bound - avatar oc x oc

part 10

Akaia stood waist deep in the water with her eyes trained on Aonung, listening to the way he summons the Ilu.

"These are Ilu. If you want to live here, you have to ride." He says as the creatures begin to surround him.

"For this activity we will need to split off into pairs." Tsireya spoke up all eyes now on her.

"Loak and I, Neteyam and Ano'ung, Kiri and Roxto and last but not least Akaia and Mak'korro." The girl spoke looking towards Lo'ak with a smile.

"What about me?" Tuk calls out from Neteyam's arms with a frown.

"You will come with me Tuk, we will learn together." Neteyam replies to the girl with a smile.

The group begins to divide into pairs as they walk over to their respective areas

Akaia watches as her siblings walk away, making sure they are okay. Ripples in the water alert her to a Ilu swimming beside her. The girl reaches out and pats the Ilu gently.

She sees a figure appear in the corner of her eyes as Mak'korro slowly approaches her trying not to startle the animal.

"He likes you." The boy says looking at the girl with a smile. She looks at the boy matching his smile before looking at the Ilu who was enjoying her pats thoroughly.

"Well he has great taste." She replies.

Mak'korro lets out a loud laugh making the girl turn to look at him with a smile of disbelief on her face.

"Whats so funny?" She says splashing water at the boy. He turns away from her to shield himself from the water.

"Nothing, it was just a funny joke." He says as he continues laughing. The girl fakes offence as she puts a hand to her heart.

"Are you saying he doesn't have great taste?" She questions with a teasing smile. Akaia could feel the Ilu rub up against her skin asking for more pats and the girl complied.

The boy grinned cheekily. "Nope, I didn't say that." He denied watching the girl.

Akaia, squints her eyes playfully at Mak'korro before splashing him once more.

Mak'korro shields himself again from the girls splashes before walking closer to her and the Ilu, his eyes flickering towards the bruising on her neck once again.

"Come I have to teach you how to ride a Ilu." He says with a smile, grabbing the girls hand and walking her into slightly deeper water with the Ilu following behind them.

Akaia's two brothers watched from a distance with frowns on their faces, not happy with the boys friendliness towards their sister.

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Akaia climes onto her Ilu with the help of Mak'korro. Once she is settled Mak'korro nods at her signalling for the girl grab her queue.

Akaia reaches behind her and grabs the long braid. The boy shamelessly watches as the girls biceps flex as she brings her braid infront of her.

"Make the bond gently." He says looking into her forest green eyes. Akaia nods before connecting her queue gently.

The creature shivered beneath her at the connection as both of their pupils widened.
No matter how many times Akaia connects with a animal the feeling will always blow her away. She could feel the creatures muscles and strength, she felt how their heartbeats synced.

Akaia closed her eyes exhaling loudly as she and the animal got used to each other.

The girl opened her eyes when Mak'korro gently grabs her hand once again.

He directs her hand towards the handle on the Ilu's saddle.

"Hold here, tightly." He said as the girl nods at him. He looks towards the positioning of her body making sure everything was okay before nodding.

"You are ready, hold on tightly. Keep your body flush against the Ilu it will help you hold on against the current." Akaia leaned closer towards the Ilu as the boy stepped away from her and the creature. She offers him one last smile before inhaling and ordering the Ilu to swim.

The creature takes off submerging itself and Akaia under water. The girl keeps her body flush against the creature, also making sure her legs were tucked tightly against the Ilu. Akaia held on as she ordered the Ilu to turn back towards Mak'korro the creature obeyed as them banked towards the boy. Akaia and the Ilu surfaced as they approached Mak'korro, the girl was sporting a large smile on her face as water dripped from her body.

"That was amazing!" She exclaimed. Mak'korro smiled up the girl.

"You did great!" He said as he offers her a hand of the Ilu, Akaia blushes slightly as she takes his hand and slides off the creature.

She stands in front of Mak'korro, breathing heavily with excitement. The pair both look down towards their hands which were still in entwined.

The sound of someone clearing their throat behind the pair caused them to separate. Akaia turns to face Lo'ak with a blush. The boy glares at Mak'korro before speaking.

"Come on sis, Tsireya is going to teach us how to breathe properly." He said holding out his hand towards the girl while still glaring at the boy. Akaia rolls her eyes at her brother before turning to look at Mak'korro.

"Thank you for the lessons Mak'korro." The girl says as Lo'ak grabs her hand tightly and begins pulling her away from the boy.

She watches as Mak'korro waves at the girl before turning and walking towards his brother. The girl turns with a goofy smile on her face as Lo'ak elbows her.

"Ow, what the hell Lo'ak?" She yelps rubbing her now sore ribs.

"Oops. Sorry, my elbow slipped." He says with a frown still on his face.

Akaia rolls her eyes at her brother's protectiveness.

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a/n

Mak'korro and Akaia are so fucking cute i love them with all my heart 🫠

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