M I S P L A C E D ;; Neteyam Sully x Reader

Chapter 3 [ Fishing ]

age of Íkxhie : 14
location : Omaticaya clan
time : before eclipse
note : i am gay

[prologue part 3]
"WE DON'T DO THAT SHIT LO'AK! SHUT UP!"

You and Lo'ak were bantering back and forth while running down a fallen tree trunk to a small, flowing creek. Neteyam and Kiri were close behind, more focused on the two of you fighting than where they were going.

"Can you guys shut up? You're making my head hurt," Kiri complained, rolling her eyes.

"Dude, then tell your head to stop hurting. Are you dumb?" You responded sassily, not daring to face the growing fury within Kiri from that remark. You and Kiri were very very close, a little less than Lo'ak and your relationship but still close. You two would often battle verbally, seeing who could one or three-up the other in the most offensive way possible.

"Dickhead!" Kiri retorted, sticking her tongue out.

"At least I have a dick!"
[lets um.. let's pretend you have male genitalia now, poosay GONE lolol]

"Who even wants a dick anyways? Seems annoying,"

"Seems more annoying that you're existing,"

You were so caught up in your "argument" with Kiri that you didn't notice the group had already arrived at the creek, and you were still running. Stupidly, you kind of ran into the creek, not noticing until you could feel the sharp, pointy rocks and freezing water.

Obviously, you slipped and fell on your ass like an idiot. [ilyg but i'm calling u an idiot in this story]

[tw a lil descriptive gore, js in case it makes u feel icky]
"Ixxie! Stop acting so dumb," Neteyam scolded, pulling you out of the shallow water. Thinned out blood from the water dripped down your thigh and trickled onto your calf, with some exposed flesh and blood around your ankles and on your feet.

"Íkxhie you're bleeding!" Tete said, as you registered the fact that you were, in fact, bleeding.

"Tete it's fine, just a small scratch here and there. I'm not a baby you know, we're the same age," You said, crossing your arms.

"Well technically yes, but you act so immaturely all I can see is a taller, dumber version of Lo'ak,"

"You forgot to add "handsomer" to that description list Tete," you smiled, pleased with your own remark.

"Oh I left that out intentionally,"

"So you're calling Lo'ak handsome? Incest-" You could barely choke out your sentence before snickering to yourself, happy with how you responded.

"WAIT NO- I DIDN'T- I HATE YOU IXXIE!!" Neteyam stuttered, unsure how to reply to your clever response.

"Aw, I love you too bro," You said, smiling and laughing a little.

[after fishing cuz idk how tf is works]

"Íkxhie, are you awake?" You heard Neteyam from his small canopy, moonlight dimly shining on his face and illuminating all his small and delicate features.

"Mmgh..?" You provided a small noise in return, letting him know his comment had woken you up rather than you already being awake.

"Never mind, you're clearly sleepy," He said, flipping over in your bed to face away from you.

[if it isn't clear already, you and Tete share a room, not a bed U NASTY MFS]

"No no, I'm awake now. What's up?" Your voice sounding husky as you just woke up caused Neteyam to bring more focus and attention to your voice, ears pricking up excitedly.

"Well, I was wondering. Do you think it's normal to like boys if you're a boy? Hypothetical question, my friend wants to know,"

"Ah, so that's what this is about. Yes, it's normal. It's called being gay," You said, canopy creaking as you sat up on your bed.

"Ah, I see. That's all I needed to ask though, so you can go back to sleep,"

"Um actually.. I was kind of having a nightmare. Is it okay if I sleep with you in your bed? My nerves are still kind of raw.." You spat out shakily, hoping he would refuse as you couldn't deal with that embarrassment in the morning.

"Sure bro, whatever you need,"

"Thanks," you said quietly, crossing the room to join Neteyam in his bed. Although the two of you had the same room and hung out a lot considering you lived with the Sullys, it was the first time the two of you had been this close.

As you climbed into his canopy, he shuffled over to one side to make more room for you. You carefully got in and layer down, staring at the ceiling.

"Wanna talk about it?" Neteyam asked, turning his head to face you and resting his hands on his stomach.

{first person POV}

Fuck, I don't wanna talk about my nightmare. Tete still doesn't know shit about my other home life, and I don't want him to think I'm weak or look down on me for it.

"Just.. missing my parents," I'm such a fucking liar.

"Ah, I'm sorry,"

I watched as his chest rose and fell lightly, his breathing quiet and even. His hands were rested on his perfectly toned abs, rising and falling in synch with his chest. Damn, those were good looking abs.

"All good?" Tete's voice brought me out of my thoughts, focusing on him.

His face was partially illuminated by the lowly light from outside, giving his most delicate features some emphasis. What the fuck, he's kind of handsome.

His eyes suddenly fluttered a little and then closed. "He's probably asleep.." I thought.

I waited a few minutes before leaning over his face, examining it in the dark room. "Wow.. his hair is so pretty. He looks so gentle like this, I wish I could hug him," I whispered, my voice barely escaping my lips.

{Neteyam's POV}

My eyes were closed, but I could feel Íkxhie staring at me. He didn't know I was only pretending to be asleep, and I didn't want him to think I was listening to him.

My eyes still closed, I could hear his soft voice muttering, but I wasn't really able to make out what he was saying. I could only catch bits and phrases, his words melding together.

"..so pretty.." and "..he looks so gentle.." floated through my ears. My breathing quickened a little, as I had never heard Ixxie talk about me, about anyone like that. I think he noticed my breathing get faster, and I felt the canopy shift under me. I assumed that he had just moved farther away from me.

I reluctantly opened my eyes, looking over at him and seeing he was still looking at me. "A-ah.. I didn't notice you.." I said, still breathing quite heavily.

"Haha, shut up Tete. I know you were fake sleeping," He laughed, ears flicking back a little. He pushed some hair out of his eyes (idk??) and even in the dimly-lit room I could tell he was smiling widely, his dumb looking crooked smile.

"Oh hush, I could feel you leaning over me earlier,"

"Oh, you did?" Ixxie suddenly flipped facing away from me, hand covering his face.

I nodded, confused at his sudden action. "Wait, I mean yes. I forgot it's hard to see much of anything in this light,"

"Yeah haha," Ixxie turned back over, arms resting between his thighs. "I can barely see your stupid face,"

"Shut up, your face is way stupider,"

"Is 'stupider' even a word?"

We had launched into quiet conversation for the next few hours, talking about whatever dumb and random things popped up in mind. Oh Eywa, he's so funny. I was wheezing from laughter at his commentary, even if it was just a randomly stupid comment. He would constantly smack me on the arm or shoulder if I started laughing to loud, in case we woke up any of my siblings.

What is this feeling? I enjoy spending time with Íkxhie, but not like with my other best friends or friends in general.

Am I crazy?