Settling In Who: Azula, Mai, Ty Lee OT...??? When: After their time in the market, the girls re-group and settle in to their temporary quarters. Where: A lower-end but not dumpy inn What: The girls discuss all (or keep to themselves) all that they've seen.
Although not fancy, the soft mattress beneath Mai's seat gave easily. She could feel the tension in her lower back begin to loosen, and she let out an audible sigh. But rather than the typical sigh of exasperation, Mai's sigh sounded more like one of pleasure and contentment.
She kicked off her shoes and flexed her feet. She wiggled her toes and rubbed them together. Collapsing on her back in a soft 'flop,' she stared up at the ceiling and played that afternoon's events in her head. She rested her hands over her stomach lazily, rubbing together the fingers which had just hours ago raked across Zuko's coarse hairline.
Was his hair always that thick? He had always tied it back, and she had never touched it before...She closed her eyes and tried to imagine what it must've felt like back when they were kids, when it was long and pulled into a thick ponytail. She slowly inhaled through her nose and let it out through a part in her lips. She knew she would have to savor the rare moments of piece, and cherish the scarce glimmers of joy that were to be found during this wretched trek through the warring lands.