Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction ❯ Nothing But Your Servant ❯ The Walk Home ( Chapter 16 )
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By: AznMiss 
Non Anime: Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai / Drama / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.09.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 141 | Status: Work In Progress
Non Anime: Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai / Drama / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.09.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 141 | Status: Work In Progress
~Zenaida~
We decided to go out to eat tonight before we have to return to the ship's food. I lived up to the status Aida gave me and kept a close eye on anyone who came within 2-feet of us. A carriage was already outside waiting for us. Slipping in, I made sure to stay by the window of the cart and kept an eye on the girls who called to prince Zuko.
" You play your part well, Zenaida." General Iroh complimented and I blushed.
" Thank you, General Iroh." I said and bowed my head to him. Prince Zuko's fingers intertwined with mine and I smiled at his touch, but I was getting kind of shy to look into his eyes. His affection for me shows more and more each day and my heart threatens to fly to the clouds whenever he touches me.
The ride to the restaurant was a short one, and by the time we got there, there was already a large crowd waiting for the Prince's arrival. I stepped out of the cart first and waited by the door while the general and prince filed out. I walked behind him, watching as people bowed in their presence. Keeping an eye on the crowd, I smiled at the fact that everyone though that I was the Prince's body guard. Wouldn't that be kind of fun? To protect Prince Zuko? Well, I already have this natural feeling that I want to protect him and be like his bodyguard. Hm.....
Sitting at the table with them, I watched as a pair of girls walked bravely up to our table, giggling mouths hidden behind fans. Prince Zuko shot us each a confused glance before looking up at the girls.
" Zenaida, your supposed to be his guard. " General Iroh reminded me through a whisper and I instantly shot up from my seat which made the chair fall on the ground with a large thud. Prince Zuko shot me a look and I gulped.
" What is your business with Prince Zuko?" I asked unsurely, trying to sound like a body guard. The girls exchanged confused looks between themselves and General Iroh chuckled at my bad acting. Prince Zuko shook his head and sighed while placing his forehead in his palm.
" We just wanted to say how honored we were to be in your presence....." the first girl said to Prince Zuko and bowed on her knees. It was kind of wierd and awkward for him to get attention like this. Well, it seemed awkward to me, that is. Anyway, how do I reply to this action?
" Uhm.....how about you?" I asked the second girl who stood next to the one on her knees. She stared at me, a horrified look on her face before falling to her knees like the other girl. Prince Zuko stared at them for a moment before glancing at his uncle, who was snickering in his seat. I walked over to the girls. " Okay, thank you. That will be enough. The...uhm..Prince needs to eat." I said unsurely once again as I ushered the girls away from our table while I looked back at Prince Zuko with a clueless face. He chuckled at me before turning his attention back to his uncle.
~Zuko~
" You should take back what you said earlier, Uncle. About Zenaida acting like my bodyguard well. Well, she's not." I said with a chuckle as I summoned guards to make a perimeter around our table so we're not interrupted again. Zenaida walked back in our secluded area and sat back down with a sigh.
" Those girls get real troublesome when they're not in front of royalty. They keep trying to run back to you, Master, and they wouldn't stop until I raised stone walls." she said breathlessly and me and uncle turned around see high stone walls that reached the roof in front of the front doors of the restaurant. I chuckled to myself and began eating.
" Nephew, Zenaida, we should enjoy tonight before we are sea-ridden once again." Uncle said as he sipped his tea. My uncle probably thought enjoying the night would mean sitting in a tea bar and chatting, playing a few games of Pai Sho. Enjoying the night to me would be sleeping with Zenaida in my arms without Aida's interruption. Just because I had grown accustomed to Aida's attitude didn't mean I liked it. She's the only thing in the way of Zenaida completely falling in me. But there isn't anything in my way to fall in love with Zenaida, and I wish I didn't believe that I was in love with Zenaida because now that I do, this task and plan of using her became a million times harder to do.
" How do you suppose we have fun tonight, Zenaida?" Uncle asked Zenaida and she blushed at the attention. Placing her chopsticks down, she gulped and kept her eyes to the food.
" I don't know, General Iroh. It is not my call." she said lowly before returning back to her food.
" Alright, then. Zuko, how do you suppose we enjoy this lovely night?" Uncle asked me, his glassy aged eyes quietly searching mine for an unknown treasure. I had an answer to his question that would only involve me and Zenaida, but I knew that Aida would interrupt and I wasn't in the mood to get angry on this warm night.
" I don't know, Uncle." I said before returning to my food.
" Well, that's fine then, I guess. I'm meeting some old friends for tea after this." Uncle stated. We finished our meal in silence, listening to the small chatter of the other diners. After we were finished, we walked to the door and Zenaida brought down the stone wall barriers, where girls still waited. I sighed in irritance at their determination to get to me as Zenaida stepped to the side to let us past. Zenaida walked behind us and suddenly Uncle Iroh stopped walking, causing me to bump into him, cauing Zenaida to bump into me.
" Oh." Zenaida exclaimed and I seen that Uncle Iroh was smiling and waving to an elderly person. He turned to us with a warm smile.
" That is my friend. We will be walking to his house." Uncle Iroh said.
~Zenaida~
" Why not just take the carriage. I prefer to walk home since the weather is decent," Prince Zuko said as he tied his arms around his back and looked into the dark sky. I could hear the crowd of girls we were in begin to get fidgety when they heard that he'd walk walk home, so I shot him a look that Aida would give and the noise died down. General Iroh nodded and gestured for his friend to go into the carriage. We watched them take off before Prince Zuko turned to me. " Stay by my side now." he said low enough for only us to hear. I stood next to him and followed as he began walking, the crowd of girls doing nothing to disguise the fact that they were following us. It kind of sickened me to see how obsessed they were. He has a nasty scar on his face! Can't they just buzz off?
" Prince Zuko, shall I do something about this crowd?" I asked like a bodyguard/servant should. He smiled when he heard how guard-like I sounded and he shook his head.
" No." he said and I nodded. Turning around to the crowd, he examined them with a stare that burns holes through you. To the crowd, he said, " How may I help you?"
" I was wondering, Your Highness,..." a bold girl pushed through the crowd and stood a few feet in front of them. She wasn't the same as the one earlier. She had short, light brown hair that framed her round face. Her eyes hald a daring look as she placed her hands on her wide hips and leaned forward. "....if the girl with the creepy eyes is your girlfriend?"
We looked at eachother for a moment, eyes big and faces flushing a deep red, our mouths threatening to drop open. Prince Zuko regained his composure after a few moments and turned back to the girl, eyes hard and features cold.
" No. She's my...guard." he said, voice low and cold at the girl who acted with too much attitude in front of the prince. She seemed snotty and I wanted to poke her eyes out for calling my eyes creepy.
" Oh...I see, Prince Zuko. I hope you don't mind me saying that I think your a very handsome guy. All the girls here think that." she said sweetly and my body twitched with energy that my irritation provided. I think that she's hopping too out of line.
" Ah.....well....uhm, thank you." he said unsurely while blushing and rubbing the back of his neck again, a silly grin growing on his face. The crowd was throw into a fit of giggles that made steam blow out of my ears.
" I think that's enough, Miss. Prince Zuko has some affairs he must attend to." I said, stomping my foot on the ground, fists clenched at my sides as I covered her feet with earth and made that push her back into the crowd. I released the rock when she was in the middle of the crowd and looked up to see Prince Zuko grinning down at me. As we turned around to walk away, he leaned down to me.
" Jealous much?" he whispered in my ear and I blushed, embarrased that my jealousy made me act the way I was acting. I was too ashamed to look up into his eyes, scared that he may be angry.
" I'm sorry, Master." I whispered back while we walked and he chuckled, nodding to the people that bowed to him.
" You can repay me later tonight." he said lowly and a panic struck my stomache. What did he mean by that? Did he mean that he wanted to have....sex? If that's so, then I'm not ready. I'm not even mentally healed yet from his father's rapings! And what if I refuse to have sex?
" Then he'll throw your ass in the gutter." Aida said with a chuckle. I kept my thoughts to myself and we were in silence on the rest of the ride to the hotel. I could feel his eyes examining me every now and then. Once in our room, my heart thumped hardly and quickly against my chest threatening to break it. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. Sitting on his bed, I stared at him as he removed his cloak, wondering what his next move would be.
" What?" he asked as he tossed it to the side and walked over to the bed. Damn, why did I have to choose to sit on the bed? He sat next to me and layed down, hands tucked under his head as he stard at the cieling. I could tell he was in deep thought. Deep thought about having sex with me? " Zenaida.....can I trust you?"
"Of course." I answer, shocked by his random question. He rolled his eyes toward me and smiled softly.
" Okay....." he says, almost as quiet as a whisper before returning his eyes to the cieling. He looked troubled, so I rolled on my side and stroked his cheek with the back of my hand. His eyes jumped in suprise at my touch, but then relaxed
" What's wrong?" I asked, and he quickly sat up in bed, eyes soft but troubled. After a few moments, he turned to me with a warm smile on his face.
"You have my trust too, you know that right?" he asked me, his eyes searching for a positive answer. I was confused at his sidden questions and actions, but I smiled.
" Yes. But, Master, if I may ask, what is this all about?" I asked, sitting up as well, concern filling my eyes.
~Zuko~
My chest warmed and my stomache twisted with something so much more than lust. So much more. And yet, I'd have to use this real and raw and true emotion against her. Her eyes are filled with concern as she leans forward, and I know that if I don't keep this relationship strictly business, then I won't be able to capture the Avatar. But the question that keeps tugging at me is: Will I allow myself to love Zenaida or capture the Avatar? Which one would I rather have? No, I see now. The real question is : Do I want to please my father who raped and beat the girl I'm forcing myself not to love........or do I want to protect and love Zenaida forever?
My chest clenched in frusturtion now, but I knew the decision was an easy one.
" Zenaida......" I turned to her, my heart beating hard in fear and devotion of what I was planning to do. ".....I love you."
~Aida~
A strike of energy went through us and an exhilerating feeling conquered our body for a few moments before I understood what had really happened. He just declared his love for her. Our thigh burns and I know what happened. All negative emotions are thrown at me while Zenaida experiences the positive ones. We are claimed.
We decided to go out to eat tonight before we have to return to the ship's food. I lived up to the status Aida gave me and kept a close eye on anyone who came within 2-feet of us. A carriage was already outside waiting for us. Slipping in, I made sure to stay by the window of the cart and kept an eye on the girls who called to prince Zuko.
" You play your part well, Zenaida." General Iroh complimented and I blushed.
" Thank you, General Iroh." I said and bowed my head to him. Prince Zuko's fingers intertwined with mine and I smiled at his touch, but I was getting kind of shy to look into his eyes. His affection for me shows more and more each day and my heart threatens to fly to the clouds whenever he touches me.
The ride to the restaurant was a short one, and by the time we got there, there was already a large crowd waiting for the Prince's arrival. I stepped out of the cart first and waited by the door while the general and prince filed out. I walked behind him, watching as people bowed in their presence. Keeping an eye on the crowd, I smiled at the fact that everyone though that I was the Prince's body guard. Wouldn't that be kind of fun? To protect Prince Zuko? Well, I already have this natural feeling that I want to protect him and be like his bodyguard. Hm.....
Sitting at the table with them, I watched as a pair of girls walked bravely up to our table, giggling mouths hidden behind fans. Prince Zuko shot us each a confused glance before looking up at the girls.
" Zenaida, your supposed to be his guard. " General Iroh reminded me through a whisper and I instantly shot up from my seat which made the chair fall on the ground with a large thud. Prince Zuko shot me a look and I gulped.
" What is your business with Prince Zuko?" I asked unsurely, trying to sound like a body guard. The girls exchanged confused looks between themselves and General Iroh chuckled at my bad acting. Prince Zuko shook his head and sighed while placing his forehead in his palm.
" We just wanted to say how honored we were to be in your presence....." the first girl said to Prince Zuko and bowed on her knees. It was kind of wierd and awkward for him to get attention like this. Well, it seemed awkward to me, that is. Anyway, how do I reply to this action?
" Uhm.....how about you?" I asked the second girl who stood next to the one on her knees. She stared at me, a horrified look on her face before falling to her knees like the other girl. Prince Zuko stared at them for a moment before glancing at his uncle, who was snickering in his seat. I walked over to the girls. " Okay, thank you. That will be enough. The...uhm..Prince needs to eat." I said unsurely once again as I ushered the girls away from our table while I looked back at Prince Zuko with a clueless face. He chuckled at me before turning his attention back to his uncle.
~Zuko~
" You should take back what you said earlier, Uncle. About Zenaida acting like my bodyguard well. Well, she's not." I said with a chuckle as I summoned guards to make a perimeter around our table so we're not interrupted again. Zenaida walked back in our secluded area and sat back down with a sigh.
" Those girls get real troublesome when they're not in front of royalty. They keep trying to run back to you, Master, and they wouldn't stop until I raised stone walls." she said breathlessly and me and uncle turned around see high stone walls that reached the roof in front of the front doors of the restaurant. I chuckled to myself and began eating.
" Nephew, Zenaida, we should enjoy tonight before we are sea-ridden once again." Uncle said as he sipped his tea. My uncle probably thought enjoying the night would mean sitting in a tea bar and chatting, playing a few games of Pai Sho. Enjoying the night to me would be sleeping with Zenaida in my arms without Aida's interruption. Just because I had grown accustomed to Aida's attitude didn't mean I liked it. She's the only thing in the way of Zenaida completely falling in me. But there isn't anything in my way to fall in love with Zenaida, and I wish I didn't believe that I was in love with Zenaida because now that I do, this task and plan of using her became a million times harder to do.
" How do you suppose we have fun tonight, Zenaida?" Uncle asked Zenaida and she blushed at the attention. Placing her chopsticks down, she gulped and kept her eyes to the food.
" I don't know, General Iroh. It is not my call." she said lowly before returning back to her food.
" Alright, then. Zuko, how do you suppose we enjoy this lovely night?" Uncle asked me, his glassy aged eyes quietly searching mine for an unknown treasure. I had an answer to his question that would only involve me and Zenaida, but I knew that Aida would interrupt and I wasn't in the mood to get angry on this warm night.
" I don't know, Uncle." I said before returning to my food.
" Well, that's fine then, I guess. I'm meeting some old friends for tea after this." Uncle stated. We finished our meal in silence, listening to the small chatter of the other diners. After we were finished, we walked to the door and Zenaida brought down the stone wall barriers, where girls still waited. I sighed in irritance at their determination to get to me as Zenaida stepped to the side to let us past. Zenaida walked behind us and suddenly Uncle Iroh stopped walking, causing me to bump into him, cauing Zenaida to bump into me.
" Oh." Zenaida exclaimed and I seen that Uncle Iroh was smiling and waving to an elderly person. He turned to us with a warm smile.
" That is my friend. We will be walking to his house." Uncle Iroh said.
~Zenaida~
" Why not just take the carriage. I prefer to walk home since the weather is decent," Prince Zuko said as he tied his arms around his back and looked into the dark sky. I could hear the crowd of girls we were in begin to get fidgety when they heard that he'd walk walk home, so I shot him a look that Aida would give and the noise died down. General Iroh nodded and gestured for his friend to go into the carriage. We watched them take off before Prince Zuko turned to me. " Stay by my side now." he said low enough for only us to hear. I stood next to him and followed as he began walking, the crowd of girls doing nothing to disguise the fact that they were following us. It kind of sickened me to see how obsessed they were. He has a nasty scar on his face! Can't they just buzz off?
" Prince Zuko, shall I do something about this crowd?" I asked like a bodyguard/servant should. He smiled when he heard how guard-like I sounded and he shook his head.
" No." he said and I nodded. Turning around to the crowd, he examined them with a stare that burns holes through you. To the crowd, he said, " How may I help you?"
" I was wondering, Your Highness,..." a bold girl pushed through the crowd and stood a few feet in front of them. She wasn't the same as the one earlier. She had short, light brown hair that framed her round face. Her eyes hald a daring look as she placed her hands on her wide hips and leaned forward. "....if the girl with the creepy eyes is your girlfriend?"
We looked at eachother for a moment, eyes big and faces flushing a deep red, our mouths threatening to drop open. Prince Zuko regained his composure after a few moments and turned back to the girl, eyes hard and features cold.
" No. She's my...guard." he said, voice low and cold at the girl who acted with too much attitude in front of the prince. She seemed snotty and I wanted to poke her eyes out for calling my eyes creepy.
" Oh...I see, Prince Zuko. I hope you don't mind me saying that I think your a very handsome guy. All the girls here think that." she said sweetly and my body twitched with energy that my irritation provided. I think that she's hopping too out of line.
" Ah.....well....uhm, thank you." he said unsurely while blushing and rubbing the back of his neck again, a silly grin growing on his face. The crowd was throw into a fit of giggles that made steam blow out of my ears.
" I think that's enough, Miss. Prince Zuko has some affairs he must attend to." I said, stomping my foot on the ground, fists clenched at my sides as I covered her feet with earth and made that push her back into the crowd. I released the rock when she was in the middle of the crowd and looked up to see Prince Zuko grinning down at me. As we turned around to walk away, he leaned down to me.
" Jealous much?" he whispered in my ear and I blushed, embarrased that my jealousy made me act the way I was acting. I was too ashamed to look up into his eyes, scared that he may be angry.
" I'm sorry, Master." I whispered back while we walked and he chuckled, nodding to the people that bowed to him.
" You can repay me later tonight." he said lowly and a panic struck my stomache. What did he mean by that? Did he mean that he wanted to have....sex? If that's so, then I'm not ready. I'm not even mentally healed yet from his father's rapings! And what if I refuse to have sex?
" Then he'll throw your ass in the gutter." Aida said with a chuckle. I kept my thoughts to myself and we were in silence on the rest of the ride to the hotel. I could feel his eyes examining me every now and then. Once in our room, my heart thumped hardly and quickly against my chest threatening to break it. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to say. Sitting on his bed, I stared at him as he removed his cloak, wondering what his next move would be.
" What?" he asked as he tossed it to the side and walked over to the bed. Damn, why did I have to choose to sit on the bed? He sat next to me and layed down, hands tucked under his head as he stard at the cieling. I could tell he was in deep thought. Deep thought about having sex with me? " Zenaida.....can I trust you?"
"Of course." I answer, shocked by his random question. He rolled his eyes toward me and smiled softly.
" Okay....." he says, almost as quiet as a whisper before returning his eyes to the cieling. He looked troubled, so I rolled on my side and stroked his cheek with the back of my hand. His eyes jumped in suprise at my touch, but then relaxed
" What's wrong?" I asked, and he quickly sat up in bed, eyes soft but troubled. After a few moments, he turned to me with a warm smile on his face.
"You have my trust too, you know that right?" he asked me, his eyes searching for a positive answer. I was confused at his sidden questions and actions, but I smiled.
" Yes. But, Master, if I may ask, what is this all about?" I asked, sitting up as well, concern filling my eyes.
~Zuko~
My chest warmed and my stomache twisted with something so much more than lust. So much more. And yet, I'd have to use this real and raw and true emotion against her. Her eyes are filled with concern as she leans forward, and I know that if I don't keep this relationship strictly business, then I won't be able to capture the Avatar. But the question that keeps tugging at me is: Will I allow myself to love Zenaida or capture the Avatar? Which one would I rather have? No, I see now. The real question is : Do I want to please my father who raped and beat the girl I'm forcing myself not to love........or do I want to protect and love Zenaida forever?
My chest clenched in frusturtion now, but I knew the decision was an easy one.
" Zenaida......" I turned to her, my heart beating hard in fear and devotion of what I was planning to do. ".....I love you."
~Aida~
A strike of energy went through us and an exhilerating feeling conquered our body for a few moments before I understood what had really happened. He just declared his love for her. Our thigh burns and I know what happened. All negative emotions are thrown at me while Zenaida experiences the positive ones. We are claimed.