Tìyawn

Chapter 48

Tìyawn was resting in her marui.

It was late, just gone past eclipse.

Aonung walked in.

"Hey Tìyawn, are you asleep?" He asks her.

She shakes her head no before sitting up to face him.

Aonung comes to pick her up, holding her from her shoulders.

"What are you doing Aonung? It's late" Tìyawn looked at him confused.

"I want to take you somewhere" Aonung says.

"But I thought I'm not allowed to be out. It's past eclipse, it's more dangerous if you ask me" Tìyawn says.

"Well, I know how much you miss being out, seeing your friends and family. So I thought we'd do something that is" he pauses and thinks for a word, "pregnancy friendly."

She smiles, "you did this? For me?"

Aonung nods, "I don't want you to feel left out. I want you to be happy, and enjoy yourself. Of course, whilst being safe."

She tiptoes to give him a kiss, "did I ever tell you how much I love you? And how you're my favourite person?"

"Me? I never knew?" Aonung played along.

They both laugh.

Aonung then holds her hand, "come on."

They walk out of the marui.

She sees her friends, and family standing together, holding lanterns.

Tìyawn looks at them, feeling mesmerised.

She walks towards them.

"What is all this?" Her eyes light up and then she turns to her right, to look at Aonung.

"Well, Jake said how you loved watching the stars with Mo'at" Aonung says.

"And today is her birthday" Tìyawn whispers as she realises.

"So we thought we'd light up these lanterns and let the sky light up tonight. For Mo'at" Aonung says.

Tìyawn smiles, "this is amazing."

Rotxo comes over, and hands Tìyawn and lantern.

"Look at the back" Rotxo tells her.

Tìyawn turns it over.

"To my saviour" Tìyawn read out what Jake had written on the lantern.

She looks to Jake and they both smile at each other.

Tìyawn smiles and nods, "she was."

Aonung kisses her head before putting his hand out to Rotxo.

Rotxo then gives him a lantern too, then goes to Kiri, taking his own lantern back from her.

They stand together, forming a shape of a circle.

"On the count of three" Neytiri says to them.

"One!" They shout together.
"Two!"
"Three!" They all put their arms up, letting go of the lanterns as they fly up into the sky.

It's silent as they're all focused on the lanterns in the sky.  All silent, apart from Spider and Tuk, who are laughing together and looking up, feeling happy at seeing the lanterns.

Jake looks to Neytiri, and puts his arm around her.

She looks at him, seeing the proud look on his face.
He was so proud that she was strong, despite losing her mother.