Tsaheylu

The Twin's Birthday Pt.3

3rd POV

'Where's Ai'ina gone?' Tsireya signs to Neteyam. The older girl had seperated herself from the group 45 minutes ago, and as the time ticked down Tsireya was starting to get worried about her best friend. She knew that Ai'ina would be safe wherever she was, but it wasn't like her to take herself away from the group unless she was going back to the village. Ai'ina loved being a part of the group, and unless there was something more pressing she wanted to do -or had to do- she wouldn't step away for long. Especially on Tsireya's birthday.

'She's asleep on the shore.' The man signs back, watching as Tsireya frowns in worry. 'She's ok. Just very tired at the moment.' He adds, then puts his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Tsireya pulls her face into a deep frown, biting her lip as she looked to the surface in search of Ai'ina, but the girl was too far back for her to get a look.

'Is this a symptom?' Reya asks, looking back at Neteyam once more. He nods his head, trying to fight the smile that was on his face but he just couldn't. Even the thought of Ai'ina being pregnant was enough to make him giddy, that was all he wanted. A family and a life with the girl he loved. He didn't care how soon it was or how young they were, he knew that they would both make incredible parents. And he thought that if his parents could do it, his mum in particular, then why couldn't they.

He knew that Ai'ina was much more reserved about the idea, she wasn't sure if she wanted this so soon. They hadn't really sat down and spoken about it all, only had brief conversations on the topic every now and then. Neteyam knew that in the next coming days they would need to speak properly about this, but he also didn't want to push his wife. If there was one thing he had learnt from the betrothal situation with Aonung, it was that Ai'ina needed time to herself to figure out how she felt about it all.

Tsireya noticed the look on Neteyam's face, knowing that he was beyond happy at what could happen. She thought it was cute that he was so excited to start a family with Ai'ina, and to be fair even Tsireya was herself. Having a little baby run around, one that was Neteyam and Ai'ina's, was frankly amazing to think about. But she also knew her best friend, and knew that Ai'ina had plenty of mixed feelings on the matter.

'Hopefully you find out soon, I know it is driving you both crazy.' She smiles, putting her hand atop of Neteyam's. The man blushed a little, still doing his best to keep his emotions to himself on the matter. He didn't want to get himself so excited and set on something when this may not even be a thing yet. Like Ai'ina had said to him earlier in the day, this could be something different. There had been a lot of change in her life recently and it could just be taking it's toll on her body a little, making them think something that may not be.

Lo'ak swims over to his brother and girlfriend, smiling as he saw the two of them talking animatedly between one another. He liked seeing Tsireya being welcomed into his family, and Neteyam was making as much of an effort as he could. Lo'ak understood why Tsireya hadn't been taken in by his parents as quickly as Ai'ina had been, their circumstances were entirely different. Ai'ina needed a family, a place to go to, and as Eywa had sent her and Neteyam to one another he knew his family would do what they could to make her feel at home. Whereas, Tsireya had a family. She was happy already. They could take their time together, a delicacy that Ai'ina and Neteyam didn't get. Though he was sure that they didn't mind too much, they seemed to roll with the flow of things like it was a second nature. His parents liked Tsireya, that was no secret, and in time he was sure that his girlfriend would get the same open arms as his sister-in-law.

God, that still felt weird to say.

Lo'ak sneaks up on his girlfriend, lifting her legs up into his arms to hold her bridal style, which made the girl giggle silently under the water. He places a kiss to her temple, beaming down at her as she looked up at him lovingly, completely taken aback by his sudden gesture. She waves at him, wrapping an arm around his neck. 'Want to go have some time just you and I?' He signs to her, pointing to the surface as Neteyam watched the pair proudly. His little brother had come far since meeting this girl, and he hoped she would continue to shape him into an even better man with time.