WRITING POST: Such a Shame, One-Shot:Avatar Fanfic; G
Title: Such a Shame
Summary: Ty Lee is determined to remain friends with Azula even though she betrayed her.
Prompts: friends
Characters/Pairings: Ty Lee, Azula
Genre: Angst
Rating/Warnings: G
Word Count: 715
Progress: Series: N/A / Part: Complete
My heels clicked on the cold, stone floor as I walked through the hallway in the mental asylum where they held Azula now. Mai told me Zuko had her sent here, to get help...that she really went crazy. More than usual, Mai had said. I frowned but quickly enough the smile was back on my face as I looked curiously at the door I knew led to her room. When I had gotten the letter on Kyoshi Island, it only took a few seconds to decide I wanted to see her. I had been the one to say enough to her, I had betrayed her. I pursed my lips in thought before opening the door without another moment wasted and sat cross-legged on the floor in front of where they had her chained. Chains? Really? Did she need all that?
Biting my lip, I blinked at her a little while without a word. "Does Zuko visit you?" I questioned, my voice sounding a little loud, echoing in the near empty room and my head tilting in concern. Her glare hardened but she refused to speak, she wouldn't snap a scathing retort...and that was when I knew it was bad. She wouldn't speak. "No, I guess he doesn't then." I answered myself, trying so hard not to frown.
I scooted closer and smiled. "Sorry I didn't come sooner. I'm a Kyoshi warrior now! I get this super deadly fan, I'm sort of like Mai now with her knives! Isn't that amazing?" I told her, gushing. My words spilled forth and I knew I was grinning. Already, I could see myself slipping, apologizing for nothing. I had come as soon as I could, there was nothing to be sorry for. Part of me desperately wanted to fix that, even after I saw how horrible she had been to me. Not horrible...just, well, she wasn't good for me.
"I had to do all sorts of training...well, we train every day anyway but they had to do all kind of special training because I haven't been a Kyoshi warrior for that long. I sort of went through...warior super school!" I continued to recount everything amazing that had happened recently when I swore I heard a little noise from Azula. My chatter stopped automatically. She'd trained me to do that, she was the most important speaker in the room at all times afterall. My eyes watched her wide and expectant, but she did not say a word. Maybe she wanted to see if she still had power over me. I shrugged and smiled at her. She did have power over me but it wasn't what it once was.
I fought hard not to frown too hard, to remain cheerful, but it was so hard. I owed it to her though. We had been friends forever and I betrayed her so I owed it to her to stay and try. It was so hard after I looked back on our friendship and saw all she'd done to me.
She looked at me when I stopped talking completely, a hint of recognition on her face. For a moment, I smiled at her...bright and cheerful. Azula smirked in the silence and I cheered inside, she was still in there. I wanted to tell her I was sorry, it was all my fault. Months before I might have. But, it wasn't all my fault. I still felt guilty but it wasn't all my fault.
The silence waged on as I battled with myself. If things went back to how they'd been, that would...it would have been very bad for me and I just did not trust her to grow anymore. But, part of me wanted to believe things would change. She was still my friend. I'd walked away because it was what I needed, but she was still my friend. That was what made it so hard, I could not cut off how I'd felt about her like Mai could. My emotions were not that tightly sealed away.
For the third time in my life, I walked away from Azula. For the first time, I did not look back.
Very nervous about this. For a few reasons but I hope its okay anyway. My first Avatar fic, eek!
I almost didn't post it because I was nervous but Stephy convinced me to. I dunno, I'm just really nervous about this one. So, I hope everyone enjoys it.
