A Kiss in Ba Sing Se: Secrets and Promises

[A/N: Regrets, connections, acceptance, and a few unexpected surprises.

TAANG... you're it!

The unexpected his part of life.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Chapter 85

Intrusion

Captain Ming heard the loud rapping.

"Ignore that, my flame," Avatar Aang told her as he continued to rock into her slowly.

She felt her passions mounting with each deep stroke within her. The sharp knocking sounded again, and for some reason, it bothered her.

"Just pay attention to me, and me alone, my precious fire lily," the Avatar voiced once more. "I'm going to make you feel better than you ever have before, Ming."

The way he spoke her name seemed off, out of place. For the third time the knocking resounded, and with it, the vision of the Avatar faded as she started to rise towards reality and out of the stupor of slumber. Ming opened her eyes and looked at the high plain ceiling overhead. A shiver went down her spine as she recalled some spooky green eyes covering it before. "Must have had a nightmare along with that sexy one." She closed her eyes wanting to get back to her dream and the Avatar.

"Captain Ming? We're ready to go!" the Fire Lord yelled through the door.

Her eyes shot open as she recalled where she was. "RIGHT AWAY, YOUR MAJESTY!" She rolled from the bed and jumped to her feet. Suddenly she felt her underwear drop around her ankles. Looking down, she noticed that instead of her panties, it was a pair of very damp red briefs. "So that part wasn't a dream?" Ming looked about for her garment but couldn't find it. "I guess these will have to do; not that I mind," she told herself, pulling them up and knotting the waist so that they wouldn't slip down again.

Before Ming decided to leave, her brow furled as if she was trying to recall a thought just outside of her memory. The frustration wore at her psyche as she scanned around the room once more. "Well, must have all been a dream." She shrugged and then left the room. "Sorry to keep you waiting, your Highness, but nature called."

Zuko elbowed Aang in the side as they watched the captain blush as she looked towards the Avatar. "I think someone is smitten with you, buddy?"

"Yeah, right. I'm not a charmer like Sokka."

The Fire Lord shrugged. "You make a good point. Well, if I see Katara, do you want me to tell her anything?"

"You don't have to Zuko. After I take my bath and get dressed, I'll go and check up on her and Toph."

The Fire Lord snapped his fingers. "Oh Toph, man! She must be having a hard time. Her and Sokka are pretty close."

"For sure, but she has her family for comfort and Katara. I would just hold off telling anybody, that doesn't know, about your daughter. We've had enough excitement for the time being."

Zuko thoughtfully nodded as he tapped the Avatar's shoulder, leaving the suite.

As soon as the door closed, the Aang sprinted into the bedroom. He expected to find an empty room, but instead, there was Toph. She was laying on her side with an arm holding up her head.

"Took you long enough… Twinkle Toes. I think I said five minutes, not fifteen."

The old nickname stung enough to make him wince. "I know, but he had some…"

"I heard Aang. I'm just teasing you, that's all. You gave him some good advice, and you're an awesome friend. So, Zuko's a dad, that's a surprise. I thought Mai was going to be his baby's momma or Sweetness."

The young man's jaw dropped open. "NO WAY! Katara doesn't think of Zuko like that!"

"I don't know who's more blind! You or me!"

"Why do you say that Toph?"

"Zuko may not say much verbally, but if Sugar Queen is in the room, his face is pointed where ever she is. Not only that, but let a certain royal hotman get near that ice princess, and she starts to steam. But, there are mitigating factors, at least now. Just ask them what happened after the fight with Azula, and it's like both of them are going to have a heart attack! Don't you find that the least bit curious, Avatar?"

Aang frowned at the comment for a moment and then looked the little princess' way. "Maybe this is a good thing. But, Zuko has a kid, and perhaps he'll marry the mother. But what happens after that? He said, he and Mai have been having issues and Toph just said Zuko and Katara like each other! This is getting really complex!" he thought, scratching at his bald head.

"Don't try to figure it all out, Dimwit. Your tiny brain might explode," she laughed

"Did you just read my mind Toph?"

"I would if there was something written on it! You're easy enough that even a blind girl can see through you!"

"Then how do you know I was trying to figure something out?"

"Because every time you're exasperated, you make sounds like you're taking a dump! I don't have to try and read that pebble you call a brain."

"Are you trying to insinuate. I'm stupid."

"Duh, there is a naked, horny girl laying in front of you and all you want to do is argue. That doesn't seem to bright to me; how about you?"

Aang sighed as he palmed his forehead. "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"

Toph laid back and held out her arms. "Good thing I'm not interested in you for your mind."

Aang lowered himself over her, resting between her raised, ivory thighs. "Right now, I don't have any blood in my head to be thinking clearly, my love."

"I don't have a problem with that," she declared as they joined and her back arched and twisted. "Wow! He is full!"

"And you feel as smooth as silk. I've been waiting to get back to you, you know. It-it feels like you're pulling me in!"

"Less talk, more pumping," she breathlessly stated. "I want to hear you cum!"

Aang was moving nice and slow, in a steady, forceful rhythm. His stroke pressed in deeper, while he watched her reddening face glow brighter. He followed as she licked at her full red lips, gasping and sighing, making all measures of cute and inexplicable sounds.

"That's it Aang! Work it goood, so good! Keep going; just like that!" Toph moaned in a low, breathy voice as her short nails bit into his solid upper arms.

He responded by thrusting deeper and holding his position for a few seconds longer, enjoying how her hips undulated in response, seemingly hungry for more of the same.

Aang rolled her atop him, and Toph began to sway her hips in rapid succession as he pushed his pelvis off the floor. They collided in a series of loud claps. She guided his hands towards her breast; her movements became more erratic. "I'm cumming Aang… don't stop…. I'm about to cum to you!"

He had to admit this was their best, natural, sex so far, and the pressure in his loins was crying for release. He wanted to try and time the happening together.

"Aang, are you here!" a familiar voice cried out from the outer room.

They froze in mid-stroke. The heat in his core seemed to dissipate in a rush of fear.

"What is Sweetness doing in the next room? Didn't you lock the door?" Toph whispered in a near panic.

He simultaneously shook his head and answered. "No… I never lock it."

"You meathead, what happens if she finds us? She'll kill us both!" she whispered, sitting back.

Aang couldn't argue with the logic, but right now, nestled in the velvet folds of her vagina, death didn't seem so bad.

Both the earthbenders could detect the anxious footfalls of the waterbender as she neared the room. "Aang, are you in the bedroom? I'm coming in," she announced as she simultaneously opened the bedroom door.

As the door swung open, Katara saw Aang laying in the bed, under the heavy comforter and rubbing his eyes as if just waking up.

"Were you taking a nap?"

He nodded shallowly. "Yeah, it's been a pretty hard day, I thought I'd get some rest, Kat," he replied with a fake yawn, feeling Toph coiled tightly around his lower body. "Can we talk later, maybe over lunch."

Katara stepped into the room. "It's past lunchtime. If I'd known you skipped it, I would have brought you something. They got enough stuff over in Toph's room to feed an entire village. Want me to run back and fix you a plate?"

"That's okay, I'm used to fasting, and I'll just make up for it at dinner. I know your mind is on Sokka, and that's where it should be. I can't have you running around taking care of me."

"Thanks for understanding, boyfriend. Oops, I shouldn't call you that today of all days. You're her guy, at least until tomorrow." Katara sighed and looked sadly at him.

"Is that still going on Kat? I mean, you were pretty upset about yesterday… and well, that thing that happened between Toph and me."

Katara's shoulders slumped. "Ah, I'm, well, I have to admit, I was more than a little disturbed by what happened, but, I'm over it."

"Really?"

The waterbender's left eye twitched. "I, uh, understand, Toph did what she thought she had to do to save you, and I guess, if were Zuko and me, I probably would have done the same thing." She watched as his eyes narrowed to her satisfaction. "Please don't get upset Aang."

"I'm not upset, what makes you think I'm upset?" he asked in a high pitched voice, reacting to the princess' tongue running about his navel.

"You don't have to deny it Aang. Every time something bothers you, you sound like you're going through puberty again."

The Avatar cut his eyes away. "I do not!"

Katara laughed lightly. "I'm only speculating, Aang. It didn't happen like that for us, and Toph seemed to have plenty of willing 'ladies' to help out in that department if something did happen. That Lady Fong, she's pretty cute, don't you think? I mean, she doesn't have a massive chest, but she's not lacking in the least, wouldn't you say?"

The Avatar's mind drifted back to the previous night, and he became caught of in the memory. "Cute, you can say that again."

Katara glowered at him. "What kind of friggin skunk-bear shit-eating grin is that Aang? Are you seriously considering that whore's offer?"

His face darkened. "Fong risked her life to save me today! If she didn't fight that succubus, I would have died! She's all beaten and broken for me, Katara! I'm sorry if that got you jealous! Yes, she's cute, dammit, she's gorgeous! She's not only gorgeous, but, but she's brave and smart, and if you had been listening, she's no whore! In my book, neither are Lili or Lei!"

Katara crossed her arms. "And Mei Mei?"

Aang turned to the side. "There is always an exception. But we don't know what anyone of them went through, now do we?"

The waterbender crossed her arms, looking away in shame. "You're right; we don't. I can only imagine what these women have had to endure, just to survive."

Beneath the thick comforter, the little princess being moved to tears by his defense of her cousins began making her presence felt in various ways. She started to kiss his side lightly.

"Those we… AH, SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE!" he suddenly shouted.

Katara looked closely at his flushed face. "What was that?"

The nomad tapped his bedfellow with his foot on the rear, attempting to get her to behave. "Oh, I was just saying, what happened was special circumstances. I, eh, I really don't remember much of what happened last night, in that other world. I was told it's like a dream realm, messes with your memories," he lied

.

"Really?" the waterbender remarked in an excited tone as her blue eyes brightened.

Aang smiled. "Yep, it was all just like a dream… I hardly recall it at all. I mean, if Toph and I did anything, I guess it was that forgettable." He suddenly winced as his stowaway pinched the inside of his thigh.

Katara saw his discomfort. "What's wrong. Are you sure you're okay Aang?"

"Just a stomach cramp, no big deal. Once I get something inside, I'll be right as rain."

"Actually Aang, I'm glad I caught you here. I need to talk to you." Katara pushed the door closed.

Aang almost started crying at her actions. Those words were a wall of ice that once again was keeping him from the two things he desired most now; Toph and being in Toph! For him, today, it was all about the Toph.

"What's wrong Aang aren't you happy to see me? I thought you'd be always happy to see me?" She caught the downcast look in his face. She started to pout. "Don't I please you?"

Aang had to pull himself together. "Of course you please me Katara, you always do. But, you're also very tempting, and we agreed that we would wait until we got married to, well, do it, right?" He looked away as to disguise his deception. It's just that I am completely drained, and my resistance to you is low."

She smiled as she drew closer to the bed. "I'll be strong enough for the both of us. Though you are one tempting piece of man-meat, Avatar."

"Man-meat?"

The waterbender's humor faded at his puzzled look. "Nevermind, just something I overheard from Suki… once."

Aang nodded. "Okay, don't know what that means, but thanks for the compliment, I guess."

Toph had to stifle a laugh from her hiding place.

Silence filled the air as the awkward moment seemed to linger.

"Uh, didn't she tell you that you guys are still going on that date? Didn't Toph tell you, I mean?"

"No, I left the suite before she got back."

"That makes sense. So, you'll probably be going to some swank restaurant tonight I bet. Her mother, I hear is all over this. She's making it some type of public declaration that the Avatar is siding with the new regime; uh, Lili was telling me."

"So, you and Lili getting along okay?"

"Yeah, she comes over hard at first, but she's really nice, once you get to know her," Katara stated as she played in her hair.

"I can see that. I was really impressed in Mai's room, how you guys were working together, taking care of Sokka."

"Yeah, she's great for sure. What do you think about the date, Aang?"

"I'm good with it. I like spending time with Sifu… I mean Toph. I just thought for sure you would want to call it off after all this madness." Aang's eyes rolled up into his head as the small hand was fondling his testicles and the nomad was finding it harder to concentrate.

"What's wrong Aang, your stomach still," the healer asked as she watched him sharply wince.

"Probably. I think it's just gas from the eggs and lentil porridge I had at breakfast. It catches up with me," Aang said as he tried to push his thighs together, only to get another pinch.

"Warn a girl if you have to let it out, okay? You're lentil, and egg thing is a deadly combination."

"Sure Kat, I'll let you know." The Avatar jumped now as Toph lightly flicked his nut.

"Ow, that hurts!" he sharply cried, kicking Toph's buttock with his heel.

Katara covered her mouth with a hand. "Oh, you poor thing. I know gas can be rather painful. Do you want me to see if I can help? You just lay back, and pull back the blanket. I'll go get some water and take care of those nasty crampy's."

Aang never liked it when Katara acted more like his mother than just a friend. He felt Toph clutch his thigh. "Uh, no, that's alright. As soon as you go, I'll just sit on the pot. Besides, you need to save your strength, just in case one of the people who really need, need you. This will pass, literally."

Katara giggled. "You sounded just like Sokka. Thanks for being there for me."

"Hey, what's a boyfriend for?"

"See, I know you're the best guy in the whole world Aang,"

"I'm not the best… maybe in the top…"

Aang's words were cut short by Katara's warm, wet, kiss. The force of the sudden impact drove him down unto the bed at an uncomfortable angle. His aggravation increased as his hidden lover now pinched the tip of his penis, hard.

Katara mistook his groan for amorous and stuck her tongue deeper into his mouth. He fought to keep from gagging as he struggled to get a full breath in. Once more she supposed his utterances were due to arousal and pressed the kiss harder, bending in coolness with it.

Panic and a claustrophobic feeling were taking hold. The pressure on his jaw was sending pain up into his head. He took Katara by the arms and slowly pulled her back, as to make eye contact and to take a moment to breathe.

She saw tears and the strained look on his face. "Was I hurting you?"

"A little," he admitted. "My neck was a bit bent, made it hard to breathe."

The waterbender placed her hands over her mouth. "I'm so sorry, Aang! Here, let me help you sit up."

The Avatar rolled his neck around. "That's okay. I'm good now. I'll just keep laying down here and perhaps get back to sleep. Sounds like it's going to be a crazy night too; so I better rest. I'll talk with you later Katara."

The waterbender stood and fidgeted for a couple of moments as Aang closed his eyes. "I guess I shouldn't have kissed you?"

"Except for the lack of air… that was a great... kissss," he said as his voice rose unexpectedly once more. Aang's eyes almost crossed as he felt Toph licking his member along the ridge.

The healer looked closely at his expression. "Uh, thanks for not making it a big deal, and also for the special effects. That's an adorable face you're making."

This time the Avatar just nodded as he felt the warmth of the little princess mouth envelope his glans.

"Aang, Toph and I had a bad fight. A really bad one. We argued like little kids. I know you and me just started in this relationship, but we've known each other for a while," Katara demurely stated. "I thought about it this whole date thing, and with me having three patients to attend to, well, it would actually, perfect timing."

"Oh yeah? Why so Katara?" he asked as Toph took a momentary break from her suckling.

She shyly looked away. "If, if I'm busy, then I won't have time to think about you guys; going out and having a good time, by yourselves. You know, we've haven't gone on a date yet and you two…"

"Toph is my friend, and she's your friend too Katara. The last thing she'll ever want to do is hurt you." Aang measured his words as she felt Toph's body get heavy upon him.

"I know that Aang. I also know she loves you."

Aang couldn't help keeping the shock from producing a chill that ran up his spine. "I know, as a friend. She loves me as a friend."

The waterbender shook her head with a wry smile. "You guys, you all seem to be so thickheaded, I swear! Toph has had the hots for you for such a long time. I can't believe you never noticed."

"Are you sure? She's more likely to punch me out, or bury me in a, Rock-a-Lanche rather than kiss me," he declared, nervously focusing on Toph's reactions.

"I just thought you should know, Aang. Fortune favors the prepared, and if you already know how she feels, then you can let her down, nice and gentle. She may still bounce a boulder off your head, but at least, you'd know why."

"Thanks for giving me the heads up Katara. If she confesses or something, I'll be nice and gentle."

A heated look appeared across the waterbender's face. "I just want you so much right now Aang!" Katara's voice took a sultry tone as her azure eyes filled with desire. "Please touch me?"

"Where?"

Katara stepped a leg up on the bed beside. Giving him a full glimpse up her skirt. "I don't know why we made that stupid pledge! Nobody is going to know if we break it. Look, I'm not wearing any panties."

Aang stiffened at that news as his penis sprang up. His eyes bugged out and his mind raced. Just a few days ago this would have been delightful information, but now he felt… trapped. "Katara… huh… we can't do this. I can't take advantage of you. I think you're just afraid that Toph is going to throw herself at me, the same way you're doing now."

"And what if she does? Can you really say that you'll be able to say, no? I'm mean, she's very pretty now and her boobs are almost as big as mine."

"Bigger," Aang mentally retorted.

"You know boyfriend, they say a full moose-lion doesn't hunt."

"Katara, it is true that a full moose-lion doesn't hunt, but they will mate like ten times a day."

"Really?"

"Yes Katara, really. So please as much as I want you too… we have to use restraint right now. You were right before. We should wait.. What if we do it, and then my body wants to do it with Toph too? It's easier to resist what you never had," he reasoned.

Katara lowered her leg as she looked surprised at first, and then it faded into hurt.

"Oh, I get it… this is payback isn't for earlier. You're still mad about this whole dating bet and making you the wager! I come here, hoping to make amends, and you hold out on me now to teach me a less…"

This time it was Aang who quieted her with a kiss. It wasn't passionate, but soft and warm; his hands gripped her shoulders. She leaned into the kiss, her tongue probing for more but he withdrew, laying back on the bed once more.

Katara touched her lips as her tears started to stream.

"Payback would be me taking advantage of a woman in love," Aang said slowly and sweetly while looking into Katara's glistening eyes. "I meant what I said when I told you that you were right before. Katara there will be a time and a place for us, but it will be when we are both ready and we aren't acting out of fear."

"Oh, Aang! I love you so much, and this just makes me love you more! When did you grow into a man?"

"The same time you grew into such a beautiful woman."

Katara smiled tightly. "Are you sure you don't want to try touching under my skirt? I did bathe before coming."

Her words somehow made him think of Toph who was remaining amazingly still.

"As tempted as I am Katara, I am determined to be a man of my word and today, to honor you and the pledge you made with Toph. I am Toph's boyfriend, for the day, for better or worse."

Katara looked away embarrassed "Okay, I understand. I just wanted you so much I kind of forgot about all of that stuff... in the heat of the moment."

Aang smiled pensively. "Well, that's easy to do! Look at me kissing you and all. Remember, Katara this is just for a day, okay?"

She nodded. "So then it will be our turn to take have a date. Maybe we can take that walk in the park... and, and maybe I could still forget to put on certain items; if you know what I mean, boyfriend."

"Sounds absolutely wonderful, Kat. Let's talk about it tomorrow, but right now I am extremely tired."

"Want me to get in there with you?" she teased.

"I think we would both be feeling pretty guilty afterward, Katara"

"Nope, definitely I wouldn't be." She started heading for the door. "I promise you, our date is going to make that thieving cat a memory. I guarantee! Get some rest, boy, I mean Aang!"

Before the door closed behind Katara, Aang could already hear Toph sobbing.