Loving You | Lo'ak x Tsireya

Chapter 10

*Fanfiction based on Avatar 2: The Way of Water by James Cameron..... I do not own any of the characters!*

"What is your name?" Tsireya was sat on the ground above her ankles, she had a gentle smile on her face as the younger children of the Omatikayan clan surrounded the girl.

"My name is Tskaya." A little girl replied shyly, she had a cheeky smile on her face whilst her friends giggled amongst themselves.

The children behind Tsireya couldn't help but notice and point out her strange tail. It was thicker and longer, there was no tuff at the end of it. One of them even called out how much bigger her forearm was. Another mentioned her weird color skin. Tsireya understood the children's innocence and their curiosity, she couldn't blame them.

"Your hair is really nice." A girl spoke out, and brought her hand out to brush the soft curls. Another younger boy raised his hand to her rows of braids that crowned her head.

At this point many of the younger kids had gathered to see the strange looking girl. Tuk found herself quite irritated with the situation. She clicked her tongue annoyed at Tsireya's attention being driven away from her. Tuk was in the middle of showing Tsireya around the cave system of the floating mountain when they were stopped by a younger girl and her friends, which lead to a whole gathering of curious little kids.

"I come from a place of reef people, a clan far away from here." Tsireya swayed her voice in a story like tone. "There are children just like you all, except they all look like me." The little ones gasped in reply, it would be hard for a young mind to comprehend such a discovery.

In the distance Lo'ak pulled over the fabric that covered the entrance and exited the tent which his grandmother Mo'at rest in. From afar the boy could see the gathered youngsters surrounding Tsireya. He scoffed, and chuckled to himself in disbelief. At the same time, he wasn't surprised with the amount of attention the girl was drawing.

He calmly strode his way toward Tsireya and bent down to the children's level as he himself attentively watched and looked over at the girl. Lo'ak patiently gazed at Tsireya as she spoke, a part of his heart had beat irregularly noticing the way she spoke with her hands and smiled towards the children. His eyes had dropped slightly to her frame, clothing, hair and back to her face. Tsireya got along well with children, the girl was born with a kind heart which younger kids were naturally gravitated towards.  

Lo'ak pondered to himself for a moment how loving of a mother Tsireya would be.

"I never heard that story before." Lo'ak cleared his throat as he stood up from squatting on the ground. Tsireya's eyes widened before laughing out in a flustered surprise. "Scared of lightning?" Lo'ak added.

"Not anymore. I used to." Tsireya smiled down toward the ground softly. Lo'ak placed a hand over her frame as he walked side by side with the girl. The younger children had taken their leave after spending enough time with the girl to get enough information out of her.

"That's funny." Lo'ak chuckled to himself as he look to the side. Tsireya turned around to face the boy, she herself smiled with a cheeky expression.

"You have a beautiful smile Lo'ak." Tsireya hummed out. He was quick to turn his face from her. The girl held her hands out either sides of his face, pulling on both of his cheeks to where he bared his teeth.

Lo'ak groaned and held onto the girl's wrist in attempt to pull her hands away. He felt slightly embarrassed at the topic. Tsireya laughed and teased him at the sight of seeing the boy so flushed. 

"Stop that." Lo'ak pulled the girl's wrists toward him and gently planted his hand over her face, the large of his palm was big enough to cover majority of her face. Tsireya laughed into his palm. His hand slid down to her mouth, and her eyes looked up childishly toward him. "Stop." He added in a tone that attempted to be serious yet came out less serious.