BANTER

*SUKI*

"I didn't like her at first, really. She's an outsider, a girl. She had to resort to sneak attacks just to get to us and she's kinda arrogant."

"She gave me dumplings that night."

"Well she kind of grew up emulating your past life, Aang. Of COURSE she'll treat you nice the first time. That doesn't count."

"Shh, Aang stop interrupting. Then what?"

"Well, she made me change my mind that girls aren't that bad at all. She's also an excellent warrior, so I can't help respecting her afterwards."

"Considering she respected you when you're wearing a dress, that IS pretty darn impressive."

"HEY! WHO TOLD YOU THAT?! AANG!"

"It's not me! Really! I didn't! Besides, you practically told everyone about that in the invasion speech anyways!"

"That's not the point! I thought you and I have a sacred bond! That includes keeping umanly embarrassing secrets!"

"Hey, I wore that Kyoshi uniform too! It's not a big deal."

"Actually, Sokka, Suki told me about that part about you in the uniform. Not Aang."

"Oh..."

"..."

"Did I just hear you say you wore a dress, Aang?"

"Ahahahahaha..."

"Well, to be fair, you DID look good in it."

"Shut up, Sokka."

*****

*MAI*

"She has this quiet, kind of mysterious air around her you can't help not noticing when she's round. I remember the time Azula threw scorpion ants at her and Ty Lee in the garden back when we were kids. Ty Lee would be all weepy and wailing, but Mai pretty much kept her cool when they're all over her head. She told me later she find bugs kind of cute that's why it didn't bother her."

"..."

"What?"

"..."

"Why're you looking at me like that?"

"She got your attention... by having insects in her hair?"

"You ARE weird."

"I AM NOT!"

"Sokka!"

"OK, you're not, but that's just a really weird visual."

"Oh forget it!"

"Come on, Zuko! We won't make fun of you! Just tell us what happened next."

"Her parents always attends the parties my mom puts up for the summer solstice. Mai's parents are hopeless suck-ups. We ended up together sometimes having nothing to do. Ty Lee and Azula would run off and we had time for ourselves."

"I can't imagine you two spending much time talking, really."

"We don't. But Mai had a pretty good sense of humor. She made me laugh occasionally."

"Really? Maybe she and I could exchange jokes when I visit next time."

"Don't push your luck, Sokka."

*KATARA*

"Ugh, no, Aang! I'm invoking my 'Big Brother Doesn't Want to Know What Best Friend and Little Sister Are Doing With Their Alone Time' law!"

"Also I'm not really interested... you fawning over Katara is kinda... girly."

"Precisely! I want my testosterone fix, darnit!"

"Thanks guys. You're really helping the magic of the moment."

"No offense, Aang. But you're way touchy feely about this whole thing. Then again, I guess that's the reason why you two worked together so well."

"Yeah, my sister's way more... uh... relaxed ever since you two started dating. So I guess that's a good thing."

"Thanks, I think?"