After Agni Kai, Azula locked herself in her room, not wanting to come out, and the only people who entered her room were Zuko and Katara.
She didn't know why, couldn't they just leave her alone? She lost everything, she has nothing to offer or give.
Azula was trying to sleep, after vomiting blood again, Katara said to call her when that happened, but she didn't have the strength to do it, besides, how could she? She couldn't even walk two steps without falling because she was so weak.
She stopped her thoughts when she heard footsteps stopping behind her door and sighed irritably, because she knew who it was.
Slowly Zuko opened the door, peeked his head in, and noticed that Azula was collapsed on her bed, something that was normal nowadays.
"I brought you your food," he murmured, as he entered Azula's room.
Azula didn't know exactly why her brother became nice to her, did he feel sorry for her? She doesn't believe it, Zuko is an idiot, even more so with Azula- the sick.
Zuko waited for Azula to sit on the bed so he could eat, but she didn't. He looked at her as he waited, but she still didn't move, he let out a sigh and put the food on the nightstand.
"Katara says... Katara says you could die," Zuko waited for a response, but it never came.
Minutes passed, until she turned around and looked at her brother.
"Do you think they would miss me if I died?" she asked, staring at him.
Zuko knew who she was talking about, he knew of the strange and complex relationship his sister had with her former friends.
"I...I really don't know, Azula," he let out a sigh and looked away from her. "They're mad at you...and me too."
Azula looked down and slowly sat up on her bed.
"With you?" she asked, in a soft whisper that he couldn't have heard if there were no sound in the room.
"They're furious that I betrayed them, and the Nation... also because I'm the fire lord and not you," he murmured, completely uncomfortable with telling her that.
"Mad at you...even Mai is?" she asked, wanting to know if Mai was still with Zuko.
Zuko clenched his fists unconsciously, but he answered her.
"Yes, she doesn't want to be with me again until you recover," they both knew that won't happen now because of Karara's new diagnosis.
She couldn't help but smile slightly and lowered her head, until Zuko interrupted her thoughts.
"Leave them some letters before you die," he offered, though they both knew that wasn't what he really meant.
"For what? What do you want me to tell them?" She scoffed, wishing he would say it directly.
Zuko let out a very upset sigh, he didn't want to look like an idiot in front of his dying sister, but she could never give him what he wanted.
"I want you to write to Mai so she can date me when you die," he ordered involuntarily, then regretted his words.
"Mai deserves someone to spend her life with," he tried as he looked at the ground, embarrassed by his own words but not wanting to stop.
Azula grabbed the sheets with her hands.
She didn't want to be selfish, but when both siblings were in the same room they both always let out their worst sides.
"I don't want that... I don't want Mai to be with you or anyone else! I don't want Ty Lee with anyone else either!" she yelled angrily at him, as tears fell down her cheeks.
"I want to be with them forever! Even after my death, I want them to love me for at least ten more years!" she cried intensely, finally breaking down.
Zuko looked at her perplexed, and slowly began to cry as well.
Everything was so intense for both of them, Azula was going to die and Zuko was going to lose someone else.
But there was something on both of their minds, and it was that they had never looked alike in their entire lives until now.
I don’t remember much about it, but was Katara involved? And if so, was she upset or do anything because of the way Zuko treated her even though Azula was sick?
Also, after the Agni Kai, how did Mai and Ty Lee react to him?
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Only a few knew about Azula's tuberculosis in the war, until later, and Zuko never did anything bad against Azula in front of people, so no one knows about his behavior towards her.
But Katara definitely would have intervened instantly, maybe she "hates" Azula, but she's also a huge defender.
They were furious, but not in that way that they would hit or scream, but rather that cold fury that would immediately explode if you made a mistake.
Zuko didn't get involved with them much because of that, maybe he doesn't know them well, but he still remembers that the two were Azula's friends.
Since I know how much you love Azula having serious medical problems (jk), would you read a fic I've been thinking abt writting with Azula having serious heart problems that is absolutely not because of my own struggles
-Squid
SQUID ARE YOU OKAY? HOW DO YOU HAVE HEART PROBLEMS?? AT LEAST TELL ME YOU'RE OKAY! 😭😭
I've calmed down. 👍
ABSOLUTELY, I would read any Azula fic they send me, especially if she has medical problems. :)
Sick Azula reminds me a lot of Leper King or Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
All three of them are geniuses and their people love them! I love the comparison. :)