2nd Day Prompt-Change

"Zuko, I know this is an important feast, but you really should consider putting in a vegetarian portion of the buffet", said the Fire Lords Water Tribe Ambassador and Advisor

"…Why? The Delegates are here for a Peace meeting, it's not exactly a party" said the 20 year old Fie Lord, he was a bit too busy with preparing the Fire Nation Palace for the annual Peace Festival to think about trivial matters of whose eating what, and couldn't She do that? Wasn't that all she did anyway?

Unfortunately, the Fire Lord was saying his thoughts aloud-thus infuriating his only female advisor, who happened to be the worlds most referred to and feared Water bender.

"Excuse me, Zuko?" Katara said through her teeth, her tone shaming the arctic winds of her sister tribe

"Uhm…" he was at a loss for words. He was a bit scared of what exactly she would do, since the Avatars last visit; Katara had been a bit testy and prone to freezing people onto the walls.

"I suggest we take a break, don't you agree, nephew?" said General Iroh, attempting to make peace before Katara left the Fire Nation without a leader.

"Ye-yeah, I agree, uncle" Zuko managed to get out.

Katara looked at his uncle with soft understanding eyes and nodded-then turned to give Zuko daggers that could've survived the deepest and hottest levels of Sheol and left.

"Oh nephew…" Iroh sighed out while shaking his head and walked out after the annoyed Water bender.

Later-

"What is Her problem? So I said something rather sexist, she didn't have to act That way. Usually she would've yelled at me…or water whipped me…" Zuko's words trailed off as he thought about his advisor-and friend. He was concerned for her, even if it didn't seem like it, but he was a busy man, he couldn't drop everything for her… then why did he feel so bad?

He sighed and walked to his Mother's garden, he always thought with more clarity there, and he could feed the Turtle-Ducks whilst there.

As he came to the tree next to the pond, he stopped. He wasn't alone. SHE was there, playing with the Turtle-Ducks with her water bending, the young ones quaking happily and the mother watching closely.

"You know, spying on people is against the law-and just plain rude" he heard her say, he could hear her smile in it.

He shrugged and sat next to her, he took out a piece of bread from his sleeve and broke some off, he then threw some pieces to the Turtle Ducks.

Katara stopped her water bending and just watched him feed the animals; she seemed a bit out of it.

"Are… are you okay?" he said to her

"…yeah, why wouldn't I be?" she said

"Are you SURE?" he said to her, this time turning towards her, he then noticed that her eyes were light red and so was her nose, as if she had been crying

"Of course I am, Zuko" she said with an edge to her tone, her tone telling him to drop it

"Okay…" he figured that if she wasn't going to come out with it that way, he'd try another-maybe listening to Uncles rambling about politics was useful.

"So…how are things with Aang?" he asked her nonchalantly.

"I wouldn't know" she said, her voice with a slight crack.

"Aren't you two together?" he asked, he heard they were happy together, why would she say that?

"Nope!" she stated with a 'pop' noise at the end.

"Ah…what…what happened? If you don't mind."

"He decided that it was time for change… I guess I was the thing that needed to be changed…" her voice had a full crack

"Change, huh?" he understood the pain of Change… but he also knew another thing. "Don't worry, Katara, change isn't a bad thing, its something for the better" he told her, wiping a tear that managed to fall from he young woman's eyes.

"How do you know?" she said looking up at him, her blue eyes reminded him of a sapphire, glimmering in the light.

"I just do, so trust me, okay?" he said to her with a slight smile

"Only if you promise" she said, a small smile was forming on her lips

"I promise, Katara, I promise"