Day 295 [Open]

[daughterofursa]

Who: Zuko and anyone
Open: Open!
When: Day 295
Where: Dragonfield
What: Rejection hurts.
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Honor

When it comes to rejection and disappointment, Zuko's had years of practice. It should help that it wasn't really a rejection exactly, just nothing changing. Aoi didn't reject her as a person. They're still friends. Awkward friends, for the moment, as anyone who joins the morning swim lessons can probably attest to.

But this is the first time she's tried to handle it without getting angry. No one did anything wrong, so there's no one to be angry with, not even herself this time. She didn't do anything wrong, right? She doesn't think so, but there's still this feeling that won't go away, and maybe it is her fault.

What would Uncle tell her? It's hard to imagine. He only ever tried to talk to her about boys, and she always changed the subject.

She made tea for herself anyway to see if it would help, but in the end she just winds up sitting with the cup forgotten in her hands. Kizuna plays nearby, attacking various plants by the shore.

Comments

[daughterofursa]

What? You know that.

You figured it out before I did.

[Zuko is being so helpful at filling Azula in on these alternate universe details.]

[fireburn]

[between that and azula not giving away anything about the fact it is such a different alternate universe they're doing great!!]

She liked you, you know. This is probably a bad time to tell you that, though.

[daughterofursa]

She--

[It's so completely unexpected, Zuko doesn't know how to react. It is a bad time. It's an old crush, and one that Azula never encouraged, and if she knew then why tell Zuko now when it's way too late to do anything about it? Is it part of turning over a new leaf? Or is she doing it exactly because it's the worst timing?]

She told you that?

[fireburn]

[such good questions to ask yourself!!]

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.]

[daughterofursa]

[Of course Ozai would have disapproved, but.]

...you almost make it sound like you'd be okay with it, even if he never would be.

[Usually they agreed on things?]

[fireburn]

[if zuko wants to be in a relationship with no children of her own blood to carry on as an heir more power to her tbh]

Why wouldn't I want to see my best friend and my dearest sister happy?

[daughterofursa]

[Well, since she's also your only sister, she guesses "dearest" can still be accurate.]

Because I'd be even more of an embarrassment to the royal family.

[fireburn]

That is putting it rather harshly, don't you think?

[daughterofursa]

It sounds a lot like things you and- Ozai said to me before.

[If she doesn't think he deserves the title of father, she should really stop calling him that.]

[fireburn]

Father is not known for his kindness, you know that.

[daughterofursa]

Neither are you.

Are you looking to change that?

[fireburn]

I said I was going to turn over a new leaf.

[daughterofursa]

I guess I'm still trying to figure out what that means.

But if you're not going to agree with Ozai on this, then... That's nice.

[fireburn]

Well don't make me keep repeating it. It's hard enough as is.

[daughterofursa]

Yeah. It is.

[...maybe Azula really means it?]

[fireburn]

[go with that]

So who was the girl?

[daughterofursa]

A friend of mine.

[Let's still try to exercise some caution.]

[fireburn]

Do you have a plan now?

[azula could attempt to kill her if that would make you feel better]

[daughterofursa]

[No. No that would be the exact opposite of better.]

A plan?

The plan is to get over it.

[fireburn]

To give up? Sister, please, you're better than that.

[daughterofursa]

What do you expect me to do? I can't make her feel something.

[fireburn]

You can try.

[daughterofursa]

She doesn't like women.

[What, do you expect her to turn into a man or something??]

[fireburn]

Maybe she doesn't know that she does yet.

[daughterofursa]

That's--

[...actually a fair point maybe.]

I don't want to... make things weird.

[Also she doesn't know how to go about making a person realize that if it's something they don't already know especially after getting asked out and everything.]