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"You got my girlfriend high."

"No. She got herself high."

"You. Got. My. Girlfriend. High!"

Katara threw her head into her hands. How? Just how? How did this happen? She had been gone for a few hours and her stupid brother went and got Azula high. And, of course, it couldn't just be a little bit that would make her wobbly or a bit disoriented. Nope. It had to be enough so that she was now, in dragon form, laying on the grass and rubbing her back and sides against it.

"You have to admit this is funny." Sokka smiled.

"No. It's not!" Katara argued.

Azula's ears perked up upon hearing Katara's voice and she rushed over to her girlfriend, picking her up with her teeth, "Azula, sweetie, please put me down." Azula didn’t listen, “Azula! Put me down!” Katara pushed herself away from Azula when the dragon refused to do so.

The dragon's ears fell and she gave a sad growling noise, "Awww. You hurt her feelings.” Sokka laughed.

“I will freeze you and leave you in the palace freezer.” Katara warned.

She turned her attention back to Azula, gently pressing a hand on the dragon’s muzzle, “How about we go inside and we can stay in bed? Maybe you sleep this off?" Katara suggested.

"Or maybe she-"

If looks could kill, Katara would have buried Sokka with the glare she sent him, "Go inside and get some rest." He weakly finished.

"Good idea." Katara said, "Please, Zula. It's about to start raining and you hate the rain."

The dragon looked up at the sky and roared at it, "I don't think that'll stop the rain. Just come inside. Please." Katara stared at her with her big blue eyes, "For me."

The dragon that was also her girlfriend pressed her head against Katara's chest, purring like an engine. Despite the situation, the waterbender found herself smiling and laughing as Azula shrunk back to human size in her arms. Minus her horns, tail, and wings, she was completely human.

"Cute." Azula grinned, booping Katara's noise and letting her tail dance around behind her, "Katara?"

"Yes?"

"Katara?"

"I'm right here. What is it?"

"Katara?”

“What?” Katara asked, laughing a little now.

“I love you.”

The waterbender let out a sigh, “I love you too. Now, let’s get you to bed.” Katara wrapped her arms around her girlfriend before looking over at Sokka, “We will talk later.”

Thankfully, the walk to Azula and Katara’s room wasn’t far. However, that didn’t stop Azula from making it as long as possible. Katara had to stop her from dragging her claws against the wall, seeing if she could shoot a fireball right at the center of someone’s portrait and—the one thing she couldn’t stop—Azula’s decision to fly in the hallways.

“Azula! Azula!” Katara cried. Azula’s wings were strong enough to carry her—Azula was currently holding her wrists so that she was a few feet above the ground—but Katara really didn’t want Azula flying at all when she was this out of it, especially in the halls, “Azula, stop!”

“But this is fun!”

“Not for me! I don’t have wings, remember? I can’t fly.” She argued.

The princess stopped her flight so that she was only flying in one place, “Wings are weird.” Azula giggled. Somehow, her brain told her to stop flapping and the two women fell to the ground, “Wingy wingy wings.” Azula kept repeating the words as her wings moved up and down while she remained on her stomach on the ground.

“You know what’s even better than wings?” Katara asked, “A bed.”

“No, it’s not. Wings are better than a bed. Look.” Azula wrapped her wings around her body and rolled on the ground. It was similar to how one would roll up in a blanket, “Wings beat bed.”

“Sure but you can’t sleep on the floor.“

“I can!” Azula argued, “Zuzu and I used to do it all the time and…” She trailed off, staring at the wall with the blankest stare Katara had ever seen from a person.

“Azula?”

“….”

“Azula?” Katara kneeled down to make sure Azula was still with her when the dragon princess bounced back onto her feet.

“Let’s go see if Zuzu is awake!” Azula chirped, taking off down the hall.

“Azula, stop! Azula!”

The two women tore through the hallway to get to the Fire Lord’s chambers first. It was incredibly late at night so Katara was certain that Zuko would be asleep and not in the mood for his sister’s antics, especially when she was this high off whatever Sokka had given her. 

“Azula! I have mochi!” Katara called.

Azula stopped dead in her tracks and turned towards her girlfriend with wide slit eyes. Behind her, her tail flickered back and forth. Azula was rarely in her half human half dragon form, but the waterbender knew enough about her dragon state to know that she officially had Azula’s attention. Katara let out a small sigh of relief. Food always worked.

“Why don’t we go have some and then head to bed?”

“Okay.” Azula allowed herself to be led to the kitchen. Once there, she slumped down onto the floor keeping herself in an upright position thanks to the wall behind her, “Katara?”

“Yes?”

“I love you.”

“I love you too.” Katara said, handing Azula a packed of mochi which she quickly dug into.

“Really?”

“Of course I do. I love you more than anything, Azula.”

“What if I was a worm?” Azula asked, popping another piece of mochi into her mouth, “Would you love me then?”

“Yes, I would love you even if you were a worm.”

“Promise?”

“I would make you your own little worm home and keep it next to the bed so I could continue talking to you every day.”

“Good.” Azula seemed satisfied with that answer because, as quickly as she started the conversation, she ended it. She was now just focused on eating as much mochi as the kitchen had. When she ran out of that, she broke open the drawers and began to eat whatever snacks she could find.

“Wow.” Katara mumbled, “Being a dragon and high really makes you snackish, huh?”

“I’m hungry.” Azula argued.

“Are we sure you and Sokka didn’t swap bodies at some point?” Katara chuckled.

Azula stopped for a moment as if she had to take time and check to make sure she was still in the correct body. After a few moments of checking herself over, she turned back to Katara, “We didn’t.” She reported.

“Good.” Katara decided to simply lean back in a nearby chair while Azula tore apart the kitchen. She could come downstairs in the morning and apologize to the cooks then. For now, she had a very crazy dragon to look after and make sure she got into bed without destroying the palace. Katara didn’t put it past her to not completely transform in the middle of the building and destroy the palace trying to find something or someone.

“Katara?”

“Yes?” Katara asked while watching the princess climb up to the top shelf.

“Do you love me?”

“I very much do, Azula.” Katara confirmed again, “Do you love me?”

Azula didn’t answer right away. Instead, her head turned towards Katara like some kind of wild cat hearing its prey move and she leapt onto the girl, causing Katara to fall back. She would have hit her head if she didn’t catch herself, “Azula-” Katara was cut off by a kiss from her girlfriend.

“I would do anything for you.” Azula said, pressing her face against Katara’s.

“Thank you.” Katara chuckled.

“Anything.”

“Alright. Then you’ll come with me to bed.”

“Mmm-hmmm.” Azula nodded, happily following Katara to their room.

Once they got in and got the door closed, Katara was only focused on getting into bed. Sleeping in their clothes and not having a bath before bed was fine. They could change and bathe in the morning.

“Now what?” Azula asked.

“Now, you and I get into bed and go to sleep.”

“No more kisses?” Azula asked, her ears falling.

Katara planted a quick kiss on Azula’s lips, “There you go. Now, bed.”

“Okay!”

Oddly enough, getting under the covers wasn’t difficult at all. The two situated themselves—with Azula getting rid of her dragon features—and Katara cuddled close to her firebender girlfriend. High or not, Azula was like a campfire with her inner flame and it made for the best cuddle partner. The waterbender was about to fall asleep when she heard a voice.

“Katara?” Azula asked.

“Yes?” Katara asked, not opening her eyes.

“Do you think I came from an egg and no one told me?”

Katara’s eyes snapped open and she spat out a laugh, “What?”

“I’m a dragon, right? Dragons come from eggs. Maybe I came from an egg.”

“Azula, babe, I think you would know if you came from an egg.”

“You sure?”

“Positive.”

“But what if-”

“Azula. Bed. Now. We’ll talk more in the morning.” Katara pushed herself away from Azula in the hopes that it would make her sleep.

“...Are you mad?” She was certainly getting there.

“No. Can we please get some sleep now?” Katara begged.

“....Tara?”

“Yes?” Katara asked, looking at her girlfriend’s pleading eyes.

“Can we keep cuddling?”

Katara didn’t answer. She only wrapped herself around Azula again and let the dragon girl nuzzle closer to her body. The sound of purring filled the room in seconds which served as the perfect sound to lull both Katara and Azula to sleep.