His Hands. || 𝘼𝙤'𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙜

twenty-nine

Italics = thoughts or flashbacks
Bold = Metkayina sign language

"How far is this damn cave? Are you sure you're not luring me out just to kill me?"

Ao'nung rolled his eyes, and though Ra'mora couldn't see it she could tell he did. "Yes because I'd definitely kill you on our second date."

The tingling she felt in her stomach was rapid. She couldn't deny the fact that she felt a bit prideful to hear him announce their second date but of course she wouldn't show that. Not any time soon at least.

Ra'mora being who she was of course came up with a smartass comment for his smartass response.

"So you're implying you'd kill me on our third?"

"Totally." Ao'nung grumbled sarcastically.

"Aw, how romantic of you."

"If you don't shut up then I'll really start planning my murder."

A chuckle escaped her lips at his words. The vibration of her laugh transferred over to Ao'nung as well, his heart skipping a beat at the sensation. Comfortable silence washes over the two, the only audible noises in that moment being the small calm waves in the water.

Ra'mora's attention was now on the ocean and the life that lies below them. It was the latest time in the night, sunrise would only be a few hours away. Ra'mora became more comfortable with the temperature of the water at this point, she had now found it relaxing.

The bioluminescence of the ocean had created a small bit of light that lit up their bottom halves ever so slightly. She was so sucked into the beauty of the ocean that she didn't realize they were getting closer and closer to their destination.

"Almost there." Ao'nung's voice came out softly.

The mixture of his soothing voice and the peaceful night would've lulled Ra'mora to sleep already if it weren't for the fact they were going on yet another date. She was more excited than she'd like to admit, that excitement being just enough to keep her up.

Ra'mora lifted her head up, tearing away her gaze from below her to see the view that lies in front of them. A small gasp escaped her lips at the sight. This cave was far from being small like the last. It was drastically larger. A very small forest was around the perimeter of it, it appeared to be an abandoned island.

The cave was a bit similar than the last. Some vines were blocking the entry of it, and this time the flowers that were attached to them were glowing brightly. Ra'mora noticed this flower immediately as her favorite flower. It was a very strange species of flowers on Pandora, very rare to find.

They close up and become microscopic during the day but at night was the only time you could find them. They would bloom to their fullest potential and a beautiful glow radiated from it. It was a beautiful bright teal color and once you pluck them from where they grow they never close again, they remain bloomed.

It is said that when a loved one gives you this flower they stay opened for longer. Some claim that they even glow brighter. The girl remembered seeing her father give her mother these flowers. It wasn't the flower itself that made it her favorite, it was the story behind it.

"I told you this one was way cooler." Ra'mora could practically hear the smirk that was on Ao'nung's face through his words.

"Yknow what, I think you might be right about that after all."

Ao'nung's ilu stopped once they reached a shallow part of the water near that abandoned island. He climbed off first then lended his hand to Ra'mora, an almost teasing-like smirk was on his face. Ra'mora stared at him with the biggest 'over it' look on her face upon seeing his smirk.