Katara stood straighter as she heard Zuko approach. Tonight, she was determined to tell the firebender that they could not keep meeting.
But then...He walked over, and without a word, he kissed her. And it wasn't Katara's fault she kissed him back! He was just so...forceful.
Wait. Crap. I'm not supposed to see him anymore...
"Zuko."
He brushed her bangs out of her face.
"Hmm?"
"We can't...We can't keep meeting..like this."
"Like what?" He smirked. Stupid boy.
"Secretly."
He frowned, tilting his head foward so it touched hers.
"Why not?"
She bit her lip and looked down. "We're too different."
Zuko sucked in his breath.
"I wouldn't say so."
"Why?"
He laughed. "It may not seem like it, but we are similar in many ways."
She rolled her eyes. "Name one."
"Our families are important to us." For a brief moment, Katara thought of their mothers.
"As is the case with almost every other human being."
He laughed, despite Katara's displeasure.
"Katara, you know you can't get rid of me."
"I can too. I could leave you right now."
He kissed her again, sending that spark through her.
"I'd come back to you. And you would come back to me."
"I would not."
He smiled. "Opposites attract, Katara."
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