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Zutara Week - Lick

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“You have no idea where we are, do you?”

Katara looked towards Zuko, who was looking at two various makeshift paths in the thick forest. He continued on down the right.

“Not really but I figure we have to come out SOMEWHERE and this path seems more travelled than the alternate.”

Katara had nodded and continued to follow him. When she had complained earlier that he didn’t know where he was going and that they should go another way he had let her lead. After coming across an elephantbee hive and a mother goosebear she had let him guide again.  

Katara looked to the water at her hip. Once they realised they were lost they tried to drink less water as possible.  They had drunk some water recently and were down to only a pouch of water but she had lived under worse conditions. Her hand instantly went to the pouch after she felt something brush against her leg. Then something seemed to grab her shoulder but whatever it was disappeared when she turned around.

“Zuko...?”

She felt something else brush against her arm. She immediately backed up and ended up tripping over a root in the ground. She groaned as she lay in the bushes trying to get up. Zuko then came and offered her a hand which she took. He helped her up and held onto her hand for a second before letting it go like it was on fire.

Actually, it did seem to be getting a little hot.

It was just a heat on her hand but then it concentrated. It was like someone took a magnifying glass and let it concentrate the sun’s rays on her hand.  The pain was bearable...for now.

Then that intense heat spread.

It started at the back of her hand and spread to her whole hand. It was quick. She could feel the same sting spreading on her left cheek. Rubbing dulled the pain but not by a lot.  She looked up at Zuko who was inspecting his hand.

“What is this?”

Zuko’s eyes snapped to hers before snapping back to his hand that was now starting to gain a red colour. Katara looked to her own skin that had already turned red. The pain was excruciating and it brought her to her knees.

“You must have fallen in fire ivy.”

Katara watched in shock as he brought his hand to his lips and licked it.  Twice she tried to speak but only a groan came out. Finally she was able to spit out her sentence.

“What’re you doing?”

His eyes looked at her as he continued to lick his hand. Katara felt her cheeks heat up more despite the act that the pain was starting to fog her vision and senses.

“Saliva cures fire ivy burns.”

It seemed like a light turned on in her eyes as she looked to her burnt hand. She brought her hand up to her face and gave it a tentative lick. Her eyes seemed to brighten with amazement at the relief and she continued to lick her whole hand clean.  Her pink tongue darted out to lick her wrist and she found the saliva wasn’t spreading as fast. Her tongue was drying.  

Zuko couldn’t take his eyes away and thanked Agni she wasn’t even paying attention to him.

She licked her burning lips and some of her cheek before she figured it was futile. Desperately she licked her hands and spread the hardly there saliva on her face only to find out it was doing nothing.  She rubbed at her face furiously as tears prickled her eyes at the pain. It felt like it was on fire, like the skin was melting away and peeling off her face. She half expected to rub her skin away before two strong hands grabbed her wrist.

Her eyes snapped to golden ones.

The shock numbed the pain for a second before it came back with just as much force. She tried vainly to rub at her skin to give it some relief but Zuko held her hands steady. She almost screamed at him but the words stuck in her throat as something wet slid across her cheek and dulled the pain.  She could feel his hair tickling her nose as he licked under her ear where the infection had started.

She shivered.

He then moved down her neck before licking right below her cheekbone and moving down her cheek. Her hands trembled.

He continued.

Over her brow, down the bridge of her nose, her forehead and the corner of her eye. All were thoroughly taken care of. The pain had subsided and he pulled away. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at him in shock as his eyes pierced into hers. He still held her hands and he was close, a few inches away. If she wanted she could-

“Is it better?”

She looked at him dumbly before she nodded, a blush rising to her cheeks. She turned away from him and he awkwardly let go of her hands and stood up from his crouched position in front of her. He cleared his throat before turning around in the direction they were heading.

“Let’s....Let’s get moving then.”

Katara nodded as she got up. A pink tongue darted out and licked her cheek where his taste lingered.
What's my excuse for this being late? I don't have one. ^^; I was lazy. Sue me. But really guys im sorry it's late but if i submitted this sooner it would be admitting zutara week is over and that makes a little piece of me die >.<

O well. I might actually make pics to go along with all my zutara week fics. i plan to start soon. :D

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i love the story you should make more of it, i didn't want to stop reading once i had started reading it