Note from the Author: Hey guys! I am so sorry I've been so AWOL lately! I've been so busy. Well here is the next chapter! Let me know what you think.
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Chapter 4
"What is it that you are possibly doing up there?" Zuko asked Katara as she came downstairs, still splattered with paint.
"Just house chores", Katara shrugged," Wait, where are you two going?"
"We are going on a picnic and an adventure", Zuko smiled at Haku who was struggling to put on his shoes.
"Oh?" Katara looked at them with a worried expression," Well have fun you two. Please be safe."
Zuko looked at her and knitted his eyebrows together," I said we are all going on a picnic and on an adventure. So get going, get dressed, and put down your paint brushes."
"But I have-", Katara pointed upstairs.
"Katara", Zuko looked at the ceiling and put his hands on hips," I said we are all going. Now, go get dressed and put on your shoes so we can leave. If you choose not to, then Haku and I are going to be forced to dress you. Right Haku?"
"Right dad", Haku walked up beside him and planted his feet apart, his hands on his hips, and pursed his lips. Katara couldn't help but laugh at her son's attempt to look serious.
"Okay, okay, okay", Katara held up her hands," I don't wanna be held down against my will! Just give me a minute."
Katara raced up the stairs and shut the door to Haku's playroom and went to her room to get changed. She raced downstairs and Zuko was waiting with Haku at the door with a bag on his back.
"What's that?" Katara pointed at the bag on Zuko's back.
"You are really out of it today huh?" Zuko frowned," I said we are going on a picnic. What does one do on a picnic Haku?"
"We eat food outside!" Haku smiled.
"So what is in my bag Haku?" Zuko smiled.
"Food!"
"And right you are!" Zuko picked Haku up and smiled at Katara," Jeese Katara, don't be so absent minded."
Katara smiled, but frowned when Haku smiled," Yeah, don't be stupid mommy."
"Hey", Zuko smiled," We don't speak to mommy like that."
"But you did", Haku pointed into Zuko's chest.
"It's an age thing. When you are my age, then you can talk to mommy like that", Zuko smiled at Katara.
"Okay!" Haku yelled and scrambled out of Zuko's arm and opened the door, going outside.
"Gee, thanks Zuko. I have something to look forward to when Haku get's older", Katara rolled her eyes and followed Haku out," So where are we going?"
"You tell me. I know you well enough to know that you have a favorite spot here", Zuko quirked an eyebrow.
"You would be correct. You wanna go to the lake Haku?" Katara smiled.
"Yeah!" Haku smiled and grabbed Zuko's hand.
"This place is very wonderful", Zuko smiled at Katara. They were soaking up the sun and Haku was playing in the water. They were sitting on the blanket, Zuko on his back with his hand behind his head and Katara leaning on her elbows, keeping an eye on Haku.
"Lean back with me", Zuko smiled.
"I can't", Katara told him," Little kids and water don't mix Zuko. Did you know a kid can drown in an inch of water?"
"Who told you that?" Zuko laughed.
"My grandmother once told me that", Katara told him.
"How is a kid going to drown in an inch of water?" Zuko smiled," They aren't going to shove their face in water and inhale it in."
"You never know what could- why are we even talking about this!" Katara flung her hand up," Regardless, Haku could drown so I'm watching him."
"Okay, okay", Zuko accepted her answer and leaned back down," Why don't you go waterbend?"
"I was actually planning on it", Katara got up and took off her onger skirt to reveal a shorter skirt. Zuko admired Katara walk down to the shore and how she looked in her short skirt.
"Mommy, mommy! Do the water thing!" Haku laughed and Katara swirled the water around him, causing him to sway side to side with the water.
"Faster mommy", Haku laughed as he flowed side to side. Katara turned and saw Zuko came up behind them. Her breath caught momentarily seeing Zuko without his shirt on and wearing shorts.
"Try not to drool", Zuko laughed and stretched his arms above his head. Katara rolled her eyes, but inside she knew that if Haku wasn't here, she would pounce on him.
"Daddy, can you do water stuff?" Haku asked, splashing through the water towards Zuko.
"No", Zuko laughed," Just fire."
"Show me, show me!" Haku clapped his hands.
"Wanna see something really cool?" Zuko smiled, stood up and pointed his head up to the sky and shouted fire out of his mouth.
"Cool!" Haku smiled," I wanna try!"
Haku held his head up and shouted, but just smoke came up.
"It's alright", Zuko winked," Wanna see mommy do something really amazing?"
Haku smiled and shook his head.
"Okay, get on the shore and go on the blanket", Zuko told Haku and he ran off.
"Zuko, what are you up to?" Katara looked at Zuko. Zuko was waiting for Haku to get on the blanket and when he was Zuko turned to Katara and punched fire at her. She brought water up and blocked them, causing them to explode against the water.
"Yay!" Haku yelled and clapped.
"Zuko, what are you doing?" Katara yelled at him and dropped the water.
"Just seeing if you are still as great as you were", Zuko smiled and punched more fire at her. She brought up the water wall again, blocking them again, but this time she brought the water back and sent a water streak towards him. It caught him in the chest and he went flying backwards, splashing in the water.
Katara smiled, but she saw Haku running towards him.
"Haku, stay there!" Katara pointed at him," Trust me, your father is completely fine."
Zuko jumped up and stretched his arms apart and then clapped them togethed making a huge fire wall. Katara did the same building a water wall and they pushed their elements at each other. They collided and splashed over each other causing a loud collision and Haku admired his parents talent from the beach.
Zuko was looking at fire and water colliding together when Katara burst through the middle of the wall on a wave and brought up her water tenticles on her arms, whipping that at him. He kicked through each one and blasted the wave with water, so Katara went flying off of it and landed in the water near him.
Zuko smiled triumphantly and sauntered of to her when the water around his ankles and he couldn't move.
"What the-?" Zuko tried to move, but he couldn't move an inch.
"You made a sore mistake challenging me Zuko", Katara stood up from the water," I am more powerful than I ever have been. You think I sat around for three years? Ha! I have been mastering my element. No one can take me down!"
She crossed her right and left arm across each other and water shot out at his legs and at his chest causing him to flip over. Before he hit the water Katara moved her arms up and water that Zuko would have landed in came roaring up and she froze it. Above her head, Zuko was compelely frozen in a block of ice, with just his head sticking out.
"Yay for mommy!" she heard Haku yelled and she waved at him.
"Admit defeat!" Katara yelled at Zuko and he smiled. She saw orange glowing inside the ice and it slowly started to come down.
"Never. Admit it Katara. You haven't felt this rushed in awhile", Zuko smiled, finally free of the ice," You love the combat."
"Of course I do", Katara rolled her eyes and walked out of the lake towards Haku," But we are parents now Zuko."
"Well with the upcoming war, you may have your chance again", Zuko smiled.
"How do we even know there is going to be a war?" Katara asked, but even to her it sounded like a stupid question.
"Katara, please, don't be so naive", Zuko rolled his eyes and walked up behind her.
"You ready to go Haku?" Katara smiled at Haku, ignoring Zuko.
"Don't ignore me", Zuko told her, saying her thoughts.
"I'm not ignoring you! It's just... When is it even going to be happening?" Katara muttered.
"When Aang stops acting like a child", Zuko told her," In order for our side to progress, Aang and I need to talk some things through."
"Am I allowed to attend your and Aang's future meeting?" Katara started to put things back in there bag.
"No."
"What?" Katara's face fell and she looked at Zuko who was getting sand out of Haku's shoes," Why not?"
"Because I don't want you getting involved", Zuko told her and folded up their blankets.
"You were just saying how I missed combat and I'd get another chance in the 'maybe' war", she hooked her fingers like quotation marks when she said maybe.
"Yeah, well, maybe I was just kidding", Zuko looked at Haku and picked him up," You ready to go mister?"
"Yep!" he smiled and Zuko swung him over his shoulders.
"Zuko, you're not telling me something", Katara walked up next to him," If you want us to be together someday you need to be able to talk to me."
Zuko sighed and looked at her," Katara, I couldn't risk you being in danger. If something happened to you, I'd die a thousand deaths. And if you were there and Azula and my father were to find out, they would seek you out just to get to me. Trust me."
Katara sighed. She didn't want to fight with him right now. Things were just starting to go good with him. She could start feeling emotions for Zuko that she suffocated deep down start to bubble up. She was actually kind of liking it, even though she kept trying to push it down.
They walked back in silence and she was excited for the playroom to be done. She couldn't wait to show Zuko. They walked into the house and Haku ran upstairs to change.
"No Haku. You're taking a bath tonight", Katara told him.
"Moooommm", Haku frowned," I don't like baths."
"No one does Haku", Katara rolled her eyes," But we still have to take one."
Haku mumbled as he climbed the stairs into the bathroom.
"Please don't get sand everywhere", Katara told Zuko.
"Katara, I'm pretty capable of cleaning up after myself after the beach", Zuko rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen.
Katara sighed and towl dried her hair. She had some furniture delivered to the house while Zuko and Haku were out practicing their firebending. They had gone away from the house and Katara took the oppertunity to bring in a bed and a dresser. She didn't have money to order anything else at the moment, but she figured it was the thought that counted.
She heard Zuko and Haku walk in and she walked out of the bathroom in her robe. Zuko was walking up the stairs and she saw Haku asleep in his arms.
"He's passed out", Zuko laughed quietly. Katara smiled and followed Zuko into Haku's room and watched Zuko tuck Haku in bed. It was so sweet. Zuko smiled at Katara and they walked out.
"I have a surprise for you", Katara told Zuko when he shut Haku's door.
"Really?" he smiled smally," For me?"
"Yeah", she smiled and walked across the hall to the playroom," Now, it's not that big right now. It's just a start, but I figured you'd need it."
Zuko nodded and Katara opened the door.
"Oh wow", Zuko breathed and walked in. The walls were painted a deep red and she had a bed with a dark cherry wood frame and a cherry wood dresser.
"It's not that filled right now, but I felt bad that you didn't have an area to yourself", Katara smiled and followed him into the room. Zuko walked to the other side of the room and realized that this is why Katara was splattered with paint throughout the past two days. It touched his heart and made him happy she thought of him and did this for him. Of course he would have been happier to be in her room with him, but that fact that she worked so hard to do something for him didn't make him any less happy.
He felt Katara walk up behind him and he turned and smiled at her," You didn't have to do this."
"I know. I wanted you to feel like this was your home too", she smiled and then inhaled him. He was standing only a few inches away. Only two layers of clothing keeping from you two from touching she though. Shut it! Don't think that!
He seemed to be thinking the same thing she was thinking because he took a small step closing the space between them. Katara could hear him breathing and her heart started to pound harder in her chest. He leaned his head in first and he lightly pressed his lips against hers. He pressed harder when Katara didn't pull away. He could tell she was hesitant, but he didn't get many chances like this and he was going to take advantage of it as much as he could.
He wrapped his arms around her and pulled into him and she brought her hands up and laid them on his forearms. He pulled away and rested his forehead against hers and she brought her hands up to his hair pulling him back down to her.
He moaned deep in his throat and pulled her up so her feet were off the ground. He slowly walked them over to his new bed and laid her downon it. She backed up and he crawled over her, never breaking their kiss. He lifted her back with one arm and pushed her against the pillows, laying his body on top of hers.
She loved the feeling of his weight on her. She knew she shouldn't be doing this, but kissing him was like drinking water after living on a desert for a year. She was thirsty and couldn't stop guzzling the water.
She lifted the hem of his shirt and he was more than willing to rip his shirt off. She sighed as she ran her hands down his abs. She missed the feeling of his chest. He broke their kiss and he was breathing fast and heavy as he untied her robe. His fingers kept slipping off the knot of her robe and she smiled at his clumsiness.
He kissed her neck and she gasped as he ran his hands down her sides. She was wearing her black lace undergarments and Zuko almost drooled. He kissed down her neck into the middle of her breasts; and she ran her hands through his hair causing it to stick up everywhere. He brought his arms around her back and unclasped her bra. She didn't even want to tell him to stop. She was in heaven.
He peeled it away and took one breast into his mouth and she melted. He ran his hand down the middle of her stomach and he continued to suck at her skin and brought his hand to the hem of her panties. He slowly worked them down, his mouth never leaving her nipple and she started to feel her common sense edging into her mind, but she shoved it away.
He flicked them away and Katara put her legs back down. She didn't even notice when Zuko took off his own shorts he was wearing. She looked down at his body and forgot how built he was. He kissed back up her neck and smothered her mouth with his. He brought his body up and slowly eased himself between her legs, making sure she wasn't about to push him away. When she didn't, he positioned himself. Katara knew she shouldn't allow this, but she couldn't help it. She missed him so much. He's the only man she has ever slept with. She knew she still loved him, and she knew they were going to have to deal with this afterwards, but she didn't care about that.
He eased himself in and she moaned at the pressure of it. He slowly eased in and out until he was able to fully push in. When he did Katara moaned loudly and arched her back. Zuko groaned and kissed her neck as he started to thrust in and out faster.
"Oh Zuko", Katara moaned," I missed you so much."
"I've missed you too", Zuko said against her neck," Katara, I still love you. I want all of you."
"Then take all of me", she told him. He looked into her eyes and he pulled Katara up as he leaned back onto his calves. Katara wrapped her legs around him and locked them around his waist as he continued to push into her. She loved the closeness of this position as they wrapped their arms around each other, their forheads touching.
"Oh, please tell me your about to come. I can't hold it much longer", he told her.
"Almost", Katara moaned and through her head back as Zuko sucked at her neck, leaving spots along her throat.
"Oh Zuko!" she yelled and dug her nails into his back. He started thrusting harder and then moaned loudly as he thrusted once more. His body twitched a little as he came in her and she loved the feeling. He slowly leaned her back onto the bed, never pulling out of her though. He leaned against her and sighed deeply.
"What now?" Katara muttered.
"Right now, we just love each other and enjoy each other. Please let me just have this", Zuko said into her collarbone," Just tell me you love me right now."
Katara looked down at him as he laid on her chest," I love you."
Zuko didn't know if she meant it or she said just because he asked her to, but he didn't care. Katara knew which one she meant though.
stordec23: Thanks :) I'm trying to make them like a father and son.
Aipom4: I think she was more worried at first, but after what Zuko said, she is relaxing a bit more. But we all know if Zuko took Haku, she would kick his ass lol.
DemonPie17: Glad you are so happy with the sequel :) Love your reviews! They are always the best! Hope you enjoyed this xoxo