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Zuko leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed smiling fondly as he watched his wife finish getting ready for the day.
Katara looked at him through the mirror as she placed her crown in her elegant bun, the diamonds of her new tennis bracelet that he had given her catching the sunlight. "What?" she asked with a smile.
Zuko shrugged and smiled "Nothing," he said as he pushed off the doorframe and walked towards her. He put his hands on her shoulders and brought his face next to hers "I just like watching you get ready," he said as he planted kisses along the side of her neck.
"Were you always this creepy?" She asked before letting out a laugh when his breath tickled her, making gooseflesh rise on her skin.
"Only when it comes to you," he said and relished in hearing Katara let out a small moan when he bit the juncture of her neck and shoulder.
"Stop," she whispered as she half heartedly pushed him away with her shoulder. "You're going to leave a mark."
"Good," Zuko said as he began sucking on the love bite.
"Mm not good for me, I can't have something like that showing, it isn't proper," Katara said and shuddered when he gently licked the already sensitive spot.
"Then it's a good thing I got you this," he said and pulled out a diamond necklace that matched her bracelet.
Katara gasped in shock as Zuko placed it around her neck. "It's beautiful," she said as she gently touched it.
Zuko grinned and placed his hands back on her shoulders, his thumbs rubbing the exposed skin as he watched Katara gap at her new gift. "It really is beautiful," she said before turning a playful suspicious look to him in the mirror "why do you keep giving me things, especially diamonds?"
For the past two days since they made amends he's been giving her gifts. It started with two dozen roses. She was in the middle of a committee meeting when the doors opened and a servant brought in the large vase of roses, To start your week off right, the note read and all of the committee members, made up entirely of women, ooh'd and aah'd at the how romantic Zuko was.
Yesterday it was a diamond bracelet. He caught her when she and Lady Song were walking down the hallway, a tribe of women following them trying to get Katara's attention. "My Lady," he said as he pushed off the wall he was leaning on and grabbed her hand, making Katara stop and stare at him with an amused smile.
"My Lord," Katara said as played along and bowed as Zuko placed a gentle kiss along her knuckles, the women behind her awing with envy.
"Your wrist looks painfully bare," he said before giving her a deviant smile, "allow me to remedy that." He pulled out the diamond bracelet and placed it around her wrist, the women around her gasping in excited shock and awe.
Zuko kissed her hand before taking his leave, grinning widely as Katara stared at the diamond bracelet with speechlessness.
Now it was a diamond necklace.
Zuko leaned down and kissed her neck again "Because I love seeing you in diamonds."
Katara grinned and leaned her head slightly back so her lips were against his ear "If you like seeing me in them so much, maybe I'll surprise you one day and wear nothing but them," she whispered before giving the shell of his ear a seductive lick with the tip of her tongue.
She watched in satisfaction as Zuko's eyes became dark with lust. "Well why not let that day be today?" He asked as he reached for the zipper of her dress.
"Ah, ah, ah!" Katara scolded as she grabbed the hand that was reaching for her zipper. "We have a court meeting, remember?"
Zuko groaned making Katara laugh as she stood. Wrapping her arms around his neck she gave him a smile "Don't worry," she said brushing her lips against his "I'll make it worth the wait." She gave him a coy smile before he claimed her lips with his.
They heard the clock tower chime in the distance, indicating that the day was starting. They pulled away from the kiss with smiles on their faces.
"Ready?" Zuko asked and Katara nodded.
"Ready."
They walked down the hallway and towards the throne room hand in hand, smiling and nodding to the guards they pass.
When they reached the antechamber, Zuko and Katara released their hands and gave each other a firm nod before the doors opened.
Katara saw from her peripheral all of the court stand as she and Zuko entered. Everyone from the lowest courtier to the highest general was present. She heard men murmur with distaste as she walked next to Zuko instead of three steps behind him like the monarch's spouse is suppose to. But she didn't give a damn. At this moment she wasn't Katara, friend to all. She was Fire Lady Katara, queen consort and mother of the Fire Nation and no one will make her feel any different.
It was silent for a few moments after Zuko sat on the flaming dais, Katara taking her seat next to him.
Zuko overlooked the court with a critical gaze, his eyes scanning every single courtier there. "There seems to be some things that need to be cleared," he said coolly, "regarding the recent topics that are circling around." It was silent again as everyone intently waited for Zuko to continue. "It is true that I had a moment of indiscretion with a former partner. It was a huge mistake on my part and I apologize for my moment of weakness." Chattering suddenly erupted as the court gasped in shock.
"BUT!" Zuko said loudly grabbing their attention again. "Be assured that it will not happen again. I apologized to my wife, my family, and now I apologized to you, my people. Although I know it will take a while to fizzle out there is nothing standing in our way now that will hinder us from being able to move past the situation."
Low murmuring erupted again before Zuko cleared his throat. "Another thing I would like to clear up is the nonsense the gossip journals are coming up with. The Fire Lady and I are not divorcing and I am not giving up my title as Fire Lord to the Avatar. As I said all of that is nonsense; do not believe a word they say."
Katara saw some people nod while others whispered to the person next to them, no doubt denying what Zuko just said.
The room suddenly became warmer as Zuko gave the crowd a hard glare. "The last thing I want to clear up is the indecent treatment some of the women here give my wife." The room became silent again as the flames from the dais and the sconces became higher as he clenched and unclenched his jaw. "Most of you seem to be under the misconception that I do not know what is being said in my court about my wife and therefore think it's alright to be throwing around insults and harassing her like you aren't committing treason." Katara gave an inward smirk as she saw some of the snotty women gulp.
"Katara is my wife," Zuko said in the same cool voice, "which makes her your Fire Lady. And with that demands you give her the utmost respect."
He clenched his fist as he stared out into the crowd, looking at every female that he knew tormented Katara. "She is not infertile, she is not a gold digger, and Avatar Aang did not get rid of her like an unwanted pet!" He said, getting louder and angrier with each word. "I will not tolerate anymore disrespect in my court! If I so hear another word of disrespect I won't hesitate to cook your heart in your chest." The crowd was silent which irritated Zuko. "IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?!" He yelled and everyone seemed to snap out of their silence and bowed as they said "Fire Lord."
Zuko nodded in satisfaction "I have nothing else to discuss with you," he said with a glare. "You can continue on with your day."
The courtiers began shuffling out as Zuko gave out a sigh and drooped his shoulders. He felt Katara slide her small fingers between his own and gave them a small squeeze. "I wasn't too soft was I?" He whispered to her, watching as the last of the remaining courtiers walked out of the large hall.
"No," she whispered back.
Zuko looked down "Are you sure?"
Katara knew it was always one of Zuko's fears to be seen as a weak Fire Lord. She remembered when he was first crowned and he had come into the guest room she was staying in asking her if he should have given Iroh the crown instead of himself, claiming that he was too soft and weak to be Fire Lord.
Katara placed a hand on his cheek turned his face towards hers "Sweetie, you threatened to cook their hearts within their chest," she saw Zuko try to hold back a smile, "I'm more than sure."
Zuko put his hand over Katara's and kissed her palm. "I didn't want to be that awful to them," he said as he leaned into her hand. "But this isn't my father's court anymore, it's mine and I won't tolerate their prejudice against you or anyone else."
Katara smiled before giving him a chaste kiss "They'll eventually come around," she said and stood. "You'll see."
Zuko stood and followed Katara down the dais steps. "I hope so; dealing with these people gives me a headache."
Katara laced her fingers through Zuko's "I know," she said "and you're about to get a migraine because you have that society meeting with them today."
"No I don't," Zuko said as he tugged Katara along.
"What do you mean no you don't? You didn't cancel the meeting did you? You know how important that meeting is and -"
Zuko stopped and placed a hand over Katara's mouth, halting her sentence. "I didn't cancel it, I rescheduled it."
Katara opened her mouth to say something but Zuko beat her to it "I rescheduled it because you and I are going to see the sunrise."
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Katara inhaled the fresh air as she walked off the boat plank, the sound of the bustling market place music to her ears as she looked around. It defiantly was a vacation spot, with tiny shops and restaurants. She felt Zuko grab her hand and tug her along as people stopped and openly gapped at them before bowing.
"I'm so excited!" Katara said as Zuko helped her into the carriage before sitting himself in the seat across from her. "I don't think I've ever truly been on 'vacation.' Toph and I went to a day spa before but I don't think that technically counts as a vacation."
"Toph went to a day spa?" Zuko asked as Katara placed her feet in his lap.
Katara nodded "Uh huh. I think that was the first time Toph willingly did anything girly."
Zuko laughed "Apparently it was the last."
"That's not true," Katara said. "She does some girly things, like shaving her legs and gets her eyebrows done. And sometimes although very, very, very rarely she allows me to paint her nails."
"She does so much," Zuko teased.
"Hey trust me it's a lot more compared to when I first met her," Katara said as she gently kicked Zuko's stomach.
Zuko grinned and grabbed the foot that kicked him. "Speaking of shaved legs, you have very soft legs," Zuko said as he slid his hand up Katara's leg.
Katara gave him a grin "I try to please my husband," she said coyly.
"Mm, your husband is very pleased," he said as he kissed the inside of her ankle and spread her legs so he could settle himself between them.
Katara felt Zuko's lips on her neck as his hands slid further up her thighs.
"You have very soft thighs too," he said before sucking on her neck, making Katara gasp in pleasure.
Whatever witty comment that was on the tip of Katara's tongue flew out the window as Zuko sucked on her neck, no doubt leaving a mark.
"I seem to have a hard time remembering if anything else is… shaved that I should know about," he said huskily as he trailed his kisses to her lips.
"Well maybe," Katara said just as huskily as she looked him in the eye and moved his hand from its position on her hip to her center "you should find out."
Zuko quickly got over his shock and kissed Katara hungrily as he gently rubbed his thumb over her wet center, running his blunt nail over the spot where he knew the bundle that sent all women over the edge resided.
Katara gave a low moan before turning fierce blue eyes to him "Don't tease me," she hissed.
Zuko gave her a growl like laugh before pulling away, much to Katara's confusion and disappointment.
He sat back in his seat giving her a smug smile.
"Wh-what are you doing?" She asked angrily.
"Sitting," he said innocently.
Katara narrowed her eyes "Why did you stop?"
"The carriage is slowing."
"Then what was the point of all that?" Katara huffed.
Zuko gave her a one shoulder shrug.
"You did that on purpose didn't you?"
He shook his head, the smile still on his face as he shook his head.
Katara growled in annoyance and narrowed her as at him as she righted her dress, oh he was going to pay.
When the carriage door opened, Zuko gave Katara a wink before getting out.
Taking Zuko's offered hand, Katara gave his fingers a hard squeeze as she hopped out. Giving him a tight grin she turned her attention to the servants lined outside the main doors.
"Welcome to Grand Master Iroh's summer home," a servant said as he bowed.
"This is uncle's home?" Katara asked as she looked around. "What about Ember Island?"
"After the death of Lu Ten uncle never wanted to go back to Ember Island because it held too many memories for him. So he built this place instead. Besides, who wants to go back to Ember Island?"
"I guess," Katara said as she followed Zuko into the palace.
It was a gorgeous one story palace. The large glassless windows gave the palace an open airy feel, as the white walls and pillars contrasted beautifully against the dark wooden floors.
The servant led them throughout the palace, pointing out the rooms and the way to the dining room.
"And this is the Fire Lord's room, the Lady's is right next door," the servant said as he opened the large doors and bowed.
Katara nodded in approval as she looked around. Like her room back home, it had a large bed that sat in the middle of the room; a door she assumed led to the bathroom, an armoire resided on one side of the room while a desk resided on the other. Two large balcony doors opened to reveal a veranda that led out a courtyard, the courtyard led out to the beach.
"Very nice," Katara said as she walked out onto the veranda.
She felt an arm wrap around her middle as another pushed some hair away from her neck "Let's finish what we started," she heard Zuko say as he planted a kiss on her shoulder and moved upward.
Katara smiled "Let's go exploring," she said as she and pulled away, relishing in the disappointed look on Zuko's face. 'Serves him right for doing that to me earlier,' she thought.
Zuko made a whiny noise as he grabbed for her "I don't want to explore," he said as he wrapped his arms around her.
"You just want to get up my skirt," Katara said as she smoothed the hair on the back of his head.
"So?"
Katara laughed and kissed him "We have all the time in the world for that," she said as she pulled away from him again and grabbed his hand, "Let's go to the beach."
"Can we at least be naked?"
"Zuko!" Katara scolded and Zuko sighed.
"Fine, fine," he said and followed her to the beach.
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They spent the rest of the day at the market, Katara pulling Zuko to every tourist store and market cart.
After the beach, they changed out of their royal attire and into what Katara dubbed 'tourist clothes.' Her outfit reminded him of their time on Ember Island during the war, with her midriff baring crop top and her skirt. The only thing missing was the pants that she used to wear underneath. Her hair was in its normal half up top knot, her crown forgotten on the vanity back at the palace.
He on the other hand was wearing a sleeveless tunic and pants. His hair, now brushing passed his shoulders, was too up in a half top knot.
It was the most dressed down in public he's been in years.
"What do you think of this?" Katara asked as she tried on a straw hat.
"Are you going to sing me a love song as you row us on a gondola?"
Katara gave him an unamused look before breaking out into a smile, "You could've just said it was ugly," she said as she placed the hat back on the shelf.
Zuko shrugged his shoulders and wandered around the small shop, listening to the little words of interest from Katara every time she came across something that caught her eye.
"What do you think of these earrings?" She asked as she held up blue dangly earrings, a loud guffaw coming out of her mouth when she saw Zuko.
He was wearing a large gold hat with a feather sticking out on the side, which was so tall that when he moved towards her it hit the wind chimes hanging from the ceiling, startling the other patrons. A monocle was placed over his scarred eye.
"What?" he asked as he came towards her. "You don't think I look dashing?"
"No," Katara laughed out, shaking her head, Zuko closing in on her. "You look like ridiculous."
"My lady thinks I look ugly?" Zuko asked as he looked at her with shock.
"Just as ugly as you thought I looked in the other hat."
"I didn't say you looked ugly, it was the hat that was ugly."
Katara shook her head at him, the smile still wide on her face. "What do you think of these then?" she asked as she held up the opal earrings.
"Gorgeous," Zuko said in a posh accent, that reminded Katara immediately of her brother.
Katara shook her head "You need to stop hanging out with Sokka," she said before turning around and walking back over to the jewelry section. "Speaking of Sokka, what is he doing back at home; he said you gave him a special assignment."
Zuko took off the hat and monocle and gave Katara a grin. "Well, Officer Kahn is on vacation, uncle and Aang are still in the Earth Kingdom, you're here with me, and I don't trust anyone else,"
"Oh spirits," Katara said with a smile.
"So," Zuko continued, "I hope the rest of my council is having a great time with Wang Fire."
For the second time that day Katara let out a loud guffaw, this time doubling over as she clutched her stomach.
"That is too funny to imagine," Katara said as imagined her brother's alias sitting in Zuko's council chair, yelling and grumbling about lazy councilmen and fire flakes.
Zuko gave her another grin before moving some of her bangs out of the way and kissing her forehead. "I do what I can to keep my councilmen in check. Are you hungry?"
Katara wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him, resting her chin on his chest "Famished."
"Then home we go," he said in the posh accent again, before leading Katara out of the tourist shop.
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Zuko sat on the veranda watching the sun go down, listening to Katara prattle on about which herbs she liked to use for cooking.
He took a sip of his wine and turned his attention from the sunset to her, a small smile coming to his face as the diminishing sunlight reflected off her diamond necklace. Maybe he should make her a betrothal necklace. So it's almost seven months into their marriage, it would still count. Right?
"Why are you staring at me?" Katara's voice broke through his reverie.
"Because I think you're pretty."
Katara tried not to smile as she rolled her eyes "You're laying it on pretty thick today don't you think?"
"It's only because I want to get you in bed," he said nonchalantly before turning to her and giving her a grin.
Katara gasped out a laugh as she looked at him with disbelief. "Well if that's the only reason why you keep calling me pretty then I wouldn't count on getting any tonight, I suddenly have a headache," she said haughtily, taking a sip of her wine.
"Is that so?" Zuko asked as he stood.
Katara nodded her head and put her glass of wine down.
"That's too bad," Zuko said as he ran his fingers gently across her bare shoulders as he stood behind her chair, "Because I was fully expecting to show you a good time." He ran his hand down slowly down her chest, before slipping it inside of her shirt and fondling her breast.
"Are you saying," Katara breathed out as Zuko nipped her ear "that our wedding night wasn't a good time?"
"We don't remember our wedding night," he said trailing kisses from her shoulder to her ear. "But I fully intend on making you remember this time."
"Oh?" Katara strangled out, her focus solely on Zuko's hand and kisses.
"Mm hmm," he said before suddenly taking his hand out of her shirt and taking a step back from her. "But seeing as you have a headache, we're going to put that on hold. I'm going to go take a bath." He smiled to himself as he watched pure fury make its way onto Katara's face before he disappeared into the bedroom.
Oh he was definitely going to pay.
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Katara combed her hair in the steamy bathroom as she stewed in her anger for Zuko. Two times he left her wanting more and she wasn't going to stand for it. She smiled to herself through the mirror when she remembered the nice negligee that her ladies maids made her pack, much to her former embarrassment.
"It is like you're going on your honeymoon," Kyung giggled to her as they helped her pack.
"Yeah, you know what goes on during the honeymoon and he is a firebender," Chae giggled, making Katara's cheeks flame.
But now, she was glad that her ladies maids forced her to pack it. "Oh I'm going to get you so good," she said to herself as she grabbed the white sheer fabric hanging on the back of the bathroom door.
Katara felt Zuko's eyes on her the moment she walked into his room.
She could almost hear Zuko's mouth drop open when she slowly took off the white matching robe and placed it on a chair. She inwardly grinned to herself 'One point for Katara,' she thought.
Her negligee was silky white with thin straps and lace around the hem and neckline. It hugged her chest perfectly before flaring out, stopping at the middle of her thighs. Zuko's eyes haven't left her since she walked into the room.
Katara pulled back the heavy blankets and climbed into the large bed next to Zuko. Giving him a small smile, she laid down and turned on her side, her back facing him.
It was silent for a few moments before Zuko diminished the fire sconces, the room only lit by the moonlight shining in from the open veranda doors.
She felt Zuko place a kiss on her cheek as he put an arm around her waist "Did you wear this for me?" He whispered as he kissed her ear.
Katara turned and pushed him back "Maybe," she said coyly as she settled on top of him, "is my husband pleased?"
"You're husband is very pleased." He said as he placed his hands on her thighs.
"I'm glad," she said as she rocked her hips back and forth, grinning when she heard Zuko harshly intake air, "that my husband is pleased. Because there is nothing more a wife wants," she rocked her hips back and forth again, feeling the growing bulge in Zuko's silk pajama pants "than to please her husband."
She shifted so she was sitting on his thighs before slowly smoothing her hand up to the elastic band of his pants.
"You-your husband is ve-very pleased," Zuko stuttered out as Katara dipped her hand into his pants, grabbing a hold onto the erect mass and pulling it out of his pants. Katara gazed at it for a few moments, before grinning, 'Impressive,' she thought before refocusing on the task at hand.
"Good," she whispered huskily as she moved her hand slowly up and down, relishing in the loud moan that Zuko gave out.
She did this for a few minutes, watching as Zuko clenched his eyes shut and threw his head back as gripped the sheets tightly whenever she moved her hand a certain way. Little moans escaped his mouth here and there.
Katara felt him beginning to pulsate and right as he was about to finish she pulled away.
She saw his eyes fly open as she climbed off of him and hopped off the bed. "Where are you going?" He asked angrily as she put her robe on.
"I think I'm going to go sleep in my room," she said as turned to look at him, controlling herself so she wouldn't laugh at the completely enraged look he was giving her. 'Serves him right,' she thought. 'Another point for Katara.'
"You're fucking with me right now, right?" He asked and she knew he was trying to control his temper.
Katara mirrored the grin he gave her in the carriage when he left her in the exact position and shook her head. "I'm really tired," she said as she fake yawned. "See you tomorrow!"
She walked out the door and smiled fully when she heard Zuko give an angry yell, no doubt fire emitting from his fists. 'And point three for Katara, Katara is the winner!' she thought before shutting her bedroom door.
"Now, where are my real pajamas?" She asked out loud as she roamed around in the dark. "They're not in here," she said as she zipped her travel bag "bathroom maybe?"
Making her way into the dark bathroom, she felt the material of her pajama bottoms on the counter. "Found them."
After changing, which proved to be a much tougher task in the dark, Katara emerged from the bathroom and threw the negligee and matching robe into the corner where her travel bag resided. Making her way to the large bed that was calling her name, she suddenly felt a hand go over her mouth as an arm went around her waist, pinning her tightly to the body behind her.
But before she could freak out and retaliate she heard Zuko's voice "That was a very cruel thing you just did," he whispered harshly in her ear. "And now I'm going to make you pay."
"Why?" Katara asked breathily as Zuko began to assault her neck with kisses and nips "It's only pay back for what you did to me earlier."
Zuko turned her around so she was looking in his eyes "I didn't leave you with a case of blue balls."
"It was just as good as," Katara said defiantly.
She looked him over. His hair was all mused and his eyes were a stunning shade of dark gold, full of lust and anger. His breathing was ragged and he was shirtless, which was always plus in Katara's opinion.
He almost looked feral, and it drove her wild.
Bringing his lips urgently down to hers, she kissed him passionately, moaning when Zuko hugged her tighter to him. She felt Zuko lift her up and wrapped her legs around his waist, groaning in pleasure when her already wet center brushed against the bulge in his pants.
He placed her on the bed before he suddenly pulled away. "No," he said backing away from her. "I don't want it to be like this."
"What do you mean?" Katara asked, trying to keep her anger in line, if he backed out now there was no telling what she was going to do to him.
"I don't want it to be rough and quick, like our wedding night," he said as he ran a hand through his hair. "Not that, that wasn't great," he quickly covered. "It's just; I wanted the 'official' first time to be different, slow and sweet."
All of her anger with him dissipated as she looked at him. Zuko truly was a very romantic person and it melted her heart.
Standing she took his hand and pulled him close. He smelled like cinnamon and smoke, a heady aphrodisiac to her. She looked into his eyes and kissed him "Make love to me, Zuko," she whispered against his lips.
She felt the hand that was on her back clench as he pulled her closer and kissed her harder.
He gently laid her back on the bed and broke apart from the kiss to pull her shirt off, a wolfish grin coming to his face "No bindings?"
"Are you complaining?"
"Not at all," he said before going in for a kiss.
The rest of their clothes soon joined Katara's forgotten shirt as their hands explored each other's bodies, getting to know every dip and curve.
Anticipation and excitement flowed through Katara when she felt Zuko position himself at her entrance, the familiar feeling of euphoria took over when he pushed himself fully in.
Katara arched her back in pleasure as he began to set a slow and rhythmic pace, her nails dragging down his back leaving marks in their wake as moans escaped her throat.
She felt Zuko lift her up and place them into a sitting position, before continuing his sensual yet tortuous pace. Katara tilted her head back as a moan tore its way through her, resonating throughout the room. She felt the familiar heat pooling in the bottom of her stomach, as Zuko's thrusts became more hurried.
Katara met Zuko thrust for thrust as his hand found the charged bundle of nerves. "Look at me," he said and Katara tilted her head forward and pried her eyes open as the heat built more and more.
She gave him a searing kiss as he continued to rub her into a frenzy. Her eyes never left his as she finally fell over the precipice, her mouth open in soundless moan.
A few more thrusts and Zuko fell over his own precipice, this time his groan resonated throughout the room.
They stayed in the position, still connected. She gave him a lingering kiss on the forehead before he placed his head on her shoulder as she rubbed the back of his head, both of them holding onto each other tightly trying to catch their breath.
After several long minutes of occasional kisses, Katara felt Zuko gently lean them back before rolling off of her.
Zuko gathered her to his side and she laid her head on his chest, letting his still rapidly beating heart lure her to sleep.
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The first thing Katara noticed was that it was raining and hard. The second thing she noticed was a pair of warm lips kissing down her spine.
"Mmm," she groaned, hugging the pillow underneath her tighter "it's raining," she whispered and heard Zuko laugh.
"So it is," he said as he gently pulled the blanket away from her hips and angled them upward, giving her rear end an appreciative glance.
"No sunrise this morning and we probably won't be able to go to town, whatever should we do?" A smile came to her lips when she felt Zuko part her thighs and lean over her.
"Stay in bed all day," he whispered in her ear before slowly pushing into her, making a satisfied moan slip past her lips.
The day passed slowly for Katara. They breakfast, made love, played a game of Pai Sho, made love, saw who could through the most Pai Sho chips into a top hat from a distance, made love, tried to throw grapes into each other's mouths from across the room, before making even more love. And it wasn't even lunch time yet.
Katara's thighs were aching and her throat was sore, but she loved it. She never felt more alive and loved then when she was cuddled next to Zuko, spent and sated with dizzying feelings of love and completeness.
"What should we do now?" Zuko asked as he traced patterns on her shoulder.
Katara hugged him tighter and lifted her face to his, "I don't know I'm pretty content to just lay here."
Zuko gave her a smile "Tired?" He challenged.
Katara grinned and sat up "Not even close." Before she could make a move to sit on top of him there was a knock on the door.
"Your majesties, your lunch has arrived."
"Just a minute!" Katara yelled before dashing off the bed and throwing Zuko's red silk robe at him. "Answer the door; I'm going to get cleaned up," she said before dashing into the bathroom.
Zuko put his robe and answered the door. "We'll take our lunch on the veranda," he said and the servant bowed before rolling the serving cart to the open veranda doors.
He heard the bathroom door open and smiled. Katara was wearing a similar robe to his, but it was much, much shorter, stopping just above her knee and lifted ever so slightly as she brushed her hair back. He felt his throat tighten as his want for her creped its way back up.
"Lunch is served sir," the servant said, breaking him from his lustful thoughts. "Oh, um, thank you," he said and the servant bowed before walking out.
Katara gave him a smile and brushed her hand along his growing erection as she walked by. "Careful now," he said as he tugged her back, inhaling her sweet scent when her back hit his chest "we'll never eat lunch if you keep that up."
Katara ground her rear end against his erection, making Zuko groan "I'm sure this can wait until after lunch? I don't want it to get cold."
"Mmm nah," Zuko said as he lifted the hem of her robe, happy to find that there was nothing underneath, "I think we should take care of it now."
Katara laughed as Zuko tossed her on the bed, her robe coming loose exposing her breasts. "Come on Zuko, I'm hungry," she whined as he began to suck on her nipple, eliciting a moan from her.
"So am I, for you."
Katara snorted before gently pushing him away. "You firebenders really are insatiable huh?"
Zuko gave her a kiss before standing "You have no idea," he said as he helped her stand.
They ate lunch in relative silence before Katara turned to him, "I have an idea," she said putting the pear she was eating down. "Let's go play in the rain."
"What?" Zuko laughed out.
Katara stood and walked in front of him, untying her robe, "Come and catch me," she whispered to him before throwing her robe over his head and dashing away.
Zuko quickly stood and tore his robe off before chasing after Katara.
They chased each other around the courtyard, occasionally throwing their elements at each other.
"We're going to get sick," Zuko panted as he leaned against one of the veranda doors.
"No we won't," Katara said as she walked up the small step and stood in front of him. Zuko grabbed her hip and pulled her too him, enjoying the feel of her naked body against his.
"I love you," he said as he wrapped his arms around her, giving her a smile "and no one else."
Katara stared at him intently before giving him a searing kiss. It was something about seeing him covered in her element with a content smile on his face saying he loved her and only her that made her have the sudden need of his body connected to hers.
Never breaking the kiss, Katara pulled Zuko inside before pushing him on the bed. Bringing her lips back to his she crawled on top of him, "This time, I'm on top," she said before making them one.
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It was silent in the room except the dripping of the receding rain. The sky was darkening as night slowly made its way in. Katara laid on top of Zuko, her head under his chin as he ran his fingers lazily up and down her back.
"I love you too," she whispered.
She felt Zuko smile "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure," Zuko said sleep evident in his voice.
"What did you, Sokka, and Aang do on that all boys trip?"
His fingers stopped tracing "Do you really want to know?"
"I wouldn't have asked."
"We were going to the Earth Rumble tournament but ended up getting lost. We didn't have Appa or any map's because stupid Sokka wanted to take a boat, which ended up capsizing ruining all of our supplies."
"And huddling around naked?"
"Well, as we were trying to find our way back, we got lost in some jungle. A nasty lizard spit something on us when we walked passed it which dissolved all of our clothes. So while we were waiting for Appa to come and find us it started to rain. Thus in order to keep warm they had to huddle up to me, do you know how awkward that was?"
Katara smiled as Zuko continued "Finally after what felt like hours Appa came and we flew to Gaoling. And from there it was one of the best trips of my life. We went to the Earth Rumble, rode ostrich horses, ate at some of the best restaurants I have even been too, explored caverns. It was great."
"Sounds like you had a lot of fun," Katara said as she lifted her head and kissed him.
"Mm, hmm mm," he mumbled against her lips making her laugh.
Katara broke away and sat up, making Zuko whine "Where are you going?"
"I need to bathe I smell like sweat and you."
"So?"
Katara rolled her eyes and stood "You can join me if you want."
He was in the bathroom faster than Katara could say Yue.
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The sky was still a dark purple as Katara opened her eyes. She heard toucan-puffins squawking by the sea.
She rolled over to the slumbering Zuko and smiled, he was laying on his side a peaceful expression on his face.
"Wake up," she whispered kissing his ear.
"The suns not up yet," he mumbled.
"That's why we need to get up, so we can see the sunrise, now come on," Katara said before she rolled off the bed and towards the veranda.
It took a few minutes before Zuko groaned and sat up, blinking the sleepiness away. Getting out of bed, he didn't bother to put anything on. H planned on getting right back into bed and back to sleep right after the sun rose. He was delighted to say that yesterday's events wore him out.
He saw Katara standing waist deep in the ocean, as the morning waves gently crashed around her.
Treading through the water, careful to not be knocked over by the waves, he came up behind Katara and wrapped his arms around her as he kissed her head "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing," she said as she laced her fingers through his, "I'm so tranquil that I'm actually thinking about nothing. I wish we could stay like this forever."
Zuko smiled and kissed her head again, squeezing her gently, "Me too."
They stood in silence, locked in a lover's embrace watching the large orange sun come up from behind the horizon.
I...I don't even know what I wrote here. I hope it was satisfactory. And if there is a mistake in there, which there probably is, please forgive me.
I am sooo sorry that this took so long to get out. I went to Washington D.C. and then my parents house back down south for my mom's 50th birthday so this was kind of pushed to the back burner. But its out now and I hope you liked it!
Now I got some bad news: Work starts again next week so updates might be even slower than they were over summer. So please, please bare with me, I promise I will update as soon a I can. I'm not one of those writers who abandon their story. Plus I would give you a fare warning or an update or something if I did ever need to put this story on a temporary hiatus. Which will probably never happen.
Phew, now that that's over.
On another note: Got Rice 15278 was kind enough to point out to me that I never told you guys that I got the theme of this story from a Korean drama called Goong! If you haven't seen it I highly, highly, recommend it. It is one of the cutest shows I've seen and absolutely love it!
Anyway,
As I said I really hope you guys liked this chapter because I pretty much have no idea how to write smut. And even if I did we're technically not allowed to by FF rules to write anything too graphic...at least I think.
Thank you everyone for all the reviews and likes, favorites, etc.
It always makes an author happy knowing people enjoy their work.
So please keep reviewing and telling me what you think!
And I promise I will shed some light on what Zuko and Katara talked about when they made up after the whole Mai fiasco.
Love you all and until next time,
Me