A/N: This takes place in the episode the Southern Raiders. I noticed Katara reacted meaner than necessary and, with my shipper heart, I imagined her being flustered and not knowing what to do with the closeness~ muaha! Anyways, I'm still updated so BE PATIENT! R&R please! (:
Rocks
She wasn't prepared. Just a second ago she'd been lost in a deep, boundless sleep, only to be awakened by explosions off the walls.
The airship was too close and had come from nowhere. She knew too well who could be manning that ship. Any second now Azula's crazed expression would appear out of the unsettled dust—
Something flew up and there was literally no time to react. Katara looked up quickly to see just a glimpse of rocks beginning to shake above her.
Arms around her. Someone pushing her aggressively. A loud gasp escaped her lips midair as she saw a pile of boulders land where she'd been standing only a millisecond ago. Turning in slow motion, she saw the scar and her heart stopped.
They hit the ground simultaneously. She wasn't prepared. Katara couldn't say thank you, not when she was so flustered and her heartbeat so quick-paced.
Anger flooded her thoughts. It was easy to mask her feelings with anger.
"What are you doing?" Her tone had been harder than she'd aimed for, but oh well, the angrier the better.
He looked confused. "Trying to keep rocks from crushing you."
His face was way too near. She wondered if he could hear her rapid heartbeat over the explosions and yelling. Without thinking, she raised her voice. "Okay, I'm not crushed, you can get off of me now!" He was too close so she rolled away, kicking him in the process.
As she darted from the scene to find Aang, she felt a heat rise to her cheeks. She hoped he somehow got a thank-you from that.
She quickened her pace when she distantly heard him say in a sarcastic manner, "I'll take that as a thank you."