After The Ending

CHAPTER NINE

We didn't say anything and got back onto Appa looking for a spot to set up camp for the night. I sat there hugging my own knees still thinking of that stupid bug I coughed up. Why couldn't I just make faces like Aang? I gripped onto the shark tooth around my neck.
When we found a spot Zuko and I had taken the job of finding wood and rocks for the fire. Aang and Katara were going to watch over Azula while Sokka unloaded the things for dinner.
I had actually called to do the job alone because I was still embarrassed but Zuko had decided to join me and I couldn't necessarily stop him. I avoided looking at him the whole time.

"How do you feel?" He asked and I blushed.

"I threw up a whole bug!" I looked away. "It's so gross!"

I heard him softly chuckle and then his arms wrapped around me. "It was just your spirit guide or whatever..." Zuko said and I glared at him.

"That doesn't make it any less disgusting." I muttered and collected some wood.

"It's not that big of a deal either." He shrugged and kissed my temple. "Come on let's head back, this should be enough wood.

"Kiss me on the lips then." I spoke but I didn't actually want him too.

"Fine." He grabbed onto my arm and pulled me into a deep kiss.

"Zuko." I gasped but my lips stretched into a smile.

"I meant it Kaida." He continued to walk. "I want to prove that I will always love you."

I touched my lips and smiled before following him. That fear of Azula washed away as my body filled of joy.

"Spit up any more bugs?" Sokka asked as we came in.

I hit him with snow. "Shut it."

   We had dinner and Katara and I both had decided that were were gonna go to sleep. We said a good night to evereyone but neither of us bothered to get sleeping bags. We just laid on Appa.

˗ˋˏ 3RD PERSON POV ˎˊ-

Katara, Kaida, and Azula had fallen asleep, Aang was meditating on Appa, and Zuko and Sokka sat around the fire. The night was a bit chilly and it was noticeable by Azula who was curled up shivering.

"After everything that's happened, you're still gonna let her sleep with her hands unbound?" Sokka asked Zuko.

"She saved us from the moth-wasps, didn't she?" Zuko said looking at her "I'm giving her a chance."

"That's a whole lot of chances for someone who tried to fry you." Sokka replied.

"It'll be fine. Aang, Katara, Kaida, and I agreed to watch her in shifts through the night." Zuko replied then looked at Sokka. "Why are you still up?"

"I drank a ton of water trying to get the taste of moth-wasp out of my mouth. Now my bladder's-" Sokka explained.

"I get the picture, thanks." Zuko stopped him.

Sokka looked back at his own sisters. "Little cold tonight, isn't it?" He asked the boy.

"I thought you Water Tribe folks liked the cold." Zuko mentioned.

"Yeah." Sokka started getting up. "Maybe we've been away from home for too long."

Zuko got a glance at Kaida and thought about what she said about how she missed traveling. She probably wasn't sick of not traveling but home sick.
She was always waterbending in the garden so maybe she just didn't want to hurt his feelings.