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Love

"What is it?" Zuko said as he stood up and moved closer to Katara. He could sense her uneasiness.

Her face grew red and her mind searched for words to say, she wanted to say something, anything, but nothing came to mind. Her heart was pounding like crazy, trying to remember Toph saying that her loved her back, trying to feel like there was nothing to be afraid of. But even though Toph had hinted that rejection wasn't to be feared, she was still scared that maybe she had taken all of this too much. Zuko may or may not like her back… she tried to shake the thoughts out of her mind, tried to remember theres nothing to be scared of. She inhaled and exhaled slowly and she moved closer to Zuko.

"Zuko… I-" She was about to say it, but he then put his lips against hers. She instantly gave in, feeling comfort and all her stress went away. She pulled away but still stayed close to him,
"Zuko I need to tell you something" she said as she looked into his golden eyes.

"Shh" he said as he planted his lips on hers again, he was making it very difficult for her to confess her feelings for him, rather impossible actually. She pulled back again,
"Zuko wait.. I need to say… that I…" Damn. She told herself, no matter how hard she tried the words wouldn't come out, even though Toph had told her many reasons as to why rejection would not even be an option she still felt insecure about it, anyone would have.

Zuko stared at her, waiting for her to say whatever she needed to say. But he also had something to tell her, and that couldn't wait. Besides whatever she was going to say wasn't going to come out sooner or later.

"Katara." Zuko said as used his hands to lift her head to meet his face.
"I love you" He said as he hugged her. Her hands melted at the hold of him, she felt so weak all of a sudden. He made her feel so good, like there was nothing wrong with the world.

"I love you too" Katara said as she pulled away from the hug and kissed him.

"You do?" Zuko said.

"I just said it didn't I?" Katara said as she stepped closer to him.

The moment got silent, they both stared at each other. Thinking of what to do, Katara who was wondering what would happen now, if they would classify as boyfriend and girlfriend. And Zuko had a million of thoughts he could do right now, but they weren't innocent. Katara caught his lustful stare and moved closer to him, not breaking eye contact. He put his hand against her cheek and stroked it softly. She leaned against him and kissed him ever so softly, but became more needy in a matter of seconds.

She wrapped her arms around his back and his around her waist. They kissed for what seemed forever, and afterwards they just sat down to have a talk.

"Will you tell Aang?" Zuko said quietly since they weren't in the woods.

"Yes…" Katara said, "You were right, I can't keep leading him on, I will tell him in the morning."

Zuko made a faint smile, "Good."
"Will you tell anyone about us?" he said.

Katara laughed a bit, "Well… Toph kind of knows already"

"You told Toph?!" Zuko said a bit surprised.

"No… she already knew." Katara said.

Zuko shot a look at Katara, how did Toph know? Had she seen them sneaking off to the woods? Had she heard the conversations where Katara told Zuko she didn't like Aang? Oh gods, had she seen the hug? Or even worse… the kisses? Or maybe she just sensed it. You cant sneak a lie past Toph afterall.

"How did she know?" He asked.

"Apparently she saw it coming miles away" Katara said as she smiled.

Zuko quietly did a small laugh "Of course she did. She's Toph"
"So will you tell anyone?"

She sighed, "No… It's not that I'm ashamed of being with you, I just want to keep us hidden from the others, for now." She really did want to tell people, like Suki and Toph about their official relationship but it would be too weird. She can't just tell Aang that she really doesn't have feelings for him then right after tell everyone she and Zuko love each other. It would be far too suspicious.

"Oh" Zuko said. He wasn't all sad, he was ok with keeping their relationship on the low for a couple weeks. He didn't mind at all, besides it gave them more time together.

Katara smiled and put her hand over Zuko's hand. "I promise that I will tell people about us, when the time is right." She said as she looked up and smiled at him.

Zuko nodded at her and squeezed her hand.
"You might want to get out of here, its turning morning" he said. He watched as Katara's eyes opened fully and she quickly ran to the exit of the tent to peek outside.

"It really is turning morning" She said surprisingly.
"I guess I must go now" She said as she shrugged sadly, she hugged him and said goodbye before quickly rushing out of his tent and heading towards hers. She la9d on her bed and smiled madly to herself, she had finally told Zuko that she loved him, and he told her. They had gotten so closer over the past week. As she leaned back on her bed, the memory of their night reoccurred over and over in her head. The confession, the kissing, the talking. It all went so perfect. And for the first time in about a month, she got a good nights rest.

Morning

Katara woke up and got out of bed instantly, getting changed and brushing her hair. Love can do all sorts of things to you. Feeling more alive may is certainly something it does. Katara went outside, her eyes ready to scan the area for Zuko, but she already saw him. She made her way to him and sat next to him.

"Hey you" she said as she nudged him a bit.

He smiled at her, "Have a good sleep?" He asked. He too had a good sleep. The thought of Katara loving him back made him feel comforted. And he was able to fall asleep fast.

"Best sleep in weeks" She said, while her eyes locked on his.

All of a sudden Sokka came up to Katara, "Katara I need to speak to you, know." He said.

Katara looked at Sokka, feeling irritated by him. "Sokka I was having a conversa-" she began to say before being cut off by her clearly angry brother.

"DOES IT LOOK LIKE I CARE? I SAID NOW SO WE ARE TO SPEAK NOW!" Sokka yelled as he grabbed Katara's hand as she started to walk her towards his tent. Katara looked back at Zuko, he seemed to look very angry. But not at her, at Sokka for being so rude to Katara. It was not his place to argue or even fight with Sokka, but by the gods if Sokka was in no way related to Katara right now he would be burnt to a crisp.

Sokka opened his tent and sat her down on a chair. "Care to explain to me what the hell is wrong with you?" He said very aggressively. Katara stayed quiet, looking at him with frustration.
"I asked you a damn question! The hell is your problem?!" He asked once again, his patience clearly running low.

"I don't know what you are talking about Sokka." Katara said back.

"Don't play your stupid games Katara, Suki innocently told me about how you came to her for advice on guys." He said getting more and more angry with every word that came out of his mouth.

"So? I am almost 15 I can like guys if I want." She said back defensively.

"Oh so the young girl thinks she can get into romance? Suki also told me about how you assured her it wasn't Aang." He said. "So that means you can't like anyone else here on the team, so who is he? An outsider?"

"I am not dumb Sokka, of course I don't like an outsider." She said.

"Then who?!" he yelled, "there is only Aang for you to like here!"

Katara looked at him weirdly. Why was he avoiding Zuko? He was well aware of Zuko's presence in the team because Sokka hated Zuko but still, to pretend like he wasn't even an option.

"I won't tell you anything." She said as her arms crossed and her legs did too.

"Katara you are making the wrong choice here, this man will only hurt you." Sokka said.

"I don't care, at least I have him." Katara said back.

"Katara you are just going to be miserable." Sokka yelled.

"Really? Because I have never felt more happy in my life!" Katara screamed
"Nothing you can say will change my decision."

"Who is he!" Sokka yelled, the fact that she wouldn't tell him who she was with made him more angry.

"That is none of your business Sokka." Katara said as she started to get up and walk out, suddenly Sokka grabbed her arm,

"It is my business Katara, I am your older brother and I want to look out for you. I get that you are 14 years old and you think you have found love. But trust me, you haven't even come close."
Sokka said giving her a serious stare, "You should've just stuck with Aang, you would be better off without him." He said.

Katara ripped away from his hand.
"You are my older brother Sokka, not my father." She said. "You don't have any control over me."

"Katara, please just tell me who you are with." Sokka said.

"No one you care for." Katara said as she was about to walk out of the tent.

Sokka's eyes widened as he remembered what he had saw before he snatched Katara away from Zuko, they were sitting so close… and they were smiling at each other while staring. Could it be possible that his younger sister had fallen in love with her former enemy?

"It is Zuko, isn't it." Sokka said with a serious voice.

Katara stayed quiet, "Sokka stop." She whispered.

"Its him, isn't it!" Sokka yelled.

Katara felt nervous, her brother was already suspecting her and Zuko being a thing. She couldn't deny it, because she was with him. But she wasn't ready to tell people. She knew she couldn't stay quiet for long, that will only make his suspicion grow.

"I am done with you." She said as she walked out of the tent, she was right. She would never gain her brothers approval on her being with Zuko. He didn't even know that she was with Zuko but he still seemed very angry at her, and when she suspected that it was Zuko he only got more angry. He would never accept this.

On the other side of the camp Zuko was listening to the two siblings fighting. He was hearing everything they yelled at each other. He watched as Katara left his tent and returned to hers, her walk was slow and her head was down. She held onto her other arm and her face looked sad. He could tell why she was sad, after listening to her and Sokka fight he knew that what Katara feared had started to begin. Sokka would not approve of them being together, he seemed furious at the thought of her even dating someone.

He decided that he wanted to go comfort her, slowly and quietly he snuck past the others tents and made way to hers. He walked in and bumped into Katara, she was already at the exit of the tent.

"Sorry" he said.
"Were you going somewhere?" he asked.

"Yea…" Katara said with her face still looking a bit down.

"Oh. I'll take my leave then." Zuko said but Katara placed her hand on his arm.

"No" she said, "I was actually about to head to your tent."
"Can we go to the woods tonight instead?" She asked as she looked at him, he smiled at her and nodded. He held her hand as they walked towards the area they always met at.

"Is there anything you need Katara?" Zuko asked. He didn't want to question her about the fight he had with Sokka, besides she probably already knew that he knew. Suddenly she hugged him, tightly.

"I just want you to be here with me."