bound - avatar oc x oc

part 21

"Akaia wake up!" The girl shot up from her mat frantically looking around as she rubs her eyes.

"Im up, im up. What wrong?" She questioned, looking towards Kiri, who was squatting in front of her.

"Why are you so hard to wake up? I was yelling at you for ages, you sleep like a log and it's literally an hour before eclipse." Akaia rolled her eyes at Kiri standing from the mat with yawn.

"Its because of the sleeping berries Ronal gave me, I can't remember the name of them." She said waving off Kiri. "Anyways whats wrong? Why did you wake me up?"

It was now Kiri's turn to roll her eyes at her sister, "We are going to see the spirt tree, remember? You might wanna fix your hair, Mak'korro is waiting for you." She finished with a giggle, watching as Akaia hissed at her before reaching up to fix her hair.

Kiri laughed at the girl before grabbing her arm and dragging her outside and onto the beach towards the others who were sat in a circle.

Akaia groaned as the light reached her eyes, before squatting next to Lo'ak.

"Aww sleeping beauty is finally awake." Lo'ak teased making Aonung and Roxto laugh.

Akaia elbowed the boy in the ribs making him yelp in pain.

"Oops my elbow slipped." She said quoting what he once said to her, before standing and walking away from the boy.

Mak'korro laughed at Akaia's hostility earning a slap on the back of the head from Tisreya as the girl went to check on Lo'ak who was complaining.

Mak'korro rolled his eyes before following after Akaia who was waiting by the Ilu's that were already prepared with saddles.

Kiri and Tuk looked to each other with smug smiles as they watched the boy approach their sister.

"You all good?" He said as he checked one of the saddles on the Ilu, making sure it was on correctly.

Akaia sighed as she looked up towards the boy, "Yeah I'm fine, just in a bit of a bad mood I guess." She said her eyes finding his.

"Well hopefully the spirt tree with lift your mood." He said with a optimistic smile.

Akaia mirrored his smile as she looked down towards the Ilu petting it softly.

Mak'korro watched the girl with soft eyes, she was so mesmerising.

In his trance he didn't even realise that Akaia had looked back towards the beach were their siblings still were. She frowned as she watched Lo'ak from a distance, he looked agitated.

"What do you think they are talking about?" She questioned Mak'korro, concerned for her brother. The boy quickly returned back to reality looking from Akaia back towards his siblings.

"I know that Aonung had questions about what happened a few days ago with Lo'ak, he wanted to know what happened past the reef." Akaia sighed debating on whether or not she should intervene in the conversation.

She watched as Neteyam stood from his squat walking towards Lo'ak with a teasing smile and putting his hands on his shoulders saying something to the younger boy.

The frown deepened on her face as she saw Lo'ak shrug off his brother's arm before walking away from the group.

Akaia turned towards Mak'korro who also had a frown on his face. The group stood from their position and walked towards Mak'korro and Akaia.

Akaia rushed towards Neteyam, grabbing his should gently and pulling him away from the group, "Is Lo'ak okay?" She questioned.

"Lo'ak's fine, he is just having a sook." He said looking into her eyes.