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[beautyrest]

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[rediscovering]

yes. hikaru was clear from the very start.
aang also is very supportive of our courtship. and has been from the start too.
aang taught me old fire nation dances shortly after i met you

[beautyrest]

I am grateful for their support.

... Are YOU glad for our courtship? This is not... some strange decision to placate them, is it?

Are you intending to share them with me or merely keep them to yourself?

[rediscovering]

i am UNSPEAKABLY glad for our courtship!!! of course!!!
i am happy my two best friends approve. but if they didn't that would not change how i feel about you.
and i feel honored you feel the same way.


i would also be honored to share my nation's dances with you, yes.
i'll have aang give me a refresher first...
these dances are over a hundred years old. no one does them anymore. i did not even know my people ever danced until this.
and i only learned because of you. so thank you for that too.

[beautyrest]

Honored over my affections?[About her feeling the same way? He can't see her blush. Which is probably best.]

It seems they've been lost long enough, time to let them see the light once more.

[rediscovering]

yes of course
why wouldn't i be honored to have your affections?
i have never felt lucky in my life before today

[ Dramatic™, but also not wholly untrue. She can't see him blushing, either — but inwardly he's thinking she should be there to see it gruihsjnkf why did he leave, he's such an idiot, he really is so lucky...!!! This whole SNAFU just strengthens his resolve to do better. ]

i'll look forward to dancing with you again then

[beautyrest]

I don't know, I've never been in a relationship before, not willingly. I know not what is asked of me or expected.

[rediscovering]

can i please see you again?
or call you? i know i messed up... if you dont want to see me right now...
but that's something we should talk about, aurora
not over text

[beautyrest]

I do not mind being called. And I do wish to see you again.

[Oh dear, oh no, what does he need to tell her?]

[rediscovering]

can we meet again now?
wherever you'd like. not at the teahouse. i could come over? is that okay?

[ Always proactive and too earnest... He feels unsettled leaving this date on that note and trying to have such important conversations over text. What's more, though, is also just that, yes, he'd like to see her. Because he likes seeing her. ]

[beautyrest]

[She looks at the device for a while and lets out a breath.]

Now is perfectly fine, yes. I did not have a chance to eat, perhaps a cafe?

[rediscovering]

anywhere you'd like. tell me and i'll be on my way.

do you want to be in public again? we could take the food to go...
i'd like to sit beside you. if i may.

[ He has never been so gentlemanly to anyone else... Finally leaning on all that etiquette training, huh, your highness. ]

[beautyrest]

[On the one hand, she's... actually a bit nervous because if something does happen, she does not want it public again. But she also doesn't want to be scared to be in places with Zuko like that. She wants to go on outings with him.]

Why don't we try a second attempt, I don't mind eating in public with you, Zuko. I want people to know we are courting.

[rediscovering]

i do too. i'm proud to be seen with you.
and i will not embarrass you.

[beautyrest]

The tea house incident aside, which, I wish to never return there, you have never embarrassed me.

[rediscovering]

[ He's disappointed he's ruined his favorite place for her, but he won't push it. It's not important now. All that's important now is saving face. ]

and i hope never to again.

i'll meet you at whatever cafe you choose.
i am sending zunyan away this time.
no distractions.

[beautyrest]

[She... isn't sure how to point out Zunyan wasn't really the issue but she supposes it's just as well. She thinks for a moment.]

There is a cafe near where I work. I enjoy going there quite a bit.

Perhaps we could go there?

[rediscovering]

[ He's well aware he's the issue... but he's also aware that, should Zun actually stick around and not be a glutton seeking out his expected free food from his teashop fanclub, Zunyan is often also causing problems. The dragon can be quite distracting... Zuko doesn't need that chaotic energy right now. ]

yes.

[ A couple seconds pass before he tags on a second text. ]

thank you aurora.

To Action!

[beautyrest]

[She sends the address to Zuko for the cafe and heads there herself, looking around to see she is the first to arrive. That makes her a bit uneasy but she's sure it will mean nothing.

She looks up when one of her songbirds calls out to tell her Zuko is arriving.]