Katara woke up to the sound of her brother's music blasting. She groaned and sat up, glaring at her closed door. She tossed the covers off of her and stomped out of her room.
She banged on the door to her brother's room, "Would you keep it down idiot!?" She heard some rustling before the door opened, "Some of us are trying to get some sleep."
Sokka raised an eyebrow, "It's the afternoon on a Saturday."
Katara was silent for a minute then realized it was rather bright. She frowned and walked away.
She walked into the kitchen and saw her dad sitting at the table reading the newspaper, "Morning dad."
Hakoda looked up and smiled, "Morning sleepy head. Long night?"
"Yeah, I was finishing my homework so I'd have a free weekend." Katara replied as she walked up to a cupboard.
"Well now that you're up, you can go check the mail."
"Sure, I mean Sokka has been up longer than me but I guess it's too hard for him to walk that far." Katara replied as she walked to the front door
She walked outside and to the mailbox when she noticed the moving truck next door. A few men were lifting furniture and carrying them in. But what caught her eye was the brown haired boy that looked to be her age.
He was carrying in boxes handed to him by an older man. At one point, he looked over and they made eye contact. They both blushed and looked away from each other.
Katara quickly opened the mailbox and grabbed the mail inside. She walked back to the porch after closing the mailbox. After getting one last look at the boy, she entered her house.
She walked back into the kitchen and set the mail on the table before going back to the cupboard.
"Did you see we're getting new neighbors?" Katara asked as she grabbed a box of cereal.
"Yeah, I talked with one of them. The older man. His name's Gyatso." Hakoda replied as he folded the newspaper and got really serious, "He said his daughter recently died and his son-in-law is in jail so he's taking care of his grandson."
Katara had sat down with the cereal, milk, a bowl and a spoon while he was explaining everything, "Oh wow…"
"His grandson's name is Aang, he's in your grade. Think you could show him around school Monday?"
Katara hid her blush and nodded as she filled the bowl with cereal and milk, "We should go to the store today and get them some groceries." She suggested before eating a spoonful of cereal.
"That's a good idea Katara."
"What is she gonna make us do now?" Sokka asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"We're gonna go get groceries for the new neighbors next door." Hakoda replied as Sokka opened the fridge
Sokka pulled out a can of soda as he asked, "Someone finally bought that house?"
"Yeah, it's a grandfather and his grandson." Katara replied
"Well if we're gonna go get groceries, you're gonna need to go get changed." Hakoda said to Katara
Katara stopped chewing her cereal and looked down at her clothes. She struggled to keep her face from going red.
Fantastic. The new cute boy next door just saw her in her pajamas. Great first impression.
Later that day, the three had gone to the store and got enough groceries for a month before heading back home to deliver the groceries to their new neighbors.
Hakoda knocked on the door. After a few seconds, a kind old man opened the door.
"Oh, Hakoda right?" Gyatso said with a smile, "What can I do for you?"
"Since you just moved my daughter had the idea of going to the store. So we bought some groceries for you." Hakoda replied
"Wow, thank you so much!" Gyatso said then stepped to the side, "Please, come in." Hakoda and his two children walked inside, "The kitchen is in the back, just past the dining room." Gyatso said as he closed the door and then led them to the kitchen.
Once they got in the kitchen, the three began helping Gyatso put the groceries away while talking with him. Then they heard footsteps coming down the stairs and Aang walked in a few seconds later.
"Grandpa, where do I put the empty boxes?" He asked, looking down at the box he was holding. Then he looked up and saw the others in the kitchen, "Oh uh… hi." He made eye contact with Katara and struggled to hide his blush
"Aang, this Hakoda and his kids Sokka and Katara." Gyatso said, "They live next door and brought over groceries for us."
"Do you need any help putting them away?"
"No, I think we got it. You can put the empty boxes on the porch and we can slowly get them thrown away."
Aang nodded and gave them a smile before leaving. Katara felt butterflies in her stomach when he smiled and struggled to hide her blush. She was brought out of her trance when Sokka pulled out a package of steak.
"Does this go in the freezer or do you have a meat fridge in the garage?" He asked
"Oh, actually we're vegetarians." Gyatso replied as he put away the canned goods.
"Oh sorry, we didn't know." Hakoda said
"Don't worry about it, that's just how everyone in my family was raised, including Aang. But we don't judge anyone else for eating meat or get disgusted by it. We still eat and drink dairy though."
"That's interesting how your whole family was raised like that." Katara said as she started putting things in the fridge, "Is it a part of your culture?"
"I apologize in advance for all the questions my sister will ask. She's a history nut." Sokka said as he moved the meat aside
Katara shot her brother a glare as Gyatso laughed a little, "It's okay to be a curious soul. Our family is Tibetan, we used to be nomads."
"So what should we do with this meat then? We already have enough in our freezer." Hakoda asked
"Dad, we can never have enough food." Sokka said
Katara rolled her eyes, "Yeah, because you always eat everything."
Gyatso chuckled, "I noticed a homeless shelter as we were driving into town. We could go donate it to them. Aang and I were going to go sign up as volunteers later."
"Oh! I know the shelter you're talking about! I volunteer there as well!" Katara replied
"We can go donate the meat right now then." Hakoda said
"Sounds like a plan, I'll go tell Aang." Gyatso said before walking out of the kitchen.