Zuko walked down the sidewalk with a bruise on his cheek with a small claw mark, he sipped his tea calmly as his friends were waiting for him in front of the school. He still didn't realize he had people that liked him as a human... that none of them wanted anything from him but enjoyed his company. It didn't feel real, like at any moment one of them might turn out exactly what he feared. At least he knew Katara wouldn't. But that voice in his head always told him maybe he was wrong.

"What happened to your face?" Kataras voice reached his ears and that voice melted away like a bad taste in his mouth when he drank a nice drink.

"Did you get in another fight?" Suki asked with a small smile. A girl that hated him now was concerned.

"Uh yes, another fight," Zuko pursed his lips touching the scratches on his face and the bruise.

"Nope, you admitted that to easy, what happened?" Katara crossed her arms. Nervous his father made a stop by Zuko again.

"A fight," he lied again but cried out when Toph pinched his arm.

"Terrible liar," she laughed a little at his scream.

"... durk fell off the fridge and I tried catching him..."

Everyone was silent for a moment.

"It was your cat?" Aang covered his mouth hiding his smile.

"Shut up, he's gotten fatter," Zuko snapped as Katara turned away trying to hold in her laugh.

"It was your cat?!" Sokka was the first to break into a loud laugh making Zukos face flush in embarrassment.

"Shut up!" Zuko covered his face.

They walked inside as Zuko sped walked ahead as all five of them were teasing the poor emo boy but there was a blond waiting for him by his locker.

"Oh fuck no," suki saw her and already knew this girl made her best friend cry. The red head pulled her short hair half up as she caught up with Zuko.

"Hey Zuko," Olivia waved with a smile but suki stood in front of Zuko with a glare.

"Walk the fuck away," suki put her hand up to stop the blond as Zuko was shocked.

"I'm just saying hi to my friend, jeez," Olivia snorted a little. "Can't the two new kids be friends?"

"No, he can't hit you or scream at you because he's a softy but I sure as hell can," suki spat but Zuko pulled her back as the short red head tried fighting back.

"Sokka help!" Zuko called as the two tall boys had suki by each arm.

"Wow Zuzu you need new friends," Olivia made a face.

"Don't call me that!" Zuko snapped at her.

"Oh my god if you want a friend that bad go find Azula and ty Lee and Mai, they definitely match your vibe," he groaned as Sokka had his girlfriend in a bit of a head lock as she bit him.

"I'll see you guys around," Olivia winked at Katara as she went to class.

"Don't bite me you animal!" Sokka yelled.

"You say the word Katara and she's gone," suki pulled away and looked at her friend.

"She's just doing it to get under our skin, she's a tease that likes getting people upset, it's easy to see she's playing a game," Katara shrugged a little.

"She feels dangerous," Zuko rubbed his arm.

"What does that even mean?" Aang asked confused.

"I don't know, just a bad feeling I've gotten before, it's hard to explain, it's like an instinct feeling," Zuko tried to explain.

"Like fight or flight?" Toph asked.

"Kind of yea, I just get a feeling when something or someone might be bad, it might just be me thought," he mumbled awkwardly. He had to pick up instinct feelings to judge a situation young, same feeling he got when he worked with his father.

"Kind of like before zhao came to the shop," he looked at Katara and she thought about it for a moment.

"Dude You need some serious therapy," Sokka blinked and zukos jaw dropped.

"I went to rehab?" He thought it was the same.

"I don't understand how people use to be afraid of you," Suki put her hands up giving up.

-

"Psst, hey Zuko!" Olivia poked at him during class as Zuko was on his phone not giving her the time of day.

"Come on don't be a baby, is it because of what I said at the fair?" She whined touching his shoulder but he shrugged her off.

"What part of don't touch me do you not understand?" He growled annoyed looking at her.

"It's just me?" She smiled softly.

"Exactly, don't touch me," Zuko glared.

"I thought we were past all that," Olivia whined like a child.

Zuko looked at her and sighed shaking his head, he offered a thumbs up that made her smile brightly, but rotated his wrist to change it to his middle finger sticking up to flip her off.

"Look if you were nicer to my friends and my girlfriend maybe but otherwise Olivia we have nothing in common and you've mocked a lot of our trauma already," he told her flatly and she made a face.

"Trauma? You can't get trauma when your a kid," she snorted.

"All my trauma is from when I was a kid,"

"I literally have a scar covering half my face, it wasn't exactly rainbows and sparkles when I got it," Zuko motioned to his face in disbelief she was this dumb.

"I guess but you've gotten over it and that's not the worst thing either cause you look hot still," Olivia giggled a little.

"... I don't think I can even win this argument, you make me want to smoke again," Zuko said in a monotone voice.

"Smoking smells so icky thou," she stuck out her tongue.

"Is that the only way I'll get you to leave me alone? Katara will understand," he nodded turning around.

"Come on Zuko, you have like the most fun personality in this school, everyone else is so boring," Olivia poked at his shoulder again.

"Trauma," Zuko gasped sarcastically with jazz hands. She pouted.

"Susano, Helen, one more word and you got detention," the teacher hissed at them and Zuko groaned annoyed.

"I literally didn't do anything," he mumbled putting his head down.

"Teachers always bluff about that kind of shit, don't worry Zuzu," Olivia smirked.

"Olivia Helen, Zuko susano, detention at lunch," the teacher told them both sternly as zukos head whipped up wide eyes.

"I didn't say shit!" He hit the desk now angry.

"Don't push it susano!"

-

"I fucking hate this school," Zuko sat in the desk with his arms crossed as he was stuck in detention with his least favorite blond. Both of their phones taken away for the 40 minutes of detention.

"I think I rather be with my father, that's what my life's come too," he complained as Olivia watched curiously.

"I thought your dads dead?" She snorted.

"Dead to me," he nodded.

"Then your uncle is..." Olivia raised a brow.

"My legal guardian and my better father figure," he sighed leaning back.

"Then why don't you live with your dad?" She asked again.

"I don't have to tell you!" He raised his voice.

"I could make you feel better about that Zuko, I'm a great listener," Olivia walked over and sat on the desk. Zuko got a bad feeling in his chest and leaned away.

"Dude you got to take a hint, I don't like you as a person, or looks or whatever, go the fuck away," Zuko got up and moved to a different desk.

"I thought you were like this with Katara too when you first met from what I heard, you use to be a real asshole to her," Olivia crossed her ankles as she stayed on the desk.

"It was different back then too, she was also the first person that was nice to me here," Zuko pulled his jacket closer around his body with a glare.

"Because of some bet?" She purred. Zukos breath stopped looking at her wide eyes.

"That's not the whole story, you don't know shit," he spat harshly.

"But I like you without some bet pressuring me to get to know you, I want to know you because I like you," Olivia walked over to him as Zuko couldn't feel his knees. He clenched his fists tightly trying to control his breathing. This feeling was new, it felt horrible, like he couldn't fully catch his breath as his body felt heavy, to heavy to move, maybe that's why he couldn't breathe.

"I-I can't breathe," he whispered.

Suddenly there was hands on his head and he looked up seeing Olivia close to his face as she was to close, he didn't want anything touching him it was to hot but he couldn't find himself moving.

"Stop," he rasped as she sat on his lap.

"My chest hurts stop please," he wheezed. He felt her lips against his cheek.

"Calm down no one has to know, I'm not a snitch," she purred into his ear. Zuko closed his eyes choking on his breath like it was stolen from him, her lips were on his.

Suddenly Zuko stood up and she fell to the ground, he leaned against the wall wheezing like he was having an asthma attack, he gripped his chest but it wouldn't stop.

"Stop stop stop, I can't- stop-" his hands where trembling as he grabbed his phone but it dropped out of his shaking hands.

Suddenly the door opened and the teacher finally came back at the end of detention. She saw the boy shaking as Zuko slid to the ground holding his head as Olivia was startled.

"What happened?" The teacher ran to Zuko seeing he was pale and sweaty.

"I-I don't-" "go get the nurse!" The teacher snapped at the blond.

"Zuko hey Buddy, what's going on?" She asked the student as Zuko couldn't stop shaking, he had sweat running down his face while gripping his hair, he couldn't speak and couldn't hear anything around him. He tried to lift his head but suddenly passed out as the teacher caught the boy quickly and held his head to her shoulder to support his neck.

"Olivia go get the damn nurse!" She yelled at the girl.