A/N- Yay! Nakonec jsem dostal sám aktualizovat! Pojďme se podívat, co jsem přišel s pro fotografie. (Translation- YAY! I finally got myself to update! Let's see what I came up with for photograph.) Today's greeting was Czech. I'm not sure what country that comes from, but whatever right? XDDD Sorry I'm three days late now. On the bright side, Kataang Week lasts longer in a sense! XDDD
Aang owns a camaro. It seemed appropriate for some reason. XDDDD
BTW, I have NO idea where they live. Apparently, it's 12 hours away from L.A. LOLZ
Okay, you know me. I never like to do the cliché thing. I'm going to try and keep it original with this one as well. Anyway, hope you like it! R&R PLZUMZ!!
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"Do you really have to?" Katara asked, holding one of Aang's bags with a sad face. She didn't want him to go on a long trip to Los Angeles. It seemed like they'd just started dating and he was already leaving her. It wasn't his choice however, and if he didn't want to lose his job, he had to go. Aang stood up to answer her inquiry, whacking his head on the trunk lid on the way up.
"Ow!" he exclaimed, rubbing his sore head. He gritted his teeth and sucked in a surprised-and pained-gasp through his teeth. Katara winced when she heard his head connect with the metal.
"Are you alright?" she asked, leaning sideways to see if he was hurt. He popped out from behind his car smiling as brightly as ever, despite the throbbing pain pulsing at the top of his head.
"Fine. And in answer to your question, yes, unfortunately." he replied, disappearing behind his yellow camaro again. Katara slumped her shoulders and the bag sagged onto the sidewalk.
"I don't want you to go. It seems like we just got together, and now these guys in L.A. drag my boyfriend off?" she asked rhetorically. Aang sighed from behind the car and stepped out onto the sidewalk to take the bag from Katara's limp arms, shoving it into the trunk making the car bounce slightly.
"I know, I know. I don't want to go either," he said craning his neck from the back of the camaro, and then he grinned, rolling his eyes, "believe me." His reluctance to leave wasn't enough condolence to Katara and she sighed also, running a hand through her midnight locks, trying to accept that she couldn't do anything about his parting, but still feeling selfish and unwilling to give up her precious Aang. She heard him shut the trunk and knew his depart was soon to follow, a disappointed lurch in her stomach following the realization. He stepped onto the sidewalk once more and came face to face with her, taking her hands in his, the brown sugar skin of her hands contrasting with the crème color of his.
"It's only for a week, Katara. I'll be back before you know it." he reassured with a smile. He had such a nice smile and she couldn't help but feel a little better. She swore his grins were magical or something. Katara flashed a small smile in return before her expression returned to a look of disappointment. She looked down at her feet sadly, avoiding his gaze, unable to meet his eyes. She felt like she was five again and refusing to enter her Kindergarten classroom and leave her mother, pouting with reluctance. Aang saw her disappointment and frowned slightly. Unable to stand it when she was sad, he lifted her chin with his hand, gently, forcing her to look into his eyes. Blue stared into charcoal-grey. He would've said something if words would have been useful, but they weren't needed. Everything was communicated through their eyes; disappointment, love…
She quickly lunged at him, embracing him in a tight hug which he fully returned, burying his face in her sweet smelling hair, trying to memorize everything about her before he left on his week-long trip.
"I'll miss you." she whispered against the skin of his neck. He shivered as she said the words, her lips brushing his skin as she said them. He couldn't help thinking that they were being overdramatic about this, but he also remembered that when you were in love like they were, a week seemed like forever. That, and L.A. was a long way away. Twelve hours was a lot of driving to do. He tightened his grip around her.
"I'll miss you too. Send me pictures okay? I want to know what's happening back here." he said, pulling away a little so he could look her in the face. Katara nodded in agreement.
"I promise." she replied, smiling a little. "You better call me." Aang chuckled as she jabbed a "threatening" finger into his chest.
"Of course." he replied, nuzzling her nose with his; Eskimo kisses.
He breathed a sigh, leaning his forehead against hers.
"I love you so much." he murmured. Katara cupped his face and pulled it down towards hers until their lips met softly, sending the message back to him. Aang pulled her into him, deepening the kiss, wanting to just have her for that moment in time when it was just them. Katara was desperate to get as close to him as possible, pressing her lips almost painfully against his. Finally they pulled away to breathe, something they forgot to do whenever they kissed.
"I have to go." he mumbled and made to pull away from the embrace, but Katara didn't release her grip.
"Wait. Let me just hold you." she said, burying her face in his shoulder. As much as Aang was enjoying this, he had to get going. He let her hug him for a few more seconds.
"Katara…" he said, implying that she needed to let go. Catching on, she released him sadly.
"Be safe. I love you." she said as he climbed into the front seat of his car.
"I will. I'll see you soon." he replied, shutting the door. Then he started the car and drove away.
As he drove down the street, he watched Katara wave to him until he was out of sight around the corner.
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Beep, Katara's phone replied as she pressed send. The picture of her with Toph in front of Iroh's tea shop, the Jasmine Dragon (home of the best Asian tea in town) disappeared from the screen, being replaced with a little hourglass with the words, "Sending…" under it. It beeped again as a little popup declared that the picture had been successfully sent to Aang. She smiled to herself and tucked her phone into her pocket.
"Can we get tea now?" Toph complained from next to her. Katara rolled her eyes.
"Yes, we can get tea now." she replied with a sigh, grinning at her friend as she swung open the door to the shop.
Only four more days.
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Beep. The photo of Katara playing with Aang's dog, Appa, was successfully sent. She stuffed her phone in her pocket and gave Appa and affectionate pat on the head as he lay on his blanket, his tail thumping excitedly behind him. Katara smiled and went to check on Momo. The brown and white cat was sleeping on the window sill peacefully, his paws tucked under his stomach making him look like a furry lump. Katara snapped a picture of him too and sent that as well. Aang would be pleased to know that his pets were well and in good hands. She sighed and plopped onto her couch, closing her eyes and realizing how tired she was. Pet sitting turned out to be a lot of work.
Three more days.
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Aang almost dropped the glass of orange juice he was holding when his phone buzzed in his pocket. He hated it when his phone did that even if it meant he was getting a text or picture from Katara. It was scarier than when the toaster popped the toast out. Quickly he reached into his pocket and pulled out his orange razr. The screen read that he had been sent a picture from Katara. He smiled to himself and opened it to see it was her and Zuko standing by the pizza shop. She was grinning widely while Zuko was rolling his eyes in an irritated fashion; he could almost see the vein pulsing in his temple. Yep, that was Zuko. Katara must have dragged him into the photo at the last minute. He laughed only to laugh even harder when he saw Sokka consuming a gigantic pizza in the background.
He was glad Katara was happy; it made him happy to see her smiling. She seemed like she was having a good time in all of her pictures even though she complained that she missed him in the few calls he'd been able to make to her. At least there were only two more days left.
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There were two more days left and Katara was dying of anticipation. She'd already sent five pictures to Aang today on her phone and by email, downloading the pictures off her digital camera. His arrival back home was approaching and she wanted to send him a great picture; the one that would own the rest. She wasn't sure what to take a picture of though because she wasn't sure she could top the pizza shop one. That was the best one she'd sent so far.
She racked her brains thinking of what she could do and then…she had it. Grinning ecstatically to herself, she grabbed her purse and made sure Appa and Momo had enough food and water before bolting out the door. It was crazy, but that was the beauty of it. Oh, he was definitely going to be surprised.
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Aang was on break and resting on a park bench away from the busy city. He was daydreaming to himself about when he returned home and what Katara's reaction would be. He couldn't wait to wrap his arms around her and just hug her until his arms ached.
He was jerked from his thoughts however when his phone buzzed in his pocket and flipped it open to see he'd gotten a text from Katara.
Where r u? it read. He blinked in surprise and replied,
At the park, he responded.
Oooh, which 1? Aang raised an eyebrow but typed the address. Katara responded a minute later.
Cool. Just curious, it said. Aang was skeptical that that was the real reason, but he let it go having no other explanation.
Ok, talk to u l8r. 3 you, he typed back.
3 you too, she responded.
Aang closed his phone and stuffed it back in his pocket wondering why Katara would be interested in what park he was at.
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About a half hour later Aang's phone buzzed again making him jump. He clenched his jaw in irritation making a mental note to fix that problem so he wouldn't flinch every single time he got a message. He took out his phone and flipped it open to see he'd received yet another photo from Katara. He opened it to find the most shocking picture he'd seen out of all the ones she'd sent, probably the most shocking one he'd seen in his life.
His phone dropped to the ground.
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Katara smiled as she watched Aang turn his head in her direction, his mouth hanging open in surprise. Quickly, he picked up his phone and shoved it in his pocket before running over to her, grinning the whole time. She was nearly knocked over by the force of his hug, but she managed to stay upright and squeeze him back tightly.
"I can't believe you're here!" he exclaimed, holding her at arm's length. Katara giggled.
"I wanted to give you a real shocker." she explained, beaming at him. Aang's grin widened and he embraced her again, still having a hard time believing she was really there.
"Well, it worked." he said, mentally looking at the picture of him sitting on the park bench again before burying his face in her hair taking in that sweet scent he missed so much. Then a thought occurred to him through the blissful fog in his brain.
"How did you get here?" he asked, bewildered as to how she had gotten to L.A. so fast.
She shrugged and held him tighter.
"A friend helped me out." she replied, grinning to herself.
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Of all the things Zuko had done in his life, he'd never done something quite as stupid as lending Katara his dad's private jet. He just hoped she came back before his dad did.
A/N- Awww, Zuko! How nice! XDDDDD I really like this oneshot. It makes me feel so squeeful! X3 I hope it made you all squeeful too.
I've noticed that I've been a little choppy with these oneshots. That's probably because I've been rushing to get them out on time. LOLZ I'm going to make it up to you guys by making some kick-butt fanfictions after this is over. I've already thought of two. 8D
Okay, I'm running out of review button jokes…ah whatever. Just press the button. XDDDD Pwease? :3
