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Chapter 9: Ribbon
Katara fumed, staring in disbelief at Prince Zuko. "I am not changing in here with you!"
Iroh stepped in. "Katara, why don't I blind fold myself and Prince Zuko while you change?"
"I suppose I don't have a choice," Katara grimaced. She waited none too patiently as Iroh blindfolded Zuko (with much complaining: "Why should I have to be blindfolded! In my own room! I have NO earthly intention of looking!") and himself. She waved her hand in both their faces in turn, and when they made no reaction, she felt slightly satisfied and began to change.
'This is so wrong,' Katara thought as she felt herself reddening. She dressed quickly and folded the drenched clothes, setting them on the floor by the door. "I'm done."
"All right," Uncle Iroh exclaimed pleasantly. He removed the blind folds and transferred one to Katara.
Katara gulped, waiting blind in her enemy's room. A few minutes later, both teenagers were changed. "So, where am I sleeping?"
Zuko moved to sit cross legged on the right side of his bed and jerked his head to the left side. Iroh chuckled to himself as he left them, the wet clothes and towels in the crook of his arm. He counted to three and smiled.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"
Prince Zuko glared at her, "This way I can watch you all night."
"That's an invasion of privacy!"
"It's not my fault, you shouldn't have tried to escape."
"It's kind of a natural thing for me to try to do!"
"Just get in bed."
Katara huffed and proceeded towards the bed. She gulped and crawled in front of Prince Zuko to sit on the left side, her face turned downwards, away from him. Suddenly, she felt her right wrist being pulled across her body by chilled hands. "What are you doing now!"
She was horrified to see Prince Zuko tying her right wrist to his own with a crimson ribbon. He knotted it one handed and pulled the knot taut with his teeth and hand. He looked up at her, his amber eyes holding her gaze. "This way, you can't leave without my knowing. Now, sleep," Zuko slipped under the covers and laid back on the small bed.
Katara 'hmphed' and laid on her stomach. She was so close to Zuko she could feel his body heat radiate off him. A few minutes of silence passed before Katara spoke something that had been bothering her. "So, honor is everything, huh?"
"Uh huh."
"Would you do anything to get your honor back?"
"Yes," Zuko drawled.
"Even put someone to death? You do know that if you hand Aang over to the Fire Lord, he'll kill him."
"Why are you asking me this? Just go to sleep."
"Would you?"
Zuko breathed in and out, ignoring her.
"Answer me!"
Then, in a split second Katara felt her body twist. She could feel the hot hand of Zuko's that was connected to her press down on her own, her right arm pulled against the front of her body. Her heart pounding, she looked up into Prince Zuko's intense golden eyes, only a few inches away from her own.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Please review! I'm going to get killed for this cliffhanger, aren't I?