She held his hand tight and stared into his eyes lovingly, all the while thinking of another. From time to time Katara would turn her head from the sunset she was watching with Aang to Zuko, who now stood at the door with a large smile on his face. She could never tell with Zuko, she could never just look at him and know what he was thinking off that made him smile in such a way. She could always tell with Aang though, sometimes a bit too much
Was it Mai? She pondered. She disliked that girl. she was depressive moody and frankly anybody stupid enough to be friends with Azula could not be any good. She dismissed the idea. It was not possible for this new Zuko, this generous caring freedom loving Zuko to possibly love someone like Mai. It was infatuation, it had to be.
He stared at her for a good five minutes in which she stared back, searching in his deep brown for something, some clue or hint to help her know what he was thinking of. Alas she saw nothing she saw no way in which to read him.
He moved slowly towards them. Katara held her breath and closed her eyes. Aang interpreted this a moment to make a move and slowly moved closer to her.
He held her hand and whispered in her ear "I love you my dear"
Katara was filled with a rush of emotion. She turned to face him, her eyes still closed, and proceeded to kiss him
His lips were tender his arms were warm his grip on her tightened. She stroked her hands through his luscious hair, only upon doing this did she realise what she had just done.
She pulled away and opened her eyes. She looked up to see Zuko smiling uncontrollably, and though this was a sight she was thrilled to see, she knew she would have to turn to face Aang and his tears. She took a deep breath and turned around only to see he was gone. She glanced at the door and saw him run out of it.
She ran after him. What had she done? Was she mad? She could not imagine what Aang would do now. These thought were stagnant in her mind as the image of Zuko ran through her mind.
She followed him until finally she could no longer see him. Her heart sank. How could she have done that?
From behind a voice called her name, it was strong and full of joy and remorse
"Katara" it called "wait"
It was Zoku she turned to face him and the tears immediately began to flow from her eyes.
"What have we done?" she said holding back her sorrow, she could not be vulnerable in front of him lord only knew what would happen if she was
"Katara do you love him?" Zoku asked her
"What is that supposed to mean Zoku?!" she demanded replacing her sorrow with anger
"Answer my question" he replied calmly
She fell silent. Her eyes searched his all of a sudden she saw it, she saw what she had long since been searching for. She glared at it and was overwhelmed with joy.
In that moment she had seen what she had been aching to see since she first laid eyes on him at the South Pole.
In his eyes was passion, and it was directed at her. She moved closer to him and touched his cheek. He grabbed her hands and pulled her close in loving embrace, and they kissed beneath the setting sun.