Cafuné | Ao'nung x Reader

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 17

YN POV:

No matter how hard I tried, I just kept thinking about that weird nightmare. It just.. didn't make sense, something just didn't feel right.

Some days passed, but I felt like I wasn't passing with them. I was stuck in the same day of the nightmare.

I heard heavy machinery, but no matter where I looked, I couldn't find it.

"Eywa.. I'm going insane.." I muttered as I rested my head against my Ikran, Nova.

"Maybe Sakari and the skypeople were right.. I'm just a low-life freak that's bound to die soon" I whispered, looking down at my hands.

Nova screeched quietly, nuzzling her head against my shoulder.

"You know.. sometimes I wonder how my life would be if I wasn't.. me. Maybe an ash na'vi.. I would be a badass. Not this.. weak and tired sorry excuse of a freak" I said, looking at my extra finger. How I hated being a mixture of Na'vi and human.

It made me feel like I was less. Just a weak link.

Neteyam POV:

"So that's been going on lately. I don't know how to help her anymore. She's just been drifting far lately" I said as all my friends and siblings looked at me. We were all worried for Y/N. She wasn't being herself.

"She barely talks now, it's like she's a completely different Na'vi" Lo'ak said with a sigh. If I was hurt, I could only imagine how Lo'ak was feeling.

That was his twin. His sibling soulmate. They were there for each other no matter what.

And the fact that Y/N was closing off just hurt us.

Y/N POV:

I don't know how long I've been sitting with Nova, trying to get my mind to work correctly again.

I missed everyone. I missed Ao'nung.

I couldn't stand the way I was ignoring him lately, I just couldn't help it.

I wanted to tell him everything, but I don't understand how I feel. How could I make it make sense in words?

And just as I started to drift off to a different universe, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

I looked up and saw my saviour.

Ao'nung.

He was holding a bowl with sweet fruits.

"Hello, beautiful. Care for some fruits while we talk?" He said with the sweetest smile.

God, I loved him so much.

I nodded and he sat down next to me, handing me the bowl of fruits.

I grabbed a pink and purple one, my favorite.

"So, mind telling me what's been going on lately? I'm worried about you, Y/N." Ao'nung said as he took a fruit too.

I sighed, trying to think my words.

"It's been.. difficult. I feel like I'll be a danger to you.. to my family.. to the village. I just.. I wish you didn't have a soulmate like me.. you'd be safer.." I said, my voice softer than usual.

Ao'nung chuckled at my words.

"Y/N, I would stand with you even against those sky demons and their machines. I'll tell you where you are, I'll ground you next to me and remind you that you're not alone. You're not a burden to me, nor to anyone in this island" Ao'nung said, playing with the beads of my hair.

"And you don't know how much I love you. I can't breathe if you're not near. We're soulmates for a reason. My soul has your name written on it. No matter what kind of force we're against, I will stand by you" He said, taking my hand into his.

Eywa, I hated crying in front of others.

But I never heard someone say that to me. I just couldn't resist the tears.

Words weren't needed from me, he could read me like a book.

He held me close, pressed me against his chest as I sobbed into his shoulder.

"I see you, Ao.." I said, my voice slightly broken as I teared up.

"I see you too, N/N" He said, pressing a kiss to my temple.

And for the first time in these last days, I grounded myself to the present day.

Not last week, not years ago.

Present day, here and now.

I was back on track.

Timeskip, Y/N POV:

I yawned as I got up from my mat, my family still asleep.

They always bullied me for waking up last, time for a little prank.

I grabbed a specifically loud music instrument that my dad owned for some kind of reason.

I cleared my throat before I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"WAKE THE FUCK UP!" I screamed before I started playing the loud instrument, blowing air into it.

My family all woke up, falling from their mats and jumping up.

"WHAT IN THE SWEET HELLS ARE YOU DOING?!" Dad yelled, covering his ears.

I stopped playing the instrument and just laughed, holding my tummy.

"Get shit on! That's for always pranking me for waking up late!" I said between loud laughter.

After that, I just ran away. Mom would kill me, but not if I managed to hide.

Worth it, though.

Mini-Timeskip, Y/N POV:

I was looking for some seashells in the beach away from the huts, I wanted new accessories.

Dad says I'm a bit of a fashionista, whatever that means.

As I walked, my ear twitched a little.

I thought it was just the wind.

But Eywa, was I stupid for thinking that.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped around my mouth and arms, I kicked my leg, trying to fight it.

I started to feel dizzy, my eyelids felt heavy.

And as I lost consciousness, I saw it.

Peachy skin, like dad's scientist friends.

Skypeople.

And then, I passed out.