Chang Ai [ENG] [zukaang/ zuko x aang fanfic]

Prologue

It was a calm and warm night at Western Air Temple, the Gaang had already finished dinner and now most of them were in their rooms (or in a tent made of earth as in case of Toph) preparing to go to rest after a long day. Katara walked down the corridor where the rooms were being lit by a candle, verifying that everyone and everyone were resting, she would go to their respective room after finishing their homework; However, fate made her change her plans when, in the middle of the trip, being more specific, she stopped at the door of Aang's room and could hear noises coming from inside. A deep, husky voice muttered something that was muffled by the door so Katara couldn't hear it, but she knew perfectly well who the owner of that voice was: Zuko. But... what was he doing in Aang's bedroom? It was not unusual for her to see how much time they spent together and how close they had become, but on the other hand, the waterbender did not want to accept or believe that the firebender had changed, yet for some strange reason, Aang believed him and even trusted him, that didn't surprise her, Aang trusted everyone. Katara could hear Zuko whisper something to Aang and the young airbender giggled, but his laughter was interrupted once she heard the noise of something hitting the nearest wall followed by a gasp.

"What did that firebender jerk do to Aang?" Katara thought with a slight frown and a suspicious look on her face "I knew it! I knew I shouldn't trust him!"

Quickly and without even thinking twice, the waterbender slightly opened the room door, barely showing her face and was surprised with what she saw: Aang was cornered between one of the walls of the room and Zuko, who had an arm on one side of his head and his chest pressed against the young airbender one. He whispered something so low that Katara couldn't even hear it, Aang smiled and placed one arm over Zuko's waist and the other around his neck, bringing her face close so that her bright gray eyes looked directly at the golden orbs. Then the firebender did something that really surprised Katara, slowly leaned in and lightly brushed his lips against Aang's.

"Hey, don't tease me" Aang complained, his eyes were narrowed and he knotted his hands in Zuko's hair. The firebender smiled slightly before he bend down and again joined his lips with Aang ones in a new kiss.

Katara pulled away and covered her mouth with her free hand as tears moistened her blue eyes, she felt a whirl of emotions form inside her, she wanted to cry, she wanted to scream, she wanted to pull her hair tightly, but she couldn't do it. She just... she could not... was unable to process what she had seen, Aang and Zuko... together? it was something to not believe, he always believed that Aang had a crush on her, why?... how could this happen?

After seeing what she had just seen, the waterbender realized that she could not stay there for another minute. She walked away from the room unobserved, somewhat illogical because everyone was sleeping, well, everyone except Aang and Zuko, who (from her point of view) seemed to be too 'comfortable' with each other, and walked to her bedroom in a trance.

Now, to know how was that Aang and Zuko came to that situation we will have to go backward little by little and see how they discover their feelings for each other.