A/N: Hi all! So this a thing going around Tumblr. I decided to join in... Pretty much, there's a list of words and meanings, and people send you one, say what pairing they want, and you write a drabble to it.
Hope you enjoy this chapter! Dedicated to, as she is known on here, asiastana!
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Mamihlapinatapei - The look between two people in which each loves the other, but is too afraid to make the first move.
Pairing: Kataang
Apple in hand, she leans back against Appa's leg as she watches Aang. The airbender is talking animatedly to her, just bits and pieces of stories and tales that he's heard and experienced in all of his travels. She finds it amazing – how much he's done in his thirteen years.
He himself is hunched over Appa's saddle – fixing it, he claimed. He tried to show her what was wrong with it, explaining how if even a small part of it is bent out of shape it'll rub against Appa, but the whole thing just confused her.
'… and Gyasto once said that after a novice completely finished with his training, that they get to spend a whole year, just by themselves. Travelling all over the world. I always used to wonder why I never was allowed to go, but now…' he trailed off shrugging. 'I guess they knew I hadn't completely finished. Being the Avatar and all.'
'You've finished your training now,' she pointed out. 'Well and truly. The war is over. Why not go now?'
Aang gave a half shrug. 'I always wanted to, but now… I've spent a year travelling with you and Sokka, Toph and Zuko. I think I'd get lonely, even if I did have Appa with me.'
A heavy silence fell between them.
I'll go with you, Katara wanted to say. Of course I'd go with you. I'd spend a year with you, just with you. But she doesn't.
Hesitantly, Aang meets her eyes, and there's something there, like he wants to say something. Ask her something. His eyes brighten, and he opens his mouth –
And then closes it. Bites his lip.
Katara gives a shaky, little laugh, and says that she'd miss him if he went. He gives a little laugh of his own.
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