Soft Speak With a Mean Streak // Kiri x Fem! OC

Chapter 39

"I feel that we always have this discussion." I groan. "Wait, I have an idea." I look around with a smirk. "What..." Kiri says with a disapproving look. "You don't even know what it is and you're already giving me that look." Kiri sighs, "Because it'll probably be a stupid idea."

I put my hands up, "Fine, fine. Guess you'll have to come up with something on your own." I move to lay down on my stomach. "C'mon Tatu, what's your idea?" Tuk asks. I look over at Tsireya, "Sooo, how are you and Lo'ak?" I ask with a smirk. Tsireya blushes instantly and plays with her hair nervously. "You don't have to answer." I say once seeing how nervous she was.

"No, it's ok." She says shyly. "We've been good, I guess." She shrugs. "Everything has just been hard. With Neteyam and Spider. I try to be there for him, but sometimes he just wants to be alone." She explains. "I understand that." Kiri says. "Lo'ak has always been a loner, but he doesn't want to be. He loves peoples and being around them but,... not everyone likes that." Kiri explains.

"Just be there for him when he's ready." I add on. "Or ask Kiri. She's good at comforting people." I say with a nudge. "Kiri is the best hugger." Tuk adds on. I laugh and Tuk crawls over next to me. "Thanks, Kiri and Tatu. That is actually really helpful." Tsireya says with a smile.

"Soo, how are you and Kiri?" Tsireya asks to me. "Yeah how are you and Kiri?" Tuk adds on. I smile to myself and look over at Kiri. She seems to be caught off guard with the sudden change of subject.

I answer for both of us, "It's going good. Everything's good." I smile, "Kiri basically lives here." Tuk whines. "Yup, I stole her." I say moving up and hugging Kiri from behind. She laughs in response. "You two are adorable." Tsireya laughs.

"Why thank you." I say while I wrap my arms around Kiri's neck. "So how would you say we are?" I ask while looking at Kiri. "You're adorable Tatu, and very silly." She says. "Silly?!" I say with a fake, shocked and hurt face. "Yeah, you're silly!" Tuk says.

I let go of Kiri. "Oh, I'm silly?" I ask Tuk. "I think you're the silliest." I say while jumping to Tuk. I tickle her as she laughs and squirms around. "Stop! Stop!" Tuk screams through laughter.

I suddenly stop, "Ok girlies." I cross my arms and look around to everyone. "Kinda basic, but let's go swimming." I say. "Let's race there!" Tuk says suddenly. She jumps up and starts running. "Tuk!" Kiri yells while getting up. I look at Tsireya and we both shrug and get up.

We run to the beach and Tuk and Kiri were already playing with the ilus. "I meant what I said back there." Tsireya says. "You two are very cute together. I haven't seen you this happy for as long as I've known you, and that's a pretty long time." Tsireya says with a squeeze of my shoulder.

She runs off to the duo and I stand there in awe. I smile to myself and make my way over.

We just mess around with the ilus. Chasing each other, splashing each other, just having time.

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Then my stomach growls. "I'll go make us some snacks. You can all stay here." I get out of the water. "Don't take too long." Kiri says. I laugh and nod as I walk back to the house.

I jog home and mindlessly play with my braid. Ever since Neteyam, I play with the braid he made and twist the beads in between my fingers. While I was playing I realized that the beads were gone.

I bring the hair in front of my face. The braid came undone. No, no, no. It's gone. The last thing that I had of him. I sit down on the floor. Putting my face in my hands. I don't want this. Not right now. Not here. I quietly let the tears fall down.

Only for a minute. Only for a minute can I feel this way. Except it lasted more than a minute. My hands shook and my tears dropped on the floor. I shakily walked over and grabbed some food to prepare.

I used my free hand to twist my hair around my fingers. I make the food and add some little flowers. I go to my bedside and grab some beads, the same beads that Neteyam used. I never touched them after the incident.

My hands shake as I braid the beads into my hair. I feel so sick to my stomach. Grief was overwhelming me. I secured the braid and that was what broke me. I crawled into a ball and just sobbed.

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I reluctantly get up and grab the plates. Wiping my eyes and taking some breaths. I'll have to deal with all of this later. Maybe I'll go see Neteyam at the spirit tree.

I walk out of the house and walk to the beach. "Hey, guys. Sorry that took me a minute. I had to gather some supplies." I set down the plate. Everyone runs out of the water and sits on the beach.

Everyone grabs some fruit. We sit in a circle around the plate and eat. Soon my problems melt away. I forget about my problems when I spend time with everyone.

It's easy to be around them. It's easy to love them.

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back again and umm i only know how to write angst