Day Four: Happy Beginnings
Note: Set after Sozin's Comet.
When they had gone back inside the Jasmine Dragon, Sokka noticed their intertwined fingers and the deep red blushes on their cheeks. Even Sokka stopped drawing what he and Toph called "A master-piece," and clapped Aang on the shoulder. "I knew you would do it!"
His brush turned into an even deeper color of red; almost crimson. Katara, although a bit embarrassed on the inside, ignored his comment. They were together now. Nothing could separate the couple. Aang looked to his left to see Zuko kissing Mai's cheek. To Katara's left, the water-bender saw Sokka and Suki laughing from a joke about how he first met Zuko, while the new Fire Lord glared at the couple. Love was all around them, even inside the two teens.
They stood in the middle of it all. Katara look up at Aang, staring into his grey eyes. "What next?"
Aang seemed to think about the question for a moment, scratching his arrow. One of the corners of his mouth went up and his hand fell from his bald head.
"Will you go penguin-sledding with me?" The young boy's lips turned into a goofy grin, a twinkle in his eyes. It was the same facial expression he had the first time they had met.
It was then Katara had realized, they had been meant for each other since that fateful day when he had been encased in the iceberg, a supposed lifeless boy who had turned out to be full of spirit and happiness. Her only piece of hope.
She leaned down and kissed him on his temple.