"I love you." He says.
What am I supposed say back? I know I feel the same about him and I knew he liked me, but I never thought he'd verbalize it so suddenly. He definitely threw me into a loop. Should I do anything? Nothing? I'm not sure. We're about to go into enemy territory and we'll never know who'll come back alive. This may be my last time ever seeing him again. So I do the unthinkable: I lean in to kiss him.
Our lips make contact. Out of shock, his eyes widen and he moves backwards, but just briefly before he leans into it. His lips have a blazing hot warmth to them, but I'm not caught off guard too much. After all, he is a firebender.
Only seconds pass and we both lean back at the same time, which ends the kiss. We stare into each other's eyes for a long time and neither of us is willing to be the first to let go of the other. I'm the first to break the long silence.
"I promise we'll find your brother and bring him back safely."
"I hope so." He replies with remorse.
We hug for a minute and then walk into the Equalist's HQ- ready for anything.