Behind those crystal blue eyes...(zutara love story)

20. The talk.

Zuko pov

I stocked up on food from the local village before spending three days walking north trying to reach the port where I agreed to meet with uncle. My thoughts were chaotic as I remembered my time with Katara. I couldn't believe we did those things together, I felt like a man now. I have never been so intimate with anyone before and I felt like I was on top of the world.  I prayed to Agni that it was as special for her as it was for me. I never expected myself to be so happy but now that I had a taste of it, I wanted more happiness in my life.

These three short days felt like forever as I trudged through the mud and tall grass , tripping over roots and dodging tree after tree as I followed the river to my destination. I spent the nights lying awake looking at the stars picturing the blue eyes of my girl. When I finally arrived at port my ship was already waiting for me. I walked up the ramp back in my usual clothes with a bag slung over my shoulder.

luckily there was no one on deck this late at night so I headed straight for my room cleaned up and changed clothes. It felt nice to be back on the ship, but at the same time I was already missing traveling on my own. The ship swayed back-and-forth with the tide as I walked to my uncles quarters. I half expected him to be asleep but I was surprised when he was awake scribbling on a scroll. "Uncle? I'm back." I spoke softly to him but he was still startled, he jumped up and ran over to me giving me a hug. "I'm glad your back safe! I've missed you, did everything go well?" He asked and I nodded as I sat down to tell him everything, I left out the part about the cave and becoming a man because it was too awkward. He sat back and listened and we talked for a few hours until he was getting tired. I let him retire and I went to bed myself.

Katara pov

We had arrived at the northern air temple yesterday, Aang was very disappointed with how much things had changed since he was here last. A group of refugees from the earth kingdom had redesigned the temple and destroyed a lot of its artifacts. The man in charge was an inventor who had new ideas and technology all throughout the temple, The murals and statues of his people were all that destroyed with the new construction. In spite of everything they had changed we settled in and had started enjoying ourselves, I even flew through the air on a glider and Sokka was kept busy with the inventor.

I did get to know his son Tao fairly well, he was a sweet guy but not my type at all. Plus I already found love.. even though it probably wouldn't last. I had started considering what would happen if blue and I did go our separate ways, and the thought itself was torture. However the rational part of my brain had to come up with a plan just in case things went down hill. As much as I didn't want to think about it a permanent relationship with blue wasn't looking good. I thought about how my grandmother and grandfather separated soon after my mother was born. I didn't know much about my grandfather, all I knew is that he was a warrior for our tribe who fell for gran gran. My mother told me that their love was short-lived, and that they had broken up because they were too different. Not long after they separated however he died in a fire nation raid.

Even though their love was short I knew that their love was real while it lasted. Gran gran had told me that much, she said that their love was instant and passionate but even loves like that sometimes end without warning. That what I feared about my new found love, it sounded so similar but I prayed that it wouldn't end like gran grans relationship.

Even though I was going to try my best to keep my relationship with blue strong, I had to prepare myself for the worst. So I have decided to not give up on looking for love, I would give everyone an equal chance but I promised myself I wouldn't act on anything. The best way to explain it would be to look but not touch. I would never intentionally cheat on blue, or anyone for that matter but it was always a good idea to keep options open. After all, blue hadn't said whether or not we were going to stay together or not. In fact we hadn't talked very much about our future, probably because neither of us knew what the future would hold.
Most girls dream of happily ever after, and that's a beautiful thing, but I couldn't afford to think like that in war times. There was to much death around me and I needed to live in reality.