Jealousy (Estatic)

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Title: Jealousy

Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender

Characters: Ty Lee, Azula

Pairing(s): Ty Lee/Azula

Rating: K+

Warning(s): None

Word Count: 580

Prompt: Ecstatic

Summery: Ty Lee thinks about Azula and Chan. 

 

Night had long ago fallen on Ember Island, the black sky liberally sprinkled with stars. Ty Lee recognized a handle of the constellations they formed but could only name one. She sighed and dropped her eyes to the ocean. It sparkled in the moonlight.

 

Everyone else was asleep, but after two hours of restless tossing and turning, Ty Lee had gotten up and headed back down to the beach. She couldn’t get the memory of Azula kissing Chan out of her head.

 

This is ridiculous! Ty Lee groaned, burying her face in her hands. I was the one who gave her that advice! But if she were honest with herself, she hadn’t actually expected it to work, had she? She had seen first hand how abysmal Azula’s social skills were (something she found overwhelmingly endearing), and for the first time in a long time, Azula was out of her element and vulnerable. Just a little bit of advice, what could it hurt? she thought bitterly. I can’t believe I let myself think she’d mess that up!

 

Only…Azula had, hadn’t she? The look on Chan’s face brought a smile to Ty Lee’s even now, and the remembrance of Azula so put out and full of injured pride still made sympathy rise up within her. But these thoughts brought her mind back around to the reason why Azula’s pride had been injured, and her good mood instantly evaporated.

 

“Ty Lee?”

 

She jumped, head snapping up to stare at Azula with wide eyes. “A-Azula! W-what are you doing here?”

 

“I was about to ask you the same thing.” Azula stared down at her impassively. “Is something wrong?”

 

Ty Lee hesitated. “No, Azula.” She sighed. “Nothing’s wrong. I just wanted to look at the stars.” She lowered her gaze to her lap. She peeked up at Azula. Azula was dressed in the clothes she had been wearing to the party, same as Ty Lee, but her hair was loose from its ever-present topknot, and it swayed slightly in the light breeze blowing off the ocean. She looked beautiful. 

 

Azula frowned. “Ty Lee?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“You’re a horrible liar.”

 

Ty Lee frowned. “I know… Hey, Azula, what’s the name of that constellation over there?” She pointed at the constellation that had been bothering her most.

 

“Don’t change the subject.”

 

“I don’t want to talk about it, Azula, okay?” Her voice wasn’t half as firm as she had hoped it would be.

 

Azula didn’t budge. “Ty Lee, what’s wrong?”

 

What’s wrong? Let’s see, I’m in love with my best friend, and I stupidly gave her advice on how to pick up boys and now I can’t sleep because I’m jealous she actually took my advice. Nothing wrong there.

 

Ty Lee remained silent, and the minutes dragged by.

 

Azula peered up at the sky. “Which one?”

 

“Which one what?”

 

“Which constellation were you looking at?”

 

Ty Lee held back a sigh of relief. “That one.” She jabbed the air with her finger.

 

“I can’t tell which one you’re pointing to.”

 

“Look—” Ty Lee grabbed Azula’s arm and yanked her down onto the sand beside her. “That one.” And she pulled Azula against her side so Azula’s line of sight could travel up her arm.

 

It seemed to take forever for Azula to decide what it was. Her body was warm against Ty Lee’s, warding off the chill that had been creeping in. Ty Lee suppressed a shiver and smiled ecstatically. This, she decided, was enough for now.