Surface| Neteyam

23.

Neteyam's pov

It's been what? Three days now, woah with a girl like her time truly does fly, but it's no matter. I wouldn't mind only living half my life if it meant spending all my days with her.
Sira hasn't visited her dad since the day of the bonfire, she tries to act like she doesn't care but I can tell it's been hurting her. I feel like a part of it has always been my fault, maybe if I hadn't fallen into Riuwe's, or as Seytira calls her, mrs. perfectos, little trap it would never have gotten to be this bad. I know she denies it, hell, would we even be this close if it wasn't for that?

I try my best to be there for her, although I'll never see eye to eye on this topic but I know she shouldn't go through it alone. It might be selfish to say this now but I hope I never have to deal with the loss of both parents. I love them too much to even begin to comprehend the feeling of them gone.

Well, all I can do now is make her feel loved, it's cheesy I know but she needs that more than anything and I'll do everything in my power to make her feel wanted.

Oh there she is, absolutely perfect, of course I could never say it to her face but I know she knows I'm always thinking it.

I will never be able to wrap my head around the fact she forgave me, that she chose me out of all of her people, I guess I really stand out in a crowd, literally.

Seytira waves over at me lovingly, I return a bright smile of course. It's been challenging to sneak her in each night and stay as quiet as possible with my family only a room away.

My mom still thinks i'm crazy that first night when she almost caught us, we've decided it would be best to not cross her path together. Out of sight, out of mind.

"So? How's Vega keeping up?" Sira asks, petting the side of my Ilu's slick neck.

I guess it's a bit cliche that I decided that's what I would name her. I know my grandmother would absolutely hate me for naming a creature of Eywa a human name, but it wasn't just some sky person's creation, it had a story behind it. It was one of the best nights of my life and this name would forever let me remember it.

"She's faster" I placed my hand over Vega's head. I liked how she didn't perceive me as a no nonsense forest boy and allowed me to bond with her like any other metkayina kid.

"Well only a good rider can determine the speed of their Ilu" Sira smiled.

I decided to switch the topic since it was still a sore subject. It hadn't been more than a week since Feui's death and she still refused to bond with another.

"Tsireya is going to teach us some more sign language today, but i'll see you tonight right?" I make the tsaheylu with Vega as I wait for her response.

"Yes forest baby i'll be there" She grins,
Oh great mother, at first I didn't realize why you had sent my family here but now I see it, I see her.

*:･ﾟ✧*  :･ﾟ

I couldn't lie, it was challenging to not wrap my arms around him every time we saw each other. Pursuing whatever we had going on right now in public would lead to accusations and other unnecessary things. Everyone still believed the Sully's stay would be temporary, they are already unwelcome, a relationship evolving out of this chaos would be the last thing they need to see.

I've tried to tell myself these things, but I don't care how wrong it is, if this is how it feels like to be wrong I never want it to be right.

I walked back to the shore, fighting every urge to turn and stare at Tey. Of course, my unloyalty couldn't go unpunished.

"Seytira."

I froze, it was the first time in three days I had heard my fathers voice.

How I hated the way my name rolled out of his mouth, like he didn't just tell me to forever lose myself in the sea.

"Leave me alone" I yelled back, I didn't even want to look at him, how dare he speak to me after all that happened?

"You can hate me, I know I was harsh but neither of us are innocent" My fathers tone was husk, almost like he'd been crying. Hard to believe, I knew it was just an act, he never cried.

"I want nothing more to do with you, don't you wish the same?" I spun around, my hair moved frantically in the wind, just looking at him made my stomach ache.

"You're not wearing your mother necklace."

I instinctively place my hand on my neck, feeling for the item that I no longer wore. I had almost forgotten I gave it to Neteyam, no one had really noticed it yet, he made sure to keep it hidden under the necklace he already had on.

"Really? Is that all you have to say?" I slumped my arms; I could see his ears turned down at this.

"I was angry, I had all the rights to be but I shouldn't have said those things about you. I'm just worried okay"

"It's funny because you didn't seem to be worried about your only daughter drowning?" I cried back, "oh right, i'm not your daughter anymore"

He swayed back a little, looking off the coast almost like he was too ashamed to see me.

"Sira im willing to put that behind if you are, look you don't have to come home just, I don't want to live the rest of our lives angry at each other"
His voice was shaking, but I finally had the upper hand, he finally wanted something from me. I could use this.

"I don't want to be mad at you but I can't forgive you yet" I crossed my arms as I began to walk away, if he truly wanted me back he would need a lot more than words to prove it.

A/N

I apologize for making this chapter kinda pointless but I just want to slowly build sira and her fathers relationship again for an important scene that comes up

Anyways would you forgive him?

And for a bigger question, as time goes on would you want Neteyam and Seytira to bond or keep it slow?