Yes. I didn't want to tell you, because I knew how father would react.
[It's going out on a limb - she doesn't know the precise situation here but she knows how she thinks she would act in a situation like this, and from what little Zuko has let on (knowing zuko like mai, zuko not knowing mai liked her), it seems like a pretty logical conclusion and also completely viable.]
no subject
Yes. I didn't want to tell you, because I knew how father would react.
[It's going out on a limb - she doesn't know the precise situation here but she knows how she thinks she would act in a situation like this, and from what little Zuko has let on (knowing zuko like mai, zuko not knowing mai liked her), it seems like a pretty logical conclusion and also completely viable.]