xii. talks and doubts

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— 𝐭𝐬𝐲𝐮𝐥 —

𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝘀

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𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝘀



"𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆?" his father's words were echoing in the tent, his eyes making it impossible for the oldest boy to look back at them.

neteyam knew that he was screwed.

he knew when he had tried to fight back as they had dragged him away, he knew when they had took him back home in complete silence, when he had found his siblings with their head down not looking at him, when his parents had brought all four of them inside their house.

he knew.

and he was scared.

but even as he could see the anger in their eyes a side of his brain couldn't help but think about you, about where you had gone.

about if the tribe had found you or if they had hurted you.

"how could you drag your siblings into this?!" jake's voice rang trough his ears as he motioned to his three other children.

they were on either side of neteyam, tuk clutching his hand as she tried to bring him any sense of comfort.

they all wanted to scream at their parents.

they wanted to tell them how you were actually good, how you had took care of tuk, how you had never hurt them — except for the little cut on lo'ak troath... — how neteyam was the one thing that could hold you back, that could keep you calm.

tuk wanted to tell them about how your eyes were beautiful, and not scary like they had told her many times.

that when you used your arrows you never missed, but they were all still alive in front of them anyway.

she wanted to tell them that you always wore the little bracelet that she had made for you.

that you loved her brother.

but she couldn't, none of them could.

"you disappoint us neteyam" jake said those last words looking down, almost as he felt ashamed of his own son.

that was the one moment, the one were neteyam finally looked up.

how could he not?

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