Chapter 3: At that moment

A/N: I’m very sorry for not updating… I’m really very very sorry. I promised ilovekataang an update. She gave me such a sweet review. And finally, here it is. I’ve really been looking forward to writing this piece in the story. There are a LOT of surprise. I finished it around 01:30 last night, so a few grammar mistakes are possible, don’t look at them too much puppy dog eyes

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A week later everything had returned back to normal except for the fact that Zuko was in the constant presence of Aang since the group had accepted him. He tried to teach Aang firebending closing out the rest of the group, who hadn’t seen Aang in a few days.

And Katara couldn’t stand it anymore. Ever since she found out how much she really loved Aang, she’d wanted to tell him, she wanted to tell him so much! But now Zuko, of all persons it was him, stood between them. And she was going to tell him how she felt about that!

She walked up to the two of them, practicing, and called out to the firenation boy: “Zuko!” her voice sounded a little harsh although she hadn’t meant to. She continued on a sweeter tone: “Can I talk to you for a moment? Alone!”

“Erm… sure.” He said, trying to ignore the jealous glances the Avatar gave him. And walked away with Katara.

Soon they stood on a small balcony and watched the mountains in the distance. Both were quiet until Zuko broke the silence: “What’d you wanna talk about?” he asked. Desperately trying not to look into her stunning blue eyes.

“You know perfectly well what I want to say!” she grumbled back “You spend all this time with Aang. And we… his real friends that is… never get to see him anymore!” she burst out.

“You love him, I get it” Zuko replied understanding “I knew it from the moment I saw you two together, way back, at the Northpole”

That shocked Katara, she thought that she’d just discovered her feelings for him. At the Northpole? That couldn’t be.

“The look he gave you, the looks you gave him” Zuko continued “I may be firenation, but not even I am that blind”

Then he grinned. “And even at that moment in the crystal tomb, when you wanted to heal my scar, the moment where destinies met. I knew you would never give up on him, that you would never love me

“You’re wrong Zuko. At that moment, I did love you” she softly said.

“I believe I loved you too. But this is different. I don’t want to get between you guys. I never would! Go to him, I’m sure you’ll find him loving you back.”

“Thank you” Katara smiled and softly kissed him on his cheek, as she had kissed Aang so many times. Only this time, it was really out of friendship.

“K… Katara?!” a small voice sounded from behind them and they both turned around.

“Aang!” Katara flushed and ran to him “What did you see?” She knew the question would make her sound guilty but she had to know. What if he drew the wrong conclusions, but she was to late.

“Enough!” he yelled “You love hím! You kissed him!” his voice was cold, a tone he had never shown before. “I never mattered to you, did I? I’m not like any of those guys you fell for. I’m not a Haru… or a Jet… or a Zuko! But… I wish is was Katara.” His voice sounded desperate now.

“I love you! With all my heart! You are all I’ve ever wanted! When you are in pain I want to heal you. When you cry I want to wipe your tears away. For I love you so much!” His knees were shaking but he kept himself upright.

Katara looked at him and his pain tore her heart out. And than she did something she’d never dared to do if Aang hadn’t just confessed his love for her.

She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him very close to her. Their lips crashed together and Aang’s eyes went wide in amazement, while Katara’s were closed, savouring the moment she had longed for, for so long.

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A/N: I hope you liked it! Reviews are very very very very very much appreciated! I love them as much as Aang loves Katara!

I loved to write this chapter, the next chapter is going to be much explaining to each other. I hope to see you back then!

Love, Dreamsand