October Catch-All

[oceanblue]

Characters: Katara, Open
Date: October
Location: Wood Sector mostly
Situation: Katara's Balancing Act
Warnings/Rating:Lots and lots of hurt feels

Katara, as of late, is stuck in a very tentative balance between her own healing and doing her best to be the strength of those around her. She's starting to wear thin and is far too close to breaking, but she's determined not to let it interfere with her aiding the others.

Stresses/Situations include:

-Physically, Katara has yet to heal completely from Zuko's fire.
-The entire poisoned Zuko situation. Her efforts to heal him have been completely ineffective, for which she feels personally guilty. She's having to watch him fall apart and can do nothing to stop him. There's no way to help him carry his burden except to let him hurt her, which, unfortunately for her friends and brother, she's willing to do. She is also battling romantic feelings toward him as well: this level of dedication to someone's wellbeing definitely has an effect on the heart, and she is no exception. The fact that they arrived together out of a particularly desperate moment back home also doesn't help. (Or does it)
-Though her own turtle was spared, Katara is devastated over the murder of the babies, particularly Korra's.
-She's well aware that her bloodbending capability is emotionally scarring, and now she's having to watch over a hurt and very hesitant avatar. She's healing him in silence (after the Kedan's fail assassination attempt) when he allows her near enough, but the tension is wearing her down to the point of actual frustration, both toward him and herself.


She will, however, attempt to hide as many of these as she can from everyone including Aang, her brother, and Akito, lest she be even more of a burden on an already dark situation.

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Comments

[12goingon113]

Sometimes, when she looks at him like that, Aang is sure she can see all the way into his soul.

"You're welcome."

His head droops, and his shoulders creep up as he blushes ever so slightly.

"Oh yeah, it was pretty much the only thing I had to eat while I was at the Eastern Air Temple. It...it actually started to taste pretty good by the end of it."

[oceanblue]

She gives him another look of much more subtle disbelief, but shakes her head. "If you say so..."

[12goingon113]

Unlike before his insistence remains unchanged and sincere.

"It did! I mean, I don't think I'll go out of my way to make it again for no reason, but it really did help with my meditative state."

[oceanblue]

"Right... So how are we really going to do this now?" she asks him, shifting to sit a little taller. She hasn't meditated before, though she knows he's a pro at it. Maybe it really is time she learned.

[12goingon113]

"We can, sure," he says pulling his legs in and shifting so he's in a full lotus position. "Sit in the way you're most comfortable."

[oceanblue]

She shifted and sat opposite of him, attempting the same lotus style before giving it up and simply sitting cross-legged instead. Taking a deep breath, she slowly released it, looking across to her best friend.

[12goingon113]

"Good. Breathing is the most important first step. In fact, for a lot of meditation it's the only step," he says with a small benevolent smile which remains after he closes her eyes.

"Close your eyes and breathe. Feel the air going into your lungs, hold it there. Then feel it leaving."