-1Read and critique, and if you're not a fan of Zutara or Taang, don't be a retard. Save yourself the trouble of getting in an argument with me that you wont win.

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They were at it again.

Honestly, ever since Zuko had decided to join the group, he, Sokka, and Katara had done nothing but fight. It was always the same too, Zuko would be sitting and minding his own business (or angsting, Aang never really could tell) anyway, he would be sitting there, Katara would come over, they would start talking about Avatar knows what, then Sokka would come over and start yelling at him to stay away from his sister. Katara would fight back and Zuko would join and it always ended up going to how he had hunted them down before and how they "couldn't possibly trust a dirty fire bender".

Always.

And seriously, Aang was tired of it.

That night, he snuck away and crawled over to Toph's earth-tent and reached out to tap the side.

"what d'ya want twinkle toes?" her annoyed voice drifted out to greet him with about as much warmth and kindness as Katara's water whip.

"uh, well…" he stammered, suddenly unsure.

The front of the tent slid into the ground and the girl stared at him, "spit it out, I'm tired."

"could…could I come in there with you? They're fighting again." he asked, hoping she wouldn't feel his blush, but knowing she did.

"is that all? Well sure! Come on in! we'll have our own little tea party!" she said with a huge smile on her face.

"really?!" he cried happily.

"no." the fake smile dropped from her face and was replaced by a surly glare, and before his brain quite registered what was happening, the door slammed up in his face.

"aw come on!" he fell to his knees and clawed at the rock walls, " Don't make me go back there! They'll drag me into it and I can't side with Sokka because Zuko's my teacher and I can't side with Zuko because Sokka's been with me since the beginning and I can't side with Katara because of the other two and-"

"ALRIGHT!" Toph yelled and the tent slammed open again. If it had only been lighter outside, he might have seen the blush spreading across the bridge of her nose. "just get in here and shut up."

Aang's smile rivaled that of Iorh's at a pai sho game with tea as he crawled into the tent with the small but powerful girl. The door closed again and they curled up and went to sleep protected by the nice, sound-proof earth walls.

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"OH YEAH?! WELL -" Katara saw Aang go into the tent and cut off her brother. "he went in?" Sokka asked quietly and turned to look. She nodded, and she laughed softly when Zuko sank to the floor and moaned, "finally! And it only took, what, two weeks?"

"well," she sat down beside him, "at least it happened."

"yeah. Spirits, I think I might have just thrown him in if it went on any longer" Sokka agreed, then looked over at his sister and Zuko, who were sitting next to each other, not touching or talking.

Then he looked closer. He saw that, even though they weren't touching, or even looking at each other, they seemed to be completely focused on one another. When one moved, even the slightest bit, so did the other. When Katara got up to get her sleeping sac, Zuko stood up and followed her. When they came back, he sat down first, then she sat next to him, just as before.

To Sokka, it seemed that they were like a planet and it's moon, though which was which, he couldn't tell.

Katara spread her sleeping sac out and sat on it, motioning for Zuko to do the same. When he did, Sokka's eyes narrowed, "but seriously. Stay away from my sister."

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This is my first Avatar fic. Which is kind of odd because I went completely OCD over ZK, but ended up writing an AT fic. But as you can see towards the end…I couldn't resist. .___.

p.s. this story takes place in a non-cannon setting. Please don't ask where or when it is.

p.p.s. let's play that fun game, Guess the reference! :D