Memories from Western Airtemple | By : DarthAnimus Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality > Slash - Male/Male Views: 16187 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Memories from Western Air Temple
Chapter 29
Not a Woman
Curse Toph for always seeing through him at every point of time. Of course, part of that might have been because the girl was still squeezing his wrist with almost bruising strength. Zuko was a terrible liar to begin with and with Toph able to read his heartbeat it was all the more difficult to elude the girl. At least she had not queried more about what had happened during the play at the scene where Jet ‘died’. Zuko did not think he wanted everyone to know about how Aang had been able to wipe his mind clear of all negative thoughts by simply grasping his hand within his own. The very thought of it had Zuko’s left hand tingling as his skin remembered the sensation and also had the prince’s cheeks burning.
As luck would have it, it was just as Zuko was thinking these things that the object of his musings called from the backdoor right behind the teen’s back: “What are you two doing there?”
Zuko immediately turned around to meet Aang’s gaze as Toph’s hand slid away from his wrist, the girl finally deciding to release Zuko from her truth-seeking grip. Zuko was actually just about to answer Aang’s question when Toph spoke out from beside him: “We’re conversing on how good Zuko thinks you would look as a woman.”
“No we were not!” Zuko snapped heatedly as his face burned even more than his words did, shooting a quick glare at the blind girl sitting beside him before turning his face to Aang and attempting to reassure the other: “I swear on my life, Aang, that I do not have inappropriate thoughts of you involving breasts!”
Toph immediately burst into laughter and Zuko felt all the more humiliated as Aang also chuckled briefly before speaking: “Don’t worry, Zuko. I believe you.” The boy smiled widely as he brought his hands behind his back and suddenly alarm bells went off in Zuko’s head, even though he did not know why. “I hardly doubt anyone would have inappropriate thoughts of me involving anything at all.” With that the boy turned to walk back inside, speaking over his shoulder: “Dinner’s ready.”
It was after Aang had disappeared inside the house that Zuko spoke out, simply to give his feelings a real form: “He was upset.”
“No kidding”, Toph huffed from her seat beside him, snorting in a manner that indicated that it was obvious to her. “I would believe that he attempted to confess his adoration to Sugar Queen, only to be rejected.”
“Huh?” Zuko questioned with a blink and a lifted eyebrow. “Why do you think that?”
“He got upset already at the play, after the lovey dovey scene between you and Sweetness”, Toph explained and Zuko shivered in disgust at the memory. “My guess is that he got the whole Good Friends speech and is now feeling insecure.” The girl changed her voice into a whine as she finished: “Oh, no one loves me! Whatever shall I do?”
“Stop it”, Zuko grumbled, standing up as he did so. “That’s not fair.”
“Neither was it fair of you to say the things you did”, Toph commented but Zuko ignored it as he stomped inside. He made his way into the dining room, only to see that Aang was missing. He wondered at this oddity before asking from Sokka and Suki, the two already sitting at the table, where the airbender had gone.
“Aang said that he was feeling too tired to eat”, Suki replied helpfully. “I think he went into his room to sleep.”
“Alright”, Zuko said with a nod of his head. “Thank you.” And with that the prince went after the Avatar.
When Zuko opened the door to the room Aang had claimed as his own, he hesitated for a moment before knocking on the doorframe and calling: “Aang?” Only silence answered and Zuko felt a little bit annoyed. “No one falls asleep that fast”, he spoke as he went over to the bed, which had a lump in the middle of it, a wrapped up Aang.
A sigh came from Zuko, followed by the prince steeling himself before starting to speak: “If you’re going to just lie there silently, then I’ll do the talking and you’ll just listen.” Hesitating only for the briefest of moments, Zuko laid a hand on top of the form that was Aang. “What I said out there; it came out wrong and it certainly did not resemble what I wanted to say in the slightest.” Zuko patted his hand a bit, determining that this was Aang’s back, and then proceeded to rub the boy soothingly. “I don’t know what I wanted to say exactly, but we’ll talk again when I do, okay?” No answer came from Aang but Zuko was not really expecting one. The prince stepped away from the bed and made his way to the door.
Keeping his hand on the handle Zuko watched the formless lump for a short moment, certain that there was still something that he needed to say. Once again, however, no words came to Zuko and the prince settled for speaking out softly: “Good night, Aang”, and then closing the door with a click.
To be continued...
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