The Gaang at the beach

beccalovesbumblebee~ So I am on vacation so I decided to write oneshots for Avatar pairings on the beach. Needless to say I do not own Avatar the last Airbender. Requests welcome. The next two will probably be the Canon(Kataang), then Zutara. Btw Toph is 16 and Sokka is 18 or 19

Tokka

Sokka was trying desperately to get his girlfriend(well he thought of her as that at least) to come with him to the beach.

Toph let her head hang low before her stance stiffened. "You are giving me a headache Snoozles. I don't know why you would want to take me to the beach anyways Sugar Queen and Fan girl talk about the view it would be wasted on me because for one I am blind!" Her head snapped up she knew she had went a little too far that time.

"Is that all Bandit," Sokka said his smile never wavering. "What is that you always said, "That I may be blind, but," Sokka paused to let Toph finish.

"I have never had a problem seeing," Toph continued reluctantly. "But Sokka I don't like water, and the sand makes my vision fuzzy."

"Toph I will be with you every step of the way," Sokka said. "Don't you want to give it a try at least? If you don't like it Toph I will bring you home.

"I don't want to go Sokka," Toph said reluctantly.

"Too bad," Sokka said picking Toph up before she could use her earthbending in her defense. Sokka knew he was going to get it later when she was back on solid ground.

"Sokka I can't see!" Toph yelled.

"I know you can't Toph, but I got you," Sokka said trying to reassure Toph that he wouldn't let anything happen to her.

Toph's arms slowly wrapped around Sokka's neck she knew that he had her, but she wanted to have her grip on him just in case. She could feel him walking.

"So we are going to the beach," Toph asked slowly her voice was barely a whisper.

Sokka nodded. "Yes Toph, I want you to feel the warmth of the sun, the sand in between your toes, and the cool of the ocean water."

The truth was Toph wanted to give the beach a chance, but she couldn't tell Sokka that. She liked to hear how excited he was to experience something with her. The truth was that Sokka had not been that excited in a while since Suki left him and Toph was glad that she was making him happy again.

Toph knew that Sokka considered her his girlfriend, but Toph couldn't think of him as her boyfriend yet she needed to be comfortable with him first.

"You are letting him carry you," Toph thought before she shook her head. "Your arm is around his neck, and you are clinging to him." Toph blushed she buried her face into his shoulder to hide her face.

Sokka glanced over just in time to see the blush flood her face before she buried her face into his shoulder. Sokka smiled he loved seeing Toph blush and knowing he was the reason why.

As they made it to the path to the beach Sokka stopped. "Toph we are on the path to the beach. Do you want to walk?"

Toph shook her head. "No Sokka carry me to the water," Toph said quietly. She liked the feeling of his strong arms around her.

"Alright," Sokka said before he started to walk again.

As they made it farther on the beach people gave them weird glances. A few people even pointed at them. They knew that he was carrying Toph Beifong. THE Toph Beifong. He waved them away trying to tell them stop staring because if Toph caught them staring at her she would be pissed.

"They are staring at us aren't they Snoozles?" Toph asked.

"Yes, but they are just jealous that I have you in my arms and they don't," Sokka muttered into Toph's ear.

Toph nodded slowly, but she doubted that was why they were staring.

"Okay Toph we made it to the water," Sokka said. "You ready for this?"

Toph shook her head. She wasn't ready she didn't like the water, or the sand. She was doing this purely for Sokka.

"I will be here with you the whole time," Sokka said before he lowered Toph's feet slowly into the water.

The water felt weird against her feet it was still for the moment. As he lowered her onto the sand her grip tightened around his neck. Sokka grabbed her hands, and held them in his where they were on his neck for a minute before he moved them.

"Don't let me go," Toph said slowly she was trying to sound calm, but she couldn't mask the slight fear in her voice.

"I'm not, but I can't breathe with you holding my neck like that," Sokka said quietly. He held her hands in his.

The world was blurry, but Toph could faintly sense Sokka's feet against her.

As the first wave came in and the sand shifted. Toph's grip on Sokka's hands tightened.

"Sokka I can't see," Toph muttered.

"I got you Toph," Sokka said giving Toph a light peck on the cheek. Toph didn't recoil that time like she had the many other times that he had kissed her.

Toph's black hair blew lightly in the wind. She took a hesitant step forward into the water. Sokka moved with her.

"Sokka what color is the sky?" Toph asked.

"It's blue," Sokka answered her.

Toph nodded even though she had never seen the sky. "What else is blue?"

"My eyes, and Katara's eyes," Sokka answered her.

Sokka fell to the ground and pulled Toph into the water with him.

"Sokka," Toph said as she felt her hands slip out of Sokka's.

"I am still here," Sokka said.

"Alright," Toph said before splashing water trying to hit where she thought Sokka was. Toph missed and Sokka had to bite back a laugh. Toph heard him and placed a punch directly on his chest. "I found you Snoozles."

"Yes you did, but I found you!" Sokka pulled Toph out of the water and dragged her back to the shore. He let her go before he turned away from her.

"Are we going home Sokka?" Toph asked. She couldn't tell much, but she knew that Sokka was a few feet away, and that he wasn't facing her.

"Yes if that is what you want," Sokka said the sun was going down and the last thing he needed was a rumor started about him taking Toph to the beach where she was disoriented to do things he would never be able to do to her.

"Okay, but one thing," Toph said as she took a step towards Sokka. Sokka turned to stare into her clouded eyes. Toph stood on her toes, and kissed him. Sokka grabbed Toph's waist and lifted her off of the ground.

The sun was just beginning to set.

"You ready to go home?" Sokka asked his breathing was shallow and unsettled.

Toph nodded. Sokka hoisted her up on his shoulders and he carried her home.