"There!" Katara hit the timer on the oven and stepped back, turning to Aang and grinning proudly, "The cookies will be done in less than 10 minutes."
Aang grinned excitedly, "Thanks for your help, Katara! I never realized baking was so much fun!"
"Well, it's usually not this messy," Katara said, looking around her kitchen. There was flour all over the floor and egg shells by the foot of the garbage bin. Brown sugar littered the countertop, there was a pile of dishes in the sink, and both Aang and Katara's clothes were covered in white flour-handprints.
Aang frowned at this bit of news and whined, "But that was the fun part!"
Katara rolled her eyes at the boy, smiling good naturedly. She grabbed a wash cloth, "Do you want to thank me properly for helping you?" Aang nodded enthusiastically, "Then clean up!" She tossed the cloth to him and he fumbled to catch it.
"OK!" Aang gave a mock salute, similar to what Sokka did to Suki when taking orders, and looked around the kitchen. He spun in place for a while, playing with the cloth in his hands. Finally he turned to Katara, smiling shyly.
"Katara?"
"Hmm?"
"Where should I start?"
The girl giggled before picking up another wash cloth. She walked up to Aang, placing a hand on his powdered shoulder.
"I think this is as good a place as any to start," She wiped the chocolate from the corners of his mouth. Aang automatically scrunched up his face as she did so and Katara giggled again. When she was done she placed a small kiss on his nose, watching him open his eyes in surprise.
"Your turn," Katara pronounced.
Aang looked up at her and simply smiled.
This fic was written for woohoowaterbending13 on tumblr, which is why it is a Kataang one-shot. I think it turned out okay for not being my normal cup of tea ^^
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