[Appointments] March 2013-

[savedtheworld]

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Old appointments post can be found here.

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[ sometime after February 18th ] (by the way Aang could have told her Robin's birthday if you like)

[savedtheworld]

Aang was trying to get back to normal after the experiment. Or at least to keep his mind off of what had happened the previous week. Even if none of the others were likely to be aware it even happened and even if he should be considering himself single ever since the 'break-up' he declared all those months ago, he still couldn't but feel guilty. And confused. Those special feelings, that he was sure he could only feel for Katara? He had felt them for someone else - for Arietta. And... he thinks he even felt a little bit for Leah, too. But at least with her, they didn't go beyond just talking with each other. It still worried him that he felt them to begin with. Did that make what he'd had with Katara, what he hoped to one day have again, less special?

He tried not to reflect on these as he sat outside the house. He focused on the small ball of air that he was bending up and down beneath his hand, almost like a bald cat with a ball of yarn. It was a lot more simple than most of Luceti's problems. But the ball dissipated the moment he heard that voice, and he turned to face Katara with an automatic smile that was just a bit weighed down by his worries.

"Oh... Hey, Katara!"

[ sometime after February 18th ] (cool, cool)

[markofthebrave]

"Hey," she smiled at him and came to sit beside him. "Here you are. I was looking for you."

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[savedtheworld]

"Oh... You were?" he said with just a little uncertain surprise before settling back into his sitting position as she joined him. He still had nervous thoughts playing in his head, but Katara was smiling, so it hopefully wasn't something bad. So Aang continued on a little more light-heartedly. "What's up, Katara? I didn't forget a chore again, did I?"

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[markofthebrave]

"No, nothing like that," she said, her smile fading into attentive concern. "I just wanted to talk to you about the last experiment. I wanted to see how you were doing."

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[savedtheworld]

And there it was. His own smile faded similarly as he shifted a little nervously, hugging his knees into his chest. "Oh. Right. The... the experiment. Well... I- I guess I'm okay. I feel like... myself. It's just weird, remembering that week." he said, glancing off uncertainly.

It would be easy to pretend he hadn't been affected - aside from some chocolate-induced hand-holding with Katniss at the spa, his encounters primarily happened in the remoteness of the forest. But he wants to face this (and is sure he'd be seen through anyway). After all, the way Katara said it implied she was being understanding. But some guilt still slipped into Aang's voice as he went on.

"Because... I was affected. Without even realizing it, I was having - my feelings were all mixed up."

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[markofthebrave]

She gave Aang a small smile, "That's what happens. That's what this experiment does. I know, it makes you feel so... well, a lot of different things."

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[savedtheworld]

He nodded at her understanding. "I see. It definitely did for me. I always thought my feelings - that they only went one way." That I could only feel like that for you. "But that week? I think I felt that way for two different girls. One of them I'd never even met before. It - it was... I don't know how to describe it." It was definitely confusing. "And this is... how it's always been?"

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[markofthebrave]

Her smile took on shades of pain and understanding, "Ever since I've been here."

She wasn't entirely sure how she felt about Aang having feelings for other people. Part of her was relieved, part of her felt a little lost - but she told herself that wasn't important now. It was about him.

[ sometime after February 18th ]

[savedtheworld]

He looked at her as he said that, absorbing her words with wide eyes, and then he looked towards the ground to reflect for a moment. Arietta, Leah... he didn't think he felt those feelings anymore. But he knew that in one case, one of those experiments led to real feelings for Katara. What if they still had feelings? He'd been briefed about the Valentines experiment many times, but not on what comes after.

So he looked back at her with an uncertain expression.

"What do you do when it's over?"