Water and Wind || Kataang

Chapter 16: Destination

Katara
I woke the next morning with my head resting on his chest. The sun had just barely crossed the horizon, so it was still a bit dark out. I nuzzled up to him to warm myself. I knew that the moment he woke up, it wouldn't be the same. It hasn't been the same since we reunited but now with him being with Kyiosana made it even worse. I hated even thinking about them together.

After some time, I felt Aang stirring around. He then quietly got up and gently put my head down. As he held my head, our faces inched closer together and I could feel his breath on my neck. It sent shivers down my spine. Afterwards he put the blanket over my body. He then stood up and let out a big yawn. It wasn't unusual that he was up so early. He always meditates in the morning.
Turning over, I open my eyes and looked in his direction. He must've heard me and turned around.

„Shoot, I didn't mean to wake you." He said apologetically. I smiled and stood up too.

„Don't worry, you didn't."  I said and he started rubbing the back of his neck. Then I remembered that I was standing half naked in front of him. I almost noticed him blushing but we were interrupted, again.

„Aang" We turned to see Kyiosana rubbing her eyes. She stood up and her eyes shot up when she saw us. Her eyebrows frowned as she walked over.

„What's going on?" She asked, seeming more awake then a minute ago.

„Nothing, we just woke up." I quickly answered.

„Weren't you supposed to be next to Haru?" The annoyance in her voice made me roll my eyes.

„She got cold during the night." Aang now answered. She turned her gaze towards him.

„So you warmed her up?" She raised an eyebrow. My eyes shifted towards Aang. He looked suprised by her question and I could swear he was blushing,

„He's a firebender, Kyiosana."  With that, I turned away from her.

„It's a new day, lighten up." I began making my way towards my stuff to finally put some more clothes on. Haru and the chief adviser were still asleep. When I was putting on my last layers, I felt something in my pocket and remembered the brooch I found. I decided to hold onto it until I found out what it really meant.

„Go wake up Haru." I heard Kyiosana yell from afar. My eyes focused onto the place where Haru slept and I made my way over there. I bent over and lightly shook him. He opened his eyes and squinted before yawning.

„Come on, we have to get going." My voice was quiet as I didn't want to startle him. He gently nodded and slowly got up. I walked away and started packing my stuff. Some commotion caught my attention and I turned around. Kyiosana was having trouble getting her stuff onto Appa. Aang airbended them all up and got back down.

„Thank you." She said in a baby voice afterwhich she gave him a kiss on the cheek. Her sweet act made me want to gag. I just didn't think Aang would actually want to be with someone like that. I quickly shook these thoughts off and began walking towards Appa with my stuff.

„Need some help with that?" Aang said, stretching his hand out to me. I don't know why but I didn't like that he was ignoring what happend last night. I knew I should just forget about it and that it was just in the heat of the moment but I couldn't stop thinking about his lips on my nec-

„Katara?" I blinked a few times and looked at him.

„Yeah-Yes, thanks" He took my bags and quickly got them onto Appa while I mentally facepalmed. He got back down and helped the others with their stuff. I walked back to the place we slept and saw the outline of the blanket on the ground. I kneeled down and traced it with my fingers.