Tsaheylu

Ai'ina's Secret

3rd POV

As the sun started to rise, the Sully family started to wake. Tuk was first, jumping on her parents the second she realised the next day had dawned. Jake wasn't particularily happy with this wake up call, but Neytiri didn't mind. She loved each of her children unconditionally, and even though they could get on her nerves sometimes she knew to treasure each moment she got with them.

Kiri was next to wake up, hearing her dad groan as Tuk prodded and poked him, asking him if she could go and play. The girls were much like their mother, the three of them were morning people. They enjoyed waking up early to make the most of the day and rarely felt groggy when they got up. Jake and the boys however were the opposite. They were used to waking up as Neytiri often woke them before it got too late into the morning, but it didn't stop them from feeling groggy. Lo'ak was the worst for it, he would try to sleep in for as long as he could and often was grumpy when he woke up. Jake and Neteyam were used to it and just got on with their day, moving through the morning while half asleep.

However they didn't hold a candle to Ai'ina. That girl would happily sleep through the morning and stay awake until the late hours of the night. She was ok at waking up when she was ready, able to get on with the day despite being tired but if she wasn't ready to wake up you would get the grumpier side of her. She tried to keep it under wraps as best as she could, but sometimes it escaped her. Tsireya had seen that side of her plenty of times, but she would usually apologise once she was fully awake.

Tsireya also stirred at Tuk's noise, frowning at her compromised position. Lo'ak was sprawled across the bed, unaware of the girl laid beside him. His arm was in her face and his legs tossed over her, snoring away loudly. Neytiri laughed as she watched Tsireya carefully move the boy, sitting upright. "We should probably have warned you about how restless of a sleeper he can be," She chuckles, looking at her son and his girlfriend. Tsireya chuckles and nods her head, brushing her hair with her hands. "I hope he didn't wake you too much, he's not had to share a bed with anyone since he was a toddler." Neytiri says, stepping herself out of her bed to grab Tuk a snack to passify her.

"No, I barely noticed it to be fair. There was one point where he was snoring in my ear rather loudly, but I just rolled him over and it stopped." Tsireya frowns, "He's a pretty heavy sleeper." Neytiri nods her head with a smile, "Imagine him as a toddler. Best sleeper out of the lot of them, he had to be with these two running around 24/7." She says, gesturing to Kiri and Neteyam, who was curled up with Ai'ina in his arms. Kiri rolls her eyes, "We weren't that bad." She groans, though from the smile on her face she knew differently.

"You could be pretty bad, but your dad was usually winding you up to be fair to you," Neytiri says, holding her daughter's cheek. She steps away and rummages through the cupboards, looking for some fruit for Tuk. She finds a mango and takes it out of the cupboard, looking to Tsireya. "Would you like a mango?" She asks, and Tsireya thinks for a second. "Ooh, yes please actually." She smiles, catching the mango Neytiri had thrown her way.

"Back to Lo'ak though, he slept through anything. Still does. But, he wasn't so fond of going into his own bed. He will never admit it, but he liked sharing our bed. He was 2 before we could get him to successfully stay in his own bed, whereas the other two were more then happy to have their own beds even before I was pregnant with him. With Tuk they were older so it wasn't an issue, but even she took to her own bed earlier than Lo'ak." Tuk grins as her mother gives her the mango, tucking in immediately while she sat on Jake's lap.

Tsireya fawns at the thought of baby Lo'ak sleeping with Neytiri and Jake, thinking back to herself at that age. "I think because there was the 4 of us it was a little harder when it came to sleeping. Aonung would usually sleep on mum and I would get dad, which suited us down to the ground, we both still generally gravitate towards that parent anyway. I believe Aonung was happier to get his own bed before I was though. But then I got jealous quickly and insisted on sleeping in mine too." She giggles, picking small bits of her mango and popping them into her mouth.