Just something that came to mind, which is a miracle, because stories never just pop into my head like they do for most lucky authors on this site. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or any of its characters. I do however, own a kitten. I just bought her three days ago. Yay!

"You know, you never actually look me in the eye."

"What are you talking about?" Katara mused. Fact was, she knew exactly what Zuko was talking about. But she didn't have to tell him that.

"You don't ever make eye contact with me. When you talk to me, you'll stare at anything else. It's as if the blade of grass you're looking at is the most fascinating thing in the world."

"I do, too!"

"You aren't right now."

"…so."

Zuko subtly took two steps closer to Katara, so that they were only separated by a few inches and the cold air of the night that swirled between them. She blushed.

"Why is that, Katara?"

"I don't know…" she avoided the question and his penetrating gaze simultaneously, desperately wishing he would back away from her. Standing this close to Zuko was absolutely unnerving.

"You can tell me."

Katara sighed. He was going to get it out of her eventually; she might as well just go ahead and admit everything.

"I don't know… I can look anyone else in the eye quite easily. It's one of the things I'm good at, actually; making eye contact with the person I'm talking to. It's just that, with you… it's… different… harder." She was shaking now; unnerved by the fact that she'd just told him that. She was certain her blush couldn't ever possibly be a deeper crimson than it was right now. Maybe Zuko didn't understand what she meant by it, what those words really meant…

"Why is it harder to look at me, Katara?" Zuko pressed, a seductive edge to his voice.

She shrugged, ever avoiding his gaze. Zuko took one last step so that his hard, muscled chest was pressed against her soft, delicate one, and Katara gasped as he lifted his hand to her cheek, grazing his thumb along her jawbone.

Oh wait, she was wrong. She could blush a darker shade of red than before.

Zuko smirked, moving his hand to gently raise her chin up, and Katara's eyes slowly, very slowly, traveled up his visage, to his lips, his nose, and finally … his eyes.

His gorgeous, amber eyes, that looked a thousand times more beautiful than a raging fire, and that were, to no surprise, looking straight back at her watery, cerulean, blue eyes.

For the life of her, Katara simply could not remember why she'd failed to notice just how striking and awe-inspiring Zuko's eyes were, or just how difficult it was to tear her eyes away from them.

"That wasn't so hard, now was it?" Katara had also failed to notice that their mouths were slowly moving closer together until she felt his breath against her lips as he whispered to her.

Katara subtly licked her lips and, suddenly, they collided. Their lips, their hands, their bodies, their souls… all meshed together as one, moving together underneath the stars. And when they broke apart, Katara had a new problem.

Now, instead of not being able to look Zuko in the eye, she simply couldn't take her eyes off him.

HoFSoW