Chapter 4
A/N: Hello my lovely readers! This is GatsbyGirl. I know. I am a terrible person. I haven't updated this fic since OCTOBER. I'm really really really sorry! I promised myself I wouldn't be the kind of writer who never updated, and I swear I will be updating as regularly as I can! In the meantime, here is Chapter 4! I apologize for the gross amount of fluff.
No I don't. Fluff is everything.
She was safe in his arms, and he would never let go. Their bodies fit together perfectly. She reached up to stroke his scarred cheek.
"Zuko," Katara whispered. They leaned in close to each other, he closed his eyes…
Zuko sat up in his bed. He looked around, certain that he was in his room. He looked over to the other side of his bed, but Mai wasn't there. He shouldn't have expected her to be there. She always got up early. Zuko put a hand on his chest, and he felt his heart beating faster than a drum. Gods, now you're dreaming about her? Get over her! You have a girlfriend, and soon she'll be your fiancé, then…your wife.
Zuko shuddered at the idea of being married to Mai. She would be a perfect Fire Lady. Composed, quiet, and willing, but a perfect wife…
He imagined Mai in a wedding dress. Elegant, pretty, and regal looking, with the same blasé look plastered onto her face. Not even a smile. The fire sages would say the words that bound them together forever, and she would lean in to kiss him, and when their lips would touch, there would be no spark.
Katara in red. Agni, she looked wonderful in red. Her smile would be bright. She would look at him and he would let himself get lost in the crystal blue vortex of her eyes, and once the fire sages had recited the marriage vows, he would see her smile before her lips met his.
Zuko groaned. He was hopeless. He would marry Mai. He had to.
But he needed motivation from the strongest woman he knew.
"So what were you doing last night, Sugar Queen?"
"What?"
Toph raised her eyebrows. "I could feel you walking around after the party."
"Nothing. It was a full moon and I couldn't sleep, so I did a little waterbending."
"You sure that's all that happened?"
"Of course I'm sure."
"Katara. It's me. I know you're lying."
"Fine. If you must know, Zuko came outside and we talked for a while."
The earthbender waggled her eyebrows. "Oh. I see. Sugar Queen likes it fiery."
"Toph! Nothing happened! Friends talk."
"I know friends talk. It just…"
"What? It just what?"
"…It just seems like you and Twinkletoes haven't been…the closest of boyfriends and girlfriends."
"What does any of this have to do with Zuko?"
"Do you like him?"
"Toph—"
"Katara. Do you like him?"
Katara sighed. "I am not going to talk about this with you. Aang and I are fine. I do not have feelings for anyone except him."
"Admit it, Sweetness. You've got it bad for Sparky."
"I don't feel anything for Zuko! He's my friend and that's it. Besides, he has a girlfriend, and I have a boyfriend."
"He has a girlfriend as bland as rice, and you have a boyfriend you don't love."
"I do love Aang!"
"Katara, stop lying to me! I'm your friend. Friends are honest with each other. If you really valued me as a friend you would tell me that you and Aang aren't working!"
"We have to work!" Katara froze. Had she really just said that? Toph's face softened. "I can't betray Aang like that. He saved the world, he cares about me. He's a hero. The hero gets the girl."
"Maybe the girl should start thinking about how she really feels about the hero."
Katara sighed and pulled Toph into a hug.
"You drive me crazy but I couldn't live without you." She mumbled.
"Does that mean you're admitting that I'm right?" Toph smirked.
"Yes, you jerk. I…don't love Aang."
"And?"
Katara groaned. "And…I might have feelings for Zuko."
"And by might you mean you do."
"Okay! I do."
Toph gave Katara a warm smile. "I knew it. Sugar Queen does like it fiery."