AN: Day two of Zutara Week! I'm on a role now!
Discalimer: I still don't own atla
Euphoria
n. A feeling of intense excitement and happiness.
When Katara woke up, the moon was still high in the deep, dark sky. She puled the old blanket closer to her, feeling and unnatural heat radiating towards her back. The waterbender turned around in the mat to see Zuko lying beside her. He was turned towards her. His eyes were closed, his mind lost to sleep.
This thing - she didn't know what else to call it - between the two of them had been happening for a while now. Ever since they went to find her mother's killer. Ever since that night when she cried herself to sleep for seeing the sorry excuse for a man. She still had nightmares about Yon Rha and her decision to spare his life. one nights like those, she'd go over to Zuko's tent and talk to him. Katara felt like he really understood her when she vented about her problems. He didn't brush her off like Sokka or Toph, and he didn't giver her advice that she would probably never use. He just listened which was all she wanted. Sometimes he'd even talk about his fears for training Aang for the war. It was nice that he seemed to understand.
Sometimes she would cry, like tonight. He'd hold her and just tell her to let it out. Many times she would fall asleep on his bed mat, like tonight - again. He didn't mind, or at least he hoped he didn't.
Katara took a closer look at Zuko. She almost couldn't believe that at the beginning of this journey, he was their enemy. Now he's grown more - mentally and physically. His breathing was light and calming. When his chest expanded with new air, she almost forgot about his troublesome past, or that he has so much on with plate at the moment with teaching Aand to firebend so that the Avaar could save the world from Fire Lord Ozai and a possible doomsday.
She smiled. Zuko looked so peaceful, not having to worry about what the morning might bring. She didn't know what would happen in the near future but she was happy to be with him now.
She didn't know what came over her , but Katara reached up and kissed his scarred cheek, gently so that she would wake him for his slumber.
The water bender turned around slowly and let a grin for all over her face. She felt the firebender's arm wrap around her waist and her smile grew even more. She was truly happy, just lying here with his arms around her. The young waterbender would soon figure out that this feeling was the blossoming of love. But at the current moment, Katara knew that nothing was better that this - this euphoria - that overcame her whenever she was with him.
AN: 476 words of fluff and other good stuff. :)
Remember to Smile :)
~Becca
