— | | 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 , 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐓 as if they were speaking the same language . Two creatures , 【 thrust 】 in a world that claimed they wanted them there , only to let them drown . Her gaze softened as she watched him lift his head to look at her hand . She stilled , waiting for him to smell it , to allow her to 【 touch 】 him . When he didn't , Azula's hand curled back towards herself — first , forming a first before laying in her lap . She brushed a strand of her long , raven - colored hair from her shoulder as she glanced back towards the moon . She could have 【 guessed 】 that he would not like her . . . Most things didn't like her , whether human or animal .
For the rest of the evening , Azula didn't say anything . She just focused on the moon , and the way her glow 【 filled 】 the sky as she danced across the stars . She held her knees to her chest , just watching the sky for a while . She let the voices in her head chat , filling the space with so much noise that , at one point , Azula had to lay her head down on her arms . Her hair 【 draped 】 over her shoulders while she closed her eyes to free herself of the chaos . Eventually , the Princess managed to fall asleep , tucked beneath her bedding . Dreaming . . . Of nothing pleasant , but at least she was asleep .
Morning light 【 peeked 】 through her curtains , catching her eyes . She did not want to wake up , as it hardly felt like she slept , but she needed to clear her mind . The sound of rustling sheets could be heard while Azula 【 shifted 】 in her bed . Through the veil of sleepiness , she looked at the Wolf that had been asleep at her feet . He was still here . That was pleasant . She expected him to be gone . It would appear that ZuZu did not shoo him off after all . That was good to know . A gentle smile tugged at her expression as she looked at him one last time as she slid off her bed . Without saying a thing , she made her way to her washroom . A bath . . . That was what she needed , correct ? To wash away the stresses of the night prior in order to relax ? Yes . That's what she was telling herself .
Azula's robes slipped onto the floor just moments before she dipped herself into a freshly drawn bath . She had made her resting place 【 beautiful 】 , full of flower petals and essential oils . Her hair draped over the back of the tup as her honey - dipped eyes hazily stared through the steam at the ornate paintings above her head . In silence , she 【 traced 】 the lines of the dragons in the painting , her frame still in the water . Her gaze fixed on one dragon's flames . . . Then , her gaze fell to her left hand as it lifted from the water . Once , those fingertips shed blue flames as second nature . . . Now , they barely lit a spark in 【 fear 】 .
She was about to close her eyes when the concerned sound of 【 shuffling 】 filled her ears , coming from the other room . That , made Azula's nose scrunch in thought . Her lips fell into a pout as she sat up , water rippling around her frame .
❝ Hello ? ❞ She called , hands curling around the edge of the tub . ❝ . . . Is anyone there ? Wolf ? ❞ When the rustling became more 【 panicked 】 , so did Azula's concern that something was horribly wrong . Was Zuko here ? Was coming to take her new friend away ?
❝ Brother ? Is that you ? You do not need to be concerned over who is in my room . He is none of your business . ❞ She called as she grabbed her drying robe from beside the gilded tub of her washroom . Quickly , she made her way towards her bedroom . ❝ He is just here to - ❞ That was when Azula saw 【 him 】 in her room . A man , about her brother's age , standing 【 bare 】 in her bedroom . Her golden eyes widened in absolute 【 horror 】 . Not just that he was 【 naked 】 , but that he was naked 【 and 】 he was using her silk bedding around his . . . 【 parts 】 .
❝ You - . . . You are not my brother , or the Wolf that was just here . You - . . . You are a man ! ❞ She took the defensive pose , prepared to fight him despite the only thing that was keeping her from being in the same state as him was her drying robes . Honey hues glared at the man through messy obsidian strands . He was no guard she recognized . Azula looked around , the Wolf was gone . Completely gone . Had he left ? . . . She thought -
❝ Where is he ? Where is the Wolf that was once here ? Did you eat him ? Did you kill him ? I shall have you hung by your toes in front of my brother's dragon for such crimes , if it is true ! ❞
