Little Mr Perfect

Neteyams first day at school

In school the next day Ao’nung isn´t to fond of the fact that he has to help Neteyam out with finding his classes given they are in the same grade. Neteyam hands in the assignments he had caught up to in this class which is physics” Impressiv Mr. Sully. I didn’t expect you to actually finish all of these”.” I had nothing better to do so l thought I´d use the time to catch up on the schoolwork I had missed”. Ao´nung rolls his eyes at this, during the lesson he notices that Neteyam doesn’t struggle at all with the new things they learn, even outsmarting one of the best kids in the class, this makes him jealous.

In their lunch break Ao´nung and his friends make fun of him for being such a nerd, he ignores their comments, being used to be called names because of his grades Lo´ak is not having it “Fish lips leave my brother allone!”. “Lo´ak leave it”. “Yeah Freak leave it”. Ao´nung mocks him.” Oh that’s it!”, Lo´ak punches him straight in the face, causing him to stumble backwards “Stop being such an ass to us!”. Ao´nung growls and punches him in the side, this turns into a full blown fight between the two, Ao´nungs friends joining in, same as Neteyam, who knows he’ll regret it afterwards but cant let his brother deal with this fight alone. What Ao´nung learns really quick that even Neteyam can land a good punch even if his petit frame doesn’t show that. It actually feels good to act out like this and joining his brother in a fight instead of stopping him. Tsireya, Kiri and Rotxo try to stop them but fail, it takes several teachers to separate them, each holding back one boy.” Principal office now!”.On their way to the office they stop by the Nurse office to get them patched up, especially Neteyam who’s wound reopened during the fight. “What was the cause of this? “, the principal asks “Sir, Ao´nung and his friends were making fun of us and our sister”, Lo´ak says and he sighs “ Still that’s no excuse for such a fight, Neteyam it’s your first day here and end up in a fight”. Neteyam looks down and he continues” Your parents have been in formed and will arrive soon”.

Around 20 minutes later the parents arrive. “What happened?”, Jake asks and then looks at his boys who got a bunch of bruises on their faces. „Yeah I want to know as well”, Ronal says. They explain everything” The hell were you thinking! Didn’t you get in enough trouble back home!”.” Dad it’s not Lo´aks fault, Ao´nung started all this… he provoked Lo´ak”.” And yet he was the first to throw a punch and you didn’t even try to stop him, no instead you join in”, Jake scolds them, both boys look down, Ao’nung also get lectured. All of them get suspended for two days. When they get home Ronal takes Neteyam over to their house, to take a look at the wound and redresses it, then he heads home to listen to another lecture of his dad.

That night he skips dinner again, he feels Like he doesn’t deserve to eat, even when fighting felt good it was not worth the aftermath of pissing off his dad. He sits at his desk and finishes his homework. Tuk sleeps over in Neteyams room this night after a small nightmare. He drops off Tuk at her school “Li´ia look this is my big brother Neteyam! Neteyam this is Li’ia my friend!”, Tuk introduces the two to each other with a wide grin.” It’s nice to meet you Li´ia”, Neteyam says with a smile which she returns” Come on Tuk or we will be late”, they head inside. Neteyam goes back home and does nothing besides shooting arrow after arrow at the target in their backyard, Lo´ak just chills outside with his headphones on, scrolling through his phone.

At school the remaining three get through their classes being bored, Tsireya looks at Rotxo” Hey you wanna come over after school?”. “Cant, I have to help at home”. Lie, the truth is that Rotxos foster parents don’t want him near his friends anymore. “Oh ok, maybe tomorrow then”. He sighs and eats his lunch, later in class he falls asleep again.

After school Tsireya joins Kiri to go to her home.” Welcome home Kiri, oh hello Tsireya”, Neytiri greets them. They go to Kiri’s room and get their homework done, Lo´ak joins in on that and with Tsireya´s help finishes that pretty quick. Tsireya and Kiri then shoo Lo´ak out of the room and just watch a movie together with some snacks.
” Are you ok?”, Kiri had noticed that Tsireya rubs her eyes making them puffy” Yeah”, she goes through her bag and takes out some pills and takes one of them, something clicks in Kiris brain and she fidgets nervously “Oh no…I forgot about your allergy…“.”It’s ok, I didn’t eat anything of that so l am fine, it’s just some of the crumbs and stuff cause this small reaction”. Kiri nods und then gets rid of the snacks that caused that, then cleans up all the crumbs, wiping everything down with senaticing wipes” This is sweet thank you, but you didn’t need to clean up everything”. Kiri just shake her head, soon it’s time for dinner, they all sit down together. Tsireya is staying over for tonight, having a sleepover with Kiri, which surprises everyone, normally she wouldn’t let anyone besides her family stay in her room overnight. At the table Kiri wears her headphones and stays quiet, Tsireya is a very patient person and lets Kiri take her time, she’s honored to be having a sleepover with her.

” So Tsireya how is your brother doing? These knuckleheads got him good”, Jake asks and the two boys groan while looking down at their food “Ao’nung is doing alright, he sure got a lecture from our parents and really don’t be so hard on them it was all my brothers fault… even though I have to say he s normally not like this”. Lo´ak rolls his eyes at that, Neteyam kicks his leg, Tsireya sighs” Really guys you just got off on the wrong foot once you get to know him better he’s a really nice guy”. They talk about a few more things and she gets to know more about their old home. Later the two girls lay in Kiris room, Tsireya on a spare mattress next to Kiri´s bed. “Hey. Could it be that Rotxo is trans?”, Kiri asks out of nowhere, she had that suspicion for a while, she’s a very observant person just like her older brother. „It’s not my place to tell”, is the answer she gets.They fall asleep soon after talking a bit longer.