Chapter 24 : stage one (denial)

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*.•Ao'nung POV•.*
I don't know if what happened yesterday was a dream or not. I wake up with Reya asleep against my side. Maybe, that was just a really bad dream and I- and maybe in a couple of minutes Neteyam is going to walk in here, smiling and laughing. And then we can go swimming together and I can show him some of the techniques that he can show off to his siblings.

Reya shuffles next to me, opening her eyes and looking over to me with a sad expression. Why is she sad? She must have heard me sleep talk during my nightmare!

"Hey Ao, you sleep well?" Her voice is raspy, like she has been crying. But why would she cry? "Not really, I had a nightmare" I sit up and smile at her, smile faltering when she looks at me confused. "What's up sis? Something wrong with Lo'ak?" Her eye's scrunch up even more and she stifles a sob as I say this. "Wait, did you actually fight with Lo'ak?! Cause I will kick his-" "Ao, don't you remember what happened yesterday?" She looks at me, same sadness in her eyes. But this time there is also something else, pity?

"Yea! We were with the Tulkun!" I look at her happily but she doesn't return the gesture. Something is wrong, something is fucking wrong Ao'nung. "Oh I have to go apologize to Teyam by the way! I said some stuff I didn't mean" I am about to get up but Reya pushes me down.

"What? Do you need something?" I look at her innocently, starting to get annoyed at the pity in her eyes. "Ao, Neteyam is-" she stops herself from continuing, tears falling from her eyes. "Wha- Reya what's wrong?!" I panic a little seeing my little sister break down crying. Funny, this happened in my dream as well.

"Ao, what did you have a nightmare about?" She says it in between sobs, still watching me as if I was about to shatter. "I- uh I dreamed that- that Neteyam was shot in a war with the sky people, and that I couldn't tell him how I really felt" I start shaking a bit at the memory of the horrible dream, the dream that was starting to feel a bit too real.

"Ao, that- it- not-" "that wasn't a dream" Rotxo is standing in the entrance of the marui, tears in his eyes. "No but, he can't be gone" I don't look up from the ground. Deadpan expression branded into my face.

"Ao'nung listen to us"

"NO, YOU'RE LYING"

"Ao'nung"

"HE WOULDN'T LEAVE ME, RIGHT?"

"Ao!"

"HE CAN'T BE. THIS IS JUST LO'AK'S DISGUSTING IDEA OF A PRANK"

"I'm sorry bro...."

"No please, tell me this is a joke"

"Ao, it's not a-"

"He can't be, he can't-"

*.•A/n•.*
I'm sorry I know this chapter is short, the next four will probably be as well :( sorry (Ik I said I would update one book each day but I had nothing to do) also the bold bits are supposed to be his thoughts cause my italics won't work.

But anyways thank you for reading my book and I hope you have a wonderful day/night 💙
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*.•the 30th - Billie Eilish.*

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