AtLA Modern: Year 1, Gen. 1

Chapter 12

They arrived 15 minutes later. Dai was in the parking lot leaning against her car, swinging her keys around her finger, smirking. Toph had taken the front seat, though Dai had smacked Sokka in order to make him move.

"God, Dai, who was chasing you? I'm about to throw up!" Sokka exclaimed.

Dai snickered. "You talk a lot of shit for a pussy."

"We've been waiting 15 minutes. Should we proceed and meet with them later?" Aang asked.

"Yeah, they're obviously busy." Sokka smirked. "Heh. They're sneaky." He glanced around, his eyes lingering on Dai.

Dai was about to respond to Aang when Sokka spoke. She glared at him, grabbing his collar. His blue eyes went wide. "If I hear you make a single nasty comment ever again, I'll make a knife out of ice and cut your dick off. Understand?" She pushed him away while he took a few steps back, hands up in defense, giving him a sweet smile before turning around.

He leaned against a light pole. "Who let a murderer in our group?" he shouted, pointing at Dai with terror. She snickered.

After a moment, Dai glanced down as her phone went off. "Tea shop it is," she said, pointing forward while she responded with one hand.

Aang pointed forward. "Let's go for some tea!"

"Are you kidding me?" Sokka shouted as they left him. A moment later, he followed.

Dai led them to the tea shop, which was owned by Zuko's uncle Iroh. Athlea's uncle Laetius worked there as well. It was very cute, white with flowers everywhere. They ordered their tea and sat. As they drank, Zuko opened the door, letting Athlea in.

"You're back!" Katara waved.

"Thanks," Athlea responded quietly. She glanced at Zuko, then back forward as she took a seat.

"What took you so long?" Sokka said, arms crossed, eyebrow raised, suspicion all over his face. He glanced at Athlea, then Zuko.

"Traffic," Athlea said, clearing her throat.

"It was pretty bad," Dai agreed, a teasing look in her eyes as she looked at Athlea. Athlea pouted slightly.

"What are we ordering?" Aang asked, grabbing the menu.

"I don't know. Do they have food accompanied by tea?" Sokka glanced at Aang.

Dai turned to Sokka. "I already ordered everyone tea, but they have food, too." A waitress came by and Dai waved her over. "We're ready to order! A miso soup for me."

"I'll have the egg and ham sandwich!" Katara added.

Zuko blinked at the menu. "Uh, the hot kebabs."

"Spicy fire noodles," Athlea added, looking a bit rushed.

Dai smirked, glancing away before looking back at Athlea. "If you had gotten here earlier you would've had more time to order," she said, her words slow and slightly teasing.

Sokka glanced at the waiter, grinning. "I'll take two komodo sausages!"

"Some dumplings, without meat," Aang added, smiling. The flustered waitress scrabbled on her pad for a while before looking up and nodding, walking away.

"It's still so early..." Athlea mumbled.

Sokka chuckled. "Not that bad. It's, what..." He glanced at his phone and scoffed. "It's only ten. The day is just starting."

Katara frowned at Sokka. "When you stay up until 3 a.m., maybe."

"Yeah! Besides, we're in a mall. There's a lot of stuff we can do," Aang responded. Athlea leaned back, crossing her legs.

The waitress came by with their tea, and Dai took a sip of the boba she'd ordered. "I'm going skating," she announced.

Sokka and Aang glanced at her, eyes wide. "Skating where?" they asked at the same time.

"What the fuck..." Athlea glanced away from them, shaking her head and resting her chin on her hand, her elbow on the table.

Dai rolled her eyes, a hand pushing the two away. "There's a rink in the mall."

"Someone's introverted," Sokka muttered, looking at her.

"I'm not!"

Dai flicked Sokka in the forehead. "Leave Athlea alone."

"Hey, hey, hey, guys!" Aang glanced at his phone. "Did you know there's a gossip Instagram for our school?"

"Sounds lame. Who would have the time for that?" Sokka muttered.

"It looks fairly active," Aang pointed out.

"That could make things interesting," Athlea muttered, eyebrow raised.

Dai turned to Aang, snorting. "Yeah, that's not new. Mai and Azula run it, of course."

Zuko looked away, a cheek on his hand, elbow on the table.

"Well, more of a reason to beat up your baby sister and ex girlfriend," Athlea pointed out, smiling at Zuko.

"A rink!" Sokka exclaimed, drawing their attention back to the former subject. "We have to go!" He slammed his hands on the table. "I want to see Zuko fall."

"Jesus!" Dai jumped as Sokka slammed down his hands. "Can we eat the food we ordered first?" She gave him a sharp look, supressing the urge to smack him, while Zuko was giving Thea a nervous smile.

"Yeah, yeah, we eat first, we eat," Sokka aquiesced, smiling. Dai shook her head, smiling a little. "Zuko, are you hosting another party any time soon? The food was too good, I gotta admit." Dai raised an eyebrow at her, shaking her head and smiling a little before looking away.

"It was alright." Athlea shrugged. "Definitely would've been better without all the drama."

Zuko blinked at Sokka. "Maybe we could do that after the mall?" He turned to Athlea. "Azula is at Mom's."

"Aw," Dai cooed. "The couple is using communication." Athlea blinked, looking from her to Sokka.

"A-ah! No! No, no!" Sokka protested, eyes wide. "We are not a couple!"

Aang burst out laughing. "Ah, yes, Zukka lives on!"

Dai smirked. "I just meant a couple, like two people. No connections, of course. Just a couple of people. Friends." Zuko facepalmed, while Sokka's eye twitched and he glared at Dai, who giggled. Dai and Katara cackled as Aang spoke. "Athlea," Dai giggled, "did you know their relationship is sacred and special?"

Sokka grit his teeth, raising a fist. "Hey! We are not dating!"

"Oh my god, sacred and special!" Aang leaned back, laughing. "When are you two going to kiss?" Aang continued.

Athlea blinked, finally turning to Zuko. "Are you...?"

Zuko slid his hand down, revealing his eyes to Athlea, shaking his head while Katara yelled "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"

Sokka's eyes widened and he glared at his sister. "No!"

Aang joined in. "Come on, we support you!"

Dai and Toph burst out laughing. "We support you!" Dai echoed.

Sokka turned his glare to Aang. "You traitor!"

"Kiss, kiss, kiss!"

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A/N another sort of filler, get to know the characters chapter. oh man tho the Sukka ship has reached this AU hahaahah