Three chapters in one day!! YAY! I'm making up for lost time. :D
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She never thought any man could be good enough to make her want to remove the necklace around her neck, but then again, she never thought she liked roses, or surprises, or the color red, for that matter...
She never thought any of those things until the day he danced into her life.
Red held new meaning for her now… Zuko was red. That meant red was good. Red gave her fuzzy feelings and made the world spin and drove her absolutely crazy. Red kissed her until she couldn't breathe and then kissed her some more. Red was good.
Roses were predictable, cliché; any halfwit could buy a rose for the girl he liked, but now… now a single rose was all he had to give her to make her fall in love with him all over again. Roses were her oxygen.
Unexpected gifts and surprise visits were now a common occurrence, and not an unwelcome one. He bought her jewelry, cooked her favorite meal for her, put flowers in her hair… and Katara certainly did not disdain the countless amounts of surprise kisses he gave her.
When she opened her eyes and saw his reflection in the mirror, standing behind her, he looked as picture-perfect as ever, and she smiled at his reflection. He smiled softly, nervously back.
She was surprised when she realized rose petals were strewn across the floor of his bedroom; his bedroom filled with so much red Katara would have cried had she been here but a year earlier. She was surprised when she realized he had fastened a new necklace on her throat.
"Be my wife."
And she was more than just surprised at the answer that leapt from her heart to her lips.
"Yes."
HoFSoW