𝓘 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 -Lσ'αƙ-/OC

𝟛- midlife crisis

Chapter 3
Midlife crisis

It was the time of the eclipse. The world slowly fading into a beautiful darkness leaving the reef to glow with stunning colours. I was sat with my feet dipping into the water recalling mine and Lo'ak's moment? I'm not even sure if it was a moment, it may not have been for him but each time my eyes locked with his golden irises nothing else mattered. It's crazy that I'm even thinking this way I have known him for less than 1 day but the stupid forest boy wont leave my brain!. I groaned placing my hands onto my face, my emotions were irritating me.

"Hey" I heard a very familiar voice say.I like talking to him but why now I'm in the middle of a mid-life crisis!!. "Hey" I respond back to Lo'ak trying to keep the nerves from effecting my voice. "It's Räya right?" He questioned. Räya your being stupid he doesn't even remember your name."yeah that's me" I said, clearly my bored tone was picked up by him as he began to say, "I'm bored to, I mean don't get me wrong I love it here so far, but I do miss my own familiar surroundings you know?". I completely understood where he was coming from if I ever had to leave the reef I would be so lost. "Yeah I understand, I'm sure I would feel the same way if I had to leave my home" I replied giving him and empathetic smile. Our eyes locked, there was a subtle breeze that slightly moved his hair, I couldn't take my eyes off him for the fear that if I did he would disappear.

I managed to retrieve my senses and looked away, my hands moved to my cheeks to cover the slight pink tinge.I heard him mumble something but I was to busy trying to not make a fool of myself that I didn't hear him. I decided to speak first wanting to cut the tension that was slowly growing "um is there anything you want me to show you or teach you, I mean we don't have to it's just I thought with us both being bored..." I glimpsed to my side catching him looking at me with a smile, oh don't do thatt! My heart was beating so fast I'm sure 100 planets could hear it. "I have a better idea" Lo'ak spoke, I raised my eyebrows curious with what he was going to suggest. " you have been showing me your world so I think it's my turn to show you mine". I was confused at first not quite understanding what he was getting at. He must have noticed my puzzled expression as he expanded on what he meant, "I want to show you the forest" he said. Once he finished his sentence I immediately stood up repeating a long list of no's "I- I mean we you omg we can't do that! that would be such a bad example of me to the clan I'm supposed to be a role model not a rebel" I breathed out my worries getting the best of me and to make it worse I was panicking in-front of him. I'm such a mess. You need to be perfect. Stop being a wreck.He thinks I'm an idiot. My thoughts were drowning me slowly and the only way I could think of stopping them at the time was to... dive into the water calling my ilu and swimming away.

I decided to meet up with my soul sister.Pearl. Pearl was my Tulkun we shared everything and I knew I could talk to her about anything without her judging me. "Pearl!!" I called out to her a few times, once I saw her appearing in the distance my face immediately relaxed. I let coral go and swam to Pearl sitting on her fin. "Long time no sea" i said slightly giggling at my own joke. Pearl rolled her eyes "oh come on that was funny" I insisted. Me and Pearl ended up conversing practically all night, she told me about how she is doing and that she is soon to be expecting a baby! I was so proud and happy for her.  "- and then I swam away" I finished explaining what happened earlier. Your a  skxawng Räya. "I am not I refused to continue to make a fool of myself in front of him and possibly anyone else who could have walked past or seen me, you know I have to be perfect, mother and father would go mad if they ever saw me behaving that way". You have to many pressures, a little adventure in the forest won't kill you, in fact it may allow you to breathe for once. I was deep in thought about what she was saying whilst staring up at the night sky, the stars filling the darkness.And this Lo'ak boy what if you made him worry hm? Just swimming off after he basically proposed that he wanted to spend time with you. "Him worried about me never, the most likely scenario is that he has finally realised that I'm a complete idiot". I hated myself for being this way worried constantly about something, not being able to be confident un-like Tsireya she is the perfect clan leader's daughter pretty,smart and always does what is right without a second thought. Without me realising all my thoughts suddenly drained me concluding in me falling asleep on Pearl's fin, in the middle of the vast ocean.

Pain, is all I felt once I regained some of my consciousness. I opened my eyes to the beaming sun, that made me squint my eyes. The view of very familiar golden eyes were my main focus even with my blurry vision."Räya?!" I heard his velvet voice say I noticed his tone was panicked. My stubborn hair was blowing over my eyes from the strong wind and only then did I realise that I was on a banshee."Dad!, I need help she's hurt I found her but she is hurt I'm on my way back now meet me at the shore!" He was pressing down on this device around his neck I presumed that it was how he was communicating to his father from so far away.I managed to gradually open my eyes fully whilst trying to make sense of the situation, the last thing I remember was falling asleep on Pearl what the hell happened?, and why is forest boy so upset?.

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Ooooo cliffhanger we love those, what do we think has happened to Räya? Leave your thoughts in a comment! :)