Vacation Time Baby!

Zuko was really beginning to question his life choices at the moment. And what made him realize this you might ask? It was the fact that Zuko was being shaken awake at the crack of dawn by his mate. Everytime he got woken up he would just grunt and roll back over to go to sleep. But that didn't stop his mate from trying though. Eventually though Sokka was able to get him up and keep him awake long enough to get him ready. Both of them had been up most of the night due to Zuko's night terrors. So he was pretty much exhausted and he wasn't sure how Sokka was able to function this early in the morning with so little sleep. And he was wondering when he let Sokka plan out the whole trip once he found out about it, why he let him make them leave so early. Even though he's dead tired at the moment, he's still glad that he let Sokka talk him into this. After he was told about this, he went the next day and went to ask Mai and Ty Lee if they wanted to come along too. They told him they would love to come, and on his way out from that conversation he had ran into Suki and asked her too. She told him that she would love to come and that she felt honored that he wanted to include her, she gave him a hug and then went to go and try to track down Ty Lee. He and the other omega had never been that close, but when she was assigned, more like volunteered to be his guard when attempts were being made on his life after he had gotten together with her ex-boyfriend, they bonded somewhat. No matter how weird that sounds it was the truth.  

"Zuko, baby come on we gotta get up and go." Sokka said as he shook the other's

shoulder. He had woken up early and had gotten everything together that they had packed and took their stuff to the courtyard where they were meeting up with the rest of the gang. After Sokka had finished the plan and informed Zuko about it almost a month ago, he had written more letters to their friends and family. The only one that they didn't have to write to was Iroh, he had left back to the Earth Kingdom a few days after that conversation. The plan was that Aang and Katara who were flying around the world meeting with different leaders, setting the groundwork for peace negotiations before they were sent to Zuko for finalization, were the drivers. They were to go and pick everyone up on Appa, and swing by the palace last to get Zuko, Sokka, Mai, Suki, and Ty Lee. From there the gang would then proceed to go to the house in the mountains. Before he left Iroh had gotten in contact with someone to go and check on the house's conditions and clean it if necessary. And Sokka had done some sort of deal with his advisors and had gotten his work load cleared for the next two weeks. He doesn't know how he did it though, but he was grateful nonetheless for it.  

Groaning, Zuko sat up and scrubbed his face, hoping that it would wake him up some. It didn't do that much good, but he felt more alert than he did at first so he counted it as a win. When he opened his eyes and they went back into focus he saw Sokka sitting next to him on the bed with a fond smile on his face. "Morning Angel." Sokka said as he kissed him on the cheek. Zuko groaned and dropped his head onto his mate's shoulder. "What time is it?" He rasped out. Even though Zuko normally likes to wake up early so he can get things done and not waste any daylight, the night terrors have screwed up his sleep schedule big time. So he took any kind of sleep when he could get it. Sokka just giggled at him and patted his head. "It's earlier." Sokka told him. "Come on babe, I let you sleep in as late as I could. Mai and them are in the courtyard with our stuff waiting on the others, and I already laid out clothes for you, all you have to do is get dressed and you can sleep the whole way there." Sokka told him. "I love you." Zuko told him softly. "I love you too." Sokka told him as he kissed his forehead. "Now, get dressed lazy bones." Zuko groaned but moved to get up and get dressed. This was going to be a very, very long day. 

Things wouldn't be that bad if Zuko didn't feel so horrible. He's been feeling very run or so down and exhausted for the past week. He's pretty sure it's all of the stress that he's been under the past couple of weeks preparing everything so he could leave for two weeks. It's a safe bet to say that he hasn't really slept at all and Sokka is about ready to tear his hair out. Aside from the constant feeling of stress and exhaustion, he's also been feeling nauseous, and dizzy and his head has been hurting for the past couple of days. He didn't go to see the healers because he's pretty sure it's just where he's been so stressed. And besides if it was really something serious Katara would be there with him. So he hurriedly got dressed and followed Sokka out into the courtyard. When they got there, everyone else was still just standing there waiting for the Avatar and the rest of the gang to arrive for them all. Zuko who was still half asleep just leaned up against his alpha as they waited for everyone else. He waved tiredly to the girls as they came in and they all waved back to him before going back to their conversation. He sighed and closed his eyes, hoping to get some sleep. And Sokka wrapped his arms around the omega's waist as they waited. At some point Sokka started rocking them from side to side in a soothing motion trying to keep him relaxed as they waited. Sokka then began to nuzzle his head, and he was scenting him to try and keep him relaxed. And if anyone noticed anything they didn't comment on it. And for that Zuko was grateful for.