This is my first attempt at a songfic-angstfic… And I'm not even sure I did the songfic part right... So, yeah. Be nice to me! I don't mind constructive criticism though. I'm not really a Zutarian or a Kataanger, so this was really hard for me to write. Enjoy!
The italics are Katara's thoughts,
The regular font is what's happening.
The song is "Beautiful Tonight" by Krystal Meyers.
My eyes have a rosy glaze, as darkness falls
Katara kissed Aang robotically, as she had every night after the end of the Hundred Years war.
I'm dancing on a razor blade
She glanced at the impending darkness as she walked throughout the Fire Nation royal palace.
It's killing me
The pain she felt at doing this to her friend was unbelievable, but she couldn't stop.
Such a dangerous attraction
She thought of his long dark hair…
I'm flirting with fire
The way it fell over the hideous deformity on his eye that to her, made him all the more attractive…
A desire reason just can't tame
She was going to him.
I'm gonna regret this
It's the shadow inside my mind
She walked outside and sat underneath a weeping willow tree.
And I'm in denial
Their tree… the tree she couldn't face in the daylight.
I'm becoming quite a liar
She told Aang she was going to her room, but the reality was much different.
Does that make me beautiful tonight?
She felt so ugly inside,
To someone
Aang stepped through the long strands of leaves to sit beside her…
In my sickness can you find me beautiful tonight?
The moonlight plays against my skin
Katara glanced questioningly at Aang, but he just pressed his lips against hers softly, and for a fleeting moment Katara thought everything would be alright.
You found me out
Zuko stepped through the weeping willow's leaves, heading for the form of the waterbender…
Midnight sometimes is my only friend
Don't leave me now
Katara backed away from the Avatar, knowing Zuko was watching her every move.
The hunger it eats me alive
From his vantage point, Aang couldn't see the form of the Fire Lord as he crouched in the shadows.
I'm falling, dissolving
He bid the waterbender goodnight as he quickly walked away.
It's crawling into my veins
But instead of going inside the royal palace, he hid in the high branches of the weeping willow, for reasons unknown to him.
I'm gonna regret this
It's the shadow inside my mind
Zuko and Katara embraced each other; all their hidden desires coming to the surface.
And I'm in denial
He kissed her… And she kissed him back.
I'm becoming quite a liar
Aang, from his hiding place, couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Does that make me beautiful tonight?
He dropped from the tree, right beside the couple. Katara glanced at him, a single tear running down her cheek, and she turned back to the firebender.
In my sickness can you find me beautiful tonight?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Katara felt a small sense of guilt at the sadness she had caused the airbender…
Oh, oh, beautiful tonight
But she forgot it as she experienced freedom she had forgotten since that moment in the Crystal Caverns of Ba Sing Se.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Water and fire twined together, and Katara thought she could never let him go.
Oh, oh, beautiful tonight
I don't want to stay this way forever
They finally broke apart and smiled at each other…
Can you make me beautiful tonight?
-Fin