𝐄𝐂𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐘 | neteyam

fourteen 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒

NETEYAM POV:

FINALLY, I WAS HAPPY AGAIN. The last few days were torture for me, with Aylikhi ignoring me. But now, all of that was history, and I couldn't be happier.

I spent mist if my time with the beautiful girl, we were talking a lot, and I even taught her some of the Ometikaya ways. She was just a dream.

However, I couldn't really explain or understand my feelings towards her. Aylikhi was this stunningly beautiful girl who was so smart, funny, and kind too. She was basically flawless. But on the other side, we were just friends, as she constantly reminded me.

I found myself thinking about her all the time, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, even my parents noticed my absence. I cared for her so much, even though I don't even know her that long.

After lunch, me and Lo'ak went to the beach, my eyes secretly looking for someone. But she wasn't here.

So I had to spend the day without her. Tsireya joined us after a while, so I was basically alone, because Lo'ak and her were flirting with each other quite obviously for the entire time!

For the last few days I kind of avoided the water, since my drowning didn't happen that long ago. My parents still don't know anything about it, and I will definitely not tell them.

But the thought, that the person who tried to drown me is walking on this island right now is definitely scary. Should I at least tell Aylikhi? I mean, I trust her with everything, and I know that she wouldn't tell a soul without my allowing.

Well, right now I in fact, was laying in the water. My back touched the cool liquid while my face looked into the bright sky. It was a beautiful day, there were no clouds on the sky.

Time went on, and I didn't have anything to do, Lo'ak and Tsireya went somewhere some time ago, so I was completely alone. Well, not completely.
From afar, I could see some villagers, but they all pretty mich ignored me.

Suddenly I saw a body walking over the beach, disappearing in a Marui Pod. Aylikhi! I would recognize her from miles away. "Aylikhi! Wait for me!", I shouted loudly, forgetting the people around me.

I could swear to Eywa's name that I saw her turning around quickly, but ignoring me and walking inside her Marui. Huh?

I quickly followed her. When I arrived the Marui, I saw her mother inside of it. I never actually talked to her before, I realised now.

"Hello", I said to the older woman, who looked up to me. She had the same kind eyes as Aylikhi.

She gave me a nod, "Hello", she replied with a quiet voice. Her name was Yunä! I remember Aylikhi telling me about her in the roots. Apparently Yunä used to tell her stories and fairytales about the forest.

"Are you looking for someone?", she then asked me. I nodded my head positively.

"Yes, I am looking for Aylikhi," I told her and her eyes seemed to widen a bit.

"Aylikhi? Why are you searching for her?", she asked me and raised one eyebrow. Shit! I don't know what or even if her parents heard of me before...

"Uhm, well, she uh- she wanted to teach me a trick on the ilu," I explained and put my hands behind my bare back.

Yunä's face looked calmer now, and I let out a quiet sigh. "She's somewhere behind the house, collecting flowers, I belive," she said to me and before I could go to find her daughter, she stopped me.

"What is your name again, boy?", she asked me and I turned around to her.

"It's Neteyam," I answered her questions and she replied with a nod.

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After a few minutes I finally found Aylikhi. She really was behind the house, and had a few blue flowers in her hand.

"Hey, Aylikhi!", I said to her as I approached her from behind. She turned around to look at me quickly. "Oh, it's you," she answered and turned around again. Now she was showing me her back.

I was a bit confused. Was she mad? Usually, she's happy to see me. Or at least happier. She made a few steps away from me, collecting more flowers from the ground, ignoring me completely.

"Is everything okay?", I asked her concerned. Did I do something wrong?
Aylikhi didn't answer me, just hummed a quiet "mhm."

There was a thick silence for a few seconds. I didn't really know what to say because Aylikhi never acted this way before.

"Okay.", I said after a few seconds, only because I wanted to break the silence. "Well, why are you collecting flowers?", I asked her.

She still didn't look at me. "It's Tsireya's birthday soon. I want to make her a gift," she explained.

"Really? What kind of gift will it be?", I asked her, mainly to hear her talk. I still wondered what was wrong. Usually she answers way more enthusiastically and speaks way more.

"It's a surprise," Aylikhi answered and I widened my eyebrows. Wow, she's pissed! She seemed to notice my confusion because she turned around and now finally looked me into the eyes. When our eyes met, I felt my heartbeat stopping for a second.

"Neteyam, look. If you want to spend time with someone, it's fine for me! You can be with whoever you want to be with, okay? And I-, I guess I'll just have to live with it," she said to me and I could see in her blue eyes that she meant it.

But I didn't understand. I mean, I understood her words, but I didn't understand the meaning of them. What was she even talking about? Or better, who was she talking about?

"I'm afraid I don't understand," I said to her and she broke the eye contact and looked to the sandy ground. I took her hand into mine and tilted my head to the side. "What is it that you want to say?", I asked her.

"I just wanna make clear that I am fine with it. And I understand if you don't wanna talk to me about it," Aylikhi said and I furrowed. Was she talking about the drowning? Did she somehow find out about it? She had to talk about the drowning!

"Well, yeah, I guess it's kind of difficult for me to talk about because it's all still very confusing to me, you know?", I said to her. Aylikhi slowly put her hands out of mine and made a few steps backwards.

"Yes, I understand," she said and somehow looked sad. The thought of me dying because of drowning probably scares her. "Well, I guess I have to go. I wish you all the best."

Why was she being so weird? And why did she wish me all the best?

"Okay, I will see you tomorrow right?", i asked her and she just nodded. The thought that Aylikhi was mad at me for some reason still couldn't leave my mind.

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miscommunication yallllll

hi what's up people, I hope your all doing good because I AM

school ended for me and now I have to work for three weeks in a job to earn work experiences. im honestly so excited and so happy that the school year is ending. now i can focus more on wattpad tooo

im kind of thinking about writing a german story that is my original idea and maybe I will be translating it into english when I finished it in german.

but the book will deffo play in germany, so you guys could maybe tell me if u are interested in it.

hope yall enjoyed this little chapter

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