zukka, bitches! (oneshots)

date

"it's not a double date. we're just third and fourth wheeling."

a modern au in which katara and aang go out to lunch with zuko and sokka, with the plan to 'subtly' set them up. 

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"y'know, this doesn't really feel like a hangout," sokka whispered to zuko, glancing over at the other two across from them. 

when katara and aang suggested going out to lunch, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. katara had said that she had a coupon for this diner, and that ordering four meals would give them free dessert. sokka was immediately on board, because dessert, and zuko just thought it was a good opportunity to become closer with his friends. 

but now, it just felt like they were tagging along on aang and katara's date. sokka made fun of them for being all 'oogie', but zuko felt like they were intruding the couple's date. not to mention the fact that katara and aang were acting weird. well, weirder than usual. 

"i don't know why," aang said, grabbing the attention of the other two boys, "but this feels kind of like a double date." he said in such a way as if it was pre-planned. were their friends up to something, or was aang just being aang?

"it's.. not a double date," zuko insisted, stammering out what he could as his face went bright pink. he avoided looking over at sokka, as if that would make the other boy not notice his nervous reaction. 

"yeah, what he said," sokka agreed quickly, elbowing zuko in a friendly manner, "we're just third and fourth wheeling." 

"oh," katara replied, as if surprised. she placed down her cup of water as sokka picked up his. "i just thought that you two would look good together." sokka immediately spat out his drink across the table at hearing those words, splattering his soda over aang's fries. 

"sorry, sorry!" he apologized profusely, pulling out his napkin and wiping what was spewed from the table. "i.. i think zuko and i should go.. gotta.. feed our fish!"

"sokka, we don't have a--" zuko began, confused, until sokka elbowed him again. "oh! yeah! we need to go feed her. now." both boys got out of the booth and left, not acknowledging anything their friends were trying to say to them.

they hurried to their apartment, walking without conversation or even eye contact. once there, they sat down on their couch, still refusing to look at one another. 

it was sokka who broke the silence first. "so.. they thought we were a couple, huh?" he chuckled nervously, looking over at zuko, "that'd be kinda weird.."

"..because we're both guys?" zuko asked, wringing his hands. 

"no, no, not that," sokka clarified quickly, seeing the hesitance and discomfort of his friend. "i meant.. i meant because we've been friends for so long, that it'd be weird to think of you as a.. as a boyfriend." 

"oh," zuko said, understanding now. "so.. you wouldn't want to be together? like.. katara and aang suggested.. or whatever?" he felt a little bad because of that. correction, very bad. sokka was the only person he could ever see himself with. he felt that way about no one else. but if sokka felt as if it would be weird.. 

"would you?" sokka asked, putting his friend on the spot, "would you want to be together, that is?"

"you asking me out?" zuko asked, clearly still nervous and trying to defuse the situation by making a joke, or at least trying to. it was immediately clear to him that sokka was the funnier one of the two of them. 

"depends," sokka replied, "do you want it to be?" he moved closer to zuko, causing the other to go from bright pink to a deep red. 

"y..yeah," the other boy croaked out, a wide but nervous smile enveloping his face. 

"alrighty, then," sokka smiled, satisfied, "would my boyfriend like to go out tomorrow?" he was talking about zuko. zuko was the boyfriend. zuko was his BOYFRIEND. 

"your boyfriend would," zuko grinned, still reeling over what was happening. 

"okay, it's a date," sokka said, leaning closer, "can i kiss your cheek?" oh god. zuko nodded wordlessly, feeling as if he would die if he spoke any more. the kiss was short and sweet, and zuko immediately was yearning for another. 

he soon found that asking for such would satisfy said yearning.

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that one moved a little quick, but i thought it was cute.