I sat in a cushioned chair with armrests, a glass of water in front of me, surrounded by many important diplomats of the world's nations inside the earth king's palace. Many would consider it to be quite spectacular to be in the presence of kings and nobleman, but not from my perspective. It was yet another exhausting day to maintain what was the most important in the world: Peace.
I blinked to focus more on the person that was currently holding a speech. Some aristocrat by some region north of Omashu. And of course the speech was nothing but a complaint that he and his region deserved more support than any other and that I personally should solve his problems as well.
And that was exactly why diplomatics with nobleman often turned out to be everything but enjoyable: They just assumed that I not only knew an immediate answer to every problem but they also acted like I was their personal property they could use however it pleased them. And if it wasn't for the existence of my marvellous Katara and how much she helped me to deal with my destiny, then I am sure that at some point I would snap into the Avatar state and do something I might regret later.
But no, thanks to her I was able to control myself every time. I never was impolite in my responses and even if my temper heated up sometimes, I never verbally attacked anyone with insults. Well, with the words I spoke out at least.
I was a teenager so it was only normal that swear words came a lot more easy to me than before puberty hit me. Although I used them rarely with my tongue, it didn't happen that rarely that I cursed someone in my mind. It was just like my lovely waterbender always says: It's just about how good one is able to control it's emotions.
Oh Katara. Even the simple thought of her was enough to make me feel lovesick. She was two kilometres away from me at maximum and yet it felt as painful as it was when she was continents away. I honestly doubt that distance was a factor in our relationship: I either had her around me and I felt incredible or she wasn't around me and I suffered from multiple kinds of pain.
As the nobleman continued wining I saw imaginary pictures of us kissing again, I could smell the exotic scent of her hair, I could hear her giggling at my antics and I could feel her warm body touching mine. Oh man, I really wanted nothing more than to return home for the lunch break.
Speaking of lunch break: It was long overdue. The clock was already on a quarter to one, which means that this prick overrun by a lot of time and thus made me sit in the main meeting hall for fifteen minutes longer with an empty stomach.
I made a deal with myself to give him three more minutes and if he wasn't done by then, I would simply point out that it was already lunch break and leave. Politeness has it's borders when it comes to breaking the rules of a conference. And one of the most important ones was the regulation for the only break of the day: From twelve thirty to half past one.
I mean, how on earth can all the other people sit still on their chairs for more than five hours without the need to stretch their limbs? Was it an airbender thing to have the need to move or were they really so enthralled by the complaints of some rich people that they could ignore the pain in their rear?
I most certainly couldn't and fifteen additional minutes to more than five hours might seem like it's not a big deal, but it is.
I looked up at the clock over the exit of the meeting hall. Two minutes till I would get up. One and forty five second. Ninety seconds.
Completely unexpected, my friend the Fire Lord rose from his seat. The nobleman instantly fell silent and I felt all eyes directing their gaze at Zuko, including mine.
,,I'm very sorry to interrupt your well-prepared speech but it's already twelve -forty five and thus you overran the time limit. Now, I don't want to insult you, but unfortunately your speech was scheduled directly before the big break and that means that you just reduced lunch time by a fourth and I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all could use some nutritions." the black-haired man said. Mumbles of agreement and light chuckles went through the hall. The nobleman in his green earth kingdom clothes bowed respectfully to my friend before settling down on his chair again, with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance displayed on his face, probably cursing my friend for interrupting him in his mind. I looked at Zuko and thanked him non-verbally for his bravery and the scarred man noticed my glance and returned it with a wink. I grinned slightly, happy that not only I didn't have to stop the aristocrat from winging but also that I was just a few minutes away any more from reuniting with my beloved.
After a few more moments the hall slowly started emptying, most of the diplomats heading towards the dining hall where lunch was usually served. Some probably headed towards the bathroom and some went to their respective houses if they lived close to the palace, but that was the minority.
I got up as well and stretched every part of my body as far as I could and I couldn't hold back a sigh at the feeling of blood returning to some areas of my body again, especially my numb rear. For war one needs weapons of steel, but for diplomatics one needs a rear of steel to survive.
With a grumbling stomach I went to my friend from the Fire Nation and stopped by for a little chat. We often shared our experiences during conferences, for various reasons.
,, Today you are my saviour Zuko." I joked and patted my friend's back lightly.
,, You owe me. Maybe you could help me reconstruct my region more and then we're even?" he chuckled at his own joke and I rubbed my forehead, very well aware of the anecdote hidden in it.
,,Seriously, if this dude didn't stop winging ninety seconds from the point where you stopped him, I would have done it myself." Zuko looked at me in amusement.
,,Don't insult him baldy, his name is Zu Mung and he just politely asked for more help from us to reconstruct his region." he provoked and I rolled my eyes. Zu Mung. What a stupid name for a stupid person.
,,Yeah he was the politest person I've ever met." I ironically said with a bored tone.
,,C'mon Aang, there are people far worse than him." the firebender continued to annoy me and I groaned lightly.
,,I don't want to think about him or anything related to diplomatics right now. I just want to enjoy lunch now, so if you could excuse me.." I said and bent my staff from under the table into my hand.
,,You mean enjoying Katara, right?" the Fire Lord provoked me again and I laughed dryly. Always bringing the same bad ,,joke" and except the first time, it only achieved to make me wonder if Zuko traded his humour for his honour at some point.
,,Piss of scarboy." I only said as a retort for his stupid joke before I turned away from my annoying friend and headed towards the exit of the gigantic room, of course to the sound of his snickering.
When I was out of the palace I immediately took of with my gilder into the sky. I watched the world getting smaller under me as I gained height and the cool air made contact with my exposed arms and some parts of my upper torso. I inhaled deeply and smiled at the feeling of finally not being bound to a chair for the next forty minutes or so. Flying was just awesome, it made me feel good and a bit light-headed as well, that's why I often compare it with kissing.
Oh a kiss. That's what I needed right now. I felt my heart pounding harder against my rib cage just at the thought of Katara's lips on mine. I sped up my flying and not a minute later I landed on our balcony. As light on my feet as always I guessed that my lovely girlfriend might not have heard my landing and I planned to surprise her. I couldn't help but smile widely just at the prospect of seeing her again. I peeked through the kitchen window and the room was empty, so I peeked into the living room where I saw the most beautiful woman in the world sewing in an armchair, her back facing me. My whole body tingled at the sight of just her hair( the rest was hidden by the armchair) and I quickly lay my staff down on the balcony and entered the living room – everything with noises close to zero.
Now that I was inside I heard her humming, completely lost in her work and my heart melted at her beautiful voice. No bird in the world could twitter a melody as mesmerizing as my little dove.
I sneaked up on her and the scent of her hair filled my nostrils, intensifying the tingle in my body. ,,Katara." I said dreamily, completely at a loss for other words than her wonderful name. My girlfriend literally jumped out of her armchair and dropped everything in her hands as she heard her name called by me.
She turned around and faced me: Oh how I missed to see her angelic face. Those big blue eyes with a depth that had yet to find it's kind, those smooth and velvety soft lips begging for attention and the tanned complexion of her skin, it was all so alluring.
But her shock was all forgotten when we closed the distance to each other and I pressed my lips against hers, cupping her face in the process. I felt Katara wrapping her arms around my neck as she pulled me closer. I couldn't wait another second and walked us to the couch where I lay down and pulled my girlfriend with me, never breaking the contact of our lips for the split of a second. She climbed on top of me and I moaned in satisfaction of finally having what I craved the most in the last couple of hours. My eyes rolled back into their sockets as I felt her warm body pressed against mine, overwhelming my senses with the way she felt. Spirits, that is what heaven feels like.
,,Aang." the woman of my dreams purred against my lips and it only made me taste more of her delicious lips. Lips that tasted like salted caramel and made me an addict for the rest of my life. I plunged my tongue inside her mouth when she gave me the space and I attacked her aggressively, needing to intensify our snogging by the second. I wanted, no needed this so badly and I thanked the spirits that my babe was such a hungry woman as well.
,,Oh Katara." I tried to say but failed to phrase it properly as our lips were glued together. My girlfriend just made a ,,mhhh." and continued to fight with me inside her mouth. I felt her radiating body over me and her body heat made me go crazy. That woman was hoooot. In more than one way. And I completely loved it.
I couldn't get enough of her. The way she attacked me with her tempting lips, the way she felt on top of me and the way she purred for me made me feel pure intoxication. That girl took my breath away with her presence and I loved, desired, needed and cared for her more than for anything else on this planet. And she was fucking perfect.
I focused on her and her only. The world around me didn't matter any more, the only thing that still did were those delicious lips I was feasting on and the light moans of my beloved, a product of our mutual love. Her magical chocolate-brown hair cascaded down the sides of my face and the silky strands made me inhale the enticing scent. Like so often I lost myself in our snogging, it was an ancient ritual of love, independent of space and time. The woman on top of me was my anchor to this world, but she also was the only one capable of making me leave this planet with her love.
After hundreds, maybe even thousands of kisses we parted and we opened our eyes. I stared into eyes that went deeper than the mighty oceans and saw the heavenly smile on Katara's face.
,,Hey." I whispered and affectionately brushed my thumbs over her cheeks, my whole body tingling and also sweating after this badly needed act of love.
,,You scared me to death." she said with a giggle and I gently pulled her upper body down, so her head was resting on my chest.
,,I'm sorry for that my forever girl." I breathed against her ear and began to stroke her back softly. My girlfriend purred at my actions.
,,I missed you so badly, my love." she said and I pulled her even closer, afraid that if I didn't hold her tight enough she might vanish.
,,I missed you even more. You can't imagine how boring some parts of those conferences actually are." I sighed and Katara laughed lightly at my complaint.
,,Then it was a good thing that I didn't come along. I actually did something useful and went to the lower ring after you left in the morning and healed and treated people in need." I kissed her head and smiled at her proudly: She never abandoned people who needed her help and I admired her strength to do all of this voluntarily. Never taking, only giving. That was my girl.
,,You could be the Avatar's girlfriend instead of mine with that attitude." I chuckled and petted her hair. She looked at me with a playful smile.
,, Maybe I am the Avatar's girlfriend." She said and grinned at me challengingly.
,, How could you cheat on me! Get away from me, you horrible woman!" I played along and pretended to be shocked.
,,Well he is just a lot more handsome than you are and he looks so masculine, I can't stop thinking about him.." she rhapsodized with a sigh.
,,How can someone be more attractive than I am?" I tried to sound outraged and Katara giggled.
,,Well actually that's impossible." she said and I chuckled.
,,And I think it's a good thing that I am the Avatar as well." I said and Katara lifted her head from my chest over mine so her hair fell down over my face.
,,I love you Aang. So much." she whispered and her shiny orbs of sapphire revealed the azure blue flames of love behind those clear crystals.
Her lips descended on mine and I closed my eyes again. My hands travelled up her body and I tangled them in her gorgeous hair, feeling the thickness and the silkiness of her shiny strands. Her lips sealed mine and I sighed at the sensational feeling. This kiss was soft and tender but it was just as wonderful as any other kiss. The tempo was slow and I heard the small sounds our glued lips produced. It was sweet music to my ears.
This time I parted because I wanted to tell her the four magical words as well.
,,I love you Katara." I said in all seriousness and I saw her eyes lightening up before she snuggled herself against my chest again.
,,You spoil me with your love." She cutely purred and I couldn't resist but sigh slightly at the sound of her heart-warming words.
,,You never demand anything from me, you are just happy to have me and give me everything in exchange, you're the best boyfriend in the world."
Out of all the moments in the world, my stomach decided it was time to announce itself right now. Katara of course giggled and looked at me teasingly.
,,Well, you take nothing but the food you stuff into your mouth of course." Once again that woman amazed me at how quickly she could change her behaviour, being tame in one moment and in the next she had a cheeky comment at the ready. And I loved her for it.
,,Well then you should thank your girlfriend for being so foreseeing, 'cause she made lunch for you." Katara said, took my hand and got up from me. I pouted at the loss of body contact but I saw it was necessary, so I followed my girlfriend's lead and got up from our comfortable couch.
But the second I laid eyes on the laid table I questions the functionality of my eyes: How on earth didn't I sense a banquet like that when I first entered?
I blamed my love for the enticing waterbender. Said one who created all the dishes so she and I could enjoy them together.
,,You didn't have to do all of this for me." I gasped at the sight of all the food. The curry and the egg custard being the dishes that immediately caught my attention.
,, C'mon you'd do the same for me. And besides, I love cooking for the love of my life." She said and convinced me with two sentences.
,, Have I told you today that I love you?" I half-joked and gave my girlfriend an enamoured look before I sat down at the ebony-made table.
Because it was only the two of us I settled on the longer side of the rectangular table and Katara on the opposite side. Otherwise there would have been a distance of at least three metres between us, if we had settled on both ends of the massive furniture, and who would want that?
On the other hand the table was highly efficient when many people where in the house and everybody was hungry. It didn't happen often, but always was great to have when the need was there, like when we celebrated my beloved's sixteenth birthday here. We both were in the city for the same reasons we were currently in Ba Sing Se and so we invited all our friends to the house. Ah, good old memories, that day is more than one and half a year away now.
,,What are you thinking about, my love?" the sweet voice of my waterbender snapped me out of my daydreaming as I absently loaded my plate with salad and a few sliced carrots.
,,Your sixteenth birthday." I grinned, knowing exactly what she was about to say next.
,,Oh I'll never forgive you that you told me no one of our friends could make it and then after we had dinner in a restaurant they all were waiting to surprise me." She scolded me with her finger pointed at me. I snickered both at the fact that I could read her like an open book and how cute she looked when she felt enraged.
,,You are such an immature boy, y'know that?!" she countered, which only intensified my snickering.
,,I maybe was back then. Remember when I used to stare at you when I thought you weren't looking back in the day? Though you looked absolutely fantastic in that sky-blue dress you wore on your birthday." I asked her with a dreamy expression at the last sentence. That dress really was beautiful. A pity she grew out of it.
My girlfriend snorted.
,, Yeah, I remember. That day you didn't manage to close your jaw whenever I talked to you. Not to speak of all the staring. " , She paused for a second, ,,But you're still staring as much as you did back then! So don't tell me you've grown up." Katara retorted and I smirked dirtily at her in response.
,, Well, you make it hard for me not to stare at you with your appearance." I eyed her green dress hungrily, appreciating how it clung to every curve of her body.
,,Aang, behave." I heard her warning me and in one moment I changed my demeanour.
,,Alright." I gave her a simple smile before I dug into my food again…
,,And did you enjoy lunch?" my beloved asked me after I declared that I felt full.
,,Silly question my little dove." I chuckled and gave her an enamoured smile.
,,First of all: Nobody can cook like you and second if by some miracle I did NOT enjoy it, then I wouldn't have eaten 'till there is no more space in me for food." Katara giggled and gave me an amused look.
,,You're sweet talking again." I grinned proudly.
,,That's what I am best at: Wooing a woman." My grin only widened when I showed her my arm muscles and my girlfriend tried to act bored, but her gazes once again betrayed her. Oh, how I loved to prove to myself that I am irresistible for her.
,,And you're an arrogant prick again." she said and shook her head with a slight smile plastered on her face.
,,Only for you babe." I said and blew her a kiss. I felt pure satisfaction when I saw her cheeks reddening a bit at my actions. I sighed dreamily at her with a huge enamoured smile and she of course couldn't resist returning it.
,,I love your dress by the way." I said when I realized for the tenth time or so how good light green colours looked on her.
,,Thanks. I know, I haven't worn this one in a while but.. I still like it very much." She said as she looked down on herself at the occasion. Then she suddenly got up.
,,Wait a sec, you're gonna love this!" She said and headed to the armchair, where she sat before I arrived home. I didn't see what she was picking up from the ground, I only saw her bending down to do so. Being the pervert I was, I couldn't resist taking a good look at my girlfriend's supple behind.
,,I know you're looking, you pervert!" She said with a grin and was already walking back to the table, this time with a beautiful lime green dress in her hands, which was decorated with yellow elements across the entirety of the fabric. Katara unfolded the dress and held it in front of her.
,,I know, it's not quite finished but I thought.." ,, Wow!" I exclaimed in admiration of her sewing skills. Literally everything she ever worked on ended up being nothing short of a masterpiece.
,,When do you think you're gonna finish it?" I asked, already craving to see her in this marvellous dress. Oh, how I loved that she sewed most of her clothes by herself. She never stopped making new clothes and by doing so, she never stopped to surprise me. My beloved looked great in every colour, in every amount of clothing and in every form of clothing, it was absolutely amazing. Until today, I can't decide in which colour I like to see her the most, but it's probably just the colour she's currently wearing.
,,I think I'll be done in three days at maximum." She said and then swirled around once to show me how the dress moved with her. I saw her reading my thoughts through my eyes and she smiled.
,,You don't have to say it, I know." I returned the smile.
,,But I want to." I came closer to my beautiful girlfriend.
,,I love you Katara." I gave her a sweet peck on the lips that made her beam like the kitten that got the cream. She was such a cutie.
,,And if we already are expressing sweet words.. You look magnificent in the dress you're wearing as well." I sweet talked and gave her a toothy grin.
,, You would say that even if I was wearing some rags, wouldn't you?" She giggled and her eyes sparkled like every time she was having fun.
,,Yes my love, I would say that even if you stood nude in front of me. Well actually, I would say it all the more if you stood nude in front of me.." I said with a dirty grin and my lips descended on hers again, taking both of us in the land of love that belonged to the two of us only…
,,Don't want to leave!" I pouted with my lovely waterbender when I only had five minutes left to return to the earth king's palace in time. We were standing at the front door and I had my arms wrapped tightly around my beloved's waist. My girlfriend giggled in my arms.
,,But you have to." I felt her smiling at my immature behaviour. I only mumbled in response.
,,C'mon I'll make you a deal: If you go now, I'll even clean Appa for you in the time you are gone." That compromise worked wonders. Cleaning Appa always took a lot of time and wasn't the most pleasant experience for both my buddy and me, so I gladly used the opportunity to hand this task another person.
,,Deal." I quickly said with a grin before Katara could think about withdrawing from the deal. I bent the air to open the door to the balcony and let my staff zoom across the house into my waiting hand.
,,Not so quick!" I heard my girlfriend giggling as she took my hand to stop me from taking off.
,,Haven't you forgotten something?" she innocently asked me and my grin widened.
,,I love you Katara." I bent down and kissed my wonderful girlfriend on the lips, giving her one last taste of the love I had for her.
,,I love you too." She dreamily sighed and smiled at me enamoured. With reluctance I bade farewell.
,,See ya in a few hours, babe." I took in the sight of her perfect appearance one final time before I turned around and jumped into the air, unfolding my glider in the process.
,,Don't die 'cause of boredom!" She called after me and I had to smile: She knew exactly how those meetings were like. And she also knew that boredom was the reason I didn't want to leave in the first place. Just thinking about the nobleman Zu Mung made my smile drop immediately and my cheerful mood got replaced with a duller one. How much I was looking forward to hear what else he had to say.
Not two minutes later I arrived back at the palace and as I made my way to the main meeting hall, many people bowed respectfully to me and called me by my title. Not having time to be more polite, I nodded to some people here and there. It wasn't the nicest feeling to always be recognized and bowed to from everybody, but I got used to it over the years. And if it really annoyed me too much, I could always wear a disguise. Well, not when I wanted to attend a meeting, but when me and Katara travelled the world together.
,,Avatar Aang." Fire Lord Zuko mockingly bowed to me the moment he made his way to me. One could insinuate he just waited until I set foot in the hall.
,,Fire Lord Zuko." I returned dryly and rolled my eyes.
,,How was your lunch if I may ask?" he grinned at me and I knew what he was alluding to.
,,Nothing too spicy if that's what you want to hear." I retorted and Zuko nodded his head slightly.
,,Well said baldy." he remarked.
,,And yours?" I returned the question, this time of course referring to a real meal.
,,As good as usual. Earth kingdom cuisine prepared by the earth king's chefs is something you shouldn't miss too often." Zuko said and rubbed his abdomen slightly.
,,Nah, it's too much meat for me. But thanks." I appreciated his invitation but like I said: There are dishes close to zero without meat in earth kingdom cuisine, so it wasn't an attractive offer. I guess all the muscular earth benders need it though.
After the little chat with my friend from the fire nation I took my place at the gigantic table which was shaped in an oval form. The surface of the table was painted and displayed the world map and my gaze once again wandered over all the placed I had travelled and got to know in my life.
The seats filled with diplomats and once again I had quite a bit of room for myself. Because of our sitting arranging, the diplomats were ordered according to their nationality. And the diplomats of one nation were ordered by status and importance, the most important people sitting at the front directly at the table.
And since I was the only true representative of the air nomads, I had theoretically a forth of the table for myself. Well, but only theoretically of course. The amount of seats for the respective nations varied because a seat was given by a certain percentage of the total population all nations represented. Otherwise me and the air nomads would have the same amount of votes as the earth kingdom, which wouldn't make any sense.
But within their own nation, the overall leader decided whom he chose as representatives for the federal regions. And I really am annoyed that Earth King Kue chose Zu Mung as a representative for the region north of my old friend's kingdom.
,,So where was I?" Zu Mung said when the hall had filled up and silence emerged.
,, My family has been mining the ores in our lands for generations. The first of our mines were opened when Avatar Yangchen was still a toddler and we've been living from these natural resources ever since. I and the entirety of the family Mung have created an era of prosperity and wealth, which was until a few months ago, never endangered. Endangerment came when Fire Lord Zuko decided to remove the machinery GIVEN to my region in an effort to help me and my people to reconstruct and modernize our infrastructure or to make the local industry more competitive, so we would not sit in the shadow of Fire Nation companies.
Now everything is gone, from steam engines to the workforces from the Fire Nation, and I and my lands have to fear to go under thanks to fire nation companies! If it wasn't for them, our local equipment and ores would be sold in the entire earth kingdom, but now THEY just come around and sell their highly efficient excavators made of steel and driven by coal, making the existence of the earth kingdom's mining industry, whose heart my family is, nothing but irrelevant! And they even dare to sell their own ores to a much smaller price because of their productivity, so WE sell a lot less than them!
I demand the immediate return of all the machinery removed in the last few months in order so that the fire nation keeps word to the signed Treaty for economical Development in the Earth Kingdom. If not, I'll make sure that not even an ounce of our exports will come close to fire nation territory ever again!"
Ah yes. Industrialization. How it slowly begins to change the world. But not always for the better.
The term was formed and defined a year after the war ended, when the fire nation was open to everyone again and visitors just as businessmen marvelled at airships, factories purely made out of steel and a blooming economy, with innovations that excited everyone.
And although the Fire Nation had to pay an enormous toll for breaking the one hundred year war loose, they were the first of the three nations that still were alive that had economical growth. And it all was based on their technological and industrial advantage. Fire Nation products sold like no others and especially everything made out of any kind of metal was sought after. In an attempt to make sure that the rest of the world could take part in the era of wealth and prosperity the Fire Nation was beginning to have, my friend the Fire Lord signed a treaty with every of the world leaders to help them rebuilding their nations. And of course everybody wanted more help than the other, the greed of man and especially rich man overshadowing the actual idea of fair trade. Can't they just be happy that they get help in general?
Zu Mung, who obviously had a different view in this matter, finally sat down on his chair, making me sigh mentally, and Hakuun rose from his chair. Hakuun was the moderator chosen for this peace conference because of his neutrality in this conflict. In all peace meetings it was a rule that there must be a diplomat from none of the conflict parties, in this case the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation, which served as moderator. And the diplomat from the Northern Watertribe was really good in his occupation. But he had to be, otherwise he wouldn't have been chosen as moderator. It was always an honour to be chosen as moderator, but it was nothing to show off with: It was hard work. Although he didn't guide the conflict parties towards a solution, he had the difficult task to create schedules, he had to make sure no rules were broken during a meeting and he had to make and design the treaty that was signed at the end of every peace conference. And maybe I should try to convince the diplomats that he should look after the time also. Damn, fifteen minutes this prick overran! Fifteen minutes I could have used to snog Katara senseless..
,,Thank you diplomat Zu Mung for your passionate speech. Fire Lord Zuko, it is your time for a rebuttal now, if you have one." Hakuun said and gestured towards the young man with the scar on his face.
,, Yes I have one mediator Hakuun." Zuko looked at Zu Mung.
,,Diplomat Zu Mung, are you aware of the conditions I and the Fire Nation gave you the equipment that we relocated a few months ago?"
,, Yes, of course I am!"
,,Well, then you are well aware of paragraph three of the Treaty for Economical Development in the Earth Kingdom ( TDEK), which says that the Fire Nation can remove and relocate all it's support equipment and sent workforce if a more important city or region in the kingdom has a greater need for support material. In this case it was the city of Omashu that requested more help. You should be aware of all of this because my diplomats sent you a letter via hawk in the time we began the transport of machinery. I don't mean to cause any harm or to insult you, but I only do my duty as Fire Lord when I keep a promise that was signed at the bottom of a contract. " Zuko bowed respectfully to Zu Mung and sat down again and I smirked mentally. Well, there is nothing one can do against a contract my dear Zu Mung.
,,Do you want to respond to the Fire Lord's words?" Hakuun asked and gestured towards the elder nobleman.
,, Just because I am aware of the conditions doesn't mean that I am going to let you ruin my family's legacy! We are going to be bankrupt in the long term because of you and many will fall into poverty! How do you justify that?" People on their chairs began to discuss their opinion with their neighbours at the last sentences.
,,Silence!" The mighty voice of Hakuun boomed through the hall. I guess as a mediator one had to have good vocal cords too.
The room silenced quickly after that short but effective exclamation.
,, Before I let the two parties continue their captivating discussion, I want to hear the Avatar's opinion in this matter. I think his words will give us the required input to come to an acceptable conclusion – like he did so many times before if I might add." The man from the North Pole said and looked at me with a mild smile.
If Hakuun could be called the moderator then I could be called the mediator. As the Avatar it was my duty to solve the conflicts that were discussed in peace meetings, and I always tried to present a solution which would make both parties happy. Of course it was impossible to make everybody happy, because usually a good deal defines itself by having a hitch for both sides. And because of my important role I always had to be invited to every conference and in almost three years of playing diplomat I never had a discussion where I wasn't asked to present my opinion to the diplomats – a curse and a blessing at the same time.
I rose from my seat, radiating confidence but also calmness with my body language. It was one of the key elements to convince someone in diplomatics: The best argument was nothing if the presenter made a weak appearance or made an unconfident impression.
,, I can understand your worries about your families legacy and the well-being of the citizens you are representing Zu Mung. And I can understand that you are only doing what you promised to do in order to rebuild the world Fire Lord Zuko.
You all can believe me that it's always difficult for me to solve a problem, knowing exactly that whoever I'll support will sympathize with me and whoever I won't support or support less will not like me. Zu Mung, please don't feel enraged when I say that I've dealt with dozens of people like you in the last few years. People, afraid of losing what is rightfully theirs. I can fully understand why you feel like you deserve the equipment from the Fire Nation. But you signed a treaty and by doing so you agreed with it's terms. All of them.
I therefore cannot support you with your demands. Especially after you accused the Fire Lord for problems, that only exist because you are dependent on Fire Nation machinery and did not come up with a preventive solution if the equipment gets relocated like it did now. I know, I know, literally everybody is dependent on Fire Nation goods these days, but if your family's work truly is as old as Avatar Yangchen, I bet that it had to face many challenges on the way until it could establish itself. I suggest you use the current situation to grow with the challenge and I encourage you to be innovative so that you can save not only your family's legacy, but also become more important to the world market than you ever were. As me and my friends witnessed back in the wartimes, the people of the Earth Kingdom can endure anything. Believe in your people, and guide them to an era of wealth that surpasses everything you have ever witnessed."
There was plenty of respectful applause and I knew that my choice of words wasn't that bad. I looked into the faces of Hakuun, who gave me a short nod of appreciation, I saw Zuko winking at me, which meant ,,Well said" and I looked into the face of Zu Mung who looked like he couldn't decide whether to argue back or to swallow his pride.
Well, if I think about it, the look on Zu Mung's face was enough to convince me that I actually did really great. It's not everyday you see an arrogant prick realizing that he is an arrogant prick, who only cares for himself. Mission accomplished…
At seven in the evening I silently sighed in relief when Hakuun declared the meeting over until tomorrow morning. After Zu Mung the complaints and winging from diplomats and nobleman wouldn't stop, some were from the Fire Nation and some others from the Earth Kingdom. At least there were some similarities in most conflicts based on nobleman demanding stuff like Zu Mung, so I always had some experience I could rely on. Some pretty decent experience to be honest.
When the hall began to empty and I heard the diplomats chatting and recapping today's events, I stayed in my seat a little longer, enjoying the relief I felt after yet another successful day of keeping the peace.
,,Ah, this was a tough day, ey?" Zuko said when he had made his way to where I was sitting. The Fire Lord was massaging his forehead, probably as exhausted as I was.
,,Somehow I've got the feeling we're saying this every day there is a peace meeting." I groaned lightly and got up from my seat.
,,Don't say it to anyone, but sometimes I think times of war are easier than times of peace." Zuko quietly said and I knew what he meant. I nodded in agreement.
,,Your butt hurting too?" I asked as I felt the numbness in my rear after hours of non-stop sitting in a chair.
,,I think I don't even have to answer that." He groaned lightly and I chuckled. ,,No, I don't think so."
We made our way out of the palace. Again, people were bowing to us or greeting and we appreciated their politeness. They didn't have to but did it anyway and telling them not to would only cost time as I learned through the few years I was the Avatar and not just Aang. But of course I was rather Aang the fifteen-year-old teenager than the almighty Avatar Aang.
When we were outside I looked at the square, illuminated ba electric lanterns. I had never seen electric lanterns in the Earth Kingdom before and only a few times in the Fire Nation, so I still got fascinated by this new sight.
,,Since when do they have electric lanterns here?" I asked the Fire Lord.
,,I don't know. Maybe you should ask the Earth King about that." he responded and then gestured to the streets leading away from the square.
,,But seems they only have them for the Royal Square right now. The rest is still lit by candles." I compared the yellowish light of the electric lanterns with the flickering orange one of ,,normal" lanterns and decided that I liked the new ones more for a metropolis.
,,Still amazing. When I was here the last time, which must have been three or four months ago, they all were lit by candles. That's what I call progress." I said and Zuko chuckled.
,,Wait 'till you see the Fire Nation capital again. Literally every month it looks like an entirely different city now. That's what I call progress." I rolled my eyes.
,,Haha, very funny Zuko." I paused as I realized what he just said.
,,But, are serious?" I asked and he nodded.
,,Yeah, there are building sites everywhere, the infrastructure is expanding like it never did and even the poor people seem to live a bit better than before."
I was amazed because of what my friend told me. But it also was so surreal to me, having pictures of destroyed buildings and abandoned ruins still in my head from the wartimes.
,,But air pollution is becoming a problem." Zuko said, reading my thoughts as I was about to ask if there wasn't any downside.
,, I can imagine.." I said as I very clearly remembered the village of fisherman with the polluted river that suffered because of ONE factory.
,,But what do you do about it?" I asked, hoping that the Fire Lord wouldn't build industry within residential areas of his people.
,, You must hate the word by now but.. relocate." Zuko gave me a smirk and I couldn't help but chuckle lightly.
,, Sounds difficult." I said and I saw his facial expressions stiffening at the mention.
,,You tell me.." The scarred man sighed and I patted his shoulder.
,,You know, I'm always there for you if you need help with anything. I owe you my firebending, always remember that." His smile returned again.
,, Thanks Aang. I really am thankful to have you as a friend.. I'm really thankful to have all of our group as friends." At the mentioning I had to think about the others: What would they be doing right now? Sifu Toph was probably just going wherever she felt like and duelled every earthbender on the way, Sokka and Suki were on Kyoshi Island enjoying some private time and Mai was in the Fire Nation capital with Zuko's mum, avoiding another ,,boring" meeting of her boyfriend.
,,We need to come back together again." Both I and Zuko said and we both laughed when we realized that we just said the exact same thing at the exact same time.
,,When?" I asked.
,,Where?" Zuko asked and I gave him a smirk.
,,You spoiled the moment."
,,Why me? You could have just said ,,Where" as well!" Zuko gestured with his hand and I snickered.
,,Likewise." I sassily responded and my fried mumbled something unintelligible but I just kept smirking.
,, Where are we actually going Sifu Hotman?" I asked not a minute later when I suddenly realized that I didn't even asked him where we were going.
,,To uncle's?" He asked me a bit puzzled.
,,You didn't tell me." I said and Zuko chuckled.
,,You didn't ask." I groaned and rolled my eyes again.
,,But you don't have anything against that, right?" Zuko asked cautiously.
,,Man, we're friends since almost three years, you should know that I really like your uncle." I punched his arm.
,, No need to get aggressive baldy." He joked and I laughed at him.
,,Nice one shorty."
,,Piss off." he retorted in annoyance and I once again really basked in the feeling of being taller than the Fire Lord.
,,Ahh, it's the most effective argument against you." I grinned at him.
,, Behave Aang." he said but I only laughed at him.
,,Or what Zuzu?"
,,Or I'll tell Katara about.." He began with a grin of triumph, but I quickly interrupted him, already knowing what he was alluding towards.
,, Alright, alright, you win!" I felt myself sweating lightly just at the thought of.. IT.
A picture of the wardrobe in my old bedroom in the Southern Airtemple popped in my head. There lies something, hidden underneath all the clothes I had grown out of. And I hope that it will remain there until the end of time, unnoticed by anyone except me.
,, I'll never forget that day, you prick." I gave him a dangerous glare at the memory of that beautiful day in autumn when I was almost fourteen.
,,Yup, it's not everyday someone walks in on you when.."
,, Yeah, c'mon let everybody hear it!" I put a hand in front of his mouth as my voice was slightly panicked and my gaze flashed across the street, scanning if there was anybody who could have heard the story. Nobody was there besides us, so I withdrew my hand from scarboy's mouth and the moment I did, he burst into laughter. I even saw a few tears running down his cheeks and I shook my head. Wait 'til I get a counter as good as you have, you prick.
,,Sorry Aang, but it's just hilarious to see you this panicked. Doesn't happen that often." Zuko still laughed and held his stomach.
,,Uh, that hurts." He told me and I snorted.
,,You deserve it." I clenched my fists. How could he find something as embarrassing as THIS so funny?…
,,So, one week after the meeting is over?" Zuko asked me when we had finished our tea at the Jasmine Dragon and it was time for me to go back to my beloved.
,,Yup, next week at Katara and my house here in Ba Sing Se. " I answered and confirmed the place and time of our group's next reunification.
,,I'm already looking forward to it." Zuko said with a slight smile and I took this as my cue to rise from my seat.
,, Yeah, it will be great to see all the others again." I smiled as well.
,, Tell your uncle that he truly makes the best tea in the world." I bowed to my friend slightly. Zuko rose from his seat as well.
,,Well, then.. Take care of yourself. And of Katara of course." The Fire Lord said when he gave me a manly hug and patted my shoulder.
,,You too Sifu Hotman." I said and returned the gesture. I gave him one last smile before I headed outside the teashop. For a moment I watched how the lanterns light danced on the water's surface of the fountain and it reminded me how Katara's eyes sparkled every time I looked at them. And from one second to the next the feeling of loss for the person I loved the most spread in my body again. Babe, I'm coming to you.
Or at least I thought so until it suddenly dawned on me that I didn't have my staff with me. My jaw dropped slightly and I face palmed myself. What a moron I could be at some points. Being disappointed in myself and thus frustrated, I didn't feel in the mood to retrieve it. I knew I left my staff at the table in the meeting hall and therefore I knew it was hopeless to get it back since the meeting hall gets closed at a quarter past seven. This would wait until tomorrow.
So I just began to speed through the city with my airbending, running faster than the wind and dashing through streets filled with people. It wasn't that rare that I dodged a person here or there and when I faced a dead end, I simply jumped over houses, fences or walls. Airbending was just so useful for so many things.
I knew that I wouldn't like it if some teenager would just jump over my house, but I also knew that nobody would notice thanks to my high velocity. At one point my surroundings became familiar even in the dark and when I crossed yet another roof I could finally spot out house on the top of a hill. Just another minute my love.
Quite funnily I jumped over the wall at the bottom of the hill with our house, doing exactly what I would have told Zuko not to do two days ago, but everything is fair in love and war. I touched the grassy ground and sped first to Appa's barn to say hello to my ten-tonner friend.
After I had made sure he had enough food until my next visit, I ran up the hill and stopped in front of the mighty oak door. I took a deep breath and entered, smiling widely when I heard my girlfriend's humming out of the living room. I literally stormed into the room and saw my beautiful waterbender again sitting in an armchair sewing the lovely dress I wanted her to wear as soon as possible.
The moment I came into her view she noticed me, lay down her work and jumped into my outstretched arms, clinging onto me for dear life. Her legs wrapped around my back and her lips collided with mine. I swirled her around as my mind got clouded with sparks of joy and love. My arms tightly wrapped around her back as I sighed when I inhaled the scent of exotic flowers. Our lips danced perfectly in sync and the soft purrs from my beloved soothed and excited me at the same time. I was finally home.
When I had kissed her so many times that my mind felt so dizzy that I had to fear that I might accidentally lose my balance, I let my little dove down and broke the contact of our lips.
We both needed a few seconds to refill our lungs with oxygen before anything else.
,,I.. missed you." Katara panted and her mesmerizing eyes automatically pulled me a few inches closer to her again.
,,No kidding." I chuckled lightly and cupped her face, stroking her soft cheeks with my thumbs, not being able to resist such a temptation.
,,I love you, Katara." I said and leant down slowly.
,,I love you too Aang." she returned the magical words and our lips sealed again, even though this time for a much smaller time.
,,You're such a great kisser." I complimented her affectionately after the kiss, my hands still holding her angelic face and my eyes glued to oceans of love.
,, I had lots of practice." She smiled at me with mirth and I repositioned my hands around her waist. I rested my head on top of hers and stroked her back, making her purr in the process. Spirits, how I loved that sound. How much I loved that woman.
,,My forever girl." I said enamoured and beamed with happiness.
,,My Avatar." She purred in response as she wrapped her arms around my back as well and began to softly massage it.
,,Spirits, you're muscles feel tensed up." She commented and I sighed when she worked on one of my knots.
,,That's what happens when you sit for hours without a break." I said as my eyes rolled back at her heavenly touch.
,,I'll give you a massage after dinner today. You definitely deserve it." She said and I kissed her head thankfully.
,,You're the best, y'know that?" I sighed contently. ,, You don't even have to mention it." I felt her smirking. She then withdrew her hands and for a second I complained at the loss of her touch.
,,After dinner, you deaf idiot." She giggled and I couldn't help but chuckle a bit sheepishly at my own behaviour.
,,So what do we have for dinner?" I asked.
,, What do you want for dinner is the correct answer Sweetie." She said and I smiled.
,,Anything we cook together." I cheesily responded and it earned me the reaction I wanted to hear.
,,You are such a sweet talker." She remarked with a giggle.
,,Exactly." I said with a grin, took my girlfriend's hand and guided her towards the kitchen…
Dinner was as delicious as ever. We made fried dumplings and fried vegetables and had another round of egg custard from lunch for dessert. I couldn't help but smile at Katara all the time and to my delight she returned my enamoured gaze. I always thought it was funny that the moment I started taking in her beautiful frame, eating became secondary to enjoying the view. Even my hunger seemed to vanish as long as I had my very own beauty exposed to my eyes. I guess it just sated another kind of hunger.
,,You're doing the dishes." My girlfriend said with a cheeky smirk after we both had finished our meals. The woman of my dreams pushed her plate towards me and watched me closely.
,,Why me again?" I exclaimed and made a mock-outraged gesture with my arms.
,,'Cause I'm too lazy to do it right now." She smiled innocently at me and that smile was enough to calm me a bit.
,, Do it for your lovely girlfriend, pleeeaaaase Aang." She gave me puppy dog eyes and my resistance was gone in a heartbeat.
,, You're playing unfair." I sighed but got up and began to levitate the dishes with airbending to the sink.
,,That's a good boy." She complimented and gave me a heavenly smile that made the work most definitely worth it. Saying no to this woman was just impossible..
,,Tell me." I said, curious for an answer
,,How do you do it that I can't resist you in any way?" I heard my beloved giggle from behind.
,,A girl has her ways." I had to smile at her comment, precisely recalling when she said that sentence three years ago shortly before we met Toph.
,,You know that you used that sentence to an equally ,,mysterious" question before?" I asked.
,,Mhh." she answered and I heard her standing up from her chair. Then I heard her walking towards the sink, directly behind me, whilst I continued to clean the dishes with waterbending mostly. Katara touched my back with her right hand and stroked all the way up to my shoulders only to trail the big blue arrow in the centre of my back down to my waist.
,,But back to your question, my love." She whispered and repeated her ministration.
,,To be honest I can't exactly tell you. I just love you and that's the reason I know you like no other. I guess I just combine what I know about you with the instincts of my love for you and.. it seems to work." I smirked at her answer.
,, Seems to work a bit too good if you ask me." I literally felt her rolling her eyes behind my back.
,, It's not like that I'm the only one who possesses a weapon like this." She said and I grinned.
,,But I'm not using my weapon as often as you do." I heard her giggling behind me.
,,And I love you for your decency." Katara said and I felt her going on her tippy toes to kiss my cheek, but I ignored her with a grin, knowing exactly what she would say if I didn't bend down.
,, Why do you have to be so tall, god dammit?!" My lovely waterbender exclaimed and my grin widened as I bent down enough so she could reach my cheek.
,,Because I always dreamt about towering over you, babe." I dreamily admitted, basking in the feeling of being the tall man she always imagined as the man of her dreams. Only that I was a real man, and completely in love with the enticing waterbender. It really was easy to fall for her, with her characteristics, her appearance and just everything about her. She was my treasure and it was my greatest achievement that she thought the same about me, felt the same way about me.
,, You should keep an eye open or I might make you a head shorter." She teased with a grin and I had to laugh at her antics.
,,Even with one head shorter I'd be taller than you, babe." I chuckled and she slapped my cheek lightly now.
,,You're such an ass at some times." She giggled and my smile widened.
,,I can't resist." I said playfully. I loved provoking her like that. It never failed to make our relationship that tiny bit spicier which made the day feel adventurous and exciting.
,,Can you hurry now? I am a bit booored here." She cutely asked, moving a bit restless behind my back, her hands playing with my back and plucking at my robe a bit.
,, Ey, I'm not the one who wanted to do the dishes, you were!" I exclaimed with a chuckle and shook my head. Such an unbelievable woman she was.
,,That doesn't matter." she continued to pout cutely.
,,What? Why is it my fault when I do something that you told me to do and now you've changed your mind." I couldn't help but laugh at the whole situation.
,, Because I'm your girlfriend and YOU always have to do everything I tell you to do without questions." I felt her chin at my shoulder as she whispered those teasing words into my ear.
,,How true. Babe, I'd give you the world without hesitation if you asked." I sighed the truth and cleaned my hands with a towel. I was finally finished.
,,Oh really? And if you gave me the world, would you make me your queen then?" She whispered with a mischievous smile after I had turned around to face her. I watched her coming closer so our faces were maybe two inches away from each other. I gazed down into eyes as blue as the ocean when I cupped her face and marvelled at the beauty of her eyes, the cuteness of her nose, the temptation her hair was, the tenderness of her skin and her enticing lips.
,,I don't have to make you my queen because you already are." I whispered and radiated all the adoration and love I had for her.
,,Show me." She commanded sweetly and I smiled slightly as I sealed my lips to hers.
It was a slow and mutual feast. Her hands locked behind my neck and pulled me closer, pressing myself firmer against her. I relaxed completely at her heavenly touch and at the same time I felt excitement. My body tingled everywhere, goose bumps appeared on my arms. It felt so intimate, the silent dialogue of our lips, the words we passed without speaking, even without eyes and all the little sounds my girlfriend made every few seconds, it was completely amazing.
She poured her love in that kiss, every last bit of it and my head was fogged. I couldn't believe how I deserved this, deserved her and at the same time I felt like it always has been like this, that she was mine since the beginning of time. I reacted on instincts when my hands slowly travelled to her hips and I lifted her off the ground. Not hesitating a second, she wrapped her legs around my waist as I carried her slowly out of the room. I opened my eyes so that I wouldn't trip over something or crash into a wall and I completely adored how perfect she looked with her eyes closed and her lips connected to mine. Every small movement of her head during that kiss was mesmerizing, every purr made my breath hitch slightly and all the small adjustments of her fingers behind my neck tickled a bit, sending pleasant shivers through my body.
When we reached the bedroom I lay her down on the bed and climbed on top of her, loving the feeling of covering her entire body with mine. I pressed my front firmly against hers, showing her how much I needed the closeness. My fingers played with my beloved's hair, caressing the thick strands of silk that smelled like flowers from the edge of the world. She purred and mewed for me lightly and my heart cried out in pure bliss. That's where I saw myself in life: On top of my girlfriend, laying on our bed, her lips on mine, my body pressed against hers, feeling the love from her that sent me above the clouds and listening to all the small sounds she made for my encouragement.
I plugged at her dress, telling her to take it off. We parted briefly and tossed clothes around the room until we were both left in undergarments. She knew exactly that I didn't want to go further today, because if I did then the way I touched her would have already told her. But this didn't prevent me from getting hard of course, which was only natural considering how god damn attractive she was.
As we continued to snog lightly my arms travelled up and down her body, marvelling at the newly exposed skin. I noticed she did the same and I smiled against her lips when she firmly grasped the muscles on my back. I brushed my tongue against her lips in response and she parted them willingly, giving me access to her delicious mouth. I moaned when I tasted her mouth. It was pure sweetness with a hint of saltiness. Like the addict I was, I couldn't help myself but get more aggressive and my beloved sighed against my lips and lashed her tongue against mine. I growled lightly and accepted her challenge. Her hands wandered to my shoulders and pulled me closer to her as the fight inside her mouth got more ferocious. I let go of my restraint and let my entire body weight crash against her, caging her entirely between me and the bed. I felt so good at having her exactly where she belonged that I bit down on her tongue lightly, coaxing a sweet purr out of my waterbender. My hands travelled down to her waist and I completely worshipped it. How beautifully my girl curved, from her plump and well-rounded breasts down to her small waist to her wide hips, perfected with her irresistible butt.
My erection twitched against her belly and I felt her smirking. It was no surprise to me when she parted a few seconds later and gave me a mocking look.
,,Enjoying ourselves, aren't we?" She teased and for a second I thought about paying her back for her behaviour, but I just did what I was best at: Complimenting her.
,, It's hard not to when I feel your luscious mounds pressed firmly against my chest all the time.." I breathed into her ear and wrapped a strand of her hair around my finger, expressing my playfulness.
,,Take me then if you can't control yourself.. I'm all yours." She provoked with a smirk and although her words tempted me, I could resist. But only because I knew she teased, if she was serious about it, then she would have used the seductive voice I couldn't resist even if I tried.
,,Nice try, but no." I smirked back and flipped her so she was now on top of me.
,, I just wanna kiss and cuddle today." My facial expressions softened, transitioning from smirking to enamoured. For a second she didn't react at all, before her eyes got big and sparkled cutely.
,, Aww, why do you have to be so cute all out of the sudden?" She pouted and snuggled herself into my chest, directly under my chin. I sighed in pure contentment at her actions and smiled: She was so much in love with me that I sometimes was close to drown in the sea of love she kept me in. Not that I ever wanted to escape.
She began caressing my chest with her magical petite fingers and I moaned lightly as goose bumps appeared there.
,,Mhh.." I hummed and closed my eyes.
,,That's right my love, relax." Katara whispered and continued her ministrations. Her hands moved precisely, she knew my body by heart, so she knew all of my favourite spots. She caressed my chest muscles and I felt them getting warmer at her touch. It was warming me up like a hot soup from the inside and I felt the warmth spreading.
,,Spirits." I sighed and gave my girlfriend a lazy pet on the hair. Her movements made me feel like I was a newborn all over again, safe and unworried.
Every stroke of her hands made another bit of stress fall of me and it made me realize how much pressure it truly was that lasted on my bare shoulders.
,,Turn around. Time to work on your back." My little dove twittered after some time and I obeyed without hesitation. Katara sat down on my bum and I heard her giggle.
,,Comfortable rear you have." She said and I shook my head, which was buried in a pile of pillows. My smirk at her antics quickly fell when her hands made contact with my tense back and I released a long moan of pure bliss.
,,Katara, you're.."
,,Shhh, relax." She silenced me and began massaging all the tense muscles in my back. Everywhere she touched me I felt like a weight has been lifted off of me and I couldn't help but smile into the pillows. This was how a dream felt like: Light, soft, calm, and so very good.
After a while she started to hum a melody, a sign that she really enjoyed something. Her voice was sweet, melodically and I felt my eyes getting heavier. I listened to the lullaby of my life as I wondered yet again how I could ever repay her for doing all this for me - unasked.
It was hard for me to remain silent as her fingers made me feel relief I only felt whenever she massaged me like that and my eyes couldn't stop rolling in their sockets, it felt heavenly. The amount of love and affection she put into her actions made me feel so special and treasured, my heart was one melted mass in the centre of my chest. It all felt so good to the point where I physically felt unable to move. It was the sweetest paralysis one could feel and I got reassured once again that she was the one for me.
I couldn't imagine anyone in the world except her who could make me feel this good. Every second with her felt like it had a meaning, every moment felt like the next step towards a goal still unknown and every activity with her made me fall for her more and more. I knew I was addicted to her, in more than one way, but I wanted to be. She made me smile every time I looked at her, she made me feel love I didn't know existed before I met her , she made me feel intoxication with every touch of her body, she was able to calm me down with just her presence and she made me feel pure ecstasy whenever she made love to me so passionately. She was the drug that kept me alive, how cruel that may sound. There was no life in this world for me without her…
After what felt like hours my beloved climbed off of me and I turned to spoon her immediately, one arm wrapped around her waist and the other hand stroking her gorgeous hair.
,,I love you. So much Katara." I whispered, my voice thick with emotions for the woman beside me.
,, I love you too." she whispered back and I felt her smiling. I kissed her head gently and she sighed.
,,You make me feel so good. Every day." She said with the enamoured voice that was as sweet as honey.
,,I have to. Otherwise you'll run away from me." I whispered with a slight chuckle.
,,I'd never run away from you. I'm addicted to you in every way possible." She breathed as my ministrations spoiled the lady I would protect with my life. I felt the sudden urge to have her on top of me again, so I lifted her exactly where I wanted her to be.
,, Me too." I told her and looked into the eyes that welcomed me to a time one hundred years after my run away from the Southern Air Temple.
I suddenly saw a lone tear escaping my beloved's eye and I tenderly brushed it away with my thumb.
,,Please don't die Aang. I couldn't survive without you." She breathed as I saw the most sincere expression in her eyes that one could see and I knew she wasn't exaggerating. Her gaze made me fall apart, I didn't know how to respond. Death was inevitable, everyone knows that and yet I would try to fight it. Just because of the woman I loved with every ounce of my being.
,,Baby." I whispered and pulled her down on my chest. She obeyed willingly and snuggled herself as deep into me as possible. It was one of the very few moments where she was vulnerable, and when it was most important, I was her biggest strength. Just like she always had been my biggest strength in the hardest of moments.
,,I know I'm a crybaby when it comes to this but.. Please Aang, please." She looked up into my eyes like trying to physically connect herself to me so that if I vanished, she would too. I tangled both my hands softly in her hair and massaged her head.
,,You're not a crybaby Katara. You're the strongest, most endurable and compassionate woman I know. You make sure everybody who is important to you is having a great time, you fight for the weaker and defend them from harm. You love me more than I could ever ask you to love me, you support me with every decision and defend me behind my back. I.. I admire you in every way, my forever girl." With those words I kissed her lovingly on those full lips that made me go crazy.
Words were good but deeds were better, and with that one kiss I showed her that I was dead serious about what I said. When our lips parted audibly and I gazed into her shiny orbs again, the vulnerability had disappeared from her eyes.
,, For you I'm giving everything to stay alive as long as possible. Never in a thousand years I'd say any different, Katara." I said with confidence and her smile reappeared. She lowered her head again on my chest and scooted up so that my chin was touching the crown of her head.
,, Let's talk about something more pleasant then.." She whispered and I chuckled.
,, Is this an invitation to pillow talk?" I asked her with a broad grin and she giggled lightly.
,,Yes, what's amusing about that?"
,,Nothing. I just really enjoy to talk with you whilst your gorgeous form is laying on top of me. Makes me feel heavenly." I whispered the last part in her ear and she slapped my chest playfully.
,,Anyway you sweet talker. How was the rest of your day at work?" She said and grinned at me.
,,Listening here, listening there, mediating some problems and listening to even more complaining folk." I chuckled and sighed.
,,You can't imagine how happy I am that I still got a night until I have to sit there again. At one point your rear gets numb and that's the most uncomfortable feeling ever." I said and absently stroked my girlfriend's bare back.
,, Thanks for warning me. Now I will come even less to your meetings." She joked and I shook my head slightly.
,, It's really hard to keep the concentration up with that stinging feeling in your butt and the boring topics that often are discussed. I can kinda understand that to be honest with you." My girlfriend giggled in response.
,,Are you concentrated my Avatar?" She asked amused and I knew that I only could lose this. But honesty is a good policy so I told her the truth.
,,Not always of course."
,,And what are you thinking about when you are NOT concentrated?" The waterbender on top of me had a triumphant smirk on her face.
,,You." I smirked, knowing it would stroke her ego.
,,And what is the Avatar imagining when he thinks about me?" She provoked further, her eyes ignited playfully, completely enjoying what was unleashing right now.
,,Many things." I shortly responded, playing along all the way.
,,C'mon, elaborate further." She pretended to pout.
,,Sometimes I just think about how good it will feel to come back to you, sometimes I'm already planning where to go next with you and sometimes I just have pictures of you in my head to name a few situations." I said, avoiding a certain topic I knew she dearly wanted me to bring up and continued the ministrations on her back.
,,Mhh, you disappoint me Aang." She had a mischievous smile on her face. My lovely girlfriend scooted up so that her head was an inch away from my ear.
,, Don't you sometimes imagine me sucking you off under the table?" She dirtily breathed into my ear and aroused me tremendously. My heart skipped a beat and I closed my eyes to keep my composure. I didn't deny that it was true what she was saying, I just didn't want to give into my instincts. Spirits, I had thought about THAT countless times.
,, Oh yes, right now you're thinking about it, I can see and FEEL it. If you want I can sneak into the palace to make your time a little more enjoyable." She breathed against my ear shell and I felt my breath hitching slightly.
,, It's only natural with that sinful mouth of yours." I moaned lightly when she nibbled on my ear lobe. ,,You're such a tease."
She giggled and completely ignored my last comment.
,,And are there any other perverted fantasies you think about in general?" She asked seductively but didn't wait for an answer.
,, Like bending me over the tub again or waking me from my sleep with your bad fingers around my entrance?" I moaned again at just the thought of those sinful and yet pleasuring acts.
,,Y'know that if you don't stop soon that I'll take you so hard that you won't say another word except my name in the next twelve hours or so." I growled deeply and she smirked.
,,You don't have the stamina to last more than a minute, Sweetie." I flipped her so that she was again caged between me and the bed.
,,Do you want to find out how long I can last?" I whispered in the deep and aggressive voice that made her knees go weak before sucking on her neck, aiming to find her pulse.
,,Do you want me to thrust my cock inside your core, baby?" I continued to give her a taste of her own medicine and turned her slowly into a mental wrack with all the kisses, leaving a hickey where I feasted on her skin. Her breath became laboured and she bit her lower lip to stop herself from making any noises that could betray her. But it was too late for that: I didn't need to hear her to know how she felt.
,, I know how much this turns you on, so tell me.. can you resist now?" I retreated from her neck and gazed down into her eyes.
Moments passed and she remained silent, holding still like a chameleon that had spotted an enemy. I didn't know what kind of reaction I could expect from her, but it was clear to me that she fought within herself. I could see it: Her need to make love to me and on the other side the will to resist, it was what made her so silent right now.
,,Have I aroused you to death or why are you so quiet?" I joked and then a smile appeared on her face.
,,You're such an asshole Avatar Aang!" She giggled with her opened eyes and slapped my cheek lightly, causing me to grin broadly.
,,At first I got you under my control, and then.. then you make me feel so unsure whether I should fuck you or let my pride take over." She scolded and my grin only widened at her usage of swearing words.
,,I like it when you swear. It lets me know I hit a nerve somewhere." I whispered and wasn't surprised when my lovely waterbender gave me a death glare.
,,I'm not talking to you any more, you prick. You've played with my emotions far too much today." She announced.
,,Well then it's time for my little girl to sleep, ey?" I smirked and flipped her yet again so that she was on top of me.
,,Look Sweetheart, the moon is already high in the sky, you won't get enough sleep otherwise if you don't close your eyes now." I continued and pointed at the wonderful shiny moon outside which illuminated the bedroom in it's clear and white light.
,,I can sleep as long as I want unlike you." She retorted and I laughed out loudly.
,,I thought you didn't want to speak with me?" I chuckled and was amused how much her temper sometimes got the better of her.
Katara suddenly seemed to remember and gave me another death glare and I just goofily grinned back. Oh how I loved it when she was pissed because of me.
,,Have I told you today how cute you look when you're pissed because of me?" I sighed and kissed her lips, enjoying myself to the fullest. She didn't stop me and this only reassured me that she enjoyed this game as well. I felt my ego getting boosted significantly and I felt ready to dare more.
,, And besides, it's way more exciting to conquer a woman's heart who is trying to resist." I whispered into her ear and toyed with a hair strand nearby. She turned her gaze away from me and I knew that she got affected by my words.
,, C'mon, don't pretend you didn't like that, babe." I kissed her again, this time a bit more passionate to make her walls finally come to down. Her eyes focused on me again and I thought that I had won: Now she would be talking to me again.
,,Y'know what? I'm taking a bath now and maybe after that your ego has cooled down." She looked at me and tried to make it sound like she was seriously annoyed by me, but the slight smile at the corners of her mouth betrayed her. Nonetheless, I was shocked because that made her the unannounced victory of our game. There were no specific rules how to win one of our games, we just both knew it when somebody did win. And it just felt like that would make her the winner.
,, Then I'll gladly join you." I said with a toothy grin, trying to hide my shock and improvising to have a chance to continue this game.
,,Nope. You'll stay here and wait for me. Punishment is punishment." My girlfriend giggled lightly as she lifted her beautiful form off of me and went to the wardrobe.
,,But you always need sooo much time in the bathroom." I complained and her giggling only intensified.
,,That's exactly why I do it: So you have enough time to cool down." I lifted my arms in desperation.
,,You're only doing this because you find it scary how much I can make you bend to my will." Katara had picked her clothes out of the wardrobe when she faced me again.
,,That might be an additional factor." She girlishly said before disappearing into the bathroom. For one last time I looked at her supple behind before I stared out of the window. It was almost full moon.
I felt my eyes widening when the realization hit me, that the fuller the moon, the more unpredictable my girlfriend became. Not that she was predictable at new moon, wilder was actually the better description for it. I blushed slightly as I remembered what torture I had been through when the moon had it's fullest shape the last time. That woman drove me crazy when she wanted.
And so I lay there on our big and incredibly soft bed feeling restless. It was dreadful how quickly my emotions changed when she wasn't at my side. It wasn't two minutes ago since I last touched her and yet it felt like an eternity. I tossed and turned on the bed, wrapping the blanket tightly around me and hoped an answer to my problem would come somehow.
I gazed up towards the wooded ceiling, my eyes not really focusing on the planks above me. Not soon after that I heard the tab being opened as water masses filled the tub. I smiled slightly and focused on the noises from the bathroom, my mind projecting pictures of me sitting in the tub with my beloved right now. At the thought of her mouth-watering and naked appearance my erection sprung to life again and I closed my eyes to ,,see" her better. How the water flowed down her alluring form, clinging to her curves and making it even harder to resist her. How sinful she looked when surrounded by her natural element, how hot my insides became when I saw the water trickling on her luscious flesh and how mesmerizing it was to watch a single droplet travelling down every single of my favourite spots.
The temptation to just go into the room and take her then and there was big. Very big. My hands clenched to fists as I fought with myself whether to give in to my throbbing need or to remain on the bed. It was my voice of reason against my hormones. And oddly enough, Katara was the voice for both of them in this scenario.
In an effort to calm myself I went to the window and grasped the wooden handle before pushing it open. Cold and fresh air entered the room immediately and surrounded my partially bare body. I inhaled deeply and I felt my muscles relaxing because of the soothing feeling I always felt when I was exposed to my natural element. I stared at the moon, shining bright and white, as I felt the battle inside me gradually losing it's intensity.
I decided not to think about what dirty things I wanted to do with my girlfriend any more and focused on the crystal-clear night with it's many stars saying hello from above. I continued listening to Katara's humming as I watched the world at night, a content smile forming on my face slowly. It was quiet up here in the upper ring, not many people could be seen strolling through the streets at this late hour and the only noises came from some birds and an ostrich carriage passing by. It was all so peaceful and I thanked the spirits once again that there was no more war to worry about any more. A small sigh of relief escaped my lips at that thought as I rested my hands on the sill of the window and leant forward a bit, for no particular reason.
Like so often when I had a quiet moment for myself I began to think about my life. Once again I asked myself if I would have done past events different than from the way I actually handled them. Could I have ended the war sooner than I did? Could I have helped more, done more? And then of course there always was the big question: Was I a good Avatar?
Flashbacks of a day two years ago crossed my mind, a black day in my life. A stormy spring day, with rain droplets as big as marbles. Because of the storm and the heavy rain a damn burst and the water masses claimed all the lifes of the people living in the damn's shadow. I was there when the stones and wood cracked and in one second to the next a fifty metre tall structure got ripped apart. I remember being far too late to have stopped the catastrophe. I can still see me and Katara landing with Appa on top of the damn before we jumped down and not even two minutes later, it was too late. I heard people screaming out in utter shock and fear before they either got killed by the water or the collision with the ground. I remember grabbing Katara, who was standing beside me trying to fix a leak of the damn, by the waist and using my airbending to catapult us both in the air before we descended and I made use of the air again to slow us down before we landed where once the foot of the damn was standing. I quickly called Appa, who luckily survived by flying away in the right moment, before we headed for the now flooded village in the shadow of the damn to search for survivors, but not one did survive the monster wave.
I felt guilty once again as I recapped these terrible events and asked myself if I could have saved all those poor souls if I just had gone into the Avatar State right away – which I didn't because I thought my and Katara's power were enough to bend the damn damn.
I recall standing in front of the Lord of Jiashui the very next day to express my sympathy. Jiashui is a province in the east of the Northern Airtemple and place of the tragic events, so I thought it was only appropriate to meet with the ruler of the province. But, what was meant as a quick and uncomplicated conversation quickly turned to listening to a seemingly endless tirade of accusations and even more whinging. I know myself that he was right when he said that I was guilty, but I wasn't the only one responsible for the collapse of the damn.
So when I told this to the Lord, he got really upset and accused me of being an immature child that couldn't accept it's own mistakes. The moment I knew that nothing fancy would come out of the situation I politely bade my farewell before leaving. I didn't need to get dragged down further than I already did myself by stupid and false accusations.
But until this day, the scar remained. Even if it was almost invisible. Because of my restraint, people died. Because of my restraint, happy families ceased to exist within a few seconds. Plans were crushed, hope abandoned and dreams shattered.
,,You can't change the past Aang." A sweet voice announced itself from behind and I felt two small hands tapping playfully on my entire back. I had to smile: Our level of understanding each other was like our souls were directly connected.
,,I know." I sighed back and Katara wrapped her arms around my torso, her hands folded right over my heart.
,,Accept what happened without forgetting the lesson it was meant to teach you." She quietly told me and I nodded my head lightly.
,,Yeah, like Roku told me: Restraint can be a very bad thing." I then looked down on her arms and found them without any clothing. I smirked cheekily.
,, Exactly how much clothing are you currently wearing?" I asked and felt her slapping my chest lightly.
,, I thought you wanted to calm down in the time I was in the tub?" She retorted more in a statement than in a question.
,, I never said that. You did." I chuckled and felt her breath against my ear now.
,, And I just wanted to pay you back for the torture you put me through." I lifted a hand of hers with my own and kissed the back of it.
,, I know. And honestly: I love the teasing woman you are. Makes you so desirable." I then quickly spun around to face her and got the answer to the question I asked a few moments prior: She was dressed in underwear, just like me.
,,I know that." She responded with a smirk of her own before I bent down and kissed her on the lips. As I closed my eyes I could smell the bath salts she loved to add to the water and when my hands gently took hold of her face I couldn't resist to bite down on her lip lightly. I loved that scent of hers when she came back from her bath and it always drove me crazy. I retreated quickly as long as my intention still was to give her only ONE kiss.
,,Since when does a simple kiss include bites on the lip?" Katara joked and I smiled at her in amusement.
,,I kinda lost control for a slight amount of time." I told her truthfully with a small grin as I watched her eyes sparkling so captivatingly.
,,For a slight amount of time? Normal people say ,,a bit". " She provoked, took my hand and lead me to the bed again. Reading her mind I closed the window with my airbending before I joined my girlfriend in bed.
,,Aang, I'm feeling cold." Katara cutely complained and scooted closer to my side once we were cuddled under the blanket. I grinned widely at what she was actually telling me before I lit a fire inside the fireplace in one swift movement of my arm, a flame erupting out of my fingertips. A few seconds later the fire crackled and the room got partially illuminated in the flames light.
I pulled my girlfriend even closer to me and spooned her again.
,,I know you actually just wanted to feel me close babe." I kissed her on top of her head. I felt her rolling her eyes behind closed lids, confirming my statement in the process.
,,Y'know, they say the best way to generate heat is friction." I dirtily whispered against her ear shell and pressed the forming bulge inside my pants against her bum to emphasize my point. I just couldn't sleep in one bed with my beloved without my masculine hormones taking control of my body. She made it impossible for me.
,, I create friction when I continuously slap your face, I can do that if you want." She tried to threaten me but I knew she was just playing along.
,,Is that the best retort you can come up with when you can't escape me by taking a bath?" I responded with a smirk and inhaled her scent again, the usual flowers mixing with the bath salts. Her scent made me feel excited and I wanted to provoke her to the point where she would just snog me because of the crackling tension, provocations and teasing between the two of us.
,,I can always take a second one." She said, not giving me a bit of her attention.
,, That would be a huge waste of water, my love." I reminded her and my smirk widened. I interpreted her silence as a win for me, so I continued teasing her.
,,Seems like there is no way to escape from me this time.", I whispered into her ear, ,,Better use the time as best as you can." Katara snorted lightly.
,,I could always escape your grip, my Avatar." She claimed and I laughed heartily at her response.
,,We both know the numerous and feeble attempts in the past when you tried to do that and failed. I'm too strong for you and you know that. And as I know you, you actually love me for it." Pretending to be disgusted by me, she made a choking sound.
,, You're just disgusting." She stated and I just smiled before I moved her a bit more upwards, so her head was perfectly placed under my chin. I sighed in contentment and reconsidered to snog her right now but tenderness and quietness were what I craved more for the moment, so I didn't smooch her.
After that silence emerged as we both watched the fire crackling in the fireplace and felt the room getting warmer by the minute.
,,Zuko and I thought that all of our group should meet again soon. We thought about next Friday here in the house would be a good location, so what do you think about the plan?" I asked her after some minutes of just laying cuddled together on the bed.
,, I think that sounds like a great idea." She said and I felt her smiling.
,, I definitely miss all our friends. Even my overprotective brother."
I chuckled at the last sentence.
,, Yeah, that's the big brother inside him, I guess. Always looking out for his lil' sis." I joked and petted her hair playfully.
,,Don't call me like that." She complained as her fingers poked my arm lightly.
,,I'm not calling you like that, I'm just calling you like I think Sokka would call you when he is in the mood for it." I defended myself and kissed her on the crown of her head as an apology. Katara sighed and closed her eyes.
,,I wonder when the day comes where he stops with his ,,Don't give me the oogies Katara!" thing." She said thoughtfully and I laughed lightly.
,, The day I stop kissing you. And this day will never happen." I told her and she giggled.
,, You know how to make me feel loved even if the topic has nothing to do with your crazy addiction for me!" She exclaimed with a broad smile on her face, which I couldn't help but return.
,, Well, if I couldn't you would be in another man's bed now." I teased and kissed her on the head again. I just loved those sweet little kisses that made my body tickle subtly afterwards.
,,And this crazy addiction is called love, my dear." I felt the vibrations of her laughter on my skin.
,,You're stupid!" She said and I just grinned at her statement.
,, Love you too babe."
By now the room was warm enough that we were slightly sweating under the blankets, but not that I minded. I loved to feel her hot body pressed against mine whilst surrounded by warm air. And her skin was always warm, no matter where or when.
,,Tell me, how does a girl from a place of bitter cold feel so hot?" I asked her, the heat around me impacting my thoughts. My hand came down to her flat and soft abdomen and I began rubbing it in a heated manner.
,,That's easy silly one. If it's cold, the body temperature must be higher in order to prevent hypothermia." I grinned at her dirtily.
,,Is that also the reason why you're so hot?" I whispered into her ear and nibbled on her ear lobe, the firebender inside me reacting with heated actions to the heat around me.
,, Aang, behave." She said in the tone I heard so often when saying something dirty.
,,Alright." I simply said after I had let go of her delicious ear lobe and dropped my head onto the pillows.
,,If the lady doesn't want my affection, so may it be." I provoked.
She just giggled lightly as I closed my eyes and concentrated on my other senses: Her regular breathing beside me, her velvety soft skin against mine and her seductive scent were all so normal to me, that I once again wondered if there had been a time where I wasn't used to all of this.
Especially her scent drove me crazy: With my nose mere centimetres away from her hair all the different odours invaded my nose and it turned me on so badly, the warmth around us certainly influencing my senses. But I didn't care what influenced me, I only knew that I would bang her if she said the words. Her scent was just pure seduction and I loved it.
As quickly as my plans for the rest of the day changed, as slowly seemed to pass the seconds as I already imagined how I would thrust into her and enter my personal heaven again. Oh spirits, I wanted her so badly.
My erection was proof to my hunger as it was comfortably positioned against my girlfriend's clothed globes of flesh.
,, You're really excited, aren't you?" Katara more stated than asked with a giggle and the dirty smirk of mine returned.
,,Badly aroused fits more." I growled deeply, the need for her taking control of my voice as well.
,,Mh.." she said in the all too familiar playful tone of hers.
,,Let's play a game then." My lovely waterbender turned me around before she climbed on top of me and then pressed herself flush against me. I saw the mischievous and seductive sparkle in her darkened eyes, a sight I never managed to withstand and my body tickled in excitement at what would come next.
,,Don't make any wrong conclusions yet." She laughed as my erection twitched against her belly because of my dirty thoughts. Her face came closer until it was an inch away at maximum.
,, We both just look each other in the eyes and do nothing besides which could be a distraction. And the one who loses control of his hormones first loses the game." The way she breathed those words against my face was already enough to make me fight within myself. She knew exactly how impatient I was when it came to making love and that is why she proposed to play this game.
,, You want it too, don't you?" I didn't expect a response as I already knew the answer.
,, You're so.." ,,Shh! Just looking in the eyes, no talking!" She shushed me with a horned grin that was all I needed to know. How she always found a way to shush me when I told her how lustful she was. I loved that because it only made her even more attractive: The part of her that struggled with accepting who she truly was always got confronted by me and my cheekiness, which resulted in nothing but more teasing, games and steamy acts.
A steamy act was exactly what I craved the most this moment: Those eyes that screamed her need for me in my face, that wanted me to rip her clothes apart and take her until she died of an overdose of pleasure. I knew all too well what that feeling was and for her, I was probably looking just like she did for me.
She was killing me. With her looks, with her stare, with her hot body pressed so firmly against mine, with everything she was. I sweated because of the heat and I intended to make me sweat even more. She was so desirable to me that I literally felt hungry to feast on her. I wanted to kiss every last inch of her skin and she knew it. That woman knew all my weaknesses and she mercilessly took advantage of them.
The fire of passion burned in her eyes and it made me writhe mentally in pain. My blood was boiling, my body aching for her touch and my need doubled every second. It was like a painful death without really dying but rather suffering to feel the most alive a human can feel.
Despite all the effort to avoid losing control, I couldn't help but grind my cock against her belly for a second. My eyes rolled back into their sockets as her heat made me mentally scream in pleasure. When I refocused on my girlfriend she had a smug expression on her face, obviously enjoying how bad I was at this game. And how much I wanted to wipe that smug expression of her face: Once I had her my way she would be begging me like a little child to take her harder instead of mocking me for my impatience.
My veins felt like they were on fire and my stare must have reflected this burning blaze inside me because her smirk only widened. A smirk of my own formed when I felt her right hand brushing the left side of my torso and continued way down to my hip, telling me that she was just as hungry as I was. I grabbed her hand and gently put it back to her side, where it could do no more harm. As my own hand retreated I ,,accidentally" touched her long and thick tresses that flowed down her body like hot and melted chocolate. In response she scooted upwards slightly and grinded her hips against mine in the process, making me bite my tongue and hiss to prevent any other sounds from escaping. I could feel her wet heat through my AND her clothes and my cock twitched painfully.
I pressed her firmer against me with my hands on her back now, our gazes still locked onto each other's eyes. I saw her biting down on her bottom lip and I knew she had to prevent herself from moaning out loud. Oh, how badly I wanted to hear the sounds she made for me when I made her feel pure bliss. It was so fucking arousing.
She then touched my chest with her fingers, trying to make it look like she wasn't even aware of what she was doing. I grit my teeth and another hiss came out of my mouth. I survived her assault on me with only having to sacrifice a part of my very soul. As she retreated I couldn't help but flash her a toothy grin: Who was the one without self control now?
But just as I basked in the feeling of my victory I felt a small hand grabbing my steel-hard length firmly through my underwear, wiping the grin of my face and making me cry out her name.
,,Seems like you lost." She announced with a cheeky smirk as she began to stroke my cock inside her hand. My hips thrust up vigorously to deepen the contact and I couldn't resist from moaning ,,Fuck" again and again. She was so good at pleasuring me and I felt my cock throbbing even harder in her hand when I saw the dirty and satisfied look in her eyes. I could already feel myself getting closer to my climax just seeing the determined look in her eyes to make me cum.
I whimpered when she let go of my attention-begging member and moved her head closer to my face, obviously enjoying how little resistance I had left to defy her.
,, Get rid of those clothes." My queen commanded and I obeyed in a heartbeat. A few very long seconds later I had her on top of me, naked and dripping wet.
,,Spirits." I cursed when my hands travelled down to her juicy buttocks and squeezed them firmly.
,, You are so sexy." My breathing was already irregular, my heartbeat loud and dangerously fast. She threw her head back and moaned lightly at my actions and I felt my shaft itching with need for more as I repeated my action and slowly began to grind my cock against her drenched sex. She moaned louder and in the split of a second I couldn't hold myself back any more: Flipping her onto her back, I towered over her and a growl of pure need escaped my throat at the sight below me: Absolutely defenceless, absolutely aroused and absolutely gorgeous she looked as I felt the monster inside of me breaking out of it's cage at last.
I crashed my lips against hers, suddenly feeling so hungry that if I didn't kiss her I would starve and I heard her purr, urging me to continue. I pressed her hard against the mattress, her plump and ample breasts getting squeezed deliciously by my chest. I felt her nipples, puckered and begging for attention, teasing my skin and my hands immediately groped her well-rounded mounds, a guttural moan of satisfaction escaping my throat at the contact. I pinched the pink areola of hers and she cried out my name in pleasure.
,, I'm so going to ravish you." I whispered to her in a deep voice before I sheathed myself in one hard thrust inside her. I moaned, no screamed her name as her walls gripped me and engulfed me in their heat and wetness.
,,Don't hold back." I heard her begging me, her eyes two spheres of azure fire, as my cock twitched madly inside her core.
,,Like I ever could when you feel like that." I growled, my sexual aggressiveness growing by the minute. I felt her shivering under me as I started my offensive on her with a quick retreat until only the tip of my piercing shaft was inside her, only to slam it into her again. My hands fondled her breasts rougher as I continued to snog her wet and swollen lips with all the passion I had in me.
Her legs wrapped around my hips in an effort to drive me even deeper inside her, her hands were clinging onto my shoulders and her nails were digging into my flesh, making me feel sweet pain. The way we wrapped our limbs around the other looked like we tried to melt into one being, and we were indeed trying. I needed to be closer to her than anyone could ever be and I needed to drive my cock deeper into her core with every thrust. The deeper I went the louder she got and the louder she got the harder I fucked her. It was an endless circle with no end in sight, all I knew was that I wanted more, every second.
,, You're such a sinful creature." I growled when I had retreated from her lips for some air.
,,Teasing me with your looks. Teasing me with your appearance, always reminding me what a sexy woman is hidden under these clothes. Always reminding me how good you feel around me." I told her as I made her moan when I pinched her nipples again.
,, Oh, how I love to make you this defenceless. You moan and moan and squeeze my cock inside you to make me go even harder on you. You're so dirty." I kissed her cheek now and worked my way down to the column of her throat, where I devastated that soft skin of hers, sucking and biting down lightly, making her walls contract around my shaft keenly. I groaned at the heavenly feeling and quickly continued my descent on her body, not being able to resist her perfect breasts any more.
First I let my tongue swirl around her nipple, teasing the flawless woman underneath me and making her whimper. I smirked evilly at seeing her in this state and watched her as her whimpering got louder with every second I didn't suck on her boob. If she wanted it, she had to beg.
Her nipples were so exquisite: The puckered flesh tasted soft and tender although it's hardened state, a mild sweetness making me swirl around her nubs frequently so that I would get a good taste of her. I enjoyed it to the fullest to tease her large orbs of meat as my shaft continued to pleasure us both inside her cave of lust. I heard her calling out my name yet again as I gave her my entire length in what felt like for the thousandth time.
,,Please Aang. Suck on my nipple." The spirit of lust begged me and I gave her a very horned smile before I attacked her right breast with my mouth. Closing my eyes temporarily, I moaned at the feeling of having her pink nub in between my lips. I rolled it around teasingly, getting even more aroused at the new and yet so familiar experience. I loved playing with her body and her boobs were one of my favourite parts.
I bit down on the sensitive skin of hers, making her breath hitch before releasing a very long mew that was as sexy as her body. I felt so intoxicated by her sounds, they were sinful and yet they sounded so pure and redeeming.
,,Wash away my sins babe." I whispered against her puckered peak as my cock plunged into her scalding wetness again and again, effectively getting cleaned in her juices.
,,Make me pure again." I breathed, the words leaving my mouth like a prayer.
I then turned my attention to her other nipple, begging for attention and affection. I put it in my mouth, pressing it in between my lips and teasing it with my tongue and she cried out in pleasure. Her walls contracted around my shaft firmer and I could feel myself preparing for the final ascend.
,,More." She begged and I obeyed instantly, crushing my hips against hers with every descent, loving how ravenous her tone was. Her hips rose upwards to meet me and she called out my name every time I hit her deepest parts. And oh how good this felt.
,,You're killing me." I groaned as I towered over her and watched her getting really close to the edge. We both were a sweaty and melded mess and I could smell the product of our mutual work on her skin. Not being able to resist, I descended on her chest again, licking her skin and tasting the saltiness of it. I licked my way to the valley of her beautiful breasts, moaning at the feeling of my face getting squeezed in between those sumptuous mounds.
She got tighter and tighter around me and I ploughed her harder and harder although I thought it was impossible to take her even rougher.
,,Spirits, you're tighter than when you were a virgin." I moaned, her boobs vibrating as I spoke. My cock was enjoying itself to the fullest, piercing her wet cavern with raw need for release, dominating the strong-willed woman she was and making her so very dependent on my engorgement.
I kissed my way up to her face up again and stared into eyes that consumed me as much as the very core I thrust in to pleasure us both.
,,Aang." She moaned and I looked into the cerulean eyes that took my breath away before I felt the juice of her climax on my groin, felt her inner muscles and thighs quivering, saw her eyes lightening up and heard her cry out one last time in pure joy and pleasure.
Stars appeared in front of my eyes as I felt my cock throbbing painfully before I finally pumped my semen inside her, the ravenous feeling ebbing away gradually and getting replaced by pure bliss.
I growled and growled as I spilled more and more inside her wet centre, my entire body feeling the purest ecstasy. The more I filled her, the more satisfaction I received from this unique feeling and when I eventually felt like there was nothing left inside of me, I collapsed on my girlfriend with a content and guttural groan. Minutes passed by in silence ( except for moans and pants) as
I felt my own stickiness inside her and around her entrance and I buried my face deeply in between her mouth-watering boobs again.
,,You feel so good, babe." I moaned and moved my hips a bit to feel her satin walls adjusting to my every move, which made me smirk against her plump globes.
,, You too." She returned the words with a moan of her own, her walls squeezing me lightly and making me roll my eyes into my sockets for a few seconds. She moved her body slightly and moaned again.
,, Oh you took me roughly." She stated and I smirked again.
,, I fucked you like you love it the most: Rough and hard." I whispered and couldn't help but start a dirty talk after we already did dirty acts.
,, And you're soooo good at it." She whispered back and stroked my ego, making me feel even better than I already did.
,, I hope that when you'll wake up tomorrow you'll still feel the aftermath of this evening and remember who made you feel this good." I breathed against her ear now and couldn't resist but to say something arrogant.
,, And when I remember which man made me feel this good, I'll come back to him and beg him for more." She whispered back and her words directly appealed to my masculinity.
,,Good girl." I said before I nibbled on her earlobe lightly.
The enticing waterbender underneath me purred like the cute little kitten she was and I turned my attention to her face again.
,,You're such a cutie, y'know that?" I said and tapped on her cute little nose with my index finger playfully. She purred again and I got goose bumps from it. How on earth could ONE sound shake me so much to the core?
I held my arms in front of her face to show her the result of her actions.
,,That's all 'cause of your purr." I said in worship and looked into her deep blue eyes. She took my arm and guided it to her throat where I could see a few hickeys.
,,And that's all 'cause you love me." She half-joked at the extend of my worship but I suddenly felt guilty because of my barbaric behaviour earlier, the rationality slowly making it's way back into my brain again.
,,Oh I'm sorry Katara.." I apologized in a whisper and turned my gaze away, feeling a bit of shame, blushing slightly at the realization. I didn't ask her for permission and yet I just went on with it.
,, Hey, it's nothing that I couldn't fix with my bending." She soothed me and cupped my face so she could lock gazes with me again.
,,It's not like you hurt me. You just.. leave your marks on me with your love." She giggled and I felt the corners of my mouth getting pulled up as a reflex.
,,And how often do I actually have to tell you this until you're going to relax about it?" She added and her giggle intensified. Her laugh was always so contagious and it never ceased to cheer me up. It was a mystery I never had been able to solve and I doubt that I'll ever will.
,,I really didn't hurt you?" I asked one last time, my excessive cautiousness always triggering the angst in me that I mistreated my everything accidentally.
,,Except groping is considered hurting now." She smirked at me dirtily and waggled her eyebrows at me. I let out a sigh of relief and
wrapped my arms around her shoulders, her hands snaking downwards to my neck, as I pulled her really close.
,, Sometimes you really worry me." I mumbled into the embrace and closed my eyes.
,,No silly one, you just worry too much." She chuckled and I smiled sheepishly.
,,But your caring and compassionate side is one of your best traits nonetheless." She told me and I mentally made a little ,,aww" sound. I held her like my life depended on it and I smiled, no beamed madly. She was one of a trillion and she was mine to hold close, mine to kiss and mine to love. Whoever was responsible for this.. thank you, thank you, thank you.
,,By the way, you lost." I laughed lightly after a few passed moments of silent and motionless love, my mood brightened thanks to her words and our embrace.
,,Mhh?" Katara said a little bewildered, so I quickly explained.
,,The game before we just made love." I elaborated and I couldn't quite suppress a cheeky grin.
,,Oh.." She mumbled silently, her cheeks flushing in the most adorable way possible.
,, You just said that I lost but you were the one who grabbed my cock and thus you cheated my dear." My cheekiness grew and I pinched her cute red cheeks with my fingers, which caused her to mew in an absolutely adorable complaint, before I supported my weight on my elbows.
,, Didn't you learn to follow the rules, Princess Katara of the Southern Watertribe?" I teased and pecked her lips quickly.
,,I never learned to follow the rules." She stated with a proud smirk, her behaviour quickly changing in just a few seconds.
,,And that's why you need me beside you." She cheekily added and I sighed with a smile.
,, You know me too well, my love." I said and looked at her very enamoured.
,,Me, the Avatar and protector of the good, falling in love with the cruellest woman there is." I said and Katara raised a brow.
,,Cruel, huh?" She asked curiously and my face came closer to hers.
,,Mhh.. Let's see: You manipulate me with unfair methods and you make me physically dependent on you so you know I can't deny you a thing. That makes you very cruel." I smiled at her playfully and she smiled right back at me.
,, That's not cruel. That's called love, my dear." She said and reminded me of a very similar situation, not even a day ago.
,,You clever girl. Using my statement against myself." I praised her with my words and kissed her full lips sweetly, rewarding her with what both of us wanted to do the entire day.
,,I'd give up my cleverness if it meant I could spent the rest of my life in this bed with you, doing nothing but kissing, snogging and making love to you." She sighed after the kiss and I smiled widely at her words.
,,I'm not as clever as you but I'd give my cleverness up as well at such a prospect." I chuckled and observed her mesmerizing blue eyes.
,, Yeah, you're not always clever." She giggled and I furrowed my brows at her response.
,,Hey! That wasn't really nice of you." I pretended to feel insulted by her statement and she giggled in amusement at my behaviour, which made my move completely worth it.
,,I know, the truth hurts." She teased and I shook my head lightly.
,,Speaking of truths.. Right now you're on a good way to get pregnant." I half-joked and her eyes widened.
,, Oh my! I totally forgot about that!" She exclaimed and looked at me with gratitude in her eyes.
,,If you were so kind and pull out your cock out of me, mister?" She more demanded than asked and I laughed again at her sudden change of demeanour. Oh, how much I loved this woman.
,,As ladylike as always, my love." I commented in response as I pulled out and rolled down on the bed, the feeling of sudden emptiness reflecting on both our eyes for a second. I watched her bending water out of thin air and observed as the water took care of the mess on the bed and inside her core before it disappeared, as usual, in the bathroom's toilet.
,,Why do we always have to make a mess when we do this?" She giggled lightly and I couldn't help but join into the laughter.
,, That's how you know we do it correctly." I said with a cheeky grin and saw her torn between rolling her eyes and giggling.
,, For once I just agree with you. Although I'm sure there is a cleaner way." I snickered now.
,, Yeah, waterbending could be helpful." I stated and waited for the hit to come.
,,Oh you!" She exclaimed angrily, slapping my chest muscles with her small hand. ,,I should have just told you." She quietly admitted and I grabbed her beautiful form before I spooned her.
,,That's right, my love. You shouldn't keep secrets from me." I whispered to her as I began to tangle my fingers in her gorgeous brown hair and played with it's strands. My girlfriend snorted.
,,Like you don't keep secrets from me." She said, almost like she knew the truth behind those words. Being honest and evasive at the same time, I quickly came up with a hopefully good answer.
,, I'd never keep anything from you that would make me a disloyal boyfriend" I calmly said and stroked her velvety soft hair, my fingers tingling pleasantly at the contact.
,, So you do keep some secrets, huh?" I felt her smirking at the words.
,, What kind of stuff?"
I knew how much she loved to find out a secret, especially mine since she claimed to know everything about me and that wasn't possible when I kept a few bits for myself.
,,C'mon, tell me. Please Aang." She used her cute voice that made me melt like a piece of chocolate on a hot summer day.
,, It's just embarrassing stuff, really. I wouldn't hear the end of it if I told you." I mumbled, giving in to her demand partially. I had to think about the picture on the paper scroll I drew when I was thirteen and a half years old, a picture with a very nude and very needy Katara on it. When I didn't.. use it, I always hid it under all my old clothes in my room in the Southern Air Temple. And today, I find the thought embarrassing to tell her the sin I committed. It was an act of nothing but lust, and that is exactly what bothered me: In my opinion, it had nothing to do with love. I felt like I kind of betrayed her love for my need.
But the most embarrassing part was that Zuko once walked into me while I just played with my pleasure zone, paper scroll in my left hand and all. At night. When everybody is supposed to be asleep. Did I at least acquire the reason for his intrusion? Maybe. Because this fact got easily overshadowed by the embarrassment of the moment and thus, I simply forgot. Damn, if I only had locked the door..
I could already imagine her laugh in my head if she found out. And knowing her I'd literally never hear the end of it.
,,So you're not going to tell me?" She asked, the disappointment in her voice hurting more than any kind of physical pain in this world.
,, I promise you that when I'm ready I'll tell you. Please wait for me, my love." I told her and affectionately massaged her head, hoping she wouldn't be mad. I needed time to open up about this. Maybe I made more out of it than there really was, but I was a bit afraid of her response in all honesty. What I did was so very desperate and it made me look like I was only into the physical aspect of her. But on the other hand I was very desperate to finally unite with her, even at a very young age like that, which made the situation even worse in some way.
Ever since her fifteenth birthday she had begun to develop some very alluring curves and with the addition of my hormones, which activated vaguely at the same time, I at least needed to ,,see" her, not only imagine her in my head when I jerked off. Still, I felt bad.
,, Of course." , She whispered back, ,,If that's what you need, I'll gladly give you time." I let out the next sigh of relief for this day and pulled her closer against me.
,, You're not a good girl, you're the best girl." I said and smiled in contentment and I felt her beaming at my comment.
,,I love you Aang." She said so enamoured, making my heart evaporate in a second. I wanted to thank her properly, so I grabbed her by the waist and the shoulder.
,,C'mere gorgeous." I said and pulled her on top of me. She giggled happily, like she always did when she felt marvellous. And I felt pride inside my chest when I was the cause for her happiness.
Her breathtaking nudity lay on top of me and despite the innocence of my gestures, I quickly got hard thanks to the heat and pressure on my member. Not even to speak of the seduction that she called her body. She was so perfect, from head to toes, from left to right, feeling as good as her looks always made me assume. She was unique, she was exotic and so very feminine.
,,I love you too, my forever girl." I said with all the sincerity I could muster for a simple phrase as this before I sealed my lips with hers. The fireworks in my body started, the butterflies hammered against my stomach from the inside and my skin heated up like it did when one took a sip of cactus juice – according to Sokka, I never tried the stuff.
Her lips fit perfectly together with mine, like a key and a lock destined for one another. We intertwined our fingers and they felt like twenty gearwheels of the same machine. We sighed and moaned lightly against the lips of the other one and it was the communication we didn't need to express with words. Our lips danced in sync, the practice and experience of two and a half years of kissing paying off.
The kiss was tender and sweet and yet it felt so full of love and passion that the gentle contact of our lips sent pleasant bolts of electricity down both our spines, clouding our minds in the process.
Her kisses made me feel like I fell through clouds, pink clouds of love. It was the feeling of getting lost in the movement, not really knowing where one was and also not really caring about where one was. It was all about finding happiness in the moment of intimacy and shutting out every concern, worry and care.
I panted when we parted, both our lips very wet from all the saliva and our hearts racing from the excitement of the kiss. As her chest was pressed against mine, I could feel her heart hammering against her soft skin. Just like mine.
,,I think your heart doesn't want to be a part of your body anymore, Sweetheart." I joked and smiled at her.
,,That's because my heart is yours and wants to be with you." She whispered back, her affection for me radiating with every sweet word of hers.
,,Aww. I hate to repeat myself, but you're so cute." I pecked her lips as my sign of gratitude for her words.
,, And romantic. And beautiful. And before I forget it.. perfect!" I quickly came into a tirade of compliments.
,, You're a lovesick sweet talker, who likes cheesy compliments and enjoys showing off in front of his girlfriend." She pretended to be annoyed and made a funny allusion to my tirade. I chuckled in response but quickly became more serious again.
,, But my heart wants to be with you too. It's all yours." I pressed my hands against the spot where her heart was and I found it beating against my fingers, almost like it was trying to literally fall into my hands.
Katara closed her eyes and sighed in contentment. She smiled and it made her look like the most angelic and sacred thing on this world. I focused on the steady heartbeat of hers, her warm skin vibrating every second. I found it wonderfully soothing and I just remained with my fingers exactly where I had placed them moments prior. I looked up and down her curvaceous body, a wide smile of my own forming as I thought about my insane luck and being able to experience such a precious moment.
,,You know, I always fantasized about cuddling with you since our first travels. Whether it was under a tree, at a beach or in a bed; it was fantastic. And yet those imaginations all feel so dull compared to how it makes me feel to really have you cuddling here with me. " I whispered and gave my little dove a sweet kiss on her even sweeter lips.
,,I know I'm amazing." She breathed back after the kiss, her confidence appealing so much to me, my heart feeling frail whenever she played her incredibly irresistible tricks on me.
,,Oh, you're perfect, honey." I sighed and my hands glided up to her shoulders again, pulling her head on my chest in the process.
I positioned her head under my chin and held her tightly, but only after I had put the thick blanket over both our naked bodies. I grinned lightly as I concluded that in the heat of our steamy acts we probably had gotten rid of it.
,,What are you thinking about?" Katara asked, sensing the grin on my face. ,,Just how the blanket got away from us." I said as my fingers brushed all the different areas of her body, going up and down and up again.
,, Didn't you feel cold maybe half an hour ago?" I smirked at her and chuckled, remembering exactly why she had used this particular phrase.
,, You warm me better than any fire in the fireplace." she said with an amused smile of her own, her eyes however telling me how serious she was about it, which flattered me quite effectively.
,,Mh.. Inside and outside if I might add." I grinned dirtily at her and she giggled.
,,Does this mean I'll have to pay twice the amount?" She asked me playfully and I chuckled.
,,Twice the amount of zero is still zero, my love." I told her and she laughed so beautifully, my heart vibrating in the tune of her voice.
,,Yes, Professor Aang." She joked and I thought about her words for a second.
,,Professor Aang.. I kinda like the ring of that." I admitted and nodded my head slightly.
,, Not bad at all.."
My waterbender giggled again.
,,Of course you like it, you're arrogant. Everything that makes you think that you look more attractive has a nice ring to it for you." She teased and I grinned.
,,Only around you I'm like this because I have to sell myself in the best possible way or otherwise you might lose interest.." I said and my fingers tapped on her head lightly.
,, If you really want to sell yourself in the best possible way, maybe you should stop showing off at every opportunity that is given to you." She said, Lady Stoneheart acting like she didn't have any interest in me, like always.
,,It's not my fault the universe is on my side and gives me lots of chances to make you love me even more." I complained and she rolled her eyes.
,,Sometimes you're just a naive, stubborn AND arrogant teenager." She scolded me in a mumble and I smirked, knowing that I got her now.
,,Well let's see.. Naivety and Stubbornness might not be attractive.. but you love my arrogance. It's not like I show off because I think it's cool, but because I know YOU feel attracted to the stuff I do." Her facade broke and she giggled.
,,Alright, I'll admit I really, really enjoy it when you're acting cocky but you also have to admit that you receive massive satisfaction from showing off." She said with a warm and knowing smile as she poked my chest lightly.
,,I only feel satisfied when you like what I'm doing." I honestly admitted with a chuckle and Katara laughed heartily at my statement, my smile widening as I saw the sparkle in her eyes, the sapphires glittering in so many different and subtle variations, it was mesmerizing. Every tiny bit of her gems had a slight variation in colour and brightness, it was impossible not to feel attracted to such beauty.
,, Tell me. What do you see when you look into my eyes?" My beloved asked me curiously, her eyes getting bigger, her interest clearly reflecting on her eyes.
,,I told you hundreds of times, sweetie." I chuckled at the question and petted her hair, playfully tousling it a bit in the process.
,,But I want to hear it again from your mouth." She bluntly and yet so cutely pleaded with me. But it wasn't really a plead since she already knew I would cave in.
,,Who has ego problems now?" I teased and let my fingers rub her cheeks affectionately before I became serious.
,, When I look into your eyes, I lose myself in them. I forget the world around me. I see you in all your beauty. I see the love in your eyes and it makes me drown in eyes with a depth that make the oceans look flat and puny. " I said completely in awe and in purest sincerity. It was really hard to fully transmit the feeling her eyes caused in me, but this was the best words could do.
,,Aww, I love you Aang." She said so enamoured that it made me fly above the pink clouds of love for a moment. She snuggled herself really close to me and I wrapped my arms around her back, giving her the feeling that I would always be her home, her safe place and where she just could be herself, with all her nuances and characteristics. I loved her as a whole and not because of just one part of her. And I claimed her for myself as a whole as well. Of course, I would never share the tiniest bit of her with anyone.
,, I love you too, Katara." I sighed and closed my eyes as I held her tightly to my body, her scent invading my nostrils. It was incredible that not even an hour ago, her scent made me feel aroused and now I felt relaxed because of it. I had a suspicion that love was involved in the tricks my mind played with me, but not that I didn't like that. Quite the contray.
Love is such a fascinating thing: It corrupts our hearts, it fogs our mind and clouds our judgements and makes us so very vulnerable. All those traits are those we humans actually despise the most: We always want full control over ourselves, we crave clear and objective judgement and the goal always is to not show any kind of weaknesses.
Yet love makes us welcome anything if it brings us closer to the incomparable satisfaction returned love provides. It wavers beliefs and morals alike and nobody is safe from it's powers.
And what can I say? I was probably one of love's biggest victims. Not that I complained though. Oh no, I loved love.
