✧. ┊  𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬.

𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘮

there was a new family in your village, they were omatikayian.

their features for the forest were not really good for the ocean,
they had thin tails and small hands, and they were slow in the water.
there was one brother who was a fast learner better than his siblings

𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘮

he had caught your eye with his long dark braids, sunny yellow eyes, and his beautiful shade of blue for skin.

it had also seemed that you had also caught his eye.
he was often staring at you and every little thing on your body.

you and him often tried to start conversations, but it often ended as awkward.

so you ended up as not even trying to speak or getting his attention.

you thought you were hopeless.
well, he thought the complete opposite.

he thought you were perfect with your kindness. he thought your awkwardness was adorable, and his staring was only because he thought you were beautiful and wanted to acknowledge everything you did.

he wanted for you to know he
loved you.

he kept giving signs, but
you basically ignored them.

you thought about how someone like him would love you.
so you decided just to see it as kindness.

while he was sad about that, he thought that you knew about his feelings for you so that you decided to ignore him.

so he decided to make it up to you
like getting flowers and seashells.

with the help of kiri, he got what he wanted.

he was in front of the ocean waiting for you, when you came his eyes lit up, he softend.

"hey." he said in an awkward tone, also having an awkward smile on his face.

"hello." was the only thing you said,
smiling at him when you looked at him.

he just wanted to get his nervousness when seeing you out of the way so he gave you the seashells and the flowers he picked himself.

you thought they were beautiful because they are beautiful.

he called your name, in a soft tone and stared at you.

"I see you." he said in a calm tone, he kept on staring at you, with a smile on his face.

"I see you too, neteyam." you said staring deeply in his eyes.

"really? i was so scared that i messed it up and-" you cut him off by laughing.

☄. *. ⋆