Netty | Neteyam x reader

Chapter 14.

Now you're actually starting to feel nervous.

Soon enough, you were far away from the crowd, Neteyam was still leading you somewhere.

A smile appears on your face as you recognize the path you are walking on right now.

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"We are here." he says as he stops.

You bump into him lightly and apologize quickly as you look back at the view in front of you - the Hyacinth beach.

"So..." You start as you walk around him and stand in front of him, "What," You stopped, looking up at him, "did you have to tell me?"

Neteyam smiled down at you and took a step forward.

"Stop looking at me like that." you mumble as he comes closer.

"Like what?" he asks and does it again. It may be very subtle but you know and have grown to love that look; he is staring directly in your eyes, his lips barely parted and smirking, his head tilted to the side, making his braids fall in his face a little.

He looked perfect.

"Like you care for me." You bring your hand up slowly and really gently brush the braids out of his face and tuck in behind his ear, "Like you... have feelings for me. "

"I do care for you." he protests, taking your hand in his, "And.." his word hangs in the air.

You were holding your breath.

This couldn't be real, could it? 

Was he finally going to confess? 

Why did he stop, though? 

Was he regretting this decision?

"And?" You whisper, starting to get impatient, but it does not show in your voice. You needed to confess. Now or never. You both blurb out at the same time;

"I like you,"

"Go out with me,"

A second passed, and both of you were just looking at each other.

"You want me to go out with you?" Neteyam asked, his voice raspy from the lack of communication.

"Yes." you whisper, barely audible, "You like me?" You ask, uncertain almost.

"Yes." he replies as he leans in closer and captures your lips in his.

You smile as you pull away, "I thought you would never confess."

He laughed, making your smile widen.

"Same goes for you." he leaned in again and kissed you.

You smile into the kiss and wrap your hands around his neck, bringing him closer to your body.

As you both pull away, you hear a familiar horn.

"We need to go back," you comment, "The performance is continuing..."

"Okay." Neteyam whispers and takes your hand in his.

You squeeze his hand lightly, and you both start walking back to the village.

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You take a deep breath as you step into the water. The performance has begun, the drums are playing, and you and the rest of your dancing group are walking into the cold ocean.

As the water hits just below your knees, you turn around, facing the crowd.

You knew you were supposed to focus on the dance, but your mind is full of thoughts.

Today was such a good day.

You look over to Neteyam, sitting at shore, in the crowd. It was not hard not to spot him. His bright smile was everything.

He has feelings for you.

You shoot him a dashing smile as you pose, the dance coming to an end. You were so busy focused on your thoughts that you didn't even realize how fast the dance went by.

As the crowd erupts into shouts and the sound of clapping, all you could think about is how truly lucky you are.

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"-but I told him after that it is not how you hunt for fish!" Rotxo's story came to an end, and the group all let out a few laughs.

"I didn't know any better!" Lo'ak pouted as he looked over at Tsireya.

You, Neteyam, Ao'nung, Tsireya, Lo'ak, Kiri, Rotxo, and a few other friends from your dance group were sitting in a circle, talking, laughing and eating.

It was just past midnight; but obviously, the party just started.

"I'm sure you could do better." Tsireya cheered Lo'ak on, as she lightly touched his arm.

Ao'nung hummed in disapproval, and the groups laughed once again.

"If you were in the forest with us, then we would see who'd be laughing." Kiri commented, hugging her knees to her chest.

"That's for sure! You guys wouldn't last a day in there alone." Lo'ak added. The message was mostly for Ao'nung.

"I'm sure if we- if I ever found myself in the forest, I would be great and even better at all the things you do." Ao'nung proudly said, flicking his queue behind him in a sassy way.

"Sure you would skawng." you hissed lightly, "I'm sure it's not as easy as it sounds."

"It's really not," Neteyam started, "you have to be careful and always alert in the forest. You never know what is hiding behind the trees." Neteyam wiggled his fingers as if telling a scary story.

"But it's also beautiful," Kiri quickly bugged in, "it's the most wonderful place there is. In my opinion, I would even say it's better than here. "

Rotxo dramatically gasped and fell onto Ao'nung, and the boy followed his act as well.

"How dare you say such thing!" Ao'nung spoke, his hand to his heart, leaning forward from the forced body weight of Rotxo.

"I am so hurt!" Rotxo wailed, pressuring his body more to make Ao'nung lean forward more.

They kept going at that, Rotxo applying his weight, and Ao'nung trying to push him off. The boys broke into chuckles as Kiri stuck her tongue out at them.

The rest of the teenagers laughed harder than before at their silly behavior.

"Ao'nung." We all turned around and stopped laughing as we stared at the chief.

"I need to talk to you." he said.

"Someone's in trouble," you sing-sang quietly, not too loud for Tonowari to hear but loud enough for the group to hear.

"Again." Lo'ak added quietly, but you heard and chuckled, extending your hand to give him a high five.

"Come." Tonowari spoke again, this time a bit harsher.

Ao'nung stood up and walked towards his father. He turned around and signs, "See you later losers.''

You rolled your eyes, and Neteyam chuckled.

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A/n

Guys sorry for not updating for like weeks lmaoo

I just didn't have any motivation to finish this chapter + I was updating my other book + I have school sooo yeah hahaha

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Hopefully I'll uptade quicker than this time lol

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