I'm doing all of my stories in girls POV or third person because I suck at doing any sort of guys POV.
Zuko and Katara
Katara's POV
"You what?" He demanded.
"I told the council that you don't want to get married," I repeated, not shrinking down just because he had yelled at me.
"Why would you do that?" He seemed really stressed now.
"Because you really don't want to get married yet. If you wanted to, then you would have proposed to Mai by now," I pointed out.
"Oh…no." He shook his head, I don't know if it was because of me or because of something that happened otherwise.
He sank down onto a couch in the hallway that we were in and put his head in his hands.
"You don't know what you've done," he told me. He sounded gentle though, like he was talking to a child who didn't know any better.
"What?" I pressed. "What did I do?"
"I haven't proposed to Mai because she broke up with me through a letter. That's why I don't want to get married yet. I need to find someone else that I love that will marry me. But now that you told them that, they're going to assume that I just want them to pick out a partner for me without my approval." He enlightened me.
I sank down next to him. The council was a very influential part of the Fire Nation government and now more so than ever. Zuko had to listen to most of what they said, even if he didn't agree with them. Doesn't mean that he did what they told him to do.
"Oh." I sighed, sinking down onto the couch next to him. "I really screwed up."
"Yeah," he agreed. "But I'll fix it. Besides, I still owe you guys more than I could ever give. So, just forget it."
I kind of wanted to forget it, so I just didn't mention the fact that the slate had been cleaned as soon as he took a lightning bolt for me against Azula.
A petite girl that couldn't be any older than Toph was walking towards us.
"Firelord Zuko?" She asked timidly.
"Yeah?" He looked up from where he was sitting and then straightened up as soon as he realized that his moment of being seventeen was over and being FIrelord again came back on.
"The council is waiting for you, they called an emergency meeting." She informed him.
"Thank you, Ming." He gave her a small smile. She nodded, gave a bow and ran back down the hall.
"You know her?" I asked.
"She is one of Ozai's love children. I inquired about it to her mother after I saw her nose that only my family had in the royal palace. So she would technically be my half-sister."
"Oh, does she know that?" I asked.
"I want her to know that she has a big brother that loves her. But I want to spare the fact that Ozai is her father." He clarified.
He had a good point…
"I better get going," he stated.
"I'll go with you, and help you."
"NO!" He cried.
I raised my eyebrows at his sudden outburst.
"I mean…you've helped enough."
I smiled sheepishly at him before he set off walking towards the council meeting room.
I still felt bad about Zuko and the whole marriage council thing, but what could I do about it now? Zuko made it very clear that he didn't want my help in this matter and so I wasn't going to ignore his wishes. But I really wished that I could help him in some way or form.
I was in the library along with few other people, just studying the fire nation culture. The huge door swung open. Zuko's panting figure revealed itself through the door.
"Uh…are you okay?" I asked with total sincerity.
He didn't answer me, just sauntered up to me and grabbed my wrist, firmly but gently. "I need to ask you something real quick."
"What is it?" I asked.
"Not here," He said, looking around at the people who were giving us questioning looks. Usually it means that there's something going on if a Firenation man grabs a lady by the wrist in public. But there wasn't anything going on between us…ever.
He dragged me out of the library, completely oblivious to the fact that everyone in our path was staring at us.
We got to Zuko's private study after walking across like half of the palace.
"What did you need to ask me?" I inquired.
"I needed to tell you that they want me to choose a bride by the end of this month." He told me.
"I'm so sorry," I apologized. "I didn't mean for you to be pressured to much. This is all my fault."
He exhaled sharply. "Stop saying that." He gripped my upper arms tightly and shook me.
"Okay, calm down. Was there something else that you needed to tell me?" I asked.
"All of this has made me realize one thing," He stated.
"And what's that?"
"What I want in a wife." He hesitated before continuing. "I need someone that's important to one of the other nations, is their number one condition. But as for me, I need to be able to trust her with the country if I leave for business. I want her to at least be my friend and not someone to just look pretty, though it would be nice if she was pretty. So to be able to run the country, she'll need to be a strong woman for the job. Like you…"
I saw something click in his eyes, like a brilliant idea or something.
"In fact…someone just like you."
I smiled. The fact that Zuko liked me so much that he would want his wife to be just like me was flattering.
"Well, there's no one exactly like me, but I'm sure that you can find someone that's headstrong and independent."
"Like you." He stated.
"Uh huh…" I had no idea where we were going with this.
"This is crazy," he muttered.
"Yeah, I'm starting to think that you are insane," I admitted.
"Will you marry me?" He asked me, falling down on his knees in front of me.
I don't know what possessed me, but I answered "yes, Zuko, I will marry you."
