Beach - Sunday Afternoon

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

After leaving Teddy at the Perk, Katara made her way along the beach thoughtfully.  She couldn't come back to this island after so long without visiting it and remembering the countless hours she'd spent perfecting her waterbending on it.  The ocean felt the same.  Warmer than at home, but still right.

She reached into her pocket to take out a piece of the chocolate she'd made sure to find and savored the flavour, wondering again if it were possible to import to home.

[OOC:  Open! Yay beach!]

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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

She did. "Only those who remember us as teenagers," Katara pointed out.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"You," he corrected. "I never did make a whole lot of allies here."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Me," she pointed out, giving him a sideways glance and taking his hand this time.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

His fingers tightened around hers. "You," he agreed, hesitating for a moment. "Mel isn't here."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Maybe she was too busy," Katara said, not thinking about the fact she hadn't heard from Mel since the day she left Fandom.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"Probably," he agreed, refraining from pointing out that she couldn't be more busy than trying to lead a nation. He had to postpone a council for this.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara glared at him. "Yes, she could even be busier than you, Firelord."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

He scowled at her tone. "Don't say that."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Too late, I think," she pointed out. "Did you ever hear from her? After Fandom?"

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

He shook his head. "I would have told you if I had," he assured her.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara smiled up at him. "I don't doubt that."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

He smiled back and decided to put his wondering aside again. "You're not planning to hide out at the beach the whole day, are you?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"I'm not hiding out," she said with a great deal of dignity. "I'm merely revisiting it to see what changed."

And also was possibly hoping he'd come find her there.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

He hummed, suppressing a grin. "So what changed?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara smiled, taking a deep breath of the air and watching the waves roll in for a long moment. "Nothing. Except us."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"That's a good change," he decided, every bit as solemn as a Firelord should be.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

She looked amused then, with a twitch of her fingers, flicked a tiny spray of water at him.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

He squeezed his eyes shut. "You dare attack the Firelord, Ambassador of the Southern Tribes?" Perhaps he liked getting her exasperated.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara's eyes widened. "Ambassador of the Water Tribe in its Entirety, thank you very much." she argued. "And you could you a good dousing now and again."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

She got an honest laugh out of him for that, something that was still rare and mostly reserved to their quiet times away from everything. "And you're volunteering?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Who better?" Katara asked, eyes bright and amused.

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

"I really should talk to your brother about his choice of ambassadors," he decided.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"I'd like to see you tell Sokka that you'd like his sister removed as ambassador," Katara shot back. "I'll sit back and watch that conversation with popcorn."

She reached in her pocket and offered him a piece. "Or chocolate."

[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

His eyes lit up as he reached for the piece of chocolate. "I missed that," he murmured, taking the piece and eating it.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"If I have to be rolled back to our world, you'll know why," Katara said, giving him another piece.