Dedicated to: @StilesSprayberry who's been shipping Sokka and Iris from the beginning of the book! XD
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"I'm so excited to spend the weekend on Ember Island!" Ty Lee said.
Zuko hated this. He hated it so much. Everything had started making him angry. It was like he had fully returned back to his fully tempered self. But it wasn't all anger, some of it was worry. He had started regretting sending a Fire Nation Assassin after Iris and Aang. He wasn't sure if she was alive but he could feel it somehow.
"It's gonna be great to hang out the beach and do nothing," Ty Lee continued.
"Doing nothing is a waste of time. We're being sent away on a forced vacation!" Zuko complained waking up and looking at the sea they were sailing on. "I feel like a child,"
"Lighten up. So dad wants to meet with his advisors alone, without anyone else around. Don't take it personally," Azula said.
"Doesn't your family have a house on Ember Island?" Ty Lee asked Azula.
"We used to come every summer when we were kids," Azula answered.
"That must have been fun," Ty Lee said.
"That was a long time ago..."
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"Aang, I know swimming is fun and all, but you really think you should be exposing yourself like that? Cover up!" Toph said as Katara, Aang, Iris and Sokka were swimming in a small caldera lake.
"What? I'm wearing pants," Aang said.
"I know, it's your tattoos I'm worried about! What if someone sees you," Toph exclaimed raising her hands.
"There are walls all around us, it's completely safe," Katara said.
"Guys, maybe Toph's right," Iris said unsurely swimming in the water.
"Common, relax for a second," She heard Sokka's voice from behind.
Iris turned around only to cover the sight with her hands he was only wearing underwear and he was floating on the water. "Sokka! Get at least in the water," Iris complained.
"What? I have underwear," Sokka said innocently without moving at all, yet a still teasing tone heard in his voice.
Iris smirked and she swam towards him. She wrapped his hands and she pushed him under the water. Sokka gasped in surprise, screaming like a little girl and as he returned back to the surface. He saw the others laughing amusingly for his reaction.
"That wasn't funny, Iris!" Sokka exclaimed.
"For you maybe," Iris said teasingly before she realized that Sokka was pushing her in the water too and she took a deep breath.
Iris was willing to bet he would get worried if she'd stay in the water longer than usual, and she stayed. Indeed he got worried and Sokka dived in, to find her but she resurfaced first and she started laughing.
"You should have seen your face," Iris said between laughter as Sokka shoot her a worried yet deadly glare.
Only then she realized his hands passed around her waist pushing her closer. Iris felt her cheeks flushing like they'd never flushed before, there was no way she could hide that blush. Although his eyes drew the attention of hers, she tried to play it cool and smirk.
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When Hatred turned to Love (ATLA Zuko x OC)
Fanfiction***CURRENTLY UNDER EDITING*** Broken, filled with loss, pain, and anger of her people's death... she could only hope she had died with them. An Air Bender from the Western Air Temple never having the chance to find balance within. She never knew...
