Little Mr Perfect

early birthday and confrontation

In the middle of the night Jake gets woken up by a phone call "Sully speaking?" He slurs half asleep while looking at the clock which is reading 2:15 am "Jake...sorry to call at this hour but could you pick up Ao'nung,Tsireya and Rotxo...". He sits up "Uh.. sure where you ?". " hospital something went wrong...Ronal went into early labour" He sighs " They are both alright. I just want the three to get some better sleep than on these waiting room chairs "."Ok I'll be there soon " He gets up, Neytiri stirs awake "where are you going?" She yawns. "Picking up Tonowaris Kids "."At this time?" She sits up. "Yeah Ronal had to get an emergency c-section...Tonowari want the kids to get atleast some few hours of sleep in a more comfortable space". "I'll get some matrices set up in the living room "

Jake arrives at the hospital and finds Tonowari sitting on the opposite side of his sleeping kids "Hey" He places a gentle hand on his friends shoulder "Hey....thanks for picking them up ". "No problem, how's Ronal ?". "She's fine so far, still sleeping and Roa is getting watched over in the NICU "." Roa? Beautiful name, ok I'll take them home now. They'll stay at ours, Neytiri already got everything set up"

Tonowari gently wakes them up "Ok guys Jake will take you home" Tsireya and Rotxo just nod to tired to process what was said right now but Ao'nung looks at his dad "Dad...I wanna stay please...". "Buddy you need more sleep and you have school tomorrow ". "I'm staying...I just want to make sure mom and Roa are ok... ". "Ao'nung they are alright I just saw them a little bit ago ok so please go with Jake " Ao'nung sighs but goes with Jake.

In the morning at around 7 am the Sully kids are a little confused about why the Paora kids are there. Neytiri gently wakes up the three guests and they all sit down and eat breakfast, Ao'nung keeping an close eye on Neteyam, putting another piece of toast on his friends plate after seeing he only ate one. Tuk looks at them " why did you sleep over?". "Because our little sister was born and Dad is staying with mom " Tsireya yawns and eats some toast aswell. Ao'nung himself is the one who doesn't eat this time " what's wrong Ao'nung is there nothing you like ?" Neytiri asks and he shakes his head " No its not that its just I can't eat it " He rubs his neck a little embarrassed. Neytiri chuckles "Actually you can atleast most of it maybe not bread and things but definitely some cereal don't worry Tuk also has Celiac disease so you won't have to worry about this in our house" Ao'nung looks at the little girl who just smiles back at him. He looks back at Neteyam to see he has eaten half of the toast he gave him.

They all get to their classes later on. Ofcourse Neteyam aces every question determined to not let another failure like the failed test happen. Ao'nung can't really focus he's to worried about his mom and little sister but aswell as Neteyam, he noticed that everytime the archer ate he would go straight to the bathroom. He surely needed to confront his friend about his behaviour so in at lunch break he pulls him aside, Neteyam just looks at him confused "what?"."Tey are you alright?". "Yes why shouldn't I be? ". "I don't know maybe because a lot happened in the past few days...First you try to fucking Swan dive of the fucking school roof  then don't show up to school the next days which is valid to be honest but the thing that worries me just as much is how light you were when I picked you up...Tey I think you have a problem and you definitely need help...". Neteyam looks at him regretting that he had let Ao'nung see him in a vulnerable state "I'm fine...I don't need help. I can manage just fine what you've seen was a really bad day which rarely happens". " But they happen" Ao'nung interrupts him " Neteyam there's nothing wrong with admitting that you need help ". "But I don't need help. Ao'nung I appreciate it that you worry but I'm a big boy who can take care of himself ". Ao'nung sighs "Yes and No...Yes you can take care of yourself but at the same time you don't do it you rather help your siblings or others before you even consider thinking of yourself. The way you look dissenpointed when you don't get one question right as if it's the end of the world. Neteyam you are allowed to be selfish to not bother with grades and to look after yourself " He looks at him "you're allowed to have a break from everything".

" You're wrong " Neteyam replied " I watch out for my siblings and others because I want to and I can very well look after myself aswell, I recently had a break so I'm better now and go back to how it was. Yes I care about my grades and get annoyed by small mistakes but only because I want to have good opportunities in the future. Why do you even care so much !". "Because you're my friend, Neteyam. I'd even say you're my best friend...and maybe more..." He mumbles the last part. Neteyam sighs "Yeah...sorry for making you worry but I'm really OK "  And with that he goes to the cafeteria to sit with his siblings and the rest of the group.

At Archery practice he can't really focus, Ao'nungs words swirling around in his head " maybe more..." Ao'nung probably thought that he didn't hear that but he did and it makes his heart race more than it should. "Sully!" Neteyam startled and looks at his coach "What is wrong with you today? How the hell are you going to compete in the competition tomorrow if you shoot like this !". "S-sorry Sir I promise I'll be in top form tomorrow, I guess today is just one of these days where nothing really works ". "I sure hope that it won't happen tomorrow. You know you have quiet the reputation, would be a shame if you couldn't keep your standards up " Neteyam just nods and keeps going with practicing, he notices the satisfied grins on the other students aswell.

Back home he keeps practicing right after finishing his homework. Skipping dinner to keep going before it eventually gets to dark outside. He goes back inside to take a shower. In the shower he just looks at his moms racor for a little before grabbing it taking out the blade and starting to slice it over the skin on his sides where its easy to cover up. He startles at the knock on the door "Tey are you nearly done?" Kiri asks." Yameah give me about 10 more minutes and I'm done " He hurries to put everything back as it was before finishing with his shower. He he wraps a bandage around his side and puts on his PJ before going back to his room, his mind still racing with Ao'nungs words .