toph x childhood friend reader !!! toph talks about her to the gaang a lot, so color them surprise when they meet her after like 10 years and she's clearly way more quiet and cold than toph described (not with toph though, toph makes her lose her composure)
TOPH BEIFONG X CHILDHOOD FRIEND!READER
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ after years of talking about you to the gaang, toph finally introduces you to them ⸝⸝ wlw intended
cw: no use of y/n but i did use [name] a few times, might be a lil disorganized, only briefly proofread so srry if there’s spelling mistakes, no official relationship (yet)
┈─ note: i think i might of overlooked the “quiet and cold” part of the request which i apologize for </3 also i thought this request was so cute! i wish i could’ve came up with more for it, but this was all i got
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you’d known toph for more than 10 years, so it wasn’t rare that she mentioned you at times. she always talked to the gaang about you, no matter the topic. she liked showing off about your achievements or anything you’d done before.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you were a complete contrast to toph. you were quiet and reserved, other than when you were around her, of course. she was able to bring out a side of you that you didn’t even know existed. she’d had you doing things you never knew you were capable of.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ aang could be talking about a type of animal, and despite it not mattering, toph would say “oh, [name] had one of those as a pet.” or if someone mentioned a new skill they’d learned: “you’re so behind— [name]’s known how to do that for years!”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “well, you’ve been talking about this girl for years,” aang said one day. “you ever gonna introduce us to her?”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “one day, twinkle toes,” she’d say.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ one of the reasons you hadn’t met them was because of the inconvenience. you had a busy schedule, and you didn’t live in the united republic of nations like they did. when you did have free time, it was usually spent with toph, and toph alone.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you also didn’t really look forward to meeting them, anyway. you weren’t necessarily social, nor could you start or keep a conversation with someone besides toph, so you didn’t want to bother. you were fine with keeping your identity a secret.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ toph also liked keeping you to herself. she liked being the only one who knew about you, and she was also afraid that the gaang would be a bad influence on you. but mostly the former.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “they really want to meet you, y’know,” she told you one night. you were lying on a field of grass with her, just looking up at the night sky. toph laid beside you with her hands behind her head.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “they do?” you asked. “why? have you… mentioned me a lot?”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “just once or twice,” she lied. “but they’re really eager about it. especially the one with the ponytail.” she’d told you about the members of the gaang more than once, but nowhere near as much as she told them about you.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ she hummed in confirmation.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “i don’t think I’m all that interesting, though..” you murmured. you clearly weren’t very enthusiastic about meeting them.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ she scoffed, “oh come on, you’re more interesting than all of them combined!”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ they were all really curious about you, especially because of the way toph talked about you. they could all tell toph really liked you, so much that they wondered if you were her secret girlfriend.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “so… what’s she like?” katara asked toph out of curiosity.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “she’s nice,” toph shrugged, “not very talkative though.” and oh how much of an understatement that was.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ the day you’d finally met them was on one of your free days. the day before, toph asked you if she and the gaang could stay over at your place for the night, since it would be a long flight to get back to the city. reluctantly, you agreed.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ your house was miles away from any city nearby. you were far from other people, and you liked it that way. you were already outside your house when you saw appa preparing to land.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “wait,” sokka whispered to toph, watching you from where you stood in your front yard. “is that her? like THE [name]?”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ toph nodded. “uh-huh.”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “..she doesn’t look like she’s happy to see us,” katara murmured. overall, all of them were pretty intimidated by you.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you led toph and the gaang into your house. katara went on about how nice it was to finally meet you, and aang just smiled the whole time (the only person who was missing was zuko, cause yk firelord duties). despite all their conversation, thy could hardly get any words out of you.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “hey, is she okay?” katara pulled toph to the side. “is she fine with us staying here? did you even let her know?”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “relax, she’s fine,” toph insisted. “she’s just shy today, or something..” you were never this quiet around toph, so she completely forgot that’s how you normally were.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ in the other room, you were sat in your living room with sokka and aang. sokka had been practically talking your ear off.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “toph literally ALWAYS talk about you, y’know,” sokka told you. “like ALL the time. we can never get her to shut—“
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you hadn’t even realized toph retired, but she quickly shut him up by punching him in the stomach. “don’t listen to him. he’s stupid.”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “i’m aang. it’s great to finally meet you after so long,” aang introduced himself. “also, i hope you don’t mind that my bison’s out there..”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ they all took turns asking you questions about yourself, which kind of overwhelmed you. how much had toph talked about you that they were this eager? toph eventually shut them down, though.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “alright, that’s enough,” toph told them. “it’s late, and i don’t want to hear any of you complaining about not getting enough sleep in the morning.”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you showed them to the extra rooms you had, but toph stayed by your side instead of heading to one of the rooms as well.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ your curiousity eventually got the best of you. “how much did you talk about me, toph?”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “not a lot. don’t let what sokka said get to you.”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “are you you sure? it didn’t seem like he was lying..”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ she crossed her arms and looked away. “well, maybe i mentioned you just a little more than i said..”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ you laughed, and that was the first time you’d laughed all day. “okay, if you say so.”
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ “just get some sleep, sweetheart,” she told you, before heading off to the room she usually stayed in when she slept over.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ when you went to bed, you kept replaying the events of today. sokka was clearly the more outspoken one, katara was sweet, and aang seemed to keep the group together.
˖𓍢ִ໋❀ maybe you could get used to these new additions in your life.
— feedback is very much appreciated!!
