Summary: When Katara gets very sick soon after Sozin's Comet, Aang must take care of her. Post-War. Pairing- Kataang
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-Sick Days-
Day 3 Visitors
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Later in the day, Aang had woken up from a very long nap. Thankfully, Katara didn't wake up until then either. Aang heard a loud 'kaw' coming from the distance. He looked up and saw a messenger hawk coming to them.
Katara sat up and looked at the bird as Aang stood up to catch it on his arm. She laid down when Aang started to read it.
-Dear Aang and Katara,
How you guys been? Me and Suki are still hanging out down here at Kyoshi Island. So what have you guys been up too?
Sokka
Katara smiled and closed her eyes. "We should tell them that your sick, they should be here to help," Aang said, rolling up the paper and sticking it in his pocket.
"Okay," Katara said, yawning, "but you've been doing a good job anyway,"
"I know, but it would be a lot better if they were here to help," Aang said, but then noticed, "Hey, your speaking is a lot better, can you breathe through your nose now?"
Katara attempted breathing through her nose and she did. "Yeah," She smiled.
"Well, that's good," Aang said, sighing with relief, "It was hard to understand you."
Katara giggled and started rubbing her head. Aang sat down next to her and started rubbing her head for her. "Does your head hurt, Katara?" He asked.
"A little," She replied, taking in a deep breath of air.
"Okay, tell me when it feels better," Aang said, continuing to rub her head, but Katara shooed his hand away.
"No, just go write the letter," Katara began, sniffling while waving to the direction of the bird, "They sooner they're here the better."
"Yeah," Aang agreed, taking a new piece of paper and writing…
Dear Sokka,
I'm fine, but Katara is sick. Do you think you could come up here? We are near the village of Gorutam on Besaid Island. Hurry, though.
Aang
"There," Aang said, holding the parchment out in front of him. He put it into the Messenger Hawk's pouch and told it to go back to Sokka. It quickly flew away.
Aang and Katara watched as it flew away in silence. Katara broke the silence my sneezing. Aang quickly grabbed a cloth and handed it to her.
"Thank you," Katara mumbled as she wiped her nose. She handed it back to him and he set it down next to her bag.
She coughed a few times before laying down in her sleeping bag.
"Are you hungry?" Aang asked Katara. "Do you want anything to eat?"
"No thank you…." Katara mumbled into her pillow.
"Do you want anything to drink?" Aang asked.
Katara sighed, "No." She turned to face him.
"Katara," Aang said, seeming concerned, "You have to drink more fluids. It's the only way your going to get better."
"Oh fine," Katara said, pulling the covers over her head.
Aang grabbed a cup and filled it with cold water; he handed it to her. "Here, drink up." Aang said.
Katara took the cup and drank the water, after taking a few sips she realized how thirsty she was. She asked for three more cups of water. After that, though, she got full.
Soon after, Katara fell asleep. Aang decided to follow her lead and take a nap.
KATARA'S POV.
Oh ow…My head hurts really bad. I slowly opened my eyes to see a smiling Sokka looking down at me. What's Sokka doing here? Oh yeah, Hawky came.
"Hey, sleepy-head, been out for a while haven't you?" Sokka said, laughing a little.
"S-sokka? When did…When did you get here?" I asked, slowly rubbing my eyes in circles.
"I've been here a few hours." Sokka replied, frowning a bit.
"How long have I been out?" I asked. It must have taken a while for him to get here, plus a few hours, not to mention that Hawky had to get all the way down there…
"You've been out since yesterday, we were really getting worried, Zuko, Toph, and Suki are here too. We wanted to make sure you were okay." Sokka said.
"Why wouldn't I be?" I asked. It's only a cold and the flu…
"Well, when I got here, Aang was next to you placing a cold rag on your head, when I asked what was wrong, he said you were burning up so I gave a hand cooling you down. Since then, you've had quite a few nightmares." Sokka continued.
"Where's Aang?" I asked.
"Oh, he's just takin' a nap now, he's a little stressed with you being sick." Sokka said to me, motioning to Aang's (now set up again) tent.
"Oh," I said, sighing. This really has stressed him out…hasn't it…
Zuko walked into the room holding flowers. "Hey Katara," He said, "How ya feelin'?"
He set down the flowers next to my bed.
"I guess better, but my head feels like crap though." I said, laughing a little.
He chuckled and left the room as Toph came in. "Hey, Katara," Toph said.
"Hi Toph," I said, just before sneezing.
"Ew," Toph said, "That's gross and I can't even see it."
"Gee, thanks Toph," I said, annoyed.
Toph shrugged and walked out as Suki came in.
"Hia, Katara, your immune system getting to you?" Suki said, happily.
"What?"
"Your….immune system…..the place that……is sick….in your body…..Oh forget it." Suki stuttered.
"Oookkkaayyy?" I said.
"Well, I brought you some tea…..if you'd like…….it's strawberry……" Suki said, handing me a bag of tea leaves.
"Hey, thanks, I'll definitely try it." I said, smiling.
"Okay, I hope you get better, Katara." Suki said, walking off.
Aang walked in a few minutes later. "So, you glad they came?" Aang asked.
"Yeah, Zuko gave me flowers and Suki gave me tea…I should get sick more often." I said sarcastically.
"OOOHHHHHH, no." Aang said, smirking.
"Yeah……" I laid down and closed my eyes. Drifting off to sleep.
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