Songs to listen to while reading this: love song requiem- trading yesterday

Zukos POV

Katara and I woke up around the same time that morning, luckily before anyone else. I don't know what they would have thought, or accused me of. She sat up for a moment as I stared at her, and then she let out an airy laugh. I smiled along with her.
"Good morning. How do you feel?" She asked slipping out of the bag. "I'm feeling...better. Thank you." I answered. "I'm going to wake Aang for more practice. See you later." She said pulling her hair into it's usual braid. I watched as she walked off to where Aang sleeps. Rubbing my eyes, I stood up, trying to decide what to do for the rest of the day,
before Aang's training with me started. "Hey sparky." I heard Toph approaching behind me. Turning around I could see she had been up long before I, as she didn't look the least bit tired. "Hi Toph." I said. "Soo what's been going on with you and sugar queen lately?" She smirked. "What? I don't know what you're talking about..." She raised an eyebrow. "And don't call her that." "I can tell when you're lying. And I know you both like each other. Your heartbeats always get really fast when you're around each other." She stated.
"Fine." I sighed. "So what? It's none of your business." I said, getting irritated. The corner of her mouth twitched up in a smile. "I'm just saying..we don't need any babies on the way." She cocked an eyebrow. "What with the war and all." With that,
she walked off. "What!?" I yelled to her back. "What are you insinuating?!" Her refusing to answer me peaked my anger. "I'm not sleeping with Katara!" It was as if the entire world had gone quiet. Well, except for Toph rolling on the ground, laughing.
Sokka stood frozen in place on top of Appa, where he had been trying to get his new "armour" adjusted. I glanced toward the river where Aang and Katara had been and sure enough, they had heard me. Katara just stood there with her mouth hung open.
Aang was completely expressionless, which made me uneasy. My entire world had just come crashing down. "I'm going to go kill a fish or something." I said emotionless. I stalked off into the trees, my embarrassment eating me alive.

Song to listen to: Just a little girl- Trading yesterday Kataras POV

I stood there with my mouth hanging open for almost ten minutes. Each second felt agonizingly slow. Aang's expressionless face made it even harder to comprehend what had just happened. "I'm gonna go make sure he makes it back.." I said quietly. "Katara." Aang stated simply. I closed my eyes tightly, knowing what was coming. "What did he mean by that? You told me nothing was going on. Stop lying to me." Aang had adapted a strong tone,
one I had never heard before and it scared me quite a bit. I opened my eyes to glance at him. He was facing me now.
I couldn't lie to him anymore, the truth had to come out. "I'm sorry Aang..nothing was going on when you asked."
He furrowed his brow. "I-I don't even know what's going on." I stammered. "What did he mean you aren't sleeping together? You've got a new sleeping bag, don't you?" "Ah-I uh.." I rubbed the back of my neck. Could I honestly explain that to a twelve year old? I'd already figured out the monks weren't exactly ones to teach worldy pleasures. "I guess Toph was just teasing him about before. You know. She gets on everyone's nerves sometimes." I breathed. Aang looked at me questioningly. "Did you..did you kiss him?" Aang asked sadly. "..Yes." I said biting my lip. Aang sighed. "I-i'm gonna go do earth bending with Toph, now." He mumbled as he walked away, head hanging low. I sighed heavily as I approached the wooded area Zuko had disappeared to. When I finally found him, he was sitting at the bottom of a tree,
head in his hands. "Zuko..Aang didn't even know what you me-" I started.
"Sokka did. Toph did. YOU did." He said quietely. "Why were you so angry?" I asked sitting down next to him. "Toph. She was just insinuating we were sleeping together, and I lost it." "Figures. But it doesn't matter. YOU know we aren't ..doing that. I know we're not. It doesn't matter what Toph thinks." Zuko looked at me for a moment, pondering my words. Then he leaned in and pressed his lips to mine. It was softer than before and less urgent. It was also much too short. "What are we Katara?" He asked when he pulled away. I stared down at my feet. I didn't know. I just shrugged. "I really like you Katara. I have for a very long time. Since that day in Ba sing Se." Zuko started. I just stared at him. Had he really felt this way all that time? "And I think you like me as well..so"
"Yes, I like you Zuko. It's just...there's a war going on right now. I just want to focus on taking out the firelord and helping Aang save the world. That's what you're here to do, that's what we're all here to do. Maybe we can discuss what..
"we" are..when this is all through." I sighed. Zuko didn't bat an eye, although I was sure for a second he looked disappointed.
If he did, he covered it really well. "Alright. I'll see you for dinner." He said as he headed back to camp. I sighed as I sank lower onto the ground.
I didn't want to make Zuko feel rejected. But I supposed I had to. Taking a deep breath I went back.

Zukos POV

song to listen to: Think twice- Eve 6

With just three days until the invasion, Aang was pretty on edge. We all were, but Aang was handling it the worst.
He wouldn't sleep, just constantly be training day and night. I was watching him now, with Katara. She was trying to persaude him to sleep, but he would just tell her he was okay. Katara said something I couldn't make out and when Aang spoke again,
she looked offended. She glanced up at me and shook her head, closing her eyes. Aang was refusing to sleep again. The sky was almost pitch black tonight, with hardly a star shining. Aang said something again and Kataras expression grew angry. She snapped something to him and walked off, approaching the river. I stood up to follow. As I made my way there I glanced back at Aang,
to see he was rapidly punching a tree. I sat down next to her in the damp grass. "Can't he see that we're all scared too?" She finally spoke, breaking the silence. When I didn't answer her, she rested her head on my shoulder.
"I'm just so exhausted, ya know? I'm tired of this war. I'm ready for it to end. He's not understanding. He has this crazy notion that he can just fight the firelord without any sleep." "It'll be okay Katara. I promise." I said quietly. "Thank you. I'm gonna go to bed. Night." "Goodnight." I sighed.