Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction ❯ Ties that Bond (and Gag) ❯ Toph's Lament ( Chapter 9 )

Ties that Gag (and Bond)

 

Toph crawled over to Appa in the middle of the night with a look like she had just been through hell. The beast peeked open an eye as she climbed up its fur, hands feeling for the reigns as she took Aang's usual place.

 

“Alright, Appa,” she murmured, half-asleep herself. “We're just gonna go for a little flight until the love birds conk out.”

 

He gave a wide yawn, standing up to ready himself for flight. Toph was grateful when they were into the air, letting Appa stop every now and then to take a nap himself, while she tried to block out mental images twelve year old girls don't need.

 

By dawn, she'd actually managed to get an hour's worth of rest, and really hoped this wouldn't go on for much longer.

 

“They're a married couple,” Iroh had assured her over a nice cup of tea. “It won't.”