His Hands. || 𝘼𝙤'𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙜

fourteen

Italics = thoughts or flashbacks
Bold = Metkayina sign language

"No skxawng!" Ao'nung scolded as he corrected my fingers once again.

Just like Ao'nung had promised the other day, he would give me a head start on teaching me their people's sign language.

Apparently the tulkun were arriving sometime soon, so him and the others planned on teaching everyone else too.

"Wait, so like this?" I asked and tried to position my hands correctly.

"Hello, how are you?"

Ao'nung grinned and nodded proudly, he seemed to be impressed with how fast I was able to learn this.

"I am good, and you?" He signed back.

"I am good too. Just tired."

"You're a fast learner, Mora."

"What can I say? I'm good with my fingers." I shrug.

Ao'nung laughed loudly, "Oh?"

I looked at him confused before I realized what I had just said. I felt my cheeks go warm and my eyes widened.

"That's not what I-" I say in a panic, but Ao'nung cut me off.

"What can I say, I'm good with my fingers!" Ao'nung mocks me and laughs again.

"It's not that funny.. " I grumbled and turned my head away from him, and I realized the sun coming up.

"Shit, Ao'nung!" I whisper yelled.

"Hm?"

"We lost track of time, the sun is already rising!" I said in a panic and got up.

"Why do you seem so scared?" Ao'nung questioned as he got up too.

"Because if my parents already woke up they'll notice I'm gone."

"You'll be fine."

I rolled my eyes at him and began walking back to my pod. Ao'nung walked beside me with his hands held behind his back.

I literally never noticed our height difference until I ran into him last night. Me and Neteyam were near the same height, but I was still shorter than him.

Ao'nung wasn't that much taller than Neteyam, but compared to me it was noticeable. Throughout our private lesson, I couldn't help but think about the way his hands felt on mine.

I didn't know if I liked it or not to be honest.
His hands were soft and gentle, his touch was delicate and feather-like.

Ao'nung said goodbye to me as he dropped me off at my pod again, he watched me enter before leaving and making his way over to his own pod.

Thankfully, no one was awake yet. I strangely didn't feel tired at all as I made my way to my shared section of the hut with Neteyam and saw him still sound asleep, along with the others.

I laid down on my mat and almost immediately fell asleep. I take back what I said about not feeling tired. I know I would have to wake up again in a few hours, but it was better to get in three hours of sleep than none.

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Neteyam had to quite literally carry her off her mat and to the open area of our pod. When he placed her down, her head slammed down onto the small table in the middle of all seven Na'vi as she didn't even wake up yet.

She didn't wake up from her head slamming down onto the table either, she just continued snoring.

Jake just stared at her with concern while Neytiri continued to cut some fruit.