zukka, bitches! (oneshots)

flirting

"if i was naked in front of you, right now, what would you do to me?"

a modern au in which sokka is desperately flirting with his roommate, zuko, who is an oblivious sweetheart. 

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"hey, hey zuko," sokka said, trying to get his roommate's attention for what seemed to be the fourth time today. 

"what is it, sokka?" zuko asked, exasperated with his own roommate's constant and strange questions. currently, he was making lunch for them both. he was glad neither of them worked today, so they could see one another.. despite the questions. 

"did you sit in some sugar?" sokka questioned, a wide grin on his face. zuko was confused. sugar?  he looked down at himself, seeing no sugar, or anything of resemblance. 

"sokka, you know i keep the kitchen very clean," he replied, "i haven't spilled any sugar anywhere. and grilled cheese doesn't have any sugar in it."

sokka sighed, seemingly both amused and disappointed. "alright, never mind." 

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"zuko, can i have your picture?" sokka asked, leaning back on the couch as his roommate joined him.

"sokka, you already have pictures of me on your phone," zuko reminded him, "do you need to take another for your photography class?"

sokka ignored what zuko said and continued, "it's because i want to show santa what i want for christmas." 

"sokka, i thought you knew santa doesn't exist," zuko said, not getting it, "besides, isn't it a little early for christmas? it's february.." 

"yeah, i guess so," sokka replied, sighing, "no, but seriously. i need to submit some portraits for my class. i really do need your picture."

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this had been going on for the longest time. at least two years, sokka thought. or was it three? either way, it didn't matter. the more blunt he was, zuko was more likely to get the hint. the hint that he liked him, that is. okay, he told himself, this has got to work.

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it didn't work. 

"so," sokka said, trying to sound nonchalant as they drank hot chocolate together at their kitchen counter. 

"yeah?" zuko questioned, looking over at the younger boy. "what's up?" the way he said it sounded as if he wasn't used to talking so casually. which he wasn't. sokka thought it was cute. 

okay, now or never. 

"if i was naked in front of you, right now," sokka began, trying his best not to get flustered himself, "what would you do to me?" 

the look on zuko's face told him that he didn't get it. 

"i'd get you your bathrobe, probably," zuko replied, "or some clothes. christ, sokka, you'd catch a cold. it's freezing." 

sokka would facepalm if he could. why did his roommate have to be the most oblivious sweetheart?

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sokka couldn't take it anymore. he had been trying to be blunt, the most blunt he could be, but any attempt to flirt had passed over zuko's head. 

"hey, zuko?" he asked, looking into his roommate's room, where he currently was writing as his desk. 

"hmm?" zuko hummed, pausing his work and looking up at the other boy as he came further into the room. 

okay, now was now or never. 

"i like you," sokka said quickly, "i like you a lot." 

"i like you too," zuko grinned, "we're friends, aren't we? that's.. kind of a requirement."

"no no, not like that," sokka rambled, trying to clarify himself, "i like you.. romantically."

"..oh," zuko said softly, "oh. why didn't you say so, sokka? i would've told you that i feel the same."

wait, what?

"i thought i was being obvious," zuko chuckled, face going pink, "but you just weren't getting it. i.. guess that makes two of us."

"uh, yeah.." sokka replied dumbly, not believing what he was hearing. he thought zuko was being the oblivious one, but it was the both of them. 

guess he needed to work on his perception. guess they both did. 

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god, that was dumb.