𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄

𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

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AU'RAIS POV
"Kiri are you almost done?" When I was talking to Lo'ak Kiri came up to me and asked me to accompany her to the forest since she had to pee. I didn't really want to leave Lo'ak but Aonung and Rotxo came and took him away anyways so I came with Kiri. But she has been peeing for quite some time now. "Kiri hurry up! It's kind of scary out here" I'm not very used to being in the reefs forest at all and especially not at night. I rubbed my hands up and down my arms trying to sooth myself when I heard a twig snap behind me. I quickly turned around but didn't see anyone.

"Hello?" I called out but I got no answer. As I looked through the thick trees that were in front of me I saw a pair of glowing yellow eyes staring back at me. "Kiri?" I said shaking. Just then the glowing eyes came towards me and revealed a tall figure. It wasn't Kiri though. It was Neteyam.

"Au'rai can we talk now please?"

"Neteyam I can't-"

"Please ma Au'rai" he said cutting me off "I just need to explain myself. I want to fix this"

I looked at him for a moment before slowly nodding my head. Deep down I too want to fix things. I hope his explanation is enough to do so.

LO'AKS POV
I'm going to kill Aonung when I find him. He told me to come with him and Rotxo for a walk and he just left me here all the way on the right side of the island. I have got to stop letting him take me places, he always leaves me. I sat on the ground and let the small waves hit my skin. The water looked beautiful at night.

"Can I sit?" Asked a familiar voice. I didn't turn my head to look at her I simply said "sure."

She sat close to me and we both silently watched the waves come in. But after some time the silence became unbearable.

"What do you want Tsireya?" I asked

"I want to talk to you"

"About?"

"About us" she shrugged "Lo'ak I know what I did was wrong and I know that you probably won't forgive me, but I need you to know that I feel nothing for Neteyam. I don't feel anything at all for anyone who is not you." She held my hand in hers and she turned her body to fully face me. "I know you think I chose him over you Lo'ak but I didn't. I choose you. I see you."

I quickly turned all of my attention to her. My tail swayed back and forth violently. I feel like I'm going to explode, I can't keep away from her anymore. Maybe it's a mistake but all of her words melted all of my hostile feelings away. She replaced them with new ones. Pure ones.

"I see you too"

NETEYAMS POV
"Can I just ask you one thing?" She stated

"Of course"

"Why did you do it?"

"W-what?"

"Why did you kiss her Neteyam?" She said looking up at me with tears in her eyes. "I thought we were going to be together! I thought you liked me!"

"I do Au'rai! And it's not that I like you, it's that I love you! These weeks have been the hardest weeks of my whole life. The only reason I kissed Tsireya was because I was afraid"

"Afraid? Of what?"

"I was afraid that I would get you taken away from me. I was afraid that I would fall to deep for you and then I wouldn't get to be with you. For a single moment I lost faith in us and I gave in to what my parents wanted. They wanted me to be with her so I complied and I thought maybe I could get you out of my head but I couldn't. I just couldn't. I stay up every night thinking about you and just you. I realize now that there is no one else in the world that I could ever want to be with except for you."

She was silent for a second. I watched as tears streamed down her face.

"I just don't know how I can let this go Neteyam. All of my life I've been second to Tsireya. Everyone has always made me feel that way, my parents, the clan, you were the only person who never made me feel like I was a problem or an outcast! But then you went and...and did that!" She cried out

"Au'rai please forgive me. I beg you to forgive me. I swear to you I will never make you feel that way again for as long as I live." I walked closer to her and made eye contact. I slowly got down on both knees and she watched me as I did.

"Neteyam"

"I beg for your forgiveness. I surrender myself to you now ma Au'rai. I promise to give and dedicate my whole being to you"

She took in a shallow breath before she slowly started to get on her knees. When her knees touched the ground and she was directly in front of me, she grabbed my hands.

"I forgive you Neteyam. I also promise to give you all of me"

I put my hand on her cheek and caressed her face gently. She put her hand on my chin and she slowly brought me in for a kiss. The kiss was something that no words could describe it gave me more happiness than anything else in the world. For the first time I felt like Au'rai was truly mine and I was hers. All hers.