𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 || Rotxo

Chapter 2: Spider

"You know what sucks, though?" Spider asks while entering the lab, Lo'ak, Kiri and Tirol following. "Is that you can breathe Earth air for hours and I can breathe your air for, like, ten seconds", he continues as Lo'ak grabs a ventilator to give it to Tirol before taking one for himself.

"Yes, that sucks monkey boy, for you!" Kiri replies, tickling Spider before taking a ventilator as well. The human boy playfully grabs her tail; in consequence of Kiri quickly turns around to chase him.

"Hey Max!", Tirol greets happily, smiling softly and waving, as Lo'ak takes a deep breath in his ventilator.

"Hi Max!" Kiri and Spider repeat, stopping their playful fight.

"Hey Kids", the scientist replies, as him and Spider make a fist "What's up, Max, Norm?" The human boy asks to the second scientist, making a fist as well.

Tirol gently hugs the two scientists, trying to be careful to not involuntary hurt them because of the amount of force na'vis have compared to humans, before pulling away.

"Is it me, or you grew taller?" Norm asks, looking up to her.

"I agree, she's almost as tall as me, now." Lo'ak says, eyeing her, as Tirol places her shoulder next to him to see the height difference. "You're basically the same height", Spider comments.

"My parents were tall, I guess it's normal for me to be, too", Tirol shrugs, remembering the picture her adoptive father shown her: her mother Tiemera, a beautiful Tawkami with curly, almost coily hair falling on her shoulders. Crown of flowers on them, this is a memory coming from her clan that she left to be apart of the Omatikayas. Her persian blue skin is shining under the sun, her belly bigger than usual; she's pregnant. Next to her is Ralu, her mate, husband, and Tirol's father. His hand is on her wife's belly, and his other hand grabs her shoulder gently. They are both smiling widely, and they are both tall, which explain Tirol's height.

The girl thinks about her parents a lot. She barely has memories of them, almost not at all. They left when she was only two, killed by those demons.
She often wishes that they still alive, even if she loves her adoptive family.

Kiri is watching Grace, her mom, through a screen, Spider admiring her. Tirol smiles at them, knowing they like each other, even if they have never admitted it, yet. She can clearly see hearts coming out of the monkey boy's eyes.
Kiri grins, watching her mother, before leaning on the amnio cuve where Grace's avatar is, Spider doing the same.

Lo'ak steps next to Tirol watching the scene.

"So, who do you think knocked her up?" He asks, as her sister kicks his side with her elbow. "Bro!" "Pretty sure it was Norm", he continues with a smirk.

"Totally", Spider agrees, laughing a bit, as Tirol rolls her eyes at them, but still amused.

"You do not deserve to live." Kiri replies dramatically, looking at the boys.

"Well, I agree with her", Tirol says as she steps next to her, putting her arm around her sister's shoulders.

"See? We're the only smart ones here." Kiri smirks, holding Tirol's waist, as they both face the boys.

"You're such a traitor", Spider says to Tirol, as she just winks at him with a smirk in response.

"No, no, think about it, alright?" Lo'ak lifts his hands while talking, "he's a teacher's pet" he points the screen with his hands as Tirol watches him, amused. "He's at the lab with her, all the time".

"I would kill myself; I would drink acid." Kiri replies.

"Nah, Norm is cool", Tirol shrugs.

"Bro, you're right, he's like in every shot", Spider points at the screen where we can see the two scientists close to each other. "Look, he's giving her looks!" He laughs with Lo'ak.