‼️A little sad moment in this chapter ‼️
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"Lo'ak! Ao'nung! Where are you guys!" Tsireya yelled out , it had been hours since Neteyam had last seen the two boys causing him to go to tsireya for help in finding them as she knew the village more then himself. But nothing, neither of them could find them.
So they asked for the last person they could think of.
Kiri.
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"You can't find them?" Kiri looked at her friend and her older brother with a worried face "no, we can't." Tsireya was fiddling with her fingers , anxiety and panic filled all over her body. "I swear if Ao'nung did something to Lo'ak I'll kill him with my bare hands." Neteyam crossed his arms and groans in frustration " how about we DON'T do that teyam." Kiri replied as she stood up "follow me you two , I know where they are."
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Kiri pushed some tree leafs over as she signs Neteyam and Tsireya to be quiet. laying in the sand , asleep , was Ao'nung with Lo'ak wrapped in his arms as they were peacefully asleep. "How did you know they were here?" Neteyam questioned Kiri "Ao'nung comes here often , I'm surprised Tsireya didn't check here sooner." Kiri let out a small almost whisper like laugh as Tsireya face morphed into realization and then embarrassed for not thinking of it earlier. " do we just leave them there?" Tsireya asked not taking her eyes from the two boys. Neteyam glanced between Ao'nung and Lo'ak , then let out a sigh " Lets leave them there." Neteyam replied, Tsireya and kiri looked at each other with a bit of surprise in their expressions but didn't say anything.
The 3 walked back to their own maruis.
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[A few hours before with Lo'ak & Ao'nung]
Lo'ak had been ranting to Ao'nung for almost an hour now while Ao'nung had just been listening to him with a smile on his face as he admired the boy in-front of him " and my grandmother was tsahík! She was strict but loved us." Lo'ak smiled as he proudly talked about his home life.
Then his smile slightly dropped as he remembered the reason they had to leave , the memory of Neteyam almost dying played in his memory as tears appeared in Lo'aks eyes. Ao'nung noticed the shift in Lo'aks mood , his ears flatten as his own expression soften " Lo'ak what's wrong?" Ao'nung asked in a soft voice , placing his hand on Lo'aks hand "just remembered Neteyam almost dying that's all." Lo'ak wiped his tears from his eyes as he let out a sigh, Ao'nung didn't know what to say so he just did the best thing he could think of and hugged Lo'ak. This took Lo'ak by surprise and tensed up at the sudden physical interaction but eventually relaxed as his tiredness grew, soon he had fallen asleep on Ao'nung and Ao'nung had no intentions on waking him up.
So the two boys just laid there , Lo'ak sleeping peacefully and Ao'nung eventually drifting to sleep with Lo'ak in his arms.
