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Trust

Katara woke up and pulled the blankets to her chin. That's when she realized his arms weren't around her, again. She sat up and looked to his side of the bed. Zuko laid on his side; facing away from her. She wondered why he didn't hold her as they slept anymore. She thought he didn't want to touch her after Shing already did. Katara sighed and threw the blankets off her legs. She got out of bed and walked to the washroom. She changed and fixed her hair.

She walked out of the washroom to see him sitting on the bed. Zuko had his hands together and stared at the floor. Katara looked at him sadly and walked to the bed. She sat down beside him and placed her hands in her lap.

"Zuko, is something wrong?" She asked with a caring voice.

"No why?" He asked and kept his eyes focused on the floor. Katara thought for a moment and sighed.

"You have been really distant since…" Katara couldn't finish her sentence and became silent. He knew what she meant, and took a deep breath.

"I just don't want to rush you back into our relationship; I don't want you to be uncomfortable." He said. Katara thought for a moment, and realized that's why he didn't hold her anymore. She loved Zuko, but with the distance they were growing apart.

"You are the only one I trust and feel safe with. I need you, Zuko." She answered. Zuko finally brought his eyes to her face and she looked into his eyes.

"Are you sure?" He asked, he still felt badly about what Shing tried to do two days ago. Zuko grabbed her hand from her lap and held it in his hand.

"I'm sure." She said and continued looking in her eyes. He looked back in her eyes and slightly smiled. Katara slightly smiled; she was glad they could go back to the old ways of her waking in his arms.

After a few moments of silence Katara stood up and continued to hold his hand.

"I was going to practice my bending. Would you want to join me?" She asked. Zuko thought for a while and realized that they should spend time together today.

"Yeah." He said and stood up. They walked out of the bedroom and down the hallway to the gardens. He held her hand and they walked onto the smooth grass. Zuko still wore his shorts and he was shirtless. She wore a long blue skirt and the top of her white undergarments; her stomach showed and Zuko didn't mind. She also wore wrist bands and her hair was in a loose ponytail. They were both bare foot, they stepped together on the soft grass.

Katara let go of his hand and walked to stand beside the pond; she smirked to herself and turned around. She quickly jumped into a fighting stance and looked back at him as to challenge him. He raised an eyebrow.

"You want to fight me?" He asked, and remained out of fighting stance. To answer his question Katara quickly threw a stream of water across his body. He fell back slightly but then spread his legs to form a fighting stance.

Katara smiled and watched him form a fire blast in his hands; he shot it across the grass. Katara quickly created a shield of water that blocked the blast and made steam form around them. Zuko kicked a few fire blasts at her; Katara tried to the best of her ability to dodge each one though the thick steam.

She then formed a giant wave from the surface of the water and sent to flowing towards him. Zuko jumped over the wave and flew through the air towards her. He kicked flames at her from high in the air and landed on his feet; Katara didn't see the flames coming, but she tried to make a shield of water in time. The kick was too powerful and it blasted through the wall of water and knocked Katara to the ground.

Zuko's eyes became large and he ran to where she laid on the floor. He quickly came down beside her and placed his hand on her waist and his other hand held himself above her. She looked back at him with a smile.

He smiled back and slowly brought his lips to hers. Katara closed her eyes and pushed her lips back onto his. Zuko held her waist with his hand and pulled her body towards his. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they sat up. He placed his arms around her and massaged her back. She broke the kiss, and smiled at him. He smiled back and helped her stand up.

Author's Note: Sorry for such a short chapter. I promise the next one will be better.