Finally we're getting somewhere! Sorry for taking six chapters to set this story up, but this is my best chapter yet. I went back and read what I had written so far and almost vomited in disgust. But hopefully I am getting better. But I will finish this story guaranteed it.

This chapter is for my friend parzivalrp1 since he is going through a bunch of stuff tomorrow. Please pray for him. He's a really cool dude who needs all the support he can get.

Thank you for everyone who read and reviewed, and please keep reviewing. I will be out for a few days so no updates until then. Sorry but the world needs me.

*insert heroic poise here*

In order to make a good fic about singles in a cave forced to realize who they are eventually going to end up with, you must break a few good relationships. So far there has been Katara and Aang and Suki and Sokka with hints at Katara and Zuko, Toph and Sokka, and a tiny bit Toph and Aang, Aang and Sokka if you really squinted and Zuko and Suki if you really squinted. EXPECT THE SHIPPINGS TO OFFICIALLY START NOW.

#NO SHAME

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"Hey, Aang, can I ask you something?"

"You can ask me anything Katara."

"Well, what would you do if did something wrong. Something so wrong you ended up ruining a relationship?"

…..

"Hey Snoozles! You won't believe who I see coming our way."

…

It was nice to see everyone happy. All of them glad they found each other. I? I was never happy.

"Hey Mopey! Quit sulking, and join the party!" yelled Toph. I did not want to join the party. What other reason was there for me to be avoiding everyone? I just turned my head away telling her my answer. Toph just shrugged and went back to giving Sokka the stink eye. Wait. Could she do that?

It was a long walk for my little group to get here. Turns out Toph and Sokka were heading here too. Things just work out that way, I guess.

Did anyone else still remember that we were still trapped down here?

Why was I so stupid to agree on this little detour?

Oh right. Because I am an idiot.

I wish everyone would just hurry up and get moving again. Aang thought it would be good to take a break, light a fire, and compare notes. Only Aang, Sokka, and Toph are talking, though. Suki is being oddly quiet, and so is Katara. I want to say something, but I don't.

I watched Suki stand up and say she is going to walk around for a bit. She looks pretty unhappy. But I will not bother her. She wants to be alone, so she will be left alone.

Yup. Suki is fine. I won't go talk to her. I will listen to Aang and Toph talk about their mysterious earth bending problems. I will not follow Suki. Nope.

Alright, so I will. She could use some light anyway.

"You okay Suki?" I asked. It wasn't hard to find her. She didn't wander far, but far enough not to be disturbed.

She was sitting on a rock overlooking the underground river. Suki's fans and her headdress were laid beside her, and she was absent mindedly twirling a finger in her hair. She looked tired.

"Fire Lord Zuko, I didn't hear you coming," she sighed. I sat down beside her and lit a small fire to give us some more light.

"You know you don't have to call me Fire Lord when we aren't in the court, right? But forget about that for a minute. You've been crying." I moved over to my friend. It was funny how it was her job to protect me, but right now it felt like I was doing to protecting.

I placed my hand on her hand trying to comfort her, but she only pulled away.

"I'm fine!" grunted Suki. She turned and began to pick up her possessions, but I grabbed her wrist holding her back.

"Suki. Please tell me what's wrong. Holding in anger only makes it worse. Trust me on that."

"….Fine."

….

"So do you think the badgermoles are doing this?" Sokka said.

Aang nodded. "I think so, Sokka. When I try to move the rock it feels like some other force is pushing against me. Like someone is trying to bend the same stone as me. If that's true, that also explains why the caves are always changing. It's the badgermoles controlling everything."

"Twinkle Toes is right. Those badgermoles are keeping us down her by holding all the rock in place. There are too many of them for even me to break through. Stupid badgermoles," mumbled Toph.

"I thought you loved the badgermoles."

"Well that was before they trapped us down here. Since then I had a change of heart. Keep up with the program, Ponytail." Toph spat back. She was still angrier than usual.

"Well if it's the badgermoles we are having a problem with, Master Sokka has the solution!" Sokka yelled excitedly, as a half-witted grin slid onto his face. "All we have to do is sing a sweet melody to the monstrous creatures! Then they will surely set us free!"

Silence.

Toph blew her bangs out of her eyes so Sokka could just see her eyebrows rise up in disapproval. "That sounds like the dumbest plan ever invented."

"Well it worked last time so blehh!" Sokka stuck his tongue out at the earth bender with pure satisfaction.

"You do know I can't see you do that right?"

"Oh... sorry."

"Sokka's plan is the only one we have Toph." Aang stated bringing everyone back to the topic. "But first we need to figure out how to find those badgermoles."

"Easy," Toph said as she stretched lazily out on the rock. "We just need to start another fight. That's what drew them to us last time. We'll need Sugar Queen though. She has the power of nag that no one will ever be able to match."

"Not funny Toph" sighed a despondent Katara.

….

"That douchebag!"

"Zuko, it's no big dea-"

"You have to break up with him!"

"No! It was a mistake! Toph was the one who kissed him! Katara said so!"

"Suki, you can't take treatment from anyone like that! He's cheating on you!"

"No, Zuko! Sokka would never mean to hurt me!"

"Well it looks like he did hurt you."

"….."

…

"Hey what happened to Hothead?" Toph wondered aloud. She had just noticed that the dark cloud in the group had wandered off.

"I guess he's with Suki," speculated Aang.

"They couldn't have gone far. I'll go find them." Katara volunteered. She had nothing better to do, and maybe this time she had a moment to try to apologies to her friend. Katara brushed the dirt off her skirt and started walking.

"Yeah. Of course he's with Suki. And of course Katara is following," Sokka said bitterly after his sister was out of ear shot.

"Can it if you know what's good for you Meathead."

….

I have gone through my share of break ups. Mai broke up with me twice, and of course there was that girl in Ba Sing Se. Well we didn't actually break up. I just sort of left with my sister after supposedly killing the Avatar. Ugh. Happy memories.

And I knew how much it hurt. Ever since Mai left, I've been irritable, angry, unsociable, and just hated the world. I never told anyone what happened, so no one came to help me. I was the Fire Lord after all, and his wishes to be left alone must be respected. I'm glad Suki finally had the courage to tell everyone why I had been so melancholy.

But loosing Mai was so hard. I felt like nothing could make me happy again. I loved her.

So it's pretty hard for me to convince one of my best friends in the world to break up with her supposed soul mate.

"Suki, just let it go. He doesn't deserve someone as great as you if he is willing to lock lips with Toph!" I yelled. I was getting pretty pent-up right now. How dare Sokka and Toph do this to Suki! She was my friend and both of them were going to pay!

"But Katara said-"

"I don't care what Katara said! If Sokka really didn't mean it then he would have already came to you and apologized!" I screamed. I can't believe this! Trapped in an underground tunnel, now this! My head was on fire, and I began to take in deep breaths to calm myself a bit.

"THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, ZUKO! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Suki shrieked. She threw the hand I was holding into the air and slammed her hand down on the rock with a sickening thud. She removed her hand slowly as she gazed at the spider web like cracks of broken stone she made.

I slid off the rock and lit a fire in my palm to see. I was done with these clowns.

"Where are you going?" Suki sobbed turning in my direction. She jumped off the rock and sprinted over to match my stride back to the others.

"If you don't make him at least apologize, I will." I growled. I began to walk faster. I was going to beat Sokka until he was bleeding on the ground. I began to run. I would beat him until he was begging to be forgiven. I began to sprint. Then I throw Toph in the river and let her-

Suki grabbed my hand. I stopped and lost my concentration letting the flame crumble away. We stood there in the darkness for a moment, while the water lapped quietly on the river bank.

"But I love him..." Suki whispered. Even in the dark I could see tears flowing down her face. I pulled her into a hug. Suki wrapped her arms around me, and I held her close. She was warm and she smelled like lilacs and cosmetics. No wonder Sokka liked her, but someone as nice as Suki didn't deserve this.

Suki let out a sob that sounded like her heart had just collapsed in on itself. I knew that sound all too well.

"You owe it to yourself to end it, Suki. I hate to see you like this." I mumbled. I wasn't very good at this mushy stuff, but I suppose I would have to do for now. I didn't let anyone be there for me, and I wouldn't let anyone else make that mistake.

We held each other in silence, two hearts broken together.

….

I'll go up and tell Suki that it was a joke….That wouldn't work. She would never believe me. Or if she did, I would be the one she would be mad at.

Katara was lost in her thoughts when two figures sped past her in the dark.

"Keep up, Katara! I'm about to kill your brother!"