RL with Azula - So you thought you were safe?

[chimeranomore]

Zel was in a very good mood. Quite apart from feeling as if he was drunk out of his mind, he was almost certain he'd actually managed to win an argument with Azula for the first time in... ever. He managed to force himself to stop being smug, being aware, if only through a haze of alcohol he hadn't actually consumed, that this would not be useful in helping Azula.

He was still having trouble with the concept of her not wanting his help - surely if the virus was that bad she should welcome someone willing to help her relieve it? Eventually he dismissed it as Azula being her normal difficult self and decided that she'd surely warm up to the idea eventually. He couldn't help giggling a little at the unintentional pun in his own internal monologue, either.

He hummed happily to himself as he he gave a slightly arrhythmic knock at the door to her room. "Hello, Fire Lord?" he called out.

Comments

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Yes, she really, really did-- but she frowned at his teasing tone. "I told you, I don't care."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Oh, don't be a big baby. Just 'cause I was right for once..." He tickled her shoulder gently, testing her reaction.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

She huffed. "Don't call me a baby. And I never said you were right." ... That tickle made her shiver a little, but she tried to suppress it.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Don't act like one, then. You're going all pouty just 'cause I actually made a good point." He ran a hand down what he thought was probably her back.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I don't pout," she pouted, giving another little sigh. "And if you call me a baby again I'll set your hair on fire."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"You don't pout, huh? Prove it," he challenged, delighted at the reaction he was finally getting from her.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Stop being an idiot." Did drunkenness always make people act so annoying? "Better yet, stop talking entirely." And keep stroking my back.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Only if you sit up and act like you're as mature as you think," he shot back, grinning.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Sitting up wouldn't make me mature, any more than lying down makes me immature." As if to prove her point, she nestled down into the blankets even more.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"But hidin' does make you immature. And that's what you're doin'." As if in punishment, he pulled his hand away.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

She curled a little tighter at the removal of his hand. "I'm not hiding."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Then why won't you sit up?" he asked. "Not like you can't keep the blankets around you."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I prefer to lie down. Why does it matter to you?"

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Because I wanna see you!" Including, he had to admit to himself, the face that went with those shivers.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Why?" She pulled the blankets closer around herself.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"'cause I didn't come all this way jus' to help a pile of blankets."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

There was a long silence. Then she sat up, slowly, with her back to him.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He smiled, reaching out to trail a hand across her shoulders again. "Thass better."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

No shivers this time, but she did lean back a little. "Why?"

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"'Cause I'd feel really shtupid if I came here to help you and I didn't know it was working. I know, I know," he added, "you're gonna say I'm shtupid anyway..."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"That's right. I'm not going to tell you if it's working or not." She pulled the blankets ever tighter, but stayed sitting up.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but at leas' this way I can see you." He moved a little closer, possibly without realizing it, and started to rub her back again. "Besides, I di'n mean workin' like that. I meant if it was making you feel better."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"You can't tell that." She kept her face purposely impassive. "And you're starting to sound a little creepy."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

Zel looked puzzled. "Wantin' you t'feel better's creepy now?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Talking about how you have to look at me is creepy."