I guess i should warn you right now, in case you havent read any of my other stories. Kataang is my OTP and somehow almost everything i write has to do with them and/or their kids. Any Zutara will be friendship! I have tried to understand and it just doesnt grow on me. It leaves a sour taste in my mouth, so i tend to stick with canon pairings. Maiko, Kataang (of course), Toph can stay by herself because she dont need no man, Suki and Sokka (only slightly), and young Linzin (Until they are in their thirties since Pema would come along some time), I also think that Lin is awsome on her own, Makorra Borra and Masami can go jump of cliffs for all i care since i want more character developement before i get hooked on relationships. Yep, i'm that type of person. I will stop rambling because i am making a huge paragraph.

I wrote this one not even thinking it would end up the way it did, but hey, what can ya do? I actually tried writing this a few days ago, but it didnt suit my fancy and it's somewhere on my computer. The next day, i wrote this. Much better than the riginal, which i dont think i even bothered to finish.

Anyways, i will explain myself briefly: I am sick of posting one-shots by themselves, so i will just put them together in a collection. Get it? Got it? Good!

The one-shots will most, if not all, be after the war, and before legend of Korra, with few exceptions that i will wait to talk about until needed. Unless otherwise noted by me, all stand alone.

Everyone in the group knew what Aang was like, so it wasn't really a surprise that he was the one to come up with the idea for a small dance party to teach Zuko a few moves a couple weeks before the Fire lord got married, or, as Sokka put it, threw his life away. It also was unsurprising that Katara backed him up, saying it would be fun and that Zuko should learn, though the others all guessed it had something to do with the fact that she would be the one helping the Avatar teach.

While Zuko had never been interested in dancing, the Avatar had insisted that he would have to dance with Mai at the party and that he would personally make sure of it. Mai was indifferent to the whole idea, but could barely hide a smile when Zuko sighed and reluctantly agreed to let the young Airbender teach him to dance.

Suki had also dragged Sokka into the situation, saying he should learn, to which was met with a round of complaints. She shut him up with a stern look and he just ducked his head, mumbling something about dancing being for girls. Toph snickered, but said she would join them only if she didn't have to dance, to which was met with agreement from everyone except Sokka, who thought it wasn't fair that he still had to.

That was how the gang ended up twirling around rather clumsily in the ballroom where the wedding party would take place. Well, Aang and Katara were expertly showing the steps to a dance, Zuko and Mai were paying attention while also trying to follow the steps, and Suki was laughing as Sokka paid more attention to his feet than anything else. She had given up being his partner and joined Toph on the sidelines.

"Well this is going nowhere fast," Toph said, putting her cup of lychee juice on the table and leaning back in her chair. "The only ones who have any idea of what's going on seem to be you, Sweetness, Twinkle toes, and surprisingly, Gloomy over there."

Suki listened to Sokka complain for a second as Aang tried to show him the most basic of steps and tried to hide her laughter, "Yeah. Where did Aang learn to dance? He's doing great, but I don't think Sokka will get it."

Toph shrugged, "Shocking right? None of us knew until we threw a dance party for some kids while we were traveling. He probably learned from before, while he was traveling with the monks."

"Oh. Right," Suki said, remembering stories about the Air Nomads traveling the world. "It must be awful to be the last of the nomads."

Toph smirked, "Give him a couple of years. It won't be long before he and Sugar Queen get married. I'm sure they'll have kids."

Suki looked at her, returning her smirk, "What makes you so sure? I mean, I know they've been together for years, but do you really think he'll ask her soon?"

Toph rose up her hands and sighed, "I thought I was the blind one. Just look at him. He's totally and completely in love. They both are. I'm telling ya, it'll happen."

Suki, who was watching Katara laugh at something that the airbender had whispered into her ear, didn't notice that Mai had joined them until she spoke, "I don't doubt that. They're making me nauseous."

"Still," Suki said, turning her attention to the girl, who was now leaning against the wall, twirling one of her daggers in her hand, "They just seem so…young."

"Isn't he twenty?" Mai asked, looking rather bored, "And I know she's a couple years older than him."

"Yeah, don't remind us," Toph said, picking up her glass again, "It makes me feel old."

"Mai, where did you learn to dance?" Suki asked curiously.

Mai shrugged, putting her finger on the tip of her dagger, "My parents forced me into lessons when I was little. I always hated them, but they came in handy when learning how to throw these."

"You hate everything," Toph said, earning a sigh in agreement.

"What are they doing?" Suki asked as she watched the only couple left smirk at each other and nod their heads.

On the dance floor, Zuko and Sokka were awkwardly watching the steps Aang was doing, mutually and silently deciding not to dance with each other. Aang and Katara finished out the song some of the random servants that Aang had rounded up were playing and smiled to each other before each moving to a different person.

"I'm guessing you need a new dance partner?" Katara asked as she walked up to Zuko, who cast a nervous glance at Mai, who wasn't doing a very good job at hiding a smile. Katara rolled her eyes when she saw where he was looking, "Don't worry," she said, moving his hands to her waist before putting hers on his shoulders, "Just don't get too comfortable and this won't end badly for you."

When Zuko gave her a questioning look, she gave him a half smile, "Get too comfortable dancing with one person and it's hard to adjust to another. You'll have to dance with Mai before the party to get used to it. You know, she's pretty good," she trailed off for a second. "Besides," she explained with shrug and a smirk as he began to slowly go through the steps he remembered, "I'm sure if you'd rather dance with me than her, you'd have the wrath of Mai and the Avatar to deal with."

Zuko grimaced at how casually Katara spoke, correcting any missteps and moving easily even though he was very uncomfortable with dancing with his best friend's girlfriend, especially while his fiancé was just a few feet away, smirking at the blush that appeared on his face. He just stayed silent and listened as Katara told him the steps.

A few feet away, something similar was happening. Sokka shook his head as Aang walked up to him, taking a few steps back, but only getting a pout from his friend and laughter from the girls. Aang batted his eyelashes and gave his award winning smile that had Sokka wishing he had faked being sick to get out of this whole thing.

He sighed and held out his hand, mumbling, "Would you like to dance?" under his breath. He was a bright red when Aang smiled and took his hand.

"I would love to dance, Sokka. Thanks for asking," Aang said, smirking now. Sokka was blushing even more as he heard Toph, Suki, and Katara laugh, and saw Zuko give him a sad smile, feeling his friend's pain. Sokka gave him a look that said 'you have it easy,' but Zuko didn't see it since Katara had to correct another step.

"I don't want to do this," Sokka said.

"Too late, Sokka," Aang replied, "You asked me. Just give it a chance."

Sokka just grumbled and looked even more uncomfortable as Aang grabbed his hands and put them on his waist before putting his arms on Sokka's shoulders.

"I can't do this," Sokka said, pulling away.

The Avatar pulled him back, shaking his head slightly, "It could be worse Sokka. Trust me."

"How?" Sokka grumbled quietly so no one else would hear. He moved his hands to Aang's shoulders and Aang smirked to himself before taking a step that Sokka had to follow. "You're my sister's boyfriend and my best friend, a bunch of girls are watching, and you're taller than me. How could this get any more awkward?"

"Well," Aang began. He chucked a little at how he had actually grown taller than his friend, even if it wasn't by much. He was actually the tallest in the group now, surprising everyone, but the only one who didn't seem to have any complaints was Katara, who was nearly a head shorter than him. "What was that you were saying about dancing?"

"It's for girls, and guys who want to impress girls," he responded.

Aang nodded, "I don't completely agree with that, but it does actually impress people. Anyways, I know how this can be more awkward."

"How?" Aang spun Sokka around at the right point in the music, and the Water Tribe warrior, still confused, just went with it. All of the girls laughed, including Katara, while Zuko shook his head sympathetically. "What?" Sokka asked, now self conscious and uncomfortable under everyone's gaze.

They continued to dance until the very last point, where Aang dipped Sokka back. Since he still didn't seem to get it, Aang righted him and shook his head as the warrior looked at everyone in the room.

"You were dancing the girl's part the entire time Snoozles!" Toph yelled as everyone else laughed. Sokka looked at Aang accusingly, but the young Avatar just raised his hands in defense.

"I had you right the first time, Sokka. You're the one who switched."

"You were supposed to help me!"

"I did," Aang smiled, "Now you know the steps to not do. And dancing isn't just for girls."

"Whatever, just don't expect me to ever do this again," a very red Sokka said as he began walking away, getting more laughter, but a 'you did pretty well though' from Suki.

The rest of the time that the little 'party' went on, the only ones to dance were Aang and Katara, earning claps from their small audience after every song. Of course, they offered to teach the others, but the little group was more interested in watching.

The dancing couple didn't notice, however, that the group was actually in the middle of a conversation about them.

"It's gonna happen sooner or later," they all agreed. Even Suki didn't have any more doubts about Aang and Katara. And why would they? The dancers didn't even notice when everyone else had gone to have dinner. It was nearly an hour later, when the servants had left and dinner was eaten, that Katara realized it was silent.

"You know," she smiled up at Aang, "I doubt Sokka will dance at the wedding now."

Aang nodded in agreement, smiling down at her, "I think Zuko nearly peed his pants. What was that about?"

Katara smirked slightly as he twirled her to finish out the dance, "I just told him that if he got too comfortable dancing with me, Mai would be jealous and he might have to deal with some daggers in some very uncomfortable places."

Aang laughed, "I don't doubt that. By the way, I must say I enjoy torturing Sokka. We should do this again sometime."

Katara thought for a second, "Dance or torture Sokka?"

It was the Avatar's turn to look thoughtful for a few seconds before he replied, "Both."

She smiled tiredly, yawning as she leaned her head against his chest and they rocked back and forth to imaginary music, "Sounds good to me, but we can mess with Sokka later." Aang just smiled down at her.

Sometime later, Mai crept quietly through the halls to the ballroom. She was only going to retrieve a dagger she had left behind, but didn't want to wake anyone in the palace, or have any of the servants search for it. She would much rather get it herself than have anyone else put their fingers on it.

She quietly opened the door and poked her head around the corner to see something that she couldn't help but openly smile at. Avatar Aang was rocking back and forth, eyes closed, holding Katara, one arm on her back, the other under her knees. She had her arms laced around his neck and was asleep, her head against his chest. Aang himself looked asleep, but Mai knew otherwise. He was awake and would stay that way until he decided he couldn't stand any longer, which could be awhile, and even then, he probably wouldn't wake up Katara.

Mai was also aware that the Avatar knew she was there. He opened his eyes and smiled at her, but Mai just smiled back and nodded apologetically before turning around to leave. She would get her dagger back later. Now, however, she wondered if it would be remotely possible to get the Fire lord to stand for hours holding her like that willingly. She shook her head but had a smile playing at her lips, seriously doubting it.

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