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A/N: Okay, new story. All Kataang, all the time, until I get bored. Oh, yeah, and I GRADUATED ON THE 15TH!!!!! It's awesome! I've been in the same school with almost the same class (+ and – some people) for 9 years, and now I'm FREE! Well, not really, but still. Okay, I'm done ranting; this story should get updated relatively quickly. And another thing. Milkshakes are good, especially chocolate. This is probably going to be a one-shot, just so everyone knows. Nothing big, just a smutty little piece of crap story, unless you think it's good. Then it's a smutty little great story (if that makes sense). This takes place the night before the battle with Ozai, and Iroh and Zuko have joined Aang to teach him firebending.
Katara was making dinner like always, but she was also deep in thought. She had caught Aang looking at her multiple times that day, and she had never seen him look at anyone that way before. As she finished the soup she had been making, she decided to confront Aang about his staring after dinner. After all, they did not know how many of them would survive tomorrow. She then called everyone over to eat.
Aang had been thinking along much the same lines. He knew he had to tell Katara how he felt about her, because there was a good chance that he would not make it through tomorrow. He decided to tell her how he felt about her after dinner, because he really needed her to know.
Katara and Aang snuck glances at each other through all of dinner, and after yet another painful silence caused by their eyes meeting, Toph drained her bowl and stood up, saying, "Okay, I can't take much more of this, so I'm going to go to bed and leave the love birds here. Good night." Her saying this caused Aang and Katara to blush furiously, and soon Zuko and Sokka got up and went to bed as well. This left Iroh, Aang, and Katara sitting around the fire.
"All right, I am going to bed too, but since we are going into battle tomorrow, I suggest telling anyone anything you think they need to know. Tonight." Iroh walked away, hoping he had not been too blunt, but he did not have to worry. All that night Katara and Aang had been thinking about what they would say to each other, and now they both figured it out.
"Katara, I really need to-"
"Aang, I think it's important that-" They both started, then stopped again. As they contemplated their near-empty soup bowls, Aang got up his courage to try again.
"Katara, there's something I need to tell you. Please hear me out before you laugh or hit me." Aang wanted to be sure he could speak before she rejected him. As Katara opened her mouth to respond, Aang held up his hand to silence her. He started again. "Katara , seeing as I might not see you again after tomorrow, there's something I think you need to know. Katara, I... I... Iloveyou!"
Aang took Katara's shocked silence as a bad sign and began to stare ashamedly down at his bowl. "I knew you wouldn't feel the same, but-" He was cut off from his mumbling when Katara pressed her lips against his softly. She had moved over to be closer to him when he wasn't watching. His eyes went wide, and Katara laughed when she pulled away and saw the look on his face.
"I love you, too, Aang," was all Katara had to say before Aang pulled her in for another kiss. This one was more passionate, with their tongues battling for dominance and their hands roaming each other's bodies. Katara squeaked in surprise when Aang lifted her up to sit on his lap. After what seemed like hours to them, but what was really only around 30 seconds, they broke apart gasping for air. As Katara sat there staring down at Aang, she suddenly remembered what she had been going to ask him.
"Aang? Why were you looking at me all day?"
"Well, because I realized that you were just too beautiful and I couldn't help myself,"Aang responded matter-of-factly. ((A/N: He is a guy, you know, so he's kinda allowed to sound cheesy.)) Katara laughed again, then got an idea as she looked down at Aang. He saw this look and was genuinley curious, as well as a little scared.
"Katara? What are you thinking?" Aang asked cautiously.
"Do you want to take a walk? I mean, I know you should be resting, but still. Just a quick walk." Katara asked deviously. It took Aang a moment to realize what she was saying, but once he did, the look of confusion on his face was replaced with one of happiness. As the two walked away, they did not know that they had been watched the entire time.
Iroh smiled as he heard Aang ask, "Aren't we a little young for this?" and Katara laugh in response. He knew that they loved each other from the moment he saw them. Don't ask how, because he didn't really know. He decided to go to bed then, because they did still have to beat Ozai the next day...
