Chapter 8: Surprises

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Katara sighed a little as she stood slumped over the counter with her hand on her chin. It had been a rainy day today, meaning that business was pretty slow, making her day just drag out longer than it usually did. She had already done everything on her list of chores that she was supposed to do when she wasn't taking orders, and now she wasn't quite sure what to do.

Usually, if there wasn't anyone in the restaurant, she would play some music that the others would agree to and try to have some fun, but there was an elderly couple enjoying a light snack not too far away from her, meaning that she couldn't do it.

Not that she blamed them, of course. Actually, she enjoyed seeing them there. It was clear that the two had been married for a long time, and were still very much in love as they ate their food. It made her happy to know that there were people who could spend their whole lives together and be happy. It also made her happy and excited to think about a possible future with Aang.

They had confessed to each other that they loved each other a few months ago, and their relationship had only grown stronger since then, but Katara couldn't help but wish that Aang would ask her to marry him. She knew without a doubt in her mind that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, even if they hadn't been dating a full year yet. He was the most amazing person she had ever met, and she wanted to have a family and grow old with him.

Though, admittedly, finding out that he was the Avatar had complicated her plans for that a bit. As he had told her, he wouldn't be able to just completely settle down in one place forever. His duties would make him go around the world to check up on each country to make sure that peace remained between them all. Although this certainly hindered her plan a little, she knew that she could still have a family with him. There would just be a lot more travelling involved than she had originally thought.

It would be worth it, though, if it meant that she could be with him. Besides, she had always wanted to see the world, and this would be the perfect opportunity to do just that. As much as she loved her home, she loved Aang far more, and would follow him to the ends of the Earth to be with him. No matter what, as long as she was at his side, then she was right where she wanted to be.

The sound of the restaurant door opening snapped her out of her thoughts, making her snap to attention as someone came walking in. Feeling happy that she finally had something to do, she mentally prepared herself to be ready to take their order when she finally saw the customer, becoming surprised as she saw none other than the very man she had been thinking about just moments ago.

"Hi," he grinned as he walked up to the counter. "I don't know if you know Katara? She's this really pretty, amazing-" He was interrupted when Katara smiled widely and walked around the counter, throwing her arms around his neck as she kissed him.

He couldn't help but laugh as he kissed her back for a few moments before whispering against her lips. "This is really unprofessional, you know," he joked, making her laugh as she playfully hit him.

"Oh, shut up," she grinned back at him before giving him another kiss. "What are you doing here?"

"I just got done with my… training," he lowered his voice to a whisper as he looked around to make sure that no one could hear him. "And I thought I'd come by and see you before I go help at the animal shelter."

Smiling as she heard this, Katara pulled him with her over to the side, wanting to talk to him where they wouldn't disturb the elderly couple as she sat down in a booth with him on the other side. "Well, I'm glad you did. It's been so boring here."

"Things have been that slow, huh?" he chuckled.

"You have no idea," she couldn't help but sigh as she looked around the restaurant. "I've been so bored, I've pretty much got the whole place spotless."

"I have to say, you did do a great job," he agreed as he looked around, seeing the tables sparkling and the windows completely see-through as he looked out at the pouring rain. "I'm sorry that you're so bored, though."

A smile slowly spread across her face as she thought of something. "Well, since you're here, maybe you could make me not so bored."

"What did you have in mind?" he asked curiously.

"Well… since it's so slow, maybe we could… have some fun," Katara murmured to him with a seductive smile, making Aang's eyes widen. He knew that she was capable of surprises, but he had not been expecting her to ask for that.

"Here? Right now?" he couldn't help but stutter out a little in surprise, making her blush a little and laugh as she nodded. "But you're working. Won't you get in trouble if we get caught?"

"Not if I go on my break," she shrugged simply. "I can do whatever I want on my break."

Although having some fun certainly sounded good to Aang, he still couldn't help but be a bit weary. After all, this was certainly a rather risky proposition. "Are we even allowed to do that here? This is a public place."

At this, Katara giggled a little for a few moments, finding his nervousness at the idea both funny and adorable as she gave him a warm smile. "We're not going to do it here, Aang. There's a bathroom over there," she pointed over her shoulder with her thumb at the door in the middle. "That we can use. It's only supposed to be for employees, but there's only two of us here."

Aang took all of this in, and after a few moments of thought, finally smiled and nodded. "Alright, but we have to be quiet. I don't want to disturb anyone here," he told her, making her smile grow as she nodded her agreement.

"Okay, sounds like a plan." Her eyes widening as she realized something, she put up a finger in the air before running over to the kitchen. "Toph! I'm going on break!"

"Whatever you say, Sugar Queen!" Toph yelled back, clearly too distracted by the heavy rock blasting through her headphones to care. Knowing that Toph would be fine on her own, Katara quickly made her way back over to Aang and grabbed his hand, making him laugh as she started dragging him towards their destination.

Upon reaching the door, Katara attempted to open it, but then remembered that it was locked. Letting out an annoyed sigh, she quickly dug through her pocket and fished around for her keys, smiling as she finally grabbed them and unlocked the door as quickly as she could. Once they were finally inside, she made sure that the door was locked and turned back to Aang with a sultry smile.

"I'm really glad you came here today, Aang," she told him as she wrapped her arms around his neck, making him laugh as he put his forehead to hers.

"Oh yeah?" he pretended to ask curiously. "Are you sure it's not just because I agreed to have some fun with you?"

"That's definitely part of it," she agreed with a smile as she moved her lips closer to his. "But you know I love seeing you, Aang."

"I love seeing you too, Katara," he breathed, his breath on her lips making her finally lose whatever self-control she had left as she kissed him, backing him up into the nearby counter as she tightened her grip around his neck. He kissed her back with just as much fervor, his hands settling on her waist as she tried to get as close to him as possible.

Though the two were very much content with just kissing for the moment, it wasn't long before they both felt the friction between them start to get to them, and they weren't sure how much longer they could last. It didn't seem to last much longer, however, as Katara completely lost it when Aang moved his lips to her neck, leaving a burning trail of kisses down her skin as she found that she couldn't take it anymore.

Forcing his lips back to hers, she brought her hands down to the edges of his shirt and started bringing it up, becoming thankful as he helped her get it the rest of the way off. She always loved seeing him shirtless, but she didn't have the patience to admire his body at the moment, as she wanted him rather badly.

Lifting her arms up, she watched as Aang got the message and quickly tore off her work shirt as well, leaving her in her bra and her work pants. Seeing that they were now equal for removed clothes, she decided to fix that as she kissed him again and reached down to unbutton his pants, getting it as quickly as she could as Aang started kissing her neck again, making her moans ring throughout the bathroom as he did so.

With that taken care of, Aang returned the favor and helped take off her pants as he continued to suck on her neck, making her need for him only grow as he worked on her. Feeling herself start to get a bit frustrated from how slow this was going, she ripped off his underwear without moving his lips from her neck, smiling as she saw that he was already quite aroused.

Seeing that he was fully undressed, he picked the young waterbender up by her legs and carried her over to the sink, placing her on it gently while resuming his attack on her lips as he reached around and started unhooking her bra. Fortunately for him, he had recently had a lot of practice with it, and got it off with ease.

Giving her one last kiss, he crouched down so he could level with her now quivering heat and reached up to her panties, making Katara only get more aroused as he pulled it down slowly. She wasn't sure if it was the way he was looking at her or if it was because she knew what he was going to do next, but either way, she was very much looking forward to it.

Once he had finally managed to get her lacy blue panties off, he threw them behind him and lowered his lips to her thighs, making her gasp with every burning kiss on her sensitive skin as he made his way down to her jewel.

There was a problem with this, however, as Aang seemed to enjoy making her wait for him to do what she wanted him to do so badly. He was taking his sweet time getting down there, and Katara wasn't sure how much more she could take before she fully lost it.

"Aang, stop teasing me!" she gasped as she covered her mouth, finding that she was on the verge of shouting from how badly she wanted him.

Smiling as he saw this, he granted her request and finally moved his lips over to her jewel, making her gasp and moan as he started tracing her lips slowly. Fortunately for her, he didn't keep teasing her for too long, and finally plunged his tongue into her.

When he did, she couldn't help but let out a loud moan, but she managed to slap a hand over her mouth to cover it up. After all, he had been right. She didn't want to disturb anyone else because of what they were doing. She just hoped that no one could hear them.

After a little while of licking, Aang decided to take things up a notch and stuck a finger in, making her gasp and throw her head back as she enjoyed this immensely. Just the sight of him looking at her from his position made her want to explode all over him.

Unfortunately for her, the sensations she felt simply became too much for her, and it wasn't long before she found herself calling out. "Aang!"

It took her a few moments to come down from her high, but when she finally did, she laughed as she saw that her juices had gotten onto his face. "Sorry," she apologized sheepishly, making him laugh as he simply wiped it off.

"It's okay. I knew what I was getting into," he assured her with a kiss as he leaned into her, making her smile as she cupped his face in her hands and pulled him closer. Pulling him closer had proven to be a problem, however, as his member started rubbing up against her lips, sending the fire back down to her loins as she kissed him more fervently before pulling away and looking into his eyes.

"I want you inside of me, Aang," she breathed. Needing no more convincing, he sunk his lips into hers and moved her so that he could have better access to her dripping wet jewel, placing himself at her entrance and not hesitating to enter as they both moaned, clearly enjoying the feeling of being this close to each other.

His thrusts started slow, not wanting to hurt her if he could help it. And although Katara appreciated that he cared about her so much, she also found herself wanting him to go faster, and it wasn't long before she told him what she wanted. "Faster, Aang," she whispered breathlessly against his lips.

Seeing that she truly was ready for more, he picked up his pace, his chest against her chest as he pounded into her. Though this certainly wasn't the best place for them to make love, it seemed to work for them, as they were doing just fine with what they had.

Katara could only continue to cling onto him as he had his way with her, his name spilling out of her mouth with every thrust inside of her tight heat. She often had to bite down on her lip to keep herself from screaming out in pleasure, but she thankfully had managed to not be too loud yet.

Though, as his pace continued to pick up, she wasn't sure how much longer she would be able to keep herself quiet. With the feeling of his large member inside of her and the feeling of having him so close, she was in true bliss, and she couldn't help but feel like she was about to scream out in pleasure.

Slamming a hand over her mouth as she felt him go even faster, she forced herself to scream out his name into her hand as she climaxed again, making him slow down as he noticed this. Once she had finally ridden out that wave of pleasure, she couldn't help but laugh sheepishly, as she had finished twice in so short a time.

"Sorry. I… guess I just really enjoyed it," she breathlessly told him, making him laugh as he leaned down to capture her lips.

"It's okay, Kat. I understand," he whispered against her lips, making her smile as an idea came to mind. As much as she loved having him inside of her, he had done her a favor at the beginning of their love making, and she wanted to return the favor.

Managing to pull herself off of him, she watched as he took on a confused look, but put a finger to his lips as she hopped off of the counter and got down on her knees, making his eyes widen as he saw her grab his shaft with her hand and looked up to him.

"Just enjoy it, Aang," she whispered to him with a smile before wrapping her lips around his sensitive head, making him gasp and moan as he felt her start moving her head up and down his length. This wasn't the first time that she had done this for him, but he still couldn't believe how amazing her mouth felt on his length.

Seeing that he was clearly enjoying this, she decided to step it up a bit and started licking the sides of his length, tracing every detail of it that she could with her tongue and enjoying the look of pure bliss on his face as she did so.

Though as much as she knew that he was enjoying her licking him, she knew that he enjoyed her mouth on his length more than anything and went back to it, forcing herself to go deeper and deeper on him as he took her hair in his hands and put it behind her head.

Normally, she would keep going until he finished, but she knew that if she let him finish now, it would be over. Not that he couldn't go again after a few minutes, but she was fairly sure she had already taken up most of her break from what they had been doing, and did not want to push her luck.

Instead, before he could finish, she pulled her mouth off of his length and turned around, leaning over the counter as she looked back at him with a seductive smile. "Come on, Aang. I don't have all day."

Feeling even more aroused at the beautiful sight of his girlfriend's rear end sticking out for him, he didn't waste a moment and put himself inside of her, making her gasp as he lost all control and just went for it. Using all that he had in him, he pounded into her with every last bit of energy he could use, making her squeal and moan his name in equal measure as she clung onto the sink.

Feeling himself get close to the edge, he tightened his grip on her hips and leaned down to kiss her neck. "Katara," his breathless moan drifted into her ears, making her shiver pleasantly as she felt his hot breath on her ear. "I'm close."

"Me too," she groaned back, turning her face around to give him a quick kiss before allowing him to continue. With a few more thrusts inside of her, she finally couldn't take it anymore and exploded on him. "Aang!"

Feeling her climax send him over the edge, he finally couldn't hold it back anymore and climaxed as well. "Katara!" Thrusting a few more times as he emptied himself inside of her, he let out a relaxed sigh and pulled out of her, some of his sperm leaking out of her jewel as he did so.

Normally, he probably would have panicked, but thanks to Katara being a master waterbender, she simply pulled the rest of his sperm out of her and brought it to her mouth. Aang wasn't really a person who got aroused at something like that, but seeing the most beautiful girl in the world happily swallow his seed seemed to turn him on a bit as he watched her do so.

Ignoring this, he couldn't help but laugh a little as he looked around the room, seeing their scattered clothing all over the place. "Wow. We really made a mess in here, didn't we?"

"Yeah, I think we did," she agreed with a chuckle back as she turned around and walked up to him, giving him a long kiss that he responded to eagerly. No matter how many times she kissed him, each kiss was just like the first one, and he could never get enough of it.

Unable to keep a smile off her face as she kissed him with equal passion, she reluctantly parted from it as she remembered where she was. Their… activity had completely distracted her from where they were.

"Well, as much as I would love to go another round, I should probably go back to work," she sighed sadly, making Aang frown a little as well.

"Yeah, I guess you should. I should probably get going, too. Those animals aren't going to help themselves," he joked, making her laugh as she gave him another kiss.

"Come on. Let's get dressed and I'll walk you out," she murmured against his lips before giving him another kiss and began gathering their scattered clothes. Before long, the two were once again fully clothed and, not sure of whether anyone had heard them or not, Katara peeked out of the door and was relieved to see that no one had seen or heard anything.

With this reassurance, she motioned for Aang to follow and walked back out to the main part of the restaurant, becoming relieved to see that there was no one in the restaurant except for Toph. Feeling better, she turned around and gave Aang a smile. "Well, I guess I should go figure out something to do for the rest of my shift. Did you have anything in mind to do tonight?"

"You mean besides have sex in a public restroom?" he joked quietly, making her laugh as she playfully hit him on the shoulder. "We could have another movie night."

"That sounds great," Katara smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply, making him smile as he kissed her back and wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her closer. If Katara was sure that she hadn't already exceeded her break time, she likely would have kept kissing him for a while, but she knew that she needed to get back to work.

Reluctantly pulling away from him, she gave him a smile. "I love you, Aang."

Giving her one more kiss, he looked into her eyes and smiled back at her, finding that every time he heard her say that to him made him the luckiest man in the world. "I love you too, Kat." Unable to stop herself, she gave him one more long kiss before reluctantly pulling away, watching him give her another smile and a kiss on her cheek before walking out the door, stopping as he looked back and gave her another warm smile before walking away, making Katara sigh as she watched him go. If she had it her way, they would never be apart, as cheesy as it sounded to her. She couldn't help it, though. Aang was everything to her.

Knowing that it wouldn't do her any good to keep thinking about him, she turned around and started making her way back over to the counter, being surprised that Toph was leaning against the counter at the front of the store. She almost never left her spot in the kitchen unless it was time for her to go.

"Well, it looks like someone had fun," Toph remarked with a smirk, making Katara blush as she refused to look at her, instead choosing to focus on the counter as she started wiping it down.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she responded carefully, hoping that her friend hadn't heard anything that had happened, but knowing that she probably had if she was acting like that.

Unfortunately for her, she had been right, as Toph just snickered as she stopped leaning and grinned at her friend. "Oh please, Katara. I heard everything."

"Heard what?" Katara asked nervously, hoping that she had just heard them talking as she tried to focus on scrubbing the counter that did not need to be scrubbed.

"Oh, Aang! Oh, Aang!" Toph mimicked in her best impression voice, making Katara wince and sigh as she stopped scrubbing the counter.

Knowing that there was no point in trying to pretend like nothing had happened, she looked over to her friend with a mixture of pleading and great annoyance on her face. "Please, don't tell anyone about this."

"Who am I going to tell? The manager went home," she joked, making Katara glare at her friend as Toph just laughed it off. "I'm kidding, Sugar Queen. I won't tell anyone."

"Thank you," Katara couldn't help but sigh in relief. The last thing she needed was for her to get yelled at by a manager for doing something that she technically wasn't supposed to do. Especially considering that she had done more than just fraternized with a customer.

"Hey, what are friends for? Though, now that you've done it, I'm going to invite Satoru over here for some fun, too," Toph added with a wolfish grin, making Katara sigh as she knew that she had this coming.

"Fine. But please at least tell me what day you're going to do it so I can bring my ear plugs."

"Eh. We'll see," Toph's grin turned into a smirk as she walked back to the kitchen, making Katara sigh again as she knew that she would have to keep an eye out for Satoru coming in. Knowing her friend, she would do it on the day that she least expected it, meaning that she would have to bring her ear plugs every day from then on.

Though this was annoying, she couldn't say that the trouble hadn't been worth the time she spent with Aang. She would listen, albeit grudgingly, to Toph and Satoru doing things a hundred times if it meant that she could have Aang there with her everyday.

Shaking these thoughts off, the young waterbender decided to find something else to do, thinking of the man she loved as she found herself looking forward to their movie night.

A few hours later, Katara found herself walking out of the door. She usually worked nine to fives, but tonight she had agreed to cover for one of her coworkers, meaning that she was walking out as it was dark. It was a bit strange, as usually she was already home when it got dark out. Or, at least she was usually with Aang when it got dark out, anyway.

Making her way over to her car, she was just about to unlock it when she heard a sound come from nearby. Looking around, she couldn't quite seem to find anyone, not even an animal that could have been digging through the garbage. There was no one there.

Deciding that she had just imagined it, she shrugged it off and once again attempted to unlock her car, but became startled as she heard the same sound come from the nearby alley. Knowing that it probably wasn't a good idea to go down there, but feeling better knowing that she had her handy pepper spray that her father had gotten for her and being surrounded by her element in the pouring rain, she slowly started making her way over to the sound and looked around. Upon first glance, there didn't appear to be any sign of something being there, but it wasn't long before she saw a shadow not far away.

"Hello?" she called out through the rain as she held one hand above her head, making sure that the rain didn't come pouring down on her as she kept the other on her pepper spray. "Is everything alright?"

As she got close enough to see the person standing there, she became surprised as the person took off their mask, revealing them to be a girl with jet black hair and piercing amber eyes.

"Take her," the girl commanded, making Katara confused until she saw to shadows come from around the corner, making her yelp as she prepared to fight them, but wasn't given the chance as another shadow appeared behind her before she felt a hard hit on her head, making her groan in pain before she slumped to the ground unconscious.

"Good work, gentlemen. Now, get her out of here. We don't want to attract any unwanted attention, do we?" Azula rhetorically asked as she looked down at the knocked out waterbender, watching as her guards picked her up and started dragging her to the car. Smiling to herself, she then said. "Father will be most pleased." before following them, knowing that there was one more thing for her to do before she could return home.

"Katara! I'm home!" Aang called as he walked in, shaking off the rain from his coat before hanging it up on the coat hanger and taking off his shoes and walking into the apartment. To his surprise, he was met with no response, making him curious. Maybe she was in the bathroom?

Appa and Momo came walking up to him as he stooped down to pet them. "Hey, guys. Is Katara here?" The animals didn't say anything, making him get a little worried. He understood his pets well enough to know that no response meant 'no', as he knew that they understood what he was asking them. "Where is she?"

Hearing a knock at his door, he quickly turned around and made his way to the door, hoping that it was Katara and that she had just lost her key or something, but was surprised to find that no one was there. Looking down, he became even more surprised to find a plain-looking box with a note attached to it. Picking it up, he decided that the note was more important and opened it up, his eyes widening as he read it.

Avatar Aang. If you ever want to see your girlfriend again, you will do exactly as we tell you. Go to the old Fire Nation ruins and surrender yourself to us. Only then will your girlfriend be spared. Failure to cooperate will mean her death. If you do not believe us, here is some further proof to ensure your cooperation.

Feeling a horrible sinking feeling in his stomach, he kept the note in his hand and slowly opened the box, gasping as he saw none other than the necklace that had previously belonged to Katara's mother inside of it.

Seeing the proof that she really was in danger, he dropped the box and note and immediately ran back inside, grabbing his jacket and pouring some food and water for Appa and Momo before running out of the apartment, knowing that he would do whatever it took to make sure that she was alive.