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"I've never seen you so nervous before Prince Zuko." Zuko looked at his uncle's reflection in the mirror. Why couldn't he stay calm?

"Are the rooms ready?" His breathing coming out in hushed whispers and his palms all sweaty.
"They've been ready for weeks now. Are you sure you're all right?"
He kept adjusting the crown on his topknot and the servants had to adjust his collar numerous times. "I'm not nervous."

Iroh eyed the young man up and down smirking slightly. "Whatever you say Zuko.
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Appa growled for the third time on this journey and Aang understood. He was tired too but they were nearing the Fire nation. They had just picked up Sokka and his wife, Suki. Toph laid back with her feet hanging over the sadle feeling the cool air run through her toes. She had to admit that she liked flying now.

Aang turned to look at Katara his friend? Girlfriend? Almost girlfriend? He didn't know where they stood. She wouldn't give him a full answer so he was left to believe that she'll come around. He was 15 now, making her 17. He could never spend that much time with her because she refused to stay in one place for too long. She became restless after the war and it didn't help that her father was literally thrusting any man he could find at her just so she could think of marriage.
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Dressed in a regal red gown Mai sat across from Zuko in the carriage, "you should've told me that this was an informal event."

"I told you to wear whatever you were comfortable with Mai." Zuko had opted out of his formal robes and had settled on a clean pair of training gear. The only thing royal about his appearance today was his crown, and his eyes of course. His eyes that took to always gazing at the sky or out the window on a rainy day. The eyes that could get lost forever peering into even a simple glass of water.

His fingers wearing tapping mindlessly away on his knees. His attention was everywhere but on her. As if reading her mind he looked at her and smiled. She smiled back, a rare thing, but beautiful. "Why are you so happy?"

"I haven't seen my friends in forever. Toph, Aang, Sokka, Suki…Katara." His voice softened as he pronounced the water bender's name. Mai's smile instantly dropped. She's heard the maids whisper behind their backs about how many times it was her name he whispered at night. Zuko told her not to believe him and that it's all a 'silly misunderstanding', but it was times like these that made her doubt him.

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I do not own ATLA or its characters  [sigh]
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"I've never seen you so nervous before Prince Zuko." Zuko looked at his uncle's reflection in the mirror. Why couldn't he stay calm?

"Are the rooms ready?" His breathing coming out in hushed whispers and his palms all sweaty.
"They've been ready for weeks now. Are you sure you're all right?"
He kept adjusting the crown on his topknot and the servants had to adjust his collar numerous times. "I'm not nervous."

Iroh eyed the young man up and down smirking slightly. "Whatever you say Zuko.
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Appa growled for the third time on this journey and Aang understood. He was tired too but they were nearing the Fire nation. They had just picked up Sokka and his wife, Suki. Toph laid back with her feet hanging over the sadle feeling the cool air run through her toes. She had to admit that she liked flying now.

Aang turned to look at Katara his friend? Girlfriend? Almost girlfriend? He didn't know where they stood. She wouldn't give him a full answer so he was left to believe that she'll come around. He was 15 now, making her 17. He could never spend that much time with her because she refused to stay in one place for too long. She became restless after the war and it didn't help that her father was literally thrusting any man he could find at her just so she could think of marriage.
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Dressed in a regal red gown Mai sat across from Zuko in the carriage, "you should've told me that this was an informal event."

"I told you to wear whatever you were comfortable with Mai." Zuko had opted out of his formal robes and had settled on a clean pair of training gear. The only thing royal about his appearance today was his crown, and his eyes of course. His eyes that took to always gazing at the sky or out the window on a rainy day. The eyes that could get lost forever peering into even a simple glass of water.

His fingers wearing tapping mindlessly away on his knees. His attention was everywhere but on her. As if reading her mind he looked at her and smiled. She smiled back, a rare thing, but beautiful. "Why are you so happy?"

"I haven't seen my friends in forever. Toph, Aang, Sokka, Suki…Katara." His voice softened as he pronounced the water bender's name. Mai's smile instantly dropped. She's heard the maids whisper behind their backs about how many times it was her name he whispered at night. Zuko told her not to believe him and that it's all a 'silly misunderstanding', but it was times like these that made her doubt him.