53 Sneaky Sneaky

----So just disclaimer i fucking forgot that the 24th was Sunday.... I thought it was fucking Monday! So the schedule broke slightly because of that this was supposed to be the day after the other along with two other chapters, but turns out I'm stupid so... here's the chapter now.------

Sneaking around was pretty fun. The night time in a fire nation city was kind of beautiful. It was something I didn't expect, I had climbed up a wall and was hanging off a window when I looked back at the city. Small fires sparkled around and it reminded me of fireflies.

"What are you doing?"

I looked up and saw Azula who had her hair wrapped in a towel while wearing a second towel around her waist. "Admiring two beautiful views now. In all serious though its like fucking midnight why are you taking a shower?"

"It was a bath, and I don't believe you have the right to say that since your hanging from my window."

I nodded, "This is true, This is in fact true. Can I come in?"

She stared at me with what I can describe as a resting bitch face. She then turned and motioned with her hand. It took a little effort, but I climbed into her room? It was more like a penthouse actually, never been in one, but her room was what I imagined one would be like.

"So how did you sneak past two different walls, a dozen guards, and climb a what 50 meter wall?"

I shrugged, "Honestly its not that hard I just climbed both walls." She kept up her resting face and I could see that in her psyche status that she was nervous. "The guards were obviously the hardest part, but surprisingly the more your paying attention of something the less likely you are to see it."

She kept up her stare, so I rolled my eyes and told her the truth. "There's a hole on the left hand side that I was able to squeeze through after that I bribed a guard and he opened the gate door for me. After that it was just the climb up to your windows. Just so you know the guards down there legitimately hate you. They thought I was an assassin and they actually told me good luck. You need a better self image if you are ever gonna inherit the throne."

I watched her Psyche drop by a couple points but her obedience rise by a couple too. "So then why did you sneak all the way here?"

"Well I just wanted to hang out, that's what friends usually do." Her face turned slightly red, but she kept her resting face. It seemed she was trying very hard not to show emotion around me. "So you snuck into the princess bedroom while she was bathing to hang out with her?"

"To be fair I didn't know you were bathing and also for like a minute I was just admiring the city. Your window view is stunning. It's a great place." She was thinking clearly unsure. I had really caught her completely unguarded this time.

"What are you staring at? Turn around I need to change."

"Fine, Fine I'll admire the other beautiful view instead." "Do you actually think I am beautiful?"

I had turned to face the window again and I heard her go behind a curtained wall. "I mean yeah? Sort of ill philosophy, but people can find beauty in anything. Its a part of what makes us human. Like say some people are deathly loyal to the fire nation and yet they hate the current royal family's guts."

"You realize you are talking to a member of said family?" "Well I don't hate you or your brother and I can imagine your uncle being pretty chill. In my eyes though your parents they fucking suck."

I looked at her status as we talked. I was reminded of the frozen status. It didn't do what I thought it remained, but it didn't replace her full status.

<Frozen:Nervous:Psyche 78/100>

It still however kept up draining her Psyche... Needed to figure that out. Luckily I had figured out how to reinforce her psyche. I just needed to feed her ego.

She tapped my shoulder as she walked over to her bed. So I turned to look at her, she was wearing a solid color nightie. "I want to ask you something."

"Are you asking permission or are you just gonna ask?"

That might be effective way to get her obedience up get her to ask rhetorical questions. "Har Har Mr.Funny. I'm serious, do...Do you not see me...ummm How to put this."

"Are you trying to ask me if I see you sexually? As in am I attracted to you?" Her eyebrows knitted and her face was clearly that of anger. However he status didn't switch from nervous. I sighed, I didn't think she would be like this. I would've thought she want to bury this and view it as a weakness.

"I'll be honest, I'm surprised." "What? Am I!..." "Shhh, I am just saying I thought you might view this situation as you being weak. Though I am surprised you aren't and that's pretty strong of you. Those that view love and affection as weakness often don't achieve satisfaction."

She softened quickly, but she still had a frown. Her psyche also went up a few notches. "Then what about my question? Though I wouldn't have phrased it like you did."

"Yeah your right you would've said something along the lines of mate if I let you keep going."

"i wouldn'tve!" "You are smart and you follow logic the only way you would've said it differently is if you said as a woman. Except you don't view yourself like that, you are a leader, your a master fire bender, a prodigy at a young age. So am I right?"

Azula was about to retort, but just fell back onto her bed. "Is this what friends are actually like?"

"Yeah, more or less." "So do all friends avoid my questions about their attraction to me?"

I winced slightly, I was trying so hard to avoid this. "Azula do you really want to know my thoughts on this?"

She pulled back up, "I do! You snuck into my bedroom and I was in just a towel and all you said was that I was beautiful! Earlier before the whole fucking tournament bull shit I tried to seduce you! Like what was I thinking! Yet you stood firm! Are you into men? Is my brother more your type! Tell me!"

My eyes were a little wide at her explosion of words. Her status had changed to frustrated and I could certainly guess why. "Number one I am not into men. Number two I am physically attracted to you. Number three I prefer not to vocalize these thoughts, but personally I would want to push you over spread your legs and penetrate you while you call me daddy and beg me to fuck you harder. Do you understand why I don't try to react in said attraction?"

Her face was beat red an her eyes were wide open. Her mouth was open and trying to say something, but she was just blown away. Her status had changed drastically with that line, likely the biggest shift yet.

It seemed the idea of my words were enough to not only almost max my reputation with her. Which i wasn't sure if that was good or bad...Like does she see me as a pervert now or like what? The same with Obedience it was at -35, but now it was at 0. Was that such a mental shock that I just replaced her idea of authority? It had decreased her Psyche from 78 to 83 back down to 64. So it could be a true whirlwind for her...

<Rocked:Psyche 64/100>

I waited as she sat there processing what I had said.

It took a second, but she got back to her mostly composed self. "You...I...Oh boy, I have just...Can we do something else?"

I raised an eyebrow, and she corrected. "I don't mean about...Fuck you totally just, EGHHRRR! What is wrong with you. How do you do this? Like call you Daddy! What? Like Is, I don't even..."

"This is why I was trying to avoid the subject you know." She may have returned to a more composed expression, but it seemed she was still shocked. At least the frozen status was gone.

She exhaled and glared at me, "Let's just play a board game or something." She was holding back what i imagine would be a torrent of insults. Her creased eyebrows were indicating as such.

"Ah choosing to bury the new knowledge instead of choosing what to do with it. Good move, I got a deck of cards if you want to play blackjack with me, I also know how to play Paisho."

"Ugh, that game is so boring. I can't understand why my uncle plays it."

I squinted slightly debating about telling her, I opted for a middling of the answer. "Many influential people use it to communicate. Its also tactical game so you also learn a bit about good strategy."

"Well I was taught how to play it because of strategy. Except what do you mean influential people communicate with it?"

I shrugged, "Some kind of secret code or something they do. Not really sure about all the details, but generally its used for more uhhh... Sociology reasons? Hmmm I actually don't know what you would call that. Point is Paisho is a pretty versatile game."

"Hmmm, Sociology... That sounds like my Uncle. Still boring if you ask me." It seemed she didn't care much for the game even to the point of ignoring what I just hinted at.

"Very well then! I'll bring the Blackjack if you get the hookers!"

"Wha?" It was my turn to glare at her, "Damn we really gotta work on your sense of humor."

"That was a joke? What's a hooker then?"

"...I am not sure if I want to answer that." "Is it something to with fishing?" ".........Yeah, Yes, Definitely."

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