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Feb 28

𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. ✦ 𝐚𝐨'𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠 (𝟬𝟬𝟰)

pairing: ao'nung x fem! omaticaya! reader W.C: 4k content includes: slowburn, mild pining, a bit of angst if you squint, ao'nung being sweet, jake being an annoying dad, fluff, girls being girls.

"(y/n)!" if she'd sat up any quicker, she probably would have given herself a concussion via slamming her head into her brother's. her brain was hardly connected to her eyes and ears before two sets of hands were shaking her by her shoulders, two voices melding into one unpleasant harmony. "what-?" she barely finished the word before, "you snuck out last night?!" she suddenly felt like she'd been doused in ice water. it was unbearably bright for someone who had just woken up, so between that and the introduction to a conversation she really didn't want to be having right off the rip of opening her eyes, she was ready to go drown in the ocean. the morning was probably approaching the noon at this point, and she groaned at the thought. if she had overslept, it would mean she was late for medicinal studies with tsahik ronal.

"what? no i didn't sneak out.. what are you even talking about?" the butt of her hands met her tired eyes and rubbed them like everything would just disappear if she continued long enough. "dad totally caught you!" she was now awake enough to process that her two harassers were lo'ak and tuk. she rolled her eyes. "it's none of your business." her joints groaned as she rose from her cot, aching from the scrimmage of the night prior. she walked over to the water basin and scooped the liquid into her hands, her siblings hot on her tail.

"so what were you doing?" "were you with that boy?" "did you kiss him?" (y/n) groaned and continued to scoop handful after handful of water against her face, rinsing her eyes and cheeks and neck. "his name is ao'nung, you should know that. and no i did not kiss him." "so you were with him!" they bursted into another cacophony of unintelligible squabbles, continuing on even as she pointedly walked away. "sorry, can't hear you, bye."

(y/n) promptly left the marui and walked briskly to the village square, where many people were doing the usual tasks of the day. a few called her name in greeting and she waved but heeded no time to chat. ronal wasn't necessarily the kind of woman you wanted to keep waiting. quickly she found her, tsireya, and kiri sitting in a communal area of the village, clearly well a ways into a lesson. she bristled at the sharp, scrutinizing gaze she was met with from ronal and quickly took a seat next to her sister, head lowered in embarrassment.

"you are late." a simple statement, but she might as well have told her she's useless with the tone her voice carried. ronal was not soft in any way. she was firm, a mighty warrior and mighty leader to the people. disappointing her was the last thing (y/n) wanted to do. "i sincerely apologize, tsahik." ronal regarded her apology with as little care as humanly possible and continued the lesson from where she had left off. kiri bumped their shoulders together and shot her a confused look, asking 'what happened?' with her eyes. (y/n) shook her head in response and instead made it clear she was trying to focus on the lesson and not interested in talking.

meanwhile, ao'nung, neteyam, jake and tonowari occupied the waters. tonowari was coaching the omaticayan boys on how to properly communicate via sign language when underwater, specifically in hunting or combat situations. ao'nung stood beside his father watching the men struggle slightly to grasp the language, happening to catch the piercing eye of jake. the first few times he thought he was just imagining things, or that he had been squinting against the sun, but around the third time it happened he realized it was purposeful. he began to grow a bit uncomfortable and high tailed it out of the lesson as soon as it ended, one particular omaticayan on his mind.

before he could get very far a large hand halted him by his shoulder. "ao'nung." he recognized the voice to be jake's and internally shivered, steeling his posture on the outside as he turned to face the man. "toruk makto." jake visibly cringed at the name but said nothing of it. "were you with my daughter last night?" ao'nung felt as though someone had screamed his deepest secret in front of the entire clan. his face flushed and his throat visibly bobbed with a hard swallow as he held the intense gaze of his friends' father, trying to think of what to do. should he tell the truth? should he lie? did he already know? did he see him drop her off?

his eyes peeked over jake's shoulder and met his fathers. tonowari was still standing in the water with neteyam about twenty feet away, giving him a look of confusion and concern, like: 'what did you do?'. he chose to tell the truth. "yes." jake shifted his weight and tilted his head, tongue rolling behind his teeth. ao'nung watched every emotion possible flick across his face before he nodded, giving a firm pat to his shoulder. he walked away. ao'nung didn't know if he should be scared or not. he met his father's confused eyes again and shrugged, their expressions matching at this point. tonowari shook his head and returned his focus to neteyam, who insisted on staying a bit longer to further practice the language.

just as ao'nung turned around to leave, rotxo caught him by his shoulders, laughing and shaking him a bit. they fell into step together, going towards the communal. "so, i hear you got lucky with the forest girl." if ao'nung rolled his eyes any harder, they would've fallen out of his head. "who told you that?! that is not true. i do not even like that girl." rotxo scoffed, giving him a little shove. "oh, you do not like her! is that why you spent allll night dancing with her and talking to her and practically drooling on her legs?" rotxo laughed when ao'nung shoved him, clearly embarrassed.

"oh yeah? and what about you and kiri, hm? don't think i did not see you two." now it was rotxo's turn to be embarrassed. he pushed and shushed him, looking around nervously like someone would hear. "bro, not so loud!" ao'nung laughed. they walked the rest of the way to the village square talking about unrelated topics like the latest hunt and whatever else teenage boys talk about when they're not talking about girls. on the inside, he had hoped they'd see the girls still with his mother. unfortunately that lesson had apparently ended, because none of them were anywhere to be found. 'damn.'

meanwhile kiri, tsireya, and (y/n) sat in a secluded area of the coast on a large flat rock, giggling and talking in hushed voices. well, (y/n) and tsireya were. kiri gave input every now and then, and chuckled along when they made jokes, but was otherwise quiet. that is, until: "so where were you last night?"

(y/n) shot a look to her sister like she had stung her, eyes wide and warning. kiri continued, a mischievous grin on her lips. "you were not in the house when i fell asleep." she could feel tsireya's curious gaze on her. "eywa..." (y/n) muttered under her breath, covering her blushing face with both hands while the other girls erupted into giggling and an onslaught of questions. "(y/n), where were you?" kiri asked. tsireya gasped. "were you with ao'nung?!" when (y/n) didn't respond, they got louder. tsireya was laughing and kiri was groaning, rolling her eyes. "you were!" "boys are such a waste of time, (y/n)."

(y/n) scoffed, baffled at the hypocrisy of the statement. "oh please! i bet you wouldn't say that in front of rotxo." kiri rolled her eyes to hide the fact she was flustered and tsireya laughed, lowering her voice into a hushed tone, leaning closer to both of the girls. they reciprocated her actions and easily fell into little whispers, talking about the night prior. "so (y/n).. you and ao'nung?" tsireya teased. she rolled her eyes, groaning. "no! eywa, i don't even like him as a friend. seriously." tsireya was clearly unconvinced. quickly, (y/n) deflected. "so, you and lo'ak?" her tone was accusatory and playful, tsireya smiled a smitten little smile. "it's not really like that.." she mused. "oh please. he basically has hearts in his eyes every time you're near him." "i swear he only has a good day if you talk to him." chimed in kiri.

they laughed. "what's so funny?" the three of them jumped like they'd been caught doing something bad, the shadows of four boys covering them. neteyam, ao'nung, rotxo and lo'ak had somehow found them and invited themselves to sit, widening the circle the girls had previously been in. "what are you doing here?" (y/n) whined, annoyed that they had so rudely interrupted girl time. "i could ask you the same thing." neteyam quipped from beside her, earning himself a little shove. she opened her mouth to speak again when small, urgent footsteps came pattering against the stone, and she was met with a blue blur that was tuk throwing herself down between tsireya and rotxo.

"tuk!" lo'ak was visibly annoyed. "i told you to stay with mom." tuk stuck her tongue out. "you always leave me out! i wanna hangout with you guys!" she whined, and (y/n) softened. she had a point. lo'ak was always trying to leave the youngest sister out, and (y/n) felt bad. "you can stay tuk, don't listen to him." kiri and tsireya nodded in agreement. it was clear who had the biggest soft spots for the young girl.

the seven of them fell into casual conversation easily, talking about how the sully's were adapting quickly to the metkayina lifestyle, their last swim excursion, and other things like stories of the past. they spent at least half of an hour talking this way before lo'ak made a comment that set the metkayina kids off balance. everyone went quiet, the sully's visibly a bit confused. the metkayina's looked to him, the sully's looked to the metkayina's looking at him, and he was visibly skeptical and on edge from all the sudden attention "what?"

"what did you just say?" ao'nung asked, tone and expression serious. "that i met a tulkun. payakan." he said. the metkayina's sat up straight, exchanging a look. tsireya looked at him in pity, her big eyes getting sad. "he saved my life." lo'ak was getting defensive now, picking up on the tension. he hated when everyone looked at him like he was making a mistake. "he helped me get back to the village after you," he emphasized, and ao'nung's head lowered. "left me in the middle of the ocean."

the sully's were very confused now. neteyam and (y/n) exchanged a look, then (y/n) and kiri, then all of them to each other. (y/n) looked to tsireya as her soft voice spoke: "lo'ak.. payakan is outcast." the words hit them like a falling tree, lo'ak seemingly taking the brunt of it. "outcast?" (y/n) asked, taking in the word. tsireya went on to explain that payakan was a killer. he went against the tulkun way, and was outcast forever. ao'nung and rotxo were solemn as she spoke, nodding slightly in agreement. (y/n) looked to her brother's incredulous, upset face. the tension was palpable.

"no." he said, beginning to stand. "lo'ak," (y/n) began, but he continued on. "no, you're wrong. he would never hurt anybody. he's kind. he helped me." tsireya softened and looked to him in that sad, pleading way, but he was firm in where he stood. ao'nung's eyes flicked to (y/n) before he realized what he was doing, seeing the way her eyes begged her brother not to go, not to do anything stupid. lo'ak gave them all one more disgusted glance before he turned on his heel and stormed away, leaving them in the awkward after math. (y/n) sighed and rubbed her eyes with the butt of her palms, feeling a tension headache about to come on.

tuk was patting tsireya's shoulder and telling her in that sweet, naive voice of hers that it wasn't her fault and lo'ak was just emotional like a little girl. rotxo took the hint and quietly excused himself, sensing that the prior moment was over. kiri did the same, taking tuk with her. tuk waved goodbye to tsireya and her older siblings and left, although a little reluctantly. neteyam sat silently and shook his head to himself. "teyam.." (y/n) said softly, scooting over next to him. she took his hand in hers and squeezed, earnest. "he's going to be okay."

neteyam had a habit of shouldering everything. as the eldest son and future olo'eyktan, he felt himself responsible for the happenings of everything, especially when it came to his siblings. he nodded, but his head still hung low. ao'nung watched as (y/n) situated herself in front of her older brother, kneeling before him with her hands on his shoulders. he didn't really know why he was still sitting there, it just felt correct. like he was waiting on something. on them. on her. "chin up, mighty warrior." she teased lightheartedly, and he cracked a smile.

"i mean it. chin up." he lifted his chin, not completely meeting her eyes. "shoulders back." she put her shoulders back, and he did the same. "what does dad always say?" neteyam rolled his eyes. " 'you're the oldest, you need to be more responsible'?" now (y/n) rolled her eyes. "no, not that one. the other one." neteyam held silent for a moment, grinning tiredly. he eventually gave in, muttering: "sully's stick together." (y/n) cupped her hand around her ear, "huh? what was that? sorry, i can't hear you." neteyam shook his head. "sully's stick together." his voice held a little more true this time. "sorry, one more time?" she leaned in closer. "sully's stick together."

(y/n) nodded and patted his shoulder firmly, holding his eyes. "sully's stick together. he will come home. he's just.. having one of his moments. and it's not your fault. okay?" he nodded. "okay." the sully's were a lot of things. they knew how to do a lot of things. they were quick witted, smart-mouthed, short-tempered and loyal as hell. but what they did not excel in was showing affection. they didn't say i love you, and they didn't know how to thank one another for emotional comforting. so it was no surprise to (y/n) when her brother simply gave her a firm nod, his eyes saying what his lips probably never would before he walked away. presumably to go home, being as it was starting to get dark.

(y/n) sighed and sat down, her back turned to ao'nung. she could feel that he was still there, and the knowledge embarrassed her a little. she didn't like to show vulnerability, but this was now the second time in less than a full day he'd seen her upset. her ears flattened against her hair and her tail drooped as she hugged her knees to her chest, looking out blankly at the water. she heard as he stood, heard his footsteps approach, felt his presence as he sat next to her without saying a word.

"why are you still here?" the question came off a little ruder than she intended, but he didn't seem to mind. he shrugged. she watched the sun slowly creep across the sky, taking it's time in reaching its destination. she listened to the sound of the waves lapping at the rock, falling into one another; she listened to the hums of the breeze, felt the way it kissed her face and hair on its way by. for a long while she sat this way, ao'nung silent beside her, and she began to feel the calmest she had in a long time. she began to feel like one with her surroundings, and she had a thought. she doesn't need to be praying, or pleading, or connected to the spirit tree to feel eywa. she was always there, like a word about to be spoken.

more time passed, and soon she understood it was probably time for them to head to the nightly village meal. the knowledge sat at the forefront of her mind but she made no moves to do anything about it. she didn't want to go. ao'nung had still not spoken a word, and she had not moved.

"why are you here?" she asked again, her voice dry and hoarse from being silent for so long. he didn't respond immediately. instead he took a deep, slow breath and continued to look out at the horizon, a smug, lazy smile occupying his lips. "it's my duty as future olo'eyktan to look out for the people. even annoying forest girls. so, i thought i'd offer you my shoulder to cry on."

as much as he didn't want to admit it, or acknowledge it, he cared for this girl in some way or another. he saw how upset she was and just the idea of leaving her alone made him feel like less of a man. so he stayed. he thought maybe she'd want to talk, but when she didn't, he decided not to push. if she wanted him, he'd be there.

(y/n) stared at him blankly for a long moment, watched the way he lazily tilted his head to meet her gaze. eywa, he was so smug. and so handsome. and sitting so close. and his eyes were watching her like he could see her. and he was so full of himself, and infuriating, and why did she want nothing more than to reach out and feel him?

eventually they simultaneously ended the impromptu stare-down and (y/n) huffed, shaking her head. "you are the most infuriating person i've ever met." he chuckled at that, arrogant demeanor coming back full power. "you flatter me." there was a silent and mutual communication that they should get going to dinner before there was nothing left for them to have. the sun had just begun saying its last goodbyes from the horizon when they stood, making their way to the communal. it was quiet and peaceful at first, the comfortable silence that always seemed possible between them making its claim. that is, until ao'nung said: "your father knows you were with me last night."

(y/n)'s head whipped to look at him so fast she nearly got whiplash, her eyes wide. "what? how? when? how can you be sure?" ao'nung chuckled at the urgency in her voice. "he asked me." immediately her fist was connecting with his shoulder. "ow-" he frowned, she continued. "are you insane?! do you want him to skin me? eywa, you are so stupid!" she continued talking basically to herself while he rubbed his shoulder, pouting a bit. it was starting to seem like he got punched by a sully at least once a day. "calm down, would you? it is not like we did anything.. bad."

(y/n) blushed at the implication of his words and groaned loudly, pushing him. "as if i would ever do-" she tripped up on her words, so flustered her brain and mouth stopped working in tandem. "you are insufferable." she finalized, and he feigned hurt, dramatically flinching away when she turned to growl at him. "i told you you're not my type anyway. nothing to worry about." they squabbled all the way to the communal and only shut up when they parted to sit with their respective families, (y/n) glaring at his amused face from across the way.

the rest of the clan was already in the process of eating, meaning they had missed prayer and opening statements from chief tonowari. she ignored the calculating, scrutinizing look jake passed between the two of them as she sat down beside him. "is there something you need to tell me?" he whispered to her, clearly a bit agitated in the way he always was when he got overprotective. "no, dad." she cut quickly, the annoyance she felt with him and the rest of her families constant badgering slipping into her tone. thankfully he left it alone.

or so she thought. because an hour later when dinner had ended and the sully family was back inside their marui, he immediately pounced the subject. "are you out of your mind?" (y/n) groaned loudly and walked away from him, something only she and kiri could do without getting ripped a new one. jake was softer in discipline with his daughters than he was with his sons, and they were often met with a bit more patience when it came to giving him attitude. even so, she still knew when to push and when to give; and judging by the way he followed her to her area of the home and the tone of his voice, she was gonna have to do some giving.

"do not walk away from me when i'm speaking to you." he all but growled. she turned around and met his eyes. he was concerned, irritated, and worried all at once, and it was written all over his face. she held his gaze, a flicker of irritation burning in hers, and waited for him to speak. by this point, her siblings were failing at trying to look like they weren't listening in. neytiri stood a few feet behind jake, watching them. waiting to see if she would need to step in. "what is going on with you babygirl?" he asked, the firmness in his voice giving way to concern. "nothing." the word was a mix between a whine and a sigh.

"nothing, my ass. you come home an hour late last night, you show up thirty minutes late to dinner tonight, and both times you're with that boy." she said nothing, her eyes narrowing in irritation. nothing she said would ease the situation. she knew he was only getting so mad about this because he was stressed from other things. he seemed to come to the same realization, because after a minute the furrow in his eyebrows released and he sighed, shifting his weight. she lowered her gaze as he ran a hand down his face.

he spoke like he was choosing each word carefully, his voice quieter and gentler. "i just want to know you're alright." she slowly raised her eyes, looking at her dad. her dad who she loved so much, and who was stretched so thin due to their circumstances. between the sky people attacking their home, having to come seek uturu among strangers, all the trouble lo'ak kept getting in, and now the worry that his daughter was potentially being hurt by the son of the chief they sought uturu from, he was at his wits end.

it was a conscious effort to fight back the tears that threatened to well up in her eyes. seeing her father who used to be toruk makto look so tired tugged directly at her heart strings, and not in a good way. "you know i don't like that kid. especially not after what he did to your brother." even if they had never talked about it, she knew her father knew lo'ak took the blame to save ao'nung's tail.

she sighed and shifted her weight. "i know." jake waited expectantly. neytiri was still standing near, but her siblings had caught the hint and returned to minding their own business. mostly. "he's not hurting me. he's my.. friend." for some reason, saying the word felt like trying to wade through a pool of peanut butter. it was hard for her to believe that someone she once wanted to literally strangle was now someone she considered a friend. he raised an eyebrow. "friend, right? and nothing more than that?"

(y/n) rolled her eyes once more, embarrassed and tired of having the same conversation. truth be told, she didn't really know if they were even friends or just being cordial. it felt like friendship, but it wasn't like there was ever a spoken agreement. and then on the other hand, sometimes it felt like more than friendship. when he made her dance with him, when he showed her the lagoon, when he sat in silence with her for over forty-five minutes, even though she hadn't asked him to.

"yes." regardless of all those thoughts swirling in her head, she felt it best to just agree and get it over with. "just friends." jake nodded, his ears flicking back in the way they always did when he was a little embarrassed. he knew he was being too overprotective, but she was his eldest daughter. he'd burn down all of pandora if it meant keeping her safe; he'd do the same for any of them. "good. you're too young for a boyfriend or whatever anyway." she rolled her eyes, and that was that. he pulled her in for a hug, hand resting against the back of her hair, and just held her for a moment. he thought back to when she was barely up to his knees and all she wanted to do was be right by his side. it was hard for him to believe she was almost old enough to start thinking about finding a mate.

after a moment he released her with a pat to her back and sent her off to bed, heading to his own respectively. she watched the silent communication that took place between her parents as they went to their bed, neytiri looking at her husband with skepticism.

too tired to care or do any more talking, (y/n) lied down on her cot and pulled the nimble quilt her grandma mo'at made her over her slender body. for a long while, she simply stared at the wall, ears twitching at the noises her family made as they settled in for the night. eventually it fell quiet, the only audible noises being her mother's voice softly praying and the breeze outside.

the last thing on her mind before she fell asleep was ao'nung. she thought of the unwonted kindness he had shown her lately. when she first met him, he was arrogant, rude, and a straight up bully. but ever since the incident with lo'ak, he'd been kinder, talked slower, like he cared what left his mouth. he was still arrogant and regularly irritated her, but nothing like he used to. why? 'you're not my type.' his voice echoed in her head, the smug, amused smile he had flashing behind her eyes. his smile was contagious. but his words didn't match his actions, and that confused her. did he like her? did she like him? she wasn't sure if she wanted to know. but what she was sure of, was that she found herself hoping to see him throughout the day. that he'd come see her between lessons, that they'd get to talk at dinner, anything.

what that meant for her, she didn't know. and maybe she didn't have to, because 100 yards away, in his hammock, ao'nung was thinking the same things.

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Feb 28

𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. ✦ 𝐚𝐨'𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠 (𝟬𝟬𝟰)

pairing: ao'nung x fem! omaticaya! reader W.C: 4k content includes: slowburn, mild pining, a bit of angst if you squint, ao'nung being sweet, jake being an annoying dad, fluff, girls being girls.

what that meant for her, she didn't know. and maybe she didn't have to, because 100 yards away, in his hammock, ao'nung was thinking the same things.

tags: @blackwidowfan1234 @3random-blog @a-frog-with-a-laptop @exerlover @straows @softomboy ˖ ࣪⭑ masterlist

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