SRU - Colleagues

SRU!Mai & Aang as depicted by who is more active on her Tumblr: [link]
In SRU, they are art student colleagues, which has been a really interesting dynamic to write, and their friendship has really caught me off guard with how fun and meaningful it's become.
It's made me think that in canon, they must've become friends through association with Zuko. The irony is that in SRU, Aang becomes friends with Zuko through his art student social life with Mai.

The SRU art gallery - [link]

Mai: "When life gives you lemons...get out from under the lemon tree."
Aang: "Find an apple tree, or something?"
Mai: "Exactly."