Perfect//Neteyam

Mistake

POV: Ke'Koa

He hissed and yelled, "You Skxawng, she is promised to me." He took his knife out about to charge when I pushed Neteyam behind my body. Aonung stopped in his tracks, "You are mine." He said in despair. "Your father has already started the ceremony. We will be mated." Aonung turned and walked off with his friends. I let go of my breath and turned to Neteyam, I kept my head low.

"I think we will be going," Kiri said and Lo'ak followed. I turned to face him, he looked straight forward not looking me in the eye. I put my hands in his, "Neteyam, I'm sorry. I tried to tell you."

"Do-Do you love him?" he asked looking down at our hands. He stuttered at the thought of her loving him. He patiently waited for my answer but it felt like an eternity.

Quietly I answered, "no, I have never even thought of him in that way." He looked at me, tears pooling in his eyes. I put my hands on his face, I wiped his tears when he turned his body out of my grasp.

"But you are promised to him, you're his?" He said with his back to me. I put my head on his back and my arms around his torso. "Yes." He walked away when I started to follow him tugging at his arm. "But I am not his."

You turned to me, with his face serious and his lips pressed in a thin line. "Your promised to him. Your his. I'm an outcast, a freak. You can never be mine." said angrily.

I scoff at the comment, "I don't belong to anyone."

"You know what I mean," Neteyam said.

"If that's how you feel of me someone to be given away like an object. Then you will never have me. " I say walking away.

Neteyam yelled, "You know what I mean. I don't think of you that way." I heard him from afar but I was too angry to think straight. I ran to Tsireya to see her yelling at her brother.

"I can't believe you. He could be dead because of you." Tsireya was crying.

I came to her a hugged her, "What is going on?"

"Tell her, "Tsireya yelled.

"I took Lo'ak beyond the Reef." Looking down Aonung finish, "We left him there."

"He is there. Alone!" I yelled, "You Skxawng, Great Eywa give me the strength not to pluck out your eyes." I hissed then ran out. I ran to the forest people's hut, I ran in to see the Sully family but Lo'ak was missing.

"Jake, Neytiri Lo'ak is gone. Aonung. He- He left him deserted beyond the Reef." They all stood up and ran out. Jake and Neytiri called their Ilu and raced out to find their secondborn. I called my Ilu to help when a hand grabbed me stopping me from getting on my Ilu.

"No, you're not going out there it is too dangerous." Neteyamsaid.

"Neteyam, let go you have no right," I said pulling his hand off. I glared at him and hissed.

"No right? What about the right to keep you safe?" Neteyam said as he grabbed both of my arms preventing me from going.

"That's not your responsibility," I said knowing it's my job to protect the clan and the Sully family.

"It's my job to keep the ones I love safe and that includes you," Neteyam said pulling me into the hut along with his sisters.

I pull away, "It is my job to keep the clan safe. I will be the Chief's mate as you so clearly stated. It's my job." I rip away from his grasp.

In the most softest and most pleading voice I have ever heard from him he says, "Please. Please, stay. I will go. Stay with my sisters."

Conflicted with feelings and responsibility I hissed and said, "Fine. Go." He blew a sigh of relief, "Thank you." He quickly pecked me on the cheek and dove into the waters. We rode off on his Ilu, him kissing me made me smile but also angry at him for doing it.

POV: Neteyam

After dark we found him swimming to the huts. We got him to the huts and he took the fall for the Aonung guy. It made me mad that he did that, that guy doesn't deserve it , he doesn't deserve her.

I returned to our hut with my brother in front walking with his head toward his feet. Candle light made the hut glow with light. We walked in to see Kiri and Tuk already asleep in their beds. I looked to see Tsireya and Ke'Koa in Lo'ak's bed both asleep.

Lo'ak stood next to me looking at them. "Do you think we should wake them."

"Nah. You sleep in my bed you have had a rough day. I'm going to stay up for awhile."

"Night bro."Lo'ak said laying down on my bed. I blew out the candle, I looked at Koa, she looked so peaceful, calm not mad at me. I went to sit out on the rope pathway. I hung my legs over the side, my feet touching the water below. I always ruin everything, nothing from me ever turns out to be good. I might be labeled as the perfect son but I am a horrible person for saying that to her. She deserves everything and anything. She doesn't deserve person that is always saying the wrong things. It was a mistake to say those things, to kiss her, to like her, to love her. It was all a mistake and now she will be mated to Aonung.