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[atanycost]

Lounging in the sun was well and good-- and Jet, being an Earth Kingdom boy was already starting to bronze. But even a guy like had to go clean up sometimes, and there he was, supper on the table, the TV on (nothing interesting, just noise in the background -- some nature show) and a grin on his lips

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[allican_do]

Who knew how long he had, really? There was so much up in the air about what had happened and now that he was in Milliways...

Well, possibilities were endless.

One thing was certain, though: after so much time with Stephanie, Katara knows that death means very little in Milliways. The dead walk and speak and feel and love... It means nothing.

No matter what Zuko said.

Knock knock knock.

[allican_do]

She was definitely about to deny being an easy mark, too - but he ruins it by reminding her that he knows, first hand, and she sighs and leans back in her seat, setting her chopsticks aside and listening. She has to smile, though, infuriating as Jet is when he's right, it's still just--

Sweet.

Good.

What she always-- thought he was. Before, long before, and then again, right near the end.

"Sometimes I think you're already him," Katara says quietly, looking up at him with a sweet smile-- but she reaches over with a hand, not for a kiss, but to lace fingers.

"I really... really like you, Jet. A lot."

And that counted for everything, no matter what anyone said.

[atanycost]

"It's true," he says, and then adds, "You want to think the best of the people you love, and -- even the people you don't like much. Cause here we are, aren't we?"

But he closes his hand around hers, and smiles. "I'm glad," he says. "Cause I really like you too, Kats."

So that's why he tries.

[allican_do]

Here they are. Thinking the best, even of the people she doesn't like... fixing them. Helping them.

She doesn't want her smile to fade. She doesn't want to think of Zuko when she's with Jet, when she cares about him not that stupid Fire brat, when she wants to be with Jet, the end, nothing else.

So Katara doesn't let her smile falter. She leans over and kisses him once, softly, and squeezes his hand before nodding toward the window. "Do you want to go out to the bonfire? Or we could stay in, maybe watch a movie?"

[atanycost]

You know what?

He's getting up and sliding an arm around her. "C'mon. You. Me. Some of that-- popcorn stuff. We can watch a movie. IF the sun's still out tomorrow... it's out. If not? We'll curl up and watch the snow fall again."

[allican_do]

This is an excellent plan, Jet, says Katara face, alight with smiles at his suggestions. "You could always ask for more heat in your room, if you want to put your swimming clothes on," Katara suggests, grinning as she stands and slides an arm back around him. She's got her little bathing suit on herself, but his fluffy robe is over it, keeping her moderately decent.

"What should we watch?"

[atanycost]

"Tsh. I'll lose my shirt and we'll get under a blanket and keep warm," he says! They can do just that, as he gets up. THe armor is never on here-- no need for it-- and so a shirt is easy to doff and a blanket is easy to fetch. The TV is turned on, and JEt sits on the couch, beckoning her over and tugs off his boots...

Picking up the remote with one hand, he'll.. find something suitable. Not like they'll be watching in five minutes anyway.

[allican_do]

Well, if he's going to go shirtless and pull a blanket up, Katara feels silly with the fluffy robe on. So that's dropped when his shirt is and then she's sliding onto the couch beside him, under that blanket to cuddle up.

That's such a lie.

They watch for at least six minutes.