A break
Everything was strange for Ty Lee for the next few days. It almost felt like she had broken up with Azula, which she hadn't. Avoiding her girlfriend in the halls, and getting other rides home felt strange to her. They hadn't talked about any of it and Azula hadn't even bothered to speak to Ty Lee afterwards.
Which is what Ty Lee expected Azula to do, not communicate. Zuko wanted to help he really did so he tried to tell Ty Lee to come over and try to talk to Azula about it. Hesitantly Ty Lee decided that would be a good idea, but the odds of Azula slamming the door on her face were high too. So after school on Thursday Ty Lee decided to go over with Zuko and Mai, she sat in the back of their car fiddling with her charm bracelet. Mai knew something was up and she kept shooting wary glances at the backseat where Ty Lee was sitting. "Hey i'm sure you and Azula will make up, you guys seem like you really care about each other" Mai said soothingly.
Weakly smiling Ty Lee nodded her head in response. Maybe Mai was right and she and Azula would be able to return to normal the second Ty Lee would step into Azula's dimly lit bedroom. There was a chance that Azula would hug her and bury her head in her shoulder like she usually does and Ty Lee would be able to play with Azula's hair. As blissful as that sounded Ty Lee had to remind herself that there could be another possibility.
The raven haired girl could say a sharp insult and tell her to leave the house. Or she could shove Ty Lee away, or she would kiss her. Ty Lee thought about what would happen if Azula kissed her, it wouldn't be the first time Azula would do that to make problems go away. Ty Lee really didn't want to have makeup sex with her girlfriend, she wanted to talk to her and actually be able to gain an understanding of how to fix things. What if they can't be fixed.
Azula was asleep, napping on her bed still in her track clothes. She would never do that on a regular day, she always made a point of taking a shower and then taking a short nap before doing copious amounts of homework. However usually Ty Lee would be there beside her, scribbling her own homework with some ridiculously bedazzled pink pen she brought with her. It was nice and made Azula feel less alone Ty Lee was always nice to have around, she still is nice to have around.
This afternoon Azula didn't expect Zuko and Mai to bring Ty Lee home with them. So when she heard the girls high pitched voice float up from downstairs she immediately paused and went on high alert. Suddenly aware of her track clothes and messy hair Azula scrambled to change out of them. She didn't work up much of a sweat at practice because she sat through most of it and barked orders at her team. So she didn't reek of sweat. But she needed to change and fast.
Azula pulled a white tank top over her head and a pair of light blue sweatpants, it was fine. A few sprays of perfume and putting her hair up made her feel much more confident. The sound of footsteps up the stairs made her tense up. She threw herself back on the bed and pretended to be mindlessly looking at something on her laptop. Ty Lee finally opened the door Now what does she want? Ty Lee looked good though. Azula couldn't really lie about that. She was wearing the dress she knew Azula liked and a jean jacket.
Ty Lee knew Azula liked that dress on her, she wore it on purpose hopeful that it would make things easier. However Ty Lee kept reminding herself that she wasn't here to makeout with her girlfriend despite how much she wanted to. That was the problem between Azula and Ty Lee they both were so attracted to each other it made it hard for them to not just want to be with each other all the time. But Ty Lee wasn't going to give into it, not today.
Azula sat up on the bed and looked at her girlfriend. She liked watching Ty Lee squirm so she didn't speak until she saw Ty Lee's face turn red. "Hello Ty" Azula said dryly putting her phone on the bedside table. Ty Lee smiled softly and came up to the bed and sat down awkwardly. Azula suppressed a laugh "Why are you acting strange?" she said looking right into Ty Lee's eyes.
"what? I'm not being weird"
"Yes you are, you're acting like a stranger"
"Well I just-"
"It's like you've never been in my room before, why are you so wary"
"Azula can we please talk"
"No" Azula said flatly.
Ty Lee sighed and took off the denim jacket and threw it to the corner of the bed. She locked eyes with Azula who seemed like she was already bored. Taking a deep breath to muster up all her courage Ty Lee spoke "I'm not sorry for what I said" she stated before looking at Azula to see her reaction. Azula's expression remained blank but her eyes darkened. Ty Lee felt her heart drop I knew she wasn't gonna take that well. Scooching closer to Azula on the bed Ty Lee tried to reach for Azula's hand.
"I meant what I said, but I know you aren't super happy so let's talk about it" Ty Lee said softly her voice lined with desperation. Azula immediately picked up on this "what is there to talk about?" she said turning her body towards Ty Lee's. The two sat facing each other on the bed, Ty Lee was getting more and more nervous by the second. She knew it would be hard to talk through but that didn't mean she wasn't going to try.
Azula slipped her hand out of Ty Lee's and went back onto her phone. Growing frustrated Ty Lee tried to snatch it out of her hands but Azula was stronger than her. She pushed Ty Lee back hoping Ty Lee would let go of the phone. The cheerleader had other plans, she clutched onto the phone harder. Azula eventually got dragged down on top of her. Ty Lee wanted to cry out in frustration, she hated this whole situation. She hated how Azula wouldn't cooperate.
"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MY GIRLFRIEND, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!" Ty Lee screamed.
"Give me my phone Ty Lee"
"WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?! WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP IS LIKE THIS?!"
"I-I don't know" Azula mumbled
"All i'm asking is that you talk to me and you WON'T"
"I can't-"
"WHY NOT?! can you not open up to me, am i doing something wrong?" Ty Lee's eyes brimmed with tears.
Azula's eyes softened and brought her face down to Ty Lee's flushed angry face. Ty Lee squirmed underneath her clearly angry. Azula gently kissed the chestnut haired girls' cheek "you're not doing anything wrong" she said softly before moving to kiss her forehead and then her other cheek. "Everything you do is perfect, you just want us to be normal" she kissed the corner of Ty Lee's mouth. "You want me to meet your friends and your family, and then we can be happy" she said almost as if she was envisioning it before kissing along Ty Lee's jaw. "But you don't understand, I'm the problem Ty" she kissed along Ty lee's bottom lip.
Ty Lee didn't want to cry anymore, she let her hands wander up and onto Azula's waist. She looked up into gold eyes and that's when Ty Lee realized. Azula wasn't going to alter anything and she wasn't willing to work things out. "We need to take a break...just until you're ready to talk okay?" Ty Lee said quietly but loud enough so Azula couldn't miss a single word. The pain flashed across Azula's face but she was still on top of Ty Lee, and Ty Lee's hands were still resting on her waist. "Fine if that's what you want" Azula said coldly her voice sharp.
Still despite it, Azula kissed Ty Lee right in that moment. Ty Lee gave in immediately she pulled Azula's shirt over her head and then kissed her again. Ty Lee's kisses were desperate because she wasn't sure how long it would be until Azula would be ready to talk, how long it would be before they could kiss again. So she wanted to get as most of her girlfriend as she could in that moment. It was easy to notice how Azula's kisses were charged with anger though.
She unzipped the back of Ty Lee's dress and started kissing her but she didn't smile or laugh like she usually would. Mai and Zuko heard them for the next 45 minutes all the way from the living room. Mai assumed it meant they had made up. But that wasn't the case.
Out of breath Ty Lee turned over on the pillow to face Azula who was asleep already, Ty Lee smiled at her and brushed hair out of her sleeping girlfriend's face. She leaned in by Azula's ear "I love you so so much" she whispered before kissing Azula's cheek. She pulled her dress back on and retrieved her jacket from the floor. Azula had heard Ty Lee's declaration of love, but she was pretending to be asleep. Once Ty Lee had slipped out of the door Azula sighed and let her eyes open. She loved Ty Lee too.