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It was finally morning, but Katara still was awake. She couldn't sleep after what happened last night. It was just too much. As for Zuko, who stayed wide awake all night, also not being able to sleep. Everyone had already gotten up and out of their tents, chatting together outside. But Katara remained in her tent, the memory of her a Zuko sharing a kiss still fresh in her memory. Zuko also remained in his tent, he wished it wasn't daytime, so that he would be able to stay inside his bed longer, so that he could continue to regret what he did. But he knew he would stay in as much as he needed, the team wouldn't bother to wake him up. Not after last time.

"Katara!" Aang said as he walked into Katara's tent

Katara didn't know if she should respond, she could just pretend to be asleep. She could play it off, maybe he would leave and give her just a little more time to sleep. She hoped that he would just realize that she was sleeping and he would just leave and come back later. Sadly, he went up to her shaking her yelling "KATARA WAKE UP" Katara sat up from her bed quickly

"WHAT DO YOU WANT!" she yelled angry, she was furious that Aang would wake her up like that, screaming and shaking her, she was tired after staying up all night. But she just couldn't sleep. Aang looked at her in shook, "s-sorry Katara, I didn't mean to make you angry"

"GET OUT" she yelled even more angry. Aang quickly left and she laid back down on her bed. She knew that she couldn't stay in her tent all day, but however long she could was fine with her. As for Zuko, no one bothered to wake him up, its not that the team didn't care for him, because they were great friends with Zuko. But last time they woke up Zuko when he was angry it wasn't a pretty sight. And they cant loose anymore tents to a fire, so they decide to just let himself figure that out. But eventually he did come out.

Katara still refused to come out, it had been a hour later since she sent Aang out of her tent with screams. Toph walked in her tent

"Katara, you need to get up" Toph said in a calm voice. Katara appreciated her being subtle and not shaking her to wake up, unlike Aang.

"Why should I?" Katara said, wondering if Aang had told Toph about what had happened and that's why she was being extra careful with her.

"Because, the team is about to practice our bending, It would be nice if you were to join" Toph said trying her best so that she didn't get angry

"I don't want to, I feel sick" Katara tried to make it as believable as possible.

"Katara, I know you're lying, you can't sneak a lie past me, you know that" Toph said "Now what's really wrong?"

"I told you, I feel sick." Katara responded

"Lies" Toph said before Katara could even continue on her "illness"

"It's not lies. I have no idea what you are talking about." Katara said trying to convince her.

"Alright." Toph said, but she knew Katara was lying. And she wasn't planning on giving up.

Katara was surprised by her easy step down, surely she was just letting her off the hook, maybe tired of trying to pry the real reason out of her. But still, Toph was usually very determined to find out, and either way she was surprised that Toph had let her off so easily.

"So, how about you and Zuko?" Toph said with a smile on her face, knowing she had Katara trapped. She crossed her arms and waited for Katara's response.

Katara shot up off her bed "what?!" she said looking worried

"You know what I said, how goes your little secret thing with Zuko?" Toph said with an even bigger smile on her face knowing that she was putting pressure on Katara, and that she would reveal her secrets of last night sooner or later.

"You are insane Toph" Katara responded defensively, knowing that Toph was only toying with her and that she probably knew nothing about last night.

"Oh you know, you, Zuko, the woods." Toph said almost ready to burst out in laughter as she knew Katara would spill her secrets eventually.

"What do you know, Toph!?" Katara said yelling but somehow keeping it quiet enough so that no one else besides her and Toph could hear.

"Oh…just the fact that you and zuko were alone together in the woods, does Aang know?" Toph said smiling the biggest she's ever smiled

Katara broke down at that moment. She just couldn't take all the pressure on her. Her tears started to fall down her cheeks. Toph looked at her, and grabbed something so that she can wipe off her tears.

"Katara, I'm sorry. I had no idea you felt this way about the subject" Toph said in a sincere voice, she truly was sorry, she thought that Katara just had a little secret, she didn't know it was this serious. Katara hugged her, "Thanks toph" with her tears starting to stop.

"So, are you coming out or not?" Toph said, "Because if you are, you might want to get into something more comfortable." she said as she walked out of Katara's tent.

Outside

"So?" Aang said looking at Toph

"Shes coming out soon" Toph said

"Good, I just don't understand why she was up so late at night" Aang said looking a bit worried.

Zuko suddenly choked on the water he was drinking as he was overhearing their conversation, Aang and Toph looked in his direction

"You ok Zuko? What's wrong?" Aang said as he looked at Zuko wondering what had happened.

"I'm uh, I'm fine. Nothing is wrong." Zuko said returning to his tent. Not knowing that Toph knew exactly, what was going on.

_ Nighttime

Once again, tossing and turning, Katara couldn't sleep. Still thinking of Zuko's kiss. One moment she was in her bed not being able to sleep, the next she was already outside walking towards the woods. She went to the exact same place she went last time. And sat down, so many things she was overthinking about, like why couldn't she stop thinking of Zuko? And why couldn't she just work up the nerve to tell toph what had happened. It's one thing to experience such a thing but not being able to talk about it. But the more she thought about it, she never really had anyone to share her secrets about, Aang couldn't know her secrets because…well.. she didn't know why, but he just wasn't the one to share things with. And Zuko, how much she wished she could be close friends with him. She would mind sharing things with him at all. And Toph was too young to know most of her secrets, she wouldn't understand. And Sokka was her brother, he would be furiously mad if he knew any of her secrets. She felt so lost, she just wanted someone to be by her, she just wanted to feel comforted in these moments.

For the second time today, she cried. But this time was worse than the last as more thoughts came into her mind. Her tears turned into full on crying and she didn't know what to do.

"Katara?" Said a familiar voice. She turned around to see a familiar face. A face she had hoped to see, a face she wanted to see.

"Zuko" she whispered as more tears came.