Author's Note:

Sorry It's so short. :P I ran out of ideas… bu the way, Burfu means Snow Queen in another language. Heh. Fancy name. Big things coming in this chapter, big things indeed. Stay tuned, folks! X)

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Chapter Two: Yes

Soon they arrived at the restaurant. It was a classy place with beautiful decor and amazing food. It was called Burfu's. Burfu's was as beautiful on the inside as the outside, if possible. They had a private band and a balcony that looked out over the sparkling sea. There were indoor gardens of brilliant flowers and tropical plants, bending-made little bubbling pools of water, and thousands of lanterns decorating the walls and ceiling. Inside the lanterns burned brilliantly colored fire from the mouth of a dragon. The lanterns therefor glowed green, blue, white, red, orange, pink, and even purple. They gave off a soft sort of heat, making it feel warm while still cool; if possible. They were magnificent. Hanging from the ceiling was an enormous ball of crystal, imbedded with variously colored jewels. The whole place was awe-inspiring. Also, it was probably the most expensive restaurant in the whole South Pole, but it was so worth it for the quality.

Aang had somehow managed to rent out the whole place for the night, Gods know how.

Katara had never been to Burfu's before, so when she stepped through the door, she was speechless. She just stood still, frozen in awe, taking in the magnificent beauty.

"So, Kat, you like it?" Aang said, smiling broadly.

"Aang… How-… When-… Why-… Wow." Katara said dreamily.

"I'll take that as a yes!" Aang grinned. He led Katara to a table just near one of the larger pools, surrounded by beautiful tropical flowers. Lanterns glowed all around them, glowing softly against their skin. Soon a waiter came to take their order. Aang had a salad while Katara had a roasted duck breast.

The couple ate not in silence, but instead chattering away happily about this, that and the other thing. After about an hour of eating and idle chit-chat, they finished their dinner. Katara was just getting up to leave with Aang, when he stopped her. He looked very, very nervous, more so than the time he asked her out on their first date kind of nervous. Katara could only wonder why.

"K-Katara… Come with me… outside… for a minute…" He started.

"Umm, okay."

Aang led her over to a table on the balcony, one surrounded entirely of pink lanterns embedded with pink, blue, and clear crystal. The chairs and table were made of ice, yet it wasn't cold when she sat down and held surprisingly nicely. He fiddled with something in his pocket, and let out a deep breath.

""K-Katara…" he began, "I-I've been thinking… About what I'm about to ask… for a really long time… I could never find the right time to ask, and I could never figure out how I should. When we got that message from Zuko and Mai, I- I knew it was time. I knew it couldn't wait any longer…"Aang said uncertainly, as though he was trying to find just the right words, because he was.

Katara froze. The message from Zuko and Mai?! What does that have to with any- Wait. No… now way… Is he really gunna- Her thoughts were cut off as Aang let go of her hand.

Aang got up. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little black box. And he got down on one knee. Katara just stared in shock, tears forming in her eyes from happiness.

"Katara, ever since the first day I met you, I knew you were the right person for me. We went through so much together, you and I. You rescued me from the glacier. You taught me water bending. We defeated Ozai together. You helped me rebuild the world from the ashes of war. When I asked you to be my girlfriend, you said yes, and I thought to myself 'How could I be any happier than I am right now?' Well, now I know. You have done so much for me, Katara; I can never ever repay you. I just have one last request of you, one last thing that will make me the happiest man in the world."

By now, tears were streaming freely down Katara's face. She was so happy she could barely breathe. And then Aang opened the little black box.

The ring was, in a single word, beautiful. More than beautiful. It was just…. It just was. Words

could not describe its magnificence. The ring itself was made of the purest strawberry gold, the

kind only possible by bending. Atop the ring set a clear, hollow crystal, slightly tinted blue.

Inside the ring, floating and spinning ever so slightly by air bending, was a piece of blue ice

shaped perfectly into a heart. A ribbon of pink fire swirled and twisted around the heart, making the ice glisten and glow. Aang had used bending to make the ring. The gold and crystal were earth bending, the fire was, well, fire bending, the ice was water bending, and the air making it float and spin was airbending.

"Katara… Will you marry me?"

"Yes!"