It was weird… to be sitting right next to her, to feel the warmth of her body next to him; he felt more than awkward but at the same time, Zuko felt comfortable. He lowered himself down so he was sitting completely on the ground and stretched out a leg; the other brought in towards his body and bent at the knee where he rested his arm on. He watched as the kittens batted at Katara’s fingers and then pulled out another leaf of tissue, waving it around over top of them.

The silence dragged again between them.

“…So uh. What are you going to do now?” His arm accidentally brushed against hers as he twirled the tissue overhead of the kittens. “It isn’t like you’re alone; you still have your brother and the Avatar.” And me...