Summary: When Katara gets very sick soon after Sozin's Comet, Aang must take care of her. Post-War. Pairing- Kataang

Disclaimer: I own no part of Avatar: The last airbender. If I did, I would be rich.

-Sick Days-

Day 1

Colds and 'Surprise!' soup

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"Katara!?" Aang yelled when she fell to the ground with a 'thump'. He ran towards her and picked her up, she was out cold. He carried her into her tent and laid her down on her sleeping bag. He pulled the covers over her and placed another pillow under her head.

He ran outside to get some hot water boiling for tea, and then he grated one inch of ginger root. After it was set up, he went back into the tent and saw Katara tossing and turning. He gasped and ran to her side. He place his hand on her forehead and saw the she was burning up. He was getting very worried, this was happening so sudden.

Aang ran to the closest river, which was like a quarter of a mile away, but because he is an airbender it took him only like 1 minute. He made the water in one section of the river freezing cold. He filled a bucket of it and quickly ran back to camp.

There was a washcloth in Katara's bag so he grabbed it, dipped it in the water, and rung it out. He placed it on her forehead and she instantly sighed in relief.

Aang saw that the water was boiling in the tea kettle so he put the grated ginger root into a canteen, poured a few splashes of lemon juice in, and then added some honey. When it was all in, he poured the hot water in and closed the cap. It would be ready in 20 minutes.

As he finished, he heard a faint 'Aang?' come from Katara's tent. Either Momo learned to talk or Katara woke up…yeah, Katara woke up. He ran into the tent and saw Katara awake, lying on the floor.

"H-hi, Aang," Katara said, weakly, sniffling after saying 'Aang'.

"Hi, are….are you okay?" Aang asked, she looked like she hadn't slept in days, all of this happened in about 10 minutes or so.

"I'm not sure…All of a sudden, my head started to hurt and then….I…fainted? I think." Katara said, still sounding very weak.

"Yeah, you fainted all right," Aang said, "Well, uh, I'm making you some ginger root tea," Katara smiled and sat up.

"Thanks," She said, before having a small coughing fit.

Aang kneeled beside her, putting his hand on her shoulder, "Okay, you need to rest, I'll wake you when your tea is done." He put on a fake smile, but he was still very worried about her. She smiled and replied, "Okay,"

Aang watched as she laid down and got comfortable, which is very hard when your sick sometimes. At first, he walked out of the tent to get the canteen of tea; it had been about 3 minutes. He grabbed it and walked over to where Katara was sleeping. He sat down next to her and looked at her sleeping form, she looked so peaceful.

He felt her forehead and it was still very hot so he replaced the cloth. After that, he laid down beside her propping himself up on his elbow. It was like he was hypnotized by her.

Soon enough, it had been 20 minutes and the tea was done. He sat up and gently shook Katara's shoulder to wake her.

"Katara…wake up, your tea is done." Aang whispered in her ear. Katara's eyes fluttered open and she sat up, rubbing her eyes. She yawned and smiled at Aang.

He smiled back, pouring her a cup of the ginger root tea. "Thanks, Aang," Katara said, taking the cup.

She took a drink and sighed in pleasure. Soon, she finished the whole thing and handed the cup to Aang, who set it down beside him.

"Are you hungry?" Aang said, pushing a stray strand of Katara's hair behind her ear.

But before she could say anything, she sneezed, causing Aang to jolt back in surprise. She wiped her nose with her sleeve and nodded.

"Yeah,--sniffle--, I'm a little hungry, but isn't it like 3 o' clock?" Katara asked.

"Yes, but the soup I want to make you takes a while to cook," Aang said smiling, "So, If your hungry, I am going to serve you something that the monks used to give me when I got sick,"

"Oh? And what's that?" Katara asked, also smiling.

"Well, it's called 'Immune Soup' because it helps your immune system, but since I was little when they gave me this, they called it 'Mountain Herb Surprise!'." Aang said, laughing a bit, "Because adding 'Surprise!' to it just makes it seem so exciting."

They both laughed for a bit, but then Aang went back outside to make the 'Surprise!' soup.

Once Aang was out there, he decided to gather the ingredients. He needed 8 cups of water, so he went to his bucket and scooped it into a large pot to boil.

Next, he needed olive oil, garlic, onions, and ginger root. He heated them in a skillet. After he heated them, he placed them into the boiling water.

After placing them in the boiling water, Aang added vegetable broth, shiitake mushrooms, astragalus root, and reishi mushroom. Now he had to simmer them for two hours, covered. Great…Now I see why the monks only made this when I was really sick, it's so darn boring to cook.

He walked back over to Katara who was now peacefully sleeping. Momo was under the covers with her, sleeping just as peacefully. Aang smiled and tucked them both in, earning a smile from Katara.

Since he was going to be here for a while, he thought he might as well take a nap too. So he grabbed a blanket and pillow from his tent, as well as Sokka's time-keeper (Given to Sokka by the Mechanist during the Day of Black Sun) that he didn't use anymore and went to sleep by Katara.

He fell asleep fairly quickly and woke up about an hour and 58 minutes later. 'Okay, now what are the chances of that…' He thought as he went to check on the soup. It smelled amazing!

The next thing he had to do was take out the astragalus and reishi mushrooms and-

Sit.

For another 2 hours…

'Who comes up with these recipes!!!!' Aang thought in frustration. He wasn't tired anymore so he had no idea what to do next. He went back to Katara and combed her hair with his fingers. She has the most beautiful hair.

He smiled when she started to talk about random things in her sleep.

"Aang…..no….penguins…….water……Sokka……boom….erang….momo," She said in her sleep. Aang quietly laughed. Katara was out cold.

He decided to take a small walk, so he exited the tent and walked around. All of the area within ten feet of the camp smelled of the soup. Aang smiled and continued his walk. In about 20 minutes he came back to check on Katara. She was still fine but her temperature rose a little so he decided to stay.

He walked outside and was greeted by a large tongue licking him.

Aang laughed, "Hey boy, how you doin'?" Aang asked.

Appa gave a happy groan, but then his 5 stomachs growled. Which accidentally woke Katara, because they heard 'A-aang? Wh-what was that?' in a very tired voice coming from the tent.

"It's okay, Katara, it's just Appa." Aang shouted back, then they hear a barely audible 'Okay'.

Aang smiled, "Okay, buddy, I'll get you some hay." Aang said, air bending over to Appa's saddle, which was now on the floor. He picked up a large bundle of hay and almost toppled over with it. Appa came a-running and ate the bundle right up.

Aang decided that he would sleep the rest of the hour that was left, whether he was tired or not. He did, and once again he woke up a few minutes before 2 hours was up.

He walked over to the fire and the soup was done, he added some salt and poured it in a bowl. He grabbed a spoon and filled another cup with the ginger root tea. He walked over to Katara and Momo flew away to probably talk to Appa.

Aang set down the food next to Katara and attempted to wake her up. But the response was…

"Go away, daddy…5 more minutes." Katara mumbled.

Aang sighed and shook her shoulder. After many shakings, she finally woke up and smiled at him.

"Your food's ready. Ginger root tea and Mountain Herb 'Surprise!'." Aang said, smiling. Katara took the bowl of soup and looked at it.

"Mmmmm, dis locts delicious," Katara said, smiling.

Aang was confused, "What did you say?"

"I sad, dis locts delicious." Katara repeated.

"It looks delicious?" Aang asked.

Katara nodded.

"Is your nose clogged up?" Aang asked.

Katara tried to breathe through her nose but she couldn't. She nodded her head 'yes'.

Aang sighed. Oh boy. Katara started to eat her soup; it seemed like she loved it because she asked for seconds for the tea and soup.

Soon she was full and still tired, and she fell asleep as Aang went to get his own serving.

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Authors Notes…Beware:

Those are true cold/fever remedies, the soup and the tea. Here are the recipes for them

Ginger Root Tea- http://www(dot)learningherbs(dot)com/flu_home_remedy_tea(dot)

Immune Soup- http://www(dot)learningherbs(dot)com/herbal_immune_system(dot)html