His Hands. || 𝘼𝙤'𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙜

twenty

Italics = thoughts or flashbacks
Bold = Metkayina sign language

"And he keeps fucking switching up on me! I literally don't what I did wrong, it's like he- Tsireya? Why are you staring at me like that?"

Ra'mora stopped braiding the fabric in her hands that was supposed to be another bracelet. She already made three bracelets, this would be her forth. She made bracelets for all her siblings and the last one would be for Neteyam. She heavily debated on wether or not she should make it a matching one, but thought that Neteyam wouldn't want to match with her anymore after all the conflict between them.

She stared at the Metkayina girl in front of her who was listening intently to her rant about Ao'nung. Mid way through her rant, Tsireya came to the realization that Ra'mora may like her brother which caused the girl to stare at her with a bright smile.

"What? You're freaking me out."

"You like Ao'nung."

"I really fucking don't. We aren't even friends. I just told you Tsireya, he keeps being so on and off towards me. One day he's nice and the next he's a dick. I don't think I even want to be his friend at this point."

"Well that's true, but you have to understand my brother is not good with his emotions. I believe you when you say you don't like him, however you owe me if you guys do end up becoming a thing."

"You also owe me if you and Lo'ak become a thing before us."

"So you're not denying that you guys might become something?"

"Tsireya!"

The Metkayina girl erupted in a fit of giggles as the Omatikaya girl rolled her eyes at her. The two continued chatting whilst making jewelry together. Ra'mora was right, it was impossible to be gloomy around someone like Tsireya. She was so positive unlike her sister, which made a question pop up in Ra'mora's mind.

"Hey what happened to Ayreina, is she alright? I never see her around."

Tsireya's smile falters a bit, "Oh she's alright. She just..." She sighs, "She overworks herself a lot with training. Healer training can be very difficult sometimes, but it appears to be all the time with her."

Ra'mora frowns at this. She wouldn't really consider Ayreina a friend, they've only spoken a handful of times at lessons but not necessarily a full on conversation. They talk to each other for about five minutes max. Despite them not being very close at all, Ra'mora was still concerned considering this was her friend's sister.

"So that's why she's not out a lot?"

"Yeah, she's become very distant to us all besides Neteyam. I think she might like him, they hang out a lot. I thought you knew?"

Ra'mora felt her heart ache a bit. She's probably been the one to keep him comfort all this time whilst she was too busy distancing herself from her family, and it made her feel guilty. The two girls were similar in a way, they both distanced themselves from their families and found comfort in the other's brother. Except Neteyam wasn't much of a dick like Ao'nung.

"Oh uh, no. No, I didn't know. We haven't spoken to each other much."

Tsireya frowns, "How come?"

"Oh we've just been super busy, don't worry." She lies through her teeth.

Tsireya's frown melts away, "Okay good, but if you ever need someone to talk to come to me."

Ra'mora nods her head with a smile and continues working on her bracelet.

The two stayed there at the beach for hours, making all kinds of jewelry with a variety of materials. Soon eclipse was right around the corner and the two went to Ra'mora's pod together to get her siblings to come see the clan's Spirit Tree.