One Night Eclipse
Chapter 10: Unseeing Eyes
Katara lightly knocked on the wooden door, and as she waited for an answer thoughts swarmed her head. Who's in there? Was one of them. Aang could've been in there. That was the last person she saw her with, and after the event at dinner he could've still been there. She rocked on the balls of her heels until she heard a familiar voice.
"Come in," Toph approved from the other side. Katara placed her hand on the door and opened it. She poked her head in first to see who was in there, but all she saw was Toph. She sighed in relief, and walked in. "Expecting Twinkle Toes?"
"Yes, actually," Katara answered. She had learned that it was useless trying to lie to Toph. Toph laid on the bed in her white night gown playing with her space rock. Toph stopped what she was doing and bent the piece of space rock back on her arm.
"What are you here for, Sugar Queen?" She asked as she sat up. Toph sat at the edge of her bed, and swung her legs back and forth. She looked at her friend with unseeing eyes.
"I came to make sure you were alright. Are you okay? You slipped from the ledge didn't you?" Katara answered and asked. Toph waved her hand dismissively.
"Fine. I didn't fall," Toph said, and Katara nodded her head. Toph narrowed her eyes at the waterbender as she thought. Toph had noted Katara's strange behavior all day, and the fact that her and Zuko were around each other more than usual. She wasn't there, but she still felt the vibrations of two people on the roof. Even in her shocked state. Katara looked at Toph wondering why she was looking at her like that.
"What?" Katara asked hoping to end the tension in the air before it started.
"So…..What's with you and Sparky?" She finally asked. Katara's head snapped up in the earthbender's direction.
"What?" Katara asked again, but this time with surprise.
"I know, Katara," Toph said with a smirk.
"Know what?" Katara pushed.
"Oh, nothing," Toph bluntly answered. More thoughts swarmed through her head. How much could her blind friend know? Katara felt a heavy weight on her chest as she stood there. Katara shook her head hoping to shake of her question.
"Whatever," Katara said. She wrapped her arms around herself. It wasn't that she was cold, but that she felt uncomfortable. "Is there anything you need?"
"No not really," Toph said.
"Okay," Katara said, and walked backwards. She turned around when she knew she was close to the door. She opened the door, and walked out. She went back to her room with the growing question in her head. What does she know? It had to do with Zuko she knew that, but how much? It couldn't be a lot. Maybe she only suspected. As Katara set out to go to bed she cleared her mind of all worries, but down the hall a certain earthbender knew something was going to happen something exciting.
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- Alec
