Azula Doesn't Like Xin Wan
Jul. 1st, 2009 01:14 pmAzula likes her Dai Li. They are so strangely Fire in all of the right ways, and in other ways they are entirely Earth. They are exotic rather than alien to her mind.
She likes them. Except for the one who smiles.
He smiles like the palace women, too wide and bright and it never reaches his eyes. But there is a happiness in it, and it's not a baring of teeth, and she hates his smile.
She hates the way he touches her. Fingertips against her elbow to get her attention, fingertips against her chin to point her face at what he thinks she should look at.
She hates him, and she wants to kill him, but her Dai Li would never, ever forgive that.
When she returns to the Fire Nation, she leaves him behind.
She likes them. Except for the one who smiles.
He smiles like the palace women, too wide and bright and it never reaches his eyes. But there is a happiness in it, and it's not a baring of teeth, and she hates his smile.
She hates the way he touches her. Fingertips against her elbow to get her attention, fingertips against her chin to point her face at what he thinks she should look at.
She hates him, and she wants to kill him, but her Dai Li would never, ever forgive that.
When she returns to the Fire Nation, she leaves him behind.