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Extreme Makeover: Luceti Edition

Who: The Avatar Cast, any passerbys who want to gawk
What: Upgrading the Avatar House
When: Today, evening
Where: House 56
Summary: Sokka tries to make up to his housemates by using up his remaining points to make a crowded house much more spacious
Rating: Avatarlicious

That morning, Sokka contacted the Malnosso to use up most of his points. Not only did he recover some of his possessions he had lost when he died, but he opted to make the house bigger. Already there'd been issues after Zuko showed up and with Toph's arrival, there was just too little house for them all to fit into. More upsetting was the realization there was no room for Suki if she ever came back. So despite the knowledge that he might need those points for something else later, he took the hit instead. And so, the upgrade commenced.

He'd been intrigued to watch the house seem to just rebuild itself. He'd delivered the blueprints to the Malnosso and this upgrade would fortunately shift some of the rooms around just as it was supposed to. And it was the afternoon, which meant everyone should be out of the house and would be quite surprised when they returned from their wandering about. Of course, he had some other adjustments to make that would require his bender friends to work on. The Malnosso wouldn't include a free slide with it (after all, he used that free high level reward for a hot tub instead). So he intended to get the first earthbender he found to help him with that. Then of course, they would need to carve a hole in the ground and fill it up with water for a pool. But eventually, after getting that all sorted out, it was complete. The Avatar house had become twice as fun and despite how miserable he'd been lately, Sokka felt good about things.

And so he sent out a message on the journals inviting everyone home. He included an invitation to Suki and Ty Lee to check it out too. They may not have been living at the house, but he was hoping this might change Suki's mind.

By the time everyone else arrives, the pool will be ready (thanks to whoever got roped into making it) and Sokka will have even stocked up on sodas and junk foods for them to eat. He'd have made some good food for them to eat, but... he's Sokka. Junk food will just have to do.

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"Hey." She reached for his wrist. "Don't roll your eyes at me."

Snapping at him was all to easy for her now. It was interactions like this, ones where they were comfortable with each other that felt awkward.

"I'm sorry that I'm not excited about it. It just didn't seem that great to me. But if it makes you guys happy, then great."

His shoulders slumped as he got chastised. Maybe the familiarity was proving to be a bad thing with how easy it was to slip into those little annoyances that they would have at each other. Nothing serious, just petty differences.

"Okay, okay." He pulled his wrist away, choosing to awkwardly cross his arms instead.

"... anyway, Asami's room is over on the other side of the house. There's two empty rooms. I made sure there was room down here in case you and Ty Lee ever wanted to move in."

She looked down, almost ashamed of herself. "I'm sorry." Which was only half true. The only thing she was sorry for was upsetting him.

"Sokka..." The fact that there was a room for her didn't actually surprise her. Mainly because Aang hinted towards one. "I can't move back here, even if I wanted to. I can't leave Sheena."

"Hm." It was all he really had to say to that. He wanted her back in the house. He wanted the entire family there. But there'd be no convincing her and he didn't much feel like it was his place. So he took it in stride and pretended like it didn't bother him much.

"... that's it for the first floor. The kitchen, dining room, and everything else is the same. Do you want to see up stairs?"

It hurt that hm was all he had to say. She couldn't tell if he cared or not, and her first instinct told her that he didn't. It was a feeling she was so used to by now.

Something in her told her to reach out for his hand to hold, which she almost did, but she stopped herself before she could touch it. She just felt like comforting him, but she didn't want to, nor could she figure out how.

"Sure." She said shyly. "I'd love to."

With a nod, he turned and headed towards the staircase. It was a little odd to have one in the house now and he was still getting used to the idea. Once he was at the top, he waited for her to join him.

"There's the slide." He pointed it out off to the back of the house where there was, in fact, a slide that led outside. "But you probably knew about that already."

"And here I thought people just magically appeared at the top." She teased.

Then for a moment she glared at him, playfully, of course. "Sokka, if you even try to push me down it, I swear, I'll hurt you."

He held up his hands innocently. "I wasn't even thinking about that! Honest!"

Well. He was now. But he knew better.

"I'm watching you buddy. And if I'm going down, you're coming with me."

Instinctually, he nearly made a comment about how he wouldn't mind that. Wisely, he decided not to. Instead, he smiled nervously.

"Umm... got it." He pointed to the other side of the room. "Look! A pai sho table!"

"OH!" And it was a distraction.

Suki wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying. It actually felt a bit more natural to tease him than to snap at him. There was still something odd about it, but it felt too nice to be like this, so she ignored the uneasy feeling and just went with the happy one.

"Iroh would be so proud. Have you been playing it?"

He casually stepped behind one of the couches and rested his arms along the back as he surveyed the table.

"Not lately. But I'm pretty decent at it. I've had three years to practice, after all."

"Really? Maybe you can teach me a thing or two some other time. I haven't played it in awhile."

"If you want. But if you're visiting, you may want to be using that room more than the pai sho table."

Sokka pointed at one of the rooms. Which room? That was a mystery.

Sokka, you have caught her attention.

"And what room might that be?"

Sokka grinned and simply walked over to the room instead and pushed open the door. It was a nicely sized room with ample space for the one thing that was actually in it. A nice, large and private hot rub. It was presently already bubbling.

"Our own personal 'hot spring'."

"Oh wow! So this is where it is."

Impressed was an understatement. Suki went up to the water and looked at it before reaching to remove her towel.

"Can I take a dip?"

He still thought the slide was better. He expected Suki to be impressed, but when he didn't expect was to be eager to try it out right away. She managed to catch him off guard.

"Uh. Sure?"

The slide was nice, but nothing beat relaxing in the hot springs. So Suki happily dropped her towel and got in, letting out a very happy sigh.

"So nice." She even laughed at herself. "I could've used this so may times these pass few months."

Sokka watched as Suki made her way into the hot tub, but stayed outside, arms crossed. He felt rather awkward just watching her in the hot tub. Certainly he wasn't going to join her. He knew better than that. So he tried to act casual by leaning against the wall instead.

"You know, when I first showed up in Luceti, we had to walk to the hot springs. Up the mountains. Uphill! Both way! You new feathers have it way too easy."

She found it a bit odd too.

"Oh. You poor, poor baby. I will never understand the suffering you had to go through." She rolled her eyes. "And you know, you can join me if you want."

The invitation was tempting, but...

"Uh, no, that's okay. I should... probably dry off anyway. I'd ask a waterbender to help me out, but they're as likely to soak you as they are to bend the water off."

It was better this way. She had a boyfriend now and it was important to respect that.

She gave him a nod. Maybe it was for the best, after all, this was a bit intimate, and she didn't want to cross any lines.

"And you do get to have this everyday, so you can use it whenever you want."

One thing she had to admit, it was much easier being like this with him than it was yelling at him all the time. She liked this a lot more. It felt more natural.

"What made you decide on a hot spring anyway?"

He shrugged. "It was for Katara, really. She likes to take really, really long baths. I figured this would free up the bathrooms for the rest of us."

There was more to it than that. His sister struggled with being in this place and had so many troubles. It was his small way of trying to make things a little better and happier for her. It was his way of making up for his sins to her. Eventually, he'd find some way to do the same for Suki and for Katniss.

"Wow. How sweet of you. And here I thought you stopped being selfish." It was only supposed to friendly tease, and hopefully he caught onto that.

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