A long road

Chapter 1: After basingsei

Zuko pov:

I regretted joining my sister almost immediately. My uncle, oh I feel so ashamed for what I did. And I know he will never forgive me. I think back to the moment in the cave. Katara had offered to heal me. My scar. That I carried with such hatred. It could've been gone. But now that I regret my choice in leaving I realize; the scar is a constant reminder of who I am. Who I've become. And it marks me as an enemy of the fire nation. Hadn't people in the earth kingdom pitied me? Shared their stories and their scars, that the fire nation brought them. Scars inside and out.

I turn over in my soft silk sheets and groan. It's almost daybreak. I've been lamenting my losses all night. I'll have to go and face Mai.
Since I've returned we've been a thing. But honestly I don't know how it came to be. One second she just grabbed my hand and said im her droning voice "you're my boyfriend now". And all I could do was nod cause I was so shocked.
I do not love her. Not how she loves me. But I think she might be obsessed not in love.

Katara did look beautiful in the light of those gems....
What was that?! Did I actually just think that. I need a nice hot shower and some training to get me out of this mood.
And then. Then I plan my departure. I've been planning it for a few days. But I think I can finally do it now.

Katara pov:

It's been a few days since zuko betrayed my trust in that crystal cave. We'd shared such a sombre moment and I was going to heal his scar; then he chose to fight us. No one else knows what happened. So is it even a betrayal?

All I know is that since he's opened up to me, he's all I think about. I want to know more about his mother, how he got the scar. Why he's okay with keeping it when I offered to heal him. It's all a swirl of thoughts in my head, getting thicker each passing day.

Aang is training with toph today because I am too lost in my head. I decide to go for a swim maybe it'll help calm me down. I go to the river and practice my form.

I'm really worked up thinking about zuko. Why would he leave? Betray his uncle. That was a betrayal for sure. But his uncle helped us. I'm sure he would forgive his nephew.
Zuko is probably torturing himself over it. I bend some water and spear the icicles into a nearby tree. Or he isn't.

He could be planning our demise right now.
The thought makes me boil I think I might fire bend. I dry off and go find toph. I think she would understand how I'm feeling. But she's busy. Sokka is also busy planning what to do about the eclipse.
The sun is getting low. I decide to sleep hoping my dreams will not haunt me.

When do I ever get what I want.
My dreams are, troubled to say the least.
Zuko showed up and he wanted to join us, I was confused even in my dream. But I forgave him instantly and roll my eyes at how immature I am even in dreams. But the part that troubles me the most. Is when he reached out for my hand and leaned in for a kiss.
That's when I woke with a gasp.