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꧁ chapter fourteen ꧂ the tale of meiluna
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MEILUNA HAD FOUND herself, once again, unable to sleep.
She lay awake in the dark hours of the night, incapable of peeling her eyes away from the moon.
The sound of Sokka's light snores filled the room, while Meiluna sat by a large window. Despite her eyelids feeling unbelievably heavy, she refused to close them, scared that in doing so, she would miss a moment with her sister.
That, along with the looming threat of the war was enough to make anyone lose sleep, right?
Meiluna made sure everyone else was asleep before she slowly got up, sneaking out of the house.
Every night, she would wait until everyone fell asleep. Then, she would head out the door, straight to the Pao Family Tea Shop.
The first time she had tried their jasmine tea, she found herself unusually drowsy the entire day. Not the usual exhaustion she felt that would claw at the back of her eyes, but a softer, more welcoming feeling.
That night she slept sounder than any night since her last day in the North Pole.
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The second time she visited the tea shop was when she saw that Iroh worked there as well.
A flash of recognition crossed his eyes as he saw the girl enter.
She had decided to walk up to him,
"Can I have one jasmine tea, please?"
The man looked shocked, thinking the girl didn't remember him. Although, her small smile and the look in her eye said otherwise.
He returned the gesture,
"Coming right up"
The shop was practically empty, only two other customers seated. Understandably so, given the time of the day Meiluna chose to come in.
She waited patiently, softly tapping her fingers against the table.
"The Princess from the North Pole is here" Iroh spoke, standing beside his nephew as he boiled some water for the tea.
"What?" Zuko turned to face Iroh angrily, "She's here again?"
Iroh raised an eyebrow, now noting that this wasn't the girl's first visit.
Before he knew it, Zuko had stormed out of the kitchen and straight to where Meiluna sat.
She looked up at the Prince, now standing beside her table with an angered look in his eyes.
