Found each other

Chapter 4 – warmth

"Hem…" Zuko frowns and opens his eyes, squinting because of the shinning sunlight. Feeling something or someone moving in his arms. The water tribe girl has a frown expression on her face. Zuko starts to pat her back, trying to calm her down. Katara groans when Zuko pats her back and Zuko found out that her back is bleeding. Zuko's eyes widen; putting her on the bed lightly. Making sure that she's not lying on her back. He bows down to get the Band-Aid and gauze. He stands back up and walks back to the bed. Zuko looks down on the pain on Katara's face. [It's deteriorating…] He bows down and rolls up her shirt. He is so thank for that she is wearing a tank up. Then, he cleans the wounds on her back with a blush on his face. [She will kill me when she wakes up…]

After cleaning her wounds, he makes sure that she is not groaning. Zuko sits down besides her, lightly patting her back. He sits there, doing the same thing over and over, waiting for her to awake. After about 10 minutes, Katara wakes up. Opening up her eyes with sore and pain filled in it. Zuko quickly helps her sitting up.

"How are you feeling?" Zuko asks, filled with anxious.

"Um… Sort of bad, sort of okay." Saying with sort of unconsciousness feeling inside it.

"You should get some more rest. You slept pretty late." Filling with gentle and warmth.

"I can't sleep, my back hurts badly." Frown hadn't leave her face since she's awake.

"Here, come on, take another nap." Pulling Katara over into his arms.

Katara's eyes widen, not getting what he means. Zuko smiles softly. Saying:

"Your wounds are going to bleed again if you sleep on the hard bed, so take a nap in a soft place." Eyeing his arms, meaning his arms are the warm and soft place.

"Also, it is much more warmer to stay in a fire bender's arms." Smiling with a lot of banter.

Katara's face has a blush flash through, and she turns her head away, saying:

"Never knew you had this kind of character."

The ex-prince bend down beside her years, and says:

"There's a lot more things that you do not know."

Then, he rapes his arms around Katara's waist, and fall back down on to the bed. Making sure her back isn't touching the bed floor. Then closes his eyes, really for another nap.

She closes her eyes too.

The warmth in Zuko's arms makes her want to stay in it forever. Of course, she was scared of that thought. But, at that moment, no one cared about it. They slept for a long time, until it's lunch time…