#fueri

"Okay, Okay, how's this one?"

Ruri watched anxiously as the older male took a cautious bite out of the food the girl held out with a spoon, chewing silently before swallowing.  The firebender shifted her feet, biting hard on her lip.

"...well..?"

"... It lacks taste. Alot of it." Feng started, ignoring the drop of the girl's shoulders and her pout. "And it tasted slightly burnt. And I think it's a bit unevenly cooked. But.."

Thin eyebrows perked up, dark eyes looking to him.

"But?"

"But I actually didn't have as hard of a time to swallow it than your last attempt." A lop sided grin formed on his face as a laugh escaped him.  "So... You actually made something edible. Not delicious, but edible. And you only had to put out 1 kitchen fire."

Ruri's smiled spread across her face as she bounced on her heels excitedly, black eyes shining brightly. Most people wouldn't of been excited with news like this, but given that Ruri's relationship with the creation of food was a rather shaky one, it made her want to shot with excitement.

"Can You please put a shirt on or something?" Feng asked as he looked over to his girlfriend who was currently walking in the room clad in only bra and underwear, like she had been for a few hours now. 

The younger fire-bender frowned, crossing her arms stubbornly.

"Oh, like you aren't enjoying the view?"

"I just... Don't think this is going to work..."

The words were painful to say, and the silence that followed afterwods tugged at he heart even more. Ruri could still hear Feng's angry accusations toward her, the way he had released all his pent up fustration and worries about Pinga out on her. She wasn't angery - anymore - but she was still hurt. Those words he spit revealed cracks in thier relationshipo that she hadn't even known were there.

The silence was suffocating. The older man had turned to face her then, his face a mask of confusion, and she thought that she could see fear in those green eyes.

"..What..?"

"I... I'm not mad." She said quickly, feeling her black eyes grrow misty from tears.  "And it's not like I've stopped loving you, because... Spirits knows, I still love you, Feng. But... This... I really don't think this is working for me anymore."

She moved closer to him,  deciding to keep her eyes down to his chest.

"I just feel like... Your not trying anymore. That your pulling away, and that hurts." Her voice cracked here, and she could feel the tears sliding down her cheeks.  "I can't stay in a relationship where I"m wondering if I'm the only one who really wants it. I needed you to need me back."