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Chapter 21: The Scent of Love
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Magma
Chapter 21: The Scent of Love
Zuko searched for Toph in the crowds, but sadly he has lost track of her. He continued walking around the festival looking for her, until a pleasant scent reached him. He followed it to a small shop. It wasn't a booth for the festival, but an actual shop. The small but pleasant shop was adorned with flowers. Wooden shelves displayed a variety of glass bottles containing all kinds of perfumes.
Zuko remembered that Toph's senses were very acute. It was as if all her other senses were working harder and made up for the one she did not have. He imagined she would like a place like this, full of enjoyable scents.
"How may I help you, Li?" The shop keeper, a young girl with long dark hair and golden-brown eyes, asked.
For a moment Zuko was surprised at the name, but then realized that word must travel fast in the small town, and everyone probably already know the avatar was in town with his group of travelers. They were probably already informed about the new members as well. "I was looking for someone," even if Toph was not there, there was a possibility that she might have visited the shop drawn by the scents. "Has Toph been here?" If the girl knew 'Li' then maybe she knew who Toph was as well.
"Yes, she was here not too long ago," the shop keeper smiled, as if pleased with a secret that only she knew. "She liked my latest perfume creation and even asked its name. I offered her a free bottle as a gift, but she said something about not being sure if it fit her and left. I tried to tell her should could chose a different scent if she didn't like that one but she said she had to go. I'm not sure what it was, but I think something was bothering her."
In the mood Toph was in, Zuko would imagine she would want to stay in calming place like that little shop for a while longer. "What was the name of the perfume she liked?"
"Amazing Beauty," the shop keeper picked up a light green glass bottle, decorated with leaf carvings. "It was this one."
That explained a lot, Toph must have still been upset about earlier and was reminded of it. "Do you know where she went?"
"I can't say for sure, but the inn keeper is giving the avatar and his friends free rooms, so maybe she went there."
"Thanks, and about that perfume..." Zuko wanted to give it to Toph as a gift; he wanted to let her know that she was amazing and beautiful. He knew he liked her, but he was starting to truly realize just how much.
"Welcome to Suna's Perfume Shop! How may I help you?" A young man with short blond hair and blue eyes, around the same age as the shop keeper, rushed into the shop carrying several grocery bags.
"Bento, I thank you for binging me groceries from your father's store every day, but you already do so much for me. Don't worry about my shop; I'll take care of the customers. Just let me help Li get his lady's gift ready." Suna, the perfume maker smiled sweetly and tied a soft green ribbon with golden details around the perfume bottle.
"Oh, right, I didn't meant to interrupt," visibly relieved that the customer already had a lady, Bento, who obviously liked Suna, went to put the groceries away.
"Here you go, it's on the house," Suna smiled and gave Zuko the delicate perfume bottle. "Go find your princess and give everyone a good future."
"Thanks," Zuko paused, the words of the perfume maker finally sinking in. "Are you... never mind..." He left the shop, walking towards the inn. He couldn't help it but to wonder if Suna was from the fire nation and had moved away because of the way Ozai was governing. The dark hair, the golden-brown eyes, and her name, Suna, were all common in the fire nation. Zuko decided not to over analyze it too much; maybe it was just a coincidence, maybe when she said princess she didn't literally mean a royal princess, but his princess, but maybe...
Zuko's thoughts stopped when he arrived at the inn. Toph was there alright, she was in the second floor near the window, feeling the soft breeze and listening to the sounds of the town. He went inside and up the stairs to find her.
Toph felt someone entering the room, she had left the door open anyway, and she could tell it was Zuko.
"Toph... I got something for you," he placed the small bottle into her hands. Toph felt the fine artwork of the glass, and the soft ribbon. She opened the bottled and recognized the scent. "It's called 'Amazing Beauty' I think it fits you very well."
"I don't even know what beauty truly is..." Toph wondered if it was possible. She thought she had the answer, but as she grew she became unsure. "I can't see so there's no way for me to know."
Toph remembered her past, she remembered hearing her mother describe a painting as beautiful, but she couldn't see it. She remembered an older cousin fussing about keeping her skin smooth and beautiful, yet Toph once touched a sculpture described as beautiful and it wasn't smooth at all. If the answer wasn't the texture, then could it be the colors she didn't see? She had head people say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but her eyes couldn't see anything. Maybe beauty was something easy to identify just by looking, but she couldn't do that, so she couldn't identify it at all. That was what she had come to believe.
"Beauty isn't the same for everyone; you have to decide what's beautiful to you and what isn't. Besides, you can see with your earth bending and tact..." Zuko tried to cheer her up.
Toph smiled, "let me take a closer look at you..."
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Avatar. Cliffhanger! More fluff is coming in chapter 22.
Chapter 21: The Scent of Love
Zuko searched for Toph in the crowds, but sadly he has lost track of her. He continued walking around the festival looking for her, until a pleasant scent reached him. He followed it to a small shop. It wasn't a booth for the festival, but an actual shop. The small but pleasant shop was adorned with flowers. Wooden shelves displayed a variety of glass bottles containing all kinds of perfumes.
Zuko remembered that Toph's senses were very acute. It was as if all her other senses were working harder and made up for the one she did not have. He imagined she would like a place like this, full of enjoyable scents.
"How may I help you, Li?" The shop keeper, a young girl with long dark hair and golden-brown eyes, asked.
For a moment Zuko was surprised at the name, but then realized that word must travel fast in the small town, and everyone probably already know the avatar was in town with his group of travelers. They were probably already informed about the new members as well. "I was looking for someone," even if Toph was not there, there was a possibility that she might have visited the shop drawn by the scents. "Has Toph been here?" If the girl knew 'Li' then maybe she knew who Toph was as well.
"Yes, she was here not too long ago," the shop keeper smiled, as if pleased with a secret that only she knew. "She liked my latest perfume creation and even asked its name. I offered her a free bottle as a gift, but she said something about not being sure if it fit her and left. I tried to tell her should could chose a different scent if she didn't like that one but she said she had to go. I'm not sure what it was, but I think something was bothering her."
In the mood Toph was in, Zuko would imagine she would want to stay in calming place like that little shop for a while longer. "What was the name of the perfume she liked?"
"Amazing Beauty," the shop keeper picked up a light green glass bottle, decorated with leaf carvings. "It was this one."
That explained a lot, Toph must have still been upset about earlier and was reminded of it. "Do you know where she went?"
"I can't say for sure, but the inn keeper is giving the avatar and his friends free rooms, so maybe she went there."
"Thanks, and about that perfume..." Zuko wanted to give it to Toph as a gift; he wanted to let her know that she was amazing and beautiful. He knew he liked her, but he was starting to truly realize just how much.
"Welcome to Suna's Perfume Shop! How may I help you?" A young man with short blond hair and blue eyes, around the same age as the shop keeper, rushed into the shop carrying several grocery bags.
"Bento, I thank you for binging me groceries from your father's store every day, but you already do so much for me. Don't worry about my shop; I'll take care of the customers. Just let me help Li get his lady's gift ready." Suna, the perfume maker smiled sweetly and tied a soft green ribbon with golden details around the perfume bottle.
"Oh, right, I didn't meant to interrupt," visibly relieved that the customer already had a lady, Bento, who obviously liked Suna, went to put the groceries away.
"Here you go, it's on the house," Suna smiled and gave Zuko the delicate perfume bottle. "Go find your princess and give everyone a good future."
"Thanks," Zuko paused, the words of the perfume maker finally sinking in. "Are you... never mind..." He left the shop, walking towards the inn. He couldn't help it but to wonder if Suna was from the fire nation and had moved away because of the way Ozai was governing. The dark hair, the golden-brown eyes, and her name, Suna, were all common in the fire nation. Zuko decided not to over analyze it too much; maybe it was just a coincidence, maybe when she said princess she didn't literally mean a royal princess, but his princess, but maybe...
Zuko's thoughts stopped when he arrived at the inn. Toph was there alright, she was in the second floor near the window, feeling the soft breeze and listening to the sounds of the town. He went inside and up the stairs to find her.
Toph felt someone entering the room, she had left the door open anyway, and she could tell it was Zuko.
"Toph... I got something for you," he placed the small bottle into her hands. Toph felt the fine artwork of the glass, and the soft ribbon. She opened the bottled and recognized the scent. "It's called 'Amazing Beauty' I think it fits you very well."
"I don't even know what beauty truly is..." Toph wondered if it was possible. She thought she had the answer, but as she grew she became unsure. "I can't see so there's no way for me to know."
Toph remembered her past, she remembered hearing her mother describe a painting as beautiful, but she couldn't see it. She remembered an older cousin fussing about keeping her skin smooth and beautiful, yet Toph once touched a sculpture described as beautiful and it wasn't smooth at all. If the answer wasn't the texture, then could it be the colors she didn't see? She had head people say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but her eyes couldn't see anything. Maybe beauty was something easy to identify just by looking, but she couldn't do that, so she couldn't identify it at all. That was what she had come to believe.
"Beauty isn't the same for everyone; you have to decide what's beautiful to you and what isn't. Besides, you can see with your earth bending and tact..." Zuko tried to cheer her up.
Toph smiled, "let me take a closer look at you..."
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Avatar. Cliffhanger! More fluff is coming in chapter 22.
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