Zutara Randomness


Katara leaned against the pillar outside the door of Zuko's family's home, the waves crashing against the distant shore. Aang was practicing his earthbending with Toph in the courtyard, Sokka and Suki were out doing who knows what on the beach. Zuko had disappeared sometime after dawn and hadn't been seen since.

Speaking of which, Katara glanced behind her at the sound of steps down the stairs. Zuko appeared holding a couple of old photo's, looking kind of depressed.

"Zuko, what's wrong?" Katara asked. She patted the ground next to her and he sat down. She glanced over at the pictures he was holding in his hand, and was surprised to see a picture of a much younger Zuko, playing with three little girls who she assumed were Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai. She had to admit that they all looked pretty cute.

"I was just remembering these times." Zuko said, his voice all sad and reminicing. "They were better than now...sort of."

Katara smiled slightly, then looked at his sad face. She did have to admit that he was REALLY good-looking, even all depressed. "I've got an idea," she said, putting her hands on her hips and pushing herself into a standing position. "I've got something that will cheer you up," she said.

She went to the room in the house that was functioning as the kitchen and started rummaging around in the freezer. She pulled out two of the six boxes that she had gotten that day earlier at the market and got out two spoons, leaving the kitchen and heading back to where Zuko was staring morosely at the pictures.

Taking the pictures from him, Katara thrust one of the boxes into his hands and gave him a spoon. She then pried off the lid of her box and scooped a big chunk of the cold substance and put in her mouth.

Zuko looked at her strangely. "What is it?"

Katara smiled slightly. "It's ice cream. Well, that's what the vendor called it anyway. It's good, try it!"

Zuko looked doubtfully at the spoon in his hand, then scooped out a chunk out of his box. He put it in his mouth, but his expression changed as he chewed. "It is good. Cold, though."

"I'm pretty sure that it's supposed to be that way," Katara said with a small smile.

The two of them ate in silence for about twenty minutes, but then Katara was looking down at the last bite of ice cream that she had. She looked at it regretfully, but then she started lifting it up to her mouth.

And suddenly it was covering her nose, and her face was close to the box. Zuko had pushed her face into her last bit of ice cream!

Her nose dripped the ice cream as it melted, and she gaped at Zuko, who was trying extra hard not to laugh. "You got my ice cream on my nose!"

Zuko snorted, the laughter unable to be held in anymore. "Yes, yes I did," he choked.

"Great, now I'm gonna have to get it off," Katara grumbled good-naturedly. She reached for a cloth, but Zuko stopped her and pulled her face close to his. He then stuck out his tongue and licked the ice cream off her nose!

Katara giggled, then pulled back. "Zuko!" she exclaimed.

Zuko grinned. "Your nose just looked so tasty," he said. Then he took a cloth and carefully wiped the rest of the ice cream off. He looked at her again, and she was blushing like no other.

Then he leaned forward and kissed her gently on the mouth. "I like this ice cream," he said decisively as he pulled back. Then he lifted up his bite of ice cream, but Katara took the spoon away from him.

"Hey!" he said. Katara looked at him for a second, then lifted the spoon and smeared the ice cream all over his dark hair.

"I like it too, Zuko," she said, handing his spoon back to him.

Zuko stared at her for a second while his brain processed what she had just done. "You got ice cream in my hair!"