A steamy bath (NSFW images)

A short while later, the siblings arrived in front of the hallway leading to the royal baths. This was where Zuko intended to see Azula off. He knew it was still risky, leaving her out of his sight, but he would give her the privacy of a bath, at the very least. And he trusted her enough to not escape. "Alright, I'll see you later then, Azula. Enjoy your bath.", he told her and turned to leave before he was tugged back to face his sister by his sleeves.

"Oh no, Zuzu, you're coming with me.", Azula informed him and began pulling him after her towards the baths.

"What? Don't be ridiculous, Azula, you don't need me to bathe with you. There're servants waiting for you inside.", Zuko protested. Why was she so insistent on this, he wondered as he had already been dragged to the doors to the bath.

Azula just looked at him like he had just said the most idiotic thing ever. He knew that look well, though he hadn't seen it from her in a long time. "Exactly, servants who I can't trust, who might just try to **** me.", she replied.

Zuko sighed. He had hoped his wish, however accidental, had helped her get over this paranoia that had led to her mental breakdown in the first place. It wasn't just that Azula didn't trust people, it was that she now assumed the absolute worst of them right away. "Why would there be assassins waiting for you in the bath?", he asked her, patiently trying to get it through to her that she was in no danger whatsoever.

But his sister continued glaring at him. "What better place for them to strike? Me, unarmed, defenseless... naked...", Azula argued. Zuko was about to reply that as a Firebender, Azula was anything but defenseless when his mind trailed off at the mental image of his sister, in the bath... naked. "Zuko, are you really going to make me ask? Just come with me already!", said sister continued badgering him and Zuko couldn't refuse her any longer.

Inside the bath, they were quickly approached by servants, looking to help them disrobe. But Azula wasn't having any of it. "Out! Now! All of you.", she barked at them and though clearly intimidated, the servants looked to Zuko for confirmation.

Though unhappy with her tone, Zuko nodded his head. "Please, leave us alone. Thank you.", he affirmed Azulas order in a much **** way. And so, they hurried out of the bath, leaving the siblings alone. "You didn't need to be so rude to them, Azula. They just wanted to help.", he reprimanded her lightly.

But Azula only scoffed and turned away from him to undress, prompting him to do the same. "Oh Zuzu... they only wanted to do their job, for which they are paid. Unless somebody pays them more and then you get a dagger in your back.", she lectured her brother and though she had a point, those servants had been in their employ for years, if not decades and she knew as much.

Stopping from undressing for a moment, Zuko turned back around to give Azula a piece of his mind, only to find his voice suddenly failing him as she saw she was already very naked.

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Azula noticed his eyes on her and looked back over her shoulder at him. "What? If there's something you want to say, Zuzu, I'm all ears.", she told him. As she turned to look at him however, her upper body shifted as well, giving Zuko a glimpse of her breast. Involuntarily, his eyes fell down to drink in its sight briefly before he got a grip on himself and turned back around.

"N-nothing. It was nothing.", he tried to convince her, unconvincingly.

Since he was turned back, he didn't see it, but Azula smiled knowingly at this reaction. The next few moments passed in silence as Zuko finished undressing and wrapped a towel around his waist, pulling it tight to conceal his growing erection as best he could. Then he turned around and that towel needed to be pulled a lot tighter all of a sudden.

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Zukos mouth dropped open as Azula stood before him, naked as the day she was born, completely unashamed. In fact, she tilted her head to the side quizzically at his flabbergasted reaction. "Why are you acting so shy, Zuzu? Come on, it's nothing you haven't seen before. Especially recently.", she reminded him of their earlier encounter in her bedroom.

"Th-this is different! Where's your towel?", Zuko sputtered. Normally, people wore towels when in the bath. It was just common decency.

Yet it appeared Azula was completely unbothered by it. "It's just a bath and it's just the two of us, don't be so uptight... it's meant to be relaxing, isn't it?", she asked him and walked on ahead in the bathhouse proper, still very much naked. As Zuko watched her swaying butt leading ahead, he gripped his towel tighter... but nevertheless, he followed, against his better judgment...