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You were flying fast, where you were headed to you didn't know. All you knew was that you needed to get somewhere far away, far away from everyone, far away from him.

Jake has never yelled at you like that, getting scoldings was one thing, but that, that was worst than anything you could've ever imagine.

"You aren't enough, no training will ever make you good enough."

His words kept playing over and over again like a broken record player in your head. 'So that's how he really feels about me, not good enough, not a good warrior, not a good person, not a good daughter' your thoughts were taking you into a dark and depressing place.

You didn't even see it coming, to you to blinded by your own depressing thoughts. It wasn't until you heard littles squacks from Na'yi that you looked up.

A big, flying, metal device headed right for you, you knew what they were. You over heard your father in a meeting telling spotters to call in when they see helicopters and to strike them down immediately. And what helicopter meant was sky people, and they were headed right for you.

Growing up you'd always heard great stories of Jake Sully, The Toruk Makto, your father. 

You were Toruk Mako’s first daughter, his little pride and joy, he vowed to Ewya he’d always protect you, no matter what lengths he had to go through. For awhile you were the light of his life, than Sky People came back. 

Your fathers walls went back up, he became cold, distant, and it didn’t help that your other sibling had been born aswell. You loved your siblings, of course you did, but they took a lot of your fathers attention away from you. 

You didn’t want to seem like a brat so you just kept it to yourself, you've thought about bringing it up to your mother, but decided against it. So in return you became distant, rarely with your family, leaving early in the morning only to return when the sun was down. 

Jake noticed the distance, he noticed everything. He hated that he neglects you  but reminds himself that his work protects you, his family, his sanctuary. He misses you, oh Ewya he just wants his little girl back again, he wants to make up for lost time, and promised himself he would after this stupid war. 

You used your time outside of your home to better yourself, you trained, harder than anyone in the village. You were the best warrior in your age group, the other villagers praised you, the elders respected you, but you could care less about what they thought about you, all you cared about was what your father thought.

Was he proud of you? Am I making him happy? Would he trust me in battle?... Did he forget that I ever existed?

You wish he'd just noticed you, noticed your hard work, noticed the long hours of training it took to be who you were.

Who were you exactly?

You are the fastest Ikran rider in your village, best archer (your mother helped with that), the best warrior in your age division, the 2nd fastest time in Omaticaya history to tame your ikran ( Kiri got 15 sec faster than you because of her stupid pandora Jesus powers ), you were Y/n Sully.

Due to your fathers overprotectiveness of you, he never saw any of that, he saw his little girl. He saw the 3 year old that would cling onto his leg because she wanted to go wherever her daddy went, he saw the little girl that couldn't go to sleep without her parents goodnight kisses, he didn't see the great warrior you've become, he didn't see that you were the best fighter in your age group, and he didn't see that you were the fastest ikran rider in the whole entire village. 

Bottom line. He did not see you. 

He never let you go into the battle field, hell you were 5 years past due of your Iknimaya because of him, he was overprotective, but he never said it, he'd make it seem like you were never ready, or that you needed to train more. 

It was a cruel joke, other warriors in your age group got to go into battle before you did. How was that possible, you were better than them, hell you were better than warriors in Neteyam’s age group. 

Thats what led you here.

“Hey, Dad” you said with a small smile walking into your fathers office. He smiled at the sound of your voice “Hi, Princess” he replied. He walked up to you and caressed your cheek “How’s my favorite girl doin?” he asked you. “Favorite huh?” you cheekily asked, your father chuckled “Yeah don't tell your sisters, okay?” you nodded with a smile “You know you can always trust me” you said jokingly and saluted your father. He laughed and turned back to his work. 

You took a deep breathe and decided to just get your point across “Speaking of trust.... I heard that you guys are going on another raid tomorrow” your father tensed up at the reminder of war, he sat on his table and turned toward you again, let out a deep breathe “Yeah, there's gonna be a train full of weapons headed west, our plans are to blow the tracks and get as much weapons we can.” you nodded along as he explained to you.

 “How many people are going?” you asked, “Honestly we need all the help we can get, I bet the train is going to be packed, and we need as much weapons we can gather.” he answered. “So you’d want more people to come?” you asked again, he laughed “Whats with all the questions, baby girl?” he asked while crossing his arms. You nervously played with your hands and decided to just let it out “I- uhm.. I could help you guys”.

Jake’s smile instantly dropped “Absolutely not” he turned around and got back to his work. “Dad cmon, I’m beyond ready for to be out there” you followed him around his office “I’m the best fighter in my division, I beat Neteyam’s classmates the other day”. 

You continued to bicker him with reasons with why you deserved to be out there. Than Jake snapped “(Y/N)! Stop this topic is not up for discussion, you aren't ready. You aren't capable of handling yourself out there, your irresponsible and reckless-” you cut him off "No, I am not. If you'd just give me a chance to prove it to you, hell dad I could beat Neteyam, what do I have to do to prove it you, I’ll do anything please just tell me.” you begged your father, tears starting to form in your eyes. 

Jake looked into your big yellow eyes, he didn’t want to say it but he needed you off his case “You will never be good enough, no amount of training will make you ready, nothing you do will be enough.” 

That took you back, shock and sadness written all over your face, your lip trembled as you looked at your father, no, not father, right now he was a monster. All those years training, all the blood, sweat, and tears meant nothing. Not enough? As a warrior? Or daughter?

“Everyone who told you you were good enough lied to make you feel better, your work is sloppy, it was a mistake to ever think you'd be a great warrior.” he paused for a moment “Now leave, I need to prepare for the people that are actually important to the clan.” he finished off.   

You stood there for a second, sadness was an understatement, you didn't know how to feel, you didn’t know what to do you just stared at Jake, you did not recognize the person in front of you.                            

“I SAID LEAVE (Y/N)!! NOW!!” Jake barked at you. You flinched and darted for the exit, and left without another word. 

Outside of the tent stood your mother and Neteyam, by the look on their faces you knew they heard everything. The 3 of you stood there for a moment, you were still in shock from your father harsh words. 

Neytiri was the first to move, “Oh my Ma‘ite” she tried to console you but as soon as her hands reached out you pushed her away, “Don’t touch me” was the last thing you told them before you darted for your ikran.

As soon as tsaheylu was made your Ikran, Na’yi, let out a loud screech, letting everyone around them know how angry his soul sister was. And then you were off to Ewya knows where. 

I lowkey used my own daddy issues to write this, but there will def be a part 2 to this. I really hope you guys enjoy, and I always love feedback so please let me knowww

comment what you guys else you guys want in this mini series 

All you heard was screams. Screams of your people. You smelt something burning, you glanced around to see everything around you burning. The smell of burnt na’vi flesh made you want to gag. You saw the animals, the people running for safety. You heard a loud crash, trees after trees being knocked down by large trucks.

You sobbed into your hands praying to Ewya to make this all stop. When you opened your eyes again you were on your knees, ash surrounded you, the smell of burnt wood filled your lungs. You knew where you were, you were reliving old memories, and right now you were reliving one of the most traumatic memories of your life.

You looked down to see your father lying on the ground dying, you sobbed uncontrollably, he was talking to you but you couldn’t bear to listen. You shook your head and covered your ears “No, no, no, no Ewya please!” you opened your eyes again to see your fathers lifeless body in your lap, his bow beside you. You scooped your dead fathers body into your arms screaming and crying in pure agony. “No! No please…..no this isn’t real, this isn’t real!”

You opened your eyes and quickly shot up in bed gasping for air. It took you a moment to calm down but then you felt a pair of arms circling around your waist. You look down to see Jake stirring in his sleep, the absence of your head on his chest bothering him. “Just a dream…… it was just a dream.” You said to yourself.

You knew you weren’t going to be able to get any more sleep, so you decided to get some fresh air. You got up and looked at your sleeping family, it brought a small smile to your face, but immediately dropped when you saw your fathers bow. You placed Tuk in your lover's arms just so he wouldn’t completely notice your absence.

You exited your Marui quietly, trying not to wake your kids, you didn’t want to go far, you just needed some air. You sat down on the soft, bouncy fabric, with your feet in the water. you smiled at the memory of Tuk bouncing on it the first day you arrived here. The cold water actually helped ground you, helped remind you where you were, that you were safe.

You were mesmerized by the soft glow of the water and you smiled and giggled softly when the fish would come up to your feet unknowingly tickling you.

Jake stirred in his sleep noticing the unfamiliar weight on his chest, he opened his eyes and saw Tuk. He smiled at his youngest daughter but it faltered when he couldn’t sense your presence nearby. He sat up slowly trying not to wake Tuk. He placed her head gently back down on the soft mat.

He glanced around the pod and he saw everyone, everyone but you. worry started to bubble in his chest, the questions he was asking himself wasn’t helping ‘Where were you? Are you okay? God are you injured’

He double checked the pod just to make sure you weren’t actually there, and when you weren’t he snatched his knife from the table and started to head towards the exit, but then he heard something. A giggle? Yeah, a giggle. One he was all too familiar with, his Angel’s giggle to be exact.

He let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding and placed his knife back down on the table. ‘Why is she up right now?’ he asked himself. Jake knew of your nightmares, he knew how often they would happen, sometimes you’d wake up screaming and he felt helpless; he just wanted to make his sweet girl feel safe.

He exited the pod he couldn’t find you until he heard you giggle again ‘that’s right sweet girl, let me hear those beautiful giggles until I can find you’ he thought to himself. That’s exactly what happened when he found you, he smiled at the sight in front of him. The sight of his mate sitting on the edge of the platform, feet in the water and giggling her heart away.

You sensed someone staring at you, you looked behind you to find your lover gazing right back at you. “Ma Jake” you smiled up at him, he smiled back at you and made his way to sit down right next to you. He slides one hand around your waist while his other hand holds your hand. “Hi Angel” he kisses your shoulder.

You close your eyes trying to bask in your lover's warmth, but as soon as you close your eyes your fathers lifeless body comes to your mind. You tensed for a second, even if it was for a second Jake noticed, hell Jake noticed everything about you. Jake looked at you as if he was trying to read you, you just smiled and hid in the crook of his neck.

He wrapped both of his arms around you, holding you. “You wanna tell me why you’re up right now, sweet girl?” He asked why brushing his fingers through your hair. “couldn't sleep” you mumble into his neck. Your lack of detail in your answer gave off that you were lying, you couldn’t get anything passed Jake, Jake knew you better than anyone.

“Baby” he coaxed your face out of his neck, brushing back the hair that fell in your face. “You know you can talk to me about anything right? I’m always going to be here for you sweetheart, I’m here to protect you, and to love you.” he speaks softly while caressing your face with his hands “I see you (y/n), I’ve always seen you, your my strong girl and I love that about you, but Angel” he gazes into your eyes “You don’t have to be strong with me, you can let down your walls, I’m not gonna hurt you”

His words made you tear up and your walls came down, you sobbed and Jake held you “it’s okay princess, I’m here, I’m right here. I’m not leaving you anytime soon” he reassures you while pulling you into his lap, he lets you cry into his chest. His heart breaks watching the love of his life cry, he just wanted you to be happy, he wanted to take your pain away, oh Ewya he would do anything.

You don’t know how long you stayed like that but when you stopped crying Jake finally spoke up. “Now you wanna tell me what’s going on Babygirl?” He asks you in the softest voice. “I had a nightmare about my Father again” you confess. Jake's heart clenches, hell, that’s the only way he could describe that day. The day you lost just about everything.

“Oh Baby, I’m so sorry, I know how horrifying that day was for you. I know my words can’t do much but I can promise you that I’ll always be here for you sweetheart. I’ll be with you for everything, every step you take I’ll be right there with you. And as for your father, fuck Angel he’d be so proud of the women you’ve become, I know that he’s with Ewya right now smiling down on you.”

You whimper at the thought of your father looking down on you, you knew Jake was right. You knew that his words or actions couldn’t change the past. All you could do was look forward to the future, a beautiful future with your kids and mate.

“You and me (y/n). It’s always gonna be us” you smile at his words. You hugged him tightly and he did the same. “Thank you ma Jake, thank you for everything” he smiled “you don’t have to thank me Angel, I’d do anything for you.” he says while pressing your foreheads together.

With you on his lap, you lean down and give him a kiss, he kisses you back gently as if you're the most precious thing in the world. “I love you” he says in between kisses “fuck I love so so much” he continues. You smile into the kiss and he notices he slowly pulls away “what are you smilin at, pretty girl? '' he teases you and pokes at your side, causing you to jump in his arms.

“I’m just happy, you make me so happy” you say leaning down giving him another kiss, “ I love you so fucking much too” you say between kisses causing him to chuckle.

After a while of just holding one another and being in each other's presence, Jake decided that it was time to go to sleep. “C'mon baby let’s head back inside yeah?”

he told you, he noticed the hesitation in your eyes, he grabbed your hands and gazed into your eyes, like he was expecting an answer “I don’t want to have the same dream again” you explained, he nods understanding you.

So he didn’t take you inside, he took you to a hammock right outside of the pod your children slept in. He laid in the hammock and rocked gently back and forth “Ah just like home” he said, and you chuckled at his actions. “Cmon baby” he said, grabbing your hands as he pulled you onto him.

Laying on his chest with the hammock swaying gently. He was right, it felt just like home. You smiled up at him “there’s my happy girl” he says while smiling down at you and pulling your entire body onto his. You stare up at him while his eyes are closed, he drags one of his hands down your face “Go to bed, women” he groans.

You chuckle “that’s not very romantic” you say playfully. “Oh, you wanted romantic” he smirks and raises his eyebrows. “I don’t know Angel, last time we got romantic we got Tuk-“ you slap his chest. Jake laughed “I’m kidding I’m kidding” he says leaning down to kiss your forehead.

Jake brings his hands towards your face and cups it gently, caressing your cheeks. Jake looks down at you to see your eyes fluttering shut, he smiles ‘It always works’ he thought to himself. He decided to take it up a notch knowing his voice brought you comfort “You don’t know how worried I was when I woke up and you weren’t there. I tripped over Lo’ak almost twice” you just hummed in response falling into a deep slumber. “There you go sweet girl, I’ve got you, I’ll be here when you wake up” he says softly.

I was currently locked up in my tent because I was sick. ‘ughhhh this sucks’ I thought, I felt like complete shit. I wanted to go back outside so badly to run around in the forest, go swimming with my friends, and maybe see a certain someone.

You honestly couldn’t wait for this cold to go away, neither could Neteyam. Oh Ewya that boy missed you so much. He visited everyday, but it wasn’t enough for him. You reminded him everytime he visited not to get too close because you’d rather die than give your blue boy a cold.

Every time he’d reach out to touch you, you’d flinch away from him telling him you’ refused to get him sick, even though he’d whine and protest everytime, he still listened to you, he always did.

He missed your warmth, your soft skin on him, the feeling of your lips on his, god he was so ready for the cold to go away. When Mo’at told him you were sick, that poor guy almost had a heart attack, he dropped everything he was doing, dropped his duties for that day, ignoring everyone’s complaints and stares as he bumped into them trying to get to your tent.

He ripped open the flap to your tent to see you lying on your bed, with a small cloth on your forehead. He let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding, the sight of you brought his anxiety down a little, but he was still worried about your health.

He rushed forward toward you “Baby” he caught your attention. You saw him and smiled and tried to get up to greet him but the pounding ache in your head caused you to immediately lay back down. He frowned “It's okay Princess don’t get up, I just wanted to see how my favorite girl was doing” he said in the softest voice while brushing back your hair.

He took the cloth off your forehead and felt for your temperature. His frown deepened when he felt how hot you were, he placed the cloth in the water in the bowl that wasn’t far from you, and quickly put it back on your forehead. “Is there anything I can do for you, Love?” He asked you while holding one of your hands. “Anything, anything at all, name it and it’s yours” he told you while kissing your knuckles.

With the hand he was kissing you started to caress his cheek, he leaned into your hand making you smile “You being here is enough, Nete”. He smiled and leaned down to you, he was surprised when he felt a flick on his forehead “Oi don’t get too close, are you crazy, you wanna get sick too?” You lightly scolded him. He laughed, of course even when you were sick you worried for him.

He spent the rest of the day with you, tending to your needs, giving you medicine Mo’at had prescribed you, just talking to you, it was actually refreshing to just sit and talk with you, he missed you so much prior to this. When night time came he literally refused to leave your side.

When Lo’ak was sent looking for him, for bedtime, he knew exactly where Neteyam would be, in your tent. Lo’ak opened up the flap of your tent to see you in bed sleeping while Neteyam was holding your hand, smoothing out your baby hairs, sitting next to your sleeping figure.

Lo’ak walked in quietly knowing Neteyam would have his head if he woke you up, “Bro '' he whispered quietly to Neteyam. Neteyam looked toward his brother and raised his finger to his mouth telling him to be quiet and pointed outside, Lo’ak got the hint and started to walk back out. Neteyam got up slowly making sure not to wake you and placed a gentle kiss on your forehead, before exiting your tent.

Once the 2 brothers were outside of your tent Neteyam’s soft aura was gone, replaced with an annoyed one, annoyed that he had to leave you. “What do you want?” Neteyam asked harshly, Lo’ak rolled his eyes ``Uh it's almost past curfew goody two shoes, you need to come home”. “No.” Neteyam answered back.

Lo’ak looked at his brother shocked, Neteyam never broke the rules, especially rules set by his parents, it’s like the roles were reversed tonight instead of Neteyam scolding Lo’ak for breaking the rules, tonight it was Lo’ak reminding Neteyam about the rules.

“What do you mean, No?” Lo’ak asked louder than he intended, Neteyam hissed under his breath dragging his brother further away from your tent “Can you talk softer? You’re gonna wake her up.” he said while looking in your tent to check on you, you were still sleeping, he smiled slightly, but it faltered when he saw you stir in your sleep.

Neteyam looks back at his brother, Lo’ak looking back expectantly, like he wanted an explanation. Neteyam sighs “Look bro she’s sick, no one’s gonna be here to keep an eye on her, you know how it is.”

Lo’ak knew. He knew how you didn’t have parents. He knew how much Neteyam loved you, how protective he was over you, for Ewya’s sake his parents practically raised you. Lo’ak knew his parents would understand Neteyam’s reasonings for not coming home that night. Lo’ak looked into your tent at your sleeping figure, now he was worrying for your health, you were one of his closest friends to, someone who actually listened and understood him.

Lo’ak sighed while placing a hand on his brothers shoulder “take care of her bro, mom and dad will skin you if you don’t, goodnight” Neteyam smiled at his words and pulled his brother into a small side hug while ruffling his head “night bro”. Neteyam wasted no time getting back to you, resuming his position from before.

You stirred in your sleep and you woke up sensing another presence next to you. Eyes fluttering open you were met with two pairs of eyes that you were far too familiar with. Neteyam caressed your cheek with one and held one of your hands with the other. “Hey baby, it’s just me princess, your favorite blue boy” he softly reassured you. You chuckled at his words, he hated that nickname.

He pressed a kiss to your forehead “Go back to sleep baby, I’ll be here, I’ll take care of you, I’ll always take care of you.” he smiles as you drift back to sleep, you always felt safe in his presence.

The next few days went by exactly like that, Neteyam tending to your needs, taking care of you, his baby. Even the rest of the Sullys came by, Jake calling Norm to run some tests on you, your head on Neytiri lap while she sang to you just like when you were younger, Lo’ak talking your ears off and furthering your headaches, Neteyam telling him to shut up, Kiri bringing you flowers cause she knows how much you miss exploring with her, and Tuk braiding your hair and laying in your lap.

Sooner or later you were as good as new and ready to get out of this damn tent. And that’s exactly what you did. You were running in the forest taking in the beauty of it, thanking Ewya for everything she gave to your people, to you. You looked back to see Neteyam chasing after you. You chuckled “keep up blue boy” you yelled back at him.

He smiled at his girl, he missed this, he missed when it was just you, him and the forest, surrounded by Ewya’s beauty. He eventually caught up to you and caught you by the waist. You were laughing like crazy, he knew you missed this too.

He turned you around to face him, his smile widened at the sound of your joyful laughter. “What? Is there something on my face?” you asked, noticing him staring at you. He chuckled and pulled you closer, starting to attack your face with a bunch of kisses. You giggled at his actions and laced your arms around his neck.

You yelped when he unexpectedly picked you up off the ground, his hands under your thighs, guiding your legs to go around his hips. You smiled when he looked up at you “hi blue boy” you teased and kissed his nose “hi sweet girl” he pulled your face towards him, meeting your lips in a soft kiss that soon turned sloppy.

You were flying on your ikran with your parents and twin when you heard Lo’ak’s voice in your transmitter trying to contact your dad. They were at the old shack and in danger.

Your eyes widened when you heard Lo’ak say Tuk was with them. You could see Neteyam shake his head at his younger brother's words. You flew closer to him “Isn’t this the second time this week we had to save him?” you try and joke “That skxawng will never learn will he” he replies.

You all landed in a clear spot near the old shack, your father told you both to stay back, you both argued but the look on his face made you shut up.

You turned and hopped back on your ikran, you saw Neteyam wasn’t moving and just watching your parents disappear into the forest, you knew that look “Nete come on you heard what dad said” irritation in your voice.

He turned to you “You really think I’m going to leave, (y/n) our siblings are out there in danger, Tuk is with them.”

He knew how protective you were of Tuk, of course you didn’t want to leave but your father told you to. You were torn between listening to my father and helping your siblings. Neteyam saw how hard you were thinking, “Come on (y/n) you don’t always have to be the golden child” he smirked and extended his hand to you.

“Says the golden boy himself,” you said while swatting his hand away. You groaned hopped off your ikran and grabbed your bow “fine come on let's go” you both ran in the direction your parents went in.

Your ears twitched when you heard your mothers calls and you could tell you were getting closer to them. “Let's split up, I’ll go towards mom and you take the other side, don't try to make that much noise okay. We’re just getting our siblings and leaving, leave the killing to dad and mom.” you instructed, he nodded in response.

You grabbed his arm and he turned to you “And be careful okay?” You said. You always got nervous when you’d both be on missions. He smiled and took one of his hands to the back of your head and kissed your forehead “I will, stay safe little sister.” you smiled and nodded, he always had to remind you that he was the older one.

With that you both went your separate ways. You saw your mother hiding behind a large tree. You got angry at the scene in front of you, your siblings were being held by their braids by other na’vi? No, you knew better, they had sky people clothing, they were avatars.

You heard Kiri’s voice, she knew your mom was in the tree, one of the avatars told her to shut up and pushed Kiri slightly away, that's when an arrow shot him right in his face. Kiri got loose and immediately ran away. Kiri saw you and ran towards you “(y/n) I can’t find spider,” anxiety and concern in her tone, “It’s okay, it’s okay” you say while checking her body for any injuries.

“I’m fine (y/n), we should go look for Tuk, I saw her go that way” Kiri takes your hand and runs in the direction she saw Tuk go in. Your ears twitch when you heard a fimlioar scream, ‘Tuk’ you thought, you pulled Kiri in the direction of Tuk’s scream.

You saw Tuk with one of the avatar’s, Tuk hissed at them, you took out your bow and aimed an arrow at the avatar's head. The Avatar lunged at Tuk trying to grab her, not before you shot the Avatar right between their eyes. Tuk screamed, “Tuk it's okay, come here” you and Kiri came out of the bushes.

As soon as Tuk saw you she ran into your arms, you picked her up, and she hid her face in your chest. Tuk was shaking “it’s okay Tuk, you’re okay” you said placing your hand on her head brushing her hair back trying to calm her down.

‘Thank you great mother’ you said a silent prayer to Eywa in your head. You could hear more Avatar coming, “Kiri come on let's go” you said taking her hand. You ran back to where you left your ikran, you ran into your mother on the way.

Neytiri looked at you “I thought your father and I told you and your brother to stay back” she said not happy with your disobedience. “And I thought Sully’s stick together” you shot back at her. Neytiri’s gaze softens by your words.

Neytiri looks at Tuk in your arms and realizes the reality of the situation, she could have lost her children. Neytiri pulled Kiri along with you and Tuk into a hug and kissed each of your heads, she looked at all of you “Let’s go find your father and brothers” she instructed, she took Tuk from you and hopped on her ikran.

Cuter Than Me?

After what felt like hours tending to the wounded who came back from the train carriers (idk what to call that scene), I was exhausted. I healed the last wounded and started walking back to my pod where I shared a home with the rest of the humans who were allowed and welcomed to stay with the Omaticaya clan. I got back and saw Lo’ak, Spider, and Kiri in the lab. 

“Hey (y/n)!” Kiri said cheerfully, they all turned to greet me. “Hey guys” i answered back, I turned to Lo’ak and hit him on the head not hard, but enough to hurt, “Hey what was that for (y/n)” he asked while rubbing his head, “that's for putting your brother in danger, what the hell were you thinking?” I scolded him. 

“I’m sorry okay, please don’t scold me, I heard enough of it from dad already.” he looked down. I know how overbearing Jake can be on him so I decided to just let it go, “Okay okay but promise me you’ll be more careful, speaking of careful, are you okay?” I placed my hand on his shoulder and looked at him searching for any open wounds. 

He chuckled lightly “I’m fine (y/n), and yes, I promise to be more careful, and don't worry your boyfriend is just fine.” he says referring to his older brother with a playful smirk. I hear Kiri and Spider laughing, I feel my face heat up, “Shut up Lo’ak he is not my boyfriend,” I reply, yes he was but they didn’t need to know that. Me and Neteyam decided to keep us private for now. “Yeah, not yet” Kiri says and they all start to laugh.

I roll my eyes ``Whatever you guys have fun, I’m gonna go lay down playing eywa today was very exhausting.” I say while exiting the lab. I finally made it to my room and changed out of my dirty clothes and finally landed on my bed with huff. I saw my phone on my night stand and decided to go on it. 

I was scrolling mindlessly until I heard my bedroom door open. As soon as I recognized who it was I felt a smile creep up on my face, “Neteyam” I said in a soft tone, “Hi my love” he smiled and replied. I got up and greeted him with a warm hug. It didn't last long because I pulled back examining his body for any wounds. He chuckled lightly and held my hands “I’m okay my love, I promise” 

I squeezed his hands and replied “thank eywa, I’m sorry, I’m just worried I heard what happened at the train wreck with your brother.” He nods and chuckles “News sure does travel fast, I don’t want to remember that though, I just want to be with my girl right now” he gently takes my face into my hands and kisses my lips softly.

 I yelp in surprise as he lifts me up and walks us to my bed. He falls down onto my bed and I land on top of him, I laugh and peck his lips once more before crawling off of him even though he protested for me not to. I didn’t want to either, but I didn’t want anyone walking in on us in that position. 

We were cuddling and playing around with each other on my bed when my phone started to ring. The vibration from my phone vibrated my bed and startled Neteyam, he immediately jumped off my bed, dragging me with him. He puts me behind him and prepares himself to fight the unknown “danger” he thought we were in. I soon realized his reasoning behind his actions and started to laugh uncontrollably. 

He looked at me as if I was crazy. “What are you doing, stay behind me, I don't want you to get hurt baby” he said with concern and anxiousness evident in his voice. I took his face in my hands “Nete you’re so cute” I said while laughing. His hard gaze softens, he looked so cute, he was confused and so fidgety looking around for the “danger”. 

I took one of my hands from his face and placed it in his hands, I said “Nete we are not in any danger, okay? No one is coming to hurt me or you, that sound and vibration was from my phone.” I reassured him in a slow and calm tone so he’d understand, I could see him relax, but he still seemed confused. 

I walked us back to my bed and brought my phone to him. “It came from this” he looked at it, I offered him to take it, he stared at the phone and hesitated but took it from my hands. Due to the movement my screen turned on, illuminating the picture of me and Neteyam on my lock screen. He smiled “Hey thats me and you, I remember this photo, I have the same one in my room” I smiled widely at his confession. 

I could tell he had more questions. “What is it used for?” he asked, “It’s mostly used for communication, but you can use it for all sorts of stuff. Like taking photos, researching, and connecting with other people.” I explained while he listened intently. “How come I’ve never seen you use it before?” he asked, “Well for it to properly work you need wifi, and on Pandora wifi is only in our human pods, so I don't take it out much since it would be pretty useless.”

For the next 2 hours we spent in my room I taught him more about my phone. Exploring the apps I had on my phone and taking about one million selfies with each other, some with him kissing my cheek, me sticking my tongue out at him, and making funny faces at each other. 

The sparkle in his eyes every time he’d learned something new brought me pure joy. he tried playing flappy bird but he never made it far, his little pout made me giggle, he handed me the phone and told me to try every time I beat my high score he would throw a fit and whine “baby you’re cheating,” I laughed “Nete it’s just a game, you’ll get use to it and beat me eventually”

He was lying on his back exploring more apps while I lay on top of him drawing random shapes into his chest. He opened tiktok, music immediately started to play and my screen displayed a human boy lip syncing. Neteyam frowned and looked at me “Who is this boy on your phone?” He showed me.

I smiled, “this app is called tiktok, it's an app where you make short videos to entertain people,” I explained. His eyebrows furrowed and looked at the boy on the screen “You find him entertaining?” jealousy dripped from his voice, I decided to tease him “Yeah, he is cute” I said playfully. 

He could tell I was joking from my tone, he turned off my phone and threw it near my pillows. He smiled mischievously “Oh is that right my love?” he asked in a teasing tone, I smiled and nodded in response. I giggled as he flipped us over, he was now on top, inching his face closer and closer to mine. His breath fanned over my face as he asked “Cuter than me?” as I slowly shake my head my nose bumps into his.

As soon as we stepped foot on Metkayina’s tribe ground everyone’s eyes were on us. They stared at us as if they’d never seen anything like us before, it made me uncomfortable. Neteyam noticed and pulled me to stand in the middle of him and Lo’ak. Kiri got the hint and stood next to Lo’ak.

 We stood behind our parents and Tuk. Everyone started to circle around us I noticed that they have lighter skin than us, weird-looking tails and ears, and bigger hands. ‘They look funny’ I thought and chuckled to myself, Lo’ak elbowed me as if he was telling me ‘not right now’. 

I saw Lo’ak looking at one of the Metkania women who just came out of the water, I cringed at him. Amongst the many stares at me, I felt one that was putting me slightly off, I grabbed Neteyam’s hand for comfort and leaned into him slightly. 

2 male Metkayina came to the front and eyed me and my siblings out, we paid our respects to them but they just stared at us ‘Penis-face’ I thought. I made eye contact with the larger male, maybe it was me being tired from the long flight, but his gaze softened, and we kept eye contact until I noticed the chief and chiefess coming towards us. 

They decided to let us stay with the exception of learning their ways. I learned that the girl Lo’ak was staring at was Tsireya and the 2 penis faces that were staring at us are Roxto and Aunong. They were siblings, the chief’s children. They were going to teach us how to be Metkayina. Aunong was assigned to teach me.

“You need to work on holding your breath longer, come, we will work on slowing your heart rate down” we settled on a rock in the water “breath from here” he instructed and placed his hand on his stomach, his hands are warm for a fish, I took a deep breath, his hands on my body made me nervous, he placed his other hand above my heart “your heart rate is still too fast” I let out a frustrated sigh “Hey, it’s okay, we’ll just keep practicing until you get it, there is no rush okay?” he assures me with a smile, I smile back and gave him a short nod.

‘Come on let’s try again’ he places his warm hands on my stomach and heart, this time I concentrate and close my eyes and breathe, I did it correctly, he looks at me and smiles ‘see you’re doing it, now let’s get in the water and try it’. I let out a nervous breath, he notices my nervousness, and he spoke again “No need to be nervous okay, ill be right here, I won’t let anything happen to you.” I nod and take a few deep breaths before going under.

He continues to guide me deeper and deeper until we reach the beautiful coral, I stop and see millions of different kinds of fish, and I look around in awe. He must have noticed me stopping because he comes up a offers me his hand, I hesitantly took his hand. He guided me around the coral it was truly beautiful, I thank Ewya for blessing her people with this beauty.

 I spent the whole day with Aunong, he showed me around the clan, and let me ride on his ilu who was very sweet. I got to know him more and we got more comfortable with each other. 

We were watching the sunset on the reef I spoke “You guys are very lucky”, “Why is that (y/n)?” I turned to him “Are you kidding, Metkayina is so beautiful,” I stare back at the sunset “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen”

 He turns and looks at me for a while “I’ve seen prettier.” I look at him like he’s crazy “your joking right” He gazes at my face as if he’s trying to memorize every detail “I’m not joking, I’m looking at her right now” he smiles, I gaze up at him, his gaze is so gentle, so full of warmth, I smile shyly “thank you Ao-”

‘(y/n)’ a voice behind us interrupts me, I look and see Neteyam eyeing us out ‘Neteyam’ I say surprised, me and Aonung rise from our spots ‘(y/n) come home now it’s getting late.’ I try and argue ‘But we were watch-’ Neteyam cuts me off with a more forceful tone ‘Now (y/n)’ not that I listen to him often but I didn’t want to cause a scene in front of Aonung. 

I turn back to Aonung “Thanks for showing me around today, and for the lessons, I had fun today.” Aonung looks at my brother and then at me with a small smile “No problem, I had fun with you, I hope you enjoyed your first day here, kìyevame. (See you soon)” with that I left with Neteyam and we began walking to our Marui. 

Neteyam nudges my shoulder as we walk “The chief’s son huh?” he asks with a playful smirk, I shove him slightly off of me “Shut up, Nete” I say slightly embarrassed. 

A month went by like that, Aonung teaching me how to be Metkayina. Our bond grew stronger we grew a flirty and playful relationship. After I ignored him for 2 weeks for what he did to Lo’ak, Neteyam, and Kiri, he begged me to forgive him, he even apologized to each of my siblings, I eventually forgave him, he earned my trust back by building his own bonds with each of family members. 

 I found myself growing feelings for him, it’s not like his behavior helped though. When he touched me his hands would linger, hold my hand, and makes comments on how prettier I looked every day. I found myself missing him when he wasn’t around, which wasn’t often but still I hated when he wasn’t with me. 

My siblings would often tease me about the relationship I have with him, I’d always deny it and say ‘we’re just really good friends’ they never believed my words though, do I blame them, no. Aonung treated me differently than everyone else, and everyone else sensed it, he was gentler, kinder, and more patient with me. Tsireya who I grew a close bond with would also tease me, but that didn’t last long because I’d come back with comments on her and Lo’ak.

The only people who weren’t fond of the idea of us together were Aonung’s friends. His friends still haven’t forgiven my brothers for beating them up. They didn’t fail to remind me and my siblings every day that we were different from them, that we would never be true Na’vi. When Aonung was around he and Tsireya would stand up for us but we Sully knew how to hold our ground. 

Me and Aonung would often sneak out at night just to hang out with each other. It was more peaceful when it was just him and me, more time to ourselves, more time for him to have me to himself he would say. Tonight was no different as I snuck quietly out of my Marui to meet up with him. 

When I arrived at our usual spot I saw Aonung and the sight of him brought an immediate smile to my face, as I made my way to him 4 boys beat me to it, I recognized them, it was his friends, the same friends that wouldn’t leave me or my siblings alone. I decided to stay back a while just until they had left. I heard one of the boys say “Hey lover boy, where is your little forest girlfriend” at that comment I turned back to the group and decided to listen to what they had to say. 

“Shut up you Skxawng, she isn’t my girlfriend” I knew Aonung was easily pressured by his friends, he felt like he had to be perfect in their eyes, I couldn’t blame him it was the same way with Neteyam, its something about being the eldest child of the chief, you had to be perfect. 

“She and her family are freaks, they don’t belong here,” another one of his stupid friends said “I don’t understand why you guys dislike them so much, they are actually pretty cool,” I smiled at Aonung’s words.

 His friends turned to him shock written all over their faces “Bro, c’mon you don’t actually have feelings for that tree hugger, they are-” Aonung cut him off  “No you are wrong about them. You are wrong about her. She’s unlike anyone I’ve met before. I mean how can you not like her, she’s sweet and kind to our people, she’s smart and patient and she has this twinkle in her eye when she sees something she is amazed by, and don’t even get me started on her beauty.” 

My heartbeat grows more and I listen with a smile on my face, he continues “her smile is so warm, and just being in her presence brings me joy. Her family is loyal and kind, you’ve got it all wrong, you judge them before you knew them.” He places his hands on his friend’s shoulders and shakes his head “Give them a chance, get to know them, don’t be so quick to judge people different than us brothers.” his friends groan “Since when have you grown so soft Aonung”

Aonung shrugged with a smile on his face “She has that effect” he said with a playful smile, his friends roll their eyes “Just for you, we’ll get to know them, we won’t make fun of your forest friends and your tree hugger girlfriend” Aonung smiles “Thank you brothers, now get home it’s late” his friends nod “Come with us” his friend offers. Aonung shakes his head and smiles “Can’t, I’m waiting for my tree hugger girlfriend” Aonung mocks his previous words, ‘girlfriend’ I smile at his words. His friends chuckle and walk-off not before shouting to him “Bye lover boy”. 

I stand there for a while realizing what just happened, he stood up for me, not just for me but also my family, and my feelings for him only grew. He risked being judged by his friends for the sake of my family. I let his words about me sink in not only did he talk about my beauty he talked about how smart and patient I was. From that point on I saw Aonung differently, in a new light. 

He stood there looking at the moon he released a deep breath, and I decided to finally join him. “Tree hugger girlfriend huh?” I say with a playful smile. He turned around quickly he looked embarrassed “(Y/N)” he said surprised “h-how much of that did you hear?” he asked in a nervous tone. “Enough” I answered coming up to him. As soon as I reached him I pulled him into a hug, his warm body collided with mine,  I swear I could stay like this forever. His reaction was delayed as if he was surprised at my actions.

But he finally reacted by placing one arm around my waist and one hand on my head. We stayed like that for a while, not saying anything, just relishing in each other’s warmth, holding each other tightly as if id lose him. 

“Thuskn ui” I mumbled incoherently into his chest, he chuckled and gently pulled my head out of his chest “What did you say?” he asked playfully. I smiled up at him and kissed him on the cheek “I said thank you” I can tell he was flustered by my action “thank you? F-for what?” he asked “For sticking up for my family,” I rubbed his chest with my hands and continued speaking “For sticking up for me, I appreciate it more than you know”. 

He smiled down at me, put his hand on my cheek and gently caressed “you do not need to thank me, you and your family have been amazing, well Lo’ak can be a pain sometimes” I chuckled at that. “I always protect the people I love, you and your family are part of Metkayina now,  apart of my clan, remember I told you that I’d never let anything happen to you on your first day here” I smile at that memory and nod in response. “I intend to honor what I said, as long as I’m around no one will ever hurt you, I’ll make sure of that”

His words hit me and I think it hit him at the same time he said he loved me. I couldn’t hide my smile, ‘we probably look weird smiling like idiots and holding eachother’ I thought. He put his forehead against mines and grabbed both of my hands, he stared into my eyes “oel ngati kameie (I see you), and I’ll always be here to protect you from anyone and anything, tìyawn.(love)” I let go of his hands to hold his face in my hands, I feel one of his hands go to my waist pulling me closer, and the other hand pressing my hands on his face. I smile and spoke “Oel ngati kameie, Aonung. I’ll protect you to, no matter what.”

He starts to lean in and I follow, before I know it his lips collide with mines. His lips are warm and he kisses me gently. ‘Ewya let me stay like this forever’ I thought. After awhile I needed air and slowly broke our kiss, he opens his eyes and frowns trying to follow my lips, I laugh “I need air my love” I said playfully, he groans “have our breathing lessons not teach you nothing” he jokes, we both laugh in harmony.

 We sat back down on the sand, I sat between his legs with my back in his chest facing the beach. He rests his head on my shoulder, kissing the crook of my neck while I play with his fingers, we sat in sat in silence just wanting to be in eachother presence.  

As I played with his fingers I thought back to what he was saying about me with his friends, I smile and broke the silence “So I made you all soft huh?” I say playfully with a small smirk on my face, he lightly chuckles and hides his face in my neck. “You are not gonna let me forget that are you?”, I chuckle and answered “Maybe for a kiss, I could” he comes out from his hiding spot and gently turns my head towards his, and slowly leans in “that I can do.”