First off, thanks to you (the readers) who've left me reviews about the chapters. I really appreciate them and I'm glad that you guys enjoy reading my works! Second, these two chapters are companion pieces and thus why I updated this w/ both chapters. I thought it would be pretty cool to see Aang's side of the story, and then Katara's side of the story at the same time. I really like how this one came out, so I hope you guys do too!
Oh, and whoever recognizes the title of these two chapters gets a cookie.
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can't fight this feeling
It was strange how nowadays, talking was such a fuss whenever he was around her. His tongue would twist and turn, forming into knots and whatever words he had previously wanted to say to her would come out in a jumbled mess. She'd laugh it off, sometimes even giggle, and then give him a pat on the shoulder.
Before, when he first met Katara, he wouldn't have minded a pat on the shoulder or a comforting embrace but now, even the slightest touch would make him turn red in the face. She didn't even need to get him to blush: a smile, a grin, almost anything and absolutely everything.
He remembers how one day she was all by herself trying to practice some water bending and how he couldn't stop looking at her and how fluid she was moving. She looked so beautiful, so graceful, it was almost amazing! And even when she wasn't being her graceful and kind self, scrunching her nose in disgust when she didn't agree with her brother, Aang still couldn't help but be mesmerized by her.
She was different, this girl Katara of the Water Tribe. No other girl he's ever met before made his heart skip beats as fast as she did, made his chest feel tight like she did whenever she was sad or upset, made him want to be brave and strong and achieve the impossible like she did. Her confidence in him and her hope really makes him feel like a stronger person.
Sometimes, while everyone else is asleep and he's all awake watching the stars, he thinks and wonders if Katara feels the same way about him too. Does her chest feel tight whenever he's around her? Does her heart skip beats like his does? Whatever the outcome, whatever his destiny has in store for his future, he knows he could face them now, because he has her by his side.