present #5 (unwrap me!)
I do Kataang all the time and will again, so here's some Maiko for you Charlee. Merry Christmas!
She watched the door as time ticked. It seemed to go much slower now.
He was gone.
It had been three hours, 28 minutes and counting.
Azula had set off with her Dai Li to find him, Mai opted out. She could have joined him before he left, but what would she have said? Would he have even taken her with them? She couldn't for the life of her imagine galavanting around the countryside with him and Iroh.
She knew why he'd let him out. He'd made a mistake. Perhaps she had too, but there was no redemption with hers. She had stuck herself with a one-way ticket to whereever Azula was headed, despite knowing the consequences. Perhaps it was apathy that kept her on her course. Perhaps she didn't want to be a hero, knowing she could never go the same direction to where Zuko was headed.
She touched her mouth with the cold steel of her dagger as she waited at the throne.
It had been nice, seeing him again.
Her first word to him, was his name, regarding him coldly all the while. But eventually she succumbed to shyness and blushing from Ty Lee's constant teasing.
Eventually again, she had to kiss him; pressing her lips up against his in the darkness of the King's study when he was fetching something for Azula.
Zuko never would have made the first move. She expected that.
She shouldn't have expected it to last. She knew well before he left that he would, but didn't say anything. It could have been nice if he stayed.
Mai hated to admit it, but she missed him already.
She watched the door as time ticked. It seemed to go much slower now.
He was gone.
It had been three hours, 28 minutes and counting.
Azula had set off with her Dai Li to find him, Mai opted out. She could have joined him before he left, but what would she have said? Would he have even taken her with them? She couldn't for the life of her imagine galavanting around the countryside with him and Iroh.
She knew why he'd let him out. He'd made a mistake. Perhaps she had too, but there was no redemption with hers. She had stuck herself with a one-way ticket to whereever Azula was headed, despite knowing the consequences. Perhaps it was apathy that kept her on her course. Perhaps she didn't want to be a hero, knowing she could never go the same direction to where Zuko was headed.
She touched her mouth with the cold steel of her dagger as she waited at the throne.
It had been nice, seeing him again.
Her first word to him, was his name, regarding him coldly all the while. But eventually she succumbed to shyness and blushing from Ty Lee's constant teasing.
Eventually again, she had to kiss him; pressing her lips up against his in the darkness of the King's study when he was fetching something for Azula.
Zuko never would have made the first move. She expected that.
She shouldn't have expected it to last. She knew well before he left that he would, but didn't say anything. It could have been nice if he stayed.
Mai hated to admit it, but she missed him already.