ATLA: Bonds Within Bending

Its all in the past

Ty Lee's POV

I was stood watching my noodles spin around in the microwave whilst I thought about life, as you do.

My life wasn't perfect, though most people think it is. Girls stop in the street to glare at me because I have their boyfriends attention, but that isn't my fault, I thought girls were supposed to stick together.

Sometimes I feel like I don't belong, like I'm just not meant to be in society, but being with Mai and Azula makes me feel different, makes me feel like I'm proud of who I am, I'm lucky to have them.

I snapped out of my thoughts as the microwave pinged, I jumped and opened it, carefully taking my bowl of noodles out, and placing it on the table. I took a deep breath before sitting down to eat it.

I took in the silence surrounding me, it feels wrong to be alone, well when you've lived with seven other sisters for most of your life having your own space is crazy.

I often talk to myself to create just a bit of noise so I don't feel so isolated, I jumped again as I heard a knock at the door, I brushed myself off and got up again, walking to the door to open it.

And the person who was stood before me, was someone I haven't talked to since I was a kid, probably the last person I would expect to show up at my door at 1am.

"What are you doing here? Are you alright?", I frowned softly looking them up and down, standing to the side so I could give them room to enter my home, closing the door behind them.

"It's been a while huh?", Suki stepped in with bags full of what seemed like her belongings, she must be doing terribly if I'm the person she's come to for help.

"Yeah", I rubbed the back of my neck and showed her to the kitchen so I could get her a drink, Suki and I used to go to school together, we were the only non benders apart from my sisters of course, but we were friends, until I found new friends that is.

"Sorry I probably shouldn't have turned up out of the blue like that", she frowned looking down at the floor.

"Look, we parted ways on a negative note, that doesn't mean that we have to keep being so weird with each other", I looked over at her seeing her look back at me and smiled, "I promised you I'll always have your back remember", I handed her a glass of water.

"Then how come you were so quick to leave me?", she obviously hasn't gotten over what happened all those years ago.

"Come on Suki we were kids", I sighed fed up of still arguing about it, "why can't you just forget it?", I crossed my arms raising a brow at her.

"Because you abandoned me, you walked away from me and decided to become one of the bully's, it's created some trust issues even for me now", She frowned, has she come all this way at this time of night to make me apologise for my actions when I was a literal CHILD?

"That isn't it, that isn't what made you so upset", I huffed, "I called you jealous", I watched her squirm as I said it again, just one word has so much power over her, "well you were, I'm never going to take back what I said, you were jealous Suki, you just couldn't share anything, not even friends", I looked her up at down then realised that must be why she's here.

"But you left me for friends that were horrible people, it made me feel pathetic like I was worse then them", she looked over at my fridge and noticed a picture of me with the girls I befriended in our school uniform. "You're still friends with them?", she shook her head and laughed lightly.

"You've got a real problem with jealousy huh? That's why you're here right?", I took her by the hand and sat her down at the table, "every problem you have you go back to this one don't you? Our problem", I look her in the eyes as I spoke.