The Princess and the Peasant - (An Azula Epic)

Recovery

The birds were chirping when she opened her eyes.

And the sun was shining in from an open window.

In the distance she could also hear the sound of a loud horn going off.

She slowly opened her amber eyes only to find herself gazing down at bandages covering her chest and her head resting on a soft pillow.

"What..." Elle trailed off with her amber eyes blinking in puzzlement while she groaned in her bed.

As soon as she spoke, she heard the sound of movement on the other side of the room.

That was when the drowsy girl turned to the side only to gaze on in shock to find herself staring up at Azula looming over her beside.

The princess stood above her with her amber golden eyes agape in a strange emotion while she smiled up at the older woman.

"Ohayō Gozaimasu, Azula-sama! At least I think its morning! Azula-sama?" Elle cried out only to blink in surprise when the much taller woman suddenly plopped down beside her.

"Elle..." Azula trailed off with her amber golden eyes taking on a subdued tint while she gently touched the girl's smiling cheek.

"Yes, Mistress? Did I sleep in? Am I late to bring you your morning tea?" Elle pondered in an adorably confused voice while Azula stared down at her with a graceful smile slowly appearing on her red lips.

And then she blushed when Azula suddenly seized her in her muscular arms.

Elle smiled in innocent bewilderment while the taller woman smashed her face into her breasts.

And then she lay there with a deep blush on her cheeks while the princess lay down beside her.

The princess grasped a hold of her face while she shyly peered up into dominant amber golden eyes that softened only for her.

"Oh, peasant." Azula spoke in an unusually relieved voice while she held her young girlfriend against her robed breasts.

"Is something wrong, Azula-sama?" Elle questioned in a confounded voice with her gentle eyes gazing up into confused amber golden eyes.

"You don't remember?" Azula answered with her regal lips creasing into a frown while she drew Elle's smaller body into her toned arms.

"No. I don't. The last thing I remember...is that I was sick...and hungry...you were taking me to find food." Elle admitted with an abashed countenance just as her belly growled while she listened to Azula snort in amusement over her.

"How typical of you, Tiger Monkey. So simple minded." Azula sighed in a strangely fond voice as her head fell back on a pillow while she set her handmaid's head down beside hers.

"Did something happen, Azula-sama?" Elle asked in an uncertain voice as she gazed directly into her caretaker's amber golden eyes while the princess's lips pursed into a thin line.

"I almost..." Azula muttered with a prideful scowl on her lips while she brushed her fingernails against her naïve handmaid's confused cheek.

"Yes?" Elle replied with a patient smile while Azula turned to scowl at the opposing wall.

"Foolish girl! You almost died! That filthy rebel put a knife in your chest!" Azula snapped with her teeth ground together while her tired handmaid sunk back into the pillow.

Elle lay in the bed while she held a hand to her dazed cheek just as the memories began to come back to her.

Now you know how it feels to lose the one you love!