The date was a lot of fun after Katara relaxed. Rohan took her to a bar that had an impressive arcade tucked away in the had a couple of drinks and Katara destroyed them on a pinball machine. A few blocks away was a karaoke place and Rohan belted out a perfect rendition of a ballad from the musical "Cabbages!" All the while, Katara took pictures of their night, adding whatever stupid caption or sticker Rohan suggested.

At the end of the night, long before the actual night crowd started to get wild, they stepped out onto the street.

"Hopefully I'll see you before the debut, but at least promise to sit near me during dinner or something if I don't." They said.

"Absolutely." She replied and walked down to where she had parked her car.

When she got home, Katara took a shower and got into bed. In the dark, she scrolled through her Microdose feed. Sokka and Suki had both posted their engagement rings and she made sure to leave a heart and a comment. Rohan had added her earlier and they had already liked all of her pictures from that evening, which made her laugh. Much to her horror, she saw that they had also gone back to the earliest pictures on her account, found her in a bathing suit, and liked it. Putting her hand on her face, she laughed in embarrassment.

About halfway through the recent posts, she saw that Zuko had added a picture.

She had found him on her social media accounts after adding his phone number. At first, she had been nervous in sending him a follow request, but he accepted quickly. Sokka told her that he wasn't usually active, but Zuko was often the first to view her ClickTalk pictures.

And now he had posted.

They were shots from their beach trip; some of them even scans of the instant photos. Most of them were posted without any commentary at all, just a tag that showed they were all taken for the same event.

And then there was one captioned "Good Vibes Only sp_reclaimer72."

It was an instant photo of her and Zuko in the ocean. She was pushing a wave of water at him and he was failing to shield himself from it. Katara liked it and kept scrolling smiling to herself.

A text message popped up at the top of her screen.

Zuko: [Hey, how was your night?]

Katara smirked before rolling onto her side and texting back. [It was a lot of fun. Rohan is a cool person.]

Dots wiggled at the bottom of her screen for a while but ultimately disappeared. As Katara pulled up her keyboard, they started again and she stopped. Waiting, the dots wiggled and then disappeared.

With a sigh, Katara typed.

[I saw your pics from the trip. I already want to go back.]

The dots reappeared and a message finally followed.

[Me too.]

Katara rolled onto her back and held her phone up. It was a blue patch of light in her otherwise dark room and the screen went blurry.

[You do know that Rohan only asked me out to get on your nerves.]

[What?!]

Katara snickered and kept her arms outstretched as she typed.

[Yeah, but I wonder why that would get on your nerves?]

There were no dots for a good minute. Biting the inside of her cheek, Katara sat up and held her phone down in her lap. When they did finally show up, she exhaled in relief.

[IDK, I certainly don't like Rohan.]

Katara started to type but stopped as she saw more dots. She deleted her words hurriedly and waited.

[Want to see my favorite picture?]

Katara fell back onto her bed. [Sure.]

A large bubble opened and the loading circle spun quickly. When the image popped up, Katara snorted.

It was of her, sitting in her seat on the airplane, covered in blankets. The eye mask took up half her face and one of her arms was held out awkwardly as she tried to drink her glass of champagne. She looked a bit like a berry.

[Think I can post it?] Zuko asked.

[I'm going to be queen come midwinter, I don't see how you could pass up an opportunity like this.] Katara replied.

She then paused and Zuko didn't seem to be responding. Taking in a breath, she typed quickly.

[Hey, Zuko, does the stuff I did freak you out at all?]

He responded quickly. [No.]

She let out the breath with a smile. Rolling back onto her side, Katara tucked an arm under her pillow to prop up her head.

[You don't need to worry.] Zuko texted. [None of that will affect you being queen.]

Katara frowned and used her free hand to swipe over her keyboard.

[What?]

[I'm saying you don't need to stress about the war stuff or having been the Painted Lady when you're queen.]

[Zuko. That's not why I'm asking.]

[What do you mean then?]

[I'm asking because I like you and you don't seem to have any feelings on the matter one way or another.]

The dots did not appear and Katara tossed her phone down, burying her face into her pillow. After a moment, she turned back and saw her screen still lit, and a new message.

[I like you too, but obviously it's complicated.]

[Why? Because we're both going to be heads of states that were enemies in the last war?]

Katara scoffed to herself and tugged up her blanket.

[Katara I don't think you realize what this is. You're not going to just be a princess, you're going to be a ruling monarch.]

She stared at Zuko's text, feeling her throat dry.

[There's a lot I can't do with you.] Zuko texted. Sighing, Katara swiped over the keys.

[Well, what can we do between now and then?]

The dots started immediately.

[I'll think of majesty.]