Chapter 8 - Trips and Kisses

(A/N: I just read my work, hahaha there's a lot of mistakes, so i did some editing... i apologize by the way..thanks for reading, oh, and thanks for the comment!)

Ty Lee and Azula searched the whole house. From room to room, even under the bed just to be sure. But all they found was Iroh, who was sleeping soundly.

Sokka and Suki searched around the house. By the way, Iroh's house is two floor building; but there's this part of the first floor that has been covered with the roof. They searched Haru's truck, but Aang wasn't there. Sokka suggested to search the roof. But Suki hesitated.

"That's ridiculous, there's no way up there." she answered.

"There's still a possibility."

"No way."

Sokka grinned his teeth, then called out, "Aang! Mai! Jet! Where are you?"

"Sokka, not so loud!"

"Suki, we don't even have any neighbors to disturb. So it's -"

"Yeah?" Jet jerked his sleepy head up. He was on the roof.

"JET!" The two said together.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't take the car." Zuko explained, when he heard Katara sigh.

"No, it's okay. We need to save the gas anyway." Katara blushed.

awkward silence...

Zuko rolled his eyes then glanced at her, "So... did you and Aang had an argument?"

"Oh, you heard?" Katara looked down.

"You shouted. Everyone did." He said bluntly.

She touched the back of her neck, "We just had a little disagreement."

"Well that 'little' disagreement made him jump into the pool."

"What?" Katara blinked, "oh i'm sorry." she looked away.

"You have no reason to apologize." Zuko turned the other direction.

awkward silence once again...

"It's a huge place to search."

"Toph, why don't we split up? That way we can find them easier." Haru suggested.

"Good idea. You go that way," points somewhere, "I go here." points to the opposite direction.

Haru nodded then left.

"Mai! Aang! Jet!" Toph called, "Where are you?"

She pranced through the trees, searching. Then she stumbled upon a huge turtle rock. She slowly approached it, and found Aang.

"Aang." she said softly.

Aang didn't move, he hugged his knees tighter.

"Aang..." she knelt beside him, and put her hand on his shoulder. Aang was crying.

"I don't know what I'm gonna do. I don't know!" Aang sobbed.

"Aang." Toph hugged him. He hugged her back.

"I made a fool out of myself. Now I don't know what to do." Aang said. "The very first time I worked with her, I began to notice her. The times I was with her, I began to like her. The first time we kissed, I began to fall for her... and now that I told her my feelings, sob sob, she tells me that I'm too young for her. That she can't accept my feelings for her. It hurts, Toph! It really hurts."

Toph remained silent. A tear fell down her face and it touched Aang's cheek.

Aang felt something neither cold nor warm, a watery substance that touched his cheek; a teardrop? it wasn't his, he can say that his tears felt bitter and it was overflowing, but this one was like liquid crystal and it tickled his face.

"Toph?" He looked up to the girl who held him tight. But his sight was too blurry because of his tears.

She moved her chin over his head, just so he wouldn't see her face; then she whispered, "It's okay, Aang. I'm right here with you."

"Jet! What on earth are you doing there?" Sokka asked, even he couldn't believe that someone was actually there!

Jet scratched his head, confused, "I was just resting."

"Jet can you please go down? We need to talk to you." Suki said.

"Why?"

"It's about Mai." Suki said loudly.

Jet looked away, It's got nothing to do with me...

"We found out, Jet! Mai told us herself!"

"Found what?" Suki asked Sokka.

"Ssh. Not now."

"Why would she?" Jet raised a brow.

"It's not important, Jet. Right now, Mai is missing. You have to talk to her." Sokka said.

"I can't. I'll just hurt her." Jet said, remembering her tears. "I can't believe I lost it to you." (Mai's voice)

Sokka grunted, he didn't know what else to say.

Suki grabbed his arm, "Sokka, tell me what's going on!"

"Suki, I can't. It's about Mai and Jet, and it's compli-"

"Tell me the truth, did they sleep together?" Suki glared at him. Sokka stared into her eyes... like they they were talking to each other through them!

'Tell me, Sokka!

'But I can't, Suki.'

'Sokka!'

'Eurh.. alright!'

Sokka looked away, "Yeah." Suki was surprised, she has lost her grip on his arm.

Sokka turned to Jet. "Come on, Jet! You can't leave things like this! She's probably down the hill going home!"

"I don't want to hurt Mai again. We already want to forget about it." Jet said angrily.

Sokka groaned, "Come on! We know you like her!"

Jet didn't answer. Sokka blinked and asked himself, "What? He does?"

"She's hurt because she thinks you don't have feelings for her." Suki shouted.

Sokka and Jet looked at her.

"She's hurt because she thinks she's done it with a man who has no feelings towards her. Like she's been played with." Suki said.

"Suki..." Sokka said softly.

Jet shook his head, "There's no way..."

"Think, Jet!" Suki shouted, "you wouldn't do it if you have no feelings towards the person!"

Suki's words echoed through Jet's mind, the he had understood. Even when drunk, you'll still be aware of what you're doing, you'll just lack control. But more importantly... he likes Mai, and hopefully, she likes him back.

Sokka had understood Suki. "Jet! Hurry! Down the road!"

Jet stared into Sokka's eyes, in an instant, he stood and then jumped down from the roof to the pavement.

"Woah!" Sokka jumped back when Jet dashed down the road.

"There he goes." Suki said.

"I'm proud of you, Suu." Sokka smirked and put an arm around her. Then she leaned forward to kiss him. Sokka's lips were very dry at the moment and Suki felt that, then she turned away.

"What!" Sokka jumped backed.

"What?" Suki was embarrassed, did something went wrong?

"B-b-but, I wasn't at the moment yet!"

Suki giggled, "Oh you'll have your moment."

"Can you see the road from here?" Katara finally asked, breaking the silence.

"No. Not yet. Maybe if we make a turn there." Zuko said.

awkward moment...

"Uhm, Zuko. Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Nothing. Nevermind." Katara looked away.

Zuko observed her, Katara turned to him.

"What?" Katara asked.

"'What?'"

"What!"

"Well?"

Katara huffed, "well, Have you ever liked someone, say, younger that you?"

"Uh, is that kinda...personal?" Zuko shrugged.

"Just tell me!" Katara grabbed his arm.

"Even if I do, I'm not telling you!"

Katara looked into his eyes, when she realized what he said, she let go of him. "okay. But is it okay to like someone younger than you?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. Unless that person is way too young than you."

"But what about a two-year-gap? Can two people fall in love with that?" Katara asked.

Zuko looked away, "I don't know."

"Aang told me he likes me..." Katara almost choked her words.

Zuko looked at her, surprised.

"I told him I can't accept his feelings. But, with everything he's done... I feel so guilty. I don't know what I should really do." Katara stopped walking.

Zuko stopped in front of her. He put two hands on her shoulders and lowered his face near hers.

"Katara, love doesn't work that way." he moves one finger over her chest, "if your heart can't accept someone's feelings, it's alright to be honest."

Katara can feel his breath, everything else was blocked out of her mind... she only saw Zuko's face in front of her... his words.. his eyes.. his whole being in front of her. it all turns into a whole new thing, a whole new feeling... love?

He smiled, "don't force yourself to fall in love with someone, because it's not just like a trip, or a stumble- mfph!"

Zuko's voice were muffled by Katara's lips. That instant, Katara was knocked down by some force behind her and she lands on top of Zuko, her hips on his lips. They had kissed!

Author's Notes:

Awwwwww... Actually, I'm not really into falls-and-accidentally-kisses-you because it doesn't seem possible. But I still used that here 'cause it's taking them a long time to fall in love with each other, so i made the fall on top of each other instead!

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