December Twenty-First: Artificial

"Are we real?" Ty Lee asked, using up every ounce of courage in her body.

"What do you mean?" harshly replied Azula, although she knew the answer. "We both seem quite real to me, unless we both are in the depths of some terrifying and dark hallucination."

Ty Lee could not help but smile. "It wouldn't be terrifying to me."

"I think that is not an answerable question. It is one we have to uncover ourselves, probably by accident," said Azula, now wholly honest.

Ty Lee nodded; she liked the romantic sound of it.

She softly kissed her true love.

December Twenty-Second: Windchill

"I'm so cold!" cried out Ty Lee. She shivered in the Earth Kingdom weather, even if she had lived on the frigid Kyoshi Island for so long.

Okay, maybe she exaggerated because Azula was there. They were outside, the stars were beautiful, but she could not pay attention to them when she was freezing from the wind and gradually edging closer to a girl she thought was maybe her girlfriend.

Ty Lee didn't know, but she wished she did.

Azula didn't hold Ty Lee or anything Ty Lee dreamed about.

But when she kissed her, it lit her on fire.

December Twenty-Third: Impatient

"Tell me, please," begged Ty Lee on one of those daring days, where she felt like the bravest person on the planet. She had to be if she was asking Azula about their romance. "Tell me if you love me and don't lie and don't… you can hurt me."

"I know that. I can hurt whoever I want."

"Do you want to hurt me?"

"No."

"I'm sorry that I'm so impatient but I just need to know. Please, please, please."

Begging was not degrading when it was so important.

Azula kissed her hard and as she pulled away whispered, "Maybe."

December Twenty-Fourth: The One

"I'm in love with you. You're the only one I could ever love and if you don't love me back and I don't think I could move on," Ty Lee said honestly. She did not have to be brave or bold to speak anymore. Maybe she was starting to trust Azula, as deadly as that was.

"Do you see me trying to seduce anyone else?" Azula asked. She was mocking Ty Lee, but it was still incredibly sweet.

"Please tell me I'm the one," whispered Ty Lee.

"If you would just open your eyes you would know."

Azula kissed her.