His Hands. || 𝘼𝙤'𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙜

eleven

Italics = thoughts or flashbacks
Bold = Metkayina sign language

"Ao'nung! I did it!" Ra'mora cheered as she came up from the water's surface with the shell in her hand.

"Hell yeah!" He cheered.

Ra'mora tilted her head to the side and squinted at him.

"What?" He questioned.

"Why'd you say hell yeah? You know sky people words?"

He shook his head and shrugged. "I heard Neteyam say it."

She giggled at him and turned her attention to the rest of her siblings completing the test.

Ra'mora was the first to come up and then it was Kiri, coming in second place. Lo'ak was in third place, Neteyam in fourth place, then Tuk in last.

"It's okay Tuk, being in last place doesn't make you bad." Ayreina comforted the young girl who was sulking.

Tuk huffed, "I guess.." she mumbled.

"Good job everyone!" Tsireya cheered, "You all have shown great improvement!"

Ra'mora kinda tuned the rest of the conversation out, once she saw everyone beginning to leave was when she realized they were dismissed.

"Wait whats the lesson for tomorrow?" She whispered to Ao'nung who was walking out the water.

He rolled his eyes at her. "We said we aren't sure yet. Pay attention skxawng." He said rather harshly.

"Well damn my bad." She said sarcastically, raising her hands up in fake surrender.

Ao'nung didn't say anything to her after that and walked towards his group of friends who were waiting at shore with a smirk on their faces.

Ra'mora frowned slightly at the sudden changed in his attitude.

She didn't think too much of it until she noticed his friends pointing at her and laughing. She rolled her eyes at them and looked away.

"What's up with Ao'nung again?" Neteyam asked as he eyed him and his friends up and down from afar.

Neteyam seemed to always notice things that Ra'mora did, its like they shared a brain and eyes together.

Ra'mora was snapped out of her thoughts from the sound of Neteyam's voice.

She shrugged, "He was being nice earlier now he's being... I don't even know."

He frowned at Ao'nung's sudden attitude change too and they continued walking towards their pod.

She sighed and soon found herself walking along the firm bouncy path again as they headed to their marui pod.

Neytiri was weaving a basket while Jake was sharpening his dagger. Lo'ak dramatically groaned and immediately collapsed down onto his mat, complaining about how boring today's lesson was.

Tuk agreed with Lo'ak and laid right on top of him, making him let out a grunt at the sudden weight on top of him.

Jake chuckled at the sight of the pair while Kiri went out the pod once again, letting their parents know she was going exploring.

Neteyam mentioned he was going to one of his new friends, Ix'zuite, who was teaching him how to fish properly with a net.

Ra'mora had nothing to do so she sat besides Tuk and Lo'ak who were talking about something that she didn't pay attention to.

She began working on the top she had promised to make Kiri back in Tsahik's tent at home when she begged her not to apply another layer of otarabark paste on her.