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Katara ([personal profile] markofthebrave) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2012-04-19 04:01 pm

"And through the rise and falling apart"

Who: Aang and Katara
What: A much needed conversation
When: April 16th
Where: House 56 -> THE OCEAN
Summary: ...soooo there are some things they need to straighten out
Rating: G for 'this should be good?'

[Time is the sweetest balm. It's been... nearly a week now, and Katara's starting to feel much more like herself. And as such... she really wants to not have to talk to Aang about That Night, or about what he called her when he first arrived, or about any sort of heart-manipulating experiments and their results, or about Masaomi...

She really doesn't want to have to talk to him about that. She just wants things to stay as they are, while he's here - happy and content, as best as possible. But... he remembers things differently. Or - he remembers things that haven't happened yet. And if she doesn't share of some things that have happened to her, and if she attempts to brush over the things he's told her, and what she's learned, then... then they're living a lie just as foul as one of the experiments. And she refuses to do that.

So after dinner, and after an abbreviated time of practice, Katara knocks on Aang's bedroom door.]


Aang?
savedtheworld: (warmsmile)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-20 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's relaxed a bit by this.]

We're ourselves now. That's good.
savedtheworld: (laidback)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[The thoughts of what gone on so far swirled through Aang's mind. This wasn't some sort of ordinary walk. The most recent experiment was like a buried topic, and he had no idea if she remembered anything. Was this a date? Was she independently going for what he had gone through pains to try back during the war? For now, he smiled fondly towards her.]

I missed hanging out like this. Just me and you.
savedtheworld: (sickly)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
You're right. We've just mostly been around other people. Not that there's anything wrong with that! I'm glad to see everyone here. And... cutting down? Are you sure you'd be okay with that? I understand how busy you are here.
savedtheworld: (worried)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[There it was. The mention of 'her'. Aang froze up a bit inside - from the trauma of that night combined with the relatively benign nervousness from the implication of her remembering things.]

That's... if you think that's best. [He struggled to try to get the next words out.] Do you... do you... remember things? From being... the other you?
savedtheworld: (blushmore)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He stopped too, and he forced himself to look into her eyes. He had no idea what how to respond to this... but he could see what she was implying. He felt stupid for assuming she wouldn't remember; after all, Katara's face was the clearest thing he remembered from that week.]

You know what I said.
savedtheworld: (dismay)

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[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Not again. Please, no, not again.. The "most important person in the world" is the most warmth-inspiring phrase in her words, but everything else worries him.]

But this is you, Katara. The real you. We just... we just confirmed that!
savedtheworld: (fond)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
You don't have to say anything back. I don't expect it. When I realized you were from my past, I... it felt like it would be wrong to try to put you in that position. But last week... I was scared by what was happening to you. Any version of you. I had to let you know how I felt. I'm sorry I couldn't help her more, and I'm sorry for lying to you.

I just don't know... there's nothing in the Avatar handbook about dealing with people a year in your past. When things were so different. You're from a time that... not long after that, things started to... change. I thought I should act like you remembered me. But... if anyone has a right to know the truth, it's you. I'll tell you whatever you want, Katara.
savedtheworld: (kataanghands)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He bristles inside, hearing the question in the past tense. And it cements his heart with the idea that things might not turn out the same as back home, as much as he secretly hoped it would. He tries to hide this in his smile.]

Yes. [He pauses a bit and continues.] We... we became sweeties after the war ended. ...We still are, back home.
savedtheworld: (sitting)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Unlike the Ember Island talk, this was going much more clearly in a certain direction. All this time, Aang had bolstered himself to act as a friend again. But actually facing her words on not having such feelings for him... it was starting to break his resolve. He mutters softly.]

I understand.
savedtheworld: (sadthought)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[He flinches slightly at the question, and he avoids her eyes. While the waves quietly beat in the distance.]

I don't know, Katara. I've kind of... always felt something for you. Something that only grew with everything we went through together. And... I thought you felt something like that. Like at the Cave of Two Lovers. And that time we danced at that other cave. Maybe it wasn't that strong, but I thought it was growing too. Now I'm not sure when you did start having... feelings... like that.

[He swallows his heart before saying the next part.]

But I understand that with all the time we've been apart since you were brought here... any feelings could have become... [he tried to find the right words] like a plant without water. And I don't blame you for that, or any of this.
savedtheworld: (meditation)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-04-21 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He quietly sits down in the sand near her, afraid to get too close to her following those revelations.]

Don't be. We still know each other. We're still friends. Even in this horrible place. I was able to beat the Fire Lord. So I... [his eyes glisten] I can live with this.
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