The second drabble I did and one where the characters I used started to grow, no Sokka yet sadly for me considering he is one of the guys I like to use the most and is with Toph and Zuko very easy to use.
In this one I tried to use a much more direct approach in romance, or what is called romance with these two; showing a side of Toph a little more insecure, something we see several times through the series it was fun to use her voice for this and started to realize how awesome Toph can be, and don't you just love the direct part of Zuko?
One thing I never really liked was the pairing of Katara and Aang, in my opinion Aang looks more into the nice part of love, he is not one for passion and simply runs away from direct confrontation (hello, a hundred years in ice?), that's why I usually don't use these two, they would be too honey coated and Katara will be eternally in mommy-mode; so, why did Katara rejected Aang in this drabble? I needed to correct that slight plot hole, and instead filled the hole with a semi-hole, you'll see why; for the re-wrote version I added a new pairing which really called my attention after digging a bit more, hope you enjoy this version.
Disclaimer: Same for 01
2: Marriage
Would you like to be my girlfriend? Do you want to marry me? Those were the kind of things some of the servants in my old house were always dreaming to hear, always hoping to hear those magical words; those are their words, not mine.
I suppose it was one of the things I tended to think about those days since it was the only thing I could do in that place, being treated like a doll, never capable of doing anything important or fun, but of course I forgot all about that when I started to bend and get myself into trouble.
Those words came back to me when the war against the Fire Nation was over and we grew up a bit, just a little bit mind you, I'm sure my growth spurt will never arrive.
I wanted freedom, but after the war and so much blood I was feeling nauseous with the idea of fighting, never thought that day would come, but I needed time to take that out of my system before going back into my adventure days alone and I wasn't keen on getting back home, I needed a place to stay and relax a bit so we stayed in the Fire Nation helping here and there with the reconstruction of buildings for their new Fire Lord Iroh.
I was just trying to nap in the garden of the Fire Nation Palace using the ground as my bed when I heard two sets of steps getting closer, Aang and Katara, I could recognize their pattern any day; I just rested in the same place waiting for them to call for me or something similar.
"What was so important you had to tell me Aang?" I could almost feel the nervousness in Aang's body with the way he was moving and quickly understood that I was an eavesdropper by coincidence.
"W-well, I, Katara, you see… I… I really like y-you" He said rushing on his words.
"Aang… you… I… I'm sorry but… I don't…. I" Katara's voice was really transmitting how sorry she was but I couldn't blame her, Aang have been behind her like a little puppy since who knows when, being blind didn't mean I couldn't see, Twinkletoes was too late in exteriorizing what was inside him if those nocturnal visits she did to a certain someone were any hint of that; besides, who would have thought? Although I'm sure Sugar Queen could make less sour the mood of Bitch-Queen; a firebender and a waterbender, and girls to top it off, Katara's father reaction would be so fucking great.
"I… I see, is okay then" I heard Aang answer and could almost feel his heart braking but I knew Aang was going to be alright, he was after all the Avatar, but something in all of it made me think once again those ideas of… when I was younger I usually asked myself that, how would it feel to have someone with you? But I reminded myself that I didn't need boys telling me things like that, and neither girls so don't even try to go that way if you don't want to be inside an earth coffin prematurely, after all, marriage and romance was something the Blind Bandit didn't need.
I just never thought I was going to hear those words, not with who I am… specially from him.
"What did you just said?" I asked him cleaning my ears with my right pinky thinking that I wasn't hearing right, that it had to be a very crazy dream; he grumbled in annoyance and I could almost feel him rolling his eyes, the next thing I knew he had me by the waist in a thigh embrace.
"I said, marry me you idiot" just before I could return those words with a remark of my own I felt his lips on mine in a hot kiss. I could have toyed a bit with him but he deserved something after being that bold, besides, what was I supposed to do? Zuko is such a damn good kisser after all.
