I Could Get You If I Wanted You
Pushing open the door to the apartment, Katara's mouth drops when she sees Toph sitting on the kitchen counter with her legs wrapped around Sokka's waist and her hands fisting his hair, their mouths locked together. Obviously, neither of them heard the door opening or the dropping of her keys on the entrance table. She closes the door loudly causing them both to jump and pull away from each other.
"I should have known better than to leave the two of you by yourselves," she says, coming into the kitchen. Sokka pulls away from Toph, taking half a step away, but doesn't completely remove himself from her embrace.
"Sorry, sis. Had to win a challenge against her," he says with a shrug.
"Bitch, win a challenge against me? You fucking kissed me first!" Toph exclaims, hitting his shoulder. Katara glances between the two of them and can see a hint of satisfaction and longing in both of their eyes.
"Whatever," Katara grumbles, "Sokka, are you still going to study, because I need to," she sits down at the kitchen table and pulls her textbook back towards her. Sokka hesitates for just a fraction of a second before he steps back in between Toph's legs and whispers something to her. She nods her head and they both lean in at the same time to kiss once more.
Sokka moves over to the table to sit down just as Toph hops down from the counter to go to her bedroom. Just like that, they are back to studying as if nothing happened. They head Toph's bedroom door close softly, which makes Sokka look up after her.
He'd deny it if anyone said anything, but fuck, that girl could ruin him and he would one hundred percent let her.
"So, are you gonna come?" Zuko asks him as they walk out of their shared class.
"I don't know, man. I have a lot of homework I need to catch up on," Sokka says, pushing open the door to the building.
"Oh, right. The homework excuse. Why don't you just say the real reason: You're too nervous to see Toph again," he jokes. When Sokka doesn't say anything back, Zuko grin grows wider. "Holy shit! You're nervous to see Toph again!"
"Shut up, dude!" Sokka gestures for the other man to lower his voice, as if Toph or Katara would randomly make an appearance or overhear them. "That's not the reason. I really do have homework to catch up on."
"Whatever man, you're such a wuss." They joke back and forth about who the bigger wuss is, citing their sources all the way back to high school as they walk back to Zuko's apartment. "So, what? You're just going to avoid all future social gatherings because Toph might be there?"
"Dude, I already said I'm not avoiding the party because of her. I just have... things to do," he relies unconvincingly.
Rolling his eyes, Zuko unlocks the front door that leads into his apartment, "You're so full of shit, man. Katara told me about walking in on you two practically dry humping on the kitchen counter."
"We weren't dry humping!" Sokka practically shrieks, "I was just proving a point!" Sokka throws himself down onto the couch and starts up the xbox while Zuko rummages through the fridge. Finding the leftover pizza from yesterday, he brings it over and sets it on the coffee table, which Sokka immediately grabs a slice from. "God, there is just something about cold pizza after a long day of classes that just hits the spot."
Zuko hums his agreement around his mouthful of his own pizza. They play for a good while, the conversation between the two of them seems to have been dropped, much to Sokka's relief. They only pause when Zuko's phone starts vibrating loudly on the coffee table. Pausing the game, he scoops it up and answers it, mouthing an apology to Sokka.
Shrugging, Sokka stands and stretches slightly before heading to the bathroom. When he exits, he hears, "He said he wasn't going to come, but I'll ask him again. Toph is still going to be there, right?" Zuko is attempting to keep his voice quiet, but in the already quiet apartment, he might as well be speaking full volume. "Okay, well, I'll ask him again."
Fully exiting the bathroom, he throws himself back down onto the couch and picks up his controller, hitting the play button as Zuko gets off the phone. They're quiet for a minute and Sokka just knows that any second, Zuko is going to bring it up.
"So, what would be the worst case scenario if you did go to the party?" Zuko asks conversationally.
"Jesus, we're still on this?"
"Yes! It's at Katara's house, so why would we not want you there?"
"Because you should be supportive of me completing homework like a good student." Zuko lets out a deep sigh and actually drops the subject this time. But now, it's Sokka who can't let it go, "Why are you guys wanting me there so bad?"
"What do you mean? You're my best friend and her brother. Why would we not want you there?"
"Because neither of you have tried this hard to get me to go to a party before," he raises an eyebrow at Zuko who is too busy staring at the video game on the tv to notice.
"Maybe we just want your sunshiny self to be there in case something were to happen."
Standing on the sidewalk outside of Katara's apartment building, he stares up at what he thinks if the window into her living room. He shoves his hands into his pockets and looks down at the concrete. Why is he being such a wuss about going to this party? He's gone to things like this before when he knew his past hookups were going to be there, and it never bothered him before. And he hadn't even hooked up with Toph!
He takes a deep breath and pushes himself forward, opening the door into the lobby and climbing the stairs to her apartment. Normally, he'd take the elevator, but he needs at least a few more moments to get his shit together and the elevator would go too fast for him to do that.
Pushing open the door to Katara and Toph's apartment, he sees maybe 20 people in total hanging around the living room. Several turn towards him and raise their cups in greeting before going back to their conversations.
"You actually came!" his sister cries out and comes running from the kitchen, sweeping him into a bear hug.
"Well, yeah! I gotta make sure Zuko keeps his hands off my baby sister," he says in a playful manner.
Katara rolls her eyes, "Yeah, that's the reason. Been dating him 4 years now and suddenly you pull the big brother card." She pulls him deeper into the apartment and they come to the kitchen table and he sees their main group seated around the table playing some sort of drinking game.
Katara sits down, pulling him into the only available seat left, which, of course, is right next to Toph. "Nice of you to show up," she says to him, turning slightly towards him but looking nowhere near his face.
"Yeah, well, you know," he cringes slightly at how awkward he is being, "Had to come and see if you ever got your head out of the clouds after our kiss.
Toph's jaw drops but he can see she is fighting a smile. She punches his arm and goes back to the game. He picks up the rules fairly quickly, and before he knows it, he is five shots in.
"Okay, okay. I need to take a piss," he says, standing up.
"Ever the gentleman," he hears Toph mumble under her breath.
"I heard that, dipshit," he pushes her shoulder slightly.
"Yeah, you were meant to," she reaches up and pushes him back.
Rolling his eyes and suppressing a smirk, he turns and heads towards the bathroom in Katara's room. Just as he is closing the door, Suki pushes her way inside.
"Dude, what the fuck? I'm trying to take a piss!" Suki just smirks at him and turns towards the mirror, fluffing her hair up a bit.
"Whatever. Nothing I haven't seen before," she leans in on the counter and dabs at her lipstick. "I wanted to talk to you."
Undoing his zipper and pulling himself out, Sokka stands at the toilet and begins to pee. He knows she won't leave until they've talked, no matter what he was doing in there. When they had dated several years ago, during their honeymoon phase, they refused to part from the other, even when they had to use the restroom. Weird, but it's what they did.
"About you and Toph. The whole fucking party is gossiping about it and the two of you flirting throughout the game is super noticeable by the way. And I just wanted to see where you were at with it."
"Why the fuck does everyone care so much about me and Toph's relationship?" He mumbles, tucking himself back into his pants. He flushes the toilet and puts the seat down. He steps over to the sink and knows Suki out of the way with his hip.
"What do you mean 'why does everyone care'? You, the complete player, and her, the heartbreaker, making out and making goo-goo eyes at each other? It's the most interesting thing that's happened in this group since Aang walked in on Katara giving Zuko head."
Clapping his hands over his ears, Sokka shoots Suki a death glare, "God, I didn't want to remember that, Suki!" she just laughs at his discomfort. Removing his hands from his ears when he thinks it's safe, he starts to wash his hands and tries to push that mental image out of his mind before he throws up.
"Come on, dude! Spill! I want to know what's going on between you," she stands with her hands on her hips in front of the door.
"Nothing is going on! She challenged me to something and we made out, that was it! Now move, before people start thinking we're making out," he tries to move past her and this time, she lets him and follows him back out to the party.
It's nearing one am when the party starts to die down and people begin to leave. Sokka is lounging on the couch in the living room, his head hanging back to rest on the cushion behind him and his arm draped over the back of the couch. The buzz he has going is just enough to make him feel good but not enough to where the floor will be yanked out from underneath him if he stands up.
He feels a body plop down on the couch beside him. He doesn't open his eyes to see who it is, not until he feels the person lay their head in his lap. Cracking an eye open, he glances down and sees Toph curling up next to him, her head on his thigh with an arm stretched out in front of her and the other cradled to her chest.
Too tired to push her off, Sokka tilts his head back and closes his eyes. He's not sure how much time has passed when someone is shaking his shoulder trying to get him to wake up.
"Sokka!" the person whispers to him. They shake his shoulder a little harder, and with a groan, he opens his eyes. "Sokka! Hey, will you carry Toph to her bed? Aang is going to crash on the couch."
Mumbling his reply, he bundles Toph up into his arms and makes the trek to her room. It's only when he puts her down onto the bed with her head nestled into a pillow does he register the fact that he doesn't have anywhere to sleep. Obviously, Zuko is going to sleep in Katara's bed with her, Aang gets the couch, and what the fuck does he get?
Letting out a childish groan and stomping his foot at the realization of what his friends did, he looks down at Toph and her sleeping form. She looks so peaceful and so comfortable. He wants to be that comfortable.
Chewing on his lip, he makes the decision to climb over her to the other side of the bed and sleep there. Flinging himself down onto the spot, he sits up slightly to pull his shirt off and pulls her blanket up to his chin. Snuggling down, he thinks to himself how comfortable he is and briefly wonders what kind of mattress this is. He seriously needs to look into whatever bed this is because he could definitely get used to this.
