Angst #4 "Why are you lying to me?"
Why sleep when you can write about Taang? Thanks @su-univeralai for the inspiration lmao
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Taang - Angst - #4 - “Why are you lying to me?”
They were just sitting at the table, eating. But Toph was… jittery? She kept moving the contents in the bowl around in circles, but she barely touched her meal. That was odd, too; she loved food!
She wasn’t normally nervous, and if Toph Beifong was nervous about something, that was never a good thing. Aang noticed she was acting weird around him recently, so he was determined to get to the bottom of it before dinner ended.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Hmm?”
“I asked what’s wrong. You’re brooding,” he pointed out.
Toph let out a huff. “No I’m not!”
“You’re pouting over your soup. Come on, Toph. You know you can tell me anything, right?”
“Twinkletoes, I’m fine. Nothing’s wrong.”
Aang frowned. He knew Toph better than anyone. She was lying. He pointed his silverware at her face. “You’re lying.”
“I’m not lying!” she exclaimed. Aang saw that he was getting on her nerves, but he needed her to talk. He told her everything! She should feel comfortable to do the same, even if it required a bit of pushing on his end. “Toph,” he replied in a quieter, open tone. “Why are you lying to me?”
“Why are you lying to me?!” she threw back at him, her sass in full bloom.
Aang groaned. “Toph! I know you’re lying to me. You’re being all quiet and fidgety, and you’re never fidgety.”
“Twinkletoes, nothing is wrong, I’m not brooding or whatever the fuck you called it. Don’t read into me being quiet.”
“That’s the thing!” he argued. She whined and banged her head on the table as he continued, “You’re never this quiet! You always have something to say, and I’m just trying to be there for you!”
Toph lifted up her head and Aang was surprised to find her blushing. “I swear, Aang. This isn’t a big deal, please let it go.”
He let out a little gasp. If she was blushing, maybe she was keeping a secret from him. Out of all the betrayals he could’ve thought of, Toph was potentially keeping secrets? He loved secrets! “Are you keeping secrets from me??”
“Spirits, Aang—”
“—C’mon! I tell you all my secrets! You have to tell me right now!”
Toph slammed her hands on the table and stood up. She looked a little mad, frustrated mostly. Still, Aang cowered a bit as she yelled, “FINE! I’m pregnant, you airhead! Congrats, Pops. Now, go get me some pickles or apples or any other decent meal because I am not eating the rest of this Spirits forsaken soup.”
She let out another indignant huff for good measure and stomped over to their bedroom, leaving Aang frozen in his seat at the table. His mouth hung open as he tried to form words, but nothing came out except for squeaks that resembled Toph’s name. After a few moments, his brain regained full function.
Spirits above, they were having a baby! Oh, Aang had to go jump and fly around and hug Toph because he was just so excited!
And he had to make up for his little frozen moment back in the kitchen.
So before he went to get her dinner request, he flew after her to excitedly bother her some more, much to the earthbender’s chagrin.
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