I know, I'm horrible for making you guys wait, BUT, I bring you a decent sized chapter. Yay.

Katara ran through the fields, looking every once in a while at the sky, hoping to get a glimpse of her boyfriend.

"Aang!" She placed her hands on her cheeks and cried out his name, over and over. "Aang!"

She sighed heavily.

Nothing, a fruitless search that she'd been on for over an hour.

Momo jumped onto her shoulder, wrapping his tail around her neck and crackling a bit.

"No luck, Momo?" Katara sighed, petting the winged lemur on its soft head.

"Maybe he went into town?" Katara practically dragged the soles of her shoes across the paved stone path of the firenation. She hated it there, she wanted to go home, go home, and just be alone. She was tired of being so confused, so annoyed.

She placed one tan hand over her left breast, feeling her heart race. It hurt, it was so painful, knowing that she was longing for something else, something different than what she had thought she wanted.

Aang. No, she didn't want to be with Aang, because Aang just wasn't her soul mate.

She sighed again.

She loved the avatar, she truly did, but…exactly how far did that love go? With every hug, every kiss, it felt more and more wrong, dirty, twisted. She couldn't bare it when he touched her a little too long, or kissed her when she wasn't ready. She didn't let him do normal things that couples did, he couldn't wrap his arms around her waist because it made her uncomfortable. He couldn't kiss her hair, or her neck without her skin crawling. They hadn't gone very far at all, and though Aang never once pressured her, she knew he wanted to.

Aang was like her brother, her little brother. To her, kissing him was like trying to kiss Sokka, it was wrong, it was almost disgusting.

But she stayed. Why? Because she made that choice, now she had to live with it. She lead Aang on, thinking he was the one she was meant to be with, and that's how right it felt, that is, until, until she saw Zuko in a different light. In Ba Sing Se. Under the city, where it was just the two of them surrounded by breathtaking crystals, he revealed the deepest parts of himself, exposing all his vulnerabilities his weakness, his broken heart, and his old scars. She wanted to heal him, to touch his pain away, to fix what his father broke. She…She loved Zuko…

And now, and now he was with Toph. Toph, of all people! That boyish child with a body of an 11 year old, why would he choose her? It was easier when he was with Mai, because she didn't know her, she wasn't friends with her. But Toph, Toph had betrayed her. Why?

"Thanks."

Katara's heart nearly stopped as she whirled around, seeing Zuko sitting in a teashop.

"Your uncle's is better." Toph laughed, sitting across from the firebender.

Katara noticed how Toph's feet hung from the stool she sat in, probably why she didn't notice her.

"Uncle makes the best tea." Zuko agreed, smiling.

A smile, a true smile.

"I wonder why yours sucks, then." Toph stuck her tongue out before taking another sip.

Zuko chuckled. "I don't think it runs in the family." He laughed.

Katara was surprised, on how carefree Zuko was around Toph, she'd never heard him laugh like that, not to anyone.

"Obviously." Toph giggled, before stopping, her ears twitching.

"What? Is it too loud here?" Zuko asked, looking at her with concern.

Toph wrinkled her nose a bit. "No, but when I don't have my feet on the floor, I can't see, so my nose are really sensitive right now." She complained, pinching it between her two thin fingers.

"It's a teashop, there's probably a lot of herbs."

"Seriously." She squeaked out, sounding nasally.

Zuko laughed again, leaning in and resting his elbows on the table, watching his friend closely.

Toph had become the little sister he wished he had, and honestly, he loved her.

"I'm hungry, is there any food?"

Zuko waved his hand, and a worker came up to him.

"Do you serve food here?"

"Of course, lord Zuko."

"What would you like?" Zuko turned to Toph, who still held her nose tightly.

"Whatever. Just nothing too sweet." Toph waved her hand, leaning her head against the table with her arms, resting her head in them.

"What's wrong?" Zuko asked, as the waiter scurried away.

"Nothing." She said, turning her head.

Katara froze as Toph's dead eyes seemed to stare directly at her, as if seeing her.

"This about Aang?"

Aang? Katara squinted, wandering if she heard correctly.

"How'd you know?" Toph laughed.

He leaned down, his bangs sweeping in front of him.

"You have a way about you." He said.

She grinned. "You know me too well."

"You're like my sister."

Sister?!

"Don't compare me to that crazy bitch." Toph chuckled.

Zuko laughed. "I wasn't. You're like my real sister." He smiled.

Wait, what the hell?!

"That would make our relationship incest." Toph snickered. "You're into some weird shit, Zuko."

Zuko lightly punched her arm. "Whatever. This was your idea after all."

"Yeah, well, I didn't really plan it. Just got pissed at her, you know?" Toph sighed, before sitting back up. "She has the best boyfriend in the world, and she goes and falls for someone else. Seriously, who does that?" Toph shook her head a bit, her bangs sweeping in front of her dead gray eyes.

"Maybe you have the wrong idea. I don't see her liking me, honestly." Zuko said awkward, rubbing his neck, feeling very uncomfortable.

Katara's heart beat picked up, watching him discuss her.

Toph told her boyfriend that another girl liked him? Why would she do that?

"You know I can always tell." Toph said, swinging her thin legs. "I can feel it."

Zuko just shrugged, and the waiter reappeared with two slices of pie.

"Will this do, my Lord? It's our finest pie." The man bowed a bit.

Zuko looked at Toph, and she shrugged, feeling around the table for her fork.

The man left, and Zuko smiled.

"Here" He gently touched her plastic fork to her thin fingers, and she took it. "Your plate is right here." He guided her hand, fork and all, down, until the prongs sunk into the crusty outside of the sweet bread.

She smiled. "I can take it from here." She said, sweeping a little of the food and bringing to her thin lips, taking a bite and smiling.

"It's good." She grinned, bringing the fork down and getting more.

"I'm glad you like it." Zuko began eating.

"So, what should we do about this relationship thingy?" Toph asked, waving her fork in between her and the firebender.

"I don't know, it was your idea."

What are they talking about?

"I already told you, it was a spur of the moment thing." Toph stuck her tongue out. "I want my first kiss back, by the way." She commanded.

Zuko laughed. "Like I want it."

"Maybe we should 'break up.'" Toph suggested. "I mean, I don't think I can handle dating you, even if it's fake."

They're pretending? Why would they do that?!

"Well Mai is gone. I guess I have you to thank for that."

"You should've dumped her when you realized you were in love with Katara."

He's…in love…with…with me?

"I didn't want to be alone."

"It's better to be alone than with someone you don't love." Toph countered. "I don't think I could be with anyone other than Twinkle Toes."

"You have a one track mind, though." He laughed. "Besides, as firelord, I need an heir." Zuko said, once again his bangs shielding his eyes.

"So you'd rather make a baby with Mai than risk telling Katara how you feel?"

"Aang is my best friend."

"She's a bitch and doesn't deserve him!" Toph slammed her tiny fists on the table, causing the wood to shake.

Zuko raised a brow at her, before reaching out and touching her hand. "Calm down, Toph."

Toph clenched her teeth, but relaxed.

"We have to let them sort things out. It's none of our business."

"Whatever. I think I want to be alone." She jumped down, her feet making contact with the floor, causing every body that stood near her noticeable.

Katara ran.

"Sugar Queen." Toph said, widening her dead eyes as she turned towards the fleeing body.

"What?"

"Katara was just here."

"What? For how long?!" Zuko said, feeling the panic set in.

"I…I have no clue…"

Yay, the story is headed into more drama.

Btw, I added the teashop scene to remind everyone that this isn't a Zoph, nor will it ever turn into one, though how adorable are they?

Maybe I'll write another fic of the two, because I just realized how shipable they are.

Anyways, please review :D