Um, I have no idea what age Toph and Sokka are here… maybe around 16/17 ish. They're probably around the same age to. It's pretty much up to you to decide. Also, Toph probably knows what half of these things are but she's trying to flirt with Sokka but he's remaining as oblivious as ever.

And this is my collab project in livejournal's "Scribble and Scrawl" pretty much an artist and an author team up and be ridiculously awesome. (is too lazy to explain more)

Subtle

Chapter 1

In Which Sokka Explains What Flirting Is

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Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile.

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flirt-fləːt

verb

1 intrans. behave as though attracted to or trying to attract someone, but for amusement rather than with serious intentions : it amused him to flirt with her.

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"Sokka, how do you kiss?" It had been such a simple question.

"What?!" The boomerang fell out of his hands in shock.

"And for the matter," she continued as if this conversation was had everyday and was simply ordinary, "What the hell is 'sex'? Katara only said it's where babies come from but I need to know more."

"Can't it wait?" He asked, while trying to keep the mounting embarrassment in his voice to a low, "I'm kinda busy at the moment."

"What? Picking your ass? I need to know!" She said harshly.

He gulped, unable to believe the conversation Toph was imposing on him. He pulled at his collar. "Well… Oh, is that Katara calling me?" Sokka made up lamely, knowing full well Katara was off with Zuko or Aang doing who knows what.

Toph was unimpressed. "If you're going to lie, try being good at it." She walked up to him and with a slam of her foot Sokka sunk into the ground. He was now eye level with Toph who grabbed the front of his tunic, pulling him close. "Still don't want to tell me?" Toph let go of his shirt and flicked his forehead.

He started to wobble back and forth, his knees stuck in the stone. With a small -ompf- he fell forward, jaw aching and pride bruised. Toph laughed as he struggled back to an upright position. In a defeated voice he asked, "What do you want to know?"

"Everything. From kissing, dating and then sex. Let's just say you've pretty much got your day booked." She had a smile plastered across her face.

Sokka stared at her, his mouth hanging open. "You want to know all of that?"

"Yes." She said, crossing her legs and wiggling her toes. "Tell me."

He kept staring at her then shaking his head he cast around for something, anything, to distract Toph. Nothing came to mind. With a sigh he resigned himself to a long, awkward day. "Can you at least let me out of the ground?"

She looked at him, contemplating, before with a shrug of her shoulders and a flick of her wrist Sokka popped out of the ground. "Thank you." he said, rubbing his calves. "Why do you want to know this stuff anyway? There someone special you're trying to get with? Is it Aang? I never thought you'd go for the soft type, and you'd have Katara to deal with. Or, maybe it's Zuko."

Toph couldn't help but blush. "No. I'm not in love with either of them."

"So it's someone else?" He clapped his hands excitedly in a very Katara-like way. "Who is it?"

Her voice went dangerously low. "Sokka..."

"Sorry, sorry!" he ran a hand through his hair, that delay tactic had failed miserably. Was it his fault that he failed at trying to delay the inevitable and lie? He made a mental to work on those two skills in the future. Maybe after he was done teaching Toph his other skills. Namely the skill of wooing someone, which he, ladies man of ladies men, had perfected.

"Toph, you've come to the right person." Sokka said. Hey, if he was going to do this, he might as well do it the right way. "Sokka the Love Sage is ready for your questions."

She grinned at his new title. "Okay oh wise and powerful 'Love Sage'. First question: what is flirting?"

Sokka stroked the spot where his beard once was, thinking hard. What was flirting? What had drawn him towards Suki? Ty Lee? Yue? Or, on the other hand, what had drawn them to him?

While Sokka thought Toph was preparing, Katara had given her a few tips that, she assured Toph, were a surefire way to catch a boy's attention. She shifted her position, folding her knees underneath her while unfolding her arms and keeping them in an open position. Katara suggested thrusting out her chest a bit but Toph had some self-respect left.

"I guess flirting is when you hint at someone that you like them." Sokka said, still playing with his invisible beard. "You can do it using words or by touching them but never be too obvious, always be subtle."

Toph nodded and she carefully leaned forward her hand outstretched. Sokka stared at it until it touched his face. Toph didn't speak. Sokka didn't speak, her hand was cold against a growing blush on his face.

Okay, so maybe it wasn't that subtle but there was a reason why Toph was asking Sokka of all people for romantic advice.

It was taking all of Toph's concentration to not mess up the moment, she was still amazed that she actually got his cheek and not his eye or chest or, more embarrassingly, his lips. Blinking slowly she realized that she should probably to explain her sudden lunge.

In the sultriest voice she could manage while not feeling like a complete idiot, or something else much dirtier, she said, "You've got something on your face." Her fingers brushed over his skin, careful not to press to hard or break contact with him.

Sokka's heart was pumping furiously, he swallowed nervously until he noticed something. In a second the whole situtation was much funnier and less awkward.

"Oh ha-ha Toph. How would you know? You're blind." He pushed her hand away and walked away. He was being silly, why would Toph ever flirt with him? She was just playing a prank was all and a good one at that, he had been convinced for a moment.

Yeah, just a prank. He laughed to himself as he sauntered away leaving a bewildered Toph.

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This week's lesson: Sokka needs to start picking up on body language

Author's Note

Hey, Twilight! shouldn't you be working on your other stories before starting so many?

Yes, but this is a project and has a due date.

So please, no more asking me to update stuff. I only have two hands XD