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Note: This was done for a little mini drabble contest I participated in a while back and I thought I'd post it here as well.
Rain
It had been weeks since they began their journey to the land of no return: the Fire Nation. It was unbelievably warm and the group couldn't help but groan at the sweltering heat. Toph at some point exploded about the way her clothes kept sticking to her until Aang so kindly created a few breezes for their group when their were no onlookers. Poor kid had not realized that even the air he bended was dry and arid, sending the group to a state worse than before, much to the airbender's dismay and embarrassment.
They had been traveling from town to town, city to city, helping people along the way and actually having fun in the Fire Nation, something they would have never dreamt of. Aang remembers most prominently the time he enrolled in a Fire Nation school and how that turned out, along with the time Toph had conned a large fortune from the scammers on the streets.
Aang had thought that he would collapse from the heat one particular day when the sun was high up in the sky and was quite unrelenting with its heat to the civilians of the town. Toph had passed out minutes ago, preferring to sleep away under the shade rather than to stay awake during the duration of the day. It would be cooler at night, she had reasoned and because of that, Sokka, Momo, and Appa had followed suit. It was times like these that Aang wondered if the Fire Nation ever rained, but it must, he reasoned, for the water had to have come from somewhere or else the lakes and oceans would have dried up. He vaguely remembered visiting Kuzon one time when the rain was particularly hard, they had ended up playing indoors that time.
He had abandoned his shirt hours ago and was tempted to do the same with the pair of pants that stuck uncomfortably to his legs. What he would give for a little rain right about that moment. As he lay on the grassy ground, relishing what little moisture the grass offered, Aang couldn't help but wonder why Katara had yet do nap like he was about to do.
Katara was off to the side of the campsite staring off into distant sky as if seeing something that only she could see. Her face was calm and blank as if she was not the least bit bothered by the sweltering heat. She remained that way for what seemed hours to Aang until finally, he felt something cool hit his face, then another came, this time almost hitting him in the eye. He looked over at Katara and noticed how her face had suddenly lighted up as she danced around the falling droplets of water. It was then he realized that the rain he had been asking for finally came.
He lied there watching the girl of his dreams twirl around in the gently falling rain with a smile that set his stomach in knots. He contemplated waking up the others to relish in his new found discovery, but as Katara turned to him with that same smile beckoning him to join her, his selfish side won out. The others could wait just a little longer, he decided.
A/N: I must say, though I am not really a Kataang fan I liked the way this came out and I hope you liked it too.