chapter seventeen

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tsu'fey woke up sore and violently nauseous but she had dealt with this before. still sucks every time no matter what

she went through half of the day painfully. trying to hide the unmistakable face of regret. thankfully nobody had said anything about it

"i feel like someone dragged me face down through the sand and i swallowed half of it" she wasn't even being dramatic

"i don't even feel that bad" lo'ak shrugged before picking up a rock

"where is that rock i gave you?" fey raised a questioning eyebrow waiting to see if lo'ak kept track of something for once

he pulled it out of the small pouch he put it in when she gave it to him. shaking it in her face proving he was responsible and placing his other hand on his hip

"no need for the attitude" she shook her head pushing his hand out of her face

"when does he not have attitude?" tuk asked

"you're right" fey nodded and fist-bumped the little girl

"why are you like this? it's not a good influence" lo'ak tucked the rock back away as fey just shrugged

"im the bad influence? lo'ak please lets be honest here" she chuckled

they heard tsireya calling to the village in the distance. they couldn't quite make out what she was saying so they made their way closer

"the tulkun have returned!" tsireya told the clan as the group finally got in earshot

"look look!" tuk pointed tugging on fey's arm

fey watched in amazement as the tulkun jumped in and out of the water. she watched in awe for a moment as a small smile crept onto her face

"go get kiri" fey pointed to their marui and tuk quickly did as the girl said

"lo'ak!" tsireya had finally seen the three standing there and rode over

"sorry hi fey and neteyam" tsireya waved at the other two

"it's whatever just leave me from lo'ak " fey crossed her arms turning her back to tsireya and dropped her head on neteyam's chest

"how could she" neteyam rubbed fey's head laughing at them. tsireya just rolled her eyes and giggled in response to her teasing

"come meet my spirit sister" tsireya grabbed lo'ak's hand and pulled him to her ilu

lo'ak turned his head looking back at the two who were laughing at his nervousness. he looked like a child getting dragged through a grocery store with not a single thought in his eyes

"chill out little man" fey signed to lo'ak so tsireya couldn't hear. he just flipped her off

"stop provoking him you're acting like ao'nung" neteyam grabbed her wrist pulling her arm down so she could no longer sign at the boy

"how dare you i didn't even do anything" she defended "i was giving him advice"

"liar," he quieted when he noticed how mesmerized she was by the tulkun "do you wanna go see them?"

"of course i do" she smiled as he pulled her into the water by the wrist he was still holding. when he let her go and she splashed him almost immediately

"WHY ARE YOU SO EVIL" he jumped on her pushing her underwater. neteyam waited till she stopped fighting to finally let her up

"can you imagine if you killed me" she laughed

"that's not funny" he pushed her chest teasingly "you're asking for it to happen"

"whatever, it wouldn't actually happen" she shook her head at the ridiculous thought

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