Another Modern AU, I know, weird right? Just so there isn't much confusion, everyone has their bending, but it's not the main focus. I would have put this in the crossover category with LOK, but the bigger focus of this story is going to be on Zuko and Jin. And last warning, just like my other stories, there are weird pairings once again. Enjoy.

"Zuuuuuuuuuuko," He heard over his loud music. Zuko looked up from his notepad to see Mai waiting impatiently for his attention. He pulled off his head phones, "Jeez, I thought I was going to have to hit you upside the head to finally get your attention."

He closed his notebook, "What's up?"

"I need you to talk to my little brother."

"I already told you before that I gave him my best version of the birds and the bees and he's going to have to find out the rest on his own," Zuko told her.

She rolled her bored eyes, "Not that you idiot. He recently rediscovered that stupid animal game where you have to catch them, train them and whatever. With that newly acquired popularity you somehow got him, he's going to be the laughing stalk of the school."

"How bad is it?" He asked.

"He's carrying around badges in his coat and throwing balls at small animals…" She replied. "Fix it."

Zuko sighed as he stood up, placing his things in his backpack, "Why couldn't you have just had a normal brother?"

"I ask myself that every day," Mai commented. She led Zuko out to the back of the school. He nearly sighed when he saw Mai's younger brother with his hat turned backwards chasing after a very annoyed squirrel.

He pinched the bridge of his nose before taking a deep breath, "Aang!" The boy stopped, looking over to Zuko. "What the hell are you doing?"

"I'm trying to catch my first Pokémon, duh," Aang attempted to catch the squirrel again. The squirrel ran up a tree and Aang sighed, Zuko slowly walking over to the young boy. He stopped beside him, both of them staring up at the tree.

"So you're trying to catch a disease infested animal to train? When you were adopted, did a donkey kick you in the head or something?" Zuko rhetorically asked. Aang shot him a glare. "I understand you have your weird tendencies, but you're out here acting like a dumbass right now. You're 17 now bud, you can't dress up anymore…unless it's on Halloween or in the bedroom, but we've already had that talk."

"What about people who dress up for conventions?"

Zuko rolled his eyes, "Because you hear 'you see that guy dressed as the immortal 10 year old with a weird relationship with an electronic mouse? I'm going to suck his dick' all the time right?"

"Says the guy who is into nerdy girls…" Aang grumbled.

He put a supportive hand on his shoulder, "Aang, its fine to do whatever you want. If you want to go to those conventions and dress up like this, you can, whatever floats your boat. But you and your sister came to me months ago asking to make you popular so you would stop getting bullied and you're kind of just giving me a giant middle finger to my face by dressing like a complete idiot and abusing animals until you can catch them. Now if you want to kill animals with a gun and collect them, I'm sure hunting would be fun."

"I love animals Zuko, I would never shoot them!"

"Then stop hitting them with balls bud," Zuko patted his shoulder before turning around and walking away. "You can do whatever you want, but don't come back to me complaining that you're not popular anymore. I can work magic, but not miracles." Aang looked at the tree and then to Zuko. He hung his head and sighed.

"Zuko," He called. Aang rearranged his hat and grabbed the badges from his coat and the small red and white spheres. Zuko walked back over to him, grabbing the items from his hands before his hands were engulfed in red flames. He let them drop from his hands and disappear into ash. "That was 2 months of allowance…"

Zuko led him back to the building, "You should have saved up for something else. Maybe take out a girl on a date."

"Because girls are totally lining up to date me," Aang mumbled sarcastically.

"What about Toph? I'm sure she's been waiting to jump you ever since Jet's party." Zuko suggested.

"That was drunk Toph that was following me around the party, sober Toph punches me in the arm and calls me a pussy," Aang said.

"To be fair, she does that to all of us," Mai commented, Zuko stopped beside her.

"Keep your chin up Aang, I wouldn't have helped you become popular if I didn't think you couldn't do it," Zuko said. He gave Mai a smile before he walked back into the school, placing his headphones back over his ears. Zuko felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out to see he had received a text from Jin, the girl that he had been having a small fling with. Zuko gave the message a weird look: 'Are you free tonight? We have to talk.' It was out of the ordinary for them to meet just to 'talk', they had both agreed on keeping relationship-like factors out of their arrangement. Too many things ran through his mind as he replied back telling her to come over to his house after school. Talking could include their arrangement being over, Jin could have found someone else or maybe she wanted to sweeten the deal. He couldn't help but smile at the thought of maybe another person joining them, he had a few girls already come to mind. 'But then again, when has "we have to talk" ever meant something good?' He thought to himself. Zuko let it go to the back of his mind. There was no use to worrying about it too much. Whatever she wanted to talk about couldn't be that bad.

Yue checked herself in her locker mirror one more time, still getting used to the look of her new short haircut. Suki had recommended a short pixie cut after an unfortunate fight with a curling iron that burnt her long silver hair. While she had gotten a lot of good comments about her new hair, she was still getting used to the new look. "I told you that you look fine," Suki said from behind her.

Yue shut her locker with a sigh and looked at her, "Are you sure? It's weird not to have my family's crest tied up in my hair anymore."

"I have no reason to lie to you Yue, you look fine…has you-know-who seen it yet?" She hinted with a smile, making Yue roll her eyes.

"Of course he has, I was over at Katara's the night I got it cut…he said he was surprised, but that I still look cute," A bright blush appearing on her face when she thought about it again.

"Does Katara know yet?" She asked. Yue shook her head, "Wow, she's going to freak…not to mention what Sokka is going to say."

"They can't react any worse than how you did."

Suki scoffed, "Oh sorry that I wasn't prepared to hear that you're doing Katara's Father."

Yue put a hand over Suki's mouth, "Would you shut it? There's nothing wrong with the relationship. He's only 38…"

"Yeah and he's old enough to be your Dad Yue," Suki mumbled against her hand. "I really hope you don't go and screw my Dad…"

"I'm not trying to sleep with my friend's Dad's!" She hissed in a whisper. "Love is a tricky thing and I didn't choose to fall for him, but I did and it just happened to work out perfectly…with the only hitch being he's Katara's Father…"

"You know I slept with Toph's Dad…oh wait, no I didn't, because I'm not weird," Suki joked, quickly ducking under a swipe from Yue. Her laughter quickly died when she saw her ex-boyfriend coming their way from the other side of the hall. Her body nearly crushed the lockers as she pulled open her own locker and hid her head inside, inadvertently getting Yue stuck with her. Suki attempted to stop herself from hyperventilating while Yue got used to her face being pressed up against her friend's in such a cramped space. "Chan is coming this way …what am I going to do? Should I act like I don't care? Or should I just not even say anything to him?"

Yue shifted uncomfortably, "Well first you should get our heads unstuck from this locker because as much as I like female bonding this is taking it a little too far…"

Both girls struggled to get their heads loose. Suki placed a foot against the bottom lockers and yanked her head out, sending her sliding along the ground of the hallway. She groaned and held her head as the pain radiated away, "Uh, Suki?" She looked up to see Chan standing above her.

She quickly got up, "Hey Chan, how's it going?"

"Uh, I'm fine, why were you on the ground?" He asked.

She rubbed the back of her neck as she nervously smiled, "Oh you know, it's the newest craze. You start off at your locker and kick off of it to see how far you can slide. I'm totally kicking Yue's butt at it…so how are you? How are you and Star doing? What's it been, 2 weeks now?"

"We're good Suki," Chan answered a little uncomfortably.

"That's great to hear, I'm just glad you were able to find someone so fast after we decided to take a break," Yue covered her face from the cringe-worthy performance from her friend. Suki and Chan had dated since the end of middle school and Suki didn't take the recent break up too well. While Suki was a strong willed woman, when it came to Chan, she became the nervous 8th grader she used to be once again. "I just would have felt bad if you hadn't found someone since I found someone too," Yue's sapphire eyes widened behind her fingers.

Chan raised an eyebrow, "You have a boyfriend?"

Suki nodded, wondering why her mouth seemed to have a mind of its own, "Of course I do."

"How are you going out with?"

"How am I going out with? I, uh," Suki stammered, attempting to think of a name. Her eyes searched around and set on the glacier eyed and buzzed head of Ba Sing Se High's most recent popular boy. "Aang! I'm going out with Aang." She grabbed Aang's hand, pulling him into the conversation. "Aang, I was just telling Chan about us, what a coincidence!" Suki leaned in and kissed his cheek, keeping her lips against his cheek for a moment, "Pretend you're my boyfriend and I'll make it worth your while."

Chan looked Aang up and down for a moment, excitement over Chan's jealousy stirred in Suki's heart. "So you two are together?"

Suki looked to her 'boyfriend', hoping he would play along, "Uh yeah. Suki and I…"

"Well I'm glad to see you're happy Suki, I'll see you two around I guess," Chan half-heartedly smiled before walking away.

She sighed in relief, "That was close. Thanks for the help Aang, I know I really put you in an uncomfortable situation."

He chuckled, "It's fine. I think I've seen enough sitcoms to know what to do in that kind of situation."

"Well thanks again Aang, what would you like? Ask for anything and I can get it for you," Suki offered.

A new set of badges was the first thing to come to his mind, but what Zuko had said earlier stopped him for saying anything. "I think I'm good, you don't have to get me anything."

"You sure?" She asked, a little surprised. "Because I can get you like anything…anything. I can get someone that looks like her, in just a trench coat at your door tonight," Suki nodded towards Yue, making her a little uncomfortable as she wondered how Suki could even acquire that.

"As much as that sounds appealing, I think I'll pass Suki. I haven't even kissed a girl, I don't think having one almost naked at my door would be the best place to start."

Suki smiled at him, the kid was pretty innocent for a popular senior at their school. She leaned in and kissed him lightly on the lips before pulling away, his crimson face and wide eyes made her chuckle. "I'll see you around Aang." Suki shut her locker and Yue followed her.

"I still don't think I'm going to get used to you being such a big baby around Chan, but when it comes to any other guy, you're She-man: Master of the Alpha-Males."

"First off, we're not talking about me and Chan anymore. It's hard not to be that little girl that no one would sit next to during lunch again…and also…it's He-man and the Masters of the Universe, if I was going to be anyone, I would be She-Ra: Princess of Power." Suki corrected her.

"I don't know whether I should be sorry or ask why you know that…"

"Katara…" She paused her writing for a second before continuing. "Katara…" She didn't stop writing. "Katara…"

She dropped her pencil and ran her hands over her face, "What Korra?"

"I need to talk to you about something…"

"Obviously…" She muttered. Katara looked over to the girl to her right, "What do you want Korra?"

"What do you think about Asami?" She asked, her eyes on the girl sitting in the front left corner of the room. Katara looked at her also, she flipped her hair over her left shoulder before continuing to take notes that were up on the board. Her dark wavy hair looked almost like silk and Katara couldn't even remember a time when her skin didn't look perfect.

Katara shrugged, "Asami is pretty cool. She's smart and she gets along with pretty much everyone."

She shook her head, "No, no, I mean like…you know…"

"No, I really don't…"

"Do you think she would…like…other girls?" Korra whispered.

Katara's eyes widened for a moment, "Wait, you're-" Korra nodded. "And you-" She nodded again. "But no one knows?" Korra sighed and nodded again. "Why not?"

"I don't exactly want to be known as 'that', I want to be known as Korra or maybe known for playing sports, but not just 'that'," Korra explained. "It just happens to be a part of me, I embrace it, but not to the point where I shove it in people's face."

"Well she is dating Mako, so I don't know about your chances of being with her," Katara returned to taking notes. "But good luck."

Korra was silent for a moment, resting her chin on her hands as she continued to watch the beautiful girl. She raised her head up again as an idea hit her, "Katara." She almost broke the pencil as she held in her annoyance, "Will you talk to her for me?"

"What do you want me to do? 'Oh hey Asami, how's it going? Are you ready for the test next week? Oh, and by the way, do you like chicks?'," Katara jokingly said.

Korra blinked a few times, "What? Too forward?"

"Just a little," Katara sighed as she continued copying down notes. "I understand it's hard for you being new and everything, but you're eventually going to have to do things for yourself. Just get to know her or something, the worse that could happen is that you make a new friend."

"Have you ever been friend-zoned by someone who cannot stop thinking about? It really sucks," Korra let her head sink back down.

"No, you know what really sucks? Your best friend doing your Father," Katara said, making Korra's eyes widen. "Yeah, they don't think I know, but when you do the laundry for the whole house and you find your best friend's panties in your Father's laundry basket, it only takes a little bit of thinking."

Korra blinked a few times as she let the information sink in, "Wow…that's kind of fucked up…"

The bell rang as Katara finished her notes, "'Kind of' is putting it lightly."

Korra got up as Asami started off towards the door. She threw her things in her backpack and nearly sprinted after her. Korra slowed down once she caught up with the raven haired teen, "Hey Asami."

She smiled, "Hey Korra, what's up?"

"Oh I was just wondering if you know, we could get to know each other or something since I know Mako and you're dating Mako and I'm friends with Bolin and you're friends with Bolin," Korra continued before seeing Asami holding back a laugh, "I'm rambling aren't I?"

"Just a little bit," Asami giggled. "But I agree, it would be great to spend some time with another girl. I've been spending a lot of time with Mako and Bolin. I think I've had enough testosterone for a while."

"How about we meet at the mall today? I have baseball practice right after school, but I can meet you at the mall at like 5ish?"

"Sounds perfect to me," Asami smiled. "It's a date."

She let her gum pop as she pulled open the door to the tea shop. For once when she walked in, it wasn't insanely packed with loud and obnoxious customers. She walked into the back, dropping her backpack down before grabbing one of the worn out apron from a hook. Iroh came out of the back office and smiled, "Toph, you're here early. You're usually fashionably 10 minutes late, what's the occasion?"

Toph sarcastically laughed, "Oh you're so funny Uncle…"

"That's what I am told," The bearded man chuckled.

"What do you want me to do today?" Toph asked, spitting out her gum into the nearest trash can, knowing Iroh's policy about chewing gum on the job.

"Wiping down the tables and cleaning the windows would be a great start today," Iroh smiled. Toph walked out to the front counter, grabbing a rag and a spray bottle below the register and sprayed the first table. As she wiped the table, the front door opened, a slim tattooed brunette walked through the door.

"Hey Mini-me," The girl smiled as she came into the tea shop.

Toph shook her head with a laugh, "Hey June, here to see your Grandfather?"

She mocked the smaller girl's laugh, "Oh Toph, you're so funny. I'm sure you wouldn't repeat that in front of Iroh now would you? Just because I have a good love life doesn't mean you have to hate on me."

"Yeah, I'm jealous that I'm not dating a man old enough to be my Dad," Toph muttered.

June slapped the young girl upside the head, making her yelp in surprise, "Watch what you say there or the next one is going to be harder. Anyways, to answer your sarcastic question, I'm here because Iroh asked me to come in and help because Zuko isn't going to be here for his shift tonight."

"Sparky isn't showing up for his shift? Is he sick or something?"

June shrugged, "No clue, I left before he could get home."

Iroh came out of the back of the shop and smiled, "Ah, my favorite girl is here."

June met the older man with a small kiss, "So what do you need me to do?"

"You'll be working the front, taking orders and what not. That's what I usually have my Nephew do," Iroh explained.

She poorly hid her snort of laughter, "Wait, you had that bundle of fun running the front of the shop? Greeting customers and taking orders? How have you kept your business afloat?"

"Zuko does just fine when we have customers, I'm a little worried about you though," He confessed.

June scoffed, "And what is that supposed to mean?"

"First rule I learned here, if a customer is rude, we can't tell him to fuck off," Toph interrupted.

June let her jaw drop, "What?! We can't?" She looked at Iroh who only nodded. "Well this is going to suck…" He walked to the back of the shop, shaking his head at the two. June leaned against the counter as Toph continued to wipe down tables. She sighed impatiently, propping her elbow against the counter and resting her chin on her palm. "What do you do for fun when no one is here?"

The younger girl shrugged, "I don't know, it's never been this slow before. Uncle's shop is pretty famous and people come all over to have some, so it's pretty weird." She walked back to the counter, putting the spray bottle and rag back where she found them. "Have you even worked one day in customer service before?"

"Are you kidding?" June scoffed again, "I used to be a bartender in the Southern Earth Kingdom. I had no problem with dealing with people, if they had a problem, I would take care of it."

"You do know you can't bounce people out of here right?"

"I can't do that either?!"

Zuko entered the coffee shop and instantly spotted Jin sitting in one of the cushioned chairs by the electronic fireplace that was pumping out heat in the shop. She wore a green knit cap over long brown hair and a simple matching green sweater with jeans. He took at seat beside her, realizing that her mind was somewhere else. Zuko put his hand over hers, making her slightly jump as she realized she had been in her mind longer than she thought. "You okay?" He asked, a slight smile appearing on his face.

She nodded, "Yeah…well…not really…"

"What's going on Jin?"

She pulled her legs up on the chair with her, "Zuko…remember when we decided to make this…thing…we have not a relationship?" He nodded. "Well…what if things changed…would you want this to be a relationship? Like…if something happened that would change what we have, would you be with me?"

Zuko felt a wave of relief hit him. All Jin wanted to do was turn their arrangement into an actual relationship. "Yeah, if you want this to be a relationship, I think that could work out."

Her eyes went to her feet for a second, then back up to Zuko. "The last time we were intimate…you didn't wear a condom…" A new wave hit him, this time it felt like a brick wall. "…and you are the only guy I've been intimate with…and I took a test…"

"You're pregnant…" She nodded, holding back tears. He hung his head, putting his face in his hands and took a slow deep breath. Hundreds of thoughts went through his head at that moment, many of them cursing himself for being so stupid. "What do you want to do?" He mumbled into his hands.

Jin wiped away a stray tear that fell down her face, "I want to keep it…" He nodded as he kept his face in his hands. "Did you not want to?"

Zuko let his hands fall down to his knees, "I wouldn't want you to do that…it's your decision and I would do the same thing."

"If you don't want to deal with this Zuko…I can understand. If you want out right now, I'll let you out. No bugging you for child support, no asking you to take our kid to the doctor or no asking you to watch our child so you can live a normal life…"

Anger began to rise in Zuko, not at the young girl, but at the idea of him wiping his hands clean of the situation. Zuko took her hand, "No. I want to be there for you and our child…we can raise this child together, we're almost done with High School and I can get a better job. We can do this."

She smiled past the tears, "You think so?"

"Of course I do."

-SDB