As soon as Kai- Yu got back to her camp, she went to go check on her grandmother. When she saw that Lin was sleeping peacefully, she hurried out of the camp and took off on her glider. There was somewhere else she wanted to be, someone else she had to see.

Her trip wasn't very long. When she arrived at the Earth Kingdom village, she didn't land right away. Instead, she flew over the forest, scanning the treetops for any small gap. After a few minutes, she found what she was looking for, and swooped down to land in th clearing.

It was exactly how she had remembered it. She could look up through the gap in the trees and see the stars and the moon. The small, bubbling stream was illuminated by the moonlight. She watched the grass ripple around her as a slight breeze gently blew across the clearing. She brushed her hair from her face and went to sit down on a rock that stuck out of the ground. Even though it had been earthbended there, it didn't seem out of place or unnatural. Anyone would've thought that it had been there all along.

She had only been sitting there for a few minutes when she heard a familiar voice softly say from behind her, "Kai- Yu?"

She turned around to look at him, surprised. She didn't think he would actually come here. She moved over on the rock and, with a slight nod of her head, motioned for him to come over. She didn't say anything until he was sitting beside her. "Yeah, you weren't with the rest of them today, and, I don't know why, but I just thought that you would be here. Sorry, I know it sounds kind of stupid..."

Haru interrupted her, "Well, you were right. Sorry about not coming with you guys today, I would've but..."

"You were really tired," this time, she interrupted him, not looking up at him, "Aang told me, you were sleeping."

"I would've woken up, but my parents sent them away," he explained.

She nodded, and there was a long silence before Haru asked, "How's your grandmother?"

She looked up at him, suddenly feeling extremely guilty. She should've asked Amma how Lin was doing! "I... I don't know. When I got back home she was asleep, and I just came straight here..."

She didn't finish. Instead, Kai- Yu looked away, trying to fight back the tears that were welling up in her eyes. She suddenly felt something warm and firm on her shoulder, and remembered that night back at her home, the day her grandmother became ill. She remembered how Haru had gone into the woods after her when she walked away. Without thinking or hesitating, she leaned in to him and let him wrap his arms around her, pulling her close. She buried her face in her hands and let the tears escape from her eyes.

When she had finished crying, Kai- Yu pulled away. She rubbed her eyes before saying, "I'm really sorry, I normally don't cry this much."

"It's fine," he shrugged, and smiled understandingly, "You need to let your emotions out. It's not good to keep them all bottled up."

She smiled back at him, "I know, I just don't mean to let them all out on you."

He put his hand on top of hers, "I don't mind."

She nodded, then suddenly stood up. "I should probably go," she said quickly, looking away, "The people back home might get worried if I get back too late."

He nodded, then held out his arms. She stepped into them without hesitation. They stood there for a few moments, then both pulled away. She turned around and began to walk away. But suddenly, feeling as if she had lost control of her body, Kai- Yu turned back around, dropping her staff, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him. He was stiff at first, shocked, but then she felt him relax and wrap his arms around her, and she relaxed, too.

It only lasted for a moment. Kai- Yu regained control of her limbs and, without a word, turned around, picked up her staff, and took off. Hermind was racing the whole time she was flying home, and she couldn't seem to fight the heat that was rising up to her cheeks.

It was very late by the time she arrived back home. She tiptoed into her tent, hoping that no one had noticed that she was gone. She laid down to sleep, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't seem to be able to.

A/N:As I said in chapter 9, any chapters after this one might take a while to get out, because of band camp and school and such. So please don't get mad. Thanks for reading, I hope you've enjoyed my(badly written) story!