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[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

[Standing at the edge of the Quad garden Zuko's eying the strawberry bushes his previous Home Economics class had planted weeks ago. He's got his arms folded over his chest and a confused glare on his face as he stares down at the plants.

It's been bugging him for a while now... what could he get Katara? What would she like? Flowers seemed too... fast, too soon, he wasn't sure about the flowers. Not right now. And so here he was glowering at the strawberry bushes as though that alone would change his mind.

Were they ripe enough to pick? Could he even use his fingers to pick them? What if he squished them from plucking them too hard off the stems? What if Katara had an allergy to strawberries? What if he brought her a basket of them and he ended up putting her in a hospital bed?!

All sorts of negative thoughts were running through his mind, he's that distracted that if anyone came by he might not notice them at first.]

Comments

[neutralchaotic]

Are you thinking of picking them?

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Might as well.

[neutralchaotic]

Are you allowed to?

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

Why wouldn't I be? I had a hand in planting it.

[neutralchaotic]

That isn't synonymous with permission. You just said you helped plant them last semester.

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

As a part of my class project. One of these patches is mine, if you don't believe me then go find my instructor and get my grades for it.

[neutralchaotic]

Defensive. [It's obvious he's telling the truth if he's getting riled up over strawberries.] Hn. Carry on, then. [Turns to walk away.]

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

[Zuko's special that way. What's his is his, no one should have a say in it other wise.] How else do you expect me to react when you're practically questioning me about the strawberries in the first place? You might as well have just said 'no you're not allowed at all to pick them, they don't belong to you'.

[Huffs out a thin stream of fire and then grabs his basket to go in and start picking at the berries in his and Katara's patch.]

[neutralchaotic]

[Raises an eyebrow at the fire, but he's seen odder.]

I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't question suspicious activities. [Picking strawberries isn't suspicious, but if it didn't actually belong to him, then it would be.] I asked to make sure the privilege was yours. [Raises an eyebrow at Zuko.] Or would you rather anyone take your strawberries?

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

How is looking at a patch of strawberries considered suspicious activity?

[neutralchaotic]

You were staring rather intensely at it.

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

And you automatically assume I'm going to do something bad to the strawberries because of that. Right.

[neutralchaotic]

I never said bad.

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

Suspicious activity usually leads to bad, which is what you were looking out for.

[neutralchaotic]

Now look who's jumping to conclusions.

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

As I said, suspicious activity leads to bad. I'm not jumping to any conclusions if that's what you were on the look out for.

[neutralchaotic]

'Whatever.'

[Turns away. He won't get it.] Enjoy your strawberry picking

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't say anything, just goes back to his picking!]