A/N: so I'm about to actually post a fanfiction I have in my head. It's from Avatar: The last airbender. Pairing is ZukoXKatara. And I think it has nothing explicit. Just a lot of fluff, maybe :) probably it'll take a while to complete and there will be really short chapters .
Disclimer for all chapters: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or it's characters.
Chapter 1:
She found it in Zuko's closet.
She'd snuck in Zuko's room late last night after the celebration ball. She was only wearing her formal dress then. But she was now feeling cold. It was only a few hours till dawn. The sky was getting lighter and Katara was preparing to sneak back to her own room. She was looking for a spare cloak of Zuko that she could borrow for the time. She'd been rummaging around clumsily when a flash of red silk caught the candle light.
The colour was rich and vibrant among the pile of black, and Katara wondered what it was doing with his shoes- She'd never seen Zuko wear red silk shoes. She made a face at that thought.
Intrigued, she tugged at the cloth, which turned out to be part of a small pouch. She peeked inside and saw it.
The ring sported what looked like thousands of tiny gemstones of vibrant green and blue colour, embedded in an intricately made gold flower. For a moment she forgot to breath as she took in the beauty of the object in her palm. Then her rationality kicked in.
"This is Zuko's closet. I'm in Zuko's closet. Snooping and looking at things that aren't my business."
The logical course of action would be to leave the ring where she found it and leave immediately, Katara thought as she held up the ring against the light. It was small and delicate, definitely made for a woman. A woman with slender fingers. It was a standard, top class firenation betrothal ring.
What was it doing in Zuko's closet?
It definitely wasn't for her, Katara thought. Their relationship wasn't even public knowledge yet. Apart from herself and Zuko, only a few people knew. Toph, because she couldn't be lied to. Suki, because she was Katara's best friend and her relationship advisor. And uncle Iroh because. . . Oh well, he found them out by accident. Zuko had broken up with Mai saying it wasn't working out for them, but the rest of the Firenation had no idea that their beloved Firelord was the secret lover of a waterbender.
For a second Katara thought about Mai. Gold would look becoming on her long, pale slender fingers. What if Zuko was planning to get back with Mai? He'd never really made a committment to Katara anyway. . .
She put the ring and the pouch back where she found it and left Zuko's room. Blind speculations won't get her anywhere. She'd have to ask Zuko later. . . In a better time, she decided. Yet she couldn't help feeling slightly distressed that he'd chosen to hide it from her.
Stupid firebender.