She haunts me even on the brightest of days.
I see her at the pond, staring at me behind the cherry blossom trees while my children play and roll around in the grass. She sleeps in the chair at the corner of my room while both of us wish that she were the one laying in my arms. I can never touch her, kiss her. We are stuck in this tortuous state, waiting for my light to go out.
Sometimes she cries. Her eyes are all I see at certain moments. When will this horrible chapter end?
"What do you want me to do? Take my own life? You know I can't do that but believe me, I want to!"
I whisper fiercely as we sit on the floor. Mai is with the children but they can be back at any moment. My back is against the bed as she sits in front of me, tugging at her blue war tunic. Her brown hair falls over her shoulders and I move to brush it away but I stop myself before I touch her.
Well, not touch her.
Her shoulders start to shake anyway. What upsets her most is that I cannot feel her skin. Be with her in any way but this.
"Zuko, I can't take this anymore! This," she gestures. "Being together but not just kills me!"
Well it really wouldn't do anything like that. She's already dead.
"I know. But we have to hold on a little bit longer until Lu Ten comes of age. Katara? If this is really hurting you..Why don't you just...you know. Crossover. I'll meet you soon enough."
Katara's head snaps up at my words. Her eyes blaze like blue fire. "I'm not leaving without you."
And so we wait. Hoping that when I go to sleep, I take my last dying breath.
This is the starting chapter for my 100 drabbles challenge.
Please bear with me. Every single one of these chapters need to be edited. I wanted to pound my head on the desk at all the grammatical errors I caught.
But, I have a beta now! :D Her name is Lilako on ffn and Frozen~fyre on dA. She has offered to help with all of my mess ups. Thank you!
So enjoy my drabbles and know all the errors will be fixed soon by both I and Lilako.