Spider One-shot! (Fluff!)
Summary: you and spider are the only humans in the Omatikaya clan. You grow up together and eventually develop feelings as you two get older. Spider decides to act on these feelings and begin to court you.
Note: I got this idea while trying to sleep. It’s very sloppily written so mb guys. We need more Spider fics🥹
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You and Spider were like two peas in a pod. He was always influencing you to do stupid things, and you were always teaching him how to heal an infected scratch or how to fix something he had broken.
when you two were younger he would always love to go and play with the Sully family, you preferred to stay back with the scientists. Of course you’d go with him sometimes, he wouldn’t let you be a hermit all the time!
As you two got older, you guys got impossibly close. Being the only two humans of your age it was only natural.
When you both hit puberty, your hormones went everywhere, as humans tend to do. Your feelings grew for each other; though nothing was ever spoken.
Every knew. It was incredibly obvious, the lingering eyes, affectionate words, the works. Lo’ak would relentlessly tease poor Spider about it. Neteyam always told him to act on it. He would refuse with pink cheeks. Attempting to play it off.
You wake up to the beaming light of the sun in your eyes. Not even a second later you hear loud ruckus. This was a daily occurrence. You sit up, wiping sleep from your eyes. It’s a warm morning after a rain; it had that fresh rain scent. Standing up and stretch with a satisfying pop of your bones.
You walk to the source of the noise, seeing Lo’ak and Spider wrestling, Neteyam watching, Kiri playing with Tuk. The second Spider notices you he immediately pushes away Lo’ak and grabs some food wrapped carefully in a leaf. It’s really not the best craftsmanship, but to be fair it is still Spider. He hands you the food with a sheepish look on his face, though he tries not to show off his nervousness.
“I uh… saved you some food. Since you were still asleep when we ate. I think it’s still warm.” The food is warm in your hands, definitely not as warm as it would have been if it was fresh, but it is still enough to satisfy your stomach. Lo’ak is watching from a few feet away, covering his mouth and snickering. Neteyam smacks his shoulder and he whips around to see Neteyam, but you can’t focus on them. All you can focus on is the sweet look on Spider’s face.
“Thank you, that’s very sweet.” You say, you feel the warmth on your cheeks. You walk over and sit by Kiri, Spider following you like a puppy. You unwrap the food and begin eating it, it’s good. Not the best you’ve ever eaten but still good. You can feel Spider’s looming gaze on you. He studies your face, trying to read your expression. “It’s good” you say, you can almost visibly see him relax.
There is many more mornings like this, he always wants to bring you your food. One day, he walks up to you, hiding something in his hands. “Hey Y/N!” He says with a smile, you physically warm up at seeing his smile. “Spider” you say as a greeting, slightly nodding your head to him. “Look what I’ve got. You want it?” He opens his hands, practically shoving the item into your chest.
You look down and take it from his hands. It’s a small bracelet made from wooden beads. It was actually quite pretty. “Wow, Spider. This is very pretty! Did you make it?” He nods “i was making stuff with Neteyam… thought you might want it.” He shrugs. Attempting to be nonchalant as if he didn’t spend the past two days forcing Neteyam to teach him how to carve and craft.
That same night at dinner, Spider notices that you have the bracelet around your wrist. He immediately begins beaming. He moves to sit next to you. He sits close enough that your shoulders are touching. Neither of you move. “You like the bracelet?” He asks, trying to have that same nonchalant tone as earlier but you can hear that undertone of nervousness. “Yes, i think it looks very nice.” He smiles, “I think you look gorgeous…” be mumbles, face bright red, you thought he might add to it like he always does. He begins to stumble on his words and redirect it. Though this time he didn’t. He just looks down into his lap. “Thank you Spider” Your voice just makes him melt, especially when you say his name.
The rest of dinner is eaten quietly. Though not an awkward silence. Just two teenagers in love with nothing to say.
At the very end of dinner as you begin to get up he stops you. “Hey, can I meet you in the forest tonight? By the river?” He looks around nervously. Naturally, you agree.
You wait excitedly, you absolutely loved spending time with him. You weren’t sure if you two would be alone, he didn’t specify; you were silently praying to Eywa that you two would be alone. You fix your hair about 20 times, adjust your outfit, and ask Kiri if you look good.
Then eventually, you leave for the river, the whole walk you are anticipating what might happen. You make around 1 million scenarios, hoping all would be true.
Eventually you get to the river. The bioluminescent atmosphere is so gorgeous. It’s almost perfect. You see him nervously pacing, muttering quietly to himself. Once he notices you he walks right up to you. “Thank you for coming. I’ve got something I need to say. I wasn’t sure you’d come.” He says sheepishly. “Of course I’d come. I am not busy.” You snort, as if the thought of you being busy was amusing.
Spider takes a deep sigh, taking your hands in his “Y/N… I think you’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever met. I love your laugh, I love your smile, I love your hair. You’re honestly just the most awesome person. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I just didn’t know what to-“ He begins to ramble, completely pouring his heart out for you. You cut him off by pulling him into a kiss. This was both of your guys first kiss, so it was clunky and awkward. But you guys are able to figure it out. He snakes his arms around your midsection. He was warm, his skin hot against yours. He makes quiet groaning noises only you would hear. This was the perfect first kiss.
After a while of kissing, you two pull away, breathing hard. Neither of you take your eyes away from each other though. He doesn’t take his hands off of you. Once you two catch yoir breath he pulls you into a tight hug. “I’ve been imagining this for so long.” He says sweetly, peppering your face in kisses. You giggle, pushing your hands on his chest. “Me too.”
