Disclaimer: I do not own any Avatar or Korra characters created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and owned by Nickelodeon. All OCs, however, are all mine.

Chapter X

Korra, Asami and Wu left with Naga as Sokka told Aang and Katara everything that happened the night before, except for the wedding; he figured if they didn't know about it, it never happened. The two came out of the bathroom and into the kitchen, where a plate and a cup of tea was fixed for each of them.

"Hope your Air Nomad diet doesn't prohibit eggs," Leo said to Aang as he and Katara sat down next to each other.

"No, eggs are fine," Aang groggily replied. He almost immediately felt relief with a sip of tea.

Katara swallowed a bit and took a sip and sighed, "Oh Spirits, that feels so good," she rubbed her head and asked, "So what else happened last night?"

"Not-" Sokka began, but was interrupted by Toph, "You two got hitched."

"WHAT!?" Aang and Katara's heads both shot up in unison.

"No. No. No, nothing else happened. Toph's just joking," Sokka attempted.

"Oh, will you shut up, Sokka?" Toph erupted at Sokka, growing tired of him trying to keep the truth from his sister and friend for their sakes, so that they could get married 'properly', "We can't forget what we found out about last night. There's no hiding or denying it, so it's best to face it head on. And besides, Katara's a grown woman and doesn't need you to be her bodyguard, she has a husband for that now," she motioned to Aang.

"What?" Aang and Katara repeated together. Leo took out the album that Chong had given them and passed it to them. They opened it and gasped at what they saw, Leo smiled at them, "Congratulations, guys. You got married."

The couple's jaws had dropped and their eyes wide open. The looked at each other and the album. Aang then saw on Katara's neck was indeed the betrothal necklace he'd been working on for months. Katara opened the book and together they went through it, looking at all the photos yet not remembering when any of them were taken. Sokka gave Katara away, Toph was the maid of honor, and Leo was the best man. Aang noticed how they all seemed a bit disoriented, but he and Katara were both happy nonetheless.

Aang then heard a sniffle from Katara, a few tears welled up in her eyes and her hand covering her mouth. Leo, Sokka and Toph left the two in the kitchen, giving them some privacy. Aang was shocked by the revelation, but more than that he wished he could've remembered, if not the whole thing, at least one moment of the the wedding. However, Aang wondered what Katara was thinking and feeling. He was worried that she might be upset; for what reason: maybe it wasn't the wedding she wanted, or it wasn't time for them to get married, or Katara didn't really see Aang as more than a boyfriend and didn't see herself spending the rest of her life with him. Tears began streaming down her face. Aang was reluctant but took the risk and lifted her chin, their eyes meeting, "Katara… are you okay?"

For a moment, Katara said nothing, causing Aang's concern to grow. Katara turned to look at the photos again and saw one of Aang carrying her bridal-style, a big dorky smile on his face with her arms wrapped around his neck, nuzzling his face, a warm and content smile upon her own. Katara then turned back to Aang and threw her arms around him, bawling over his shoulder. Her eyes burst like a fountain as she held onto him. Aang was relieved and eagerly returned the hug. Katara sniffed and managed to mutter, "Aang, were you really going to ask me?"

Aang then let her go and held her face in his hands, "Of course I was, Katara. You're all I really want in this world. I'd even carved you a necklace."

Katara felt around her neck and realized she was wearing one. She undid the strap in the back and held it in her hand. The pendent was the same color as her mother's, but the carving was the yin and yang symbol, but instead of white and black, it had an autumn red pearl and a blue one circling each other; she knew the red pearl was too bright to be Fire Nation red, it was for the Air Nomads, the color of their new wing suits. It was a simple design, but Katara thought it was beautiful. She ran her hand over it, "You made this for me?"

"Yeah, I did," Aang told her.

"Did you ask my father?" she asked cautiously.

"Of course I did. I'd never disrespect your family," Aang assured her. He held her hands in his own.

"When did you ask him?"

"Two months ago."

"Oh Aang," Katara again embraced Aang in a tight hug, and he reciprocated, "I just wish we could remember it."

"Me too, Sweetie. Me too," Aang held her as she continued to cry on his shoulder.

Honestly, Katara did see herself spending the rest of her life with Aang, and after the first two years of dating she began to wonder if he'd propose, hoping that he would. Katara knew that Aang was the one for her. Sure, she had one or two casual boyfriends for a short while when she was younger, but none of them were serious. Aang was the first, and really the only, serious boyfriend she'd ever had, and he was a dream: he was very respectful and honorable to her and everyone in her family, and Katara was fortunate that her dad liked him. What she loved about Aang was that he always tried to be good to people, but was ready to stand up for others, and he told her he loved her every day.

"But promise me one thing," Katara said as her crying came to an end.

"What is it?" Aang asked.

"Promise me that we can have a ceremony that we actually remember," she answered, causing them to laugh together.

Aang let go and held cradled her cheeks, wiped the rest of her tears away, and looked her in the eye, "I promise. We can even have your dad and the rest of your family there."

"Thank you, Aang."

"Anything for my wife," Aang and Katara both laughed again. She then brought his lips to meet hers in a passionate, tender kiss.

While Aang and Katara talked in the kitchen, Sokka had a thought and turned to Leo and Toph, chiding them, "Why didn't you guys sense those two in the bathroom this morning when we were looking for them?"

"We were hungover, Sokka. Someone with heightened senses whose hungover can't exactly process the overwhelming waves of data very well," Leo answered.

"Yeah, it was like walking on sand," Toph added.

-oOo-

After finding Aang and Katara, the group went back to the White Lotus building. The Lotus members were relieved that the missing apprentice and airbender were found. They gathered their supplies by the large stable in the courtyard and began loading it onto Appa. Momo sprung from his place on Appa's head and onto Aang's shoulder. The lemur happily chirped as his master scratched behind his ears. Appa gave a warm groan in greeting his owner as well.

"Well, they're awfully glad to see you," Katara grabbed her new husband's arm, "Guess what, Momo: Aang and I are married, now," Katara flashed her necklace to Momo and the lemur switched to her shoulder.

"That's right, Momo. Meet the new Mrs. Katara Tiankong," Aang motioned to his wife.

"Hey, can you guys wait to revel in the fact you're now married 'til we get back to the ship, and give us a hand over here?" Sokka complained out loud, Aang and Katara being to only ones not loading anything onto the bison.

The couple then helped load the rest onto Appa and were about to take off when one of the White Lotus member rushed to them with what appeared to be a bag of luggage, holding it out to them, "Wait, you forgot this."

None of them recognized the bag as Katara replied, "But that's not ours."

"It was left for you by Prince Wu. He said it belonged to you," the Lotus told them. Aang turned to Katara next to him on Appa's head, and she in turn just shrugged her shoulders.

"Thank you. And next time you see the prince, please extend our gratitude," Aang used his airbending to lift it up into the saddle, accepting the gift.

"Great, now can we please get the fuck out of this shithole of a city?" Toph impatiently groaned from the saddle. With that, Appa smacked his tail on the ground and off he flew into the sky.

"Now I know why the guys were so eager to get out of Vegas in that movie," Leo humorously uttered.

"What're you talking about?" Sokka queried, his eyebrow raised.

"Oh, it's nothing," Leo dropped it.

Aang and Katara crawled into the saddle, and Toph quizzed them, "Sooo, you guys are gonna stay married?"

"Of course, Toph. I've known for awhile now that Aang is the man I wanna spend the rest of my life with," Katara bubbled to her.

"And you don't think that last night was a mistake?"

"Toph, I'm just glad I'm married, and that it's to the man I love," Katara insisted, "I've honestly been waiting for him to propose for half a year."

"Toph, you know I've been meaning to ask her. I asked you to hold onto the necklace for me when she moved in with me a week ago," Aang reminded her, reaching over and grasping his wife's hand.

"Did you even ask for our father's blessing?" Sokka inquired, his eyes narrowed and arms crossed.

"Yeah, two months ago," Aang answered.

"Well, congratulations, you two. Congratulations," Leo cheered as he patted Aang on the shoulder.

"Leo, are your ears pierced?" Aang saw the alien's ears. Leo's cheerful expression vanished as he narrowed his eyes.

Leo heard Sokka give a soft chuckle across the saddle before he added, "Yeah. Why don't 'cha ask Sokka what he got pierced?"

The couple turned to Katara's brother as he denied, "Nothing."

"His nipples," Toph told them, wearing a shit-eating grin. He stared daggers at her as Aang and Katara broke out into a fit of laughter, Leo and Toph soon joined in.

"I was shitfaced, okay? We all were!" Sokka reminded them, then tried to change the subject, "Why don't we see what's in Wu's bag of mystery?"

"Sure, why not, Snoozles?" Toph wiped away a tears from laughing so hard.

Aang grabbed the zipper opened it up. He, Katara and Sokka gasped in amazement at what was inside.

"What? What is it?" Leo questioned, slightly alarmed.

"Yeah, don't leave us in the dark," Toph put in.

"It's money," Sokka marveled as he looked through the entire bag, "So much money."