AN: Whelp here's another one… This is my first time writing in present tense so, let's have some fun.
P.S. Thanks to all who have read and reviewed my other stories, I really appreciate it!
Zutara
Everyone
Inspired by this: art/Zutara-Meditation-69194733
In and Out.
Zuko can feel the sun slowly ascend into the morning sky. He can hear the sparrowkeets singing their morning songs up above the Western Air Temple.
In and Out.
He can smell the breakfast meat being cooked by none other that Katara. He hears the sizzling of the food and Katara's voice as she softly hums a tune, probably a Southern Water Tribe song or something of the sort.
In and Out.
Then her face appears before his closed eyelids. Her blue eyes are filled with an emotion that he has never received from her. She's smiling at him. Why is Katara, the only person her who despises him, smiling toward him? It both annoys and confuses him greatly.
In and Out. In and Out.
"Zuko." The Katara of his mind says to him. What does she want? He feels his eyebrows scrunching together in concentration.
In and Out. In and Out.
"Zuko." She is more insistent now.
"What do you want?" He hears himself asking.
"What do I want?" The picture of Katara in his mind shatters as the real one stands near him, practically screeching at him. "I came here to tell you that your breakfast is ready. Toph and Aang are doing morning drills and I've never known Soka to wake up this early. And another thing! You may be the Crowned Prince, but here you're just like the rest of us! Ugh!" And just like that, she storms off.
He opens his good eye and watches her go. She looks back at him and he catches her rosy cheeks before Katara turns away.
In and Out.
Zuko closes his eyes and smiles. Maybe a few more minutes. The firebender thinks to himself as his name gets called out again.
In and Out.
This one's shoter than the last one, so I hope that it's good enough…
Remember to Smile :)
~Becca
