022. Costume
"What are you hiding?" demands Princess Azula.
Ty Lee stands with her hands resting on Azula's hips. She does not move them, even though she thinks she might be shaking. It is undeniably frightening to be confronted by Azula, by her rage, by her power, by all of that sexiness.
But…
"What are you hiding?" Ty Lee whispers.
"You ran away," Azula snarls.
"I'll come back. I'll always come back."
"You're not the dragon-slayer; you're a dumb little girl wearing a dragon-slayer costume."
"Right; I'm not the dragon-slayer. I'm a lot of things."
"Like what?"
"When you're fire, I'm water."
023. Unbroken
Ty Lee sits across from Azula, looking out at the fire-lily laden plains. They found a great spot, but they aren't speaking at all. That makes Ty Lee extremely nervous, to tell the truth. Ever since she ran back into Azula's arms, things have been different between them.
"What are we? Is our… is our us broken?" Ty Lee asks inarticulately. Her face flushes from more than just the summer sun.
"No," Azula replies after a long pause. "Our us is not broken. I will not let it break."
"You want me?"
"I think my body wants you."
"Close enough."
024. Institutionalized
Azula goes to talk to her father. It has been a long time, and her almost-girlfriend insists upon accompanying her.
"You never visited me," Azula says while they walk through the doors.
It takes Ty Lee a moment to realize what Azula said. She then ever-so-slightly hangs her head.
"I was scared," Ty Lee admits. She quietly walks beside Azula until they are face to face with Ozai.
He examines his daughter with an unreadable expression. Pride, maybe. Envy, maybe. Ty Lee isn't sure.
"And you brought…?" he asks.
"Your future daughter-in-law," Ty Lee says confidently.
That's news to Azula.