Disclaimer: I don't own the TAU but I do own the idea for the fic!

As an explanation, only Toph's and Aang's genders are switched. This entirely based on the TaangAU by jinjinbun on deviantart, this is a fanseries of a fanseries. Yes, you heard me right! To fully understand this look at her series. So yeah enjoy the drabbles.

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Toph being his usual self was watching the other interact with little interest, eating an apple. Katara and Sokka were fighting out something along the lines of women's right and all that, boring. Aang was stroking Appa, she had seemed down lately, even he could perceive that but his companions hadn't seemed to pick up on. Aang was resting from her usual training and had opted to sit rummaging through her things absentmindedly. Toph, now bored o his apple tossed it aside and approached his pupil.

"Oi, what're ya doin?" She jolted and her heart rate increased.

"Nothing!"

"I can tell when you're lying." He stated dryly. Her heart rate continued to increase and she got up and tried to leave. Toph grabbed her hand. He touched what she had clenched in it. It was some form of earth he plucked from her hand not noticing the panic in her heart rate.

It was bracelet, a nice one in his opinion. It felt like a rosary, the beads were made of amber and there was a charm with engraving. There was the air nation symbol on one side and words on the other. He scrunched up his face; this was valuable the craftsmanship as far as he could tell was top notch. He noticed Aang was quivering.

"Give back right now!"

"Why?"

"You don't touch it hand it over!" He laughed in her face bad move. She made a grab from the bracelet and pulled however Toph didn't let go. It ripped and the beads scattered. Aang froze staring at the mess on the ground. Much to everyone surprise, Katara and Sokka had been watching the commotion, she slapped him.

"You idiot how could you!" She screamed and grabbed her glide and flew away.

"What the hell was that about?" He turned to the water tribe siblings, expecting an answer. Katara said nothing and stared to pick up the beads.

"This was made by an air nomad." Stated Sokka examining a bead.

"Air Nomad?"

"Yeah, I saw something like this when I was in the library." Katara added.

"What about it?"

"Toph, this would have been a betrothal rosary." Toph was silent.

"A what?" His tone suggested a death threat was in order.

"Toph, I think Aang was engaged a hundred years ago."

After a few hours Toph finally managed to track Aang down who was rather sullenly sitting at the edge of a cliff. He stood there for awhile waiting, then sighed and took a seat next to her. She turned her head and huffed. He poked her but got no response.

"Jeeze it was just a bracelet."

"It was not just a bracelet! Anyuu gave it to me!" Toph rose an eyebrow remembering Katra's words about a betrothed.

"Who's Anyuu?" He felt Aang shaking.

"He was my, my,.." She trailed off and fell silent.

"That didn't answer my question."

"What does it matter? He's …..dead." She was choking on sobs, and then he heard her retching.

"He's really gone…."She calmed down after a bit

"You sound surprised."

"I never saw him much anyway."

"So what was he to you?" He knew but he wanted to hear it from her lips. She pursed her lips unable to speak for a bit.

"He was my betrothed, Monk Gyasto encouraged our relationship and he offered me the betrothal rosary." Toph scrunched up his face.

"Huh? He didn't know you?"

"No, we were friends but I only saw him once a year." She explained huggijg her knees.

"Once a year, why?"

"All the nomads, monks, nuns and those in training come to the central temple in the sixth month every year for the Festival of Life." Toph put his head on his hand.

"Go on."

"Well, it's the only time of year that boys and girl get to see each other, it's also the only time of years lovers see each other."

"Why's it called the Festival of 'Life'?" Aang's heart rate sped up and she flushed.

"That is because; the festival is when all of the children in our nation were, ahem, conceived." Toph stared blankly.

"You mean that's the only time you're allowed to……have sex?" Aang turned bright red.

"Well I'm going to spare you having to explain it to me, back to Anyuu, what was he like?"

"We knew each other since we were little; he was just another one of my guy friends. When I was eleven he proposed to me at last. Gyatso apparently had been trying to arrange for us to become partners for awhile."

"What's a partner, like a sparring partner?"

"It's our equivalent of marriage." Toph seriously hoped Aang didn't notice his eye twitch. Aang was engaged, he felt the urge to strangle this Anyuu guy.

"So I guess you really must have liked the guy."

"I never told him yes." She whispered. Why was she telling him this?

"He never knew my answer; he died not knowing….." She felt another onslaught of sobs coming on. Toph wanted to grab her and never let her go but he refused to give in, he didn't know how to comfort people.

"They're all gone; sometimes I can't even comprehend it. Anyuu, Gyatso, the nuns, Kuzon, my parents and siblings I must have had, they're all gone." She whispered her voice shaking. Toph gathered up his courage. He put his arm around her shoulders.

"I'm no good at comforting so you better be grateful." Much to his surprise she didn't flinch or make a face. Much to his surprise she turned and buried her face in his chest sobbing with abandon. He sat numbly rubbing her back as Katara did when she comforted people.

She felt at peace with her tragedy for the first time.

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Princess: The begining of my drabble series. There's much more to come, this is a fun series for me, pure plot bunnies. I take no obligation for updating becuase I already have on like three other stories. But reviews help inspiration so if you think this is good review please!(Though if it's bad, I'd like to know too.)