Hey guys!

This is my humble contribution to the great shipping week of Kataang! I live to serve you, oh great Kataangism!

I hope you all likey!

DISCLAIMER - I don't own avatar, i swear! Please don't kill me, oh evil overlords of Viacom! Yay Bryan and Mike!

Enjoy! (oh, and I listened to Love Story whilst writing this, so if you want, that's my atmosphere music!)

Day 1 - Panda Lily

"Aang, why are we doing this AGAIN?!"

Sokka was currently stumbling along behind the Avatar, trying to keep up as they climbed the steep mountainside. Sokka grumbled to himself as Aang airbended himself neatly up over each boulder, whilst Sokka was left to climb the 'normal' way.

"Aang!"

"What?" Aang looked back, his face flushed with the combined heat and his own youthful excitement; it had only been two years since the Comet had come and gone.

"Why are we coming up here for flowers again?" the now eighteen-year-old Sokka sighed, "Didn't I tell you that giving a girl flowers minimises your aloofness?" Aang rolled his eyes at Sokka's chauvinistic attitude; some people never changed. He'd stopped listening to Sokka's advice ever since Sokka had tried to convince him that a birthday present for Katara was unnecessary.

Sokka was still talking, leaning on a rock as he did so, "I never gave Toph flowers, and look where that got me!"

"Sokka, that's because the one time you tried, she earthbended you into the ground and told you to stop being such a sissy."

"Oh yeah," Sokka spent a moment reminiscing, and Aang took the opportunity to carry on his trek up the mountain. "That was an unhappy day…" Sokka said in a strangely happy sort of way, before starting after Aang again. "I still don't see why it HAS to be a Panda Lily…"

Aang laughed, "Because I want it to be."

"Aunt Wu told you to do this, didn't she?"

Aang laughed again, airy and carefree, then walked on, calling to Sokka, "Come on! Katara'll be home soon!"

In fact, the Panda Lily meant a lot more to Aang than anyone really knew. The first time he climbed this particular mountain, when he was twelve, was really the first time he had properly acknowledged the beginnings of his feelings for Katara, and it had been his first, slightly naïve attempt to win her heart.

And Aang, sentimental being as he was, felt like this was yet another of the things he was obliged to do. Besides, he had never given Katara flowers before.

"Yes!" Aang resisted the urge to punch the air (another of the traits he'd picked up off of Sokka) and knelt, gathering a few Panda Lilies into a bundle and tying them with a blue ribbon he'd picked up before they set off. He bounced proudly up to Sokka, who was just hefting himself over the last boulder, and held out the bouquet, "Ok, we can go now!"

"Argh!" Sokka groaned and flopped down, his face pressed into the dirt, "Sometimes I hate you Avatars."

Aang sighed and snapped open his glider, "Come on, I'll give you a ride." Before Sokka could protest he was pulled onto the glider (which was getting a little small now) and sent flying over the precipice. If he hadn't spent so much time with Aang over the past few years he would have been afraid, but travelling with the Avatar had toughened Sokka up somewhat. He still didn't like heights that much though, and he couldn't understand why Katara begged for a ride from Aang nearly every single day.

"I swear, sometimes that girl's more airbender than waterbender," Sokka thought grumpily to himself as they sailed over the forest towards the village.

Aang jumped down to the ground, ignoring Sokka as he fell flat on his face again, and set off at top speed to the house they were all sharing. He was discreetly followed by many young fangirls, but he paid no attention to them. In fact, the occasional cry of "Aangie!" only made him run faster.

He rushed into the house, throwing a quick greeting at Toph, Appa and Momo, before running into Katara's room – which was essentially his too, since he slept there most of the time anyway – and sat down on the bed, letting himself bounce until he came to a stop, then crossing his legs and getting ready to wait.

"What's up with Aang?" Katara asked as she rounded the corner, only catching the tails of Aang's robes as he disappeared.

"Excitement," said Toph grouchily, sending Sokka a rare smile when he sat down next to her. She shrugged, "It's an Aang thing. He's in your room."

Katara went to her door and opened it cautiously, "Aang?"

Immediately a warm, tattooed hand grabbed her by the waist, and she laughed as Aang pulled her to him and encased her in a tight hug, the door swinging closed behind her. "Hello," Aang smiled, burying his face in her hair, hiding the flowers behind his back with one hand.

"Hi," Katara smiled back, standing up on her tiptoes to give her now very tall boyfriend a kiss on the cheek. "What did you do today?"

Aang shrugged, "Not much. But…I did get these for you," and, in a shy way that resembled his younger, more fumbling self, he held out the bunch of flowers with a timid smile on his face.

Katara recognised these flowers, and gasped in surprise. Aunt Wu said I was going to meet my true love! He's going to give me a rare Panda Lily! "Aang…they're beautiful!" She took the flowers and played with the petals, then looked back up, smiling even more, "Thank you." Katara loved these little gestures. Each and every one always had some little meaning to it that only she and Aang could understand.

"You're welcome," Aang smiled back, before leaning down and kissing her softly, something else Katara enjoyed.

"Mmm," she said, kissing him back then resting her head on his shoulder, her eyes closed.

"So, how was Aunt Wu's?" Aang whispered in her ear.

"I didn't go. I went shopping instead."

"Why?"

"Because, I figured there's no point going if I already know my future."

"You already know? What is it?"

"You."

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xxxx love Helena (or ATO, whichever. I'll be back on Tuesday!)