|| ~Neteyam , My love~ ||

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neteyams pov :

After our family meeting, the girls all helped mom with our new home, dad had gone to Tonowari to go over everything so it was just me and lo'ak

We were actually supposed to go and make friends with all the kids our age in the village but i thought that with this one on one time with my baby brother.. i could tell him

" Lo'ak ! " i called to him as he was just running about in front of me

" Yeah ? " he yells back as i ran towards him

" i- i uh " i clear my throat " i need to talk to you... about something " i whisper the last part

" ok ? what is it ? " he just asks as he's awaiting my resoonse

" its about.. ani " i whisper the last part again as someone walks past us " maybe we should go someplace else " i suggest seeing as were in the middle of the walkway

we go behind these trees we found and i ask him to sit down

" look you might not believe what im about to tell you but i need to " i softly tell him

" ok now your scaring me .. DO YOU LIKE TSIREYA TOO ?!! " he stands up and abruptly steps toward me

" what ?! noo !! thats not even - " he cuts me off

" THEN WHAT IS THIS ABOUT HMM ?!! YOU KNEW I LIKED HERR !! " he pushes me

i grab his shoulders " I LIKE ANI ! " i shout since he didnt even give me a chance to explain myself

he stares at me in utter shock and pushes my hands off of him

" look i know this sounds weird - " he cuts me off again

" WEIRD ?!! you like your little sister bro !! do you know how freakin messed up that is ?!! SHES MY TWIN SISTER !! we were born at the - " i cut him off as im getting annoyed at the fact that hes just interrupting me and not letting me explain

" SHES NOT OUR SISTER !! " i yell back

" you must be high bro ! of courseee shes our sister !! if she isnt then im not your brother and thats impossible !! " he answers back

" can you just shut up and sit down so i can explain ? ... please " i ask him

he hesitates but turns around and sits down

as im telling him everything hes face starts to soften and tears start to brim in his eyes..

lo'aks pov :

Ani.. isnt my-... she isnt my sister ? ..

neteyam carries on telling about how ani isnt my sister at all.. how she was just born at the same time as me and all...

tears form in my eyes as i remember every little thing we did together ... and i just cant believe she isnt even my sister

i mean sure.. i didnt hang out with her much and i wasnt always there for her but when i was it meant everything to me.. it still does

like when she checks up on me everytime we get hurt... like when she comes into my room after my dads yelled at me and always seems to cheer me up..

i even like it when shes the one standing up for me... like today with Ronal.. how she just took charge and grabbed my hand out of Ronals grasp

shes my big twin sister... or i grew up thinking she was...

tears are pouring out of my eyes..

shes not my sister...

" hey.. i know this is alot to take in i- " i cut him off again

" how- how long.. have you known ... " i ask as i sniffle

" they told me once i turned 13 dear brother " he sooths

" and.. you and ani are supposed to fall inlove ? " i ask wiping my tears on my cheek and turning to face him

" yeah.. but the thing is.. i already am " he states softly

" why would you even keep thi- ALL of this from me ?! " i ask standing up with tears just racing down my face

" i didnt think i could ! i didnt want to disobey a direct order from dad ! i- i didnt want to hurt you ! " neteyam defends

he has valid reasons but if he could tell me now then how come he couldnt tell me then....

or at least tell me when I turned 13 since our parents told him when he turned 13

I look up at him tired from everything thats happened today.. from everything hes just told me mere minutes ago

He puts his hand on the back of my neck
" I know how this may feel alright ? ive been dealing with this for 2 years all by myself . But now i have you.. and i can help you . But you have to keep this " he says pointing in between us " between us only . If dad found out.. or even if Ani found out who knows what would happen " he states

i nod tiredly as my mind races through all of the childhood memories ive had with Trayani ... since i can remember shes always been by my side

I even remember the exact day we realised that our physical pains are shared

* flashback to when lo'ak and ani were both 5 years old *

" Fasterr dadd !! " ani yells
My dad is flying her around as if she were on an ikran

when he ' landed ' her safely onto the ground she had not yet finished her flying imaginations and continued to run around in circles with our siblings Neteyam and Spider

i was playing with a tou my mother had made me out of flax and wood

I was just making my flax figure and wooden figure fight when i hear a thud and a sudden force hits my knee

" AHHH !! " Ani and i both cry out

i look to ani to see her on the floor with a bleeding knee

my mom rushes over to me and examines me as my dad rushes to ani to help stop her bleeding leg

as she is whining as grandmother is healing her wound , my mom and dad both turn to me and ask what happened and why wasnt i still hurting when ani is over there biting a stick so she doesnt cry

i didnt even know how to explain it all i said was " i dont know... my knee just got really hurt all of a sudden but i didnt do anything "

* flashback over and now neteyam and lo'ak are actually walking back to the beach *

from then on out i just didnt bother... all i did was try to keep her from getting hurt caus it would also effect me

A/n :

okkk im sorry for the late update SCHOOL IS SO STRESSFUL !!!

i really just wanna go to sleep sooooo GOODNIGHT MY LITTLE LOVESS xx 🫶🏽🫶🏽

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