Type: Regular Avataverse
Summary: Katara and Toph talk and Toph is in for a small but meaningful surprise.
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Twelve-year-old Toph Bei Fong was sitting on a boulder completely isolated from the others. She had told the others she was going off somewhere to earthbend without any disturbances. Insulting as that sounded, that was simply her way of saying she felt like being alone. Nothing more and nothing less. An hour had passed by and they were probably going to be worried. Toph was about to rise and return until she felt Katara's familiar vibrations come into radar. She relaxed back onto her boulder.
"How did you find me?" Toph asked.
Katara shrugged. "I just did. Mind if I sit with you?"
Toph thought about it briefly. She did manage to have an hour to herself. She certainly couldn't say she didn't have time for herself. She stomped her foot and another boulder rose from the ground next to Toph's boulder. "Make yourself comfy."
Katara smiled, amused, and gladly obliged. Toph had noticed from get go that Katara was making something with her hands. All she knew was that it was a bunch of twines. Toph waved it off.
"So," Katara started off slowly, "how do you feel?"
"Right now?" Toph asked for clarification. "I'm okay, I guess. Yourself?"
Katara smiled sadly. "It's hard to say."
"What? Because we'll be facing the Fire Nation soon?" Toph questioned.
Katara nodded. "Yeah."
Toph let out a small chuckle. "Then I know how you feel."
Katara laughed. "Well, that assures me. Really."
Toph smiled. Awkward silence entered the atmosphere between the two young girls. Toph stared blankly ahead of her as the wind picked up slightly. Katara resumed working on whatever she was trying to make. Toph could've sworn Katara was plucking flowers off from the ground and intertwining them into the twines. Toph smirked to herself.
"Finished!" Katara said to herself.
Toph raised an eyebrow when Katara placed what was now a flower headdress on her head and began to fastening the twines. She didn't see that coming.
"You mean you made that for me?" Toph questioned in disbelief. Katara knew Toph wasn't into flowery stuff. Why did she do it?
Katara calmly worked her fingers to tighten the headdress. "Yep."
"Not that I don't appreciate it but why?"
Katara stopped, face softening slowly. "I just wanted to share a quick moment with everyone."
Toph faced her, eyebrows still raised. Katara smiled. "Because of the upcoming battle, I don't know when we'll have another chance like this so I want to make the most of it with you guys."
Before Toph could even think of a reply, Katara wrapped her arms around Toph's neck sisterly. Toph slowly grasped Katara's arms with her hands. A smile broke out across her face.
"Eh, I love you too, Sweetness," Toph said. It sounded sarcastic but it was sincere and Katara knew this.
Toph let go of Katara's arms when Katara loosened her grip around Toph's neck. Katara stood up and patted Toph's head. "I'll leave you back to your alone time."
Toph playfully waved Katara's hand off her head. "I'll only be here for another hour."
"Okay, we'll see you then." She managed to ruffle Toph's head again and ran for it before Toph could swap her off again laughing.
Toph rolled her eyes, not hiding her amusement well though. "Yeah, I'll see you then."
As soon as Katara was gone out of her radar, Toph fell back into her thought trance. Without thinking, she began to play with the flowers gracefully weaved into the headdress. She wasn't exactly the crafty type but she planned to thank Katara properly when she gets back. But it would be without words.
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A.N. I finally got a solid scene written so I thought I'd post that one up. I have another one but...I'll do that tomorrow. I still have In Another World Chapter Seven to work on. Dream sequences...interesting things to write I tell ya.