𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 | neteyam

011 | FRIENDS THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES

"Thank you"

Kiri appeared at the side of Ay'yeiva, taking a seat beside her as they sat on the rocks by the shore. Ay'yeiva was fiddling with her knife trying to carve a piece of wood.

Ay'yeiva seemed confused, "What for?"

"Earlier today when my brothers and yours had been fighting. I at least know my brothers are capable of taking their own — and I assume Aonung is too if he had the guts to start the fight — but I do not want to know what would've happened if it went on any longer" Kiri laughed as she spoke.

"I actually have no idea what Aonung was thinking starting that fight. I remember the last time he started one and got it handed to him." She kept a straight face as she looked at Kiri, "It was me. I told him he couldn't ride Lan and he immediately tried to."

Kiri laughed, taking notice at how little the girl was smiling or laughing. She made a note to self to ask about it later, when they were closer friends.

"If you don't mind me asking, why did the fight start in the first place? I know my brother has a mind of his own that thinks he's some sort of master warrior but..." She couldn't find the right words to describe what she meant, but her concerned voice let Kirir know what she was meaning.

"Aonung and his friends were calling me names."

The Metkayina took a deep breathe, calming herself down before she found Aonung and scolded him even more.

"Lo'ak had seen them calling me names and then they started calling him the same things, saying how we weren't like them because we have five fingers, or how we have eyebrows unlike them." Kiri paused, watching Ay'yeiva's facial expressions change as she told the story, "Then Neteyam saw Lo'ak getting into a fight and decided to come over to see what was going on. Long story short, they all started fighting and that's when you came along."

Now she knew the full story, and she didn't know how to feel. She didn't know how to feel about her brother being mean to the new family. She didn't know how she felt about having been there so late to stop the fight. She didn't know how she felt about her brief exchange after everyone had left. She didn't know how she felt about anything when she knew everything.