A/N: Warning: There is a MaixKatara joke that could potentially be taken seriously. So Maitara if you please, or a joke of potential pairing if you don't.

Editing: Reviewers, I love you. Even on days like now when my brain is mush, you guys give me the ability to trudge though the bad sentence structure that I write and try to fix it and get it posted up. That being said, seriously, my brain was mush, I know there is some poorly written sentences and a bit of name abuse, but I really tried guys.

Without further delay, here is your chapter.

Climbing onto the hand railing beside Aang, with only one free hand hadn't been the easiest thing, but it was far from challenging. He probably could have asked the now blinded monk for help, but he felt it defeated half the purpose. Matching the monk beside him, he rested his feet on a lower bar than the one they sat on.

"Must I really close my eyes," Aang asked.

Shifted the ice cream cones to have one in each hand, he said, "You can open them now."

Aang's eyes widened again in the way that he now knew was excitement. Zuko had opted to get just plain chocolate and plain vanilla on cake cones. He didn't want to overload Aang. Everything, even on plain, seemed to be doing a good enough job of that. Leaving Aang outside of the shop and just down the way, Zuko had guessed that that the monk might not know what to do with the dozens of different flavors that might meet his eyes. It was more likely the monk would pick one at random, if he managed to pick at all. Getting the ice cream wasn't some romantic gesture, but faster and easier, he tried to tell himself.

"Pick one."

Silver eyes crossed from brown to white and back again in debate.

"I can't. You pick," Aang said.

"How about, I let you pick the one you want most and I'll let you eat some of mine," Zuko offered.

"Deal!"

Aang grabbed for the chocolate one; Zuko half expected he would. He also expected what was bound to come and had his phone on camera mode ready. It was only a short matter of time before Aang paused in his eating, his eyes screwing up as a brain freeze set in. Zuko was glad he was ready, because the squeezed face Aang made was too funny to pass up.

"Eat slowly, that wont happen," Zuko explained.

He offered his cone out to Aang to try, but the awkward way that Zuko held it while he tried to shift closer wound up getting some of the ice cream on Aang's nose. Once again, Zuko took full advantage of his camera on his phone. He blamed it on the people from earlier and their desire for pictures. Surprisingly, Zuko found his mind flooded with anticipating things Aang might try so that he could get more reactions recorded.

The ice cream had been one of their best adventures yet. They sat eating it on a metal hand rail outside small harbor shops. Aang was thrown off that if he didn't eat it quickly it would melt, but if he at it quickly, he would get a brain freeze. It resulted in many brain freezes at the attempt to find a happy medium. Zuko found himself actually laughing at some of the faces Aang made and he had to grasp onto the rail to keep from falling off a few times. So much time had passed since the last time he was able to be so care free, that he couldn't remember. There was also the ton of pictures he was going to have to figure out something to do with on his phone. After one particularly bad one, Aang pouted at him.

"This food is good, but evil," Aang said.

Zuko nodded, but he couldn't stop watching Aang pout. The subtle upturn of lips that looked as soft as the ice cream he had been eating, vaguely considering if it tasted more like chocolate or vanilla. He had the urge to kiss away that pout and any frown that might pass its way onto those food frozen lips. His own weren't much better, but he bet the two of them could probably thaw and melt more then their lips with a few kisses. It was a line though. One he knew that once crossed couldn't be uncrossed. Everything had been a perfect night and he was loath to ruin it with doing something Aang might not want or might not even be ready for. Aang however seemed to be sensing his internal problem and leaned closer to Zuko.

"Zuko," Aang called to him.

He could read it clearly in Aang's silver eyes as they traveled over his face and rested on his lips. Their thoughts probably not much different. It wasn't something that only he wanted. Aang was happily willing. It was all the sign Zuko needed. He leaned over and kissed the monk. Their cold lips meeting, both chilling and warming him. Aang's kiss was shy and awkward, but eager. The snap of a shutter broke them apart far sooner then Zuko would have liked. He almost fell off the bar when he turned and saw Katara.

"Katara! What are you doing here?"

"Well, I suppose there is no point asking what you're doing. By the way, I'm sending that to Mai," She told him.

Aang looked confused at the exchange and new comer.

"Mai is the girl in the office. The one who wanted the picture of you," Zuko explained.

"Does everyone send everything to Mai," Aang asked.

"Yes," Katara and Zuko both answered in unison.

A laugh of delight bubbled up from Aang and Zuko once again felt his brain go numb. He'd now heard Aang laugh quite a bit through out the day, but the monk had this certain laugh when he was happy. Zuko equated it to the belly laugh of a portly man, but in Aang's case, it was more the innocent laugh of some one far too sheltered. It had a habit of making those near him want to laugh along, even if they didn't understand what was so amusing.

Katara's eyes widened a fraction in surprise, before they narrowed and turned to Zuko.

"Zuko, who is this?"

Wishing that he could skip the big introduction he just shrugged, but supposed that was out of the question with how they had been caught.

"Katara, this is Aang. He is a monk that I'm guarding for this evening. If you really want the details, call Mai. Aang, this is Katara, she is a co-workers sister. There is also a rumor that she is sleeping with the office girl Mai."

Katara punched him in the arm (nearly knocking him off) and flushed uttering a quiet, "Shut up!"

It was surprising to Zuko that the ear to ear grin that Aang wore didn't split his face. Zuko wasn't sure he knew any other excessively happy people. The most amazing part in Zuko's mind was that for as much as Aang was seeing and dealing with, he didn't seem to let it wear him down, he just seemed to spread his grin to others.

Looking at his watch, Zuko realized that they should probably get going if they were going to catch a movie. He excused them from Katara and headed towards the nearest public bathroom. Once they were thoroughly cleaned of ice cream, Zuko led them down the road. The cinema had an assortment of shops near it, luckily for them, the ice cream parlor was one of them.

The movies that were playing were all older as they were mostly between big releases at this point. It was the reason he loved the this particular one. He liked being able to come back and watch classics between the big films. He considered the choices carefully. Finally, he picked one.

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