shook her head, looking to the side, "I'm not wanted to think about it."
"Nor have I. We have to though."
"What are we talking about then?" She looked back at him, frowning a little bit.
"Don't take it personal if I act cold to you when we are back home." He was still on his elbows, looking up at her.
"I never take it personal when you do that." Her hands went to her brown hair, her fingers running though it.
"Yeah but things have changed now. I don't want to hurt your feelings."
"Don't worry about my feelings." She insisted, a soft frown on her face.
He smirked, looking her over.
She crossed her arms across her chest, looking down at him. "So don't take it personal when I'm a little over protective of you from here on out."
"Will you be?"
"Perhaps." She shrugged, her eyes looking down at his muscular chest.
One side of his mouth curled up into a smile, seeing her eye brows raised as she looked at him. "Do you think we will be able to go back to the way things were before?"
"I don't think we should label it in terms of how things used to be and now they are now. We need to redefine our relationship, not try to shove it into a mold." Her eyes went to his, a smile on her face.
He blushed a little bit at her eye contact, "I like that idea."
"Me too." She leaned down and kissed him tenderly, her hands gathered in front of her between them.
He ran his fingers over her back, leaning down and kissing the top of her head. "You can keep some things in my room if you like."
She raised an eye brow, "Why would I do that?"
"Well so you can have clean clothing for the mornings you spend the night." He was speaking into the top of her head.
She just nodded, her cheek on his chest. "I like that idea." She moved her hand up and rubbed his neck tenderly. "Even though I will likely not have on many clothes while we are together."
Zuko just laughed, "I think our love affair will redefine decency."
"Oh lets." She chimed at him happily as she looked up at him. "We could cause quite the stir at the palace."
"Oh I think we will do that anyways." He looked up at the ceiling, closing his eyes. "I'm going to start sending you in my stay from time to time."
"Me?" She asked.
He nodded, "You."
She sat up, placing her elbows on the bed as she looked at him. "What... will I be doing?"
"Speaking for me." He told her, looking down at her, "Making your own choices in regards to policy and what not."
"Why do you want me to do that?"
"Well you will be Fire Lady." He smiled at her. "You will have to assume those responsibilities as some point in time. I would rather you took them on little by little and not all at the same time, wouldn't you?"
She nodded, smiling a little bit. "I guess that would be a good thing."
"How will I know what you will want of me?"
"Most of the time I will trust your judgment. When I want something specific I will tell you such."
She just nodded, looking into his eyes. "You trust me to do that?"
"Of course I do my dumpling." He stroked the side of her head lightly, a smile on his face. "I know that you will make the best choice possible for whatever needs to be taken care of."
She sighed, looking up at him, "What kind of of things will I do then?"
He shrugged, "I'm not sure yet. It will all just depend."
She just nodded, "At will not let you down at any rate." She kissed his chest, a smile on her face.
"You will never let me down." his thumb traced her jaw line, making her purr with pleasure. "Can I ask about something?"
"Sure." She said with a happy sign, her chin resting in her hand.
"If I were to ask you to marry me, ideally how would I do that?"
"Do you want me to tell you how to propose?"
"I want you to tell me how you would like to be proposed to. That way I can know if there is something special you would like." He sat up in bed, forcing her to do the same.
Suki's hands went to his neck, rubbing him there and on his collar bone. "Something private, intimate."
"So no public proposals?"
She shook her head, her eyes fixated on his soft pale skin. "No." She looked into his eyes. "Just us. Alone. Then we kiss and make love." She spoke in a dreamy voice, a soft smile on her face.
"Then that is what I shall give you." He told her as he looked into her blue eyes. "I will always give you want you want, this is no exception."
She leaned in and pressed her lips to his, a smile on her face. His hands went to her waist, holding her there. She reached down in-between his legs, pressing her hand there. It made him gasp a little bit, a smile on his face.
"I thought we agreed not to do that again."
"You agreed." She laughed, her lips moving down to his neck. "I never said such thing."
"But we're all clean."
"Which makes me want to ravage you even more." She growled, nipping at his neck.
"Ravage?" He laughed, "That is a new word."
"Could be fun." She placed her hand inside pants, stroking him softly.
He looked at her, biting his lip softly. "Suki..."
She stood up, pulling her hand out from his pants.
"You always do that." He groaned, lays back down on the bed.
Her hands went to the bindings that were around her chest, undoing them quickly. She Doubled them until she was left with a length of fabric that was sufficient for her needs.
He looked up, gathering his eye brows as she tackled him. In one swift movement she gathered his wrists, trying them together. He was surprised by her action, looking at her confused. She then reached down and tied his bound hands to the bottom of the bed frame.
"What's this?" He asked, pulling on the fabric. It was a strong knot and he could not get his hands out of it. She just smiled down at him, licking her lips.
He looked up at her and saw her naked chest, making him smile. "I have a feeling what is going to happen now..."
"You should not assume anything, your majesty." Her hands went back to his pants, rubbing as his half erect cock through his pants.
"I can't decide if that is a turn on or an insult when you call me that." He laughed, his head leaning back as she touched him.
"What do you think it is?" She felt him get hard in her hand, making her smile. She reached to his waist line, pulling his pants down past his hips and off his legs.
"I'm not sure." He moaned, looking down and watching her as she undressed him.
She looked at his naked body, smiling to herself. "You're all mine."
He moaned a little bit as she leaned down, pressing her lips to his chest. "Suki, I'm not sure if we should do this or not." She replied to him by clamping her teeth on his nipple, making him yelp in pain. "Suki!"
She laughed a little bit, looking at him with eager eyes.
"That hurt."
"Consider it payback from the last few days." Her mouth smeared on his chest, groaning a little bit.
He laughed a little bit, looking down at her. "Why do you never take issue with this shit when its going on?"
Suki just smiled, biting his stomach as her hand went around his cock, stroking him softly. Zuko spread his legs, rolling his head to the side and biting his lip. She started kissing down him, pulling at him aggressively.
She held Zuko's shaft in her hand, placing a soft kiss on his tip before smiling. His entire body shivered as his hips thrusted up towards her. She pressed him in her mouth, her eyes fluttering closed as she sucked on him. He sighed her name as the sensation of her mouth around him sent shock waves though his strong body.
Her elbows were on the bed as she moved herself on and off him, her lips creating a tight seal on his girth. Zuko's eyes closed and his head leaned back onto the bed, a moan coming from the back of his throat.
She glanced up at him then pulled off, smiling.
He looked down at her, his face red. "Why did you stop?"
"You were having too much fun." She drug her teeth over his shiny tip then bit it softly, making his knees draw up in pain.
"Hey!" He tried to get her off with his foot, "That's not kinky it just hurts!"
She laughed and sat up, reaching down and pulling off her leggings. "Oh don't be a baby."
"How would you like it if I bit you down there!"
She laughed, crawling up onto him. "I actually may like it." Her knees were on either side of his hips, grinding herself onto his erection as her lips made contact with his. He moaned into the kiss, throwing his hips up towards her. Her hands went under his shoulders in their embrace, making her smile into their kiss.
Suki reached down placed him inside of her, making her laugh a little bit as she shoved herself down on him. He just moaned, his lips going to her cheek.
She was smiling like crazy as her lips went to his jaw line, kissing and biting him there as she started to move on him, her hips doing the work for her. Zuko cursed under his breath at her movement, wanting more than anything to be able to hold her, to touch her skin. He pulled at her bindings, leaning up and biting her ear. "Untie me."
She just laughed softly, her hands digging into his skin. "No."
He groaned, arching closer to her. "I just wanna hold you."
She smiled, sitting up and looking down at him. "You mean your not enjoying this?"
His face was red as he looked at her naked body on top of him. He looked down at where their bodies were joined, seeing himself inside of her. She just smiled softly at his reaction, her hands traveling on the sides of his stomach. "Suki." He smiled, his body relaxing.
She returned the smile, laying back down on him and reached up to his tied hands. She laced her fingers into his, a smile on her face. With her hands in his she started to move her hips again.
Their eyes were locked as they made love, their bodies pressed and grinding onto one another's. Suki leaned down and clenched his bottom lip into her teeth, pulling on it with a growl. He pulled on the cloth that had his hands tight tighter, it cutting into his wrists.
"Atta boy." She sighed as she watched his face contract, his teeth clenching. She watched him with much interest as he came, letting herself be filled with him. She smiled to herself, his eyes glossing over.
Zuko mumbled her name, his lips going to hers in a sloppy, yet happy kiss. "I think that was worth it." She told him, smiling softly. "Tied down or no."
He just nodded, nuzzling his face on hers, "Can you untie me now?"
She just laughed, sitting up on him and looking down at him. "You look so vulnerable though."
"I feel vulnerable."
"It's sexy."
He watched her silently as she ran her hand down her torso, sliding it between her legs. She started to please herself, her eyes locked with his. She felt utterly ridiculous, but could tell by the loon ok his face that he did not think she looked the same way. Her free hand went to her breast, pinching her nipple between her thumb and forefinger. Suki rolled her head to the side, surprised at feeling him becoming hard inside of her.
She laughed lightly as she pleased herself for him, her body temperature rising from the contact on her private parts. He watched her, his eyes locked on her body as she sat on his hips.
She moaned as her insides unzipped, pleasure hitting her like lightning. She threw her head back, moaning his name as her hand clenched her breast. He laughed a little bit, watching her while biting his lip. She looked down at him, a smile on her face. Both of her hands went to his sides, scratching him softly there. "Did you like that?"
He nodded, "You always amaze me with how sexy you can be."
"Sexy is good." She smiled at him, flipping some hair out of her face.
"Sexy is very good." He laughed a little bit. "You can untie me now."
She just got up off the bed, looking down at him. "Perhaps." She ran her fingers though her hair, looking at him with a smirk.
"I'm serious Suki, untie me."
She just laughed a little bit, walking out of the bedroom.
"SUKI! Don't leave me like this!" He pulled on the bindings harder. "I am the Fire Lord, and I cannot be found tied to a bed naked!"
Suki smiled walking into the bathroom and starting the shower.
Zuko narrowed his eyes as he heard the shower start. He used his legs to pull himself up on the bed until his head was level with his bound hands. He reached out with his teeth and tried to gnaw the bindings off. It took him a little bit but he was able to get the strip in half, releasing one of his hands. He used it to free his other hand then untie them from the bed frame.
He went to the bathroom, the long white cloth in hands. He crept into bathroom, opening the door to find her washing herself. She smiled over at him, "I knew that you would find a way out." She saw the band in his hand, "Going to tie me up?"
"I was going to." She threw the band on the counter. "Now I just want to cuddle." He joined her in the shower, pressing his body onto hers.
She just laughed a little bit, holding him around the neck, "That's all you want, isn't it?"
He nodded, kissing her on the lips. "Its what I love the most."
She wrapped her arms around his neck, nuzzling his nose onto hers. "We need to get ready."
"I think we can spare some time with one another." His hands went to her hips, grinding her against him.
She pushed him back, her hands on his shoulders. "Zuko we have to get ready."
He wined and kissed her quickly, "Alright." He kissed her again, his head going in the water from the shower.
She pulled away and stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel. "Get clean." She told him into the shower, drying off. She wrapped the towel around her, going back into her room.
Zuko showered quickly, not wanting to be away from her for any more time than he had to be. He dried himself off as he ran to her bedroom, looking at her as she was getting dressed.
"I wanted to help you." He told her, his towel wrapped around his waist.
She was just in a bra and leggings, her green skirt in hand. "You can still help me."
"Don't get started." He told her, rushing to his room. She raised and eye brow and sat down the skirt, throwing a thank top on.
She went to his room, "What is it?"
He was naked in his room, applying oil to his hair with his hands. "I just wanted to help you, but needed to put oil in my hair again." She smiled at her happily, looking over his long muscular body. He grabbed a pair of pants, throwing them on.
"This place is still a mess." She mumbled, starting to pick up clothing and throwing them in his bag.
"I told you, I don't have anyone to clean up after me."
"You are a grown up, you should be able to clean up after yourself."
"I've never had to." He helped her shove things in his bag, keeping out the things he was going to ware. "And it will be fine either way."
She smiled over at him, watching him as he shoved the blankets from his bed into the bag. "It will be."
He took her hand once their packing was done, dragging her to her own room. "Your room is clean." He said with a snarl.
"Of course it is." She let go of his hand, going back to her green skirt.
"Don't ware your uniform." He said to her, folding her blankets. "Just put on something simple. We will be traveling after all."
She just shrugged a little bit, "I guess so." She smiled over at him, "Do you really not like the uniform?"
He frowned, stuffing the blankets in a bag that he pulled out from under the bed. "I like that you like it, but no I don't like it."
"You like that I like it?"
He nodded, "I respect what you do, and that you have this tradition."
"I know you do."
"But I like seeing you in other things that are not as bulky. You have an amazing body and I love seeing it even when you are clothed."
She blushed a little bit, "I think the same thing of you, I hate those big robes you ware."
He laughed, walking over to her and kissing her on the lips softly. "Then I will throw all of them out. Burn them."
"Really?"
He nodded, "Is there anything else that you don't like about my clothing?"
"Your head piece."
"What?"
"You heard me." She said again. "I hate it." He looked at her for a long moment, having her return the gaze. "I hate how it was your fathers. I hate how you look like him when you have it on, how stiff it makes you look." She blushed a little bit as she told him all this.
"Its tradition for the Fire lord to ware it."
"I know. I still hate it."
"I hate it too." He told her, his face flushing over. "I always have for all the reasons that you just said."
She smiled at him, looking at him. "I want you to get rid of it."
"I don't know what else to do. I have to have something crown like."
She twisted her mouth, looking him over. She reached out and placed her hands on his waist. "A belt. A gold belt."
He smiled a little bit, looking own at her hands. "With the Fire nation emblem on it. "
She nodded, looking at her hands. "We can design it. Use gold from the headpiece."
He nodded, his hands going on top of hers. "I love you." He whispered.
She smiled and kissed him softly. "I love you too." She pulled away from him, going back to her luggage. "Would you like to pick out my outfit?"
He nodded, crossing his arms as he followed her. "That shirt from the other day, the green and red one."
She smiled, pulling it out of her trunk. "You like this one then?"
He nodded, looking into her trunk, "More than anything else." He also pulled out a green shirt that hit her just below the knees. He handed it to her, "I like it when you show off your legs too."
"You just want me naked." She laughed, putting no the clothing that he had told her to.
"Well I would rather you be in nothing, but if you HAVE to have something on I'd like for it to be something like this."
She just nodded, looking herself over. "I guess I do look pretty good."
"Very good." He placed his hands on her hips, smiling a little bit. "The best ever in fact."
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Nice to see you too Zuko."
Zuko rolled his eyes as Sokka as he stepped off the large war balloon that had landed in the front yard of the beach house. "I was on my way to Capital City and I thought I'd stop and pick you guys up."
"Right." Zuko said, adverting his eyes.
"How was your week?"
"Amazing." Zuko said, still looking away but had a smile on his face.
Sokka grinned, "Did you get busy?"
Zuko snapped his gaze back to Sokka, his eyes narrowing. "Come in the house, dinner is on the stove."
Sokka just nodded, walking towards the house with Zuko.
"Can I ask you something?" Zuko said to Sokka, his voice very soft.
"Of corse Zuko." He smiled over at him, "What is it?"
"Why did you and Suki never have sex?"
Sokka's eyes widened, looking over at him with his mouth agape a bit. "Whhhhaaaa?"
"Listen if you don't want to answer, that's fine. I'm just wondering." Zuko ran his fingers though his oiled hair.
"Did you guys have sex this week?" They faced one another, standing a ways from the house.
"We did." Zuko told him, a soft blush on his cheeks. "I was surprised that you guys never did."
Sokka just smiled a little bit, "It was me. She wanted to do it, but my heart just was not in it."
"That moon girl?"
Sokka sighed, looking at his friend with his arms crossed over his chest. "In part. The other part is that I just didn't want to hurt her. That and we never really had the chance to go all the way."
"Hurt her." Zuko mumbled, feeling bad that he had been the one to hurt her instead.
"Well yeah." He shrugged, "It worked out for you though, didn't it?"
"I don't think about it like that."
"Why not? You took her virginity."
Zuko's hands went to his temples, "Its not just that."
"Then what is it?"
"I don't know. I guess i just felt bad."
"Why?"
"I don't know, I can't really explain it." He rubbed his eyes.
"You, at a loss for words?"
"Hard to believe, right?" He smirked a little bit.
"Did you have fun with her this week?"
Zuko smiled, "More fun than I've ever had with anyone else."
"And she had fun, right?"
"She did."
"Then calm the fuck down, and be happy that you got laid."
Zuko just laughed, both of his hands laced behind his head. "Alright."
"Come on." Sokka motioned to the house, leading him up there.
Sokka walked in the house, looking around impressed. "This place looks amazing."
"I know, right?" Suki laughed from the kitchen, watching the boiling rice.
"SUKI!" Sokka ran to her, wrapping his arms around her and lifting her up in a hug. She laughed happily, her feet kicking up behind her. He sat her back down on the ground, pulling away and smiling at her. "You got fatter."
She narrowed, her lips puffing out a little bit. "You've always been a jerk, you know that?"
Zuko walked over to the stove, checking on the rice and laughing a little bit.
"Well your butt is a little bit bigger Suki." Sokka clarified.
"Just shut up." Zuko laughed, putting the veggies they had left in the steamer.
"Wait…" Sokka looked to Zuko, scratching his head. "Are you…. Cooking?"
"He is!" Suki's arms went around her love's waist, pulling him close. "It's so sexy, isn't it?"
"Zuko… sexy?"
Zuko just laughed, glancing back at her. "She thinks so."
Sokka just rolled his eyes, sitting on the counter across from them. "So how was your week?"
"Amazing." Suki told her ex-boyfriend with a grin. "We kinda just wanted to stay here for the rest of our lives."
"You know you could. Being the Fire Lord means that you can make your own rules."
"Be that as it may I should likely go back."
Suki just looked at Zuko as she leaned on the counter next to Sokka, a smile on her face as she watched him. Sokka looked over at Suki, seeing her as she bit her lip, looking him over. She really did think he was sexy. He just frowned a little bit, looking at Zuko's back as he cooked.
"I guess he is kinda sexy." He mumbled to Suki.
She giggled a little bit, nudging him. "Cute ass too, right?"
Zuko glared back at them, "It's not cute."
Sokka helped Suki carry her trunk out to the balloon, then on each side of it. "So how was it?"
"How was what?" She asked, looking over at him.
"Sex."
Suki just blushed a little bit, looking over at him. "It was good."
"Glad you waited?"
She rolled her eyes, "It was not my choice to wait you know."
"Are you glad you did though?"
Suki sighed as they sat the trunk on the balloon, shoving it into place in the luggage compartment. "I don't know Sokka. I had an amazing time with him, doing the things we did. I'd be lying if I said I wish we had not done it." She looked away for a moment, "But I may think different if we had actually had sex." She smiled to herself, her arms crossing over her chest. "He is an amazing lover, better than anything I could have hoped for."
He just nodded, reaching out and putting his arm on her shoulder. "I'm glad that it was him though, that he was your first."
She just nodded, "Me too." She reached out and hugged him close, patting his back.
Zuko walked up behind them, coughing a bit. They pulled away from one another, Suki looking at him with a smile. "Jealous or something?"
Zuko just blushed, shaking his head. "Not at all." She went to him and grabbed the one bag in his hands, throwing it in with her trunk. "Come back to the house with me for a moment?" He asked her, throwing the other bag in there.
She nodded, taking his hand and walking up to the beach house. "Can we come back soon?"
He nodded, looking at her and kissing her quickly. "We can."
"I expect a proposal by then." She flipped some hair out of her face, walking close to him.
He just laughed, rolling his eyes. "You know you could always ask me."
"One does not just ask the Fire Lord to marry her."
He nodded, shrugging a little bit. "I guess so."
She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, holding his arm tight. They walked into the house, standing in the living room and looking around. She let go of her hand, walking to the sofa and running her hand over the back of it. "I want to come back as much as we can."
He was looking her over with a smile on his face. It made her laugh a little bit. "I love you." He told her, walking to her and wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace.
"I love you too." She leaned up and kissed him, a wide smile on her face. "We should get going."
Zuko nodded, kissing her again.
"It was nice of him to come and get us."
"Do you know why he is going to the city?"
"Well…" She bit her lip, looking to the side nonchalantly.
He narrowed his eyes at her, a frown on his face, "No…"
"Zuko, its cute." She giggled a little bit.
"No." He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose. "No... it's not."
Suki laughed again, her hands going to either side of his face. "I would think that would like to like the idea of someone making your sister happy."
"And I do, but not like that." He rolled his eyes, rubbing his temple. "I walked in on them making out, did I tell you that?"
She just giggled again, nodding. "You said that in your one letter."
"It was the most horrifying thing I've ever seen."
Her hands went to his chest, leaning up and kissing him on the chin. "You are overreacting. I think it's a good thing."
He looked down at her, his hands sitting on top of her hips. "She is a little happier, or seems as such."
She nodded, See… you don't have to condone it, but you should support it."
He snarled, but then shrugged.
She nodded, smiling up at him. "That's not so hard, is it?"
He shook his head, looking at her with a smile. "I guess not."
She pulled away from him, going into the kitchen and seeing a note there. "For Kaede?"
He nodded, "Just giving him instructions for the house."
She looked at the note, reading it over quickly. She saw the charcoal pencil sitting to the side and picked it up, scribbling something on the note.
"What are you writing?" He asked, walking over next to her.
"See you three soon, Love Suki." She held the note up for him to see, a smile on her face.
He laughed and kissed her shoulder. "Come on, we should get going."
She nodded, setting the note down and taking his hand. They walked out of the house, locking it up as they did so. Suki held his arm as they walked to the balloon where Sokka was waiting.
"We ready?"
"Ready." Zuko said, smiling as Sokka.
Suki was looking over her shoulder at the house behind them. She was longing to be back inside it already. It wasn't her home, but she was none the less home sick for it.
"You ok?" Zuko asked her, stepping onto the balloon and offering his hand out for her.
She looked back at the house, then to him, a smile on her face. She did not know who she was kidding. Her home was not the beach house, or Kyoshi Island or The Capital city; it was in his arms.
She took her hand and pulled herself into the balloon, kissing him as he wrapped her arm around his waist. She pulled away with a smile, "I'm perfectly alright."