sᴇʟᴄᴏᴜᴛʜ (ᴛsᴜ'ᴛᴇʏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ)

chapter sixteen (finale)

I snorted as I quietly listened to Jake and Tsu'tey argue. I carefully held our newborn daughter in my arms as she quietly cooed and looked at the world in awe.

"I mean, you agree with me, right Y/n?" Jake asked and I looked up at the two.

"Sure." I answered and Tsu'tey scoffed.

"No, I'm right here." He argued and I shrugged.

"Sure."

"See! She's on my side!" The boys said in unison and I laughed. They squared up with each other.

"Wanna go? Right here, right now?" Jake asked, squaring up to Tsu'tey who did the same to him.

"I'll beat your ass any day."

"Children are present." I recalled, motioning to the four young kids watching the two with excited smiles on their faces.

They ignored me and got closer to each other, before the sparring started. I watched in amusement as the kids each cheered on their dad, and even got in their own arguments over who would win. Neytiri placed herself next to me as she laughed at Jake who was losing badly.

I handed my daughter to Neytiri and stood up as Tsu'tey straddled Jake and began slapping him over and over again with a playful smile. I lifted my arms, stretching out my back before lunging at Tsu'tey, knocking him off Jake. Now we began sparring. The kids cheered louder as Jake recovered, sitting next to his wife.

After a few minutes we ended in the same place we did many years ago, my back against the tree trunk and him in front of me, this time his arm was at my neck instead of a dagger though.

I smirked, "Still as cute as you were the last time we were like this." I whispered. It's funny how it had the same effect on him it did last time, and it gave me the same window to grab onto his arm, turn him around, and push him to the ground.

"Yes!" Kiri cheered.

I shrugged at Tsu'tey who looked at me with a small smile, "I win."

I looked around at all I've come to call home, warmth spreading through my body. Through all the pain, and all the hurt, I've survived. And now I'm here. I have a family now. I have Tsu'tey, and our children. I have everything I need.

I leaned farther back into Tsu'teys chest and for the first time in a long, long time, I truly felt at peace.

1/11/23

guys this chapter was supposed to be WAY longer bc it's the last chapter of this book but i dont even mind how short it is because i rly like it. but yes, the book finally comes to an end. im kinda emo abt it. Also I did move all the a/n's to the end of the book so it didn't interfere with reading

i wanna say that if you requested to see something and never got to see it, I will for sure be making a one shot book and I will add your request to the book. if you wanna be notified when the one shot book is out, comment on here and i'll reply when it's published!

Now. I truly am grateful for all of you and all the love this book has received. It really has been great seeing all of the comments and votes and everything. I love all of you and I really do hope you enjoyed this book and it brought you happiness. Everyone please stay safe, and have a great life. I hope I see you guys in future books. 

This is Aanoia, signing off for the last time (and technically the first as well lmao), I'll see you all in the next one.

Kisses.