Sacrifice - Neteyam

Sixteen - Gone

Light shakes of my hammock wake me up, it's to harsh for a wind to be doing this, but if it was Amate she would just probably push me off of my hammock

"wakey wakey" voice jokes with me and I just turn around, putting my shawl over my head, trying to block off the light coming in "cmon you wanted to meet up with Tsireya, they have finished their lessons, they're just hanging around the island" Aonung says as he continues to shake my hammock, but not too hard for me to fall

I turn around one more time, moving myself a bit just so I can fall off of a hammock, he wont be able to shake to floor, so I might sleep in peace

Right as I am to do my deed he catches me and lays me down onto the ground "you won't be able to shake the floor" I tell him as I laugh, my face hidden from him with the shawl

I feel his hands once again wrap around my body, slowly lifting me up, I try to wiggle myself out but his grip is so tight around my body, not letting me out

Moving my tail I try to slap him but I don't succeed at that either

"whatever" I say as I let my body relax, giving him a signal that I gave up, and once his grip softens I wiggly out as fast as possible falling head first onto the walkway behind him

I take the shawl off of my head and start running as soon as possible, passing my marui I throw the shawl inside and jump off of the woven walkway, smiling as I hit the water, knowing that he is following right after me

I try swimming as fast as possible, trying to keep up with the advantage of me hitting water before him, but to my luck I feel him grab my leg, pulling me back to him

It was obvious that he would catch me eventually, his body is way more adapted to swimming than mine is, I sometimes even feel like I don't belong neither with reef nor forest people

Bubbles of air leave my mouth as I giggle, floating in the water my body turning around to face Aonung

'fuck you' I sign to him, such words didn't exist in their hand language but due to Lo'ak and his loads of free time now they do

He just ignores my statement, reaching his hands over to mine he slowly pulls them, resting my hands over his shoulders as the rest of my body slowly floats towards him

I do start feeling my cheeks burn a bit, the closer I get the stronger burning gets, it's like thousand thoughts are going over in my head making my heart beat even faster 

My body reaches his, making contact with his skin, our bodies touch the way then never did before, his hands sneak around my waist, pulling me even closer to his chest

Not even sure how to react I just let him, waiting for a moment where my brain tells me to do something, but it's not happening

His one hand travels from my back to my cheek, slowly brushing it with his fingertips

His touch feels like a fire, igniting my already burning cheeks 

As our heads start closing the distance between us, his touch goes cold, as if everything in me shuts down

This is not good idea

Still unaware of what to do I blow bubbles into his face, letting him go of the grip around me I move away, swimming up to the surface

I breathe out once I am up, feeling my body tense up, all muscles in me start twitching, like an adrenaline rush, but not so strong

Not long after he swims up, moving the hair from his face he just remains there, staring at me from distance

"let's go meet the others" he says breaking the silence and I just nod my head in response, if it wasn't for what he said we would probably stay there for the rest of the day, I really never found myself this...lost

Both of us call for Ilus and soon after climb on the ones that came, finding our way to the others

"Petani" I her Tsireya yell as I climb off of my Ilu, petting it, as a sing that he is free to go

"took you long enough" she jokes as she makes her way over to me, hugging me once we get closer, her hands wrapping around my neck as I pick her up

Dropping her second later as she is too heavy for me to hold 

We make our way to others, Aonung is already sitting there talking to Rotxo, acting as if nothing happened between us

Tsireya pets the spot between her and Kiri and I sit there, making myself comfortable as I look around "new clothes" I comment as I look at Tuk, her lioncloth resembling mine, with shell fringe laying at her hips

And her top is a beautifully woven green piece that brings her eyes even more, making them pop out "yes" she says in excitement showing off everything that Neteyam made her, pointing out how happy she is with the results

"well your brother did an amazing job" I compliment him moving my head towards where he sits but am only met with him looking at the ground, almost as if he is lost "he did" Tuk smiles as she gets the attention of her brother

"well thank you" he says looking up meeting my eyes

His eyes drained...tired

I am not sure if everyone else is just ignoring it, or not seeing it, cause I do remember the spark in his eyes that I once saw, but now, it is gone

He seems like he is just gone, and he needs help

I nod my head and turn around, joining the conversation Reya is having with Kiri, or at least trying to listen but my mind is stuck on him

Him and him

And I can not shake it off

I haven't talked to him in a while and now he is everything I am thinking of, maybe it's because I feel such a need to find out what is going on

It's just that I need to find out, find out what is bothering him, and why is he like that

"so what do you think, today or tomorrow" Tsireya asks Kiri and she just shrugs her shoulders, I have no idea what she is talking about, I feel like neither does Kiri

I ask Reya what she means and she explains how she wanted to organize bonfire, like the one she is having with her family from time to time, but only where we would meet and spend that time together, having fun and relaxing from our day to day duties

"well we can do it in 2 days" I say and she just nods, turning around and talking with Lo'ak, I turn my face to Kiri and she rolls her eyes, almost as if she wants to puke from the view

Kiri and I end up talking about my training, the way I am preparing for Iknimaya and to be honest she seems interested, often asking me questions about it and how does it feel like, she even told me how the went looking out for shells and how Reya and Ronal showed them these creatures that help them breathe under the water

Gill Mantle

She explaines how good it was to spend so much more time with her sibling swimming around, since Tuk still can't hold her breath for a while, even tho she is young, she is doing better than most Metkayina kids

I missed sitting and talking to my friends like this, I miss being relaxed but to be honest, I am not completely relaxed even now

I will be once I find out what's up with Neteyam

Another day another part, I mean I posted two so like

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