Y/N's POV
When I wake up, I see that the whole group is gone. Except for the person who's laying behind me with his arms wrapped around me. I turn around and see that he's already looking at me.
We just stare at eachother for minutes. His hands are caressing my back, making me feel really comfortable and safe. The silence between us isn't awkward, it's calming.
I love being with him..
I love him..
And last night I told him. But only because I thought that he was already asleep. I was too scared for his reaction. But now, when I'm looking at him, it feels as if he knows what I said.
I wanna say something. But when I open my mouth, he starts kissing me. Carefully at first and then more passioned. His arms are still around me, almost hugging me.
We lay like that for a few minutes. His lips on mine and his hands on my back. This feels perfect. Being with him is perfect. If I could spend the rest of my days with him then I would, without a doubt.
But there's still a part of me that he doesn't know about. I'm scared for what he might do if he finds out. He'll think I'm a monster. He'll think that I'm a killing machine, ready to attack everyone he loves. But that's not me.. If he knows me well enough then he wouldn't see me like that, right? I mean, I told him that I love him and I really mean that. But if he doesn't believe me, then I don't know what to do. I've seen Neteyam fight, he's strong and fast. He could kill me easily, if I don't watch out.
All these thoughts are racing through my head. I almost forget that we're still kissing. But then he breaks the kiss. Our breathing being heavy from making out so long. His beautiful, yellow eyes are piercing through mine.
"I love you too" He whisperes.
My eyes widen. He what?
A smile creeps up on his face. "You truly thought that I didn't hear you last night?"
"Well, you didn't react. So I figured you were asleep.." I respond.
The smile on his face turns even bigger.
"But why did you say it then?" He asks.
"I don't know.. Because I felt it, I guess. And because I wanted to share it with you.."
His eyes are filled with happiness. I smile at this, finding it very, very cute.
"I love you" He whisperes. "I love your eyes, I love your smile, I love the way you walk, I love yo-"
"Neteyam.." I smile.
"No, no, no, I'm not done yet" He replies. "I love your laugh, I love your voice.. Oh, and I really really love how you're alw-"
I kiss him again, I wrap my arms around his neck, pulling him even closer then he already was. After one minute I break the kiss and stare deeply into his eyes.
"I love you" I say.
He gives me a kiss on my forehead. I always love it when he does that, I don't know why.
But then I look around, remembering that the rest of the group isn't here.
"Where is everyone?" I ask him.
"I told them to go and search for food"
"But-"
"It's okay. They promised me that they won't go far. Kiri and Lo'ak are keeping an eye on Tuk and I trust them with that"
I nod and smile. "Okay"
"And besides, I rather spend some alone time with my gilfriend then with my annoying brother who's always really grumpy in the morning" He laughs.
"Only in the morning?" I joke.
We both laugh now. Then we hear some noice coming from downstairs. We stand up and see that they arrived back with a lot of fruit-looking food.
Neteyam helps me with climbing down the tree and when we're on the ground again, it's time for breakfast.
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After breakfast we decided that we should stay here the whole day. I mean, we're all still a little bit tired from the long walk we did yesterday, especially Tuk. Neteyam and I are sitting next to eachother on the ground where we just had breakfast. Kiri and Lo'ak are back in the treehouse, fighting with eachother like always.
Tuk is playing with a little forest animal. But then she comes running up to us. "Do you guys wanna play hide and seek?" She excitedly asks.
Neteyam looks at me and I nod. "Of course we wanna play hide and seek with you!" I smile.
"Yesss!" She screams.
"Go get Lo'ak and Kiri" Neteyam smiles.
She climbs up into the tree and after a few seconds she comes back down with her brother and sister.
We stand up and gather around. "Okay, who wants to be the seeker?" Tuk asks.
"I want to" Lo'ak responds.
He starts counting immediately.
"1, 2, 3, 4-"
We all start running into another direction, far away from Lo'ak and the tree.
"8, 9, 10! I'm coming!" He yells.
I'm standing behind a tree, Kiri has climbed into another tree a few meters away from me and Neteyam is hiding in the bushes.
After a few minutes of searching, Lo'ak finds Kiri.
"You cheated!" He says.
"No, I didn't! Why do you think that?" Kiri replies, while climbing out the tree she was sitting in.
"Because you climbed into a tree, that's cheating!"
"We are literally in a forest, you skxawng! Where else could I go? And how is that cheating?"
"Because!" He yells.
"Why do you always have to pick on me?!" Kiri yells back.
"Because you always cheat!"
I laugh at their bickering. They don't even notice that Neteyam silently comes out of his hiding spot to come stand with me behind this tree. He's also laughing about this situation.
I'm now leaning my back against the tree and Neteyam is standing really close to me, so his brother can't see him.
"These two, I swear" He laughs sofly.
"I know, they're too funny" I smile.
"I still can't figure out how they are my siblings"
I laugh again and then we start listening again.
After a few minutes I suddenly hear a sound coming from the other direction. I turn my head to my left, where the sound is coming from.
"What is it?" Neteyam whisperes.
"Shh" I say, while putting my pointer finger against my mouth.
He turns his head into the same direction as me, still not getting what I am hearing.
I listen very good, hoping to find an answer to his question. It's hard, because Lo'ak and Kiri are still bickering. But after a few more seconds of listening, I finally hear it clearly.
Voices.
Neteyam hears it too, now. He looks at me. "Did you see where Tuk went?"
My eyes widen.
"No I didn't.. Fuck!" I whisper.
"We gotta find her" He says.
We run up to Kiri and Lo'ak.
"Hey! We're not done playing yet, why did you come out?" Lo'ak asks.
"Shut up, both of you. There are voices coming from that direction.." Neteyam points out. "..and we don't know where Tuk went. So stop fighting with eachother and help us find her!"
Their eyes widen, now also hearing the voices. The three of them immediately start running into seperate directions to find their little sister.
I, on the other hand, run back to the treehouse to find something that can help me find Tuk. When I'm up, I find her little cape where she slept on last night. I pick it up and notice that her smell is still on it. I take a good whiff, climb down the tree again and start searching.
Oh how I hope that this ends well..
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