Neteyam
Kireyi had continued to peak his interest, and he couldn't bring himself to focus as they started swimming lessons again after lunch. Even now as he sat in his family's Marui Pod for dinner, she lingered in his mind. Her sugary voice, and soft touch, the way she welcomed his family so openly, he was embarrassed at how quickly he'd come to liking her.
Despite this, he was with his family right now, best to focus on that. Ever since last night they had already seemed better, although he and his sibling's were trying to get used to his father's old behavior seeping through, they were grateful enough that he was at least trying to make a change. Lo'ak even sat next to his father in hopes for a better start, "I'm a better swimmer," Lo'ak said in a high pitched voice.
His younger sister, Tuk, hissed, "Skxawng! I do not sound like that," She grabbed onto Neteyam's arm urging the oldest boy to speak up for her.
"Lo'ak...." The older boy tried to bite back his laugh, "She does not sound like that-" A smile almost formed as he coughed looking away.
"Bro! You're literally about to laugh, don't even!" Lo'ak yelled, and Neteyam coughed again attempting to hide the laugh.
"Mom! They're picking on me...." Tuk jumped over to her mother's lap.
Looking to her sons she had a faint smile, "Stop being mean to your sister."
"Yeah Lo'ak, she learned faster than you did," Kiri instigated.
"Skxawng....." He glared.
Kiri rolled her eyes looking to her parents, "They wanted to show us the waters at night, can we go?"
"Tonight?" Their father asked.
"Yeah, sometime after dinner."
The two mates exchanged a look, receiving a small nod, Jake spoke for them, "I don't see why not, just don't be out too late."
The four children looked to each other, shared pleasure filling them.
Night passed over quickly, and so did Kireyi, greeting the Sullys, "I came to show them our waters, if that's alright of course."
"Thank you," Their mother rubbed Tuk's back, "Go on."
Neteyam treaded behind his siblings while they all immediately rushed onto their feet, "We won't keep them out too long, thank you!" Kireyi stepped aside, waiting for them to come out. Tuk ran into the girls arms, stealing Kireyi's attention from her older siblings. Neteyam's eyes were stuck on the two of them the whole walk over, he hadn't even began to process how beautiful the beach had been at night as his eyes didn't falter. Kiri and Lo'ak looked to each other, both picking up on their brother's behavior.
"You all came!" Tsireya exclaimed, "Yippeee," Aonung sarcastically remarked, earning yet another hit. The boy didn't know if he was more annoyed by all the hits he was receiving or the fact Rotxo would laugh in his face every time it happened. Rotxo and Aonung made their way to Kiri quickly, with mixed comments of teasing and teaching her about their home. She couldn't tell if she liked them or not, especially Aonung.... at least Rotxo was nice. They wouldn't admit to taking a small fancy to her either.
(play "everything will wait" by raury)
Everyone made their way to the water, eyes sparkling as the small ripples reflected the light from the bioluminescent plants. The sky was filled with stars, and Kiri took a second to look at them, in the forest the view hadn't been so clear. The farther they swam, the more animals they saw. She loved watching the way the animals and fish moved in the water, almost breathtaking, for her. The girl easily connected to the fish as they moved with and around her; Kireyi and her mother noticed this, simultaneously watching her from afar.
On the contrary to the girls serene behavior, Tuk had other plans springing onto her older brother's shoulders, "Can we play Teyem?" Her arms wrapped around his shoulders.
"I don't see why not," He ruffled her hair, he was fortunate to see his sister so happy.
Diving into the water she started to swim away from the older boy in a game of tag, swimming with the fish and around coral, Tuk was a natural. She caught sight of Kireyi and hid behind the girl as her brother closed in. Although the young girl couldn't speak underwater, Kireyi immediately knew she was hiding from a chase with her brother. They had been blowing bubbles in each other's faces, trailing each other around, and wrestling. And now Kireyi was in the middle of their play fight. Going along with it, she used a shell to blow many bubbles around her, and Tuk quickly swam away to hide. Kireyi took the girl into a small reef cave with an air pocket; she had hid here many times when playing with her siblings and felt Tuk would enjoy it just as much as her.
"This is so cool! I didn't know the sea could have air pockets."
The cave wasn't very big, however it hadn't been the smallest either, it was dark, just enough light flowing in to somewhat make out each others faces.
"Yes, it can come in quite a handy right? There are many spaces with them, it's a matter of how close you look, little Tuk. Would you like to see something?" Kireyi had Tuk on her hip, and as she nodded, the older girl slowly lowered them into the water again. Letting Tuk float in the middle, Kireyi moved towards the walls of the small cave, skimming her hand across. The cave lit up as she moved her hand along; small iridescent fish swam out of the crevices like stars or sparkles. Tuk looked around the cave in astonishment, taking in everything around her. The fish swam around the two girls, and even though it gave away where they hid, Kireyi didn't mind. She enjoyed showing the little one the beauty of the sea, her sea. As if on cue, Neteyam found them but didn't expose himself. He hid behind the entrance watching the two, he didn't know if he enjoyed seeing Tuk so joyous, or the girl who caused that joy more. He proceeded forward taking his sister up to the air pocket.
"Hey!! That's not fair. You snuck up on me, Nete."
"No, you let your guard down Tuk-Tuk, I thought I taught you better." He moved the younger one's hair out of her face as she continued to argue, his attention was still on her hair; making sure it didn't bother her.
"No, it isn't fair! Right Kireyi?" She was so sure her brother played foul that Kireyi laughed a little taking Tuk's side. With the support from her new friend, Tuk hissed at her older brother showing her canines.
Neteyam simply brought his sister to his hip holding her weight, "You're right, I apologize."
"Did you see the cave light up?" Her brows raised.
"Yes I did, have you thanked Kireyi?" Neteyam looked to the girl, spotting her look away. Using his sister as an excuse to be closer he pushed the two forward a little, allowing Tuk to reach over.
"Thank you!" She jumped from Neteyam's arms into Kireyi's embrace.
"You're welcome little one," Her voice was sweet, and her tail coyly swayed.
"We should get going now, it's late and we have an early morning tomorrow." Her eyes met the boys, both glowing. She dived back into the water and they followed as her and her siblings collected everyone.
Reaching the shore the night air teased their skin, covering the group in small goosebumps. The Chief's children led the four siblings back to their pod, "Please get some rest, tomorrow we will start lessons early." Tsireya kindly warned the group, leaving them alone with her two siblings.
"How was it?" Neytiri asked, taking Tuk into her arms.
"It was so pretty!" The little girl chirped, now jumping around the pod. She landed in Neteyam's lap and they fell back with a thud, instead of the boy sitting back up he stayed down as Tuk sat on his stomach. It wasn't long before her head met his chest, soft snores coming from his sister. With the warmth from the fire and small whispers from his family, he gave in closing his eyes too, not expecting the sleep to take over so fast. Lo'ak and Kiri joined their siblings, all cuddled on top of one another.
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strong - neteyam x oc
Fanfiction"Don't look away from me," He moved closer. And she couldn't. Kireyi herself was like the water, if he pushed she would pull, he learned that if he wanted to be closer to her he needed to see how she reacted to his own "movements" just as if he was...
