"I've seen the way you look at him."
Katara does her best to keep her expression neutral. "How's that?"
"Like his smile is the most precious thing in the world." Suki flutters her lashes. "Oh, Zuko, I can't resist your fiery gaze—"
Katara swats her arm. "Stop."
"Relax. You can tease me and Sokka all you want."
Katara's face heats. "Zuko and I aren't like you and Sokka."
"But you could be."
You could be together.
It frightens her how much she wants that.
Suki grabs her shoulders. "What's stopping you?"
For the first time, Katara doesn't have an answer.
"I know you don't want me dating her."
Sokka rolls his eyes. "I don't want anyone dating my sister, but that's beside the point."
"What is the point?"
"That you two have been pining for ages. Just get it over with already, it's making me nauseous."
This conversation isn't new, but doubts still plague Zuko's mind. Katara doesn't feel that way for him. She can't. No matter how much he wishes—
Her silhouette appears in the door and Zuko's mouth goes dry.
Sokka slaps his shoulder on the way out. "Good luck, man. Don't give me all the details later."