🔥💧Zutara fanfic
I woke up a little confused on where I was and then I remembered; katara and I were looking for the man that killed her mother. She was flying appa and I felt bad because I hadn't flown yet.
'You should sleep so you can have energy. i'll fly appa' I offered. She didn't like it when people helped her because she had the mentality of 'I am strong enough to do it all by myself' so it didn't surprise me when she said-
'I don't need to sleep, I have all the energy I need' and continued flying
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'O you better remember me like your life depends on it' she said. she moved her hands and he kneeled down in front of her. I looked at her in shock as she bloodbent him then continued to look at him.
'I don't remember I swear!' he said. katara looked at him one more time.
'It's not him...' she said. She looked broken by the fact that we hadn't found him and I hated that. I hated that she hurt and that she was in pain. She walked away and slammed the guy against the wall.
'If your not him than where is yon ra!' I yelled. He told me he retired 4 years ago
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'There's nothing inside you, nothing at all' she finished. She had shown him mercy when he had shown her mother none. She walked away and I followed. She tried to stay strong and hold back tears for the time that he could see her. Once we were out of sight she started balling. I wrapped my arms around her and lov- and hugged her.
'Katara it's okay you did the right thing' I said. She had and I was proud of her.
'I don't know if I was to weak to do it or if I was strong enough not to.' she sobbed. I rubbed her back.
'You were strong enough not to Katara. You were' I said. She looked up at me with those gorgeous sapphire eyes that were now filled with tears. I wiped one away with my thumb.
'Thanks Zuko' she said. She pulled away from my embrace and got onto appa.
'I'll fly him' I said.
'It's okay I wi-'
'No katara. You need to sleep. You had a really long day and you need to rest.' I said. I held onto the reigns. She curled up on appa's saddle and slept. Appa knew part of the way so I turned around and looked at her. She is so peaceful when she sleeps, beautiful in everyway. I wished I could be the one who made her smile and blush instead of Aang.I don't hate Aang i'm just... jealous. Appa was getting tired so I landed him in a field that had trees for cover. Katara was still asleep so I decided not to make a tent and just t sleep on appa. It was a cold night so I pulled a blanket ut and wrapped katara in it. I could raise my temperature with fire bending but she couldn't so I gave her the only one. I layed down next to her.
'Mmm' she moaned in her sleep. She seemed a bit restless. I moved closer to her so she could feel my heat. She wrapped her arms around me and nuzzled into my chest. I froze but then saw the smile on her sleeping face and smilled. I wrapped my arms around her and readjusted the blanket. Her arms were bent into her and against my chest. I stroked her hair until I slept
'Aaaaaagh' I heard her scream. She jumped away from me so fast she almost fell off appa.
'What is it?' I asked sitting up.
'I was hugging you in my sleep sorry' she said sheepishly. It's okay really just next time don't be wearing that dress...
'You were cold so I used firebending to raise my temperature and warm you' I said.
'Oh... okay then thanks' she said. She stood up and went to appa's reigns.
'yip yip' and we were flying. She didn't know how to accept help. Well that was gonna change...
We got there and we talked to aang. She forgave me and even gave me a conciouss hug.
'You were right about what katara needed, violence wasn't the answer'
'it never is'
'then I have a question for you, what are you going to do when you fight my father?'
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Katara had gone in to make lunch and I went to help her. I didn't ask I just picked up a carrot tomato and started to cut. She seemed uncomfortable with me helping her.
'Hey Katara, how many should I peel?'
'Um I can cut it it's okay' she said trying to pull it away from me. I pulled it away.
'I just want to help Katara' I said looking at her.
'Youre not still mad at me are you?' I said worried that she was.
'no no no it's just... I feel like when someone helps me it's because they think I can't do it for myself.' She explained. (Think of helplessness she felt when mom died)
I just smiled.
'Katara- all of us know you are very capable of making lunch by yourself I just want to help you' I said and I continued to peel. She sighed.
'4 peel four and cut them up really small' she said. We cooked in silence.
'You're already done? How did you learn to cook' she said surprised
'After my mom died' I winced a bit when I said it and she saw. I saw sadness in her eyes for me but it quickly disappeared. 'I didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with the maids and cooks and I learned how to cook- I should make yo- I mean everyone dinner sometime' I finished.
I wish I could make just her dinner. Something she really likes and we could just eat together and talk. But I doubt that's gonna happen...
'Oh and you just now decided to help me cook?' She chided while peeling potatoes.
I leaned beside her and picked another and she seemed a bit uncomfortable by how close I was so I quickly moved away and began peeling.
'Well you kind of hated me before tonight' I said matter of factly.
'Yea... But I'm expecting your' and she faltered a bit so I finished for her
'Help cooking? Of course' and I finished peeling. She smiled and we threw everything into a pot of boiling water. I then realized our time alone together would probably end when lunch was ready and became a bit sad.
'Zuko what's wrong?' She asked. I hadn't realized I was showing so much emotion on my face.
'Oh nothing I'm alright' I said.
She raised an eyebrow not believing me.
'Zuko You may be extremely emotional but you don't get upset over just anything, what's up?'
I huffed a bit at the emotional comment but she continued to look at me with those eyes.
Well you see Katara whenever you look at me with your big blue eyes my heart races and i want to... Well I'm not even gonna think about that
She picked up the wooden spoon and stirred the soup. Then she brought the spoon to my lips.
'Tell me how it is' she instructed. I took a sip and the soup was pretty good.
'Good' I said nodding. She brought the spoon to her lips and nodded.
'You know what would go great with this?' She said. I raised an eyebrow
'Bread from town' she said smiling still holding the spoon. I smiled and thought about how cute of a chef she was.
'Ill go with you' I said.
Katara pov
Zuko is so confusing. One minute he's helping me come to terms with my mother and the next he was quiet and closed. Upset and refusing to tell me why then smiling for no apparent reason.
But I'd rather not question- we were getting along so well
Zuko pov
We went to a small earth nation village and bought fruits, vegetables, bread, and even cookies and treats for Momo and appa.
We still had a lot of money though I couldn't remember who had given it to us.
Katara and I talked and strolled through the village and I enjoyed time alone with her.
We returned to the camp site and everyone was there. I stored the groceries and put the cookies in the middle of our eating space.
Remarks of joy spread around the circle and we all ate.
'This soup is great Katara!' Aang complimented.
'Thanks Zuko helped me with it' she said. Aang, the master of calm, had a look of unhappiness cross his eyes for half a second before saying
'Oh I didn't know you could cook'
'Ive dubbed him kitchen helper and I expect him to cook with me' she said happily.
I was so happy that I couldn't stop smiling as I ate my soup.
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Hi everyone! Zutara is my one true OTP so writing this is a lot of fun! A fellow ZUTARA shipper is hard at work on the next chapter and I hope you liked this one!!