Zutara Week Day 1: Family
Zuko sat on the stairs of the Ember Island beach house the gAang was hiding at. It had been used by his family a long time ago and this is the first time he's stayed here since he was little. He was watching the rest of the gAang as they talked about nothing and goofed around.
He watched as Toph threw small rocks at Sokka, Suki, and Aang. Zuko would've smiled if he wasn't thinking about how much the group looked like a family. Toph as the annoying little sister, Aang as the little brother, Sokka the protective older brother, Suki as his girlfriend, and Katara as the mother. At that thought, he watched her for a moment. She was sitting in between Aang and Sokka laughing at a joke someone had just made, Zuko wouldn't know, he wasn't listening.
Thinking about their family made him wonder where his place in this group was. He didn't know if he was an older brother, sometimes he felt like it but he wasn't sure. Maybe he was a very distant cousin or something. That didn't feel right either, now that he thought about it. He thought about his hidden feelings for Katara, but dismissed the thought immediately. There was no way he could let his hopes get that high, Katara didn't return his feelings and that was that.
Katara sighed as she looked up at Zuko and saw his troubled expression. She walked over to him and sat as close o him as she could and bumped her shoulder with his. Zuko looked at her and raised an eyebrow at her. "Copper piece for your thoughts?" she asked.
He let out a deep chuckle that made Katara shiver, "I don't think their worth that much, Katara…"
Katara smiled and said, "What were ya thinkin' about?"
"The group, how much of a family it is…" Zuko sighed, and showed her a small smile.
"Really? What do ya think?" Katara asked in a whisper. During some point in the conversation they started to whisper, and Katara thought if her voice got any higher they would stop talking.
"You're the mom, Sokka's the big brother, Suki's his girlfriend who practically lives with us, and Aang's the little brother who we all wanna protect. Toph's the little sister who annoys the crap out of everyone," Zuko smiled. He looked ant the group as the laughed at Sokka saying something about instincts.
"What about you, Zuko?" Katara asked. She was watching his face closely as he watched the group.
"I don't know…" Zuko sighed. "Maybe I just don't belong…"
Katara smiled, "I think the group needs a father, don't you, Zuko?"
Zuko looked back at Katara and shrugged, "I don't know, what do you think?" He leaned closer to her as he waited for an answer.
"It's possible," She mumbled as she closed the space between them, with a kiss.