"Wake up!" I groaned while I shook Zuko who still wouldn't wake up. "If you don't wake up, expect a very nasty attitude from me for the rest of the day."

Finally, he woke up. He sat up while rubbing his eyes. "What do you want? It's our off day, I wanted to sleep in."

"Exactly! It's our off day! I haven't gone into town since we got here and I want to." I smiled.

Grumpily, he responded, "So go."

"But I want to go with you." I pouted. "Please."

Zuko sighed while hanging his head. "Fine. But let's hurry back so I can take a nap."

"Deal!" I got up from the bed and walked out of the room. "Hurry up and get ready!"

>>>

"Do you remember that necklace I really liked when we first got here?" I asked Zuko as I looked up at him.

Zuko shook his head.

"The one that was expensive and you told me to save my money on?"

He shook his head once again.

I rolled my eyes. "Well, I saved up enough money to buy it. And I'll even have extra money leftover."

"Why do you want that necklace so badly?"

Zuko asked me.

I shrugged. "It's not everyday you come to Ba Sing Se. This is my new life, I'd like something to resemble that. And I'll remember even if I start a new one. Or if it ends here."

"It's not that big of deal." Zuko said. I nodded slowly, "Yes it is. I've never had a life away from the South Pole or from my brother and sister. I've started over."

"Since when?"

"Since we got here."

I looked around at the stands as we passed by them, but I had my eyes set on the one with my necklace. On one of the stands, I saw a tea set. Instantly, I remembered Iroh.

"Mushy seemed different this morning." I said to Zuko. "And he didn't want to tag along with us... and he usually does."

Zuko sighed, his head hanging down.

"Is Mushy okay?" I asked slowly.

"...do you remember the name Lu Ten?" He asked me. I nodded. "Yes. You told me he was Mushy's son. Your cousin."

Zuko nodded. "It's his birthday today. He like to spend this day alone."

My heart sunk into my stomach. I couldn't imagine Iroh facing pain. He's so bubbly and humble. I'd never want him to feel anything less than joyful.

"Isn't this the stand?" Zuko pointed to the stand in front of him. I nodded with a smile. "Yes! Excuse me, sir?"

The stand-keeper turned around. I noticed he wasn't the one from last time.

I described him the necklace and he knew exactly what I was talking about. He grabbed it from a box and held it out to me. "It's definitely a head turner. This will be 18 silver pieces."

My face fell. I looked up to Zuko with a frown. "I don't have 18 silver pieces." I looked back at the stand-keeper and forced a small smile, "I'll come back another time. Thank you."

Zuko and I slowly walked away from the stand, my shoulders slumped. "I want to go home and sleep."

Zuko stopped in his tracks, making myself turn around and cock my brow at him. "Are you okay?"

He nodded. "Go look for some food. I'll catch up with you."

I cocked my brow at him. "Where are you going?"

"Just go look for some food!" Zuko said.

I raised my hands up in surrender. "Okay, okay. Sheesh... someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed."

>>>

When I heard the door open and close, I quickly stood up from the couch and walked over to the front door.

"Are you serious?!"

Zuko looked over at me with a confused expression.

"Where have you been?! You ditched me in town and made me sit here worried sick!"

"I had some errands to run." Zuko responded.

I scoffed while crossing my arms. "Oh really? You couldn't have told me?! Honestly, Zuko-" He placed his hand over my mouth and stared down at me. "Someone can hear you!" He whisper-yelled.

I removed his hand away before turning around. "I was so worried... another hour and I would've gone looking for you. You're so selfish sometimes. You don't think before you do things."

"I know and I'm sorry. But can you stop yelling at me and turn around ?" Zuko said. I did as he asked and my arms fell down to my sides as my lip slightly pouted. He held a necklace with a small green heart dangling from it.

I stepped over to him and looked down at the necklace. "I'm confused..." I looked up at him, "I thought you were running errands."

"I made a small stop." Zuko shrugged before twirling me around. He moved my hair to one side then placed the necklace around my neck. He twirled me back to face him and slightly smiled down at the necklace. "It suits you."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and whispered, "Thank you. It means a lot more than you think."