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"Yin and Yang"
(in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin), and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang), whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
"Which one is that again?" Zuko asked Katara, turning his penetrating golden gaze on her.
Carefully keeping her eyes away from his she asked, "Which one?"
He took her hand, using it to point her in the direction of the constellation he was talking about. Squinting his eye, he found it and poised her finger directly on it.
"That one." He said simply.
Katara looked at the constellation only a moment before she picked the correct name out of her head. "It's Tui and La. The moon and ocean spirits." She whispered as she looked at him across the blades of overgrown grass.
He stared up at the constellation for a moment longer, as if he was reliving the past. Katara was doing the same as she stared within his face.
Finally he turned to her, so abruptly that it startled her. His face was only an inch away…
"Katara…" he whispered. She felt her eyes close groggily.
"Yes…?" she breathed.
He was silent for a few excruciating moments until he finally sighed and rose to his feet. Holding a hand out to her, he spoke without looking at her. "We should get back to camp before everyone notices we're gone."
Trying to squash her disappointment, she took his hand, wondering if it was a coincidence that he pointed out the constellation resembling the symbol of yin and yang.
****Yea I know the title isn't one word, but I couldn't resist using yin and yang in this somewhere. This chapter was originally titled Stars but that didn't fit as well as Yin and Yang did.
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~Moonlit- Silhouette