Chapter Eight: Golden

Azula was not happy about Ty Lee suddenly becoming so bold. It was not attractive, yet it only made her want the woman more. She needed to get whatever she wanted, even if that thing resisted as much as the new, brave, daring Ty Lee did.

Ugh, thought Azula, now I have to think about this.

It should have been much easier.

She knew her own words were very true, of course. Even if Ty Lee succeeded at running away from the inevitable, Azula would haunt her until the day she died and honestly that was quite satisfying.

Of course, Ty Lee would have never showed up at this door if she was not warring with those romantic feelings that she always had. Azula knew they never faded, even if Ty Lee would pretend otherwise in order to be with her very plain and very boring new girlfriend.

"What did Ty Lee have to say?"

"That she is still in love with me and always will be until the day she dies, or something else along those lines. Then she ran away to find her other girlfriend." Azula shrugged. "I almost pity the poor thing for being so in love with me, but no one can blame her. Who would not be?"

"Not be in love with you?" Iroh asked, looking concerned for some reason.

Azula did not understand this man. "Yes. Especially her. She has been into me since before I even knew people could be into each other. How sad is that?"

"Humility is golden," said Iroh and Azula rolled her eyes at the attempted wisdom.

"I have no idea how Zuko did not kill you every single day for three years," she casually said, waving to him and walking back into her pitifully small and ordinary room.

This whole city was a terrible place.

Yet, inside of it was the one person Azula could visualize herself in a relationship with. No one other than Ty Lee ever made sense to her.

She sat down on her bed as she thought through the many times she considered tracking down her old flame. Ty Lee probably had been with enough people to know that only one person could make her happy. Some prissy little boring unattractive Earth Kingdom girl was nothing compared to such a golden-blooded beauty.

Surely, Ty Lee had to have been with better people. Ones who might be something near Azula's caliber. Maybe she lost all of her self-esteem somewhere along the way. It was the only explanation for why Ty Lee would give this Jin a chance instead of instantly surrendering.

Azula lied down and stared up at the ceiling.

This would work out in her favor in due time. For now, Ty Lee could run around and act like Azula was her nightmare instead of her deepest, most almost-unattainable dream.

Jin would suffer.

Azula liked that image. Sweet people disgusted her. Then again, perhaps sweet was the best option for someone with Jin's looks.

She smirked to herself and shifted her thoughts to her own plan of attack.