Gençlik Öfkesi S1 - B12.1
BÖLÜM 12.1 [İŞE KOYULMAK]
Annemin yatak odasından çıktıktan sonra, hemen kendi odama geçtim ve birazcık film izlemek istediğimden dolayı, bilgisayarı açtım.
Biraz uğraştıktan sonra eski ama güzel bir film buldum. Açmadan önce, aklıma mutfaktan bir kaç atıştırmalık almak geldi.
Koltuktan kalktım ve mutfağa inmek için, merdiven basamaklarından aşağı doğru indim. Mutfaktan içeri girdiğimde, hemen dipteki dolabı açtım ve bir kaç bir şey aldım.
Mutfaktan çıkınca kapıyı da kapattığım gibi, tekrar kendi odama döndüm ve koltuğa oturup, filmi başlattım.
[Saat 1.30 olmuştu]
Tamam bu kadar film izlemek yeter de artar "esneme sesi" biraz kalkayım da ayaklarım açılsın. Biraz ayağa kalktım ve yürümeye başladım.
Odanın içinde yürürken, koridordan topuklu ayakkabı sesleri gelmeye başlamıştı. Kapıyı açtığımda, ikisi de durdu ve suratıma avel gibi baktı.
An: O-oğlum nasılsın?
Ay: Aynen Aras nasılsın?
“Ben iyiyim siz nasılsınız?”
An/Ay: Biz de iyiyiz!
“Tamam. Çekilmek gibi bir niyetiniz var mı acaba?”
İkisi de çekildi ve aralarından geçerek aşağa indim ve mutfağa girdim. Odadan çıkmadan önce aldığım çöpleri, hemen çöp kutusuna attım. Biraz boğazım rahatlasın diye de dolabı açtım ve portakal aldım.
Soğuk bir portakal suyu içtikten sonra, diğer dolapta duran vitamin haplarımı da yutup odama çıktım.
Odama girmeden önce, içimden planı devreye sokmak için iyi bir vakit olduğunu düşündüm ve Ayla'nın kapısının önüne, sessizce yürüdüm.
Kapının önüne geldiğimde içeriden şarkı sesi geliyordu fakat zamanında babam evi yaptırırken ses yalıtımına çok önem verdiği için, iç kısmı iyiydi.
[Yavaşça kapıyı açtım]
Odanın kapısını açtığımda, içeride "I wanna be yours" isimli parça son ses çalıyordu. En azından şarkı zevki güzelmiş, iyi seçimin varmış ablam.
Yavaşça arkasından yaklaştığımda, kendisi camdan dışarıyı izliyordu. Elimi omzuna attım ve diğer elimle de saçını okşamaya başladım.
Omzuna attığım elimin üstüne elini attı ve kafasını bana doğru çevirip, gözlerimin içine içten ve sıcak bir şekilde baktı.
Ay: (Heyecanla) Araasss!
“Şşh”
Ayağa kalktı ve hemen bana sarıldı.
Ben de, ellerimi direk yumuşacık olan kalçasına attım ve koca götünü elimle, sıkıca okşamaya başladım.
Ayla kafasını geri çekti ve dudağımı öpmeye başladı. Etli dudakları, dudaklarıma değerken dilini ağzıma sokuyordu. Ben de dilimi dolaştırdım.
Yavaşça ellerimi dar ve meme uçlarını gösteren, kırmızı tişörtün kenarlarına attım ve çekerek çıkarmaya başladım.
Tişörtü çıkarttığım esnada. Dar tişörtün altından memeleri, güzelce özgürlüğüne kavuşmuş bir biçimde sallanarak kendini aşağı bıraktı.
Orospu ablamın dudaklarını öperken, elimi koca memelerine attım. Yavaşça uçlarını sıkarak avuçlarıma aldım.
Bu esnada, kendisi ellerimin üstüne elini attı ve beni yatağa doğru iktirdi.
Ne olacak diye beklerken, önümde eğildi. Elini eşoftmanımın kenarına attı, çıkardı ve arka tarafa fırlattı.
Elini boxerımın üstüne uzattı ve sikimi ilk baş uzun tırnaklı elleriyle okşadı. Okşarken yutkunuyor, sikimi kavrayıp boxerın üstünden öpücükler konduruyordu.
Kafasını yaklaştırdı ve burnunu sikime sürterek, aynı köpekler gibi koklamaya başladı.
Ay: Mmh! Müthiş kokuyor, kokusu kadar tadı güzel mi acaba?
“Öğrenmek istiyorsan eğer, ne yapman gerektiğini biliyorsundur umarım! Değil mi ablacığım?”
Ay: Evet Aşkım!
Elini boxerımın kenarına attı ve dizlerime kadar sıyırdı. Sikim mızrak gibi dik ve demir gibi de sertti.
Kırmızı etli dudakları, sikimin kafasını güzelce öpmeye başladı ve eliyle de sikimi tamamen kavradığı gibi sıcak elleri. Bir aşağı, bir yukarı hareket etmeye başladı.
Sonra dudaklarını açtı ve beyaz dişleri aralandı, ıslak dilinin ucu sikimin kafasına değmeye başladı.
“İşte bu, benim kaliteli kaşarım!”
Yavaş yavaş kafasını emerken, dişlerini de sikimin kafasına ve etrafına sürterek emiyordu.
Elimi saçına attım ve güzelce okşamaya başladım. Gözlerini yukarı kaldırmıştı ve sikimi arzuyla yalayıp, boğazına kadar alıyordu.
Bir göz kırptı ve boğazının en derin noktasına kadar sikimi aldı. Ağzının kenarından tükürcükler, baloncuklu şekilde akıyordu ama nefessiz kalmasına rağmen sikimi çıkarmadı.
Biraz daha bekledikten sonra sikimi "kroağğk" sesiyle çıkardı ve derin nefesler aldıktan sonra kaşarımsı bir gülüş attı ve taşaklarımı yalamaya başladı.
Sıcacık elleriyle taşaklarımı tutarken, ağzını kocaman açtı ve temizlediğim taşaklarımı ağzına alıp güzelce emdi.
[2 dakika sonra]
Saçlarından tuttuğum gibi kafasını çektim, taşağım ağzından çıktı ve yerlere damla damla tükürcükleri aktı.
Yavaşça kaldırdım ve onu yatağın üstüne uzattığım gibi, altındak şortu çıkardım ve bakmadan fırlattım.
Bu esnada, ellerini üstüme attı. Giydiğim tişörtü çıkarmış ve boynumu emmeye başlamıştı. Dilini mızrak gibi kullanıyor boynumu ve göğüs kafesime mükemmel bir şekilde yalıyordu.
Bir hareketle beni altına aldı ve üstüme çıkıp, vücudunu bir dansöz gibi kullanarak, güzelce kendisini sergiledi.
Sonra, elini amına atıp işaret ve orta parmağıyla am dudaklarını ayırdı ve bana “seni burada daha çok istiyorum aşkım” dedi.
Bu sefer aynı hamle ile ben onu altıma aldım ve biraz geri çekildim.
Yavaşça ayak bileğini tuttum, ayak parmaklarını güzelce yalamaya başladım. Ayak parmakları küçük bir tatlı gibiydi, 5 parmağını bile aynı anda rahatlıkla emebilirdim.
Ayak parmaklarından sonra, ayağının altını öpmeye ve oradanda ayak bileğine geçtim. Bileğini öperek, öpücüklerimi yavaşça bacaklarına ilerleterek asıl yere yaklaşıyordum.
En sonunda amına yaklaştım ve aynı bana yaptığı gibi, ben de onun amını koklamaya başladım.
Müthiş kokusu ciğerlerime kadar işlerken, dilimi am dudaklarına sürterek yalamaya başladım, amının etrafını yalarken, hafif ısırıklarımı atmaktan da hiç çekinmiyordum.
Yalarken, işaret ve orta parmaklarımı am dudaklarına uzattım ve etli dudakları hafifçe araladım.
Dilimi amının iç duvarlarına dilimi sokarak yalarken, klitorisini de emerek onu daha da çıldırtıyordum.
Elleri saçlarımı çevreledi ve bana "e-evet ablacığım işte öylee, eveet müthişsin ablam! Ağğh müthişsin!"
[5 dakika sonra]
Ayla titreye titreye nefes alıyor ve yüzünde tatlı bir gülümsemeyle birlikte bana kısık gözlerle bakıyordu.
“Benden bu kadar, zevk bile almıyorum bunları yaparken. Gram zevk vermiyorsun Ayla”
Ay: N-ne?
“Daha sikimi sokmadan bu kadar harap düştüysen, seni sikmekle kendimi yormuş olurum.
“Hem gelmiş bir de bana şaşkın şaşkın "Ne?" diyorsun kaşar!”
Ay: Ama... Ama be-...
“Ayla harcayacağım vakte değmezsin gerçekten. Ben gidiyorum iyi geceler sana!”
Böyle yapma nedenim Ayla'nın daha istekli olup kendisini ezdirmek için yalvarmasını sağlamaktı. Bu sayede, onu sikerken, sesleri daha fazla çıkacak ve annem etkilenecekti.
Yavaştan kalktım ve kapıya doğru yöneldim. Tam bu esnada kapıyı açtığım gibi, Ayla arkamdan geldi.
Ay: Ha-Hayır bunu yapma Aras! Karşındayım, hazırım bak. İstediğin neyse onu yaparım. Kullan beni!
Dinlememezlik yapıp, daha ne kadar ileri gidebilir diye kapıdan tam çıktığım esnada bildiğin sol ayağıma kapanıp yalvarmaya başladı.
Ay: Lütfen, sana yalvarırım! Bu sefer zevk alacaksın! Altında bir çöp yığını gibi olmayacağım, kadının olacağım.
Beklediğim cevap geldiğinde, istifimi bozmadan ve tavrımdan ödün vermeden onu kucağıma aldım.
Yavaş adımlarla, yatağa doğru onu kucağımda götürdüm.
Sikim, amının önüne gelecek şekile yatağa oturdum ve memelerini avuçladığım gibi, sertçe sıktım. Dişlerinin arasından "ığm" sesi kaçtı.
Dilimi uzattım ve meme ucunun etrafını önce güzelce yalamaya başladım. Bir çocuk gibi, adeta somura somura sertçe emiyordum.
Sonra da ,hafifçe ısırarak dişlerimle meme ucunu ezmeye başladım. Isırırken, ezilen meme uçlarını dilimle güzelce ıslatıyordum.
Ay: Daha sert ısır! Kopar onları hadi!
Bütün duyguları kopup gidiyor. Sadece öfke ve nefret duygusuyla kendisini siktirmek isteyen sürtük bir canavara dönüşüyordu.
Aşağıdan elini sikime attı ve bacaklarını biraz kaldırıp, kendi eliyle sikimi ait olduğu yere yerleştirdi.
Yavaş yavaş otururken, sikim santim santim ilerleyerek içine giriyor ve gözleri yavaştan fal taşı gibi açılıyordu.
Ay: Aağğh, ooohh, sonunda içime aldım bak!
“Ne bekliyorsun alkış falan mı amına koyduğumun esnek orospusu seni!”
(Aras tokat atar)
“Ağlayacak mısın ha? Dayanamayacak mısın?”
Ay: Da-dayanabilirim!
“Siktir oradan!”
Ay: Haayır! Dayanabilirim!
Bunu söyledikten sonra bir. Özgüven geldi ve köküne kadar aldığı gibi çığlık attı.
Ay: AAAĞĞĞĞĞĞHH
Ellerimi kalçasına attım ve sertçe sikimin üstünde, onu kanguru gibi zıplatmaya başladım.
Sikim, amının duvarlarına sürte sürte girerek onu mest ediyordum. Her sikime onu sertçe oturttuğumda, amının sıcaklığı sikimi kavrıyordu.
Adeta yanan yangına, itfaiye hortumuyla giren bir itfaiyeci gibiydim.
Amının sikimi kavraması ve bazen kendisini sıkarak amını darlaştırması sikimin girişlerini zorladığı için, sanki onun kızlığını bozduğum zamanı hatırlatıyordu bana.
Ay: A-Araass be-beni mahvediyorsun kardeşim oğğhh.
Arkadan gelen "şak şak şak" amının taşaklarıma çarpma sesiyle inleme sesleri birbirine karışıyordu.
“Orospuluğunun hakkını veriyorsun, amına koyduğumun kaşarı seni!”
Kafasını şakağıma yasladı, ellerini sırtıma atarak destek adı. Sikimi her soktuğumda, koca memeleri onunla birlikte zıplıyor, göğüs kafesime çarparak sesler çıkartıyordu.
Ayağa kalktım ve yumuşacık kalçalarından tuttuğum gibi sırtını duvara yasladım.
Sikimi her soktuğumda gözlerime mazlumca bakarken, ağzı kocaman açılıyor ve "Daha sert! Çıkartma o sikini, acıma banaaa! Köklee" diyerek hem kendini ezdiriyor, hem de beni müthiş bir şekilde azdırıyordu.
“Al sana Yarak o zaman!”
Sikim alttan amına ekstra bir hızla sokarken, kasıklarım tenine çarpıyor hem göt yanakları şiddetten dolayı birbirine vuruyor, hem de inlemeleri böğürmelere dönüşmüş taşaklarım da, am dudaklarını kapı tokmağına vururcasına darbeler indiriyordu.
Ablamın omuzlarını, boynunu morartırcasına emerken amına çaka çaka onu param parça ayırıyordum.
Ay: AAAAAĞĞH ARAAASSS OOOĞĞH E-EVEETT IIĞĞĞĞMMMM, Sİ-SİK BENİĞĞ! KARDEŞİMİN YARRAĞI AMIMI PARÇALIYOR OOOH!
“Orospular gibi bağırıyorsun Ayla! İşte benim kaltağım, daha yüksek bağır! Daha yüksek!”
Ay: LÜTFEN HİÇ ÇIKARTMAA, SABAHA KADAR Sİ-SİK, AMCIĞIMI MAHVET KARDEŞİM! MAHVEEEETT!
Ayla'nın sesini daha iyi duyabilsin diye, odanın kapısını açmak için aklıma koridora çıkmak gelmişti.
Ellerimi kalçasına atıp ağırlığını üstüme verdiğim gibi sikim amında yürüyerek, kapıyı açtım ve çıktım.
Ellerini sırtıma ve tırnaklarını da derime geçirerek, yüksek sesle inliyordu kaltak ablacığım.
Koridorda onu yere indirdim, sonra da saçından tuttuğum gibi domalmasını emrettim. Hemen dediğimi yaptı ve yüzüme bakıp, bir elini de götüne atıp “hadii sok!” diyerek, tekrardan sikimi içine istedi.
Yavaşça çömeldim ve sikimi göt yanaklarının üstünde, önce gezdirdim. Bazen de dibinden tuttum ve sikimi sertçe vurdurarak zorladım.
Nihâyet, sikim göt deliğinin önüne değdiğinde hemen götünü sikime doğru sertçe iktirdi ve başı girdi.
Ay: Iğğm evettt, Aras hadi ablacığım iktir içine doğru lütfen aşkım benim!
Önce ellerimi kalçalarına attım ve göt yanaklarını biraz sıkarak, daha da ayırdım. Sonra da sikimi belimden destek alarak içine komple soktum.
BÖLÜM 12.1 SONU
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Hallmarks of the Season: Part 6
"Zuko!" Katara launched herself into her fiancé's arms before she even realized she'd moved. Zuko was taken by surprise, but he recovered enough to pull her into a tight embrace. Katara buried her face in the crook of Zuko's neck and took in a deep breath. She was shaking and a moment later, Zuko realized she was crying.
"What's wrong?" he asked, horrified. "What happened? Are you hurt?" Katara shook her head and wiped her tears away hurriedly. Zuko fished a handkerchief from the pocket of his leather jacket- because of course he had a handkerchief with his casual clothes- and pressed it into Katara's hand.
"I just had an awful day," she told him. Zuko pulled her into a hug again and rubbed her back.
"I'm sorry," he murmured into her hair. "What happened?"
"You didn't call me back," Katara choked out a wet laugh. "It's always a bad day when I don't hear from you." Zuko drew back and searched her face for a sign that she was joking.
"I'm so sorry," he said. "I got done sooner than I thought I would, so I moved my flight up. I was going to tell you, but Haru thought a surprise would be more romantic, and-and its sounded like a good idea at the time..."
"Remind me to have a few words with Haru," Katara laughed again.
"I'm really sorry." Zuko pressed his forehead against Katara's. She shut her eyes and took in a deep breath.
"It's fine," she said. "This was a wonderful surprise. Just...don't go radio silent me? You didn't have to say you were coming, but I tried to call and you weren't responding to my texts."
"Never again," Zuko swore. He leaned in to kiss Katara, but she flinched away. Zuko's brow drew down, confused and hurt. An apology was already on Katara's tongue when the door of the house swung open to reveal Katara's family watching the couple with wide grins.
"Zuko!" Hakoda's deep voiced boomed out into the night. "Great to see you again."
-:-:-:-:-:-:-
Zuko was swept into the house in a flurry of laughs, loud welcomes, and jarring hugs. Kanna had arrived sometime while Katara was out, and she needed to be introduced in person. Sesi watched everything from between the banister rails. When Zuko smiled and waved at her, she waved back with a loud giggle and rushed upstairs to her room. Sokka shrugged at Zuko.
"She's pretending to be shy now," he joked. "Give her a couple of hours, and she'll decide you're her new best friend
Sokka, of all people, was the one to remember that they had someplace to be. When he announced that it was almost time to leave, and extended the invitation to Zuko, Katara's heart leapt into her throat.
"Zuko just had a really long flight," Katara reminded her brother. "Maybe we should reschedule."
"No way!" Sokka protested. "Su-I mean, everyone had to rearrange their schedules for tonight. I thought you were all anxious to drag Zuko around to everyone we know."
"I will!" Katara said, folding her arms. "But how about we let Zuko get settled first? He must be tired."
"I'm fine, actually," Zuko cut in. "I got some sleep on the plane. Besides, jetlag is telling my body that's it the middle of the morning still." Katara blanched. Her mind raced for a plausible excuse not to have to go to the bar that night. She had nothing.
"Alright," she relented. "Let me go get changed, then we can go." Katara fled the living room, praying that no one noticed her reluctance.
Katara grabbed fresh clothes and then went into the bathroom, locking the door behind her. She sank to the floor and dragged her hand through her hair. Maybe they would cancel if she said she was sick. Zuko would, she knew. The prospect of staying home and watching movies with Hakoda, Kanna and Sesi would appeal to him. Then she could get through the rest of this visit without seeing Aang again.
Sokka would ask questions, Katara reminded herself. And Zuko would notice her being evasive. Aang might not even show up. Or if he did, he would certainly not try to speak to her with Zuko there. Katara climbed to her feet and turned on the shower as hot as she could stand it. The steam had settled into a thick fog when she finally stepped into the shower, and she relished the the close feeling it gave her. She couldn't see much clearly aside from her own limbs. The water struck her skin almost painfully, but she welcomed it. She hadn't been able to get warm since she'd gotten home.
Katara got out of the shower before Sokka could start complaining about how long she was taking. When she went downstairs, her face still red from scrubbing so hard, she found Kanna and Sokka entertaining Zuko while Sesi helped Hakoda make snacks in the kitchen. The urge to just cancel the evening and stay home intensified. This had been all she'd wanted since Zuko said he'd join her family for the holidays. Sokka, though, was anxious to get going. In spite of herself, Katara was amused. Sokka had put on the best of his casual clothes. He was wearing a deep blue turtleneck sweater that played up his lighter blue eyes and warm brown skin. He was trying very hard to look good, and Katara was certain he wasn't trying to impress Toph or Zuko.
Not that Katara could claim her choice of clothes was completely coincidental. She was wearing a red blouse. Zuko had told her a few times that red was his favorite color on her. The way his eyes lingered on her as she walked down the stairs made her feel justified in her choice.
"You look pretty," Sesi said when she saw Katara.
"Very," Zuko concurred. Katara blushed and bit her lips to keep from grinning like an idiot. Still, Hakoda, Sokka and Kanna exchanged amused glances.
Zuko's reservation at the inn in town wasn't able to be moved up a day. He would be staying at Hakoda's house on the couch.
"I'll have a bigger bed in the guest room the next time you visit," Hakoda promised him apologetically.
"It's fine," Zuko assured him. "I did a lot of traveling volunteer work when I was in college. I've had a lot rougher sleeping arrangements than a comfortable couch in a nice home." Kanna sidled up to Katara and nudged her in her ribs.
"I like him," she whispered to her granddaughter. Katara grinned at Kanna and nodded.
"Me, too."
Sokka drove them to Toph's barcade. The Bind Bandit was only two years old, but it had become a staple among the young adults of the town. That evening the place was packed, but Toph had reserved a private booth for her friends. She was already waiting with Suki when Katara, Sokka and Zuko arrived.
"Hi!" Suki greeted them with a friendly wave. Then she turned to Toph and informed her of the trio's arrival.
"You don't have to give me a running commentary," she told Suki with a sardonic grin. "I can figure stuff out by context."
"Sorry," Suki apologized sheepishly. Toph's grin widened and turned mischievous.
"Oh, you're going to be fun to mess with," she said. "I can tell already."
"She's blind," Katara whispered to Zuko. "And she loves teasing people about it." Zuko nodded, then stepped forward.
"Hi," he greeted the women. "I'm Zuko." Then he stuck his hand out to Toph and waited a beat.
"Did he just put his hand out for me to shake?" Toph asked drily. Zuko, realizing his mistake, immediately shoved his hand into his pocket as the group erupted into laughter. Zuko even managed an embarrassed chuckle.
"Sorry," he said. "Force of habit." Toph grinned wolfishly and turned in Katara and Sokka's direction.
"Yeah," she said. "Tonight is going to be lots of fun." Then Toph clapped her hands and rubbed them together. "Alright, folks. Here's what's going to happen. You're my guest tonight to food, drinks and games are on me. Go bananas!"
"Alright, Toph!" Sokka cheered. "Suki, you have to try the banh mi sliders."
"That sounds good," Suki said. "I was looking a the fried cheese sticks earlier."
"Go up and tell the bar tender what you want," Toph said. "Tell them is for the boss's table."
Sokka and Suki volunteered to put in the orders for everyone and bring back some starter drinks. They were gone before Zuko could volunteer to help Sokka instead. Katara poked him in his side lightly and shook her head. Zuko's face lit up in understanding, and he winked at Katara. She let out a snort of laughter.
"It's so much fun when people have silent conversations around me," Toph drawled sarcastically.
"Sorry, that was rude," Zuko said, sliding into the booth behind Katara.
"I was just letting Zuko in on the little seeds of romance being planted," Katara told Toph.
"Those two?" Toph cocked her head towards the empty seats. "Yeah...I could see it. Suki's super into him."
"She said so?" Katara asked, her eyes widening in excitement.
"Not in words," Toph said. "But it's pretty obvious. She came in asking for his party and she kept casually bringing him up. I like her. Ex-military and she runs a martial arts studio, so you know she's no wimp."
"Sesi loves her, too," Katara said. She leaned into Zuko. "I really hope this works out. Losing Yue was rough on him. He hasn't been out with anyone since."
"Shh!" Toph nudged Katara. "They're coming back." Zuko turned and saw Suki and Sokka coming back carrying pitchers and a tray of shots. He turned back to Toph with a bewildered look on his face.
"How did you-?"
"I have my ways." Toph grinned, fixing her unnervingly sharp, sightless eyes on him. Zuko looked down at Katara, who just shrugged.
"You'll get used to it," she assured him.
Sokka placed two full pitchers, one beer, one soda on the table and stepped back to let Suki set her tray down.
"They're going to bring the food to the table," he said. "In the meantime, I think it's time to toast and get toasted."
"Hey, big brother," Katara reached over and pulled the tray of shots away from Sokka. "Did you forget you're our designated driver tonight?"Sokka's face fell instantly.
"Rookie mistake," Toph clicked her tongue. "You should've taken a cab."
"What if we leave the car here and take a cab home?" Sokka suggested.
"I'm not running a parking garage."
"Come on!" Sokka pleaded. "I never get to do stuff like this anymore." Toph thought for a moment, then a slow smile spread over her face.
"Alright," she agreed at last. "I'll let you leave your car here. Both out of the goodness of my heart, and because Sesi isn't going to understand that you have a hangover." Sokka blanched at that. He looked from the beer to the shots to the soda.
"Maybe..." he cleared his throat nervously. "Maybe I should get us a round of water. Just to stay hydrated." He hurried back to the bar, chased by the sounds of his friends laughing.
"So, Zuko," Toph turned towards him. "I already got the low down on Suki, here. Tell me about you."
"Well..." Zuko glanced around nervously and shrugged. "I'm not really sure where to start."
"Katara said you two met in Ba Sing Se?" Suki offered. "Were you born there?"
"No, actually," Zuko said. "I'm from Caldera. I moved to Ba Sing Se about ten years ago."
"Wait," Toph cut in. "Caldera? You're Zuko Kaji? As in The Kajis? As in the Sozin Inc. Kajis?" Zuko's face flushed a bright red.
"I haven't been associated with Sozin Inc in a long time," he said. "But yes, that's my father's company." Toph shook her head and let out a low whistle.
"I've met your dad," she told him. Zuko raised his brow expectantly. "He sucks." Suki choked on her soda
"Yeah, he does," Zuko snorted. "How do you know him?"
"My parents run a cyber security firm," Toph said. "They have a contract with Sozin."
"Oh!" Recognition dawned on Zuko. "You're a Bei Fong. Small world."
"Microscopic."
"Toph, I told you ages ago that Zuko was from Caldera," Katara reminded her friend. Toph just shrugged.
"I didn't put two and two together," she said. "I've heard about you. You stood up to your dad when he wanted to lay off a bunch of people to pay for a shinny new headquarters, then left the family business to do your own thing and took a lot of the people who'd been laid off with you. I'm impressed. That took guts."
"You did?" Suki asked. "That's really cool."
"Zuko's the most selfless CEO I've ever met," Katara said, beaming at him proudly.
"It wasn't all that," Zuko grumbled, drawing his shoulders up to his ears.
"And he's modest, too," Katara laughed. Zuko leaned in to kiss her, but Katara turned away at the last moment. Sokka returned with the water, distracting everyone. He set the pitcher down and looked around the table in confusion.
"Aang still hasn't shown up?" He checked his watch and frowned. "What's keeping him? Did he say he was going to be late when you stopped by his shop?" Katara could feel her cheeks heat up with consciousness. She shook her head uncertainly.
"Maybe he changed his mind about coming tonight." Sokka shrugged. "Still, you think he'd call or something." Katara made a noncommittal sound and poured a cup of beer.
"Why don't we grab a game or something?" Katara suggested.
"Not that one with the song lyrics," Toph said. "I cannot listen to Sokka's off-key butchering of whatever song he half remembered from the top 40 chart." Suki slid out to let Katara out. Zuko hurried after her. They passed a row of noisy arcade games to the wall of board games in silence.
"We need to pick something that Toph can play," Katara explained. "There are games with braille on them in that corner."
"Are you okay?" Zuko asked suddenly. Katara froze and turned to him with wide eyes.
"What do you mean?" She busied herself looking for a game. Zuko caught her hands and guided her around to face him, but Katara kept her eyes on their intertwined hands. She ran her thumb over his knuckles absently.
"You've been off all evening," he said. "Are you mad at me?" Now Katara met his eyes with a gasp.
"I'm not mad at you," she told him.
"You keep pulling away from me when I try to kiss you," Zuko pointed out. "You only do that when you're upset with me." Katara blinked hard against tears that suddenly sprang to her eyes.
"It's not you," she assured him. "I'm not mad at you. I just...I don't want to talk about it here."
"Did you want to stay home tonight?" Zuko asked. "I can tell everyone the jetlag caught up with me, and we can get out of here." Katara took a deep breath and hugged Zuko tight.
"I'm okay," she said firmly. "I want you to get to know my friends." Zuko hesitated, rubbing circles between Katara's shoulders.
"Alright," he said at last. "But let me know if you change your mind about leaving." Katara smiled into his chest.
"I'm sorry I made you think I'm mad at you," she murmured. "You haven't done anything wrong. You're wonderful."
"That's good to hear." Zuko pulled away and gave Katara one last concerned look over. Then he took her hand and brought it to his lips. Katara allowed him to press a quick kiss to her knuckles. Zuko started to lead the way back to the table, but Katara stopped him.
"We're supposed to be picking games," she said with feigned exasperation. They grabbed a trivia game, a comparison card game, and a block stacking game. This last one Zuko looked at with uncertainty.
"Toph is scary good at this game," Katara told him. "You'll see."
Katara was recounting one particularly epic game night when she and her friends were in high school, where Toph managed to pull the last brick from a row without toppling the precarious stack of blocks above it.
"To this day, no one can figure out how she did it," Katara said as the rounded the corner to the table.
"Hey, look to finally decided to join us," Sokka said, gesturing at the other end of the table. Katara's heart stopped, knowing exactly what was about to happen. Aang popped his head from around the booth and smiled at Katara.
"...hi," Katara said awkwardly. She cleared her throat and glanced around awkwardly and set the games she had been carrying on the table. "Um...Aang, this is Zuko, my fiancé. Zuko, this is Aang..."
"Hi," Zuko greeted him. "Great to meet another friend of Katara's."
"Yeah," Aang laughed. "I mean we were a little more than friends at one point." That statement landed with a thud. Zuko's smile faded a bit and Katara was sure her friends could see that she wanted the ground to swallow her. Thankfully, Toph saved the moment.
"Oh, please," she snorted loudly. "You dated her for two months in high school. That's a very little more than friends." Sokka and Suki laughed a bit too hard at that. Two angry splotches of red colored Aang's cheeks, but he slid out to let Katara into the booth. He started to sit beside her, but Katara grabbed Zuko's hand yanked him in behind her, nearly knocking Aang over in the process.
"Sorry about that," Zuko said in a way that seemed...less than apologetic. An awkward silence settled over the table. This time Suki stepped in to break the tension.
"So, what games did we get?" she asked. "And can we turn them into drinking games?"
"We got the tower game," Katara said, grinning at Sokka and Toph. "How about whoever knocks the tower down takes a shot." Sokka inhaled sharply.
"Slow down!" he said. "My liver can only take so much abuse."
"If we're going to do this, we'll need more than a round of shots," Toph said. She stood up and headed towards the bar. She came back a moment later with a full bottle of soju.
"You're trying to kill me," Sokka groaned.
"I thought you wanted to get toasted," Toph said innocently.
"Toasted," Sokka repeated as he took the blocks out of the box. "Not black out drunk. That's okay, though. I've been playing this game with Sesi for years now. I've gotten a lot better."
"Make sure you eat plenty," Katara said, pushing the plate of banh mi sliders and barbeque wings towards her brother.
"Did you guys order anything without meat?" Aang asked crossly, looking at the greasy meat sandwiches on the table.
"We have fried cheese sticks and onion rings coming," Sokka told him.
"Great..." Aang folded his arms and scowled. "That'll fill me right up."
"Simmer down, Aang," Toph said. "I have a whole vegetarian menu. Go order whatever you want. It's on the house tonight."
"It would have been nice if someone had thought to order something for me," he grumbled, climbing reluctantly to his feet.
"Well, maybe if you had shown up on time, you could have asked," Toph retorted, unsympathetically. "Stop whining and go get your food." Aang snorted irritably and went up to the bar to put in his order.
"What's his deal?" Sokka asked, scrunching up his nose.
"No idea," Toph said. "But if he doesn't snap out of it, I'm going to make him go stand in the corner." That got a laugh from the table.
Aang managed to find a better attitude by the time he returned to the table. He poured himself a shot from the soju bottle when he sat down. Once the game started, he took another shot, and he seemed to even be back to his normal cheerful self. He chattered on about memories from high school, and cracked his friends up with anecdotes from his misadventures over the years before he returned to his hometown. He even made an effort to get to know Suki, and not so subtly talk up Sokka in their conversation. To Katara he said little directly. To Zuko even less. As the evening went on, the slight was becoming more noticeable. Katara did her best to keep Zuko from realizing by keeping him involved in discussions with everyone else and encouraging her friends to ask him questions. Aang would huff and sigh and then turn the conversation in a different direction. At one point, Sokka stood up and announced it was time for another round of drinks.
"Aang, come help me," he said after he'd gotten everyone's orders. Aang agreed after a moments hesitation and slid out of the booth. With them gone, the conversation migrated around to Katara and Zuko's engagement and wedding plans.
"We haven't settled on a date yet," Katara was telling Suki and Toph when Sokka and Aang returned. "I think I'd like a spring wedding, though."
"I don't have a preference," Zuko said with a shrug. "But, I don't really want a long engagement."
"Gran-Gran said the same thing," Katara told him with a wide smile.
"What's the matter Zuko?" Aang asked, addressing Zuko directly for the first time. He reached across the table to grab his drink from the tray. "Afraid she'll change her mind?" Aang gave him an exaggerated wink and nudged him just slightly too hard in the ribs.
"Not at all," Zuko replied gamely. "I just don't want to wait too long to be able to call her my wife." Suki, and to everyone's surprise, Toph cooed at that.
"That's really sweet," Suki said. "I'd love to find someone who feels that way about me, someday." Sokka choked a bit on his drink at that.
"Are you alright?" Katara asked. Sokka was flustered, but he nodded yes and ran a hand through his hair.
"Whiskey just went down the wrong pipe," he said. Katara caught his eye and wriggled her brows at him. Sokka shot her a dirty glare and then pointedly looked away from her, but Katara was not to be deterred.
"You know, Sokka here is great at that dance game," she said.
"Really?" Suki asked, turning to Sokka. "I love that game."
"Oh...?" was Sokka's intelligent reply. "That's cool. A-are you any good at it?" Suki's mouth turned up into a smirk.
"Well, I was three time champ at my barracks," she told him. "I'd say I'm pretty good."
"Impressive..." Sokka cleared his throat and took another swallow of his drink. "Would you be up to a friendly match?" Katara could have cheered for her brother, but she settled for bumping her shoulder against Zuko's in excitement. Suki accepted the challenge and they ran off to the game. They didn't ask for an audience and no one offered to go with them. Katara and Toph joked and laughed a bit over the situation, and made predictions about how long it would be before Sokka and Suki were dating. Katara was going to suggest going over to peek at how the contest was going, when a server rushed up to the table, looking nervous.
"Um...Ms. Bei Fong," the jumpy young man gave a slight bow.
"I'm not working tonight," Toph told him.
"I-I know," the server stammered. "But...there's a situation in the kitchen."
"Whatever it is, you guys can handle it." Toph folded her arms stubbornly. The server shifted nervously on his feet, unsure of what to do.
"Okay," he said at last. "We'll try, but...the fire extinguisher is missing." Toph froze for a beat and then growled in irritation as she dragged herself from her seat at the middle of the circular booth.
"Honestly, what do I even pay a kitchen manager for?" she muttered. The server gave Toph his elbow and guided her back towards the kitchen. Zuko watched her go in alarm.
"Should we start making our way out of here?" he asked.
"Nah," Katara said waving off his concern. "It's probably just a little grease fire. But I do need to go to the bathroom." Zuko started to ask Aang to get up so he could let Katara out, but Katara told them to stay where they were and slid the long way out of the booth. Katara glanced back at the table, uncertain of whether to leave Zuko alone with Aang, but her bladder reminded her that she had a more pressing issue to attend to. She wouldn't be gone long anyway.
Aang was standing outside the bathroom when Katara emerged a few minutes later. She paused when she saw him, but moved aside to let him into the bathroom.
"I...um...came to speak to you, actually," he said. He swayed on his feet, and it was clear that the three shots and his drink had caught up with him. Katara glanced around nervously.
"We can talk at the table," she said.
"Please!" Aang begged. "I need to speak to you alone. It'll just take a moment. I just wanted to talk about...well earlier."
"Aang, honestly, it's fine," Katara fidgeted on her feet. "Just forget it, okay?" She started to walk away when Aang moved to block her.
"I don't want to forget it," he said. "Katara, that kiss was...amazing. I know you felt it, too." Katara's eyes widened in shock.
"I did not," she told him bluntly.
"Of course you did!" Aang insisted. "You kissed me back!"
"No, Aang, I didn't," Katara huffed in irritation. "Let's not discuss this now. You're drunk."
"You did, too!" Aang reached for her shoulders again, but Katara backed away. "I know you're confused now with him here, but you can't deny there was something in that kiss." Katara gaped up at Aang.
"Do you think that because I didn't pull away, I was kissing you back?" she hissed. "I was surprised! You started an argument with me! I had just told you that I love Zuko! How did that seem like the right time to kiss me?" Aang seemed genuinely poleaxed, which only served to further confuse Katara.
"But...earlier at the shop," he said. "You told me that you were upset because he hadn't texted you because he was too busy at work."
"Yes!" Katara shook her head. "Because I missed him! I was worried he wouldn't make it in time. What on earth would make you think I was angry enough to dump him over that?"
"He takes you for granted, Katara!" Aang stepped forward unsteadily, and Katara took a step back. "He's not good for you! Why don't you see that?" Katara glanced around again, but no one was coming down the corridor for the bathroom.
"I think I'm old enough to decide what's good for me," Katara scowled at Aang. "It's real presumptuous of you to think you can come back into my life after a decade and tell me how to live my life. I'm with Zuko. I'm going to marry him. If you're my friend, then act like it. Be happy for me!" Aang balked, and searched Katara's face for...she wasn't sure what. Uncertainty? A sign she was lying? Then after a moment, his face fell.
"So...yesterday in my office?" he asked. "Today, when you said you wanted an excuse to see me? That was nothing? You were just leading me on?"
"No," Katara scoffed and folded her arms. "Yesterday and today was me doing you a favor as a friend. I was just trying to help you with your business because I'm your friend. Me coming to see you was an an excuse to get out of the house. If you read more into it than that, then I'm sorry. That wasn't my intention." Aang shook his head in disbelief. Katara was going to attempt to push past him again, but he was quicker this time. Aang grabbed her arms at the elbows and pulled her forward.
"It wasn't nothing," he insisted, and leaned in to kiss her.
"Aang, stop!" Katara pushed against his chest and turned her head away from him. Then, suddenly, he was off her. Zuko had him pressed against the wall with his forearm braced against his collar bone like a barricade.
"She told you to stop!" he said darkly. Katara scrambled behind Zuko and clutched the hem of his sweater. Aang was startled. He blinked at Zuko owlishly and made a feeble attempt to push the less drunk and much stronger man away. For a moment, Katara thought Zuko was going to hit Aang, and she wasn't sure she would stop him. But the moment passed. Zuko took a deep breath and grabbed shoulder of Aang's shirt, dragging him out of the narrow corridor and back into the bar room. Katara was close on their heels. Sokka and Suki noticed what was happening and rushed over.
"What's going on?" Sokka demanded. He looked from Aang to Zuko to Katara and back, trying to make sense of the situation.
"He's had too much to drink," Zuko said, shaking Aang. "We need to get him a cab and send him home." Sokka turned to Katara, with a questioning look. She turned her gaze the floor and rubbed her elbow.
"He-he tried to kiss me," Katara told him. Several emotions flashed over Sokka's face before he landed on anger. He yanked Aang from Zuko's grip and shook him, which Katara was certain wasn't helping his inebriation one bit.
"Are you serious, dude?" Sokka demanded.
"I was just-" Aang tried to say. "You don't understand, Katara is supposed to be with me." Sokka let go of Aang shirt and pushed him away roughly. Aang staggered back and bumped into Zuko.
"I know where he lives," Sokka said. "I'll get him a cab." Aang resisted as best he could, but Sokka dragged him out of the bar with little trouble. Suki wrapped an arm around Katara's shoulders and guided her back towards the table.
"Are you alright?" she asked. Katara nodded her head and swallowed hard against a lump in her throat.
"No, I'm fine," she said. "He didn't hurt me or anything. He just-" Katara sank into the booth and sighed. Zuko sat beside her and took her hand. Suki looked up at the door with her lips pursed.
"I'm going to go wait with Sokka," she said. "In case something escalates." Katara wanted to tell Suki that Aang wasn't a physical threat, but she found she didn't have the energy. Then she was alone with Zuko.
"Are you okay?" he asked. Katara was going to say she was fine again, but the words wouldn't come. She took a sharp shaky breath before falling into Zuko's arms. In a scene reminiscent of his arrival earlier that evening, she cried into his shirt. Zuko murmured comfortingly and rubbed her back while Katara gathered herself.
"I'm sorry," she said when she could speak again.
"For what?" Zuko asked. "You didn't do anything wrong." Katara shook her head. She knew he was right in her head, but the guilt and shame lingered. She told Zuko what had happened earlier that day. About the first time Aang kissed her. How she hadn't pulled away because she was too surprised. Understanding dawned on Zuko's face.
"And that's why you didn't want to kiss me?" he asked.
"I just felt wrong," she confessed. "It doesn't make any sense, but I felt like kissing you after that would've been...I don't know. A betrayal or something. I know it doesn't make sense-"
"That's...normal," Zuko said. "When someone you trust does something that hurts you, it's normal to want to try to blame yourself. But, Katara, it wasn't your fault. You did something nice for Aang, and he chose to read more into it."
"You're not mad at me?" Katara asked. She curled into his side and rested her head on his shoulder.
"No," Zuko assured her. "Although, I think you shouldn't be alone with Aang anymore. I don't trust him with you." Katara let out a snort of laughter.
"Not a problem."
"Crisis averted," Toph announced as she walked up to the table. "I had to go over how to handle a grease fire to my crack team of kitchen experts." Toph felt her way to her seat. "So! What did I miss?"
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The evening ended shortly after Sokka and Suki came back from putting Aang in a cab. Sokka was still fuming. After she had been filled in on what happened, Toph was equally as angry. She had the rest of the food they hadn't eaten packed up in to-go boxes and pressed them on Katara.
"You're always feeding people when they're in crisis," she said when Katara tried to refuse. "Let me return the favor."
Hakoda and Sesi were already asleep when Sokka, Katara and Zuko returned home. The couch had already been made up for Zuko, to everyone's relief. Sokka went up to check on Sesi, and then went to bed himself. Katara and Zuko lingered in the living room.
"I'm sorry this evening was such a mess," she said.
"I was having a great time, before that Aang guy went and ruined it." Zuko reached out and ran his fingers through the ends of Katara's hair. "I like most of your friends. I'm glad I got a chance to meet Toph and Suki." Zuko paused thoughtfully and rocked on his heels. "I was thinking... this town is pretty cool- well, what I've seen of it. Maybe we could have the wedding here?" Katara was stunned for a moment. Then she smiled.
"I think that's the best idea I've heard." She said good night and headed for the stairs. Then the paused and turned back.
"Forget something?" Zuko asked.
"Yeah," Katara nodded. She stood on her toes and kissed Zuko. "I love you."
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Thanks to a combination of the night's early end and Sokka's diligence in keeping everyone hydrated, no one woke up with an insurmountable hangover. That was fortunate because, as Toph predicted, Sesi had no concept of hangovers and was up bright and early, and ready for her day with her Auntie Tara. Katara shrugged at Zuko helplessly as Sesi prattled on excitedly about all the fun things she and her aunt were going to do that day.
"I didn't know you'd be here," Katara told him. "And I did promise Sesi."
"You can come with us, Uncle Zuko!" Sesi suggested. Zuko preened at his official title, and he seemed to be ready to take her up on her offer, but Hakoda clasped his shoulder.
"Actually," he cut in, "I think this is the perfect chance for you and I to get to know each other better. It's a father-son tradition to crack open a couple of beers and watch the game. What do you say, Zuko? Want to join Sokka and I?"
"I-I'd love to," Zuko seemed genuinely moved.
The doorbell rang as the family was making final arrangements. Sokka got to it first and was greeted by a large platter of baked goods. He looked up from the tray to the owner, and his face lit up.
"Suki!"
"Hi," Suki smiled uncertainly. "I wasn't sure if anyone would be up for company, but I wanted to see if Katara was okay. I brought some sweets."
"That's never unwelcomed," Sokka said. "It's cold, though. Why don't you come in?' Suki shook her head.
"I have a class in an hour," she explained. "I have to go set up. I just wanted to check in."
"Oh," Sokka tried to keep the disappointment from bleeding into his voice. "Well, thank you!" Suki nodded and started to turn away, but then she paused, and turned back to Sokka.
"We never decided a winner last night," she said. "How about a rematch?" Sokka straightened up and puffed his chest with a cocky grin.
"Name the day," he said.
"How about Thursday?" Suki suggested.
"You're on!"
"And maybe after I win," Suki continued. "We can have dinner?" Sokka almost fell over in surprise.
"Yeah!" he agreed quickly. "Winner treats?" Suki raised brow at that.
"Isn't it usually the loser who treats?" she asked.
"Yeah," Sokka shrugged, "but I don't plan to lose." Suki laughed and waved goodbye to him.
"I'll call you."
Sokka went inside and found his family watching him with interest in the foyer. Hakoda was grinning, Zuko gave him a thumbs up, and Katara just looked smug.
"Daddy?" Sesi tugged on Sokka's shirt. "Were you flirting with Sifu Suki?"
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