Authors Note
Hey guys it took me a long time before I decided to continue on with the story as I was having a serious writer's block after spamming a 1300 word story in 30 minutes the previous time. However, your reviews, favs and follows really boosted my spirit and encouraged me to continue with my story. I plan to finish this story in my next update. Till then please continue to give me your support. Thank you!
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Previously on Kataang Confession,
Both Aang and Katara have shared feeling towards each other. However when Aang follows Sokka's idea; trying to make Katara jealous, Katara is heartbroken. She runs into her room and cries while Aang feeling terrible about hurting his best friend (love). Will they reunite or does fate have other plans? (I know this is a bit cliché)
"Aang! Listen to my plan buddy. This will definitely work" Sokka hollered from the balcony as Aang made his way out with a grunt.
Aang who was completely infuriated with Sokka ignored him and started to make his way towards Katara's room planning his apology script on the way. Aang stood outside Katara's locked room mustering his courage to knock on the door. However, he was distracted by the sound of a whimpering girl inside the room. Aang felt terrible about hurting Katara. He took in a deep breath and lifted his hands to knock on the door. Just when he was about to knock on the door, the arms of a strong warrior grabbed hold of his shirt and yanked him away from the door. Aang turned to look at Sokka who had the most apologetic face. Sokka slowly whispered to him, "Aang this is not the right time to talk to Katara. I know my sister. Can we go down and talk about this?" motioning Aang to follow him down. Though Aang was mad at Sokka, he realised that Sokka was right about Katara, as everyone knew that talking to Katara in her emotional state is worse than talking to Aang during his avatar state. Aang nodded and started walking downstairs with Sokka following right behind.
They walked towards the kitchen table where Suki was preparing breakfast for everyone. Suki looked up at them, noticing their glum looks and asked in a concerned tone, "What's wrong with you guys did you fight over something?"
Sokka looked up at his wife, and related the story to her. Suki, who slowly took in what she just heard, shook her head disapprovingly, "Sokka you experimented on your sister and best friend. How can you even do it?" giving Sokka a death glare and glanced back at Aang and said reassuringly, "Aang don't worry I will help you. Your biggest mistake was going through with his plan."
"What is my mistake?" asked Aang with a puzzled look on his face.
"Going to Sokka for help in the first place. Aang, honestly speaking, I can't believe you were ready to trust Sokka for love confessing tips." With this, Suki threw a glance at Sokka, which had him cowering in fear. "But don't worry this proves that you are in her heart. Now all we have to do is to find a way tell her that properly..."
"But what if she removes me from her mind in the name of reassuring herself? What if she hates me now? What if she doesn't want to talk to me anymore? Aang said in an exasperated tone.
Sokka shook his head "Aang, I know Katara well enough it would take extremely long for her to forget someone she loves. She took over 5 weeks to get over our mom's death. I bet there is a special spot for you in her heart." However, deep in his heart he pondered over the possibility of what Aang said and shuddered at the thought that he was responsible for their breaking their love.
"Aang just bring her out to some restaurant and confess your love to her. She will definitely fall for that. That's what I did for Suki and look at how it turned out" Sokka gleamed at his blushing wife.
Aang let a weak smile hoping that their plan worked.
That day rolled by. It was about late evening before Katara came out. The house was generally quiet with Aang was feeding Momo, Toph was lazing around at the cushions while Sokka and Suki at the kitchen preparing dinner.
When Katara came down to the living room, everyone noticed something was odd about Katara. She seemed normal and cheery. Everyone, including Toph who heard about what happened in the morning, found it weird that Katara was normal within one day. Katara came down searching for Aang and found him at he dinner table feeding Momo. She sat next to him and handed him a pink envelope, "Aang here is the love letter you wanted. I could not think of much to write about On Jie as I only saw her for a while back then." Aang could not believe what he was hearing. He searched her eyes for hurt feelings but failed trying to do so. Katara continued, "Good luck! By the way, where are you meeting her today? I suggest you take her to a fine dining restaurant. It would have a more romantic environment." With that, she stood up, stroked Momo's fur, and left for her room once again.
Everyone stared at Katara as she went up. After which all their gazes turned to Aang whose face reflected his deeply troubled mind. Sokka stood next to Aang and put his hand on his shoulder reassuringly, "Aang…"
"Are you happy now Sokka? I was surprised that you did not carry any grudge against me when I told you that I loved your sister. Now I realise that you did carry a grudge and sabotaged me in the name of helping. Now you separated us forever." Aang finished with a rage present in his voice. Sokka opened his mouth to explain but no words came out, as he knew that he was not in any position to argue. Suki who was hearing all this argument from the corner put her hand on Aang's shoulder reassuringly and said, "Aang when love is real, it finds a way. Just stick to the plan. I am sure you will succeed." Aang slowly rose up to walk towards Katara's doors.
Meanwhile in Katara's room Katara came in crashing onto the bed, thinking about her action. Katara sighed and thought to herself and came to a conclusion, "Just because Aang doesn't like me in a romantic way doesn't mean he shouldn't like anyone else. Why am I being so selfish? If Aang likes this girl so much, then I must help him a as a good friend. That is what any good friend would do. Why am I acting so strange about this. Maybe I am not even fit to be Aang's friend." This thought made her shudder, as after 4 years living together as friends, life without Aang seemed unimaginable for Katara.
That is when she noticed a shadow formed under the door. She heard Aang's gentle voice calling out her name from outside "Katara? Are you in there?" she responded with a quick yes and waited for Aang to start to speak.
Aang who was flustered tried to sound as confident as possible, "Katara… can you accompany me to this meeting On Jie thingy" Katara's heart twisted in pain at each word that he said. Katara cursed the spirits who made her life so much more difficult. For a minute, she hoped that Aang did not cross her life. Though Katara felt terrible, a small pint of curiosity developed within her. As much as she did not want to accompany Aang on his first date with another woman, she wanted to know who managed to penetrate through Aang's heart. She looked up at the door and answered with fake enthusiasm, "Sure Aang I will be out in a minute"
Aang, who previously expected her to refuse, was shocked by this new cheery response. He started to wonder if she even had feelings for him previously. Aang dejectedly stood leaning against the wall with his eyes closed waiting for Katara to come out when he heard the door unlocking. He blinked his eyes open to feel his cheeks getting redder. His eyes widened as he admired her beauty for a while. He looked at her hair that was a rich shade of ebony flowing in waves to adorn her flawless tan skin. Thin lashes framed her emerald blue eyes. She wore a thin blue robe that outlined her slender body. She simply looked stunning. However Aang could evidently tell that her smile that was present on her rosy lips were forced.
Aang stood there mesmerised in her beauty but soon realised that her gaze was fixed at him and snapped back to reality. He gave a shy smile and tried to ease the mood by complimenting her, "you look …amazing!" Katara smiled weakly at his comment and wondered to herself if the compliment was even necessary. Aang slowly motioned her to follow him out of the house. Before they went out the rest of them in the house waved Aang good luck and went back to their work. Katara who noticed this assumed that they were wishing him well for his first date and ignored it.
Aang and Katara slowly walked out of the house and made a stroll towards their favourite restaurant. Both of them were walking, maintaining some gap in between them. It hurt both of them trying to be away despite having so much love bottled within them. Aang constantly looked over at Katara's face trying to pick up any sign of varying emotions but failed to do so. As they neared, the restaurant Aang was getting tenser.
As the couple came to the front of the restaurant, they were greeted by the shop owner who welcomed them warmly, "Welcome young Avatar. Our restaurant is more than honored to welcome you to our humble restaurant…" Aang who was becoming uncomfortable with the praising cut him off politely, "Thank you Sir, please call me Aang, I am just here on a …unofficial meeting." Katara giggled at his choice of words and went inside. Though this eased the mood, it made Aang's heart shrivel. The restaurant owner nodded and ushered them into the restaurant.
They were both greeted by the smooth and soothing melody that filled the room. Aang sat down comfortably on the cushioned chair and noticed that Katara was still standing. He looked up at her and gestured her to take a seat. However, Katara shook her head and responded, "No Aang this is a date and no girl would like to see her boyfriend sitting with another girl even if it is me." Katara looked around and said solemnly, "I will just hide in the corners and watch you guys."
At this point Aang could clearly see her that she was deeply hurt while talking to him. Aang felt miserable putting her through all this suffering. He could not tolerate seeing Katara brood over him.
Aang slowly stood up and took in a deep breath to walk towards her, when he heard a girl from the back calling out something that made his blood freeze.
"Kuzon? Is that you?"
Aang turned around and gulped at the uprising complications
To be continued...
Hope you guys like the ending. This is the longest chapter that I have written. I did not think this chapter would be this long but I wanted to make sure I did not leave out anything. I hope to finish the story soon. THANKS and please REVIEW/COMMENT.
