Thread: Avatar [ Bear & Sugo ]

Her grabbing of his arm surprised him slightly, he hadn't expected that, but it was a good idea from her, it would most certainly keep up the charade a little bit better if she was hanging off his arm, however her distancing of herself only dissatisfied him, he puller her closer, her head being forced against his upper arm and shoulder as he started to walk with her, guiding her, she moved where he wanted her to, he was much more powerful in the raw sense of the word and it wasn't hard for him to guide her with a firm hand. After a moment or so of walking through the corridors the two arrived in an open space decorated nicely with several low tables and nice mats sat around them for people to seat, the tavern wasn't for royalty but it wasn't for the poor either, it was rather nice and homey. He moved over to one of the open tables and let go of her arm nodding towards the mat on the floor waiting for her to seat herself. Once she had he looked down at her straightening out his robes slightly where they'd crunched up a little from keeping her so close to him, he spoke through gritted teeth, Wait here, don't try anything I'll get you some food he said. He turned looking around the tavern's dining hall, it was fairly full of the patrons some of who had been outside and had seen the altercation between Zuko and Mizuki, there was looks of confusion as to why the girl who'd been in manacles and handed over to him walked in hung off his arm like she was something to be paraded around, this in some peoples minds probably didn't help their perception of Mizuki as a sex slave or paid escort. Zuko found the woman who'd shown up at the front desk before and spoke briefly with her as she bowed her head and scurried away, Zuko was the only one in the tavern wearing Fire Nation colours, the rest where all obviously Earth Kingdom citizens, wearing their noticeable green. He moved back across the room, sitting next to Mizuki making himself comfortable. She will bring you something to eat shortly. he said in a fairly hushed tone being aware of his surroundings and seeing the many people giving them looks, he couldn't put his finger on it but they all looked curiously on at the new woman sitting next to him. I wont be staying here for much longer. he said softly, so they wont be giving you that look for a while more. he looked over to the side of her cheek the light burn marks that where present there slowly fading, unlike his that would be there for the rest of his life, she'd gotten lucky in a way.. was the only thing that he could think of, no matter how bad the abuse she'd received was, she wouldn't have to bear the scar he would for the rest of his life, at worst she'd have a few light scars on her back. After a moment of silence he took a deep breath almost nervously and whispered to her slightly, Does it hurt? he said with a gentle tone looking over to her, did they give it any medical treatment? he said once more in the same soft tone, he was playing his game, trying to earn her trust, but at the same time he felt a some what sort of concern for her, he'd been burnt at the fire nations hand and so had she, they where similar in a way, just his torture was mental in the ways it was being done, exile, kept away from his home, from his mother, from his throne, hers was more physical, cuts, bruisers, burns... They where similar, in a way, deep down he really did care about this girl who was stuck in a similar situation as he.