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Zutara Week Day 4 Date

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The silence isn't a comfortable one. Everyone save for Katara and I have gone to bed, and the dark sky is clear and littered with stars. The fire crackles tamely, and I stare into it as if I'm deeply interested. The truth is that it's the only thing keeping my eyes off her. She's haunted my mind constantly since we fought during the invasion at the North Pole. I thought Mai could help me get over this unreasonable infatuation, but that never happened. Now I'm traveling with her, and it's all I can do to keep myself from making a fool of myself in front of her.

In my peripheral vision, I see the girl on my mind stand, and brush herself off, out of habit, I assume. Before I can ask where she's going, Katara says "I'm going for a walk down on the beach. Do you want to come?"  She watches me, waiting for an answer.

I hesitate, mostly because of the surprise. I know Katara has forgiven me, but I didn't think she liked me at all. Glancing at the beautiful waterbender, I nod "Sure." Getting to my feet, I follow her to the beach.

After some time, we're side by side walking on the soft sand. I try to start conversation. "So, why did you invite me to walk with you?"

Katara turns her face toward the ocean, away from me. Is she blushing? "I, um…" she's stuttering. It's obvious she's nervous, but why? "I thought it would be nice. We—we haven't had much time to talk since we went after the Southern Raiders." Toward the end of her explanation, she looks at me. She is blushing. This earns an involuntary smile from me. A shocked look crosses the girl's face. "What are you smiling at?"

I decide to be a little reckless and see how far I can take this. "You're blushing." I point to her cheeks as I say this.

Her blush deepens and she covers her face. "No, I'm not!" She says defensively.

I smirk. This could be fun. "Why are you blushing, Katara?" I say with a teasing edge to my voice, bringing myself a bit closer to her. Her face is now flushed as red as a tomato, and she leans away from me, eyes wide. She doesn't reply, so I prod her. "Well?" My smirk widens and the tone of my voice becomes more exaggerated.

"Uhh…" She seems to be at a loss for words and her eyes dart around. After a moment, she gets a devious look on her face. "You'll have to catch me to get an answer!" with that, she runs down the shore. I stare after her retreating form for a short time and then break into a run, chasing the water tribe girl.

I almost catch her twice, but the blue-eyed bender is surprisingly elusive. Before long, we are both laughing and it's almost as if we're children playing a game of tag. As I close in on her a third time, Katara trips on a dip in the sand. I reach to catch her, but as I grip her wrist I lose balance and fall with her. As we land, our lips connect. Our eyes widen simultaneously and we pull apart, staring into each other's eyes. I feel my face heat up and I see her cheeks flush pink.

After what seems like an eternity of silence, the beautiful brunette whispers "Now you're blushing, Zuko." At that remark, we both laugh lightly. I stand and offer her my hand. She takes it and says "We should get back."

I nod, and, not letting go of my hand, Katara leads the way back to the manor. I watch her blushing face for the entirety of the walk and smile.

I walk her to her room and when we reach the door, I say "Goodnight, Katara." with an easy grin.

She wraps her arms around my neck in a hug, which I gladly return, enclosing her waist in my own arms. "Goodnight," she says "I really enjoyed our walk, Zuko." With that, she releases me and disappears into her room.

"Me too." I whisper and make my way to my own room, smiling all the way; I decide that I don't care why she was blushing in the first place.
Zuko's PoV again~ <3

Unintentional dates ftw? I think so. :nod:

For the record-- although I think it's pretty obvious-- Katara is blushing because she's got a crush on Zuko. ;)

Day1: Family - [ [link] ]
Day2: Change - [ [link] ]
Day3: Pain - [ [link] ]
Day4: Date - [ Here ]
Day5: Harmony - [ [link] ]
Day6: AlternateUniverse - [ [link] ]
Day7: Storm - [ [link] ]

If AtLA was mine, Zutara and Taang would be canon, so clearly, I don't own it. :P
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Melingitte's avatar
Falling and ending up kissing takes supreme skill. I don't know anything about AtLA, but this is cool!