Chapter 8
Katara's POV
"Katara, I am such an idiot… Don't cry please!"
Zuko had come up to me and wrapped me up close to him in his arms. The strong arms that made me feel safe.
He relaxed, and his arms slackened a bit from his strong grip on me. We stared into each other's eyes for the longest period of time, never breaking eyes contact. Slowly we leaned into each other and our lips touched. For the slightest of moments, I felt like I was floating in the air, totally relaxed and on cloud nine. I broke us apart, keeping him to myself would be cruel, and I can't do that to him. He is giving up everything for me, a water tribe peasant. I can't do this to him, no matter how much this will hurt both of us in the end because really, I can't give him back his title of Prince of the Fire Nation, I can't give him a family that would truly accept him, and I can't give him everything that he deserves…
I hate myself for what I am going to do…Zuko's POV
Her lips are so soft, and she is so beautiful in this moonlight…"Zuko? I am about to tell you something… Something very important, and I think that you should understand from where I am coming from…"
I looked at her confusedly, she wasn't making any sense, but I complied with what she was saying and nodded for her to continue. She glanced down, and I was terrified to what she was going to say next…
"Zuko… I know that you love me and all, but I don't think that we should pursue this. It is in our elements, I mean, you are fire; I am water, making us total opposites. And before you say 'opposites attract', sometimes they don't. I don't' think that you should go on thinking that you "love" me. You are depressed because of what is going on in your family, so you threw away all of the ties to your past, including Mai, and now you are clinging to someone who is the exact opposite of her, me. Now I think that we should focus on teaching Aang, and defeating the Fire Lord, instead of this "relationship". I only hope that you can understand."
Katara's POV
His entire body was frozen, and when I looked into his eyes, they were cold plates of gold, not moving from where they are looking down at my face. His arms were sitting on the ground motionless as if they had died. I couldn't take it anymore, so I got up…
Walking away, I never looked back at his frozen body, sitting there as if he was a statue. I never went back to tell him that I was lying and that I loved him. I never went back at all…
5 YEARS LATER
(Toph and Aang are together, Sokka and Sukki are married, and Zuko is the new Fire Lord with Mai as his fiancé. Pretty follows the main story line as the series, except for the Southern Raider's episode.)
Everyday I look back to that night and I regret everything that I had said to him. Here I am in the South Pole letting life go on and pass me by. Everyone is so happy with someone else. It wasn't until Zuko and Mai's wedding invitation came in from last week's shipping of trading supplies from the Earth Kingdom. They must have thought it would have come a lot quicker that way, and it travels to my brother and Sukki to Kyoshi Island as well.
They had such a beautiful wedding during the spring, and now they are due for a baby in the late winter. I'm sure my niece (as Sukki and I would say) will be beautiful and very happy. My brother made a great choice with his wife and I am happy for him, like I am for Aang and Toph.
After Aang had defeated the late Fire Lord, and Zuko claimed the throne, Aang began to travel the world to help out with villages, which were being raided by the Fire Nation still. Toph, being the most spirited person when it comes to a good fight, offered to go along with. Well, after being alone for months at a time, they ended up falling for each other. Everyone in the world is expecting a proposal to come very soon being that they have been together for about four and a-half years.
One day I hope to find love like everyone else has. And maybe I will, I just hope that day comes soon. I want to end this constant pain I feel when I think about his fiery, gold eyes…
AN:
Thank you to all of my reviewers for my last story. I am so sorry for taking so long writing this, but I had writer's block for a long time. I hope you liked this one. I may take a while to write the next one, but I have some ideas for another story too, so maybe I can get them both done. So far this year has been very hectic for my classmates and I, and this has been one of the most stressful and the most traumatizing years for us. My writer's block comes from how I feel, and for a while, I did not feel too hot. This story I dedicate to my classmates because they are like a huge family to me.
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