Zutara - Secrets Chapter 2

I chose a door and entered a plain room. There was a large bed that was still made neatly though dust had gathered all over it and the rest of the room. I set my bag down on a side table looked around the dirty room. Then a thought came to me, I pulled my waterskin out of my bag. After opening it I bent the water out and used it to wash the dust off the floor and walls. Then I spread the water in the air above the bed. I lowered the water and let it soak into the sheets down to the mattress, then I pulled it out taking the dust with it. I smiled then and put the water away.

I inspected the room again, now that it was clean. The floor was a glossy stained wood, and the sheets on the bed were a perfect dark red with a firenation insignia on it. It was a nice room other than the fact it was firenation, I would like staying here or the next couple days.

"You would," I was startled by a voice behind me. I turned and realized I didn't close the door when I entered. There stood Zuko with a smile.

I put and hand on my hip and raised an eyebrow, "I would what?"

"You would choose my old room."

My eyes rounded, "This is your room? Do you want me to leave I can stay in a different room."

He chuckled and walked in while looking around, "No, it's fine, I didn't want to stay in this room anyway." I narrowed my eyes when he closed the door behind him. "I just find it ironic," he said and approached me. I smiled as he wrapped his arms around me and gave me a hug. He dug his head into my hair and said near my ear, "I wanted to make sure you were settled and doing okay."

I pulled away a bit and smirked at him, "Is that all?"

Zuko returned my smirk and rested his head against my forehead, "Maybe I wanted a little goodnight kiss."

I smiled widely and wrapped my arms around his neck. He leaned down and kissed me on the mouth while his hold around my waist tightened. We kissed gently for a while and my mind was lost in the moment, I couldn't even think. My fingers tangled in his black hair.

Suddenly we heard a knock on the door. We both jumped and looked toward the door as we heard Suki's voice, "Katara, can I come in?"

I panicked and looked at Zuko, but he had already left my side after he quickly kissed my cheek. I barely caught a glimps of him jumping out the window. I turned back to the door, "Uh, ya. Come in."

Slowly Suki opened the door and peeked in, "Are you okay?"

"Ya, I'm just fine," I said through a nervous smile and sat down on the bed.

Suki smiled too and sat down next to me putting her arm around me, "If it's still bothering you, you can always talk to me about it."

Suddenly I was confused, "Uh, about what?"

Her eyes widened a little, "About the man who… you know… from the Southern Raiders."

"Oh," I looked away. "I'm fine, it's better if I don't talk about it."

Suki bowed her head and said, "Alright." She stood up then and headed toward the door. "Well, if you need any girl-talk, I'm in the next room."

I nodded with a smile, "Thank you and goodnight."

"Goodnight," I waited until the door was closed behind her before I let out a sigh.

"That was close," I jumped when I heard Zuko's voice again.

I turned and saw him sitting on the windowsill. "Stop sneaking up on me! You are going to give me a heart attack."

Zuko just chuckled then said while standing, "And you stop yelling, someone will hear!" I put my hand over my mouth a smiled sheepishly. Zuko smiled and snickered at my expression while walking toward me. He held my waist and lean close to whisper in my ear, "Now where were we?"

I giggled and I accepted his kiss. I smiled against his mouth and wrapped my arms around his neck again. Our kiss deepened a little, then I bit his lower lip. He pulled away and I made a pouty face. He laughed lightly and his breath blew across my face. "We need to rest, Katara."

I whimpered, "Fine."

"I'll see you in the morning," he whispered in my ear. I nodded and he kissed my cheek. "Goodnight." After he said this, he let go of me and turned to the window. I watched him disappear over the edge then fell back onto the bed.

I slipped out of my over-clothes and crawled under the sheets. Sokka was right, it felt good to be in a real bed. I fluffed the big pillow then wrapped my arms around it. As my heavy lids closed and sleep fell over me, I was smiling. Even with the pain that had haunted me these last couple days, it still ended with a smile. I hadn't felt so happy in a long time. I felt warm tingles run up and down my spine as I thought of Zuko. He was truly something.