The Sound of Two Different Hearts - Neteyam x Human!Reader

Chapter Six

When they got back to the marui pod, the two of them got themselves ready for bed. It was quiet and dark since the others had already decided to go to sleep. Only the lights from the water below them illuminated the small room. Y/N and Neteyam both settled into their beds and tried to sleep, but unfortunately in vain. Jake snored again, which kept Y/N awake and she continued to look through the large opening of the pod, which faced the village. Neteyam just couldn't fall asleep, blaming himself for getting cold feet again after Lo'ak interrupted him in his confession.

Some time passed until Y/N started whispering, "Nete, are you asleep yet?"
"No, I'm still awake," he answered back softly.

"Can I lie down with you? I can't sleep," Y/N asked, turning in his direction only to be hidden by Tuktirey's sleeping figure.

He nodded, but quickly realized she couldn't see him at all. "Yes, of course. Come here."

She tried to sneak over as quietly as possible so she wouldn't wake up any of the other family members, and took her blanket over to Neteyam's mat.

Y/N then laid down next to him - with her face turned toward Nete. "Thank you," she said, stroking his face with her hand to get his braids out of the way. Neteyam, lying on his back, could hardly believe that Y/N had asked him if she could lie down with him.

His freckles glowed in the darkness and his pupils were quite large as he looked at her small form. Even in this dark environment, Y/N looked to him like a gift from Eywa herself.

He spread his arm to signal her that she could move closer to him. She quickly followed his request, and to do so, she laid her head on his chest to nestle her body against his side.

Y/N could not quite believe that she had dared to ask him.
As children, they had always napped together and could often be found tangled up with each other somewhere in the Omatikaya clan. But as the two grew older, the naps they shared became fewer and fewer, with more and more distance between them.

Her heart hammered in her chest when Neteyam said she could slide closer to him. But she couldn't be happier to have him by her side. In the last few days, they were getting closer again and she just had to take her chance.
She quickly fell asleep at his side, but Neteyam still wasn't really tired, as he was overjoyed to have his dream mate sleeping peacefully beside him. His body was simply pouring out masses of happy hormones.

Later, when he became tired and his eyes slowly fell closed, he took the corner of Y/N's thin blanket and pulled it over her sleeping form, in case she should get cold tonight.

The night itself was pretty quiet, however in the morning Y/N and Neteyam were awakened not so gently.

"How do you turn this thing on, anyway?"

"Up there."

"No that was the trigger. Here!"

"Ah found it"

"Oh you skxawng, now you turned on the flash!"

"Give me that Lo'ak. I'll do it!" Kiri's voice snapped them both out of their sleep and then all that could be heard was the click of a camera.

Neteyam who woke up confused from his sleep raised his hand in front of his face as he was blinded by the flash.

"What are you doing?" he asked, disoriented.

"I want to do one too," Tuk's voice drowned out Neteyam.

"Watch out or you'll break it," Lo'ak was heard saying.

And before Neteyam could ask another time what was actually happening here, there came another bright flash of light from which he was blinded again. Nete squinted his eyes and blinked quickly afterwards to get rid of the colorful little shapes in his field of vision.