The next day, Neteyam had been greatly tired, but that didn't stop him from a very important part of his schedule of the day. Today was Shru'sakme, the day of the ilu. What the Metkayina tribe would do yearly is that they would do a tribe celebration at nighttime for the happiness that each ilu lived another life. The whole reason why they did this is because ilu's have a very long life span, so they like to be reminded. Lo'ak found this dumb, but he did it for Tsireya. The whole Sully family did, infact, but none of them admitted it.
Tonowari walked into the Sully marui in the morning. "Good morning, everyone. Just a reminder that today is Shru'sakme, so please remember to wear your finest cloth." Jake nodded. Like if he were a little girl, Neteyam smiled. Lo'ak looked at him, and smiled. "What?" Neteyam asked, laughing. "You sound silly." "My baby bro, I have a really nice cloth that i thought i would never wear at this weird place." Lo'ak laughed, putting one finger over his mouth and sounding out, "Shh!," so that Tonowari and Jake couldn't hear them talking bad about the tribe. "Go on kids. Dismissed," Jake blurted. "What?" "Just go!" Neteyam walked out, rolling his eyes. He turned to face Kiri. "Big brother, do you want to swim with me?" At first Neteyam was going to say no, but then he changed his mind, and smiled at Kiri. "Sure!" They jumped in the water. You learned the hand signs right?, Kiri signs with her hands underwater. Yeah, Aonung taught me. That jackass? Neteyam slaps the back of her head, by-accidentally laughing underwater. Shut up!, he says, smiling. Lets go over here, Kiri signs, gliding her hands under the water so that she can show which direction to go to. Kiri leads him to a less deep reef that had a sandy top, and let him know with the hand language to get up and sit on it. He nods. Once they get up, they see some familiar in the distance. Kiri smiles, and turns her head to Neteyam. She shakes her head side to side, smiling. She covered her mouth with her hand. "It's Roxto." She laughs, kicking her feet. Neteyam rolls his eyes enthusiastically, laughing. "Lets go," he mouths without actually talking. "Hey Roxto!" "K-..Kiri!" He gets nervous. "Hey Neteyam." He smiles, raising his hand up to say hi. Kiri and Roxto have a long conversation while Kiri plays and twists her hair, and Roxto can see that Neteyam is annoyed. "Oh, I'm sorry Neteyam. Aonung is over there, if you wanna talk to him!" Neteyams pupil grow, and he slightly smiles and nods. He swim up to him. Aonung has his backed turned against everyone else. Neteyam placed his hand on his shoulder. He flicked, Neteyams hand being colder than the north. "Hey, Aonung." He turned his head, his bright blue eyes meeting the others dim yellow eyes. "Hey, pretty boy," Aonung responded, feeling risky once again. The only thing he wondered: Why would he ever feel risky for the is na'vi? Even worst, a male na'vi. "What are you going to wear tonight, Teyam?" He laughs, putting his head down. "Risky. I'm wearing something so handsome you will die, sxawkng!" They laugh. Kiri calls Neteyam. "Big brother! Lets go!" He runs his finger through Aonubgs hair, looking into his eyes. "I've got to go." Aonung nods. Kiri and Neteyam call their ilus. It took a while as they weren't too good at it yet.
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LATER that day, Neteyam got ready for the Shru'sakme. He wore his neatest and best looking cloth. It had a long, thin, silky, light green bottom that went down to his knees, a head piece, multiple brown arm and leg pieces, and a feathered top. Imagine this:
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(yes ik it's a girl just pretend) He left his hair as normal, thick and down. An hour passed, and Jake and Neytiri called them to go to the reef. When they got there, it was sort of like a party. They had all sorts of Metkayina tribal foods, as well with all types of drinks, including Hap'lao, a drink that was exactly like alcohol. Their cups were built from the same type of leaves they use to seal their fish food. Aonung called his hand out to Neteyam. "Neteyam! Come over here!" He couldn't exactly see what Neteyam was wearing, so when Neteyam arrived, his face dropped. He was mesmerized. "Y-..You look.." "Great! You look great, Neteyam," said Tsireya, smiling and holding Neteyams hand. Aonung flipped it away, trying not to make it obvious that he was jealous. He leaned in, relying his weight on the holding of Neteyams waist as if it was bars on the stairs. He grabbed the tribal cup, filling it with Hap'lao. "Have." Neteyam shakes his head, smiling. "Whyyy..?" Neteyam noticed that Aonung was already drunk. He sighs. With his strength, which didn't take him much considering the fact that Neteyam was most likely the strongest out of everyone in the Omatikaya AND Metkayina, he picked Aonung up as easy as a feather placed his legs across the side of his hips and making sure Aonung held on to his neck. Ik it's cringe but imagine this:
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Neteyam found his marui, and without shame, laid him down. "Pretty boy?" "Mm?" "Can I ask you something?"
