never do anything to embarrass you
Ozai is waiting in the living room and repacking his suitcase, he simply came home to get more clothes before his next business trip. He's not staying long, thank Agni. "Hello father" Azula exclaims approaching him, Ozai turns and frowns. "have your actions been actions that would make me proud?" he says in an icy tone. Wait does he know, he usually would say hello she fixes her posture and smiles "Of course they have, I'd never do anything to make you embarrassed of me" she announces.
"Good" Ozai says walking to the kitchen, Azula follows just like always. Ozai opens the fridge and gets himself a seltzer and an apple yuck. Eyeing the suitcase Azula taps her father's shoulder "So you're only going to be home for a few hours?" she questions.
"Not even a few hours i'll be leaving again in twenty minutes"
"Are you going back to Ba Sing Se"
"Yes, for two weeks now"
"I wish you a safe flight father"
"Azula you have a track meet coming up"
"I'm prepared of course"
"I hope you're right"
Azula stays in the living room and watches her father finish packing before he heads out the door with nothing but a nod in her general direction. A few moments after she hears the lock in the door click she sprints back up the stairs. Ty Lee is waiting angrily sitting on Azula's desk not in the closet where Azula saw her last. She's angry with me, I understand why shutting the door behind her Azula turns to face Ty Lee. "I'm sorry I simply couldn't have my father know you're here" she explains leaning against the door.
Ty Lee's expression doesn't change "but how come your father is fine with Mai being here all the time and not me?" the cheerleader hops off the desk and sits down on Azula's bed. "Because well...Mai is Zuko's girlfriend" the raven haired girl tries to reach for Ty Lee's arm only for the chestnut haired girl to yank her arm away. Azula's golden eyes flash with hurt.
"Am I not your girlfriend?"
"Ty Lee-"
"Azula am I not your girlfriend?"
"we haven't ever officially"
"We just had sex, and you still don't know If i'm your girlfriend"
"You ARE my girlfriend okay?"
"then why are you hiding me"
"because you're my girlfriend"
"Wait...Azula?"
"he doesn't know i'm a lesbian okay, now drop it" Azula says harshly turning to her desk to randomly tidy it up. Ty Lee's eyes soften any bit of anger she had left has faded away from her stone colored eyes. Ty Lee reaches out to turn Azula's cheek towards herself "I understand, if we have to stay secret thats fine by me okay" she says softly twirling a strand of black hair in between her fingers. Azula exhales shakily feeling tears rim her lower lash line.
Not needing to hear the first sob to do so, Ty Lee immediately pulls Azula into a tight embrace. "it's okay" Ty Lee cooes brushing through Azula's hair through her fingers. Azula wraps her arms around Ty Lee and cries silently into her girlfriends shoulder. The two stay in the hug for a few more seconds before Azula steps back and wipes her eyes. "I apologize for that, do you need any help with your homework Ty?" she says quickly trying to distract herself.
Shaking her head Ty Lee lays back down on the bed "No I finished all of it during lunch" Ty Lee says stretching out across the maroon blanket. She's lying to me I know she has more schoolwork to do Azula nods and lays down besides Ty Lee, sighing she wraps an arm around her girlfriend. She still cares about me, even though I hide her from my father. Ty Lee curls into Azula's side and plays with Azula's fingers. She starts to giggle again I know exactly what she's laughing at and i'm not even gonna say anything. "Ya know these fingers were inside of-" Ty Lee giggles. "You're so inappropriate you ought to be ashamed of yourself" Azula says rolling her eyes.
Ty Lee giggles and licks one of Azula's fingers to annoy her. "TY LEE WHATS WRONG WITH YOU" Azula shouts even though she's grinning. Ty Lee clutches her stomach from laughter. She's beautiful when she laughs Azula swats at Ty Lee's arm "I'm never doing that to you again unless you stop laughing" she warns which makes Ty Lee stifle her giggles. Ty Lee leaps onto Azula pinning her arms down. "You don't want me to do anything to you?" Ty Lee says tilting her head to look down into golden eyes. Azula's eyes darken and she takes a deep breath "I'm alright, not today" she sighs caressing Ty Lee's cheek with her hand.
"Oh okay, I'm good at it though" Ty Lee says smirking down at Azula. Shaking her head Azula shoves Ty Lee off of her gently I'm sure she is very good at it, but i don't know if I want her to do that to me yet. Ty Lee reaches into her backpack and pulls out a science textbook. I knew she had more schoolwork to do Azula looks down at the book and a blushing Ty Lee "Azula um..I have a test tomorrow and I'm confused on-"
"I'll help let me see which chapter" Azula says reaching for the tattered textbook Oh this is easy stuff I can teach it to her in no time. The two move to Azula's desk where Azula teaches Ty Lee everything she needs to know about the test. Ty Lee smiles at Azula as she aggressively points at different passages in the textbook and scribbles flashcards for Ty Lee to use.
"Okay let's start with the flashcards-"
"no"
"Ty Lee"
"Hm i need motivation, what do I get for each flashcard I get right?"
"You get to pass the test that should be motivation enough"
"sadly it's not, you're a good teacher but you should up the stakes"
"You're ridiculous"
"Azulaaa I'm already getting bored"
"FINE for every question you get right I'll give you a high five"
"Why are you so weird?"
"WHAT?! A thumbs up is a reasonable gesture to compliment academic achievement"
"I want a kiss for every question I get right"
"Fine"
Ty Lee leans onto the desk eyeing the flashcard Azula is holding up, she gets the answer wrong and buries her head in her hands. "Okay Ty lets try that again" Azula chuckles holding up the next flashcard which Ty Lee answers correctly. She wants her kiss now leaning forward Azula cups Ty Lee's chin and kisses her quickly "there,now on to the next flashcard" she says dryly. Ty Lee smiles and turns back to the flashcards. Fifteen flashcards and eleven kisses later they are done with flashcards. "That was good, I think you're ready for the test" Azula exclaims tying a rubber band around the stack on cards.
"mhmmm" Ty Lee isn't speaking but she keeps looking at Azula walk around the room to rearrange things that are out of place. "Not again, please control yourself Ty Lee" Azula groans recognizing the look in Ty Lee's eyes. Ty Lee reaches into her backpack and pulls out a bag of candy which makes Azula's eyes widen. "You brought candy?" Azula says staring at the bag of gummies on the table, Ty Lee nods "yup and given today's events you could really use them". Azula's breath catches at the mention of the conversation with her father does he know that I'm with Ty Lee.
Taking the bag of gummies Azula pops one into her mouth cherry. Ty Lee smiles and stands up to take a gummy for herself, Azula let's her take more than one. Ty Lee looks at the time "Crap I gotta get home soon, can you drive me?" she asks shoving the gummies in her mouth. Azula hands Ty Lee her backpack "Very well, you're not staying the night?" she asks as Ty Lee takes the pink bag from her. Ty Lee blushes "Well I guess I could, my parents won't even notice i'm gone". Azula smiles and starts changing into her pajamas, Ty Lee's eyes widen "Oh-oh let me just close my eyes for a second" she stutters.
"You don't have to, we are dating after all" Azula says pulling on a pajama shirt, Ty Lee nods and turns on the TV In Azula's room. She switches the channel to one playing a movie that has something with someone running away from cops. Ty Lee sits criss cross applesauce on Azula's beanbag chair and stares at the screen wide eyed. Well she's already completely absorbed into that movie. Azula takes her dirty clothing to the hamper in the laundry downstairs. Zuko is struggling to open a jar of peanut butter. Azula smirks seeing her brother struggle to open the jar time to annoy him. Snatching it from his hand Azula opens the can with a pop.
"alright alright I get it you're better than me" Zuko says sarcastically to his laughing sister. Azula grabs two bottles of vitamin water from the fridge and heads back up the stairs. Ty Lee is clutching a pillow in fear, her eyes still glued to the screen. "Is this movie scary?" Azula says eyeing her frightened girlfriend. Ty Lee nods and takes a bottle of vitamin water she reaches for Azula's hand to pull her down to sit next to her. Sinking next to Ty Lee on the beanbag Lets see how scary this movie actually is. Ty Lee sips the vitamin water as she waits for the main character to finally find the dead body of another character.
The more Azula watches the more scared she becomes herself, she slips her hand into Ty Lee's. Looking up at her Ty Lee teases her "What are you scared Azula?" she says playfully. Azula shakes her head "NO OF COURSE NOT maybe just a little" she says turning red. She puts her head on Ty Lee's shoulder. Maybe I am a little more scared than I let on Ty Lee kisses Azula's cheek "You're so cute it kills me" Ty Lee gushes as Azula frowns at this statement. The movie continues and Azula is shaking in fear as Ty Lee squeals at every jump scare.
Squeezing Ty Lee's hand tight Azula cursed as the suspense in the movie built. Ty Lee kissed Azula's cheek to comfort her, which only made Azula blush more. The film goes on for an hour and Azula has buried her head in the curve of Ty Lee's neck not even trying to hide how terrified she is. Ty Lee smiles at how vulnerable the usually tough Azula is being. Once the movie is done Azula quickly gets up and tosses Ty Lee a pair of pajama pants "Here we should get some sleep" she says still visibly shaken from the movie. "No shirt?" Ty Lee giggles as she pulls on the pajama pants. "Well I figured because you always sleep in your bra!" Azula says nervously.
Ty Lee nods and peels off her shirt making Azula blush. The two girls brush their teeth and Azula catches herself looking at Ty Lee and sometimes her eyes would flutter down too much. Ty Lee has her own toothbrush here now, right next to Azula's in a tiny ceramic cup. Ty Lee doesn't seem to be fazed by the scary movie but Azula is, she feverishly brushes her teeth so she can get under the covers quickly. Rinsing her mouth she dashes back to the bedroom and gets under the the blanket. Ty Lee eventually comes under the blanket, yawning from exhaustion. She kisses Azula's lips "goodnight Azula" she whispers. The movie really got to me, she won't mind if I hold her right? of course not Azula wrapped her arms around Ty Lee and drifted off to sleep. However she fell into a nightmare more frightening than the dream
Ozai stands in front of her glowering down at her, his face in a grimace. "You said you weren't going to do anything to embarrass me daughter" he says coldly. A shiver goes up Azula's spine "I don't know what you're talking about father, please-" she begs
"No you don't think I know the way you run around with that girl?!?!"
"Father please-"
"You disgust me daughter, you are not even my daughter anymore. I want nothing to do to you, you're an embarrassment" he hisses raising a hand to hit her. She coils back in fright. This a nightmare I Have to wake up, I need to wake up
"Azula wake up, can you hear me?" Ty Lee says frantically shaking her girlfriend's shoulders, her eyes are wide and scared. Azula's eyes shoot open and she looks at her girlfriend hovering over her chestnut waves and grey eyes over her worried worried about me. "You were having a nightmare, are you alright?" Ty Lee asks brushing Azula's hair out of her face. Golden eyes well up with tears and Azula sits up and lets out a deep sob, Ty Lee wraps her in a tight hug. If father knew, he'd hate me forever. But I need Ty Lee she makes me better than who I am Ty Lee strokes the top of Azula's head and plants kisses all over Azula's face.
"Just breathe" Ty Lee whispers rubbing Azula's back as Azula gasps for air through her sobs. Once her sobs cease Azula takes a deep breath, she prays Ty Lee doesn't want to talk about it. Which she doesn't she lays Azula back down on the bed and pulls the blanket over her she doesn't know. Ty Lee lays back down next to her, Azula rests her head on Ty Lee's chest. Ty Lee wraps one of her arms around Azula's shoulders and waits for her to fall asleep. Which Azula finally does, Ty Lee kisses her head.