' "Oceans Blessings" '

^ Love ^

Neteyam POV
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I sighed in Aonungs embrace. I had woken up in his arms that were tightly wrapped around me. I could hear his soft heartbeats from his chest. I closed my eyes and sighed once more, taking in Aonungs scent that smelled like grass. I looked up at him, staring. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked down at me,

"Morning, darling?"

"Mother will be angry at me.."

He shrugged, "Just tell her you were late night hunting with me or something,"

"You think she will believe that?" I frowned at him

He shrugged, "Yeah?"

I shook my head and laid it in the crook of Aonungs neck. Taking in deep breaths of his scent. Aonung wrapped his hand in my hair and began fidgeting with my braids. I placed my hand and on his cheek and rubbed it gently with my thumb. Aonung gripped on my hair, pulling it back, causing my head to lean back too far for comfort. I whimpered at the action. Aonung stared at me before smashing his lips to mine. I opened my mouth slightly and Aonung pushed his tounge in my mouth, exploring around.

'Nothing he hasn't done..' I thought to myself,

Aonung placed his hand around my waist and pulled me closer. I could feel his cool body against mine. And as suddenly as it began, it was over.

I rested my forehead against his chest. Then suddenly, I sat up and quickly stood up. I could feel my heart beating quickly. Aonung got up as well and placed a hand on my shoulder,

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" He questioned with a concerned look on his face,

I stared up at him and started to cry. I felt the heat of my tears fill my eyes, and my vision became blurry as more tears appeared in my eyes. I didn't now why I was crying, I don't usually cry. But I just felt like it. Aonung frowned and wrapped his arms around me, I sobbed into his chest. Aonung began softly moving his ahnd up and down my back, making quiet shush noises and holding game closer to him. I folded my arms in front of my chest, and leaned into Aonung. After a while I was finally able to calm down, and I quickly wiped away my tears.

"Sorry..." I spoke, looking up to Aonung,

"No, don't apologize. You did nothing wrong," he said, moving his hand up and down my back once more.

"My mom.." I spoke quietly, almost a whisper,

"I'll talk to your mom, you'll be okay. I'll talk to your dad as well, I understand if you're afraid," He explained,

I nodded, "Thank you, so much,"

"Anything for you."

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I sat on the small mat in my hut. I started at the floor blankly. Not a thought running through my mind. I listened to Aonung explain to my parents that we had been night fishing together and didn't realize the time. They believed him, and even thanked shim for returning me home safely. Before Aonugn left he gave me a quickly smile and a look that spoke, 'I love you.' I quickly smiled back and looked back down at the floor, ready for my parents a hundred questions. but instead, they just went back to making small fish bites. I looked up at them and raised my eyebrows. Mother noticed and smiled at me softly, I returned the smile and whispered a quick 'thank you.'

I stood up and walked towards the door to be met with Kiri. She stared at me and grabbed my hand, dragging me out of the hut. She brought me to a patch of sand where no one could be seen. She let go of my hand and sat on the sand, crossing her legs. I did the same and looked at her.

"What do you need?" I asked her,

"What's the deal with you and Aonung?" She questioned with a very suspicous look on her face,

I was stunned by the question, and Kiri could tell. I quickly tried to think of an explination, removing my gaze from Kiris eyes as I did so,

"Neteyam, you don't need to tell me. I was just wondering, but it is your buisness, and I have no part in it." She spoke,

I looked at her once again and smiled at her, "Thank you,"

She nodded, "Of course. But I want to do something with you, okay?"

"What is it?"

"Go look at the sea creatures with me? I think you will really like them!" Kiri grinned,

"I will go, how could I say no?"

Kiri rolled her eyes, "I know, no one could say no to me,"

I laughed, "Exactly,"

Kiri stood and ran for the ocean, quickly diving in. I ran after her, and dived in the water. I was intruduced by an army of bubbles, I swam forward to escape form them and spotted Kiri at the bottom of the ocean gazing at the animals swimming past her. I swam towards her and sat the bottom on the ocean next to her. And looked around at all the creatures around. A few fish swam by, and an ilu intoduced itself to Kiri. It squealed at her and Kiri began peting the side of the ilus head. I watched the rare interaction with amazement, 'Had the ilus always done this? I don't think they have for me..'

The Ilu looked at me as well and suddenly an ilu had appeared behind me and pushed on my back gently. I turned around to look at it and I connected my braid to the ilu, I hopped on and grabbed onto the ilus neck. The ilu swam around a bit and I just enjoyed the calm ocean around me, closing my eyes and feeling calm and comfort around me. I heard another ilu nect to me and I opened my eyes. I spotted Kiri on the other ilu and she sped in front of me. I sat up on the ilu and indicate for it to sped up, soon enough I was next to Kiri. I grinned at her and she did as well.

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After a long time of riding around on the Ilus, surfacing the water for air, and being complely memorized by the sealife, we made it back to the hut in time for mother and father to finish the fish bites. I grabbed at least two and ate them quickly. Me and Kiri sat next to each other and laughed with each other and sharing our memories of the sealife we had just seen. I have to admit, spending time with her was very fun.

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I'm so sorry I haven't been posting recently. I have a family member currently in the hospital, and my mental health is horrible right now. So I've had no motivation or energy to write, again, I deeply apologize and I will try to upload at least once a week.

Happy reading<3