One week later Zuko was still struggling to settle back into what he thought or hoped was normality. The first couple of days back he barely because of nerves before meeting with his father, and since then he hasn't spoken to him or seen him. Deep down he had always known that going back home would entail loneliness, at least early on.
Since the third night back Zuko had started enjoying the high-life again of Fire Nation royalty, he was waited on hand and foot, he could have anything he wanted and he had inadvertently been eating too much; Before going to sleep he would take plenty of snacks with him, during the day the cook would cook him plenty of fattening food, and it was all just so good Zuko found it hard to resist. It was starting to take a toll on his body how ever, not that it couldn't easily be fixed.
Part of the suddenness was his body just wasn't use to the food he was eating or the quantity,had spent the years prior doing various workout sessions daily on top of that he was always on the move with food rationed between him, his uncle and several crew members.
"What can I get you, highness" a young servant boy, Lee, knelt before Zuko.
"Just a slice of the chocolate cake please Lee, and you dont have to call me 'highness'!", friendliness was something Zuko had troubles with, he looked at the young servant boy walk away, he stood a couple of inches shorter than Zuko and was only a couple of months younger, Zuko had come to treat Lee as a freind.
"Yes high.. I mean Zuko" the thin boy left and returned five minuets later with an entire cake, putting it down on a table besides Zuko. The balcony Zuko sat at overlooked much of the capital city, although doubtful people could see Zuko from bellow.
Zuko rose from his seat and grabbed a knife from beside him, "Sit down Lee" Zuko patted the seat beside him.
"Thank you Zuko" He sat down next to Zuko and just looked nervously, it was rare for royalty would fraternise with the servants.
"Don't you ever eat, lee, your looking so thin" it was true, Lee had hardly any muscle mass and was very thin, much like the avatar, although this was not due to being a servant.
"Err... I know, and I do... sometimes, no regally, I mean the average amount a human being eats" he chuckled.
"Calm down" Zuko chuckled back "Here." Zuko sliced the large cake in two and handed half to jet before taring a part of and started eating him self.
"Thank you Zuko" the two sat there and just looked up at the warm blue sky, Zuko quickly finished his half but Lee was still eating, "All this extra food your eating seems changing your stomach" lee chuckled, looking at Zuko who was shirtless.
"Oye" Zuko chuckled back, "Nah, I don't look any different, do I?, no"
"You look fine Zuko" Lee giggled.
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It was late, Lee had gone hours ago and Zuko was preparing to go to bed. He had been thinking about what Lee said, in jest, earlyer. He walked into the bathroom and stripped down to his underwear and looked in the mirror. Lee was right, Zuko's well defined abs were still there, although slightly faded, but he had also accumulated a small layer of flab over the lower and mid section of his stomach, he stood on the scales '131' they revealed. 'I'm up 5 pounds' he thought to him self.
He steeped closer to the mirror and bent over slightly and a small layer of flab overhanged his boxers, slightly, and was clearly visible. Zuko was surprised but not totally shocked, he was also in a way pleased, he hated being thin and he liked having this small layer of flab on his belly. He returned to his bed chamber to give it some thought, he perched on the end of his bed making the flab visible again.
"On, sorry highness" lee took a step back as he entered the room seeing Zuko almost naked.
"No, don't worry Lee, come here a second" Lee did as he was asked and stood next to Zuko, "how much do you weigh?" he asked.
"Err. about 8 and a half stone, I think" Lee answered.
"Sit down a second" Lee sat down a couple of inches from Zuko. "Do you mind" Zuko asked lifting Lee's shirt up.
"not at all" Lee answered truthfully, Zuko patted lee's stomach, it, although little defined abs, had remined him of what he use to be like, very slender.
"You see" Zuko let go of Lee's shirt, "I have, put on weight" zuko said slowly,
"No, Zuko, your fine, you look good" Zuko took Lees hand and pulled it to his lower stomach and rubbed it up and down for a couple of seconds.
"See"
"Yes, Im sorry highness"
"err. ZUKO, and dont be sorry, i'm not bothered. What do you think. What did it feel like to you?"
"Well of course you still have your abs, but as you said your mid section has gotten a little flabby" Zuko lent forward slightly and Lee felt confdent enough to jiggle Zuko's small flab layer for a couple of seconds. "I think you look good, highness. Parden me for saying but I think the flab makes you look more Sexy! What are you planning to do?"
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