Jin loves Zuko with all her heart. And it hurts her that he will never love her back like that. There is always Katara who hovers between them like a ghost of the past.

At first, when they met, Jin had an advantage. Because in Zuko's mind Katara was still 12 and chasing him with waterballoons, calling him 'Zuzu' and avidly discussig 'The Blue Spirit'-episodes with him. Jin however was a blossoming woman, with sensuous curves and pouty lips. She could give Zuko things the memory of a 12 years old girl could not.

There was still a distance between them, an invisible bubble that could be only penetrated by his former best friend and Zuko himself, but the gap between them, her and Zuko, had become much smaller.

Until she showed up in Spanish Class. It made her regret not having taken that class herself to keep an eye on them.

At first, Zuko was merely elated to have his friend back and Jin, although wary, was happy for him. For a while, that gap that had been there seemed to have disappeared entirely. They made an effort to include her in their shenanigans. She was surprised to find that Katara's boyfriend and Zuko were old friends, too (stalker and stalker victim Jet insisted). It made double-dates a lot more interesting because neither Jet nor Katara were shy about all the outracities they committed when they (or Zuko respectively) were younger.

It was all good fun until the gap opened again. And now, it was even wider than before. Zuko became withdrawn, sullen almost. His kisses lacked fire, enthusiasm, passion, pleasure - you name it, it wasn't there.

Jin knows she is pretty, but in Zuko's eyes, Katara is perfection and Jin realizes that she can't compete with that. Not with over 10 years of friendship, loyalty and repressed love. And it hurts even more than before because although the battle is lost, she doesn't want to let him go. She can't.

So she keeps on loving him, even as they drift further apart, and prays.