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Zuko began to understand what Toph meant when she said that you will never feel completely warm in the south, regardless of how many layers you have on or how many fires you were near.
And that statement rang true as he and Sokka stood outside the town one afternoon, waving Aang in.
"You're a day early!" Sokka said excitedly as he lifted the slighter man off his feet in a hug.
"The wind was in my favor." Aang said as he hugged him back "Where are Toph and Katara?"
"They went to town." Zuko said as he and Aang hugged briefly "Something about a girls outing or whatever, we'll see them at dinner."
"Which it's almost time for!" Sokka said as he motioned for the guards to take Appa as he pushed Aang and Zuko towards the city.
"Is that all you ever think about? Food?" Zuko asked.
"That and Toph." Aang said and the two boys laughed as Sokka's cheeks tinted red.
"I thought we'd agreed on not talking about our relationships?" Sokka said as he turned his nose up.
"We also agreed that we'd never huddle up to each other if we were naked but that ended happening."Aang said as they walked into the center of the town.
"Yeah," Zuko added "thanks to you."
"We promised to never talk about that again." Sokka said, the red on his cheeks deepening.
"What did you three do on that trip?" The three men whipped around to see Katara and Toph, both with crossed arms.
"Nothing!" The three of them said and Katara narrowed her eyes.
"One of you," she said and pointed to them "will tell us someday what really happened on that trip."
"But now it's time for dinner." Sokka said as he draped his arm around Toph's shoulders and the group walked towards the chief's hut.
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Dinner passed and before Zuko knew it, everyone was retiring to bed. "Better get some sleep." Sokka said with a smile on his face as they walked up the stairs "tomorrows your induction."
Zuko nodded but didn't say anything; to be honest he was nervous, what if he completely humiliated himself by not passing the ritual?
"Oh," Sokka said as they reached the landing "you have to share a room with Katara."
Zuko stopped "What?"
Sokka giggled "Well now that Aang's here we need that room. Unless you want Aang to share Katara's room and you can keep your own."
"No!" Zuko almost shouted "No, its fine. Aang can have my room."
Sokka smiled as and Zuko paused at Katara's door. "Good night" he sang to Zuko as he walked into his own room and closed the door.
Zuko sighed. Knocking on the door gently, he slowly opened it and saw Katara sitting on her bed brushing her wet hair.
"Hey Zuko," Katara said.
Zuko waved and stood in her doorway, awkwardness quickly making its way in as they stared at each other.
"Is there something you need?"
Zuko scratched the back of his head "Um no, Sokka told me to sleep in here."
Katara's face dropped "What?"
"He didn't tell you?"
Katara shook her head.
Zuko sighed "Apparently Aang is staying in my room now and I have to share with you."
"Why don't you just go sleep with uncle?" Katara asked with anger as she stood.
"Have you ever slept with uncle?" Zuko asked as his anger slowly creeped up "He snores and farts. I'm not sleeping with him, not when I can just sleep in here." He said as he made his way over to her bed and sat down.
"Absolutely not! We don't even share a room back home we don't need to share a room here. Go on the couch."
"No way!" Zuko said as he laid back and pulled the covers over himself, covering his head "I'm staying here and that's the end of it."
"Alright, then you can sleep on the floor." Katara said and she saw Zuko's head shake under the covers.
Katara gave a growl of frustration "Zuko!" she said as she tried to pry the blankets away from him "Come on get out!" Katara saw Zuko's head shake again and gave another frustrated noise as she stomped over to the other side of the bed "Fine!" she said as she climbed on the bed and began to push Zuko harshly towards the edge "If you won't cooperate, I'm going to have to move you myself."
"Hey!" Zuko cried as he shoved the blankets away from his face and arms "I'm trying to go to sleep!"
Katara gritted her teeth "I said you can sleep on the floor."
Zuko glared at her "And I said I don't want to sleep on the floor."
Katara glared at him before shoving him harshly watching in victory as he started rolled off the bed, what she didn't expect was for him to drag her down with him. They landed on the ground with a loud thump making Katara glare at him. She was about to say something before realizing how close their faces were.
They stared into each other's eyes intently and Katara felt something stir inside her making her feel uncomfortable. "The bed is mine." She whispered to him before quickly pushing herself off of him and flying onto the bed, lying spread eagle on her stomach "You will sleep on the floor."
"No!" Zuko said as he stood up and jumped onto her back.
"Zuko get off!" Katara's muffled voice sounded.
"No, I think I'm rather comfortable." He said as he wiggled around.
"You're acting like a child!"
Zuko wiggled again and smiled when Katara made a frustrated noise.
With all of her strength Katara lifted herself off of the mattress and sent Zuko flying back over the edge, making her laugh out loud when she heard his small scream of surprise.
"Alright that's it!" He said as he stood, a smile on his face "If I'm sleeping on the floor, I get the pillow and blankets." He grabbed the pillow from behind Katara making her scoff in anger.
"That's not fair!" She said as she grabbed it and tugged, a smile forming on her face.
"It's not fair that I have to sleep on the uncomfortable floor while you sleep on the bed, I should at least have something comfortable." Zuko said as he tugged the pillow.
Katara stood on the bed making her taller than Zuko. "You get nothing!" She said and tugged the pillow hard making Zuko release the pillow and lurch forward. Two things happened at once, one Katara was very aware that Zuko's face was now in the middle of her breasts and two her grandmother happened to walk in just at that time.
"What in spirits name is going on here?" Kanna asked as she stared at them.
"Gran Gran!" Katara said and looked down to where Kanna's eyes were resting "This isn't what it looks like!" Katara quickly let go of the pillow and shoving Zuko's head away from her chest before sitting back on her knees.
"Obviously." Kanna said as she stared between the two of them.
Zuko scratched the back of his neck as Katara looked down. "What were you two doing, exactly?"
Zuko smirked at this, if there was one person who Katara would listen to, it was her grandmother. "She was fighting me because she didn't want me to share a bed with her." Katara's mouth dropped open.
"Katara!" Kanna scolded "He's going to be your husband."
"So!" Katara said exasperatedly "We don't share a bed at home! Hell we don't even share a room!"
"That doesn't matter." Kanna said "We are in the Water Tribe; we share rooms with our spouses."
"He's not even my spouse yet!" Katara fought but she knew she was losing the battle.
"He's just as good as. Now share the bed or sleep on the floor." Kanna said and gave a smile to Zuko before closing the door.
"Ha!" Zuko said in triumph as he flopped onto the bed with the blankets.
Katara angrily laid down "Don't you dare touch me." She said as she rolled onto her side and pulled the blankets over her, her back facing him.
"Don't worry, I'm not a cuddler." Zuko said, triumph still in his voice as he extinguished the candles, the fire in the fireplace giving the room an orange glow.
Rolling on his side, he looked at Katara's back and felt sleep wash over him as he watched the motion of it moving up and down with every breath.
Katara couldn't sleep, no matter how many times she closed her eyes or counted penguin-otters, sleep wouldn't come to her. She could blame it on her upcoming wedding, which partially was the reason she was awake most nights, but what it really was, was somehow in the last fifteen minutes he was asleep Zuko seemed to have shifted and was now cuddling up next to her, his face leaning against the middle of her back as his arm rested around her waist. Katara felt a wet stain on her night shirt and grimaced when she realized it was probably drool.
Sighing Katara looked down at his hand 'He has nice hands.' She thought as she gently traced his fingers 'I think I like you.' Her heart gave a lurch. She promised herself that she wouldn't feel anything for Zuko that this was just a political marriage and nothing would come of it, but her feelings said otherwise. 'I don't want to like you; I'm not supposed to like you.' Looking up she stared at the picture of a beautiful ocean sunrise that sat on her night table, Iroh had given her the picture when she told him she had never seen a sunrise. Carefully reaching over and turning it around she read the inscription that he had written on it 'The greatest heaven is always at your back.'
Katara smiled when Zuko gave an intake of breath and hugged her tighter. Lacing her fingers through his, she let Zuko's soft snores lure her into sleep.
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Zuko tried not to feel anxious as he, Sokka, and Aang boarded the water tribe boat. Looking back on the shore where Katara, Toph, Iroh, Hakoda and members of the tribe all stood his eyes found Katara's who gave him a smile and waved.
Zuko waved back before turning his attention back to the task at hand. Zuko looked around as the three men looked at him expectantly. "Alright Zuko, seeing as this is your induction you steer the boat. Aang you handle the sails and I'll do the easiest job, I'll hold the jib."
"How nice." Aang said as he rolled his eyes at Sokka and tightly held onto the rope as a rough wave swayed them.
"Let's go let's go." Sokka said as he shooed them.
Zuko took a deep breath and began to steer the boat as Aang held the sails ropes and Sokka held the jibs. Zuko sailed them through the harsh waves and tall icebergs, feeling quite proud of himself when nothing seemed to go wrong. "We're picking up too much speed." Zuko said as they headed back to shore "Aang pull the sail in."
Zuko watched as Aang pulled the line put the sail wouldn't budge "It's stuck!"
"Well unstuck it! Do you want to crash?" Sokka said as he panicked. Zuko looked up and saw some of the rope tangled in the pulley.
"Sokka stop panicking, it's just a tangled pulley." He said and noticed that they were heading to land quickly.
"Panicking? I'm not panicking." Sokka said as he tried to regain his cool.
Zuko rolled his eyes and steadied himself as another wave tipped the boat "Come take the steer, Aang you try and slow us down by waterbending." Zuko said and jumped onto the nearest rope and climbed.
"Are you crazy?" Sokka yelled up to him "One sharp hit from a wave and you're toast!"
"Just shut up and steer!" Zuko yelled and held onto the rope tight as a wave crashed into them making them rock. Zuko struggled to untangle the rope and with a frustrated groan set the rope on fire, watching as part of the rope fell to the floor.
"We're going faster!" Sokka yelled and Zuko quickly grabbed onto the small piece of left over rope and pulled, sighing in relief when the sail pulled inward and the boat slowed.
Tying the rope to the mast, Zuko climbed down "Good job gentlemen!" Sokka said and the three of them smiled.
They were met with applause and cheers when they reached the shore. "You did it!" Katara said as she ran up to him and hugged him briefly. Zuko smiled as he turned his attention to Hakoda.
Standing tall he watched as Hakoda dipped his fingers in blue paint "You showed a great deal of courage today Fire Lord Zuko. You steered your crew safely through the water and protected them when an unexpected obstacle came your way." Zuko wanted to point out that it wasn't really an obstacle but the pride on Hakoda's face made him keep that thought to himself. "That is why today; the spirits of the water bear witness to this mark, for you Fire Lord Zuko, gained the Mark of the Brave, the same as your betrothed." Hakoda said as the placed a crescent shape on his forehead and smiled at him "You are now an honorary member of the Southern Water Tribe."
The tribe watching gave a round of applause as they cheered. Zuko vaguely felt Sokka clap him on the back as his uncle, Hakoda, and Aang congratulated him, all he could focus on was Katara's radiant smile.
"Come, we will have lunch in honor of our new clan member!" Hakoda said and Zuko smiled when Katara's hand found his as they walked towards Hakoda's house.
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The long narrow table was loud and boisterous as the tribal council, their families and some of the warriors joined them for lunch. Zuko looked around at all the men and women at the table. There was no order of precedence; it was just friends among friends. 'No,' Zuko thought 'its family among family.'
"The Southern Water Tribe is like a huge family. Everyone is equal, even the women." he remembered his uncle telling him once, "You will never meet a Southern Water Tribe member that doesn't know all of the people of the clan. It's something you will have to do once you are inducted."
Zuko inwardly groaned, he had trouble remembering the names of his councilmen, how was he going to remember the names of an entire tribe?
"They don't expect you to remember all of their names by the end of the week." Aang said to his right, startling Zuko. "It took me five years to learn them all and I still struggle."
"How did you know I was thinking about it?" Zuko asked still startled.
"You wear your emotions on your face."
Zuko didn't say anything as he looked around the table, Sokka sat on his left talking to a warrior as Katara sat across from himself talking to Toph and another girl her age, the three in deep discussion. Hakoda, who was sitting next to the girl talking to Katara, was talking to the man Sokka called Bato; the two seem to be telling a story that had their section of the table laughing.
"The girl talking to Katara and Toph, that's Nucca, Bato's daughter, been Katara's friend since they were born." Aang said motioning to the girl next to Hakoda. "The man talking to Sokka is Nucca's twin brother Aiko. Sokka said that if it wasn't for me and you Aiko would've been Katara's betrothed."
Zuko nodded, that was understandable. Hakoda's best friend's son married to his only daughter. That's what they tried to do with him and Mai, only Ozai and Mai's father weren't friends, they were just people with the same views who saw a potential power match in their children.
"That man right there," Aang said pointing to the man next to Katara, who watched her every move making Zuko's eyes narrow "that's Oren, the Northern Water Tribe's ambassador. He was the biggest contender for Katara's hand, went to Hakoda and Sokka everyday asking for permission to marry her. He gave Katara gifts and followed her everywhere, but a couple of water whips and a boomerang to the butt later made him stop."
"He's still infatuated with her." Zuko said and felt his anger rise as he watched Oren purposely reach for a bread roll the same time Katara did, their fingers brushing.
"Oh yes," Aang said and airbended a roll onto Katara's plate making her break her glare from Oren to give Aang a thankful smile "He gave Hakoda quite a speech when he found out she was engaged to you."
"What did Hakoda do?" Zuko asked as he watched Hakoda smile at something Toph said. He knew Hakoda was a laid back and easy going man, but he also knew that the Chief had a temper and was an expert swordsman.
"Being Chief he wasn't allowed to do anything, but that didn't stop Katara from punching Oren so hard some of his teeth literally fell out."
"Katara punched him?" Zuko asked, a jolt of pride swelling in him 'I hope she made him cry.'
"Of course, Oren was insulting her father."
"He must have said some pretty awful things to make her punch him."
Aang gave a small noise of affirmation "He said some pretty rude things to me when he found out Katara and I were dating, I couldn't image what he said to the chief."
Aang shrugged and Zuko turned his attention back to Katara. Their eyes met and she gave him a small smile and reached across the table to give his hand a gentle squeeze before letting go and being dragged back into a conversation. Zuko's smiled until he felt a pair of eyes glaring him down.
Zuko met Oren's glare with one of his own "Do you have a problem?" he snapped.
"Yes." Oren said and their side of the table quieted down.
"Well please," Zuko said as he indicated to the people surrounding them "share with us what it is."
"How can someone with such splendor be engaged to Fire Nation slime like you?"
"Oren! Where's your respect? You're talking to a world leader." Aiko scolded.
"Oh yes, what a fine leader. Tell me Fire Lord, what's it like to have your own father scar you and banish you?"
Sokka glared at Oren "Watch yourself Oren."
Zuko breathed in and out, like his uncle taught him, trying to keep himself calm.
"Let's face it he's just a boy in Fire Lord attire, I don't see how Katara is engaged to you when there's real men like me, men with honor."
Sokka laughed "Please, you? Have honor? That is one of the many things you lack."
Zuko looked down and noticed ice beginning to form on the rim of his cup, and he knew it wasn't form the weather. Looking up, he noticed Katara giving a steely glare to Oren. The warriors around her tensed and subtly grabbed their weapons as they carefully switched their gazes from Oren to their princess.
"What audacity you have," Katara said with a cold voice "to be insulting my fiancé in front of me."
Oren gave Katara an arrogant look "Excuse me, Katara, I don't believe you were asked to join in the conversation, don't you know your place by now? Women should be seen and not heard." The girls around them gasped, even Toph gasped much to Zuko's slight surprise. "My, if you were my wife you would've been punished until you figured it out."
"You wouldn't have been able to lay a hand on me. I would break your arm so badly not even the best healer in the world would be able to mend it, and its Crown Princess to you." Katara said as she stood.
Oren smirked and stood "Oh, so now you're a princess?" He said before whispering something to Katara that made her face go from angry to complete enraged.
Katara slapped Oren so hard his face turned, making everyone gasp in shock. Zuko felt a small smile form when Oren faced forward again and had blood peaking from the corner of his mouth.
Oren gave her an angry stare "What manners for a princess, so unrefined, figures you'll always be southern trash." He said before he quickly backhanded her.
Zuko didn't know how it happened, but he was suddenly leaning across the table holding onto Oren's shirt collar tightly as he held a fire dagger close to his throat while chaos ensued behind him as all of the warriors, Sokka, Aang and some of the women held weapons at Oren, shouting and screaming. "How dare you touch my wife." Zuko snarled before Hakoda roughly grabbed Oren by the hair, making him wince in pain as his head tilted unnaturally back.
Zuko was vaguely aware of the women and Iroh walking Katara out as she clutched her cheek while he watched Hakoda bark out orders. "Sokka, you and the others bring him to the prison." Sokka nodded as a warrior grabbed Oren roughly and began to push him away. "Bato you and the council please write a letter informing the North that their ambassador is no longer welcomed here." Bato and the other councilmen nodded as Hakoda turned his attention to him and Aang "Make sure Katara is alright, I will be there momentarily."
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"The tea bag will help bring the bruise out; you'll be able to heal it sooner." Zuko heard his uncle say as he and Aang walked into Katara's room. Toph, Nucca, Kanna, and some women he saw at lunch surrounded Katara as she laid in bed, Iroh gently placed a tea bag on her cheek.
"I can't believe he hit you, what a scumbag" One of the women said and the others agreed.
"I think Chief should punish him, it's only right, how dare he hit our princess." Another woman said making all of them nod.
"Killing him is a little extreme don't you think?" Aang asked as he stood next to Toph.
"Aang's right." Zuko said as he sat next to Katara on the bed "Not that hitting women is acceptable, but to be put to death for it, isn't that a little ridiculous?"
"No." All of them chorused angrily, even Iroh.
"Just because it's tolerated in the Fire Nation doesn't mean it's tolerated here." A third woman said coldly.
Zuko's anger flared and was about to tell the girl off but Katara beat him to it "It's not tolerated in the Fire Nation Sumi, and how dare you think something like that. Your mind set is the reason why the Fire Nation is struggling to get on top of things. I don't ever want you to talk about my country like that again." Zuko felt something warm inside of him.
"I'm sorry my lady." Sumi said as she looked down.
"Are you sure you're alright Katara?" Nucca asked worriedly.
Katara rolled her eyes and shooed Nucca's hand away "I'm fine everyone, really it was a slap to the face, not a knife to the gut."
"But it is still punishable by death." Hakoda said as he and Sokka walked in "Ladies, if you'll please excuse us."
The women nodded and bowed before walking out of the room.
"He's lucky we're even letting him return to the North." Sokka said as he crossed his arms.
"I say we let him fry." Toph said as she made a fist "Sparky can do the honors."
Katara sighed and sat up, gently holding the warm tea bag to her cheek "If it's any consolation, the North is in our debt now, so if anything happens or we need something they are obliged to fulfill our request."
"He had the nerve to say the South Pole was trash, the whole North Pole went to pits after Arnook stepped down." Sokka said bitterly.
"Nevertheless, Katara is right." Kanna said as she stood "The North is in our debt and although we might have not punished him that does not mean the North won't."
"Chief?" A messenger said as he bowed "The council is waiting for your signature on the letter."
Hakoda nodded and turned to Katara, rubbing a finger across her uninjured cheek "Feel better." He said before following the messenger out.
"I think we should let Katara rest." Kanna said as she started to move everyone but Zuko out.
Katara rolled her eyes "You guys make it seem like I have pneumonia or something, I don't need rest. What I need is revenge."
"Which will come niece," Iroh said as he stood "karma always wins." He smiled at Zuko and followed everyone out.
The room was quiet after the door was shut. Katara sighed and laid back down "The tea bag is going cold." She said.
"Do you want me to make you some more?" Zuko asked as he stood and Katara shook her head.
"No, I'm sure I'll be able to heal the bruise soon. Thank you though."
They stared at each other "What did he whisper to you?" Zuko asked and saw Katara's eyes narrow.
"I don't want to talk about it." She said angrily.
"Tell me." He pressed as he took her hand.
Katara sighed and sat up, putting the tea bag down "He said that being the avatar's whore must not have been good enough, that I had to go for someone else with a high rank."
Zuko squeezed her hand tightly "He deserves to be put to death."
Katara laughed and squeezed his hand back "He's lucky I just slapped him, what I wanted to do was put an icicle through his heart."
Zuko smiled "What will happen to him?"
"I don't know honestly. Here in the South, hitting a woman is highly punishable, it's punishable to death. But we wouldn't take it that far, we're not barbarians. In the North, hitting a woman isn't as big of a deal, but it's still punishable."
Zuko nodded and looked at the picture on her nightstand "That's a nice picture, where'd you get it?"
Katara smiled "Uncle gave it to me actually, when I told him I have never seen a sunrise."
Zuko looked at her in shock "Out of all the traveling you did, you never saw a sunrise?"
Katara shook her head "We were either hiding or catching up on sleep. Trust me, I tried to see one but it never worked out."
"To be fair, I've never seen a sunset." Zuko said and Katara's eyes went wide.
"You've never seen one?" Zuko shook his head "Well lucky for you the South Pole has an excellent sunset, I'll take you tonight after dinner."
Zuko smiled and gave her hand another squeeze.
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True to her word after the dinner plates had been cleared away, Katara and Zuko stood in the kitchen as she filled a traveling thermos with tea.
"Where are you two going?" Sokka asked as he sauntered up to them, a bag of seal jerky in his hand.
"We're going to see the sunset." Zuko said as he quickly grabbed the bag out of Sokka's hand and took a piece out.
Sokka made a face and grabbed the bag back, sheltering it with his body "Have fun, try not to get lost."
"Sokka, we grew up here I can navigate through this place with my eyes closed." Katara said as she put the thermos in the small traveling bag "Tell dad we'll be back later." Grabbing Zuko's arm she pulled him pulled of the door.
"Are you sure we aren't lost?" Zuko said as he followed Katara "Because I don't fancy being stuck in the middle of nowhere in this ice cube."
"Like I said before, I can navigate through this ice cube with my eyes closed." Katara said as she jumped over a small pile of snow "I'm taking you to the best spot."
Katara brought him to an edge off a small cliff, the ocean sitting in front of them. "Wow." Zuko said as he took in the multicolored sky.
"See, I told you this was the best spot. Wait until the sun starts to go down and the sky turns orange." Katara said as she sat down on the rock and took out the thermos.
They sat in silence watching the sun get lower and lower, the tea warming their gloved hands.
"Mai and I were very similar." He said quietly as he looked down at the tea in the cup. "We both grew up in families that lusted for power and growing up with that is hard. We became lonely and suffocated." Zuko looked up and stared straight ahead as he reminisced about his childhood. "We took solace in each other."
Katara sipped her tea as she watched Zuko. "Now I can't seem to go a day without wanting to see her."
Katara's heart dropped "Must be hard this week, seeing as you're here and she's there." She said, hiding the hurt in her voice by sipping her tea.
"Yeah." Was all Zuko said as they watched the horizon slowly swallow the sun.
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"How was the sunset?" Sokka asked as they walked in.
"Beautiful as always." Katara said as she made her way towards the kitchen.
"Don't get comfortable." Sokka said to Zuko as he stood "We have things to do."
"What things?" Sokka didn't say anything as he dragged him out of the door.
"I am not taking a steam bath with a whole bunch of men." Zuko said as they stood outside the steam halls door.
"Stop being such a prude." Sokka said as he stripped down to his undercloth "You're a tribe member now, this is what we do."
"I am not a prude!" Zukos said and took off his parka.
Sokka snorted "Sure okay, then I'll see you in the steam bath." He said and walked in.
Zuko stripped down and took a deep breath before stepping in. The steam hall was packed; it seemed all of the male members conjugated here.
"Zuko!" Some of them greeted while others waved, all had smiles on their faces. "Come sit down."
Everyone he walked by greeted him with a smile or a wave before turning back to their conversations. Their friendliness and acceptance almost took Zuko's breath away.
Making his way to where Aang and Sokka sat, Zuko spotted his uncle in the corner talking animatedly with Pakku.
"See? It wasn't that bad." Sokka said and Zuko sat down.
After the initial lewd jokes and friendly teasing, the hall quieted down as the steam washed over them. Zuko hated to admit it, but he was enjoying his time here, he was almost sad to be leaving in the morning.
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"So, what was it like?" Katara asked with a smile as she and Toph sat on her bed.
"What was what like?" Toph asked as she chewed on a piece of candy.
"Your's and Sokka's first time."
Toph choked on her candy making Katara laugh "That's none of your business Sugar Queen."
"I told you what mine and Aang's was like! So dish."
A smile slowly creeped its way onto Toph's face "It was…nice. Different from what I expected."
"So it wasn't the rough barbarian sex everyone guessed it would be?" Katara asked with a smile.
"No!" Toph said an impish grin coming to her face "That was the second time." Katara's face dropped making Toph laugh "From your silence I take you're shocked." She said and started to laugh hysterically "Spirits Katara I was kidding!" Toph's laugh was infectious and after her initial shock was over, Katara found herself laughing.
"I really do love him." Toph said after they quieted down "It just appeared out of the blue, one day it was just a like situation and the next I loved him."
Katara smiled "That's so sweet." She said and laid back on her bed.
Toph laid back on the bed and crossed her arms behind her head "And the thing is, is I don't even know when it happened. It was like boom! Realization."
"I've heard that's how it always happens." Katara said as she yawned.
"You'll get there with Zuko; it's just going to take some time." Toph said and it almost surprised Katara how sincere she sounded.
Katara snorted as she closed her eyes "Everyone keeps telling me that."
"You'll see." Toph said and that was the last thing Katara heard before sleep took over.
So, yeah. I'm not sure about the whole Ice dodging thing, I was going to make it more panickier but then I figured, Zuko isn't one to panic so I 86'd the idea.
Very anxious for the Korra finale. All I'm saying is that Lin's bending was taken away, if Korra's is taken away too Bryke is going to have some serious hell to pay.
But until the finale, review or send love, I like hearing your feedback!
