Wuhuuuu, I actually finished something. Yay.
Ok back to buisness. This is the last chapter of this short modern AU Kataang story. I know it's a short chapter but there was nothing more that i wanted to do. It would as always be a blast if you would review it. If you are wondering what happened to swords and kingdoms. i deleted it because I was not happy with it and i decided to rewrite it.
Aang's POV:
Knock. Knock. Knock….
„Come in"
Katara pushed down the handle of the door to open it. Class has already started about 15 minutes ago and we were panting because we had to rush through the halls in order to not miss too much of math's class.
"I'm sorry, I'm late, principal Pathik asked me for a favor" Katara explained as I entered the room after her. The teacher looked nice enough. Katara told me that his name was Professor Pakku and that he could be strict if necessary but that most of the time he was one of the better teachers.
"And who are you, if I may ask?" Pakku addressed me.
"I'm Aang. I'm new and principal Pathik assigned Katara to show me around and stuff for the first week" I explained. I looked around in the class. There were about 16 other students in the room all looking at me. A few were smiling and a few didn't really show any expression but one teen in the back didn't seem pleased by my presence. At first I didn't recognize him but as I took a closer look, I started to remember.
It was Jet, the worst bully I ever had to deal with. He stared at me, his eyes narrowed in an angry glare.
"Ok then, you can take the seat next to Katara" Pakku brought my attention back from the angry teen in the back. As I sat down I could feel Jet staring at me. It made me kind of nervous and uneasy and all I could hope for was not having to many classes with him.
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Katara's POV:
The morning had gone by fast. It was still a shock for me that after all those years, Aang came back and could finally see him again. Even though I had only known him for a couple of hours when I was four, I had missed him strongly. It was like, I didn't realize back then what it was, I was just too young but now I know. Now, that I am older, I know what the feeling I had around him was. The butterflies in my stomach whenever he talks to me, the heat in my cheeks when he smiles at me and the agonizing pain of his absence, all of it makes sense now. I was in love. It sounded stupid but I couldn't deny it. It was far to clear to me that I loved him. Now the only question left was: Does he feel the same way about me? Sometimes I caught him stare at me or blush when I smiled. Maybe that meant that he felt the same. But then again, my self-conscious side took over and shot all of those hopes down in the blink of an I.
By now it was lunch break and after going to the cafeteria with Aang and sitting down with my friends and my brother, Suki asked me for a talk.
"So you already met the new kid" Suki observed as we found a quiet corner in the cafeteria. "What do you think? He's cute right?"
"Well yeah he" I replied playing with my hair a bit "but I actually kind of knew him before today already"
"Really? How so?" Suki asked puzzled.
"Well ….. We first met when we where four years old and he saved me when Jet was trying to force me to eat an earth worm" I explained while Suki just nodded" After that, we spent the whole afternoon on the playground with each other. I really wanted to make friends with him since it was the first day I lived here and he was so nice. But he had to move the next day and I haven't seen him ever since" I was blushing when I thought about what I was going to say next "It sounds stupid, but I actually kind of missed him even though I had only known him for one afternoon" I admitted.
"Awwwww" Suki squealed "That's so cute and romantic. Two lovers who found each other again after they parted ways when the where children. Its perfect"
"Lovers?" I tried to sound shocked but my blushing madly gave away that I wasn't actually against the idea.
"Oh, don't try to deny it. I can see how you look at him. You like him" Suki said smugly smirking. The slight pink in my face grew about two shades darker.
"I … I -" I was cut of trying to defend myself.
"I said don't even try. Belief me, there I no use in hiding it. And to make you calm down a bit, I can also tell that he likes you two"
"You … you really think so?" I asked shyly, something that was very unusual in me.
Suki just nodded and with that we retreated to our table to finish lunch.
The others asked us what we talked about and we just waved it of as not important. I took my seat next to Aang and began to eat.
"So, I thought that maybe we could go catch a movie after school or something" Sokka offered after a few moments of silence. His girlfriend was snuggled up into his chest while he had his right arm around her and ate his sandwich with his left hand.
Zuko, who had his own arm around Suki shook his head "Sorry, I can't. Uncle asked me to help out in the tea shop after school"
"I can't come either" Suki exclaimed "Mom asked me to look after the take over the dojo because she had meeting."
"I would be in for it" Aang said and Toph also agreed to it.
After school we all filed into Sokka's car and he drove us to the theatre.
As we were about half way there, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocked. When I checked it I noticed, that I had received a text massage from Suki. I opened it and all it said where two words "tell him"
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Aang's POV:
In secret I took a glance over to the girl next to me. It was still strange to see her again but it was also one of the best things that happened to me. I had known for a while now, what the feelings where I always got when I thought about her. It was strange but I was never so sure about anything else in my life. It was love. Not just a little crush, that would fade away after while but actual love. It was nerve wrecking and left me awake at night. Before I moved back here, it hurt to think that I would never see her again. Now there was still hope.
As we parked at the theatre we left the car. Sokka bought the tickets and we went to get some popcorn and drinks.
"I have to go to the toilet" Katara announced a few minutes after we got our snacks. We nodded and she left.
After a while I decided to follow her. I wanted to tell her the truth about my feelings. I couldn't bare the thought that someone else being with her only because I missed my chance, so I swallowed all the nervousness and fear of rejection and walked towards the toilets.
"Come on, you know you want to" I heard someone say when I was about to walk around the corner. There was something familiar in the voice but I couldn't quite make out who it belonged too.
"No, leave me alone" I gasped. It was Katara. And from the sound of it, she was in trouble. I turned the corner and saw what happened. Jet was holding a firm grip on Katara's arm while she struggled to pull away. Switching on complete instinct I ran forward and punched Jet right across the face. The force was so great that he was out cold immediately but I was too fast to stop in time and crashed right into Katara.
We fell over and I landed on top of her staring right into the deep blue ocean that was her eyes. I could stare those eyes for days straight and never get tired of it. My body still full of adrenalin I leaned down slowly and before I could stop myself I had my lips pressed against hers.
I expected her to scream or to punch me but instead she did something that surprised me. She actually kissed me back, running her tongue along my lower lip. I granted her access and her tongue entered my mouth and began to explore. After a while I gained the upper hand and started to explore the inside over mouth. The feeling was exhilarating and she tasted sweet.
After what felt like forever but was probably just half a minute we parted for air.
After regaining an even breath she looked me straight into the eyes "Aang?"
"hmm?"
"I love you"
My heart skipped a beat and tears of joy welled up in my eyes. My grin spread from one ear to the other.
"I love you too" I replied leaning in to a second kiss that was even deeper and more passionate than the first.