|•|W I T 卄 E R||•| Zuko X Reader ⚠SLOWBURN⚠

Endlessly Chasing

"No, no! She isn't blaming you!" Aang said, stepping in once again. "No, I AM blaming her!"

"Hey. I never asked you for diddly-doo-dah. I carry my own weight. Besides, if there's anyone to blame, it's Sheddy over there!"

"What!? You're blaming Appa!?" Aang yelled. "Yeah! You wanna know how they keep finding us?" Toph grabbed a clump of Appa's fur and let it blow through the wind, "He's leaving a trail everywhere we go!"

"How dare you blame Appa!? He's saved your life three times today! I-" You interrupted Aang, "Can we all just calm down!? Yelling like this won't help anything or anyone!" You declared.

"Actually, you didn't do anything,
Y/N!" Katara scoffed. "What? You literally thanked me for doing my part." You stared at her, dumbfounded.

"You had way more energy than us! You could've, I don't know, used your abilities to fight that stupid tank, or maybe since you're so close, made Toph do something!"

"Hey, leave Y/N out of this! My actions are my own!" Toph argued. "But it's true! You could've done something, or been a little faster!" Katara said.

Toph and Aang began to bicker while you and Katara fought.

"Been a little faster? How was I supposed to know we'd get hunted by the Fire Nation!?" You exclaimed.

"You guys always do nothing around here! Me and Gran-gran always had to EVERYTHING after mom died! If you were a bit faster, maybe you could've exited that Fire Navy ship!"
You froze. Sokka immediately stood up and walked over to the two of you.
Katara kept going.

"Maybe you could have saved mom! But you're always too late, you're always not there!" Katara shouted.

Sokka cut in, "Katara, please stop. All of us were hurt that day, but that doesn't mean you should say that!
Y/N tried-"

"Well, she clearly didn't care, since she never tried hard enough!" You gazed at her in shock. "Y/N, she doesn't mean that. She still needs time to heal." Sokka said, turning to you.

"...Is... Is that how you really feel? How... How could you say that? Don't you understand? Don't you get that she was my mother, too? Don't you understand... How desperately I wanted to come back home?"

By that time, Toph had already left. Everyone else was staring at you regretfully. Especially Katara.

"Y/N, I-" Katara reached out to you, but you pushed her hand away. "I'm not angry. I just need a moment." You walked away from the group as Katara called out your name.

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You came across a beautiful pond that had a mysterious purple and orange tint with lilypad scattered across it. Yellow butter-flies flew around and birds tended to their eggs inside the trees surrounding the area. A few stones were inside the pond, the one in the middle being large enough to sit on.

You sat down on it and listened to the sounds of the water. You heard chirping and looked up to see Momo. He placed a few berries in your hands. "Thanks, buddy." You smiled, patting his head and giving him one to eat. He leaned into your touch with a contented expression before flying away.

A butter-fly landed on your nose. You were surprised to see it was the only red one. Just like your plastic butter-fly...

"Hey there... Are you far from home?" You talked to the butter-fly, and although it couldn't reply, you felt comforted. "You're unique. But you're a bit tired of hearing that, aren't you?" You hummed. You took out your plastic butter-fly and the real butter-fly speedily flew towards it.