Avatar : Reborn In The Way Of Water

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The two arrived at Ao'nung's Marui, as the Tsahìk had many medicinal ointments and Ìsyai, being in tsakarem, had the authorization to use them.

Ìsyai was looking for the most suitable ointment for the superficial wounds of the male teen, while he secretly observed her.

The silence between the two was deafening and the tension between them was high.

Neither of them wanted to start talking, some out of shame for what they had done, some out of disappointment.

Once she found what she was looking for, Ìsyai began cleaning the wounds on her boyfriend's face.

"I'm sorry" he said

"You don't have to apologize to me, but to them for your behavior." she paused

"I am extremely disappointed in you." he flinched at her words;

"You're the next Olo'eyktan, you should be more tolerant and help integrate them. But even if you weren't the next leader, you're a Na'vi, and so they are; it's so difficult to be nice to them? Be the good guy that I know? Why do you behave like this?" She started rubbing her temples, this situation had given her a very bad headache.

Ao'nung saw that she was in pain and tried to help her.

"There, there. Let me do it" he said gently moving Ìsyai's hands and starting to massage her temples gently.
Maybe it was an illusion, but the pain subsided.

"That doesn't mean you're forgiven"

"Yeah, I know" He chuckled weakly

"Hey, I'm sorry. The thing is, they're so different from us, out of place, it doesn't feel right. And seeing you spend most of your time with them, avoiding me, doesn't help me be nicer to them." he told her

"I'm not avoiding you"

He gave her a 'don't lie' look.

"Okay, I admit it, I was avoiding you a little..." but seeing his gaze, she corrected
"I was avoiding you a lot, a little too much. But I was doing it because your always being around me was suffocating"

"I was only doing it because I'm worried about you. You haven't been yourself for weeks. You're suffering and I don't know why. I just thought that being next to you would help you feel better, but evidently it isn't." he sadly sighed "What's wrong? Tell me about it, I just want to help you. Seeing you feel bad for unknown reasons makes me feel bad and useless.
I'm here for you, I always will be."

She stared at him for a few minutes, deep in thought, and then with a sad expression she said:

" Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me"

"I will always believe you. Even if you told me that rocks talk, I would believe it, because you told me and you never lie."

"You'd think I'm crazy and you'd never see me the same way."

"Try" he took her hands in his "Trust me."

She looked at him visibly torn about what to do. Finally she sighed in resignation and said:

"Okay, but I'll tell you after the 'red night' "

He smiled to her, grateful for her trust.

"Now let me finish my work" and with this Ìsyai continued to treat the wounds of her boyfriend.

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Ìsyai was almost done applying the ointment and her cheeks were deep red. She felt the gaze of the male teen on her and this embarrassed her.