Fallen Star

Part 20

"You're family is terrifying." Azula whispered to the water bender walking beside her. The tan woman chuckled beside her, thinking this was some kind of joke. The princess wrapped her arms over her chest tightly shivering from the extreme cold. Her cheeks were like ice and the frozen air felt like needles on the face. "Are we there yet?" the fire bender asked her teeth beginning to chatter.

"There it is." Katara smiled as she pointed to the snow house before them. "…home sweet home." Azula quickened her pace and made her way towards the house as quick as possible. Her daughter was lucky she passed out at Gran Gran's house so she didn't have to walk through the extreme cold. The princess ran into the cold quiet igloo and found the fire place and threw a blaze of blue at it. The fire bender sat down next to it and tried to unfreeze herself.

Katara came into the house shortly after the princess. The tan woman removed her large coat and didn't seem to be very cold at all. She felt Katara's warm arms wrap around her shoulders and the woman's head leaned against hers. "You're cold." The water bender chuckled. "It's not that freezing outside."

Azula turned her head to give the woman a crazy look. Not that cold? Ha it was probably three hundred below zero right now. The water bender let go of the princess and headed towards the room off of the main room. The woman turned around to look at her. "Are you planning on coming to bed?" Katara said trying her best not to laugh at Azula's shivering.

"I'm not leaving this fire for nothing." The princess said staring at the gold flames. The water bender sighed a little disappointed and she half turned into the room. The tan woman said a quiet goodnight and Azula nodded in response.

Sometime after that Azula had fallen asleep and was lying on the ground beside the dying flames. Her shivering started to return. Half awake she opened her eyes and saw the almost dead fire. Looking around she found several blankets and wrapped them around her. Too tired to make another fire she dragged her feet across the ground as she walked into their new bedroom.

Katara was sleeping peacefully under the thick fur blanket. Azula came to the open side of the bed and slipped into the warm covers. She looked like a mountain of blankets as she lay down. The warmth under the fur felt nice and the warmth coming from Katara was even better. Yawning, the fire bender wrapped her arm around the tan woman's waist and dragged her over to her side of the bed. Azula clung to the water bender with a smile, feeling the nice heat.

The water bender rolled over to face the princess. There wasn't any room between them so rolling over was very difficult. By the time she turned over, the princess had passed out again. Katara laughed lightly as she watched Azula sleep. She brought her hand against the pale cheek and brushed it lightly.

"It's really hard to sleep with you doing that." Azula groaned with her eyes closed. A wide grin spread across the water bender's face. She continued to stroke the princess' cheek.

"Oh really?" She teased. "And…and what if I do this?" she leaned forward and met the fire bender's cold lips. "Still hard to sleep?" she chuckled. Azula opened one of her eyelids to reveal her shiny golden eye.

"It's too cold for this." Azula mumbled and tried to get comfortable again to go back to sleep. The water bender let out a loud laugh.

"You're burning up over there." Katara said and Azula's body went hot from the embarrassment. "You can't ever give me a moment's rest in the Fire Nation but the minute we're alone here, you're suddenly tired?" Azula let out a frustrated growl.

"Alright I'm awake, what do you want?" The princess said as she opened her eyes. Katara smiled back at the fire bender.

"Sing me a song." The water bender whispered. The fire bender gave an odd look. Azula shook her head and yawned.

"I can't sing." The princess admitted. Azula was doing all she could right then to stay awake and entertain her wife.

"You little liar, you can too!" Katara laughed and slapped Azula's arm. The fire bender mumbled something but she couldn't hear. "Look, if you're too chicken to sing, at least hum something." The fire bender groaned.

"You're just finding ways to make me miserable aren't you?" Azula said a tiny smile coming over her face. The tan woman just exchanged a smile. The princess let out a deep sigh and wondered if she should really attempt to hum something. "Only you could talk me into this…"

Katara laughed again before she closed her eyes and leaned her forehead against the fire bender's. The princess began to hum a soft melody. Just like Katara guessed, the fire bender's voice was flawless. The calming sound made her drift to sleep even quicker as well as put the fire bender to sleep.