iknowucan | Friends in Need; RL with Azula

"Her friends aren't going to become important to me just because I liked her."

"But..." He frowned and looked away. That made no sense to him - wouldn't you want someone close to you to be happy? And being nice to their friends would make them happy, wouldn't it?

"If her friends are rude to me then I'm rude to them, and that's certainly not going to change now that she's gone."

"But what if someone isn't rude to you?" He looked back at her. "I mean, I don't think I've ever been rude to you, but you're still pretty mean to me."

"That's because you act stupid, and I have no tolerance for stupidity."

He smiled. "You've been tolerating me pretty good so far."

"That's because you're acting less stupid now than usual."

He grinned and looked away. "I might just have different sides, you know."

"So do you fake the stupidity?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. Sometimes I really don't know what's going on. It's easier for me to just act dumb sometimes, though, instead of trying to argue."

"That's stupid." Though actually a little relieving.

"I guess. I'm just not big on being conniving or arguing - that's mostly my sister's thing. And besides," he pointed a little at her, "Isn't it easier when I just go 'oh, I didn't get it,' instead of making a scene?"

"If you want to be seen as an idiot."

"No offense, but I don't really care how I seem on the internet." The idea of caring what people across the world - well, worlds, plural - was silly to him. What did it matter? "Most people online aren't going to meet me. What do I care what a bunch of strangers think about me?" A laugh, "I wouldn't be able to handle becoming famous if I cared about every random person's opinion!"

She scoffed. "What do you think you're going to be famous for?"

"Acting, music, dancing - I'm planning on going into theater, but I'm not beyond working on a music career or something." It was so matter-of-fact - after all, Sharpay wasn't going to drop him like a hot potato after she got famous, right?

"Why?" Performance was often boring to her, especially theater.

He shrugged, "Because I'm good at it, and I love doing it. Especially choreography and directing - I like being up on stage, but directing other people is way more challenging."

"That's what I prefer." Obviously. It was easier than working with them, that was for sure.

"I haven't really done much directing though," he said. Definitely not as much as Azula, right? "My sister usually takes creative control."

"Running a country is different. It's more about discipline than creativity."

He nodded thoughtfully. "Yeah, I definitely get that. Still, it's got to have the same effect when people listen to you and things go super smoothly."

...He now remembered that Azula was a ruler. He knew it, but he hadn't really thought about the implications until just this second. Man, did he blow it? Should he have, like, bowed when he met her? Should he be calling her... Queen? No, Fire Lord. Whoops - oh well, he wasn't about to change gears this late into the conversation. Besides, she hadn't said anything...

"I suppose." She shrugged.

"It just feels really good, you know?" He grinned. "I like it when I see everything come together and look great."

Azula rolled her eyes skyward. "You're easily amused."

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