A drop in the ocean: Neteyam x Reader

Chapter 2

"I'm happy you are joining us." Neteyam said with a shy smile.

"Me too, I couldn't stay. Especially with you all leaving" you looked down suddenly nervous from him staring at you.

"I have to say.." you looked up at him again as he spoke softly. "It would have been a lot harder leaving if you would not have agreed to come," and with a touch of your shoulder, he walked past you to his hut.

You stood there for a couple seconds after processing what he said to you. Neteyam. Neteyam. You kept repeating his name in your head. Your thoughts were abruptly stopped when you saw Lo'ak walk by in a hurry. Lo'ak. Right. Where was he, when you were talking to Jake and Neytiri.

"Hey! Lo'ak!" You called to him; you swore you could see his eyes jump to you for a second before continuing to wherever he was going. Did he just ignore you? You felt a needle pierce your heart a little. Hell no. You were about to chase after him but you heard Neytiri call you to.

This isn't over Lo'ak. You thought to yourself.

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Lo'ak had been ignoring you all day. Anytime you tried to talk to him, he brushed you off. At first angry, but now you were just sad and frustrated. Why was he upset with you? Was he mad you didn't stay and take the heat with him from his parents for putting everyone in danger yesterday? Whatever it was, he couldn't even look you in the eye.

Neteyam and Kiri noticed Lo'ak suddenly distancing himself from you. It was weird the trio was not attached to the hip. Y/n had been with Kiri all day, and when she asked you about Lo'ak, all you did was shrug your shoulders.

It was starting to piss Neteyam off. He didn't like seeing you upset; when he talked to you, you were friendly but very uninterested in the conversation, like something else was on your mind.

Before dinner, he grabbed Lo'ak's arm. "I advise you to talk to Y/n and fix whatever happened," he said sternly to his brother.

Lo'ak shrugged him off, "what are you talking about? Nothing happened." He scoffed.

"Y/n's been upset all day. Fix it." Neteyam gave his brother a look and walked to dinner, leaving Lo'ak with his thoughts. He didn't realize he was upsetting you. He couldn't stand the pain he felt when he looked at you, knowing he was leaving you. Then he started to get annoyed. Why was Neteyam so worried about you being upset?
At dinner, Lo'ak kept stealing glances at you, hoping you would look at him. But you kept your eyes trained down at your food or next to you to talk to Tuk and Kiri. If Lo'ak wanted to ignore you, you could ignore him better. Neteyam noticed the looks Lo'ak was giving you. His tail flicked side to side on the ground in annoyance. Lo'ak was such a skxawng , he thought. Your head tilted up when you heard a smack on the ground. Neytiri held Neteyam's tail down, "stop," she hissed and ran her hand down his tail. You laughed and looked up at him and Neytiri. He was already staring at you. He gave you a small smile and kept eating.

Without meaning to, your eyes shift to Neytiri's left, catching Lo'ak's eyes. His eyebrows shot up, excited you finally looked at him. He tilted his head to the exit, eyes widening a little bit for a moment. So now he wants to talk.
You took a deep breath and excused yourself. Not long after, Lo'ak followed. Kiri looked at Neteyam, giving him a look. Neteyam shook his head, meaning give them space. However, he didn't like the thought of you and Lo'ak alone. He knew you two needed to talk.

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Lo'ak led you towards the forest. It was dark, so he didn't take you far. He climbed up one of the trees the two of you frequently visited together, and he sat down, legs hanging off a branch. You sat next to him.

"Well?" You questioned after a couple of minutes of silence.

He took a deep breath. "I-I'm not mad at you." He was still looking straight ahead.

"Okay, so why are you ignoring me?" You didn't understand.

"Y/n." He turned to look at you, "please don't stay; I know it's not fair for me to ask. But please come with us."

Your eyes widened—what a skxawng. You started to laugh a little, covering your mouth. Lo'ak' turned away from you, embarrassed. Why were you laughing at him.

You grabbed his chin, turning his face back to look at you. "I'm coming with you, Lo'ak." You smiled at him.

A grin broke out on his face "wait, what? But I saw you crying and -" you cut him off.

"If you had just asked me instead of ignoring me, you would know that at the end of that conversation, I decided to leave with you guys." You dropped your hand from his chin, but he caught it. Your breath got caught in your throat. Finally, noticing you were sitting close to each other, thighs brushing together, his beautiful eyes looking at you tenderly. Your face burned.

"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry for ignoring and upsetting you. But I'm so happy that you are coming with us." He spoke looking down at your two hands together.

There had been so many small moments between you and Lo'ak your entire life. Helping each other when you first learned to fly your ikrans, little touches of hands or stealing glances at each other during dinner.

Your heart beamed. You liked Lo'ak since you were little, but we're sure if he felt the same way. Sometimes he treated you like Kiri, like when you almost fell off a tree branch and Neteyam caught you. He just laughed and told you to keep up. He would also sometimes flirt with girls around your age. While other times he treated you differently, like now. It made your head spin.

"Let's head back before we get in trouble." He kept your hand and helped you up.

"Yea..I think we've been in enough trouble lately" you smiled, and the two of you walked back to camp. You were on cloud nine until he dropped your hand when the two of you arrived back.

Neytiri approached the two of you, placing her hand on your heads.

"Head to bed. We are leaving early tomorrow."

You nodded and looked back at Lo'ak, but he was already walking behind his mother, back to their hut.

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You stayed in your hut that night. It was possibly the last time you would sleep in it. You lay down, and right before you fell asleep, you heard a noise. You turned to the opening and see Neteyam.

You sat up, "what's wrong?" It was late, why was he here.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. I just wanted to check in on you" he smiled, and you felt your body relax. You motioned him to sit down next to you.

"Uh, I'm fine. A little sad but at the same time excited." Rubbing the back of your neck, he was sitting right in front of you. He always looked at you so intently while you talked. As of he didn't want to miss a word you said.

"I'm excited, too; I can't help but feel sad. I hate that we're leaving." He looked down between his legs.

"Of course, Neteyam. This is your home. Your clan, you were going to be Olo'eyktan one day. Whose knows, we could come back and the clan would absolutely choose your father to be Olo'eyktan again."

He looked up at you and smiled. "thank you, but I came in to comfort you." He laughed and bumped your shoulder.

"Well, lucky for you, I'm fine. I'm more than happy to comfort you." You tilted your head at him and smiled widely. Your cheeks burned a little.

Neteyam had to look down because of how you were looking at him at that moment would make him spill out everything he's wanted to say to you since you were 14.

"Okay, well. I'll let you get some rest. Goodnight Y/n" you wished him a goodnight as he left.

You laid back down, and you couldn't stop the smile that was creeping onto your face.

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Okay! That's all for today. I want to update everyday, as of right now. Please let me know if you want shorter chapters.