Invisible String - Jake Sully

2 (Edited)

"This is Lo'ak," Tuk continued pointing at the boy that seemed to have his eyes on Tsireya. "This is Neteyam, the oldest," she grinned at Neteyam.

"Nice to meet you all," Tawn smiled at them, "I'm sorry I couldn't show you guys to your marui this morning, but I'm sure Tsireya did the job amazingly."

A snicker was heard behind her, and Tawn turned to see Neteyam chucking Lo'ak's head.

"Too amazing," Kiri chirped.

Tawn smiled, feeling excited that she got in their inside jokes, "what happened?" she poked.

"Lo'ak has a crush on Tsireya," Tuk said nonchalantly.

"Tuk!" Lo'ak complained.

The others laughed, Tawn joining in, "don't worry, Lo'ak, your secret is safe with me." She said as they stopped in front of Tsireya, Aonung and Rotxo.

Tawn could see the sneer on Aonung's face. Typical Aonung, always the one who judged first, she rolled her eyes at her nephew's obvious splayed of dominance over the newcomers.

Tsireya, on the other hand, greeted the sully siblings with a huge dimpled smile, "Hey guys, come sit with us."

"Well, you guys go. I need to sit beside my sister at the grown-up table," Tawn frowned, eliciting a giggle from the girls.

"Don't miss us too much," Tsireya teased.

Tawn laughed at her and approached Ronal and Tonowari, who were joined by Jake.

The three of them seemed to be having some serious discussion and Tawn, being polite, didn't want to interrupt them and walked in the opposite direction. However, before she could take a step away, her sister called her out. 

She sighed before turning around and putting on a smile for their guest.

"Come, sister, we were just discussing tomorrow's agenda," Tonowari said, inviting her in.

Tawn nodded and sat beside Jake, greeting him.

"Here, eat this," Ronal said, giving Tawn a plate of fish and fruits.

Tawn thanked her.

"JakeSully, how do you like the food?" her sister asked. Tawn studied her sister for a minute to find mischief playing in her eyes. She sighed not liking where this would go. 

Jake nodded, "it's delicious. If we had this delicious meal every day at our old clan, we'd be pretty beefed up," Jake joked, making Tonowari laugh heartily 

"Well, you should thank Tawn here. Eywa blessed her with magic hands," Ronal said, gassing up her sister.

"Sister, stop!" Tawn said, now embarrassed.

Jake turned towards her and smiled. Tawn looked at his smile in awe. He looked so adorable to her, Tawn blinked her eyes a couple of times to get her head together. 

"It is not fair that I am the only one that got the credit for it. You helped too, sister," Tawn said, trying to divert the attention to the Olo'eyktan and Tsahik.

"This is very nice. Maybe you could teach me how to make some of that, I'm sure the kids would love it," Jake said, eating more.

Tawn bashfully nodded and focused on her plate.

Tawn could feel her heart beating abnormally in her chest. She found it odd. Was she sick?

"Jake, you could spend your time after your training with Tawn'kiri tomorrow. I'm sure she loves to help you," Tonowari suggested.

At this, Tawn looked at her brother-in-law. She couldn't believe them. Were they trying to set her up with him? A man with a mate and children?

"I don't think I can do that," Tawn refused, not wanting to spend time with Jake since she made her feel strange, "the kids and I are going to the forest tomorrow. We'd probably be there all day."

Jake hummed beside her, "are you a teacher?"

Tawn nodded, "I am not fit to be a warrior."

Tonowari laughed at her statement, "don't be too modest, sister." Ronal, being the amazing sister, added, "you should see the way she launched her spear to the sky, doing it like a true warrior."

Tawn blushed at the praise she got from her family.

"Really? Why don't you become one, then?" Jake asked, intrigued by the woman in front of him.

Tawn shook her head, "I almost did, but I feel like Eywa willed me to be a teacher," she explained, "but I love my life, so I am not complaining."

Jake nodded deep in thought, "that's very noble of you."

Tawn felt her heart beating fast, and warmth spreads throughout her body at the compliment. It was so weird for her to react this way to Jake's compliment when he wasn't the first person ever to compliment her. 

Thankfully, Tonowari changed the subject by telling Jake about their training plan tomorrow, and Tawn, having no interest in the conversation, finished her meal before getting up to leave.

She noticed the Sully's children having fun and expanding their social circle to Tsireya's friend, Rotxo and others. Tawn was glad some of them didn't avoid them like most of the kids. 

She continued to walk back to her marui and decided to call it a day. 

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Hope this one is cool.