Chapter 8: Saving the Date
Author's Note: I actually figured out how to approve all my guest reviews! Go figure that clicking around can do wonders for the mind. I just got home and the first thing I did was hop onto my computer to write the rest of this chapter out. You guys are loved. I went through some of the comments and I feel like I must say it's been a long time since I've watched Avatar! I'm not going to lie. I'm writing some of the characters as OOC, but I'm hoping they fit the general mold.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these lovely characters.
"Katara, I have a small meeting to attend," The Fire Bender said, "Can you wait here for a while?"
"I can't go around?" She asked.
"I prefer you not."
"Why?" The water bender said with her arms crossed.
"There are just... some weird people walking around here; I would feel safer if you just stay in one spot," He responded.
"You mean you're not the only weirdo in the Fire Nation?" Katara gasped as she tried to sound shocked.
"Funny," He remarked, "Can you please just stay here."
"Zuko, I don't want to stay in a boring room with people looking at me."
"No one is looking at you," He said.
Katara raised her eyebrow as she cleared her throat. She had turned Zuko around and much to his surprise, everyone was staring at them. Quickly, the staff had split into different directions as they pretended to do something important.
"See, no one is looking."
The water bender was about to hit the Fire Lord before he let out a small sigh.
"Fine, I know a place that'll interest you," He said as he took her hand, "Follow me."
Katara almost stopped as she saw how elaborate the inside of the palace truly was. The halls were decorated with flower and photographs of people and memories that she would never know. The floors were made out of wood, but were covered with long, red carpets. As she looked up toward the ceilings she had noticed that there were no cracks or dents in the entire building. Not only was it expensive inside, but well maintained. Coming to a short halt, Zuko had stopped which caused the water bender to bump into him.
"Ow..."
"This is the palace's library," The Fire Lord said as he disregarded the small pressure on his back.
As he opened a pair of mahogany door, Katara walked into the room. The palace's library was almost as big as the one from the air temple. It went on for miles and was filled from head to toe with books and scrolls. Everything was well preserved as the room held no speck of dusk or webs. She had realize that Zuko came from a royal family, but not even the entire south pole could make up this castle.
"You can look at whatever you want here. My family made it a strange hobby to collect things from all over the world. If you're interested, there might even be some water scrolls."
Katara smiled and nodded. She knew that Zuko just wanted to keep her in one spot, but she didn't mind giving in as long as she had something to do.
"Wow, you even have old scrolls here," She said as she looked around.
"I'll come right back after the meeting," The fire lord said as he walked away.
x x x
A while had pass before Katara decided to really take a look around. She noticed that most of the books were in different languages and that some of them were simply children books. Uncle Iroh had a tendency to buy everything he liked when he went into town and she figured that it must have ran in the family. Picking up a small red book, she read the title 'Life of the Nation." She opened the object and skimmed through it, realizing that it was almost like a book of rules and codes. Taking it back to a small chair she sat down and got comfy.
"Maybe it'll be good for me to learn some history considering that I'm going to be... Fire Lady."
Katara read the first section:
The Fire Nation's biggest pride is their own honor. Without honor and words, we are merely creatures without a purpose. We must respect others for their class and must never over step the people above us.
"Now I see why Zuko was so honor crazy as a teen..." she mumbled as she skimmed through the pages.
For centuries we have been a strong nation that dominated most of the neighboring villages. Opposing us has always been the Water Tribes, who unlike the Earth Kingdom, created more obstacle in battles for us. They could counter our attacks, mere fire turning into steam around them...
"At least they knew we were strong," She remarked smiling.
The water bender kept reading as she let out a small yawn. History was always fun to hear about when it came out of Gran-Gran's mouth, but this book seemed like it was trying to brainwash others. Slowly, Katara's frequent reading grew lighter as she fell asleep on the chair.
x x x
THUMP.
Katara jumped up as she heard a sudden sound. She looked around to register where she was and noticed that the book she previously had had fallen onto the floor. Letting out a small sigh she laughed at how silly she was and realized that she had no idea how long she had slept for.
"Zuko's not back yet," She groaned as she went to put the book back.
Finding the spot she had went to, she placed the object in its original home. Turning around her eyes suddenly spot a scroll with a water symbol on it. She took it out and unrolled it to see instructions for a move, specifically for the water whip technique. Smiling, she remembered that that was the first move she had ever learned. She let out a small laugh as she realized that she went through so much trouble for a piece of parcel that Zuko had sitting around in a dull room.
"Come to think of it..." She thought, "That's the same time that he found my mother's necklace."
She reminiscence about the night that she was in danger. She had not learn to master her bending and was currently facing off with a group of angry pirates. Feeling afraid, she knew she had to run, but ran straight into the arms of a certain fire bender. She didn't register it at the time, but now she noticed that Zuko was always quite taller than her. She recalled the feeling she got when Zuko had suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her away.
"I'll save you from the pirates..." She whispered as she remembered what he had said that night.
Her hands lingered over the scroll as her mind began to play a new story. She would run away from the pirates, scared of being caught, and would suddenly run into Zuko. Without saying another word he would grab her arms and bring her into the woods. As the night passed by, they would hear cries from the pirates, but he would reassure her that it would be okay. As the group got closer to them, he would pin her against the tree and tell her to be quiet as he shielded her from sight. Maybe then he could say-
"I'll save you from the pirates."
Katara jumped as a warm breathe ran down her neck. She had moved her hands to bend a whip, but realized there was no water around her. Instead, she turned around quickly and saw no one other than her fiance smiling back at her.
"I believe that was what I had said," He remarked as he noticed the scroll in her hand.
"Yeah and you didn't save me at all," She commented.
"Obviously... I was waiting for the right time."
"More like you wanted to use me as a lure for Aang!"
"No need to confuse ourselves with details," Zuko said as he shrugged, "Ready for the tour?"
"Are you done with your meeting?"
"I left and told them that me and you were going to create a successor for them. They were more than thrill to let me go."
Katara froze as Zuko stared at her.
"What?" The fire lord asked with the straightest face.
"You.. wait... us? Successor? Do you even know what that means!" She yelled as her face turned red.
"Of course I do," he said with a smirk, "I'm kidding, Tara. They told me I can spend some time with you. We're all happy that you're here."
The two benders exit the room as Zuko lead Katara to all the places he use to play in as a child. She couldn't help, but notice the way his eyes shined as he mentioned the room that him and Iroh played games in. He had pointed out the meeting room where he was first announced prince and quickly told her that he was so nervous that day.
However, she figured that not all his memories would be good and that some were probably equally as bad. Catching the small pinch of pain in his face as he continued to walk around the palace, he had shown her empty rooms that belong to people who would never come back. As the water bender briefly looked inside she could tell that Zuko had the workers keep the room fresh. Maybe he thought that one day they'll come back... or maybe keeping the rooms clean was his way of forgetting they were gone.
"And this," Zuko said as he noticed Katara was no longer paying attention, "Is our room."
"Our?" Katara asked hastily.
"Well, where else do you expect the fire Lord and Lady tostay?"
Katara had forgotten for a moment why she was even there. Her and Zuko were getting married. Here she was gawking over decors and furniture when she should be preparing herself! As he opened the door, she took a small peek inside.
"I thought the ship room was beautiful..." She whispered as she was even more amazed by the Master Bedroom in front of her.
The room in the ship had minimum décor, but this one had a more elaborate scheme to it. The walls was a deep shade of red as a large portrait of Zuko hung on the wall. Smaller photos were scatter across the room as Katara noticed that all the wood was beautiful craved with elaborate designs. Instead of a red carpet, the floor had maintain it's natural wood and only had another Fire Lily carpet on it. As the water bender continued to look around she noticed that in the corner was a king size bed, much larger than the one on the ship. It had silk covers on it as pillows were thrown on top.
"Do you not do your bed?" She asked as she noticed some of the pillows were on the floor.
"Well, you see, the day we left for the South Pole I was yanked out of the comfort of my own domain and tied up by two lunatic of a General."
The water bender stared at the fire master with growing confusing as he told her not to worry about it. It was just a silly thing that had happened to him. Taking one last look at the room, Zuko took hold of Katara's hand, his finger intertwining with hers as he gave her a small grin. She wasn't quite sure where this relationship was going, but one thing she knew was that it was getting easier by the moment. As she began to get lost in her own thoughts, she forgotten to look at where they were heading and felt a small breeze on her face.
"This," Zuko said as he looked toward the sky, "Is where my mother and me would always go when we felt like having alone time."
"This is such a beautiful place..." Katara said as she stopped.
The land outside was just as beautiful as the inside. The entire opening was filled with flowers as a small koi pond laid in the middle. Everything was simple, but at the same time it felt extravagant.
"When I was younger, I fell right here," Zuko said as he pointed in a spot on the ground, "and my mom picked me up and told me that I wasn't allow to cry or Azula would make fun of me."
"Your mom sounds like a nice lady," Katara said softly.
"She was..."
A long silence passed as Zuko put his hand in the water. Small ripples appeared as the fish swarmed toward his hand. They had hope that he had some food for them, but left disappointed as they realized he didn't. Katara stared at her fiance. She knew how it felt to lose someone important, but she was lucky enough to still have her family.
"Zuko really only had Uncle Iroh..." she thought.
Thinking quick on her feet, the water master lift her hand, a small water bubble appearing out of the pond as Zuko looked inside. A small koi fish swam inside the bubble as the others watched it fly.
"Look, this should be you!"
"Why am I the small one?" Zuko asked slightly offended, "I should be that one! It's bigger and it's feared by all the other fishes."
"This should be you..." Katara whispered, "Because I like this one."
The Fire Bender looked at the girl beside him and quickly averted his eyes. As Katara set the fish onto of the water, her eyes sparkled at how the other fish were trying to join it. She had miss Zuko's movements as he looked at the ground.
"She always gets me feeling not like me..." He thought as his fist slightly tightened.
"I'm sorry fishies, there's only room for one." The young girl said as she moved the koi fish around the pond.
Out of no where, Zuko suddenly grabbed her arm which caused her to drop her focus. The bubble fell and the small koi swam to its friend as the fire bender's lips landed on hers. The two stay still for only mere moments before the kiss progressed into something more than a peck. Both of them were competitive people and nobody wanted to lose. As Zuko deepened the kiss, Katara's arm wrapped around his neck, bringing him closer as she tried to match his dominance with her own. His arms found their way around her waist as he pulled her body closer to his.
"Z..Zuko," Katara said as she tried to pulled away.
The bender only shook his head and kissed her again. He didn't want to let her go. He didn't want to leave this bliss. His mind became clouded with desire as he fought with himself internally. He wanted to push her on the ground and kiss her neck, run his hands over her body as she moaned. However, he knew that he had to slow it down. One step at a time or else he was going to ruin any chance he had.
"Ah Hem..."
The two bender pulled away quickly as they saw General Tai standing outside. He had turned his head to avoid the scene, but felt like he still saw way too much.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, Fire Lord Zuko, but the counsel wanted to run some minor details about the wedding with you two before they make any permanent plans."
Katara and Zuko blushed slightly as they regain their composure. Zuko took the lead and resumed his normal 'bad guy' act as Katara simply stood there quietly.
"Proceed," He said as he let out a small cough.
"First, they wanted to know if you wanted the wedding here or... in the south pole."
"Oh, it can be here," Katara replied, "I know it's hard to get use to the cold environment and I would feel terrible if everyone had to suffer. Plus, my family is a lot smaller... so it wouldn't be that much of a hassle to come up here instead."
"Excellent," General Tai responded, "Next, the wedding is going to be in-"
"The wedding will be whenever I say the date is," Zuko quickly replied as he could sense that the counsel had already set a date.
The young men looked at him as he made a small note on paper, "Well then... do you guys want a big wedding or a small one?"
"Big," Zuko responded
"Small," Katara replied.
The two of them looked at one another as they answered at the same time.
"Small," Zuko corrected.
"The counsel believes that a bigger wedding would be better only because it would benefit the nation more to see the harmony between both elements."
"Then big!" Katara said as her nose wrinkled slightly, "If it's better for you than it's fine with me."
"Splendid..."
The General took a small bow before he had quietly remarked to return to whatever they were previously doing. As he took his leave Zuko cleared his throat. He found like the frequent interruptions he faced during his most intimate moments were no longer a coincidence, but what else could they be? Maybe the world was out to simply get him.
"Well," He said as he tried to change the subject, "Do you want to have dinner now?"
"Dinner?" She asked, "Isn't it a little early?"
"Well it's already well into the evening."
"Evening?" The water bender replied surprised, "But it's still bright out!"
"The sun sets differently between seasons," Zuko said, "Right now the days are a little longer, but it should grow dark within the next half hour."
"Oh... it always gets dark quickly in the South Pole," Katara said, "But I guess that's because we live in such a snowy area."
"If you're not hungry than we can go do something else," Zuko said.
"No no, it's fine!" She cried, "Will Uncle Iroh be joining us?"
"He always does," The fire bender responded, "It's one of the few moments we put aside to spend together."
x x x
The rest of the night was fairly quick. After Zuko had ask the servants to prepare dinner, it had only took them a little while to cook it. The sun had set by the time they sat down to eat and the dinner chat consisted of a lot of talking in anticipation for tomorrow. Iroh had asked if Katara wanted to go into town with him and she jumped at the chance to see the village.
"Are you going to come with us tomorrow?" The water bender asked as she directed the question toward Zuko.
"I go every week," he said, "Someone has to stop Uncle Iroh from buying the entire town."
"Nephew, I am only supporting our people by buying their goods."
"You buy too much."
"I buy to little."
"The entire west half of the palace is full of your things, Uncle, " Zuko replied.
"That's because my room is too small, I need the extra room for my nicknacks."
"We have the same size room! If I can keep my belongings in my quarters, I am sure that you can do the same thing."
"But you never do anything to yours, Zuko, Katara may be the first new addition to your room in months."
"And clearly you can see that she is staying in my room, not outside in the hallways and the storage room and the guest room..."
Iroh tried to think of a comeback, but couldn't. Instead, he told Zuko to not hurt Katara during the night and that was soon followed by constant bickering between the two.
"Zuko's room..." Katara thought as she poked at her meat.
The water bender was still a little nervous, but she figured that this was just a small thing. Zuko and her had shared living spaces before when they had traveled together. What could possibly go wrong?
x x x
Zuko looked at the water bender as she stood in the center of the room. She had looked as though she was a child lost in the center of town. For once she was dress normally and her red appearance was replaced by shades of blue. Her nightgown was a light material that went a little above her knee and her hair was put into a low ponytail. He could tell that her eyes were avoiding the bed as she stood on her feet, spinning around to rid herself of any nerves.
"Tara, are you going to sleep standing up?" He asked mockingly.
"No, I'm just... practicing my balance," She said.
Zuko almost laugh at her attempts to get out of sleeping. She had lucked out on the ship when they both slept at separate times, but this time he was not going to lose. He made sure there was nothing that she could bend in case she had an episode and decided to kill him.
"I don't bite," he said as he mentally thought that the idea of biting her would be a rather nice one.
"I know," the water bender replied, "I just want to stand here for a while. You know, work up a sweat so that I can sleep peacefully tonight!"
"Bull."
Katara stood there with her arms crossed, "That's not very nice."
"You obviously don't want to get into bed with me," he said smirking, "You probably think I'm going to attack you."
"Of course I don't," the water bender responded as she wrinkled her nose.
"You're lying," Zuko said softly.
"How can you tell me that I'm lying?"
"I can just tell."
"How?"
"Because you wrinkled your nose," Zuko said, "When you lie you wrinkle your nose and your lips goes up into a tiny pout... just like when you said it was fine with have a big wedding."
Katara looked at the fire bender slightly amazed that he could pick up on such small things. As she was mentally noting to be more careful, she failed to notice an approaching fire bender sneaking up on her. Zuko picked her up bridal style as though she weigh nothing more than a bag of rice.
"What are you doing!" Katara yelled.
"Sleep," he said as he threw her on the bed, "You have a big day tomorrow and being scared of a bed is ridiculous."
Katara turned to face the wall as she felt Zuko's weight go onto the mattress. With a flick of his finger the candles that were previous lit blew out and the pair was left in the dark. Two minute went by, but Katara could have sworn it was a century that had passed. Her and Zuko had shared a room during their travels with Aang, but now they were sharing a bed as an engage couple. She tossed and turned.
"Katara," Zuko said, "Not all of us is born pretty. I need... what do you girls call it? Beauty sleep."
The water bender had stopped moving after hearing Zuko's voice. She was always over reacting as Zuko played it cool. She hated that. After a while, she tried to listen to see if Zuko had fallen asleep, but heard nothing. Turning around to face him, she saw that his eyes were still open.
"Were you awake this entire time?"
"Yup, it's hard to sleep when someone's tense vibes pollutes the air."
"Sorry..." The water bender said closing her eyes.
She had a quick thought of pretending to sleep and that maybe her actions would cause Zuko to sleep himself. A long while passed and she had tried to fool the Fire Lord, but failed rather miserably.
"Katara, what's wrong?"
"I don't know I'm just.. over reacting."
"About?"
"Don't you feel the little bit weird?"
"Why would I need to feel weird?" Zuko asked
"Because we're in the same bed!"
"So?"
"So?" She asked back, "how can you not feel weird or scared or nervous?"
"Because," He said, "I have no need too. I'm sleeping in my room next to a girl I'm suppose to be marrying. Next to someone I like."
Katara looked at him. There was that word again; like.
"How are you even sure?"
"Sure? I'm not psychic, Katara, I need you to talk in complete sentence." The Fire Lord responded.
"How can you say that word so calmly, like? How do you know that you like me?" The water bender asked quietly.
"What kind of question is that?"
"Well think about it, if we weren't force into this marriage, we may just be friends still... maybe you think you like me because you need to like me or else we're going to be lonely and unhappy forever!"
"Katara," Zuko said.
"And really you never know! Maybe if it wasn't me, but some other girl, you would say 'I like you' to her too."
"Tara," He growled.
"I keep trying to ignore it when you say you like me, but it's getting hard when you say it frequently now. I know you want to show the counsel that we get along and make a good impression on the people, but-"
Zuko had gotten on top of Katara, her sentence stopped mid way as his eyes glared at her with a shine so strong they looked like orbs of flames.
"Stop," He commanded, "Don't ever say that I like you only because we were put together by our elders."
"But... we were only friends a few days ago..."
"Katara, I've thought about it for a long time now. Every time I'm alone I thought about it. Every time I did something stupid these pass few days I thought about it. How did I feel about you when we were younger teens? What were my true emotions?"
The fire bender looked at his fiance as his body remained on hers. He had his arms set on both side of her head as he tried to lessen the pressure on her body. She could feel her heart stop as Zuko hovered over her.
"I kept thinking that I wanted to protect you because we were friends. We only had times to think we were friends, Tara! Yet, would I risk my life to save a friend. Maybe, if they were a long long LONG time friend. But we only knew each other for less than a year. Remember our final battle together? Between me, you, and my sister?"
"You mean when you saved me from Azula's attack..." She whispered.
"When I saw her aim at you instead my heart nearly stopped. I didn't want her to hurt you. I had never, ever, tried to redirect lightning before. Uncle Iroh had only taught me the movements, but I was so... happy when I saw that you were okay. I don't know how else I can say it, Katara. I don't know what else I have to do to prove to you that Im not acting on a silly engagement. I really want you to fall in love with me for me- for us."
"Zuko.. what are you trying to say...?"
"I'm saying I like you, Katara! I could even love you already, I don't know. What I do know though is that whenever we're alone I want to kiss you. Whenever we're together I want to protect you. I always wanted to protect you! This may not be a few days of feeling, but 6 years of feelings... so, don't you feel anything at all for me...?"
Katara looked at the fire lord, shock on her face as she turned away. She closed her eyes, thinking long and hard. Exactly what did she feel for Zuko? She had spend the entire time they had thinking about this stupid marriage and this stupid arrangement that she had forgotten every minute they had before then. She admit that during the 4 years they were away, she looked forward to his letter. She got exited whenever she got his mail and wrote back right away when she was done reading it. She knew how angry she felt when she had heard he had a new maid and how lonely she felt when he didn't respond for weeks. Yet, isn't that what all friends felt like?
When she thought about all the people she knew before, she thought about how they were together. Aang had always liked her, but she never felt anything, but motherly love back. She didn't think about Haru or get mad at him for looking at other girls when they hung out together. She only ever felt something for one guy and that was Jet, but the adoration for him disappeared when he turned out to be an evil douche bag. Then there was Zuko and their relationship was never really clear. She was always fine sleeping next to Aang, but she didn't want to sleep next to Zuko. She didn't want him to see her morning face and couldn't risk the chance of hugging him in her sleep. She always avoided looking at him when he took his shirt off or trained, but she always thought that that was due to the fact that Zuko was manlier than Aang and Sokka, it felt almost dirty to stare. However, why would it provoke her? Why did she always blush whenever someone made fun of her and Zuko?
The water bender opened her eyes slowly and saw that Zuko was still staring at her, his eyes a little more softer than it was before. He was waiting for a respond. He didn't want to run away anymore.
"I Like you, Zuko, I may even love you"
The Fire Bender had looked at her, shock running through his eyes as they widened at her comment. She what?
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves there Katara..." he said softly, "you didn't even believe me when I said it."
"No, I really do..." She said, "I thought that I was just missing the thrill and adventure that came with saving the world. I thought that the pass four years I felt incomplete because I wasn't doing anything with my life, but as I kept teaching benders and kept meeting new people no one sparked my interest!" She said, " When I got your first letter in the mail 3 years ago, my heart stopped. I thought I was excited because I got to speak with an old friend, but the more I think about it the more I know that I just missed you. I thought you were the same cocky Fire Prince, but I can tell you changed. We're not both little kids anymore, we're adults..." she whispered.
"But what would that have to do with falling in love with me?" The fire bender inquired as he desperately tried to get to the bottom of her feelings.
"I'm saying that I was happy, Zuko. I was happy when you wrote to me because I thought you were thinking of me. When you didn't write back quickly I would get anxious and upset. When we were younger I would be so nervous around you,"
"You always left me" He commented, "When the roof of the air temple almost fell on you I pushed you out of the way, but you only yelled at me and ran away."
"Because I was 16 and my life was thrown upside down!" Katara screamed, "but my heart probably always knew... and just wouldn't allow me to love someone who was never going to stay with me. Yet, here we are, together, as though it was fate."
"Then why don't we start acting like adults," Zuko whispered as his voice went quiet.
His lips fell onto hers as the two of them kissed. This time there was going to be no distractions. Katara could feel Zuko's body slightly touch hers as he moved his arms down to the bed. The kiss they had was soft, but it was full of feelings and emotions. Taking a moment to breathe, Katara turned her head. Zuko took the chance and kissed her neck, a small breathe escaping from her mouth as she could feel his lips on her skin. He continued to kiss along the side of her neck as he could hear a soft moan come out. He wanted more, much more than this. His right hand traveled down her body as it stopped on her chest. Feeling the cotton material under his skin he gave a small squeeze on the softest pair of mounds he had ever felt.
"Z-Zuko..." Katara moaned as she shut her eyes.
The fire bender could feel himself getting hard and as much as he tried to fight it, it wouldn't stop. He crashed his lips onto hers again as his hand slid inside the top of her nightgown. His finger slid across her nipple, pulling at it until was hard. He could hear Katara moan inside his mouth and took the moment to slid his tongue in, the both of them exchanging spit as he pulled away. His breathing was rough as he could see Katara eyes reopen. The both of them stared at one another.
"How far do you want to go tonight..." Zuko said softly.
He had to ask her or else he wouldn't be able to stop later on. His body was slightly lifted so she wouldn't feel his member on her skin. Katara was confused. She didn't know how far she wanted to go. She knew that she wanted to do something, but maybe right now wasn't the right time. Seeing the hint of confusion in her eyes Zuko rolled off of her.
"Let's get married next month," He said softly as he tried to change the moment.
Katara looked a little surprise. A month wasn't a long time, but then again who knew when the counsel wanted them to get married.
"On the 15th."
The date was pretty specific as she thought for a moment, "On your birthday?"
"Yeah," He said smiling at the fact that she had remembered.
"Are you sure you want to ruin your special day?" The water bender said with curiosity in her tone.
"Katara, I am certain that I can make you fall in love with me within a couple of weeks," He responded, "Not because I'm a cocky fire bender, but because I want to fall in love with you too. I'm putting my entire being into us and I want you to do the same thing. My birthday had always been a curse to me, born into a family that I didn't love. Uncle Iroh was the only thing that made me glad I was royalty when my mother had left. If we got married on that day, our marriage will make that moment special."
The water bender smiled as she leaned in to kiss her fiance. Her kiss was soft, but it slowly progressed into something more. She had put more pressure on it as she stole his lips, her breast pushing against his shirt as he could feel her nipples through the thin, cotton fabric. After all the work he did to calm himself, he could feel his desire lighting up again. Shutting his eyes harder, he pushed her off, and hugged her.
"Sleep," He said in a husk voice, "Or else you're going to be the death of me."
It wasn't long until he could feel the water bender's light breathing on his arms. She had fallen asleep rather quickly and must have been tiered. Zuko sigh. He wanted to kick himself for letting such an opportunity go away, but at the same time he was excited. If he waits for just a month than he knew that there wouldn't be any regrets.
"Her breast were soft," He thought as he recalled his big they felt in the palm of his hand.
The fire lord groaned, "Maybe I should have just ran with it,"
But he could tell the inexperience that flown out of Katara as he touched her.
"Maybe she's a virgin," He thought as he knew that he wanted to make her first time amazing.
Looking down at the girl beside him he really did wonder where this would all go. Everything was changing and for once he was fine with it.
"June 15," He said softly, "I Do..."
Author's Note: I realized as the story goes more into the plot, the chapters are going to be longer which makes it a little harder to update once a day. Having said this, I can't promise that they'll be up within 24 hours, but I'll try my best to have them within a 3 day period. Sometimes it may be up in a day or maybe it'll be up in 2. I always have my next chapters written out, but I take a few extra hours to go back and add to them.
Thank you for all the reviews that you left! I read all of them and try to take all of your thoughts into consideration. For the moment I'm not going to post snipets of the next chapters because it was split in the middle between the mystery of the next moves and the curiosity of our own minds.
Until then Review and Enjoy. Thank you lovelies!
