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Betrayal Knows My Name|| Azula & Mai

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   It was raining this late afternoon as she walks back from her shift at the TT Cafe. She was prepared for the rain but that didn’t mean she enjoyed it. Hell she hated the rain. She hated being soaked and wet. She was thankful she had an umbrella as she saunters down the street. Azula was casually heading towards the direction of the nearest grocery market when the corner of her eye she sees a familiar set of twin tails and a sullen disposition. It had to be her. Mai. 

  Azula never admitted it but her best friends’s betrayal had torn her apart. She thought these friends of her would always be by her side. Always protect and follow her as she was their leader and yet they did the worse thing and literally attacked and betrayed her. She could never understand why they did what the did and as soon as she saw another traitor, she couldn’t help but feel the rage that burn within her. 

   It didn’t take too long before Azula does a few flips and bends fire straight at the ground before her. “You can’t escape me, traitor!”

Another stinking rainy day. Even though Mai had been prepared with an umbrella at the ready, the soft pitter patter did little to settle her nerves. The single bag looped around her arm rustled endlessly as she hurried along the sidewalk. She hated being caught out in such gloomy weather - it made her mood ten times worse than it already was.

She needed that jam though otherwise she wouldn’t be able to have her morning toast. 

It was supposed to be a quick run to the store but yet somehow Mai unexpectedly, and unknowingly, ran into an old acquaintance. 

Despite the coolness in the air, Mai still felt the heat of a fire lashing her way. She sprung into action, dodging to the side, her footwork as concise as if she wasn’t tiptoeing in the slippery rain. Her bag, however, suffered from her tumble and the jam was now exposed to the elements, caked in mud.

Her brows furrowed when she looked from her jam to Azula.

“I never intended to,” she shot back as she dug into her sleeves, her stilettos at the ready for another attack sent her way.

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Mai had been minding her own business when a voice called from behind. She paused, her head whipping to the side, but before she could see who had called to her, arms were flung haphazardly around her in a hug. Under normal circumstances she would have had whoever hugged her down on the ground in 10 seconds flat but these weren’t normal circumstances.

“Ty Lee?” Her voice was soft and questioning almost as if she didn’t believe Ty Lee was actually here.

But she was - heck, Ty Lee was hugging her.

A faint smile graced Mai’s lips as she returned the hug. “Yes- yes we do.”

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if by fate / mai & zuko

@doxavhonored​

She could still feel the scorching embers that singed her hair and clothes. Sometimes her breath would catch and she’d feel like she were suffocating on the memory of sweltering heat. The Boiling Rock had been a miserable experience both physically and mentally, one she still carried even though she found herself someplace far away from her home. But even though she had been nearly burned alive by the pooling lava that bubbled below, and even though her throat stung after having screamed after that idiot for abandoning her like some forgotten toy, she would have gone through the same motions all over again if it meant he were to escape untouched and alive.

She still remembered that look of pure fury on the princess’s face as she watched her brother escape. She still remembered the sunken feeling in the pit of her stomach when weapons were pulled on her, and the promise of living in absolute despair sentenced by Princess Azula herself. She still wouldn’t have traded it for the world if it meant he went on fighting.

It was bittersweet to think that the last memory she had of him was of him leaving her behind to essentially die. ‘But I didn’t,’ she had to remind herself, and she never blamed him for the circumstances either - not at first anyways. He had still be an ass to leave her behind in the Fire Nation in the first place. Still, what happened at the Boiling Rock, what happened during that argument, her heart torn in two, had all happened for a reason. 

She still missed him; she still missed her home. Even if her home had consisted of a too small cell block with a tiny, barred window. She even missed the stiff bed.

For nights on end Mai would reminisce about what did and did not happen. Lost in her melancholy, she would usually hole herself up in her apartment, curtains drawn and lights off. A cup of herbal tea would be her only companion during these tumultuous times until, one day, she realized she ran out of her favorite blend. Store bought tea was horrible and a waste of her time. Instead Mai found that the local cafe in Cestrelle not only served tea but sold bags of their most famous blends.

Thus a trip to Cestrelle was in order.

The day promised light showers with a soft, milky gray and white patterned sky canvased above. Mai took the subway into the city. Her umbrella had been stashed away in her bag just in case. She hated being out in the rain - she hated feeling wet. Still, though the threat of rain lingered, she was determined to return home with a bag of her favorite blend. 

Tea Time Cafe wasn’t too busy when Mai walked in. A few patrons sat idle at the tables and only a couple stood in line. She hung back for a moment as she perused the menu.

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pushing daises / mai & jaune

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"If you do not leave this instant, I will not hesitate to skin you alive.”

Two beady black eyes stared back at Mai, unblinking even in the face of imminent death. The knives between her knuckles were poised to strike if the trespasser before her did not leave the premises soon. Instead of heeding her warning, the trespasser stomped around in a once perfect patch of daises. Mai’s mouth hung open, her eyes blown wide, and her heart lurched when the daises had been pulled from their stems and eaten.

“You’re dead meat.”

“B-aah.”

The stupid beast was mocking her! 

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HENLO-

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