Goodbye From The Start
AN: Goodybe From The Start - Alpha Rev (.com/watch?v=vdQScxrtH0o)
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Pairing: Zutara
Rating: K
Was he the one at fault here, or was it her? Was the reason she'd left because he'd pushed her there… or for another reason? Maybe it was just fate. Maybe they were bound to fall apart. Maybe it was just a goodbye from the start.
He wondered if she was afraid of waking up one day and thinking she'd made a mistake. One day she'd just realize what a mess she was in and leave. Maybe she had; maybe that was why she'd left. And he had been too blind to see it coming earlier. What a fool he was. Zuko couldn't believe that he'd let her slip through his fingers so easily… or had he? Fire and water were opposites. Maybe they had just fallen out.
Now all that was left were empty promises.
Once upon a time they shared tea together on Sundays. They would walk together in the park, through the dark, and simply enjoy each other's company. He recalled the day he realized she'd stolen his heart… and he remembered her sadness when she realized the same. The sadness because they could never be together. Oh Katara…
Part of him wanted her to forget him and try again with another man. Maybe fire and water were over with, but she could find someone else, couldn't she? Someone better than him. Someone who she wasn't bound to break up with from the beginning… because the two of them had been doomed from the very start.
Sadness had filled both of their hearts when she broke his. Had hers broken, too, when she said those words? He hoped not. He hoped that she could move on. It left an aching wound in his chest, but maybe, if she was happier, it would ease a little.
Had he asked too many questions? Had he been a pest? Was there someone else for her? Was she afraid he'd suddenly want to leave her? He was always trying to figure out exactly where they had gone wrong. He had to know… but he didn't. There were so many possibilities.
But there was only one answer.
The most obvious one.
It had been a goodbye from the start.