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

Chapter III: Clearing misunderstandings.

Katara was laying on her bed staring at her bedroom roof, she had not slept all night. She just lay there trying to fall asleep, but it wasn't working, so she got up from her bed and started walking around the room, she couldn't stop thinking about something other than what she had seen a few hours ago, He still had a hard time assimilating the fact that Aang and Zuko were... they were, well, a couple. She tried to fall asleep lying on her bed looking at the window, sitting on it but nothing happened.

"For some reason, it hurts me to know that Aang chose Zuko instead of me" Katara thought still sitting on her bed, her mind recalled the scene when she discovered them making out a few hours ago "but... it was logical that something like this was going to happen, I mean, Aang and Zuko have been spending a lot of time together and I see them too close, almost as if they were lifelong friends, but... if that were true, Aang would not have kissed me on the day of the invasion. I will have to talk to him and clarify my doubts"

After thinking about this decision for a while and preparing to ask Aang what she planned to ask him, Katara finally felt tired and her eyes were beginning to close so she went back to her bed and tried to get some sleep. The waterbender woke up shortly before the sun appeared, no one else had woken up yet, she went to the hall where the fountain was and began to prepare breakfast for everyone, she did it in the most calm way possible so the rest of the Avatar team won't wake up. She began to cook robotically, automatically, without any effort on her part as if she were doing everything in a structured way.

On the other side, Zuko woke up as soon as the rays of the sun appeared in the sky and slightly illuminated the room, he looked down and smiled when he found Aang sleeping on his chest, he was so adorable, he had completely forgotten that the kid was still there with him. He didn't want to wake Aang up, so the firebender stood there looking at him sleep and thinking about everything they had been through so they could finally be together, he could continue like this all day if it was not for Aang starting to wake up. Realizing this, he looked away and blushed at the thought that perhaps the airbender realized he was watching him, they had both spent very little time sleeping after their make-out session, they had spent most of the night awake talking about their past, neither of them was sure at first whether to give up or give themselves to the other, Zuko because of his pride and Aang because of his duties as the Avatar.

The young boy began to wake up, rubbed his eyes to clear his vision and looked up only to meet Zuko... red as an apple.

"Z-Zuko?! now what happen to you? do you have a fever?" the airbender asked shamelessly receiving an angry look from Zuko, how dare that kid receive him that way when he woke up?

"What do you think? I expected a 'good morning' at least!" Zuko scolded him, fading his blush instantly.

"Good morning, sorry, Sifu Hotman" he apologized with a smile on his face.

"Good morning to you too, Aang" Zuko said smiling, he stretched and got out of bed "I'll go see if breakfast is ready"

"Okay."

Zuko smiled one last time before leaving the room and walking towards the room where the fountain was. Aang took a little longer to get out of bed, but after a few seconds, he got up and went to the fountain room where the firebender was waiting for him for breakfast and then they would begin their firebending training.

Katara had already finished preparing breakfast and was now looking for the bowls to serve the food, when she noticed that Zuko was walking towards the same place where she was but he was not alone, Aang joined him a few minutes later, both of them blushed guiltily like if they had done some kind of mischief. Once again, the scene of the two of them kissing invaded Katara's mind but she decided to downplay it and started serving them food.