I don't think Aang saw it as rejection. He had a face that seemed like...he didn't care if she rejected him or not. He did what he needed to do, and left for battle. On Katara's end, she was shocked, then got into it, then he pulled away and she was STILL in kiss mode. Then she was like..embarrassed and sad he was leaving and watched him fly off with a blush on her face. NOT rejection. Even in 311, when he was crying, she came over to him and embraced him and gave him a reassuring look. If she was creeped out by him, she would act as such. Even when he came flying back to let them know Ozai was missing, she was like "Look! Aang's back!" I didn't sense any creepy awkwardness between them after the kiss, so that's a VERY good sign.
Seriously keep in mind that Katara kissed him back. Things are about to start getting real interesting between those two
Edited on 11/11/2007 10:20am