Watch it Burn

Chapter 34

"Do you think she'll want, like, our firstborn child or something?" I asked the boy laying next to me.

"She wouldn't- would she. She doesn't seem like someone who wants to deal with children." Zuko responded, hugging me tightly.

"She would sacrifice it!" I whispered.

"To who? No one is as powerful as her, and I'm sure she doesn't sacrifice babies for other spirits." Zuko said, running a hand through my hair and gently massaging my scalp.

"Well, what do you think she'll want?" I asked.

"I don't know, I should have given her the blood." He sighed.

"I just hope it's something I can handle." I whispered.

"Whatever it is, we will handle it together." I heard him say.

I turned to face him and gave him a small kiss in the lips, snuggling into his chest and sighing into his heat.

I slowly drifted off into a sweet sleep, savoring our touch.

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I sighed as I got out of bed, it was probably around 9-10 when I awoke. Zuko and Aang were probably almost done with training and were going to take a break for breakfast. I walked down the halls, almost getting run over by Teo and Haru.

I sat down and got some breakfast from Katara. Sokka lounged by me, I noticed him thinking before deciding to ask me something.

"So how are you feeling?" He asked me.

It had been two days since the spirit shit went down. By now, everyone knew about Zuko and I from Astra very clearly calling Zuko my "boyfriend." Zuko had already moved his stuff into my room after 2 weeks of staying the night with me.

"Better, I still don't know what attacked me though. It couldn't have been a spirit, I know the spirits and they wouldn't do that." I responded

"Does the scary, sexy, demon lady know what attacked you?" Sokka asked me.

"I haven't had contact with her, and I also don't want to considering I now owe her a debt I'm not sure I can pay." I said, sighing.

Sokka patted me on the back, feeling guilty for convincing Zuko to not give Astra what she wanted.

I listened to the others talk about menial things such as where to explore next in the temple, what food we have left, and other things like that.

I stared at my food, wondering what Astra would want next.

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"I had a weird conversation with Sokka today," Zuko said that night as we were getting ready for bed. I shrugged it off, knowing that really any conversation with Sokka was somewhat weird.

"I'm sure it was very thought provoking," I teased the fire bender. He sighed, not looking very impressed by my attempt at humor. Zuko could be like that sometimes: a little too serious.

"He asked about where the fire nation may have kept his dad and the other prisoners from the invasion," he explained. At this I stopped the blanket I had been holding and spun around to fully look at him.

"Did you tell him?" I asked frantically and he started rubbing the back of his neck in a guilty way. That was all I needed to know.

"Fuck Zuko, its Sokka. You know that he's crazy, why would you tell him?" I asked.