Aonung x Sully!reader
reader is an amazing weaver And it’s Aonung’s of age ceremony and he asks Y/N for help with his ceremonial clothing cause he waited too long to make it and they stay up all night together making it…
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It was late at night, you were drifting in and out of sleep in your separate marui because you finished your off age ceremony weeks ago, and you were finally getting used to being by yourself.
Obviously you missed you family, but it’s not like you won’t see them everyday. Lo’ak and Neteyam left months ago and that left you Kiri and Tuk.. well now just Kiri and Tuk.
Spending time in the Metkayina you got aquatinted to many of the people, a lot of them knowing you due to your amazing craftsmanship and skill in weaving.
Your mother calls it a gift from Eywa due to how diligent and fast you can get even the most difficult patterns down.
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Being half way asleep you hear steps outside of your mauri. Ears perking up to the sound you grumble a bit.
Someone knocks on the outside whispering your name
“Y/N..? Hey wake up”
You groan recognizing the source of the voice.
“Go away Aonung, I’m trying to sleep.”
The boy rolled his eyes and let out a huff.
“Listen, I really need your help right now, so can you please get up?”
The genuine sound in his tone took you aback, maybe he really was in trouble and could use some help.
You raise up to see him standing in the middle of your Mauri, rubbing your eyes you yawn
“So what do you need help with?”
He seemed to liven up a bit at your willingness to assist him.
“Well.. tomorrow is my coming of age ceremony and.. I waited to long to make my ceremonial clothing.”
You deadpanned turning to lay back down
“Wait wait! Y/N I really need you to do this for me, it would be a dishonor to have not made them, I just need this one favor then I’ll leave you alone for like a week, promise”
You let out an exasperated grumble, but him not bothering you for that long sounded like heaven, plus you were lonely in your pod. Having company when you were already struggling to sleep doesn’t sound too bad.
“..mm fine”
He put on a pleased smile and set the materials next to you.
“We’re going to make an armband, a necklace, and a loincloth” he looked pleased with himself and the materials he gathered.
“Alright. Let’s get started”
You take the material
“I’ll make the jewelry pieces, you work on the loincloth.”
He nodded in agreement
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It’s been hours. You both were dying of exhaustion. Weaving the materials was a lot more difficult in this state. Things that you could make easily in 30 minutes are now taking an hour do. Aonung wasn’t much help either, he didn’t really know what he was doing. You have had to stop and help him multiple times. Though you can be too hard on him, there is a lot that goes into these pieces, you were just upset he started so late.
“Why did you not start until today? Why wait so long?” You brought it up and we’re met with his eyes, he looked embarrassed to admit the reason.
“I thought this would be the easy part, I needed to gather the materials which seemed harder, I thought I could finish in a day, but… as you can see” he smirked at you pointing out the situation you both were in.
You rolled your eyes, going back working on the pieces.
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You were finally done. Your fingers stung and your head throbbed. Aonung finished an hour ago and passed out on the floor, he tried helping but he ended up not being able to make it, which left it up to you.
You looked down at him, seeing how peaceful he looked, and warm.
You were used to cuddling with Tuk when you slept, she used to get scared at night so she’s always come to you for reassurance, and it became a habit of her to fall alseep in your arms.
The thought of being next to him made your heart race, but you quickly disregarded the thought,
How could you think of something like that. Especially with him. He was rude, cocky, mean, well you did like his smile, and his hair was nice, his body was very toned….
You sighed knowing that it was your tired drunken state making you think like this. You lay down closing your eye drifting away.
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30 minutes after you feel asleep, it wasn’t a good sleep though. You felt restless and anxious, something wasn’t right, you missed having your family around you, having someone close. Suddenly you feel something or rather someone against your backside and swing their arm around you.
In your state of tiredness you couldn’t comprehend what was happening but it was something that you were used to when you lived at home, you assumed it was Tuk not realizing she wasn’t there.
You drifted off again.
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Waking up you noticed a rather large hand covering your torso
You freeze realizing who it is and start to panic. Slowly turning you see that he is still asleep
You let out a relived sigh, but he opens his eyes, your mouth slightly agape when you see this.
“You move a lot in your sleep, you looked really uncomfortable. But you slept just fine in my arms hm?” He was smirking down at you
You lightly pushed him back sitting up.
“Don’t Aonung.” You were embarrassed, but in all honesty that was the best sleep you had since you got here.
“Well, say that it’s me repaying you for your help.. if you ever need me back here I’ll do this little sleep thing with you.” He sounded kinda genuine, you didn’t know how to feel. The guy that was kinda a pain in your side but also very protective, confident, amazing on the eyes… your mind trailed off again while staring down at him.
“Like what you see?” He was of course looking back at you, but his comment made you snap out of the trance.
You roll your eyes
“Whatever.. go get ready for your Ceremony. You have a big day today, so go.”
Your words were not harsh and you didn’t shoot down his idea, so he took that as a maybe to his suggestion.
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Him leaving the mauri he wave and thanked you again “Thank you yawne” with that he left leaving you speechless.
The Olo’eyktan’s son called you yawne.
You, not even originally from this village, pretty average.. you thought there was plenty of other women in this village that could suite the requirements of his mate… but you? Obviously you’ve thought of the possibility, but your relationship with him was kinda off. Seeing him almost daily when you talked to each other it was like bickering, your friends like to say you both sound like an old married couple. You’d always find him catching glimpses of you, when you did he’d always smirk or pretend like he wasn’t. You did the same though, mapping out his features, memorizing the patterns on his skin… but that doesn’t mean you like each other.. right?
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-mini time skip-
The ceremony was amazing, the pieces you made suited him very well and they looked great on him, and he got quite the few compliments from them.
After there was a party to celebrate. You were by kiri, talking to her about ewya knows what when a guy from the village comes up to you.
“Hello Y/N” You know him as Nash’vi, recently he has been trying to talk to you more and more but in the past Kiri has said that he’d pick on and never apologized and makes her uncomfortable
“Hello..?” You’re used to him coming up to you from time to time but unless he apologized or owned up to his mistake, you would keep conversation short.
“I was wondering if you wanted to dance?” At this point Kiri had left, leaving the two of you alone
“Oh I don’t know I’m not really-“ you were cut off by someone wrapping an arm around your shoulder.
“Sorry but she already agreed to dance with me.” It was Aonung, your saving grace. You gave him a thankful look and Nash’vi walked away.
“Tsk” he looked aggravated at the boy walking away. You squeezed his hand catching his attention.
“So, we’re dancing now?” You gave him a smug look that he’s usually give you.
Now it’s his turn to roll his eyes
“Yeah, you know you want to.” You sighed smiling.
“Maybe I do?” With that he took your hand and lead you to the dance circle.
You both danced till you were tired and your feet burned. By the end of the party you could barley walk.
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Going back to your mauri, Aonung offered to take you back, which you agreed.
You were leaning against him while he semi-held you up.
“Are we even now” he broke the comfortable silence. “Hm? What do you mean?” You looked up at him and he paused for a second, getting caught in them.
He thought about it for a second “..never mind I’d spend my whole life repaying you if I had the chance.” Again his words got you and your face started heating up.
“Y/N… may I court you?” Your skin was a light purple hue and you didn’t know what to say to his forwardness. He really did liked you.
You think about his request for a second.
“No” instantly he looked disheartened, but you weren’t finished. “No courting Ma’Aonung I’d love be your mate for life.. I see you.”
Now his face was heated, looking down at you he put his forehead to yours
“I see you Y/N”
With that you leaned into each other closing the space, and kissed.
