I've always hated you

Bond

Ursa drove Azula to her therapy session for the first time since she's been going. Usually Ozai was the one to bring her. She walked to the office with her and saw Dr. Smith for the first time. Azula walked into her office and Ursa was about to leave until the therapist stopped her.

"Are you Azula's mother? You must be, she's the spitting image of you" says Dr. Smith
"Oh yeah, I'm her mother. Yeah, usually her father brings her but he's busy so I brought her this time. It's nice to finally meet you, I'm Ursa"
"I'm Dr. Smith, it's nice to meet you too. Hey, would you mind joining in on this session?"
"What? Me? Join in? Why?"
"Well to be honest, Azula has talked a lot about you and there seems to be some big issues between the two of you. I would like to maybe have a talk with her while you're present and also get your input"
"Oh of course she's been talking about me... is it necessary for me to be there?"
"You don't have to per say, but it would help possibly resolve some issues"
"Um ok then... I guess I'll stay"
"Perfect" Dr. Smith says and then walks into her office, followed by Ursa.

"What's she doing here?!" Exclaimed Azula
"She'll be joining in for this session"
"What?! No way! I was planning on talking about Sokka"
"We can always do that another time. I think this is a good opportunity to resolve some things between you two"
"Fine... it's going to go so badly"
"Don't say that, have faith"
"Fine..."
"Good. Ursa, you can take a seat right next to Azula"

Ursa goes and sit next to Azula and it just seems very awkward.
"So, describe your relationship"
"Shit" said Azula
"Well... we don't get along very well. We do argue a lot" said Ursa
"Why do you guys argue so much?"
"Because she hates me" says Azula
"Azula stop it. We argue because she often gets in trouble at school or acts out at home. Her father isn't home often because of work so I'm always the one that has to discipline her. I guess in her head that means that I hate her" says Ursa
"No, it isn't only because of that mom. It's because you've called me names like a narcissist, we never spend time together by like hang out or go out, you never say anything nice to me like a basic compliment, you never say you love me. All that is why I think you hate me"
"Well I don't hate you Azula. You're just very hard to talk to because you always blow up at me"
"Because I gave up trying. It drains so much out of me when I talk to you, I just can't anymore"
"We'll see you don't even want to try"
"You either! If anything you should be putting in effort because you're the parent!"
"Ok guys, we'll sort all this out" said Dr. Smith
"It's impossible" says Azula
"No it isn't. Ursa, how do your conversations usually go?"
"Well I often have to scold her because she got in trouble because of something. Let's say I ask her to help out in the house she always refuses in a rude way. Her tone and attitude make it extremely hard to talk with her"
"Then don't talk to me, better that way" says Azula
"Azula come on, you need to be open minded" says Dr. Smith
"I've tried being open minded and it hurt me so bad. Every time I would try to talk to her we'd end up arguing. When I tried to ask her to go do something together she never can, but magically she's always able to go out with my brother. I've told her many times that I'm trying to control my anger but she doesn't get it, she still freaks out on me. I guess she just thinks that I'm such a terrible person and that I'm irredeemable so she has to hate me forever!" Azula said and slumped back in her seat.

She felt herself tearing up but tried extremely hard not to cry. Why did she always get like this because of her?

Ursa saw how Azula's demeanour changed. She's always seen Azula put up a front and never show her emotions so seeing her sad made Ursa feel a bit guilty. She didn't mean to make Azula feel bad but she just now noticed the way it affected her. She had to try harder to make it right between them.

"Azula I'm so sorry if I've made you feel excluded and not loved. I would love to start doing things with you and spending more quality time together. I'm sorry if I've made you feel like I favour Zuko over you. I'm sorry if I've made you feel like you weren't loved. You're an amazing person. You sometimes hide your emotions but I can tell that you care a lot about the people love and that is an amazing thing about you. You are so special and I love you so much" Ursa says and then hugs Azula tightly.

Azula was shocked by what Ursa had said and by the way she hugged her. Despite what feelings she had about her mother, she felt really happy when she hugged her. Azula wrapped her arms around her mother and hugged her back tightly, a few tears starting to flow out of her eyes.
"I love you too mom" Azula said

Dr. Smith smiled as she watched them make up. She felt proud of Azula for taking such a big step and fixing her relationship with her mother. She was sure Azula was going to make incredible progress now that her biggest issues was fixed and out of the way.