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"I had a nice time this afternoon," Zuko spoke, swinging his arm with Katara's as they held hands.

"Please," Katara rolled her eyes. "You just liked hearing about my childhood from my grandmother."

"I thought it was nice," Zuko smiled at her, but she teasingly looked away. "Oh come on," He stopped and walked behind her so he could wrap his arms around her small form.

Katara stubbornly crossed her arms, ignoring how charming Zuko's being.

"Katara, love. . ." He murmured in her ear. Katara kept telling herself to hold her ground, and stand up, but his husky voice.

"I guess it's only fair, I listened to your embarrassing stories with your uncle, you listen to mine with my grandmother." Katara rolled her eyes and smiled at Zuko, who kissed her cheek.

They continued walking until they reached the gardens. They were hardly surprised to see Sokka and Suki there, already feeding the turtle ducks. Suki was sitting on Sokka's lap.

"Hey guys," Katara said, sitting down with Zuko.

"Hey Katara, how was your day today?" Suki asked, handing Zuko and Katara some bread, which they gladly took.

Katara turned and smirked at Zuko, who looked at her with his eyes, begging her not to tell them anything.

"It was very, knowledgeable." She giggled, tossing bread into the pond.

Until dinner was ready, the two couples laughed and shared jokes as they fed the turtle-ducks. Sokka teased Katara on how she probably had eyes for Zuko since the South Pole when they first met. Katara got back at him by teasing Sokka about dressing up in a dress, just to please the Kyoshi Warrior. They ended up throwing bread at each other and having a small wrestling fight. It was fun, and it reminded Katara of the good times she has with her brother.

Dinner was one thing Katara was dreading. Since Zuko is the Fire Lord, he has to have dinner with his guests. Hakoda and Sakida, are apart of that 'guest' list.

It was quiet at first, the awkward silence making everyone feel weird. Zuko sat at the head of the table, Katara on his left, and Sokka on his right. Suki sat next to Sokka, Toph next to Katara. Hakoda and Sakida sat by each other, a few people down. Other important people like King Bumi, Master Piandao, and Jeong Jeong are sitting at the long dinner table as well.

"So some party last night huh?" Aang piped up, trying to make conversation. Katara shot a glare at him, making him quiet down.

"Well, I had a fun time with the other Kyoshi Warriors," Ty Lee chirped, smiling her happy self.

"Ty Lee, you have fun where ever you go," Mai muttered.

"No, I didn't have fun in that prison," Ty Lee turned her head away.

"Whatever." It was quiet after that.

"Katara, where'd you get that scratch on your arm?" Aang asked, pointing to Katara's left arm. There was a medium sized scratch, it has already started to scab over.

"Must've been when I dropped that vase this morning," Katara shrugged as if it's nothing.

"Well why'd you do that?" Toph asked sarcastically.

Katara frowned and looked at her plate.

"My dad yelled at me," She confessed. Two gasps came from the table, one of them being Sokka, and the other being her Gran-Gran.

"Hakoda, how dare you yell at my granddaughter," Kana scolded her son-in-law. Everyone turned to look at Hakoda.

"It wasn't on purpose-" He argued, defending himself.

"What do you mean it wasn't on purpose, you've never yelled at us," Sokka frowned.

"If she hadn't been ignoring the subject-"

"It doesn't matter, she's your daughter, never in her life have you raised your voice at her, and you're doing in now? Here? For something she didn't even do?" Sokka questioned his father, making everyone else in the room feel awkward.

"Sokka this is none of your business, this is between me and Kata-"

"No dad, I think this involves our family too, I mean, this decision you're making, most people talk to their family's before making such a choice." Katara interrupted, frowning. "But then again, you've been gone for two years, abandoning us. It would make sense if you don't consider us your children or mother-in-law anymore."

Everyone was quiet as Katara chewed her father out. Everyone's drink had frozen up due to Katara's anger.

"Now listen here young lady-" Hakoda frowned, preparing to punish her for talking in such a way. "if you ever, talk to me, or anyone like that again-"

"You'll what? Yell at her some more?" Kana asked, stepping into her family's argument.

"I'll send her home with me," Hakoda ordered, making a mistake.

One by one, all the water in the room suddenly exploded, breaking everyone's glasses in their faces. Everyone was shocked to see the shaking waterbender, clenching her hands into fists. Her knuckles were starting to turn white.

"Hakoda," Katara addressed her father by his first name. "since the war has ended I have been dealing with whatever you throw at me. I've been able to take the beatings. . .but now, I'm finally going to put my foot down. I am not, I repeat, not, going to stand by as you waste your life on something that's not worth fighting for. I'm not going to be that weak little girl I was a year ago. You, are not the father I knew when mom was alive, and you certainly have never acted this way before. Mother would hate you for what you've become."

Katara stood up, pushing her chair back, and turning to exit the room. She stopped by the door and hesitated before turning around and glaring at her father directly in the eyes.

"You can forget about calling me your daughter," She hissed. "I refuse to be related to you."

She slammed the door, shaking the table and everything on it.

King Bumi snorted and ate some rock candy. "You must've really made her angry."

Sokka was about to go after his sister, but Toph stood up and slammed her fists on the table.

"Don't even think about going after her Snoozles! Sugar Queen needs her space! I'll go after her, she needs girl talk. Suki, let's go." Toph turned for the door, Suki following after her.

Zuko, was really upset. Never had he seen Katara angry at something like that before. Well, there was those times when he had joined the group, and most of it was directed at him, but still. He hid his hands under the table, wanting to punch the chief for hurting Katara so much. Toph! Urgh! He wanted to go and comfort her, but Toph said she needs girl time. Maybe spending time with other girls will be better for her, as long as she's with someone instead of no one.

Zuko glanced at the slightly smiling woman next to Hakoda, Sakida. Agni he wanted to kill the woman, just to ease Katara's suffering, but he couldn't. He'd be honorable and let Katara have the pleasure of doing that task.


"Go away, Toph." Katara hissed, wanting to be alone for the night.

"No way, it's either us talking to you, or Snoozles," Toph crossed her arms. Suki followed close behind.

She'd prefer Zuko over everyone else, but she would like the company of a girl too.

"Fine," Katara agreed, opening the door to her bedroom. Her and Zuko sometimes trade off who's room they'll sleep in. To busy herself, Katara started fixing the bed, the broken vase had already been cleaned up.

Toph sat down on the couch with Suki by her side. The couch was by the balcony, which was on the right side of the room.

"So, Katara when do you plan on telling everyone about you and Sparky?" Toph smirked, knowing about the relationship.

"Jeez, how many people know about us?" Katara asked, staring at the Kyoshi Warrior, seeing if she told anyone. Suki shrugged, it not being her.

"I already knew for a while now, seeing how your guys' hearts run marathons when you see, hear, or think about each other." Toph said.

"I think it's weird because my grandmother and Pakku know now too." Katara fluffed her pillow.

"Really? How'd they find out?" Suki asked, interested.

"Well, t-they had *cough* walked in on Zuko and I. . .kissing." Katara blushed.

"Whoa," Toph's eyes widened in amusement. "way to go Katara, didn't know you had it in you." Toph and Suki giggled.

"Hey," Katara placed her hands on her hips. She crawled over the bed and sat down of the edge closest to the couch.

"This happened out of nowhere you know?" Suki asked, folding her hands in her lap. "Toph and Aang, Katara and Zuko. . ."

"Yeah, I always remembered Twinkletoes having eyes for you Sweetness," Toph shrugged, not bothered by the idea.

"Same here, I always thought you two would end up together, but I guess we were all wrong." Suki said.

"I mean, Aang's nice and all, but there's just something about Zuko that draws me toward him." Katara admitted.

Only Toph knew that Zuko was listening to their conversation right out side the door, but kept quiet.

"Like what?" Toph smirked, teasing the waterbender.

"I-I dunno," Katara blushed, hiding her face. "the way he's so nice, kind and caring, the way he firebends, his dark hair that falls over his beautiful golden eyes. . ."

Toph and Suki giggled while Zuko smirked from outside.

"Sounds like Katara is lovesick." Toph giggled again, holding her stomach.

"I don't see you talking about Aang like that," Katara retorted, getting back at the rough and tough earthbender.

"Well, Aang is different. He's cuter, funnier, childlike, energetic. . ." Toph blushed, smiling slightly.

"Since we're all talking about guys, I might as well say that if you look past all the meat and sarcasm, Sokka's really a romantic kinda person." Suki admitted.

"Snoozles? We are talking about the same guy right? The one who complains that Katara didn't make his food fast enough, the severely sexist pig?" Toph raised her eyebrows.

"It was really bad when we first met Aang," Katara agreed.

The girls chatted about their boys, while Zuko listened from the door. The laughed and giggled, and it made Zuko happy to see Katara interacting with someone other that him and her brother and Suki. The girls ended up having a pillow fight, where Toph was at a disadvantage if someone threw it in the air. It wasn't until late when Toph and Suki departed and left Zuko sitting on the floor outside. Once they were gone, he stood up, and walked into Katara's room.

She was cleaning up all the pillows and things that were out of place, a huge smile crept on her face.

"I knew girl time would be good for you." Zuko smiled as he hugged the waterbender from behind. Her small laugh made his stomach turned.

"I bet you were killing yourself wanting to come inside," She teased, placing her hands over his, which were wrapped around her stomach.

"On the contrary, I was having a nice time listening to you go on, and on about how good looking I am while firebending." He smirked in her ear, making her shiver.

"Oh please, I just needed to say something to please Toph," Katara teased again, pulling out of his embrace and climbing into bed. She changed into her nightwear a long time ago.

"You're lying," He said, crossing his arms at her.

"Am I?" She tested, looking over her shoulder, smirking. She turned back around and snuggled into bed.

"Yes," Zuko's voice startled her, considering he was right behind her now. He grabbed her waist gently and turned her slightly so her could kiss her.

"Sparring tomorrow would definitely prove that theory," Katara murmured against his lips, placing her soft, tan hands on his face.

"Or enhance it," He chuckled, kissing her nose.

"You wish,"

"Really?"

"Yea," She smiled, preparing for the torment.

"I bet you wish I'd stop tickling you right now huh?" He asked, moving his hands down her arms.

"But you're not-"

She was interrupted by his hands tickling her waist, and she fell into a giggle fit. She was laughing and giggling so much, it made her sides hurt.

The young lovers played and teased, only making the fire within their love burn even brighter and hotter than ever.