"M…chocolate." Zuko stood with his face pressed against the window, gazing almost lovingly at the box of cherry-centered chocolates on display. "It's been so long since I've had anything with sugar…" he muttered, checking to see if anyone else was around. "I mean, I'm sure they won't miss just one box…"
"You know, I think they will. You are so immoral!" Zuko let out a rather girlish shriek and whirled around to see Katara standing right behind him, glaring with her hands on her hips.
"But – you -" he stuttered, his face heating up. "I…I wasn't really going to steal it!"
"Sure you weren't," she snapped, giving the firebender a pinch on the wrist. "And don't you 'Ow!' me. You deserved that pinch, and you know it!"
Zuko glared at her. "You know, I was just going to take one box! And….and why don't you ever give us stuff with sugar?!?! Your….your de-sugarfying us!"
She snorted. "Like heck I am. Now come on, let's go get some melons."
He muttered something about being sick of melons, but a sharp glance from Katara quieted him. The waterbender dragged him into the center square, immediately heading over to the fruit cart. "Now stay there!" she called back to him.
Zuko grumbled under his breath and turned to examine a finely carved walking stick, proudly displayed by a young merchant. Suddenly, the square was filled with shrieks of "Thief!" and "Come back here!"
He whirled around, only to see Katara rushing toward him, a green melon in hand. "Come on!" she yelled, snatching his arm and jerking him into a dark alley.
Suddenly, something clicked. "So, who's the thief now, hm?" he asked smugly, trying to keep up with her sprinting.
Katara didn't answer. "Look! A door!" She ran towards a peeling door and began to push on it desperately. "Well! Don't just stand there! Help me!"
Zuko began to shove with all his might at the door; glancing back to see if anyone had seen them yet.
"Push harder!" Katara growled, her hair slipping into her eyes.
"Wait, is it just me or does that sign say 'Pull?'" Zuko gave the door handle a hard yank, and the entrance immediately came open, revealing the back of a rather dreary looking shop.
"Get in!" Katara hissed, shoving the Firebender in front of her. He rushed inside, pausing to look around the shop.
"So," Zuko began, turning to his companion with an incredibly smug look on his face, "Who's the immoral one now?"
She shot an icy glare at him. "Oh, come on! It's for Aang! If they'd known we were friends with the avatar...and besides, one day we'll probably save them from some freakishly large and rare animal! Like...like some sort of bear! Then they'll be happy to give us melons, all the melons we want, won't they?"
He gave her a strange look. "Okay...I guess I see your point with the whole avatar thing, but I do have one question - what the hells a bear?"
Okay..."Push harder" is not excactly in the middle, but that was the best I could do. I'm not sure...does this count as Zutara? They're both in there, that's for sure...R&R!