Lo'ak panicked , looking around frantically , when he had woken up neither his father or Ao'nung where anywhere to be seen. His worries calmed as he saw them walk back into the marui , he immediately ran into Ao'nungs arms "You're ok.." he mumbled. Ao'nung and Jake both looked at Lo'ak , concerned on why Lo'ak was suddenly teary eyed and panicked "I thought something happened to you when I couldn't find you." Lo'ak explained, his voice cracking , Ao'nungs heart broke at the way Lo'ak had been so worried about him " Hey I'm ok , don't cry." He cooed as he hugged Lo'ak tightly.
Jake eyes slightly widen at the way Ao'nung was handling his son , he could see Ao'nung cared and he was happy for his son "Dad?.." he heard Tuks voice call out for him as she rubbed her eyes " good morning Tuk." He smiled fondly at her , she reached out her arms for him as she yawned. He happily picked up his daughter as she sleepily put her head on his shoulder.
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"Like this?" Tsireya asked , a flower in between her fingers as she held it out for Ao'nung "yes perfect thank you." Ao'nung added the flower to the rest of flowers he had laid out on the floor , all of different colors , shapes, and sizes. "Do you think he'll like it?" Ao'nung asked her sister , worry clearly shown in his face. Tsireya gave her brother a reassuring smile "he'll love it Ao'nung , don't stress it." She reassured her brother , placing a hand on his back. "I hope so." Ao'nung let out a sigh as he finished setting all the flower's together "I'll tell you how it goes." Ao'nung smiled at his sister then walked away.
Ao'nung walked to the spot he always knew Lo'ak was when they weren't hanging out , when he got there he heard two voices arguing. As he slowly and carefully got near he saw Lo'ak and a metkayina boy arguing, he hid the flowers behind a rock then made his way up to the two boys " What's going on here?!" He yelled out, causing both boys stop arguing and look at him " Ao'nung, why are you-" "Lo'ak what happened." Ao'nung questioned , anger filling his body when he realized Lo'ak was injured "nothing Ao'nung , nothing happened." Lo'ak avoided eye contact from Ao'nung , the metkayina boy had a grin across his face , " what did you fuxking do." The metkayina boy laughed in Ao'nungs face as he rolled his eyes "the forest freak wouldn't leave when I told him to, so he got what he deserved." The boy proudly explained, not a drop of regret in his voice " 'Nung it's fine let's just go.." Lo'ak pleaded but Ao'nung wasn't having it , he calmly told Lo'ak to go to Ronal so she could heal him and Lo'ak did as he was told. Once Lo'ak was far enough to where he couldn't see Ao'nung and the metkayina boy Ao'nung turned around with a smile " let's be friend." He reached out his hand for the boy , the metkayina accepted with a smile " com'n, I'll show you my friends." Ao'nung cheerfully said as he made his way to his group of friends , the boy following behind.
"Rotxo!" Ao'nung called out , Rotxo looked up and waved at Ao'nung. He was with 5 other of Ao'nungs friends, the ones that had been in the fight with loak " met our new 'friend'." Ao'nung said through gritted teeth , Ao'nung whispered something to Rotxo causing Rotxo's eyes to go wide as he stared at the metkayina , Ao'nung glanced towards his other friends as he signaled something and they nodded. The metkayina boy looked at them confused, but that confusion turned into panic as he was held back by two of Ao'nungs friend.
"Never put your hands on Lo'ak again."
