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Once in awhile, not very often, during those interminable days of his banishment, Zuko indulged in daydreams. Sometimes they involved his mother being alive and finding her way to him, sometimes they involved returning to the Fire Nation in triumph, the avatar captured and his honor restored. Other times, though, when he felt
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Mai was a practical girl, not one given to fantasies or dreams. Once she met Prince Zuko, however, her daydreams began. Sitting under the apple tree in the palace garden while Ty Lee and Azula played, she thought of Zuko, hoping that perhaps he would come outside to play too. He would look at her and smile that sweet, shy smile.
When she
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Mai knocked on the door to Zuko's office. The meeting earlier that day with his ministers and Earth Kingdom officials was particularly tense. She knew that her husband would have a headache and that his back would be tight with knots. Without waiting for Zuko to give permission to enter, she opened the door and glided into the room.
Just as she predicted, his shoulders were hunched, his bow was furrowed and he wore a fierce looking scowl.
"Tea is coming," she announced.
Zuko grunted something indeterminate and she smiled.
ChopsticksChopsticks Zuko liked watching Mai eat with her chopsticks. The sheer volume of the food she ate was incongruous to the delicate way in which she ate it. He couldn't stare; staring would result in a swat or an eye roll or a verbal assault. But he could peek at her, under the bangs of his longish black hair.Chopsticks
And so he did. He snuck a glance as she lifted a noodle to her mouth. Her pink lips opened and she quickly pushed the noodle in. Mai chewed thoughtfully and thoroughly. Her method of eating matched her personality, Zuko thought.
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