A/N: It's summer where I am, most people use this to their advantage and try to update more often, somehow summer also clashes with the time the best parties happen, so unlike most people I dedicate to hungover migraines, I'm sorry for not updating... I guess. Also, I love Katara.

Working outside of school hours for the school was a very stressful job; one of the consequences of stress include acne, stomach ache, and weight gain. Aang decided to intensify those problems by having the committee over for Pizza, an excuse to celebrate finishing every detail for the Halloween event, and to solemnly swear to never work for the school again, though they'll probably do it again eventually, extra credit doesn't grow on tree and neither do scholarships.

"Aang stop— Stop that!— No!— I'm going to—" Too late, Sokka snorted all the diet Pepsi out of his nose. The laughter of Toph and Aang thundered through the house. "Stop tickling me while I'm drinking!"

Katara stared at Aang as she wriggled on the fuzzy white carpet, when his eyes caught her she quickly directed her view to the floor.

Okay, so maybe the whole 'avatar' thing still roamed through her mind; and she admitted it, she ended up buying the DVD when she wasn't on her shift... because to be honest it would be embarrassing if it ended up being Aang the kid on the show and he were to see her with it. Anyway, she may have seen a couple of episodes (or maybe all of them), she had her doubts and... she still has them; she was realistic, the chances were slim that it was actually him, mostly because she has never met a celebrity before... and how wild it would be that suddenly it happened to be your friend?

"Katara... you've been staring at the floor for some time now... Are you okay?" Sokka's voice pierced through her ears.

She sighed. "Uhh... bathroom?"

Aang was about to answer but Sokka did instead, "the left hall, second door to the right."

"Wow, those Jalapeños really did you wrong Sokka," Toph commented.

Katara slipped out of the bathroom and made her way through the hall. She was surprised to hear the music playing louder than before and every now and then she could listen to a few voices that didn't belong to her friends, she dismissed it as probably being from Monk Gyatso's acquaintances (though, he wasn't even here). Her foot tangled itself with a box and she tripped face to the floor, Katara rubbed her nose frantically and kicked the box with disdain.

Her mouth opened in shock when she arrived to the main room; there was a party going on. She wasn't shocked because there-was-a-party-going-on!, she was shocked because she only went to the bathroom for five minutes, and already 30 people where here, and worst of all... she was wearing the same clothes she wore that morning in school!

Her eyes scanned through the room in search for a familiar face; there was Jet... but he was too busy doing shots, there was Zuko... but he was too busy fighting with her sister, there was Suki... but she was too busy playing Spin The Bottle.

"Katara!"

Her face lit up in relief when she heard Aang's voice; he waved next to the plasma TV where he was chattering with Shoji and On Ji.

"Hey!" On Ji replied with a smile, which soon turned into a look of concern. "Your nose.. It's bleeding."

Katara brushed a hand to her nose, she stepped back once she felt the blood. On Ji tugged on Aang's shirt, he was talking with Shoji so he didn't pay attention, she tugged harder this time, she didn't even have time to speak before Aang turned around, his face full of concern, and asked, "What happened?"

"I just tripped on a box." Katara shrugged.

Aang ran a hand through his forehead. "This is.. all my fault— I should have moved the box when Gyatso told me..." He sighed. "Come on-" he motioned for her to follow "-I need help finding the First Aid kit."

"Okay, so, why is there suddenly a party?" Katara asked as she closed the door from the basement.

Aang lurked through the boxes and told, "Well... Toph dared Sokka to drink an expired beer and he, somehow, got drunk and called everyone to come..."

"Oh... Why am I not shocked?" Katara smiled as she sat on a box.

She muttered an "ouch" when she felt a sharp object on her butt cheek. She picked it and examined, it was the very same DVD she was having a dilemma over. "Nice series," Katara commented purposely.

Aang turned his head to face her, he gulped once he saw the DVD. "I guess..."

"The kid..." She pointed to the face on the DVD. "He seems familiar."

"Maybe...—Hey, umm, I found the kit!"

Once it had been an habit of Toph to stay over at Aang's, until she realized that it obviously wasn't politically correct because of heteronormativity and that meant her parents would probably press charges of sexual harassment against Aang, but luckily her parents were out of town like... all the time, and her nanny thought Aang was gay, so she could sleep at Aang's at least for today, because definitely the last thing she wanted to do at the moment was come home drunk and have to make some effort into trying to not bump into anything.

Toph let out a muffled scream. Aang raised his eyebrows and shook Toph by the shoulders. "What's wrong?!"

"My cane! It's—It's gone!"

Aang's eyes were wide open in astonishment.

"Well, Twinkletoes... Say something!"

"I... I—"

"Forget it! Let's just go to school..." She freed herself from his grip and reluctantly grabbed her backpack from the rack next to the door. "This ought to teach us to not do more parties on weekdays..."

Katara fidgeted on the cushioned seat, her eyes tempted by the screen, its brightness the only thing lighting the room, her hand warily moving the mouse around the pad. She positioned her fingers on the board and was about to write until—

"Katara! Hurry up! We're going to be late!"

She sighed. She would have to postpone her lurking. "Well... Don't blame me! I'm not the one going to school with a hangover!"

"Don't get me wrong Aang, I like Katara, especially when she does my homework, and Sokka, and Zuko, but... it really has been a long time since we've hung out alone. I kind of missed this."

"Yeah, me too." Aang nodded his head with a grin.

"You're paying for the ice creams, right?" Toph queried.

Aang stared at the girl with a blank face. "Right?" She repeated.

He scratched his head once he recalled she was blind. "Sure!"

"You sound gloomy."

Aang sighed. "I asked Gyatso again and he—"

"Let me guess," She interjected. "He said having a dog was a great responsibility and a bunch of monk stuff—Puh-lease, as if taking care of a dog would be that hard..."

"Tell me about it..."

"You know, there are online games where you can take care of a virtual dogs." Toph took out her tongue and licked the ice cream that dripped down her hand.

Aang crinkled his nose in disgust. "Did you find your cane?"

The bling girl made a slurping sound and replied, "Zuko had it; he said he kept it because he thought I already left and he's going to come drop it off tonight." She smiled

"That's nice. So your parent's aren't going to kill you then?"

"Oh, yes they are. I called in third period to inform them and they sounded pretty mad so... I think I might be grounded."

"Shocking," He replied sarcastically as he made quotation marks with his fingers. Toph laughed and punched his arm.

"Zuko invited me to the movies and he was wondering if you wanted to come?"

Katara was thankful her brother interrupted once again; because she didn't know what she would have done to herself if she had actually pressed the 'enter' button.

She (hesitantly) waited all day for the moment to sit in front of the computer screen, but she knew better than to not mind her business, so she let out a sigh of relief.

"Only if he pays!"

Toph rolled her eyes when the maid told that her parents weren't home; she handed Toph her newly returned cane and made an inaudible comment about 'bathroom cleaning being hard as it is'. She sauntered her way to her bedroom without the canes help, she's lived there long enough to know every object and every corner that adorned the hall, she's lived there long enough to arrive without a single scratch (unless she were drunk).

She eagerly got rid of the expensive pair of shoes her mom loved to unnecessarily gift, she felt better without them, though, it did feel kind of icky sometimes (not that she cared); this was no different case, a pool of water drowning her feet. She was about to denounce the problem to the maid but she heard a bark.

Toph blinked three times before warily extending her hand to touch; she was met with a warm and wet tongue feeling it. It barked again. "Um.. Bangzhu?"

"Miss BeiFong?" The maid replied.

"What... What is this thing?"

"It's a dog, Miss BeiFong."

Toph swallowed and with the clean hand she ruffled her hair, she asked, "And... why is it here?"

"It's a gift from Ms. and Mrs. BeiFong, they explicitly told me to tell you that it served for seeing purposes, Miss BeiFong."

"Oh..."

Now what? She was stuck with a dog she didn't ask for and didn't need, and she obviously couldn't take it back. "Well... Everything will be fine as long as you don't eat my stuff," Toph warned the dog.

The dog gagged and she felt an object drop to her feet.

"...Starting now."

Aang's smile wore-out once he got inside the house, the aftermath of Sokka's unpredictability being the biggest factor. The hot sticky liquid called 'Booze' drenched the wooden floor, the furniture was out of place, and a bunch of underwear laid around the scenery. His finger made contact with his eyes and they rubbed them in tiredness, he didn't even question why anyone would ever leave their underwear but not their pants— or belts for that matter (or even shoes), instead he went straight to his bedroom; Gyatso was away so he would deal with the cleaning tomorrow.

Once his body was tucked warm, he pondered about what Toph said earlier, and she was right... maybe he should focus on raising a virtual dog; it was better than being lonely at home (not that it would change much the ambient, but it would nonetheless).

The sun glistered through the window glass and he awoke. It was a Wednesday, a Wednesday where he had to go to school. He didn't want to, but responsibility always won.

As he poured milk onto his cereal he thought about checking out the virtual dog he birthed throughout the press of a button before drifting off to sleep. He did, and the dog was hungry, and he fed him, and the dog was dirty, and he cleaned him, and his cereal softened with the milk, and he ignored it, and the dog was bored, and he played with him, and the dog...

Katara let out and offended gasp at Toph's declaration; when she said "I think Aang might be ignoring me" she didn't expect for Toph to agree.

Toph laughed and Katara's eyebrows found themselves pressing tighter by the second. She shook her head and pouted. "You really think so?" Her voice full of concern.

Toph's laughter halted. "What? No! I was just joking... C'mon, let's just go to his home. The faster I get away from this dog the better."

"Aww, but he's really cute!" Katara claimed as she patted his head, the dog replied by licking her hand, she grimaced. "On the other hand..."

The dog was pretty eager, seen by how he longed for escaping the leash he was being kept on, Katara fought to keep it him in place. "No! Bad dog! Don't—" Katara punished.

The dog obliged and Katara sighed in relief, suddenly a bad smell clogged her nose, she looked down; the doog had pooped. "Ew. Ew. Eww!"

Toph's eyebrow quirked in question. "What now?"

"Did you bring the cleaning bags?"

"Cleaning bags? I thought you brought them."

"I told you to bring them!" Katara insisted.

"But why would I bring them? I'm blind! I can't even use them!"

Katara growled and crossed her arms. "Fine... whatever! Let's just hope the neighbors don't sue us!"

Toph nodded. Katara uncrossed her arms and was about to carry on with her dog walking charity; her mouth widened just like her eyes. "Toph..."

"What?"

"The dog..."

Toph pulled her head back and a sigh escaped her lips. "He's gone..." She guessed.

"...Yes." Katara answered with a sheepish grin.

"Aww..." Aang cooed as he observed his puppy play with the other virtual dogs.

The bell rang and he ignored it, it probably was another girl scout, he was broke, couldn't they see that?

The ball rang consistently now, and for the first time of the day he paused the game. He opened the door, it was a frowning Toph and a desperate Katara. "Twinkletoes? Why the hell didn't you go to school today?"

Aang gawked and his eye twitched. "I didn't?"

Toph nodded. He observed his watch, it was 4pm, and he didn't go to school. He held a hand to his heart and stepped back. "I.. I—"

Suddenly his gaze shifted to Katara; she looked constipated (thank to the spirits she wasn't).

"What... What's wrong?" He asked with confusion.

Katara just threw herself into Aang's arm, Toph rolled her eyes. "Listen Aang, if you would have answered my calls you would have known that my parents gifted me a dog, and that Katara lost it."

Katara cried out exaggeratedly, "Poor dog, he must feel so alone!"

Aang met Toph with an amused face, she responded by spinning her finger around the brain area and mouthing 'She's crazy'. Aang patted Katara's back reassuringly. "It's okay. We'll find him."

"But first, I have to check on my virtual dog," Aang added.

Katara and Toph exchanged critical looks. "You didn't go to school because of a fake dog?" Katara questioned.

"He's real in my heart and I didn't even know I didn't go to school... so it's not entirely my fault."

Katara shrugs it off and she's headed to the door, Toph already was outside, she's about to meet her but she noticed Aang was still in his previous spot. "Aang..."

"Yeah?"

"Come on..."

He remembered, and packed his phone on his pocket. "Right."

"Wait!" She stretched her palm to stop him.

"What?"

"You can't go out to the streets in pajamas."

"Aang! Stop checking out your cellphone! There is a lost dog!"

Aang stopped dead on tracks. "What?" He looked up from his phone.

"Just move! You're in the middle of the road!" Katara shouted judgmentally.

"Well, maybe we can find him faster if we shout his name."

Toph's facial features stretched into a sheepish grin. "I didn't name him..."

"Why wouldn't you name your dog?" Aang questioned her sanity.

"Because it didn't feel right! I couldn't name him Genji then for him to turn out to be a Kyle!"

"I'm tired. Can't we sit down for a while?" He puppy-eyed Katara, who frowned in return.

"Aang, this is no time for laziness! Now get out of the road before you get yourself killed!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Aang! Stop playing on your stupid phone and help us get up!"

He adverted his eyes from the screen. "What?"

Toph and Katara were soaked in mud, head to toes. After minutes of Aang's unrelenting quest for relaxation, they had decided to go rest at the nearest park, for their luck the unnamed dog was chasing butterflies around the field, Katara started approaching him with silent and graceful steps, which the dog soon noticed and ran away around the lagoon; eventually Katara caught his leash and handed it to Toph, despite the fact that Toph was strong, she was still a lightweight, so the dog ended up dragging them both into the lagoon; all while Aang played with his virtual dog.

Aang guarded his phone at his usual spot, he took hold of his friends respective hands, and with a sly smirk they pulled him underwater.

"Was that even necessary?!" He protested while surfacing from the mud.

"Yes!" The girls concluded.

The dog's head emerged from the water, he swam up to Aang, threw himself on top and started licking his face.

Katara adjusted herself on the park bench as she observed Aang blithely play with the dog from afar, she licked her lips and rubbed her arm.

"What's eating you up Sugar Queen? I can smell the tension from here."

Katara heaved a sigh, and she worried that she had been doing this way too much lately. "Aang— I mean... It's just that... Okay I'll tell you, but don't tell Aang I said this."

Toph slowly rolled her eyes, threating this as another of her over-exaggerations. "You have a crush on him."

Katara tilted her head to the side and squinted. "What? No," She responded casually.

"Oh. Proceed then."

"Well, the other we were closing up the store, and—"

"You kissed him!"

Katara growled. "No! Do you want to hear the story or not?!"

"Ugh, fine."

"Well, it was closing time," She hurried explaining, " And I had to do some things, and I came across a DVD!"

Toph lifted her brows. "That's it?"

"Yes— No, well, look, I think Aang might have been the kid from the DVD!"

"That I'm what?" Aang asked as lunged an arm to each girl from behind the bench.

"Umm... A virtual dog addict?" Katara grinned foolishly.

"Well... I'm working on that." He smiled to Katara. The dog barked in his defense.

His face molded into one of consternation; Gyatso was home, and home was still trashed.

"I'm doomed," Aang stated. The dog whimpered upon feeling his blue aura.

Katara reached for his arm. "We'll help you."

Toph leaned closer and whispered to her ear, "Are you sure you guys didn't kiss." Katara frowned.

Toph grinned at Aang, he responded with a look of confusion. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You'll see," She replied with smugness.

Aang licked his lower lip before inserting the key into the lock, he bit the inside of his cheek and finally opened the door.

His jaw dropped when he found the house to be completely clean and... Sokka?

"Ho- How?" Aang questioned to Toph.

Toph smirked. "Well..."

Toph forcefully slammed Sokka's locker in a (successful) attempt to get his attention. "Are you crazy?! You could have sliced my fingers off!"

She grabbed Sokka by the shirt and pulled him closer in a threatening manner. Sokka gulped. "Listen up asshole! I just got gifted a dog—"

"A dog?!" Katara cooed. "Maybe we could go promenade him after school!"

Toph met Katara with a frown. "Promenade?— You know what... it doesn't matter." She pulled Sokka's shirt tighter. "Okay so I don't want that dog, and I'm totally planning to give it to Aang. But... that's not going to happen if his house looks a mess. So you have to clean it!"

"Me?! Why?! This is so unfair!"

Toph let go of him and he fell butt to the floor. "Because, if you haven't noticed, you were the one that promoted the party in the first place."

"So that's why I'm here!" Sokka finished.

Katara wrapped the white towel over her newly cleaned hair. "So how did you name him?"

The dog licked Katara's black suede shoes and Aang chuckled. "Appa."

Katara smiled and she sat next to him on the white cushioned couch. She stared at him for a couple seconds. "Aang?"

"Yes?" He threw the tennis ball into the backyard for Appa to catch.

"I... I'm sorry if I sound nosey or anything, but I was really curious and I was wondering—"

"Yes," He interjected. And Katara looked confused. He added, "I am the kid from the series."

"Oh... and why didn't you tell me back there in the basement?" Katara asked with an idle smile.

"Well... I don't know... contrary to popular belief, it's not like I had the greatest time doing it. I just didn't know how you'd react..."

Katara tilted her head to the side. "React like what? You know that I don't care about that, and frankly, I'm kind of offended that you would think I would," She said lightly as she pressed her head against his shoulder.

Aang gave her a full-fleshed smile. "Well, I'm glad for once that it hasn't changed anything for us."

Katara lips outstretched into blissful grin. "Totally agree."

Katara snuggled closer to him as they observed Sokka trying to fetch the ball from Appa. She wondered about what he meant when he said he didn't have the greatest time, but she shrugs it off, she trusts him, and she feels like he does too, when he's ready he will tell her and she would listen.

"TOPH! TELL APPA TO GIVE ME BACK MY SHOE!"

"You bought this on yourself, Snoozles!" And the sound of Toph's laughter was the last thing she heard before drifting off to sleep in his arms.