Ba Sing Se Boarding High

Broken

*Toph POV*

Katara is a little stressed about Aang, but he hasn't changed much. I think she underestimates him. He adapts really quickly. Probably an airbender thing. It's getting close to six. I should get something to eat. Tea is good and all, but I need actual food. The caf has pretty much everything. I'm feeling chile. Sounds good. I get up and walk out. 
"I'm going to get food,"
"But didn't we just leave the cafe?"
"You don't eat at that kind of place. I need proper food," I leave. 

I'm just walking when someone runs into me. They have similar walking patterns to Twinkle Toes, but it's not him.
"Hello? Who the hell are you?" I plant my feet in the ground in case I need to fight.
"Um, hi. I'm sorry I ran into you. Do you know Aang's dorm number?" It's a girl. And she knows Aang. Probably an airbender.
"Yeah, Twinkle Toes is in that room," I point to a place on the map. I have the places memorized on the big school map,"
"Twinkle Toes? Do you know him?"
"Yeah, we have all our classes together,"
"Can you lead me there?"
"Fine, I'll bring you to Twinkle Toes' dorm, Fairy Floss,"
"Who's that?"
"You. It came to mind,"
"Oh, I'm actually Garina,"
"Unless we'll be spending a bunch of time together, I don't care. Let's go,"
"Sure! What's your name again?"
"Toph. The Blind Bandit. Melon Lord. Greatest Earthbending in The World. There's a few,"
"The Blind Bandit?"
"Yup. My wrestling name. I beat all those idiots because none of them know about my seismic sense,"
"So you can see with earthbending?"
"You're smart. This is his dorm," I kick the door down. Her heartbeat speeds up.
"Toph, go away,"
"This person is here to see you. I think she's an airbender," I point in her direction.
"Garina? I didn't know you were coming," He sits.
"Yeah, Gyatso thought you might want some pies to remind you of home," She's holding something.
"Uh, thanks," He jumps down from his bed. 
"So how've things been? You seem to have made yourself at home," She gestures to the mess.
"That's Sokka. He can't keep anything tidy," 
"Yeah, Captain Boomerang is a disaster zone,"
"Seriously Toph?" Aang says.
"What? I didn't lie. What's your point, Twinkle Toes," I know he was talking about the nicknames.
"I'm really not in the mood for this right now. Tell Gyatso thanks for the pies," He pushes us out the door and closes it. I hear him groan. 
"Is he okay?"
"Just uber stressed. You know your way back home?"
"Yeah. Thanks for your help!" She walks off. I guess it really is an airbender thing. Time for chile. 

After I'm done my chile, I head back to the dorm and fall asleep. Katara wakes me up.
"What the hell Sugar Queen?"
"Your alarm has been going off for almost 5 minutes. Come on,"
"That is the one excuse you get for waking me up," I stand up and stretch. Time to dig through my drawers. "What's this one?" I hold up a piece of fabric.
"Turtleneck,"
"Nice," I slip it on and try to find a pair of pants. "Are these pants?"
"It's a long skirt,"
"Hmm, not horrible. I think I'll wear it," I pull it on. I walk to the caf to eat some eggs. Twinkle Toes is sitting at a table. I grab my eggs and sit down next to him.
"Hi," He says.
"'Sup?"
"Nothing much. We have class in fifteen minutes,"
"Long Head's class isn't far from here, we won't be late," I shove eggs into my mouth. He giggles. 
"That is the best nickname yet,"
"What's wrong with Twinkle Toes?"
"Nothing, it's just, I dunno, I like teasing you I guess,"
"Neat. Do you eat eggs?"
"I eat chicken eggs, not all of them are fertilized. I don't eat turtle duck eggs. They're all fertilized," I put more eggs in my mouth.
"I think these ones came from a box,"
"Powered eggs. Yuck,"
"But sustaining," I reply and do a goofy gesture. Sokka said that before. Aang laughs. He stands up abruptly. 
"Class!" He runs off. I turn on my phone and tell it to tell me the time. Fuck. Class starts in 2 minutes. 

I take my seat next to him in geography. He hands me a pencil and my ruler thingy. He keeps one with him in case I forget. 
"Thanks," I mutter. The bell rings. 
"Alright class. We have a mandated dissusion about stress today," He rolls down the projector sheet. "There are many ways to reduce stress. Some stress is healthy. Blah blah blah," I hear Aang scoff. "Remember to keep your stress levels down to stay healthy," Aang bursts out laughing. But it's not a good laugh. It's a 'my mental state is so broken I can hardly comprehend anything laugh'. I cringe. "Would you like to explain what's so funny?"
"You can't be serious. You insist on piling on all this school work and then tell us to reduce stress? I'm reading a law book a week and I'm supposed to reduce stress? Do you even know what that means?!" Aang's cracked. Katara taps her foot. I grab him.
"I'll take him to the office sir," I drag him out of the room and throw him against the wall. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"Everything?"
"Ugh. You need to sleep. We're actually going to the principal's office," I wipe under his eyes.
"HEY!"
"Don't hide the fact that you're exhausted. Come on," I drag him to the office and walk into Iroh's office. "Hey, Tea Man. I know you're associated with the thing that makes the rules on the Avatar's training. Maybe get them to stop giving a fifteen year old a law book a week? He hasn't slept in like three months," 
"They've been doing WHAT? They were only supposed to give him the smaller ones for a month," He picks up the phone.
"Also, please help him. He's cracked. Long Feng is gonna be pissed, but he broke out laughing when the teacher said to reduce stress,"
"Where is he?" 
"Right here," I open the door and drag Aang in. 
"Stop dragging me around," He slurs his words. He's fucking exhausted. 
"When you go back to the dorm and sleep. Principal Tea Master has to talk to you," I thrust him towards the desk. Once I'm sure he's not going to die, I step outside and head back to the class. When I said we should wait for him to mentally break, I didn't mean right away. Whatever. Too late now. 

A/N I was being dramatic last chapter. Walking home from school made me realize that I could come up with more ideas. This will be getting continued. Unless you hate it and want me to ditch it.