A/N: Chapter 10... this is the last chapter. Please R&R if you love me! xD (or if you don't ...)

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Epiphany

We sat there for quite some time without saying anything, but Aang broke the silence.

"Katara... I don't really know how to say this, so I'm just going to spit it out... I... I love you. I've loved you ever since I first saw you. I've loved you through everything, when your fighting with your brother, or when you don't want to talk to anyone or when you yell at Toph for no reason... I love you when other guys flirt with you and I can tell you right now, I think you're more beautiful than any of them could imagine. And not just that, that's not even the half of it. You're hilarious, but only at the right times. You know how to keep us together when we're falling apart. You're an amazing waterbender and-"

I kissed him. I couldn't even help it. It was like my body just gravitated to him and pressed my lips against his. I don't think I can award points anymore. He's obviously won. What is it, now? 3 to a number that doesn't exist?

I didn't take it too far, though. Just a regular kiss. I knew it would satisfy him well enough for now, and I didn't want to do something reckless that he wasn't ready for. He surely tried to kiss me back though, but I'm not sure he knew what he was doing. He just knew he wanted to do it and that he was getting what he was asking for.

When we pulled apart, I felt a little dazed. Maybe it was what I was asking for, too. Maybe I desired it. Maybe we just desired each other. The words that escaped our mouths. The electric feeling we get when we touch. The stomach flips after we catch each other's eyes. Maybe we just liked everything about each other. Our flaws and our perfections.

Desire was surely an amazing thing. But it was cruel as well. During that kiss, I didn't know how on Earth I've lived all these years without his warm lips against mine. How I've dealt my whole life without his touch, his voice and his whole being. I'll want it all the time, now. It'll be like some crazy food craving.

It was weird though, I'd just learned how to control him and now it felt like he could control me.

"I love you too, Aang."

We just stared at each other. It was quiet and calm, but not even a little awkward. It was a strange sensation; like I was learning something through his eyes. Something that I've always known, but was too oblivious to find out. But now was the time to find out.

And I suddenly knew, at that exact moment in time, that no matter what happens in this war, I'll always love him. No matter what he does, who he does it too, or why he does it, we'll get through this, and it'll be together.