"They won't." Henilo growls. "If they know what is good for them they will stay far away from here." He added, fists gripping tightly on his knee's.
Tsovey looked over at her brother and took in a sharp breath. She leaned into Tatal once more before standing up and making her way to Henilo. "Brother..." She exclaimed softly, gaining his attention as he looked up at her. "You're hurting yourself." She whined, pointing down at Henilo's legs.
Henilo looked down to see blood slowly falling down his knees. Only a little, but that didn't change the fact that he made himself bleed. "Oh." Was his simple reply.
"Henilo!" Solko exclaimed, gripping Henilo's hands and yanking them back to check the wounds. "Oh great mother, why did you do that to yourself!" She shouts, standing and quickly making her way into their home to get something to clean him up.
Henilo let out a sigh before his ears shot back. He looked up at Tsovey who was still standing in front of him as tears were now present on her cheeks. "Does it hurt?" She muttered softly trying to keep her composure.
"No, I'm fine." He replied with a reassuring smile, but Tsovey was not convinced. Henilo's smile fell. He reached for Tsovey's hands and gently pulled her down so she could be eye level with him. "I'm okay, it doesn't hurt." Repeated, hoping this time Tsovey would believe him, but her face stated the same. "I'm sorry I made you worry Tsovey." He apologizes, rubbing his thumbs over the tops of her hands. "I promise I am okay. I won't do that again." Henilo promised, this seemed to make Tsovey relax a little. Henilo's brow softened as he pulled Tsovey into a tight hug. "Thank you for caring about me Tsovey...you are my rock.. you know that right?" He whispers into her ear.
"Yes, I know, you are mine too." She whispers back, hugging him tighter.
The two stay that way until Solko comes back out with medicine and bandages. "Tsovey can I get to him for a minute?" She asks softly. "I promise you can have him back in a little bit, I just need to clean him up." Solko states with a grin. Tsovey simply nods before running back over to Tatal. "You need to be more careful Henilo." Solko barks quietly.
"I didn't mean to do this." Henilo groans. "I was just so mad...I didn't realize what I was doing...until Tsovey snapped me out of it." Henilo confessed.
"You scared her." Solko hissed, as she cleaned his wound gently. "You scared all of us." She added, before applying medicine to her brother's knees. "Please don't let your emotions control you like that. If you are feeling angry just breathe, or come to one of us to help you stay grounded." Solko begged, placing the first bandage. "We are your family...we love you. We hate seeing you get so angry." She paused, finishing up with the last bandage. "Angry to the point of blindly hurting yourself." She finishes looking at him with fear in her eyes. "The last time I saw this kind of anger...we lost everything and had to rebuild our lives. We still haven't fully gotten father back. The father we remember anyways." Solko closed her eyes and took in a well needed breath. "I love you Henilo, and I hate to ask this of you but I need you to be that father for Tsovey...you are the only view of what father used to be she has." She exclaims with a gentle smile. That was her signature. The soft, gentle and reassuring one. The one everyone went to when they needed to feel calm.
"I love you too, Solko." He replied in kind, placing his forehead onto hers. "I promise I'll work on my anger more. And if I feel like it is becoming overwhelming I'll come to you." Henilo promises. "And I'll be that for Tsovey...you know I will." He reassures her.
"I'd like that. I'll always be here for you...for all of you." Solko states, before standing up and walking back to the house. "Tsovey, he's all yours." She jokes.
Tsovey wasted no time running over to her brother and tackled him to the ground. "Ouch!" Henilo jokingly whined.
"Are you okay?" Tsovey asks shyly.
"You're done for." Henilo playfully threatens. Tsovey screeches, before running away, Henilo hot on her tail.
"Don't go too far!" Tatal shouts.
"We won't!" Henilo replies as they disappear into the trees.
**Sorry for my late upload this week! I had a cold! Let me know what you think of this chapter!**
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Avatar: The Return of The Songbirds
Science FictionLooking back on the past holds nothing but pain and heartache for me and my family now. We were once a part of the beautiful Tìk'nui clan, but my people were better known as the songbird clan. We were neighbors to all and to no one at the same time...
