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III

Jake was sure his eyes would pop out of their sockets any minute now. With every word his sons uttered his blood pressure only went higher and higher to a point where he was sure he was due for a stroke. From what he was hearing he was affirmative he passed down only a singular brain cell that was being shared by his sons.

"You said what" Jake's voice cracked, hand flying up to pull at his hair "Neteyam she is the chief's daughter!"

"I know, I screwed up" the older boy hung his head in shame, still cringing at how he handled the situation.

"And you didn't disappoint as well did ya? You beat up the chief's son" Jake turned to Lo'ak who was also looking everywhere but at him "He takes us in, trains us and this is how you show appreciation? By harassing his kids"

"He was picking on Kiri" Lo'ak tried to defend himself, knowing well that it wouldn't work.

"Go make peace with Aonung" his father sighed "I don't care how you do it but just.. go"

Lo'ak walked away in defeat, in no mood whatsoever to argue. Besides, he did agree that the situation could've been handled better and they both did contribute to making the situation worse than it already was.

"And I didn't really expect this from you of all people" Jake continued once his youngest son was out of earshot "what were you thinking, talking to the poor girl like that?"

"I'm sorry, I was being an idiot" Neteyam apologised. He had kept his own feelings under wraps for so long, only concerned with looking after his siblings to a point where he had finally reached his limit and like a bomb, exploded earlier that day "I'll go fix it"

"Damn right you will" His dad let out another disappointed sigh "now get outta here"

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Neteyam dragged his feet through the sand, absolutely dreadding having to face Y/N again. He was sure she hated him now, she'd made it pretty clear by letting them know that she wouldn't volunteer to train them any longer and he wanted to run into a wall for ruining everything. His siblings liked her, they loved every second they spent with the girl and he made a mess of it by allowing his emotions to possess him.

He begrudgingly searched around the village, not really sure of what he could possibly say that would fix the damage he caused.

What he did not expect, on top of all of this, was to find Y/N with his mother. They both were practising archery, or more like Y/N was struggling to keep up with Neytiri.

"Yes, keep your shoulders pushed back" She circled the younger girl, giving her helpful critique "no, don't hold on to the arrow so tightly"

The boy sheepishly approached, a bit more nervous than what he already was.

"Neteyam?" His mother called out when she finally saw him, shifting even Y/N's attention to him. The moment her saphire eyes landed on him, he felt small, all his pride and confidence from before withering away under her gaze.

"Am I interrupting?" He asked, offering a polite smile nonetheless.

"No, you can come and help Y/N" Neytiri responded. She knew her children liked to spend time with the girl, completely oblivious of the events that took place earlier that day.

"It's okay" Y/N immediately butted in, keeping her voice steady "he's probably got other stuff to do"

"Not really" Neteyam knew she didn't want him there but he wasn't going to leave until he had a chance to properly apologise "no lessons today, remember?"

"Why not?" His mother asked, curiously.

"I got held up with something" Y/N lied convincingly and Neteyam understood that she wasn't planning on telling anyone about what happened earlier. He was a smidge grateful for it, he wasn't really wanting to earn a scolding from his mother as well.