So little to think about, so much time. Wait no, scratch that. Reverse it.

[12goingon113]

Characters: Aang and Zuko, Sokka and Aang
Date: Shortly after that kiss
Location: Aang's house
Situation: After walking in on that kiss, and walking out on Katara, Aang just goes home. / Then he goes out again, seeking advice.
Warnings/Rating: Aangst


The house is empty, save for one small monk child and his pet lemur. In theory it should have a banished Fire Prince in it as well, but Zuko had other ideas

Other ideas that involved kissing Wan, which in and of itself was weird enough, but that's not what's hanging the most heavily on Aang's mind at this moment. No, he's rather a bit more fixated on watching his best friend's reaction to having also walked in on the kissing.

Aang's mind swam and his heart hurt. He felt, for lack of a better term, crushed.
And so he sat curled on his couch. The lemur on his shoulder attempted to comfort the boy by snuggling close, and every now and again fetching something random from various other parts of the house.

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[12goingon113]

Aang scoots back on the sofa, propping his back on the arm.

"Really. Not anything."

Aang was there, Zuko. let's not forget that.

[lordhotman]

And now Zuko looks annoyed.

"You know... like that. Kissing and stuff."

Gosh Aang.

[12goingon113]

"But I just saw you kissing."

[lordhotman]

And now Zuko's face turns a bit red.

"Yeah. That was the first time."

[12goingon113]

"...oh."

And here Aang flusters a bit himself, because instantly he's reminded of his own first kiss and what it would have been like if there'd been any witnesses. Thankfully it was pitch black under the mountain, and the only one there other than him and Katara was Appa.

[lordhotman]

"Yeah."

So. That had been pretty embarrassing. Not to mention it had killed the entire moment, and Zuko wasn't really sure if Wan had... really meant any of it or not. The look on his face was... disheartening.

[12goingon113]

"But it wasn't your first first kiss, was it?"

Because...now Aang is all curious, and Zuko is sharing. Plus, this line of further questioning has this amazing DISTRACTION power about it.

[lordhotman]

"No, it wasn't. I've kissed two girls."

One of them more than once. Zuko is not really sure why he's talking to Aang about this of all people. Though if he stopped to think about it, he practically was talking to Wan. Sort of. But he doesn't think about it.

[12goingon113]

"Oh."

Then he lets that information sit, and stew, and...while he does that a very vivid memory of how Aang found both Katara and Zuko in the catacombs under Ba Sing Se begins to form in his mind.

They were so close.
She was reaching for him.

All while bathed in the green glow of the crystals, just like the Cave of Two Lovers...

"oh."

[lordhotman]

Unfortunately and fortunately, Zuko can't read minds, so he has no idea what's going on in that bald head of his. Just that he said 'oh' twice.

"Oh, what?"

Clearly Aang had come to some sort of conclusion about him kissing girls?

[12goingon113]

"Hmm?" he says looking up and over at Zuko, almost as if he'd forgotten he was there.

Then he remembered.

"Nothing. It's...it's nothing."

[lordhotman]

Zuko blinks at Aang once, but then shrugs it off. He'll just take his word for it, and not pry.

"Okay."

[12goingon113]

"So...is it different? Kissing a boy as compared to kissing a girl?"

[lordhotman]

[Zuko has to think about this for a moment. After all, he was only kissing Wan for all of two seconds before they got walked in on.]

Well... yeah. Kind of. Girls don't have beards.

[12goingon113]

There is something so...honest, sincere, and just so totally ridiculous about Zuko's answer that Aang can't help but start to snicker. Really it'd be more of a good-natured giggle if he weren't trying to hold it in....and failing.

[lordhotman]

Zuko looks indignant when Aang starts to laugh, folding his arms with a huff.

"What's so funny?"

[12goingon113]

Answering is hard when you're still laughing.

"It's just...well yeah, girls don't have beards.

[lordhotman]

Zuko just sits there and pouts all huffy like.

[12goingon113]

"I mean...some of the older Air Nomad Nuns had mustaches, but not full on beards. At least not that I'd ever seen..."

So not helping, Aang.

[lordhotman]

Zuko stares at Aang with a mixture of horror and disgust.

"WHAT?"

That's... a mental image he didn't really want to have.

[12goingon113]

"And it's not like they ever went around just kissing people..."

That sort of thing was frowned upon at the Temples.

[lordhotman]

"..."

Have a dirty look.

[12goingon113]

Aang can only smile back.