"she changed,
but not overnight like in the books you read. over years. slowly and painfully. sometimes brutally.
but she did."
tenshi has been through a lot and on the way lost sight of who she was and after an injury, lost her memory too. when she...
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"No one can make tea like Uncle," Zuko carries a small tray with cups for everyone, a fragrant tea inside, steam drifting up from it, "But hopefully I learned a thing or two. Would you like to hear Uncle's favourite tea joke?"
Katara shrugs indifferently as Zuko hands her a cup, "Sure."
"I like jokes," adds Aang with a smile.
"Bring it!" Says Toph.
"Okay." He pauses as he hands The Duke and Haru a cup of tea each. "Well, I can't remember how it starts, but the punch line is "Leaf me alone, I'm bushed!"." Zuko pauses at the lack of response, I snort to myself, though it's not particularly the joke I find funny. "Well, it's funnier when Uncle tells it."
Katara smirks, "Right... maybe that's because he remembers the whole thing." The others laugh and Zuko's spirits seem to lift.
Zuko goes back to handing out tea and when he approaches Sokka the boy stops, "Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" Somewhat confused, Zuko puts down the tray to follow the boy away to a quiet corner. I watch them for a moment, Sokka seems tense, though he hasn't mentioned anything to me.
My attention is quickly stolen, and I'm forced to refocus on the group when Toph turns to me, "It's bad isn't it?"
"What?"
Toph smirks, "Zuko's tea. I don't wanna drink it if it tastes bad."
I chuckle shrugging my shoulders, "Tea is tea."
"That means its bad." Discreetly before Zuko returns Toph pours her tea into a nearby plant.
Later that night, I head to my room, sitting at the end of my bed I take a few deep breathes attempting to meditate. Ever since I had started, it had helped a lot, not only with my bending but with calming my mind too, though Zuko's lessons must also get credit for my improvement in firebending. Not long after I closed my eyes am I distracted by a knock on the door, I peak one eye open to see Sokka sticking his head in the room.
I slip into a normal sitting position when I see who it is, smiling at him, "You okay?" Sokka nods, stepping inside the room properly, he doesn't say a word as he comes to sit beside me, "What was that about earlier? With Zuko?"
Sokka shakes his head, clearly deep in thought, when he speaks again it's like he didn't even hear my question, "If you knew where to go, would you go to get your brothers back? Even if it was like the highest security prison you could think of."
I stare at him for a moment, "Their my brothers... and I've done a lot that I need to make up for. Sokka where is this coming from? Have you been thinking about your dad?" He nods silently, sighing to myself I look down at his hand by his side, before I can think too much of it I place my hand over his, squeezing gently, "He's a strong man, well trained, I'm sure he's taking care of himself."
