A-Z Pairing-Drabble meme!

[phoenix089]

I wanted to set myself  a challenge, and so, I stole this from hollie_alr , and edited it to make it a pairing-specific meme though, because that's what I want to write about =)

The Great A-Z Multifandom Pairing Drabble Meme!

This is how it works:

1. Pick a letter.
2. Pick a prompt that starts with that letter (ex. K is for Keyhole)
3. Pick a pairing (Ulquihime

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[kefiradalila]

P is for Pop star

Zutara

Rating: PG13, so we can get the best box office returns.

[phoenix089]

Pop Star, Pop star ... Interesting.

I'll see what I can come up with.

Thankyou for the request >w

This one's gonna be long... 1/?

[phoenix089]

Nobody was able to understand what the managers were thinking when the joint-tour was announced - anyone who read the tabloids were well aware that the lead singers of both Water Tribe and Fire Nation didn’t get along for some undiscovered reason - but very few actually cared, because it meant they were able to see both bands with the one ticket. Very few, that is, except the people involved.

Water Tribe’s front-woman scowled with disgust as she looked down at the poster announcing her co-lined tour with that damn, spoiled, selfish, self-loving moron! What was Jun thinking, agreeing with his manager, Iroh, to have the two of them tour together?

This, Katara thought moodily as she glared at the tv screen on which she could see the gyrating, leather-clad hips of Zuko, the being she was going to be forced to spend months enduring, Is not going to end well.

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The first week, she tried to be civil towards him - she was going to be spending god knows how many months in his presence, so it might be the lesser of several evils - but he

2/?

[phoenix089]

The following weeks after that, Katara made a point to ignore Zuko, and he made an equal point to ignore her. But, whenever he thought no-one was watching, Zuko watched Katara, and sometimes, he couldn’t decide if he loathed her, or was fascinated by her. It was moments like that, that Zuko was forced to shake his head forcefully to dislodge the thoughts, and Sokka glared at the Fire Nation-singer, whom he hadn’t had an issue with, until he started making eyes at his younger sister

3/?

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“Thankyou,” she said softly, reluctantly. If Zuko hadn’t spoken then, Katara could only imagine what she would have said to those girls, which would have inevitably made it to the headlines, creating a potentially bad reputation for not only her, but the rest of the band also

4/?

[phoenix089]

But as he looked up, and his amber eyes locked with Katara’s, she could feel the reasons why she despised him return and she glared briefly before storming over to the fridge and pulling out a bottle of water. The chill of the bottle was already making her feel better, grounding her, reminding her of where she was, and why she shouldn’t be even looking at the boy in the same room - he was their rival band. Jun had drilled that into her. She had to be better than him, he had attempted to destroy everything she, Sokka, Aang and Toph had worked and struggled for, and all by having a body the teenage girls lusted after, and that boys aspired to be.

“Katara,” Zuko sighed, looking up at the moon once more - which, inexplicably, annoyed her. The moon was her symbol of strength, and yet here he was, finding solace in that symbol. “Why do you hate me so?” he asked it so earnestly that, for a moment, Katara almost wondered why she hated him as much as she did herself, he wasn’t playing the part she’d associated him with at all

5/?

[phoenix089]

When the door suddenly burst open and Zuko sauntered in - or sauntered in as best as one could when it looked like they were having trouble standing - pulling the hand of a girl in beside him. Katara stared at the girl with an unexpected feeling of shock coursing through her - maybe it had been because she was beginning to wonder if Zuko wasn’t as she’d imagined, and then he brings a drunk girl back home with him and shatters any hope that might have been the case

6/?

[phoenix089]

The next morning Katara had been, if possible, colder to Zuko than she’d been yet, and Sokka vaguely wondered if something had happened as he scoffed down his morning bacon and sausages. He wasn’t given much chance to think about it though, as Katara slammed the pot she’d been stirring back down on the stove-top, and glared at each person in the room, her gaze lingering on Zuko for a moment longer than anybody else, before storming out the door with a snapped, “I’m going to practise.”

“What’s with her?” Sokka asked, and Aang got up, his eyes concerned, clearly intending to follow her, when Zuko surprised everyone by almost running to the door, a determined look to his eye. “Oh no, Oh no, Oh no,” Sokka muttered, chewing through the rest of his meat as quickly as he could - he just knew something was about to happen, and he didn’t know if that would be a good thing or not

7/?

[phoenix089]

“This isn’t fair,” he said, speaking before Katara had had the chance, and as he spoke, Zuko stepped towards her. For each step he took, Katara took one back, “So I broke into the scene by luck and nearly knocked you off the charts, I’m so very sorry, but, you know, it hasn’t exactly been easy for me either Katara. Do you have any idea what it’s like to have your own father tip a flaming drink on you? To have him mark you as the failure he believes you are? Even as fans are screaming your name, to know you’ll never gain your parents acceptance because you didn’t want to be a lawyer like him?” Katara’s back had pressed up against the walls now, and she was still looking up at him defiantly, her eyes burning with … With everything. Anger, defiance, pity, apologies, self-doubt, regret, but she still stood her ground, and Zuko was realising it was that which was drawing him to her - she wasn’t like the fans who threw themselves at him, she was capable of standing on her own feet and she refused to back down. She was strong, like her

8/?

[phoenix089]

Zuko hesitated, searching for the answer, “Because … you were there…” Katara’s eyes flashed angrily at the words and opened her mouth to retort in her anger. Without thinking, Zuko moved a hand to cover her mouth, trying not to notice how soft her mouth was beneath his hand, “Let me finish,” he breathed, his heart thumping in his chest. Katara’s eyes narrowed, but her lips didn’t move beneath his hands - and in some deep part of his mind, Zuko wonders why she doesn’t move it away, it isn’t that her hands are bound, though, with a quick glance, Zuko notices she’s clutching at the curtain as if her hands are bound.

“I couldn’t do it when I saw you there,” he murmured, and this time Katara’s lips form a word behind his fingers, Why? she’s asking, “I don’t know,” Zuko answers her truthfully, and he can see the scepticism in her eyes, “I think it’s because …” he isn’t quite sure how to finish that sentence, but as his fingertips come to brush against Katara’s lips instead of restraining them, his thumb lingering at the corner of her mouth

9/9

[phoenix089]

“Oh, La and Tui,” Katara hums against his mouth and Zuko feels the way her ankles lock together, pulling him in to her as close as she can, which drives him damn near insane with realisation that she wants him, quite possibly as much as he’s wanting her

Re: 9/9

[kefiradalila]

8D I had forgotten all about this, what an awesome surprise!

Yep, that was great! I know I didn't give you the easiest prompt because I like to make people's lives difficult... and I wanted to see how someone would pull off Zutara + pop star. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
when I first read about Zuko's gyrating leather-clad hips, I straight out giggle snorted)
and I also love Sokka's UST comment :P
I was trying to imagine what kind of music they would play... for some reason I pictured Katara's band as playing ska-type music... with Katara on guitar, Sokka on drums, Toph on key board, and Aang on sax/trumpet/clarinet/whatever wind instrument he feels like at the moment.

Re: 9/9

[phoenix089]

Haha! I'm sorry for making you wait so long!! I'd been so busy lately I hadn't had a chance to write anything! But, I hope the wait was worth it =)

Initially, I had no idea as to what to do ... But then I had an image of the paparazzi scene and was along the lines of "OMG, YES!!!" so, thankyou for giving me an interesting prompt! It was fun to play with