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Perhaps it was the candlelight, or simply the company she kept, but something about Mai seemed softer as she sat beside Zuko's bed.

The scene provoked feelings Katara would rather have not confronted just yet.

She lingered in the doorway, feeling like an intruder yet unable to walk away. Logically she knew she had no claim to him, yet seeing Mai holding Zuko's hand sparked a jealous flame within her just the same.

Katara's heart twisted painfully as the normally stoic noblewoman smiled fondly at her sleeping companion. There was tenderness in her gaze Katara had never seen before.

Love.