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As breakfast finished, Katara made her way over to the healing hut to see Aang, carrying a plate of breakfast for him. He had improved alot since the collapsing incident.

"Morning," Katara said cheerfully walking into the room.

Aang was sitting up right in his bed, he had several pillows placed behind him and his head was leaning back against the wall, his eyes were shut and he looked very relaxed, as if he were sleeping, and in the middle of a very deep and meaningful dream.

Katara placed his tray of food in front of him. She leant forward so her lips were milimetres away from his ear and began to whisper to him. "Morning Aang," she whispered slowly and softly.

Katara pulled back to see if Aang had woken but he only stirred slightly, his eyes did not wish to open, Katara sighed and moved her head close to his ear again, this time her lips rested slightly on his ear. And she tried to wake him again, a little more volume in her voice.

"Aang," she spoke a little louder, she leaned back and saw him stir again but he did not wake.She slowly placed her hands on his shoulders and shook him ever so slightly, that was when she saw his eyes flutter open. His lips curled to a smile as their eyes met, and Katara smiled back.

Aang gazed down at the meal Katara had placed in front of him and then looked back into Katara's beautiful eyes. "Thanks Katara," Aang said, his eyes did not break free of hers, and nor did he want them to.

"I wasn't going to let you starve," Katara spoke laughing slightly.

Aang let his gaze fall to the covers lying at the end of his bed, unable to look her in the eyes as he spoke. "I wasn't thanking you for that," he said. "I was thanking you for taking care of me."

"I wasn't going to let you die," Katara spoke letting out a small laugh once more. She smiled at him.

Aang smiled back. And an awkard silence engulfed them. Aang grabbed a piece of bread and slowly brought it to his mouth, taking a small bite. Slowly he began to chew, and think, about the girl who was next to him. Aang wanted more than anything to tell Katara everything he felt, and even more than that he wanted to finish this kiss he had started and wanted since Katara has freed him from the icy fortress which had embedded him for 100 years. He took yet another bite of the bread.

Katara watched him as he awkardly ate, she saw by the gleam in his eyes that he was deep in thought, and she wondered what he was thinking about. She knew Aang was young, 12 in fact, but even at his age, sometimes he seemed more mature than Sokka. She wondered if he ever thought about her and if at this moment he was thinking about her. She wondered so she asked.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked him speaking what was on her mind.

"Oh," Aang said blushing and feeling as though Katara had heard his thoughts. "Just..." he thought about what he was going to say before finally speaking up. "About when I collapsed." He took a deep breath and sighed before he began to speak. "Im really really sorry."

Katara smiled. "Its okay." she said kindly.

"But I always seem to ruin the moments when..." he spoke softly and his face grew red from the embarrasment that was engulfing his face. He gulped and was about to try again when Katara helped him say what he wanted to.

"When we are about to kiss?" Katara asked him kindly, sure that Aang wasn't able to finish what he wanted to say by the shade of red on of his face. She was thinking about the time they were trapped in the cave and Aang had told her that he would only kiss her if it was a death situation, and when Katara was about to kiss him the lights lit up before their lips met. She also thought about the most recent situation when Aang had collasped as they were about to kiss.

"Yea," Aang said, even as embarrasing as the question was the red from his face began to fade as he began to feel more comfortable, or the tone of Katara's voice that made him feel safe. He shifted slightly in order to make himself more comfortable.

Katara slowly moved her head closer to his, stopping before she entered his personal space and whispered quietly. "Wanna try again?"

Aang's eyes grew wide and he blinked several times in disbelief. "Say what now?" he asked making sure he had heard correctly, and his heart began to race with anticipation. A mere second passed before Katara seperated her lips to answer but to Aang it felt like a lifetime, he took in each moment as it went by, and he wanted to remember these moments forever.

But Katara did not seperate her lips to answer him, she seperated her lips to kiss him. And she did. She leaned forward and gave him a gentle kiss on the mouth.

Aang didn't immediately respond, the truth was he didn't know how to react. He had always dreamt of this moment, but he had never thought of how he would react and after a second he let his eyes close. He felt Katara's soft lips against his, and his heart skipped a beat as her lips stayed on his before pulling back slowly. Aang kept his eyes closed, wanting this moment to last forever. And his eyes fluttered open, but I look of worry was in his eyes.

"Whats wrong?" Katara asked, her face centimetres from his. She certainly had hoped that this was what he wanted, and she was hoping that he did want her and that she had not made a horrible mistake. Luckily she was wrong.

"I guess I just can't believe that just happened," he replyed breathlessly.

Katara laughed. "Me neither," she said. She leaned forward slightly and this time Aang leaned in and pressed his lips to hers, he let himself relax and this time he could feel the fireworks go off around him, it was just him and her, and not even being the Avatar mattered now.


There is prolly only going to be 1 or 2 more chapters in this story!! Thanks for all my wonderful reviewers!!

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