Chapter 4
The two blushed awkwardly when they realized that the fall had caused Zuko to pull Katara ontop of him. "Was this really happening?" She could hear his heart beat fly and at that moment she felt incredibly female. In an instant she didn't care about what had happened in the past, her heart was suddenly spinning and her varieties of emotions were identical in speed. They continued unmoving trying to take in the situation. Timidly he ran his fingers through her hair. Shocked, an electric pulse surged through Katara's entire body. She instinctively closed the gap between them and kissed him.
"What are you doing?" he asked, Katara felt her cheeks grow hot "I..Im so sorry…I just.." she turned her head out of embarrassment. What was she doing? Even if she did have these new feelings for him there was no way that they would be reciprocated. She struggled to try and finish her explanation but was interrupted by Zuko's hands pulling her back down on top of him. He moved head only just enough to mutter "don't be." And then bring his lips back down to her own. He kissed her with much more force then before and moved their bodies until he was on top of her. She grabbed his neck bringing him in closer and ran her fingers down his muscular back. To her Zuko had never seen so male, and she was astonished by the amount of confidence that he exerted. Every move he made she responded to, their bodies were in perfect unison and she couldn't imagine that anything could feel more right. He moved his mouth to the curve of her chin and then continued down to her neck. She moved her hands back up his body and tangled her fingers in his soft black hair. He responded positively and moved one of his legs in between her own. Things sped up and Zuko lifted Katara and pushed their bodies against a nearby tree. He grabbed her legs and she lifted them to wrap around his body, her back still against the tree. He worked his way down to her collar bone and let a small moan escape her lips.
At that moment Katara felt a sense of panic. The others were going to be back soon, the sun was starting to set. Aang and Toph should be about done with training and Sokka and Suki were going to come back from town with dinner. And no later had she thought it they heard distance footsteps. Immediately Zuko dropped Katara and the two distanced themselves as much as possible, still throwing shy glances back at each other. Glances that Katara realized had become slightly different then the eye contact they usually experianced. Out of the woods came all four of the other members of their party. "Katara! Zuko!" Aang yelled, "we found Sokka and Suki on our way back from training!" The four continued towards Zuko and Katara. "This moron went crazy at the market, and spent almost all our money on expensive pasteries!" Toph said thrusting her thumb in the direction of Sokka who was beaming with stupidity and happiness. Sensing Toph's anger and the good possibility of an arising argument Suki interjected politely"So what were you guys up to all afternoon?" she asked Zuko and Katara. Zuko shot her a panic stricken glare "Nothing!" he snapped "nope! Nothing at all! Pretty boring day."