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Kataang Week Day 5: Mine

Jealousy. Before that day when I first met Aang, it was a foreign feeling to me. In the village, everyone had the same everything, nothing to envy. And I definitely didn't (romantically) like anyone then, all the people were wither relatives or three year olds. Yes, jealousy was something totally different to me. Even in the first few days Sokka and I spent with Aang, I still didn't understand its true meaning.

Until we went to Kyoshi Island.

Never in my life had I seen girls obsessing over one guy, a kid. I couldn't interpret the feeling I first felt, maybe skepticism. But when I thought about it more, I realized that I was feeling jealousy, jealousy because Aang was paying attention to his fan girls, and not me. I couldn't understand why though. It would take time for that to happen.

Then, we went to Aunt's Wu's, and that creepy girl, Meng, started stalking Aang. I pretended like I didn't notice, but inside, I wanted to knock her over the head with a water whip. That's the first time I ever felt like that, and it was a strange feeling too. Thankfully, Aang was just as creeped out by her as I was, so for the time being my jealousy faded.

A ton of time passed, and Aang's first earthbeding session with Toph came around. To be truthful, I was more wary of if she was going to beat Aang up than if she was going stalk him or obsess over him. Toph's not like that, luckily, so that bout of jealousy passed quickly.

After Ba Sing Se, and after we went into hiding. Aang went to school and he told me about this girl in his class that talked to him. I tensed just imagining what he was thinking (or hopefully, what he was not thinking). He danced with her at "the secret dance party" and I my jealousy meter went WAY up than it ever had before, especially when Sokka mentioned them two "looking good together" I stubbornly turned away. But, Aang asked me to danced, and I was actually shy about everyone looking at us dance. But another side of Aang was shown that night, and it made me feel…I don't know how to describe it. It made me feel nice.

And still, after him kissing me twice, his confession to me, and all the other confusion that comes with love…I still had my doubts.

Yes, I still had the nagging thought in the back of my head that worried that Aang was still thinking about Meng and Koko and Onji.

So, one day, many days after the final battle, I came to him. "Aang…"

He looked up from the scroll he was reading (What it was, I never found out) and smiled. "Hey Katara, what's going on?"

I took a breath "DoyoustillthinkaboutMengorKokoorOnji?" I asked in a rush, no beating around the bush.

Aang looked at me strangely. "Uh…what?"

I grimaced and repeated the question."Oh I understood you the first time." Aang said. "I was just asking what you meant."

I lowered my eyes. "Aang, why do you love me? Meng and Koko are closer to your age and I'm…" Aang put his hand under my chin, and brought me up to eye level with him.

He softly looked at me. "Katara, Koko was nine years old. And Meng, I think all of us can agree, was pretty scary." We laughed. "I know what you're feeling." Aang said as the laughter died down. "Jealousy. How do think I felt when you were around Haru? Jet? Sometimes Zuko?"

I thought about it, and he was right. I had mislead him many times without realizing it. I smiled at him apologetically, and he smiled back. Aang suddenly kissed my forehead and was just about to kiss me when I blurted out. "What about Onji?" I blushed at ruining this perfect moment, but Aang just smirked. "She wasn't you, Katara."

This time I let him kiss me. I knew it was one of those "I love you" kisses, but it meant so much more than that. It was an "I'm sorry" kiss, a message that we both gave to each other for the past.

As we each pulled away to take a breath, he murmured. "Nobody is going to take you away from me Katara" He beamed. "Because you are mine. And no one's going to take me away, because I am yours."

"You are mine and I am yours…" I grinned mischievously. "I like the sound of that."

A/N Ohh, I had so much fun writing this one! And I know, Katara probably wouldn't think any of this, but hey, she WAS kinda jealous in "The Headband" So, I just expanded it to fit the prompt a little