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

Chapter I: The fortuneteller

A few months ago...

Katara, Aang and Sokka were camping near a river sitting in front of a dull campfire, suddenly a large Se'tu fish jumped out of the river surface, flew through the air and landed with a splash in the water. Katara stood up when she noticed this and pointed with amazement at the spectacle that had just happened in front of their eyes, a smile was drawn on her face.

"Wow!" the Southern Water Tribe girl exclaimed excitedly calling her brother and her friend attention "guys, look over there" Aang and Sokka looked in the direction she was pointing. Sokka also stood up when he saw the spectacle, the fish jumped out of the water again in front of the group and miraculously, in slow motion, landed again in the river with a splash, Sokka looked at the fish with a slight frown.

"Agh is trying to taunt us!" the Southern Water Tribe boy shouted angrily "you are so going to be dinner!" he took his fishing rod and tried to throw the rod into the water without any success. He looked down wondering why the line didn't take off, then only there he realized that the line had disappeared, Sokka looked around

"Hey! where's the fishing line?"

"Oh, I didn't think you would need it, Sokka" Aang said sheepishly as he blushed slightly and showed him an intricately woven necklace decorated with a red flower in the center, Sokka approached to the young airbender and looked at the necklace.

"Ah, it's all tangled up!" Sokka protested, annoyed that his fishing line had gone bad, Aang hastily got up from the ground.

"It's not tangled, it's woven" he corrected "hey, Katara. I made you another necklace, I thought... because you lose the other one..."

He paused briefly to show her the necklace, holding it in his hands as he showed his best and most convincing smile. Katara take back the smile smiling shyly before approaching to the boy and taking the necklace that he had bothered to make to her, perhaps it was not the necklace inherited from her mother but what counts is the intention.

"Thanks, Aang" she said taking the necklace "it's nice, I love it"

"Great, Aang" Sokka commented sarcastically standing up in front of his friend and sister "perhaps instead of saving the world, you can enter on the jewelry making business"

Aang puffed out his cheeks slightly annoyed.

"I don't see why I can't do both."

Sokka snorted and go back to the river, where the se'tu fish continued their aquatic performance, tossing his boomerang into the water in an attempt to catch the fish before letting out a growl of frustration as soon as he saw the fish emerge from the water unscathed with a unmistakable look of satisfaction on his face.

"Stop taunting me!" He yelled at the fish as they continued to jump out of the water. He ran to the river holding a dagger, Aang looked at the scene amused until Katara's voice distracted him for a moment.

"So how do I look?" the Water Tribe girl asked, Aang slightly startled at hearing that question, he turned to look at her and an expression of embarrassment was drawn on his face, he stared at the girl and she smiled sweetly at him as she blushed and placed one hand behind her back and the other touching her necklace in a pose. Aang tried his best to be interested and swallowed nervously.

"You mean just your neck or all of you?" he asked awkwardly while scratching his nape embarrassed "I-I mean, because you both look great!"

Looking down at the ground a little embarrassed by how silly he looked at that moment, he heard some splashes and Aang turned his gaze towards Sokka who came out of the water holding a Se'tu fish, seeing the blush spreading across the young airbender's cheeks he couldn't think of anything better to play a joke on him.