I made what I imagined would be the Tokka fanfic “Choices” ending
Hello and welcome. Yes it is I, a not very well known person that likes to write who has decided to take it upon herself to write what I believe the ending of the tokka fanfic would go. It’s quite long, so settle in. This is just for fun! I don't own the previous storyline or characters. I’m also not nearly as talented as @3holmes Hope you all enjoy!
"Sokka!" Lord Zuko shouted, drawing his and Suki's attention away from each other.
As Zuko and Mai approached the couple with open arms. After a few hugs and shoulder pats, the women returned to their significant other's side.
"It's been too long! I hear a congratulations is in order for you two?" Zuko says, earning a smile from Suki and Sokka.
"Thanks man. And yeah! We're both super excited." Sokka answers, taking hold of Suki's hand with pride.
"I'm happy for you both. Even after your brief fling with Toph, I knew you and Suki would find your way back together like always. Truly fated, don't ya think?" Mai says, but her words stir up tension.
Sokka's grip on Suki's hand falters. "What do you mean? Toph and I have always been best friends, nothing more than that."
Mai's eyes widen slightly. She turns and shares a look of trouble with Zuko before gazing back at the pair.
"Suki would you mind going to get a drink?" Sokka said almost blankly.
Hesitantly, Suki nods and makes her way to the refreshment tables.
Sokka takes a step towards the pair. "What did you mean, Mai?"
Surely this is all one big misunderstanding that will easily be cleared up. Sokka would surely remember if he and his best friend had ever been interested in one another.. right?
Unless...
"The night of our wedding, Sokka. Mai and I both saw you and Toph by the ocean. We lost sight of you two after you hurried for the corridor." Zuko said in a hushed tone, looking over his shoulder to make sure Suki was still gone.
"You do remember that, don't you?" Mai questioned.
No. No that can't be true. Sokka would absolutely remember something like that.
"You must be mistaken. Are you sure it was me?"
They nodded, sharing another look.
"Maybe me and you should go talk somewhere more private." Zuko offered, glancing at Suki's nearing presence.
"I'll talk to Suki and make an excuse. You two go." Mai said, turning to meet Suki half way as the men dispersed to a quiet room.
Sokka was pacing back and forth, raking his fingers through his hair. This wasn't good, because this means the dream..
No. Damnit, no. This means the dream Sokka had been so keen to rule off as missing his Suki, was real. The touching and rough yet gentle handling of his best friend had been reality.
"I thought it was a dream.." Sokka spoke in a broken tone.
"You had your fair share of cactus juice that night. Don't be too hard on yourself." Zuko said awkwardly, trying to console his confused friend.
Sokka shook his head. "No, Zuko, you don't get it."
"Well then talk to me. You need to talk to someone."
Sokka froze in place. Yes, Sokka had been under the influence, but if his foggy memory served him right, Toph hadn't been nearly as inebriated as he was. Possibly not at all.
"I've spent years thinking that event was a dream, but now you say it was real?"
Zuko nodded carefully.
Tears begin to form in Sokka's eyes as the events play in his mind on repeat.
"I was so rough with her." His words sound broken, almost defeated. "I was so convinced that it was a dream that I didn't think to care in the moment. I took it for what it was and did everything based on my drunken thoughts."
Zuko stayed quiet, allowing Sokka to get it all out.
"She never protested though. Never told me to stop or that she was uncomfortable. In fact, she seemed to want it as much as I did, but.. I woke up alone so that confirmed in my mind that I had only just had a very intense dream about my friend."
Why did she never bring it up? Why wouldn't she confront me about it? As he thought harder about it, another disgusting fact came into mind.
"She wasn't even 16 yet." And with those words, Sokka lost it.
He sobbed into his hands thinking about how he possibly ruined her innocence. Was this why she was being so cold to him?
"Sokka.." Zuko tried to interject, but Sokka cut him off.
"She barely lets me touch her now. Not anything weird, but I guess I've only just put the pieces together. Ever since that night she's been so distant towards me. She did such a good job at making it seem normal that I never thought that maybe, I was making her uncomfortable because of that night."
After a long pause of silence, Zuko spoke up again.
"You should talk to her. If you thought it was a dream, then maybe she did too."
Sokka nodded and wiped his face. "Thank you for telling me and talking with me about it. I'm going to find her."
And with that, Sokka left to find answers.
Toph listened to the music that was booming throughout the room as Aang and Katara danced their hearts out. She smiled fondly as the couple, remembering when Aang had been pining for her when they were younger.
Her reminiscing thoughts were cut short when she felt Sokka's rigid presence beside her. His hand clutched her shoulder firmly before turning her to face him.
"We need to talk."
Between his course stance and the urgency behind his voice, she knew something was up.
"Sure, but can it wait until later? Aang and Katara are having their first dan-"
"Now, Toph." Sokka's icy words cut her off and through her into her thoughts.
What was his deal?
"Yeah.. okay. I'll follow you." She answered quietly.
Sokka led her to the room him and Zuko had just occupied, finding it once again empty and far enough away from the party that no one should come stumbling in on this conversation.
Toph had grown nervous and impatient at Sokka. What was so urgent that it couldn't have waited until after their friend's ceremony?
"Sokka what the hell is up with you?" Toph snaps, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Do you remember that night?" Sokka asked softly.
Toph went pale. Her heart started beating so hard and fast she could've swore it was going to rip out of her chest. Surely he doesn't remember. Surely se can play this off to find out he meant some other time.
"W-what do you mean?" She asked, stating to shake with fear and worry and anticipation.
This can't be happening right now.
"I think you and I both know what I'm talking about, Toph." Sokka snapped, fed up with her lying already.
Those words, though she doesn't understand why, caused Toph's annoyance to grow heavily. She swirled around to face Sokka with looks ready to kill.
"We are NOT talking about this right now. It's Aang and Katara's wedding. Today isn't about us, it's about them. Drop it." Toph growled, making her way to the door.
Sokka scoffed, "You seemed to feel different about it on Zuko and Mai's wedding day."
Toph's motions halted. Her entire body felt hot. The memory was flowing through her head clearer than day. His hands, body, and warmth. The forbidden words he had spoke and the gasps and grunts. Everything was hitting her like a truck, and it left her unable to move.
"Toph I don't want to argue about this. I jut want to talk, and ask why you never talked to me." Sokka spoke softly, making his way over the the blind girl and reaching for her wrist.
Toph snatched her hand away and spun around to face his direction.
"What is there to talk about, Sokka? You weren't all there and I was foolish. As far as both of us should be concerned, it never happened." She shouted.
This through Sokka off, but stirred his growing anger.
"Are you kidding me Toph? Up until an hour ago I believed that entire situation to be a dream." Sokka shouts back.
"It should have stayed that way. I hoped you didn't remember at all." Toph snapped again, lowering her head.
"But you did. This entire time I've been talking about Suki and getting married and you didn't once think to tell me?"
"What difference would it make? It was clearly a mistake. I wanted to just forget about it and move on." Toph shouts.
Toph wished Sokka would just drop it and they could rejoin the wedding like nothing happened. She never dreamed of having this talk with him.
Sokka fell quiet, staring down at Toph who had began to form tears in the clouded seafoam green eyes he had only recently paid such attention to.
"Please Sokka. Just drop it." Begged Toph.
"Why wouldn't you tell me?" Sokka pushed, reaching for her hand again only to be denied coldly.
"Sokka." Toph warned, feeling the tears leaking down her pale cheeks.
Her mind was now fully clouded by the bittersweet memories. She needed to get the hell out of this room. Toph made a move for the door, but Sokka was quick to catch her, grabbing her wrists and spinning her around to then pin her against the door lightly. She struggled to get away from him, but Sokka's grip was relentless.
"Damnit, Sokka! Let me go!" Toph shouted, cursing the turning in her stomach of the proximity of them.
"Talk to me!" He pressed.
If this was going to be a fight, he wouldn't easily surrender.
"Stop it!" Toph shouted, still fighting his grip.
This position was an unkind reminder of what they were fighting about. She remembered how safe she felt with him. How loved she felt in those moments.
"Sokka, just give up."
"No, Toph. Talk to me. You weren't even a fifth as intoxicated as I was and you made moves too."
Toph squeezed her eyes shut. Just drop it, Sokka. Please just let it disappear.
"What happened, Toph? You should have stopped me, but you didn't. You let it go on and on."
She stopped fighting and stayed quiet, because what happens when it's talked about? Nothing. Absolutely nothing will change, and maybe that's why she's so reluctant. Toph shook the thought from her mind. Sokka is her best friend. She shouldn't want anything to change. He's happy.
"Why wouldn't you tell me to stop? Why would you let me take advantage of you?"
That last question snapped Toph from her thoughts. "You didn't take advantage of me. I-"
She stopped short, fearful of what she may admit. Sokka's eyes widened with realization, and his grip loosened barely on her writsts.
"You.. You didn't want me to stop?" Sokka asked quietly, sounding slightly bewildered.
Toph stayed silent as more tears fell down her cheeks and off her chin. This can't be happening right now.
"Toph?" Sokka beckoned for a response but fell short with questions.
He had come to the very bold conclusion that Toph had wanted everything that happened that night. Maybe even more.
Toph was frightened and both metaphorically and physically cornered. As much as she hated this conversation, she knew there was no more avoiding it.
"I fell in love with you a long time ago, Sokka. Even before everything, I had a crush on you for so long. I never opened up because Suki has always been in the picture. As much as I hated it, I wanted you to be happy."
Sokka stood dumbfounded. How could he have been so oblivious?
"I didn't start it, and I could have ended it, but I didn't. I guess deep down I knew it was the only chance I had. I wanted you so bad and had no idea what I was doing. I was foolish and wasn't thinking clearly because the only thing I knew was that in that moment, you wanted me too."
"Is this why you've been so distant?" Sokka asked, staring into her eyes as if she could look back.
"Yes and no." She answered quietly.
"Then why? Because I've been so confused, and it kind of hurts when you act so cold to me."
Toph stayed quiet to gather her thoughts. How does she explain that every time he touches her, all she wants is for that night's events to replay.
"Yes because I knew you didn't remember and I did, but no because... when I'm around you, it's all I can think about. That, and how you're marrying Suki." Toph whispered.
Sokka couldn't think straight with all the new information he had obtained. Not only did him and Toph have this shared memory, but she loved him. He wasn't exactly sure how to process everything.
Taking Sokka's current state as a distraction, Toph broke free from his grasp and took off while tears streamed down her face. All Sokka could do was watch as the earthbending goddess, he had always considered to be his best friend, ran away in hysterics.
Once Toph was sure Sokka hadn't followed her, she removed her shoes and took off towards the door.
"Toph!" Katara shouted, causing Toph to stop and sigh.
"Where are you heading in such a hurry?" Katara asked as she approached the frantic girl.
It was then that she saw Toph had been crying.
"Woah, what happened? Are you okay?" Katara asked with worry lacing her tone.
Toph slowly shook her head. "Sokka knows everything. I'm sorry to put a damper on your's and Aang's day, but I have to go."
Katara nodded, allowing Toph to leave before seeing Sokka round the corner. He was looking for Toph. Katara walked right up to her brother and flicked him on the forehead.
"Ow! Hey, what the hell was that for?" Sokka whined, rubbing the small mark.
"Whatever you did to Toph better be resolved before tomorrow. She left here in tears."
"She left? Do you know where she went?" Sokka asked, hoping to talk more.
"No, and if I were you, I wouldn't go looking for her right now. She's in need of space clearly." Katara snapped. "What happened?"
Sokka sighed. "Did you know? About the night of Zuko and Mai's wedding?"
Katara gasped. "I know something happened but Toph never told me, and she swore she would never bring it up to you. Is that what this is about?"
Sokka pinched the bridge of his nose. The pair was cut off by Aang embracing his newly made bride from behind.
"Am I interrupting something?" Aang asked, noting the tension between the siblings.
"No. I'm going to find Suki. Congratulations again you two."
And with that, Sokka disappeared in the crowd. Except he wouldn't be finding Suki right now. As much as she had a right to know, Sokka needed a minute to think. With that thought, he headed for the nearest door and made his way into the moonlit night.
I fell in love with you a long time ago, Sokka
Toph's worded replayed again and again in his mind. Toph was in love with him, and he never noticed.
He had said those three words that night. That drunken, blissful, passion filled night. He said it twice, and now he was starting to question whether or not he meant it in the way he did then.
Toph had always been his person. The person he told everything to. The person he confided in. The person he had always been so protective of. He thought back on the times he had seen her with another man, and the hate he felt for those men. His constant need to protect her. Wasn't that normal to feel for her? A brotherly love he felt for her?
Everything was so unclear for Sokka. As much as he hated thinking of what he was so sure was a dream, it was all he could think of in this moment. How perfect she seemed in those moments. How much he wanted.. no, needed. How much he needed her. The noises she emitted were only for his ears. No one had ever held or touched her like that before.
Sokka felt like shit. Not only had they done that when he was intoxicated, but he couldn't even remember everything clearly. Damn that cactus juice.
"I feel like such an idiot." Sokka whispered, burying his face in his hands.
The only thing I knew was that in that moment, you wanted me too
She was right. Sokka wanted her as much as she wanted him it seemed, but that didn't make it right. He's with Suki now. He loves her and is devoted to her, but what if he wants Toph too? What if he loves Toph more?
As if on cue, Suki sat beside Sokka and marveled at the view of the moon's reflection on the ocean. She reached for her lovers hand, only for him to retract his hand quickly.
"Are you ready to talk?" Suki asked, never taking her eyes off the ocean.
"About?" Sokka asked quietly.
"You and Toph?"
Sokka went rigid. "There's nothing to talk about."
Suki chuckled and shook her head. "I know you better than that, Sokka."
The young man bit his tongue.
"Mai mentioned a few years ago that she had seen you with Toph on her wedding night. She asked if I knew anything about it."
Sokka grimaced. Everyone knew before him and he didn't know what to say or do.
"That was why I said no before, to marrying you. I didn't bring it up to you thinking that maybe it was just one huge mistake, and I said yes this time thinking it had been taken care of. I thought I had nothing to worry about, but I was wrong, wasn't I?" Suki's words shocked Sokka.
"What? No! Suki, I love you and I want to marry you." Sokka rebuttled, grabbing Suki's hands frightfully.
Suki finally looked at her fiance, and smiled calmly. "But you're in love with her too, aren't you Sokka?"
Sokka retracted his hands slowly and began to fidget. "I don't know."
Suki nodded, reaching behind her neck and removing the necklace Sokka had given her only hours prior.
"Wait, Suki please-"
"Go to her, Sokka. You need to talk to her about how you feel." She says, placing the neckace beside him and rising to her feet. "I'm not mad. I want you to be happy. If your choice ends up being me after you two settle this, I'll be waiting, but you and I both know that's not going to happen."
And just as she had appeared, Suki was gone without another word. Sokka laid back in the snow, looking at the necklace blankly. As much as he hated it, Suki was right.
Sokka had mindlessly fallen for his best friend.
Toph was angry, or maybe just sad or heartbroken. She didn't know. Boulders were flying all over the place, busting against trees and the ground. Her face hadn't dried any since she left, in fact now that she was alone, the tears were coming more furosiously than before.
Stupid night. crash. Stupid love. bang. Stupid-
"Toph? Toph, are you here?"
Sokka. The boulder Toph had ready to throw fell to the ground, crumbling to pieces.
As Sokka rounded the corner, Toph's heart stopped. How had she not felt him approaching? She looked ridiculous, no doubt.
"There you are."
"What do you want?" Toph asked, taking a step away from the approaching presence.
"We need to talk." Sokka stated, but Toph shook her head.
"We already talked."
"No, you talked about how you felt, but we never got to discuss how I felt."
Toph felt her hands shaking as she held back her tears. Why did Sokka have to keep pushing this?
Sokka noticed Toph's hands and unsteady stance. He reached out for her, causing her to flinch. He continued though, taking her hands in his unsure one's.
"Are you okay, Toph?" Sokka asked sincerely, which made Toph's stomach churn.
"Honestly?" Toph asked quietly, earning a nod from Sokka.
"No, I'm not okay. I spent all this time trying to keep this a secret. Trying to push it so far from my mind that I eventually forget, but it's all I see when I think about you, and it's killing me."
Sokka fell quiet again, something he had recently become good at. The reason for her recent actions had been because she had feelings for him that she was never able to express or talk about. Not to him, or Katara, or anyone. She had been left all alone with this memory and those feelings.
Deciding to use the small amount of bravery he had right now, Sokka pulled Toph into a tight embrace, refusing to release her small hands from his. There was no protest this time. Toph knew there was no point, and she had no where else she'd rather be in this moment. She rested her cheek against Sokka chest, listening to his sporadic heart beat nearly as wildly as her's. She was safe with Sokka.
"I'm so sorry for any pain I caused during or after the... encounter." Sokka spoke quietly, squeezing her ever so tighter in remource.
Toph's hands moved from his and grasped his shirt in one fluid motion. She pressed further into his chest as she shook her head.
"No. You didn't hurt me nor do you have anything to apologize for. I really did enjoy every moment of it." Toph countered, never wanting him to feel guilty about one of the most intimate night of her life.
"You were gone before I woke up and played it off like it never happened." Sokka added.
Toph pushed away, stood on her tip toes, and got right in Sokka's face to show her real emotions.
"I was terrified of what you would say when you woke up. I was naked with you on top of me and I was terrified. You thought it was a dream, and never brought it up, so what was I going to wake up to? I didn't want to see the regret and guilt on your face so I left."
Sokka's eyes were wider than the moon. Sure he would be a little confused upon waking up, but did she really think he would look at her in basically disgust? Before all this, Sokka saw Toph's beauty for sure, but the age gap was odd then, and Suki was in the picture. The distant foggy memory was true to him in the sense that he believed Toph looked particularly gorgeous that night, and from then on. He had such an infatuation with her after that 'dream' that left him gawking at her even when other's could clearly see him.
"Toph, I think you're beautiful. I'm just worried because I remember being.. uhm.. a-aggressive and I just, I don't know. I just wanted to make sure I didn't scare you or anything." Sokka said awkwardly.
Toph's cheeks turned bright red.
"Oh uh.. I'm okay. You were, uhm, gentle." She coughed, sweating slightly from embarrassment.
Sokka nodded, and suddenly the pair became very aware of how close they were. Before Toph could react, Sokka swiftly brought his hands up to her hips and held her still in front of him. Toph's knees buckled at the familiar feeling of his hands being on her body.
"You're with Suki." Toph whispered as she lightly pushed at his chest.
"I'm not. She knew before I did. She told me to come here and talk to you and make a decision." Sokka replied.
Toph stopped pushing and arched a playful eyebrow at him. "Make a decision?"
Sokka smirked. "Yeah. Choose which of you I want to be with."
She nods, "And what if I don't want to be with you?"
Sokka chuckled, "Guess Suki gets this necklace back."
The pair had progressively moved closer, smiling softly as they did so. Toph was still freaking out a little. She couldn't decide whether this was smart or not. The other part of her was trying to go for it, but what if this should've stayed a dream?
"Sokka." Toph whispered, hesitance leaking from her voice.
"Yeah?"
What if he backs out? What if Suki is who he ends up with regardless? Sokka could see on her face how uncomfortable she was. He really hoped he hadn't crossed a line.
"Kiss me." Toph finally answered, smile inching on her face.
Sokka really thought he misheard her. Had she really asked him to kiss her?
"Are you sure?" He asked out of respect, but every fiber of his being was begging her to say yes.
Toph leaned in and covered his warm lips with her icy ones. She was still frightened, but it was clear to her that he was the right path when he kissed her and she felt at home. Once he kissed her back, he knew he never wanted to go back.
They melded so well together, as if somehow made for one another. Toph's arms swung around Sokka's neck and his grip on her hips tightened. Her heart was racing and she was hot underneath his touch. Their tongues met wildly. Every move they made was filled with want and need.
Sokka reluctantly pulled away, wishing he could spend the rest of the night like this. "We really should go back to the wedding."
Toph nodded, catching her breath. "Do we go together or?"
Sokka thought for a second. "I don't want to hide you, but I want you to be comfortable."
This earned a smile from the blind girl. Toph moved a hand to gingerly rub his cheek and placed a light kiss to his lips.
"I don't want to hide you either, but I'm kind of worried how people will react. And Suki.." Toph trailed off thinking of how that would play out.
"Hey," Sokka start, leaning into her hand. "Everything is going to be okay."
He took her hand off his cheek and pressed his lips to her fingers. Toph nodded, deciding she isn't going to be scared while Sokka is beside her.
Arriving back to the wedding hand in hand allowed nerves to rise. Toph could feel that she wasn’t the only one that was nervous, but neither wanted to back out. They walked inside just before the final song played. Sokka thanked the spirits they didn't miss this.
"Dance with me." He asked, raising Toph's hand in his own with a smile.
"I already told you, I don't know how to dance." Toph blushed, ready to knock him out should he try to embarrass her.
"Just trust me." He said.
Before she knew it, Sokka had pulled her into the circle of people slow dancing. Toph could feel everyone's eyes on them, even Aang and Katara. Her breathing was beginning to come unsteady, and Sokka immediately noticed. He moved her hands around his neck and took hold of her waist.
Pulling their bodies together, he leaned down to her ear and whispered, "Focus on me."
This pulled Toph from her thoughts, noticing how she was swaying with him. Sokka kissed the side of her head and leaned his cheek against her's.
"I love you, Toph."
Her heart swelled at his words. Hours ago she wanted to get as far away from him as possible and he was thinking of his wedding with Suki, but now?
"I love you too, Sokka."
They were home.
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