Long Overdue - A TAANG Story

[Author's Notes: In the TV series, they leave this unresolved, and I think that is a big mistake and an opportunity for these two to grow even closer. (Maybe that is why they did it, or they would have added some TAANG to the series.) This story isn't an offshoot of 'A Kiss in the Night of Ba Sing Se, ' so Aang and Toph are not involved. Young men can be dense and thus need to be prodded into understanding that just because things aren't said doesn't mean they don't exist.

Time has passed, and now Aang is ready to make amends. How this plays out… well, read on!

Standard disclaimer: I don't own the Avatar: The Last Airbender

So, as always, on with the Story!]

Chapter 14

Plans Within Plans

The Avatar's face scrunched in bewilderment. "Kanto? Why Kanto?"

Toph raised her arms, taking a good long stretch upon the deck. "My dad had a business partner named Kanto. He used to say the man was as mean and severe as his name. I didn't get it until I saw the big fellow. Scary!"

Aang's eyes instinctively focused on her bare, weightless appearing breast. "What's 'scary,' my love?"

Toph glared at the easily distracted airbender. "Weren't you listening to me? I swear you're not only an airbender but an airhead!"

The Avatar reached out and caressed the pale mounds topped with nipples and areolae as dark as the young woman's mane.

Toph reflexively slapped his grabby hands away. "Excuse you! We were talking here, Pervy Boy!" she exclaimed as she crossed her arms over her ample chest. "It seems I've been spoiling you too much."

"OW!" The young man shook his hands to relieve the stinging. Aang smiles lustfully. "Maybe it's me who has been spoiling you?".

Her muted eyes widened. "You've been spoiling me?" I think you're the one who has been benefiting the most here! You want momma to kiss your boo-boo now, ya big baby?"

"I want to suck momma's tits like a hungry baby," he countered, licking his lips, not dropping a beat.

"How are you still this horny? What pleasure do you get out of them, weirdo? There's no milk in these," she teased, pressing her arms tighter. "I guess the baby's gonna be hungry for a while…"

Aang, grasping Toph's thin wrists, pulled her arms apart, latching onto the right one's nipple with a force that caused her to gasp aloud as her eyes glistened.

"You…you booger! Ahhhhh… I told you I wanted a bath first. Oh, wow… You stink like a wet skunk-bearrrrr… too!"

Toph's body relaxes, corresponding to him easing the pressure. She's able to sit up, letting his growing protrusion slip within.

"Lalala.. last time, you hear… oh, oh… " she grunts as her voice trembles.

Aang sighs as he rocks his hips up, further penetrating her velvety, moist petals. "If you insist, my love."

"I, I do insist! Don't cum too quickly! This, this, this feeling… feeling… FEELING!"

Her voice becomes shudders that synchronize with the bucking of her body.

Aang's member sinks in, and his emissions mixes with hers.

The couple collapses, breathing deeply, hearts pounding in their chests.

The warmth of the desert air covers their sweating bodies like a blanket.

"Wow, my love, that was wild," he exclaims as his mental capacity recovers.

Toph pats his chest, "Yeah, you did good, even though you smell like a wet skunk-bear."

"Hey, way to kill the mood, Toph"

"Have you smelled yourself, Twinkle Toes? That's the mood killer. You should be thanking me for putting up with it."

Aang takes a whiff of himself, almost gagging at the rancid, sour smell. "Ugh, how did you manage!"

"Did you forget, I lived with Badger Moles? They smell almost as bad… almost."

Aang rolled his eyes at the apparent taunt, choosing not to respond; instead, he sat up, lifting Toph simultaneously. The stickiness between them pulls at their bare skin, testifying to their past exertions.

"I concur, Sifu, we stink," he adds as his airbending raises both of them to the front of the saddle. "Appa, yip, yip, and hurry!"

The bison ascends, leaving a plume of fine sand in its wake.

Aang uses his bending to cool the heated desert air around them comfortably, "So why Kanto?"

"So, you were listening, Twinkle Toes," she comments, leaning against his shoulder. "Don't you like the name? If you don't like it, pick another one."

"It's not like I don't like it, Toph. I just haven't thought about it."

"Well, give it some thought, Twinkle Toes. I'm good with whatever," Toph wistfully sighs as her voice fades.

Aang nods, "Okay, but I still think since you'll be using it, you should choose the name."

"Then Kanto it is," she confirms, starting to yawn. "I guess I'm a bit tired after all our fun and adventures."

Aang nodded as he felt the warmth of her body against his arm. It was a comforting presence that reminded him he was no longer alone. She understood him better than anyone he had ever known, including other airbenders.

Her rhythmic breaths, with the occasional sigh, caused him to smile. "You're my breath," he hummed to himself.

The airbender let his thoughts drift, recalling their times together. Their first kiss on that beach led to their first time lying together. How guilty he felt about betraying Katara, and how it led to his years of guilt and struggle trying to forget the petite woman that invaded not only his dreams but his intimate times with the waterbender.

He submerged himself in trying to revive the air nomads through the acolytes that gave themselves body and soul, literally. He concluded this was an effort to escape the never-ending attraction of the vision that first compelled him to follow her in that mystic swamp.

"I can't believe how stupid I've been," he groans. "All this time, I've been rejecting love and happiness."

Toph shifted, lying on the wide seat and resting her head on his lap.

Not that he hadn't noticed before, but her ample breasts and sculpted buttocks were quite evident even from their time on that beach.

He gazed at every detail of her form, and Aang could feel his penis slowly burrowing into her thick, soft hair.

"Not a bad feeling, but not intense either," he evaluated as things softened. "She would have probably been upset if I unloaded in her hair while she was asleep."

Aang felt Appa begin to descend. He could see the oasis off in the distance, and there were no signs of any people around. This was the hottest time of the year, and even the natives preferred to stay away from the inner desert.

Aang felt a weight on his shoulder. "Hey, Momo, do you want to go play in the water, too?"

He took the little monkey's chatter as affirmation. "We got about half an hour until we get there. So just be quiet and let Toph sleep, okay?"

Momo glided back down into the gondola, curling up for a nap as well.

"Looks like it's just you and me, buddy," he chimes to Appa.

A responding thrum vibrates from the giant beast, almost like a panther-cat's purr.

"Just a bit more, and we can all rest. I know this sun isn't doing you any favors."

Aang bit his bottom lip. "We walked right past this spot when we were lost here all those years ago. I was acting like a total asshole. That's probably why Katara couldn't sense any water. Thank the Winds, we made it out alive."

A second thrum rose as if the bison was reading his thoughts.

"Hey, you didn't have to agree with me!"

"Toph, my love, we're here," he whispered softly into his sleeping lover's ear. "Wake up, sleepy head."

Toph squirmed and stretched as she mewed and purred until she was entirely in Aang's lap.

"Have to pee, too tired to walk, carry me Twinkle Toes," she proclaimed with a long yawn.

He hefted her up, princess style, and jumped from the saddle, touching down next to a large palm tree. There were small shrubs and a few cacti that reminded him that this was the desert.

The earthbender sprang from his arms and squatted, letting the yellow torrent blast into the loose soil at her feet.

Aang didn't waste time as he positioned himself and soaked the base of the palm.

Toph began to giggle. "It's been a while since we had a pee party. We all used to race off the Big Fella, loosening belts and britches, trying not to wet ourselves."

He was now laughing as well."Yeah, that's when we found out about your small bladder. How many times did you not make it, Sifu?"

Toph was no longer giggling as she stood, feeling a drip or three running down her inner thigh.

"And who was it that never wanted to stop until we were ready to bust?" she countered. "Even poor Momo was doing the pee dance."

"I just wanted to keep us on schedule. Stopping every hour was just too slow."

"Hey, I wasn't that bad, you slave driver. You and Sokka, carrying on like old clerks about watching the time and keeping that bloody schedule."

There was a moment of silence before the couple started to laugh.

"Old clerks? Really Sifu, that's the best you could do?"

"Even I can't win them all, Twinkle Toes," she admitted with a shrug. "By the way, I've never heard Appa pee. Do air bison do that?"

Aang looked over at the resting beast. "Yep, he does it while he's flying, usually."

"Uh, isn't that gross? What about the people below you guys?"

Aang was once more laughing. "The air current turns it into a mist and carries it away. If you're high enough, it never reaches the ground, or so I was told by my master. I've even done it while flying."

Toph shot him a cold stare, "I guess not every drop that falls from the sky is rain. Remind me not to try and drink the rain anymore."

The airbender smirked, shaking his head at the well-aimed comment. "Ready for that bath?"

Toph's new-found senses allowed her to see the oasis with a clarity she didn't know before. The underground spring flowed up through the rocks that refreshed the shallow pool at the center. She also knew it was filled with many small creatures that undoubtedly scattered upon their arrival. The sand and soil, down to their minuscule components, were apparent.

"Sure, my vajayjay is crying out for relief. Even peeing stung a bit."

"Let me get the saddle off of Appa, and then I can take you over there."

"No need, Twinkle Toes, I can tell it's not very deep, and the bottom is more rock than sand. I'll be fine. It's like one of those fancy hot spring resorts in the Fire Nation, without so much heat."

"Okay, let me know if you need me."

"Will do," she replied with a wave as she started towards the pool.

Aang returned to the air bison but kept a watchful eye on his usually aquaphobic companion. He watched as she stopped at the edge and formed steps that extended down into the water and out to the center. She boldly walked into the water and didn't seem bothered that it was getting deeper. When she was at the center, the water was midway, covering her prominent breast.

"Twinkle Toes, don't forget to bring some towels and my soap and shampoo. Also, I have a loose dress in my bag. Please don't ask me what color."

"Can she read my mind now," he pondered about to ask that ridiculous question. "Do you want some underwear?"

"I think they'll just be in the way, Twinkle Toes. What do you…"

The splash and the kiss he planted were almost simultaneous.

The startled earthbender pushed him back. "Geesh Twinkle Toes, that scared the gravel out of me!"

"Sorry! My body just moved on its own when you said that."

A mischievous, sexy grin overtook the startled one. "That made me happy. Did he bring my stuff?"

"Toph, let me wash your back," Aang asks, almost in response to her thought.

She smiles, "That would be lovely, but why stop at my back?"