[Thread] You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy.

[banishment]

Characters: Prince Zuko (OU) and Mai (OU)
Where: Ast-Tria
When: during the song!plot, after this
Summary: Zuko and Mai think if they stay indoors, they can avoid the singing.
Warnings: some rare, sappy maiko-ness

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[savedthejerk]

It was Mai. Happy, cheery, sappy singing? Not exactly her style. Perhaps she could bear is in small amounts if she HAD too, but all the singing from everyone in the compound?

No thank you. Even the piano, which might have been bearable before, was annoying when she heard it as she knocked on Zuko's door. "It's me." She called.

[banishment]

Zuko rose from his spot on the couch when he heard her knock, opening the door with a sort of loving smile that was brief and reserved for her and her alone. He heard the piano, too, but didn't think much of it and attributed it to the singing nonsense currently going on. Someone had probably requisitioned one or had one in their apartment and was playing to have an accompaniment to their voice. He was glad that most of the musical chaos couldn't be heard back in his room.

"Hey," he said and held the door open for her to step inside. Once she was in, he shut it behind her and walked towards his room, assuming she'd follow. "No one tried to serenade you on the way over?"

[savedthejerk]

Mai smiled back, happy to see him, as she always was. "Hey." She said, stepping inside and following him to his room. "I was able to avoid them, thankfully."

[banishment]

Once they both were inside his room, he shut the door. Buffy had been pretty upset last week and he didn't want to be a bother to her by hanging out in the living room if she still wanted to be alone. Besides, he could hear less of the musical chaos in here.

"Good," Zuko said and moved to sit down on the edge of his bed.

There wasn't much in his room. A bed, a nightstand and a dresser was all that took up the space within the apartment that was his and his alone. One the nightstand, sat Roku's crown and the carved statue of his uncle that Toph had given him. The pair of dao that had come with him from their world hung on the wall above the head of his bed and the katanas that Azula had given him were displayed similarly on the opposite wall near the window.

He flopped back onto the mattress after a moment, tilting his head to focus his eyes on her. "How long do you think this is going to last?"