Everyone knows who Uncle Iroh is, eventhough he doesn't visit very often.

Uncle Iroh is special which is ridiculously obvious to Zuko and Azula.

Uncle Iroh knows all 236 episodes of the Blue Spirit by heart. Even the not-so-famous 'Birth of the Spirits'-Arc. On Saturdays, he gets up as early as 5 AM to eat cereals and watch the show. Often, Zuko is already in front of the TV, waiting for him. They discuss the arcs, the transformations and which Blue Spirit is the strongest (alright, so they call him 'Epic Blue Spirit', but he's a joke in comparison to the Blue Spirit from the 'White Flames of Eternity' Arc), and why the evil Megalord always fails to take over the universe. (It's all in the name, naturally - and even 'Epic Blue Spirit' is a way cooler name than 'Megalord' - hell, even Bartholomew Eugene is a cooler name than 'Megalord'!)

Uncle Iroh also knows the difference between Poochie Dogs and regular bean bag toys. He knows which ones are in Azula's collection and which aren't and he never fails to get her one of the rare, limited edition Poochies mom and dad refuse to buy for her because they are too expensive. Uncle Iroh also has excellent taste; he often brings pretty dresses, purses or other accessories for Azula, sometimes even all the way from Asia, and they always fit just fine and are just her style (which means they are a lot more stylish than everyone else's because these are hers, after all).

So we've established that Uncle Iroh is a very special adult and when a very special adult like Uncle Iroh comes to visit, a very special welcome is in order.

Which is why Zuko and Katara (because really, you can't leave Zuko alone with something like that; they'd be nothing left for anyone else) are currently hunched over the kitchen table, stacking twinkies on a plate and smearing dark chocolate icing over them to make them stick together. They've used 4 boxes of twinkies so far.

"I think we're running out of twinkies," Zuko says, eyeing their creation critically.

"We wouldn't if you'd stop eating them," Katara replies. "Oh, and we're running out of icing," she adds, dipping a finger into the gooey mass and licking it off. Zuko glares.

"Are you sure your Uncle Iroh will like that cake?" she asks.

"It's a twinkie cake. How can he not like it?" the dark haired boy asks, baffled. Katara shrugs.

"I'm just saying--"

"How far is the cake?" Azula interrupts from the kitchen door.

"We're out of twinkies," Katara says.

"You weren't supposed to eat them, Zuzu," the other girl admonishes her brother.

"What... I... Katara!"

"I told you," Katara says with a smirk and spreads the remaining icing on the cake.

Azula looks at the cake with a raised eyebrow.

"It's not a pretty cake, but it'll taste awesome," Zuko says defensively.

"Leave the pretty part to me," she says and pushes her brother off his chair to climb on it herself.

When Ursa, Ozai and Iroh arrive at the house they are greeted by a chocolate and icing covered Zuko, Azula and Katara (because she helped and Uncle Iroh asked to meet her), carefully balancing something that looks like a lump of icing with a face made of tiny sugar flowers, lollypops, strawberries and bananas.

Uncle Iroh swears it's the most beautiful, tasty cake he's ever had.

It's twinkies, after all.