[Backdated to Saturday, Locationally Locked to Boys' 8]

[head_overheels]

[Ah, scenic Boys' Cabin 8! Home of etc. etc. etc. and so on. In this most scenic of cabins, any sort of tranquility and peace has just been disrupted by a certain flighty acrobat kind of... uncharacteristically storming in looking the worse for wear. Have fun with that!]

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[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

Huh? Oh, no no no, I'm fine! Really! Perfectly fine, everything's really... um, pink and copacetic and the universe is in perfect.. um... working order... y-yeah.

*... so anyone with the lie detection skills of a third grader should be able to pierce through this one, pretty much.*

[capthlock_rage]

[has the lie detection skills of a FOURTH grader! HaHA!]

I'm not stupid, Ty Lee.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

I... I never said you were! It's just... just, I mean... I-I...

*CUE TEARS WELLING UP IN EYES AND SAD VIOLIN MUSIC IN THE DISTANCE*

[capthlock_rage]

Hey... don't do that...!

[oh god this is awkward]

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

*And I bet Ty Lee throwing her arms around you and crying on your shoulder just makes it worse, right?*

[capthlock_rage]

[... pat... pat...?]

Um. Look, uh, whatever I said, pretend I didn't mean it.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

I-it's not you, Zuko! Sorry...

[capthlock_rage]

Oh. Well. Good.

... Then what?

[still kind of awkwardly patting her back 'cause it seems sort of like The Thing To Do though he's clearly never done it before]

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

It's just... just g-guys and mistletoe a-and it wasn't like I MEANT to do anything and he got mad at me anyway and I think he hates me ohgod but it wasn't my fault and... and... *Back to incoherent crying on your shoulder? Yes? Awesome.*

[capthlock_rage]

[abhdfdhdkdfbwe]

Ty Lee! Focus. Explain the problem slowly. And with words.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

S-sorry, sorry... um.

T-there was this mistletoe and I guess it makes you kiss people, except I didn't know that! And I... I just thought it was pretty so I wore it in my hair and I know that's dumb and reckless and I'm sorry about it but I can't change what I did now, right?

[capthlock_rage]

[mental girl problem warning bell!!!]

You wore it in your hair?

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

I... I know, okay? It was dumb! Really, really dumb and yes I'm stupid for doing it, I've already been told that, s-so please don't okay?

[capthlock_rage]

Look, I -- I didn't say you were dumb! It's just. That must have been... um.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

*STILL CLINGING ON TO but mostly for support*

I mean... I know I'm not a genius like Azula and I never will be and maybe I get too excited about thinks and I don't think them through enough b-but I'm not... that doesn't mean I'm stupid! I. I just... see things differently, that's all...

[capthlock_rage]

I know, I know. You're a... beautiful and unique fireflake. And besides, Azula isn't necessarily... a very good benchmark.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

... thanks, Zuko. A-and. I don't know. We probably shouldn't talk about Azula...

[capthlock_rage]

That's fine.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

Anyway... I. I'm sorry, Zuko, you shouldn't have to be holding my hand or anything.

[capthlock_rage]

No, I...

[awkward sigh]

I don't like seeing you unhappy. It's... weird.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

... I know. It's why I was hoping nobody was here, you know?

[capthlock_rage]

I didn't mean it like that.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I get what you meant. But still... I don't want to burden anyone, you know? It's... not what I do.

[capthlock_rage]

... no one can be that perky all the time.

[head-overheels.livejournal.com]

... I can try? It's just... I like to make people happy, really. It's why I loved the circus so much!