So I was browsing the Taang tag on tumblr and found inspiration in remembering my OTP (:

"Hey, Aang? If I tell you a secret, will you promise not to tell anyone?"

Aang looked over at Toph, surprised. Was she actually going to open up to him? Maybe this trip was a better idea than he'd originally thought...

"Y-yes, of course! You can tell me anything." he said, rolling over onto his side to face her.

She lay on her back in the grass, face turned towards the night sky. The firelight played across her body and once again Aang found himself blushing. She had really...grown...these last few years. He shook the thought away.

"Well..." she started, and grew quiet again. She took a deep breath and rolled over to face him. "Aang, how do you feel about...about sex?"

Aang blinked. Did he hear her right?

"I mean, as a monk, I just was wondering how you would feel about it, or about someone who had done...that."

Wow. He didn't know how to respond to that. He scratched his head, wracking his brain for the answer. Honestly, he didn't know how the monks would react in this situation...after all, he'd been too young when he froze himself to have gone through the education on that sort of stuff. The only reason he knew what it was and what it did was because Sokka had sat him down one day and explained it all to him.

"Um..." he muttered intelligently. Stalling was his best option. "Well, I suppose it depends on the circumstances."

"What do you mean?"

"Uhhh..." Well, he might as well give his honest opinion. "The monks were pretty chaste, but I don't really have that option because I have to rekindle an entire race...I guess if you really care for someone, it isn't so bad. Why do you ask?"

She shifted uncomfortably, and he found himself blushing due to the subject matter mixing with her...revealing...outfit...

"If I told you I wasn't pure or whatever, what would you think of me?"

The point of the conversation was beginning to dawn on him. Toph had done...those things...before, and she was worried how he would feel if he knew!

"Toph, I would love you no matter what!" He said before he could stop himself. He blushed as he realized his wording. "I mean, you're my friend and I don't care what you've done or with who...you're still you."

He watched as she began to smile slightly, and he could see relief wash over her frame as she relaxed a little.

"Toph..." He had to know if he was right. "Have you...have you done...those things?" His face was hot and he was really glad she couldn't see it.

But he could see her, and the way her body stiffened was all the answer he needed.

"Oh. Wow. I didn't...I mean, I don't really..." Aang rubbed the back of his head. "Was it nice?"

Was it nice. Spirits, that was the awkwardest thing he...he kicked himself internally for the lack of tact. Funny how his diplomacy was perfect in dealing with entire countries but he still coudln't talk to girls.

"Well, it wasn't not nice, I guess," she muttered. "I was pretty drunk, so I don't remember much of it."

"Oh." Aang scratched his cheek awkwardly, and they were silent for a long while.

"It was Sokka."

Katara lay contentedly next to her lover, feeling happy but guilty. She was secretly enjoying Aang and Toph being gone without a trace...It was a horrible thing to think, but Sokka was constantly in town either searching or distracting himself which meant that she could spend as much time as she wanted with Zuko and not have to worry.

Obviously she was worried about Aang and Toph, but she had to admit that in her own, selfish way, them taking off was a good thing. Besides, they had each other, and they were both really powerful benders, so they were almost definitely safe.

And it's not like she could really focus on them when Zuko was whispering in her ear.

"Are we just going to cuddle today?" He was asking playfully, nuzzling her brown curls with his nose. She chuckled. He really was so horny. He tightened his arms around her. "I mean, I'm okay with that, but you're so beautiful I can't help but want more."

She rolled over and returned his embrace, kissing his neck. He sighed and returned the kiss to her forehead. She couldn't help but wonder how this would end.

"Are you thinking about how this will work out?" She asked him. He gave a small nod. "I've been wondering that, too."

"We can't do this forever." He said begrudgingly.

"I know," she agreed quietly. She fingered her mother's engagement necklace, as she tended to do when anxious. She knew a new necklace was on the way. She could tell. She'd often come home early from teaching waterbending and find Aang shoving something in a drawer where he keeps the carving tools. He wasn't exactly subtle. Then again, neither was she, and she knew Zuko could read her thoughts as if she were an open book.

"Will you say yes?" He asked, taking her hand to stop her fidgeting with the necklace. She pushed his hand away and sat up in the bed, turning her back to him.

"I...I don't know."

He brushed her hair to one side and placed a soft, loving kiss on the back of her neck. More than ever she wanted to be able to take everything back...but whether it was her relationship with Aang or her feelings for Zuko she wanted to take back, she could never tell.

OOhhh, my shipper heart. Okay guys, there's your new chapter. A bit short, but I promise the next will be longer.

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