After a week of recovering at the hospital, Zuko was finally released and able to go home, he wore baggy clothes as he had dark circles under his eye as his bruise on his face was healed but he still could open his healing wounds from moving to much. He was tired and the doctors gave him some drugs to keep him calm for the first day back home. Zuko almost cried when they told him his cat couldn't jump, sit, crawl, sleep on him, and that he couldn't pick up the cat either.

Katara and Hakoda came to pick up the two since the car would be easier for Zuko to get in and out of.

Zuko slept most of the way back home as he leaned against his girlfriend and she held his hand gently with a smile at how out of it he's been with the surgery's and blood transfusions, but he was healing just needed to take it easy.

Hakoda stopped the car as close to the tea shops door and Iroh smiled gently at his sleeping teenager, he looked younger as he seemed calm for once.

The two men went to grab the wheelchair so it was easier to get Zuko inside as Iroh went to open the door.

"Hey wake up," Katara nudged him gently.

"Home?" He asked quietly.

"Yea sleepy head, your home," she giggled as she helped him out of the car and Hakoda had the wheelchair set and ready.

"Man my head hurts so much, those drugs aren't doing shit," Zuko held his head in his hand as Hakoda snorted pushing him while Iroh held the door open.

"It's not for pain it's for making your sluggish, to chill out," Hakoda told him flatly.

"Cant I get some for both? If I wanted to chill out i would've smoked a bowl," Zuko groaned.

"What's a bowl?" Iroh asked confused.

"Weed-" "ahhhh nothing!" Katara covered his mouth.

Iroh shrugged it off as Hakoda looked at his daughter suspiciously but she shook her head frantically.

Hakoda was the only one strong enough to lift Zuko out of the chair and helped him up the stairs to make sure he didn't fall as Katara pulled him with his good arm.

Iroh smiled gently as they made it to the top of the stairs and Hakoda went back down to grab the wheel chair.

"Surprise!"

Zuko blinked confused seeing Sokka, Suki, toph, aang and appa in the apartment with her well soon balloons.

"Welcome back to the living man!" Sokka waved excitedly as Katara and Iroh knew the surprise for him.

"Oh hey guys," Zuko smiled back shyly.

"How's my favorite pin cushion?" Toph gave a thumbs up.

"That's not funny!" Aang screamed horrified.

"Its a little funny?" Toph cackled.

"I'm alright, just tired, head hurts, got stabbed twice," Zuko gave a thumbs up back to Toph.

"I don't wanna hear trauma jokes for another month," Katara frowned at him.

"Fine but I'm writing them down for the end of the month, they're my best jokes," Zuko pouted.

"You look better than the pics Katara sent, so im guessing your doing better," suki waved the others off and walked to him.

"As good as I'll be for a bit," he nodded.

"Do you think we could just kind of hang out? Keep it quiet?" Zuko asked softly looking down. He didn't like being so small and vulnerable but he was so tired.

"Yea man, whatever you need, we're here for you," Aang smiled brightly.

"I'm down for a movie day," Sokka jumped on the couch.

"I'll make popcorn," Iroh called over.

Zuko grunted as he pushed himself up to his feet and limped to the couch as everyone cried out surprised that he was moving faster than he should. Zuko glared as he laid down with a few painful sounds escaping his throat.

"Fuck those pain meds are too needed," Zuko panted laying on his back.

"Dude you shouldn't be doing that," Sokka whined panicky as Katara crossed her arms in disapproval.

"Fuck off im not helpless," Zuko adjusted himself and laid his arms over his eyes. Flinching when his wounded arm touched. He glared rolling up his sleeve seeing he already got that wound opened again.

He unwrapped the bandage making everyone scream trying to stop him but Zuko gave them a dark look.

"It's literally fine, I'm just tightening it," Zuko told them annoyed as he wrapped his stab wound again more comfortable.

"Zuko are you messing with your bandages?" Iroh called from the kitchen.

"No uncle!" Zuko groaned. He was going to go crazy with all this. He couldn't handle being babied and treated like glass.

"Here," Katara handed him a pillow to be more comfortable and shared a blanket with him as she sat for zukos legs to drape across her lap to be covered. Every one except her, she cared for him but never babied him.

"Where does it hurt?" Katara asked quietly as everyone huddled on the couch as appa sat between Katara and Aang.

"You don't want me to answer that kat," he said flatly.

"Tomorrow you can take some pain killers just let the drugs do what it needs to do and sleep," Katara rubbed his shin a little and he pouted.

"Your such a baby," suki teased.

"Am not," he grunted.

"It just hurts, I'm allowed to complain till I pass out again," Zuko huffed as he let one arm drag on the side of the couch to pet durk.

"Hurts or is sore?" Sokka raised a brow.

"It hurts, kat, uncle, cover your ears," Zuko looked up at them glaring. They did.

"It fucking hurts getting shot and stabbed, I get to complain when it hurts with holes in your body when they're mot suppose to be there!" He growled and flopped his head back down.

"Oooooh hes crabby, baby is tired," Toph cooed.

"Oh my god someone is going to get smacked!" He yelled into the pillow to muffle his screams.

"Knock it off guys, he's suppose to stay calm and getting the kid riled up is going to cause more pain," Hakoda snapped his fingers at the teenagers.

"Maybe smoking a bowl will help," the father mumbled as Sokka perked up at that.

Katara gave her father a look but durk jumped up and she put the cat on her lap as well as he laid between zukos shins and on Kataras lap like a puzzle piece. It made Zuko smile seeing his cat.

"So are we watching Disney? Marvel? Horror movies? What's the deal?" Sokka asked taking the remote.

"Eh, don't care, I'll be unconscious soon," Zuko pulled the blanket up more.

"How about Disney? Not feeling very horror movie mood," Katara smiled over at them. Gun shots and screams isn't something her or Zuko need right now to listen to.

Sokka, suki and Aang argued over the movie as Zuko was already falling asleep and Katara was dozing off a little, he poked at her a little forcing himself to wake up. She looked at him confused but he scooted a little.

"Isn't that going to hurt?" She whispered.

"No, better then your neck hurting," Zuko lied and she smiled laying down with him. Katara laid her head on his shoulder, being careful of his chest but he pulled her leg up on him as they shared the blanket.

"Feel free to move, once I'm out I'm out for a solid five hours," Zuko kissed her forehead gently.

"I'm just glad your back home," Katara whispered back.

"Me too, thanks for being here," he smiled closing his eyes.

"We're watching walle and that's final!" Aang yelled.

"No we're watching Aristocats!" Suki snapped.

"I like fantasia," Toph yawned.

"What part of nap time do you guys not understand?" Zuko whined from the side.

"... fine we can watch Fantasia..."

Before the movie even started Zuko was asleep with his arms around Katara, he was dead weight against her as she watched the movie peacefully. Sokka grinned snapping a picture and suki snickered at the photo while Aang had appa sprawl on his lap.

Iroh set the popcorn bowl in tophs lap and she thanked him. Suki reached over with a smile as she huddled with the blind girl.

"I don't understand the movie," Sokka mumbled.

"It's okay watch the pretty pictures," suki kissed his cheek and patted his head.