Kingdom of the Sun

7

The Fire Lord did not sleep well that night.

He turned and stirred feeling more than frustrated. Vivid memories of what had happened earlier in the night replayed over and over in his mind. He could still feel the sensations of her touch, or her mouth. Thoughts about what had happened in the ice cave back in the South Pole replayed in his imagination over and over again in a torturous carnal loop. One that lead him to have to deal with a particularly hard situation. One he had to handle himself...

He was tempted to go into her room more than once that night.

His mind was tangled into a knotted mess. He wanted to share this with her, and he also wanted to do these things with her. He needed to be able to make her feel as good as she had done to him, but what was the point?
He was held back by fear of his own insecurities. He knew she wouldn't judge him- but still. He couldn't put his man ego on the line like that.

Learning slowly wouldn't be enough.

Tsai was obviously more experienced than him. Not that he was complaining... However, he had a lot of making up to do. Jealousy pricked at him at the thought of her having been with other people in the past. It wasn't something he wanted to think about. But the insecurity lingered there...

What if she got bored of him? What if she thought he was lame? Worst of all- what if she laughed at him?

Zuko barely slept that night and if he did it dreamt it was of a familiar touch.

He had breakfast in his room as he found himself to be avoiding her. He couldn't face her, not yet at least, not right now. He looked down at his breakfast, Two easy over eggs on a bed of rice and half a grapefruit. His eyes focused on the grapefruit. Why did it suddenly look like...

He almost got a nosebleed at the thought.

Great- Now he was sexualizing his breakfast. He was certain he was going insane. This had been a bad idea. No, a terrible idea. His mind had been corrupted, now he couldn't think of anything else. Even the eggs looked a little like-

He closed his eyes and ate it as fast as he could almost choking on the entire thing twice.

Zuko proceeded on his day attending to his Fire Lord duties, but he found he couldn't think, he couldn't focus on anything else. He had tasted blood and he was thirsty for more. Pandora's Box had been opened. He had to do something about this, or he feared he would lose his sanity.

There was only one person that could help...

Which is why he found himself standing outside of his uncle's bedroom door later that same day.

"Uncle..." He stood by the door shifting on his feet awkwardly. He was leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed over his chest. He kept his head low a frustrated expression on his face, his cheeks flushing with embarrassment at what he was about to ask. He still couldn't believe he was doing this...

There was nobody else that he could trust with this terribly sensible information on such short notice.

Iroh looked at his flustered nephew oddly before putting down a Pai Sho chip at a practice game he was currently indulging himself with.

"I need to... ask you something." The Fire Lord began. He cleared his throat nervously and stroked his chin bracing himself for the embarrassment he was about to have to endure.

Zuko second guessed himself for a moment. Would Iroh judge him?
Maybe it was best to send a hawk and asked Sokka or somebody else. I mean the guy had game, right? What was it that he heard people called him again? A back bender?