She'd been so confused, so messed up after Tokyo because... yes. She'd wanted to say yes. She'd wanted him and she'd wanted to be with him. She didn't know if he was right, if he would have made her happy, or if they would have fought the whole time, or if her family's acceptance would have been too important or if she would have been too humiliated by his past behavior towards women to ever really relax and enjoy being with him, but--
Those were small concerns in the light of everything. In the light of knowing that she would have wanted to try.
She wanted to be happy.
She loved Aang. She truly and deeply loved him - this him as well as the him she remembered. She loved his consideration and his compassion and his sunny nature. She loved his stupid little marble trick and his intensity as he meditated and his determination to ride everything dangerous and inject life and fun into hopeless situations.
She loved him. And Masaomi was right - in enough time, she could easily be in love with him as well. But right now, knowing what she knows... the thought of capitulating to a preordained future did make her sick.
And right now, Sokka was right - all she felt was trapped.
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It's not an assumption.
She'd been so confused, so messed up after Tokyo because... yes. She'd wanted to say yes. She'd wanted him and she'd wanted to be with him. She didn't know if he was right, if he would have made her happy, or if they would have fought the whole time, or if her family's acceptance would have been too important or if she would have been too humiliated by his past behavior towards women to ever really relax and enjoy being with him, but--
Those were small concerns in the light of everything. In the light of knowing that she would have wanted to try.
She wanted to be happy.
She loved Aang. She truly and deeply loved him - this him as well as the him she remembered. She loved his consideration and his compassion and his sunny nature. She loved his stupid little marble trick and his intensity as he meditated and his determination to ride everything dangerous and inject life and fun into hopeless situations.
She loved him. And Masaomi was right - in enough time, she could easily be in love with him as well. But right now, knowing what she knows... the thought of capitulating to a preordained future did make her sick.
And right now, Sokka was right - all she felt was trapped.
And she wept.]