Obsessed [NeteyamxAonung]

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With his clothing back on, Neteyam rushes into the kitchen, where the table has been broken in half by Aonung, who was slammed into it and is now laying in the middle of it in pain.

Not caring that the raging man is still there, he rushes over to Aonung, helping him sit up.

Tonowari- You've neglected your duties for the last time!

He looks from Aonung to the chief with a glare as he stands.

Neteyam- What is wrong with you?! Why do you hurt your son like this?!

Tonowari- If one reason is what you're looking for; It's you.

Neteyam- Me?

Tonowari- Before you arrived he had finally begun to get better, now with you around he's far worse than he's ever been.

Aonung- Don't listen to him.

Tonowari- Shut your mouth, boy! You haven't done a single thing you were supposed to. Always following this boy around like a bug to a torch.

Neteyam- Aonung, is this true?

He looks back at the boy as he stands with a wince.

Neteyam- Have you been ignoring your duties to be with me?

Aonung- . . . I don't like to be away from you.

His face falls, feeling conflicted about the truth. Aonung's attachment is cute to him, but it also seems to be damaging.

Neteyam- You're a future chief, Aonung.

Aonung- I don't care.

Neteyam- But you need to care.

Tonowari- If you really want him to do what he needs to, then you'll erase yourself from the picture.

His gaze snaps over to the man, still scowling at him.

Tonowari- You are the reason he keeps needing to be punished, so you need to leave. And I don't just mean out of this cabin. Dismiss yourself from his life, and his home. Go back to where you came from.

Aonung- No! Don't listen to him, Neteyam.

He looks back over to his lover, seeing bruises forming on him. He hates the sight, and so long as he's here distracting Aonung from his responsibilities, he'll keep seeing it.

Neteyam- Aonung, I-

Aonung- Don't do it. You don't have to listen to him.

Just as Aonung comes over to him, grabbing onto his hands, his siblings enter the cabin, pausing at the scene before them.

Kiri stares at the broken table, and Lo'ak looks at the state Aonung is in.

Kiri- Woah.

Lo'ak- Neteyam, what's going on?

He suddenly realizes what leaving would mean, but he can't subject his siblings to that life because of his own wants.

He looks past Aonung, to Tonowari.

Neteyam- It's just me, right?

Aonung- Neteyam-

Neteyam- I'm the only problem, right?

Aonung- No. You're not a problem at all.

Tonowari- Yes.