𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 ᯐ 𝐥𝐨'𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲

epilogue// stars

                                                                           * lowercase intended*

"your eyes are like stars," he whispered in my ear. my breath hitched from the sudden low voice. my heart beat began to quicken. it was just us two, under the stars whom are looking down at us. his hand in mine as the waves crash against the shore, making a calming sound. 

his hand fitted perfectly in mine, like a glove. our small scattered freckles glowed in the abyss of the night, waiting for light to shine upon them.  as we walked along the shore of the violently calm waves, a comfortable silence was put upon us. 

hand in hand, every step we took was another step towards first light. i have always had a crush on lo'ak, but i wasn't sure if he had reciprocated my feeling. the only person who had known was my wonderful mother. 

we both really enjoyed looking at the stars. we loved pointing out constellations and naming them. it was like our thing, especially at the forest.  back at the forest, we would sneak out and ride our ikran to a special spot nobody knew of.  

the day we found it was when we were younger. lo'ak wanted to show me a cool place but we got lost due to both of our lack of negotiation skills.  we had climbed up many trees, trying to find the light of out village. "oh we screwed up", i said. "no duh." he replied back flatly. once we were done climbing a very tall tree we rested on a sturdy branch the could probably hold up 3 adult na'vis. 

we both had sighed, utterly hopeless and tired. we had sat back and relaxed. "hey look thats drako!" he whispered yelled. "look on the right! theres cassiopeia! " i whispered back. we both started pointing out constellations and stars until our voices died out. later on we were just relaxing on the tree until we heard our names being called. three adult na'vi came into view, their freckles shining proudly in the night sky. 

"kids!" we both heard a male voice yell out. "children!" we heard again. "i think its our parents." i whispered to young lo'ak. "i agree. lets get down" lo'ak replied. i simply nodded my head and went down. to nobodys surprise our parents were there, panic painted on their faces. i ran to my mom and gave her a hug. jake had let out a sigh of relief before starting to scold lo'ak. i buried my head into my mothers stomach while she stroked my back. " lets go." she said softly to me. 

we had said and waved goodbyes. as me and my mother navigated through the green forest she had asked, "how was it? hanging out with lo'ak all by yourself." she teased. "mom!" i complained, burying my face in my hands. a heavy coat of pink had made its way onto my cheeks. that was the first realization. 

the second realization was when we were about five years ago when we were ten. whenever lo'ak would smile or even physically touch me, my heart would get caught up in my throat, pumping fast. my cheeks would get all warm like a sauna. i was wondering why i was feeling this way so often. lo'ak would sometimes give neteyam this weird glare, don't know why, don't really care. i would try so hard to push my heartbeat down and this stupid dumb heat and pink that would coat my cheeks. 

it was so freaking annoying. neteyam would always wink at lo'ak, it was so weird. my mom says i'm extremely blunt, honestly i have no idea what she was talking about. we would still always go to our spot to look at the stars, it was always out favorite thing to do. 

right now, i'm underwater. i quickly put my leg under his foot to trip him, it worked. i pulled at his tail, he hissed. this way quite funny to me. with neytiri being pregnant, jake always working on new plans to get back at the sky people, kiri doing her own thing, spider always being with kiri, and neteyam blowing us off it was really just me and lo'ak. 

we enjoyed each others company which was always a plus, but sometimes we just got bored. we would play this game jake taught us, rock, paper, scissors, shoot. eywa had blessed me with inhumane intuition, so i always guessed what he was going to put down. "cheater!" he snapped. "thats another loss. go me!" i cackled. he rolled his eyes for the one thousandth time today. "keep rolling your eyes and you may find a brain back there." i smirked. looking back at this memory, i cringed. damn, i thought i was so elite. still am though. 

"you always use your stupid super power thing!" he groaned. "can't control it!" i shot back. and that is when he tackled me. i was laughing so hard i think i nearly died. that was until i fell in the water. "oh your so dead." i growled. he started running but before he could get away, i grabbed his tail. "ouch!" he yelped. i dragged him in the water. "hey man what!" he yelled. he then pulled my tail and dragged me in there with him. 

"you stole my trick!" i said offended. he simply ignored me and we continued fighting in the water. i used my super cool leg to trip him and he fell face flat. i started laughing so hard, i had to hold my stomach. 

he then looked at me and started laughing as well. stupidly, a blush had crawled up onto my face as my heart beat began to spike. 'not again!' i yelled in my head. to my surprise, i caught a glimpse of my mother watching us with a wide smile on her face. ' not this again!' i complained in my head. 

later on at home, my mother had waltzed in with a huge grin on her face once she saw me. " so what did you do today?" she questioned, already knowing the answer. "mom you already know!" i sighed. "babygirl, when will you ever realize stuff?" she huffed. "what do you mean?" i asked, my curiosity clearly showing. "your so blunt!" she fell back. "hmph." i let out. "i already cooked dinner by the way." i stated, gesturing to the food behind me. "oh, my dear child, your such a sweetheart!" she ran over to me kissing me in every spot. "mom!" i giggled. 

A/N: sorry for the short chapter, its 1:00 am and i have to wake up in like 5 hours. also my posting days will be sunday-thursday or friday. i will try to post as much as a i can. also this is my first book, i will try to reply to comments, remember to leave a comment on what u want to see. i also have a neteyam fanfic coming up, its in my drafts, i still have to write it. thank you! have a great day/ night. <333