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.

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[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Izzat okay, 'zula?" he asked softly.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"What do you mean?" she said. "I'm always okay."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"I meant... being like ths." He sighed. "Never mind. Wazzastupid idea to begin with."

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Being like what?" Talking about it made her feel slightly uncomfortable-- it always did, even with people who she cared for-- but she didn't let that show.

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[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Never mind," he mumbled, his hand shifting to trail down her side.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Fine." Her head dipped forward, her forehead coming to rest against the headboard.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He rubbed her shoulders again gently. "Whass wrong?"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Nothing."

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Shorry. You looked upshet." Judging by the slurring, the virus' effects were starting to intensify for some reason.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"You're obviously not a good judge of body language." Azula picked up on the slurring, and was not pleased. If he started acting disorderly she wouldn't hesitate to kick him out, no matter how much comfort his touch was providing.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"Guess not," he murmured, stroking her shoulder gently. "Shorry."

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Idiot." She yawned.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He didn't dare answer this, dimly aware that there was far too much opportunity to screw this up.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Azula slipped to the side a little, lightly leaning against one of the many upright pillows on the bed (she had dragged them all from the linen closet after the virus had first reared its ugly head). Her eyes remained shut.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

Zel couldn't help smiling slightly. It looked like she was finally starting to relax.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Her breathing slowed, evening out. Shifting a little again, she leaned backwards into his hand.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He kept rubbing gently, not wanting to startle her by changing something suddenly. It occurred to him that she was actually almost cute like this. The operative word being "almost".

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

By this point, she was half-asleep, and leaning further and further still onto the mess of pillows.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

"You okay, 'zula?" Zel asked in what he probably thought was a whisper.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm. There aren't any in that cupboard; check the other one."

If he ever called her out on talking in her sleep, she would refuse to believe it.

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

He laughed softly. "Now yer jus' bein' shilly,"

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"I'm doing nothing of the sort." Still asleep.

OOC

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

Are we still going on with this?

If you're just busy and haven't gotten around to it yet, feel free to punch me for being impatient.

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[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... I didn't even get a notif for this. DX I totally want to continue; commenting right now! <3

Re: OOC

[unluckychimera.livejournal.com]

Ah. Okay then! <3