Chapter 4 peace

Prompt: Storm

It has been a mere few hours since Aang defeated the fire lord. It has been a tough battle, in which Aang performed flawlessly. The world was at peace now and the war was over. We rejoin our heroes during another storm. They laid in a cave at the bottom of a valley. It was late at night and most of the gang was sleeping more soundly than they did in a long time… Aang remained awake as he lay on his back deep in thought as the thunder outside kept crashing loudly. With every thunder clap Katara whimpered slightly and stirred in her sleeping bag. She doesn't like to admit it but she's afraid of lightning. Plus she's still shaken up from Aang's battle with the fire lord. As another thunder clap was heard Katara reacted accordingly and Aang's heart went out to her. He got up and walked to his miserable girlfriend and sat beside her

"Katara?" he asked gently as he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

She looked up at him with eyes full of tears

"I hate lightning…" she mumbled as Aang gave her a sympathetic look and wrapped his arms around her.

"Shh… it's okay Katara… it's just lightning. It can't hurt you…" he told her soothingly as her stroked the back of her head with his one hand

"I know but that big flash and the loud thunder clap is so scary…" she whimpered

"Don't worry Katara, no mean lightning is gonna hurt you while I'm around…" he soothed her as she chuckled at his statement

"I'm so glad you're okay after what happened today with the fire lord… I was worried sick…" she told him as he tightened the embrace around her

"I told you I was gonna be fine… the war's over now Katara. Now we can finally be happy together…" he said happily as Katara nodded

"Yeah… now we can live happily ever after…" she said as she started to calm down.
They sat like that in silence wrapped in each other's arms for a few minutes until Aang spoke again

"You know I love you? Right Katara?"

"I do. But I love you more…" she said as they both smiled at her remark. They separated from the hug and gazed into each other's eyes. Aang extended his fingers and whipped the tears off Katara's face as they leant in for a kiss. A kiss full of happiness and the love and compassion they shared for each other; a kiss that marked a new beginning; not only for their lives and relationship but also for the world. A world that was now in peace; and so were they as they drifted back to sleep cuddled in each other's arms as the night continued…

To be continued….

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