His Hands. || 𝘼𝙤'𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙜

thirty-eight

Italics - thoughts or flashbacks
Bold - Metkayina sign language

As the evening came around all the kids went home. Everyone besides the twins were exhausted from roughhousing and playing around with their bossy baby sister.

All that roughhousing and having to walk a somewhat long way home despite being tired made the oldest and youngest in that group rather grumpy.

Lo'ak and Tuk had even walked in arguing, leaving their parents— and eldest siblings who went home before them, severely confused.

"It was your fault Lo'lo! You're a skxawng, ugh!" Tuk crossed her arms over her chest, annoyed at her older brother who was literally the one carrying her all the way home because she was whining about being tired.

"I didn't even do anything! You were being blind and backed up into your own sand castle. That's what you get for being clumsy and unaware of your surroundings."

"I am not unaware, you're just mean for not warning me."

"What am I, your slave? I can't do everything for you your whole life you know!"

Tuk stuck her tongue out at Lo'ak, and of course he did it back.

The twins and their parents all exchanged looks together then looked at Kiri. She shrugged, "They've been doing this the whole time we walked home. I don't even know anymore." And with that she went into her section and closed the curtains as they kept going back and forth as she was explaining.

Lo'ak place Tuk down, "That's why you got launched off your ilu."

"That's why you embarrassed yourself in front of Tsireya."

"That's why dad ate your last piece of yoko the other night."

"That's why you almost died outside of the reef."

"Dude!"

"Tuk," Neytiri warned sternly, "That's enough. We don't joke about things that serious, apologize."

"Haha, look who got yelled at. Nanny nanny boo boo you smell like poo poo!"

"Bro, are you ten?" Neteyam quipped.

Tuk rolled her eyes and huffed, "Ugh I GUESS i'm sorry Lo'ak."

"Tuk, you have to say it like you mean it." Jake added.

"I'm sorry I said that, Lo'ak. I didn't mean it."

"It's okay Tuk, thank you for apologizing. Let's hug." He kneeled and opened his arms for his sister who gladly gave him a hug.

"Okay time to let go now." Tuk mumbled into Lo'ak who wasn't letting go.

"Nuuurrp. This is your punishment." He said then lifted her up and spinning her around.

Jake laughed loudly, like a typical dad would with their loud voices. The twins were hysterical at the sight of this along with the fact Tuk kept screeching about want to be put down.

Neytiri laughed quietly then finally decided to step in, "Okay, okay. She got the point Lo'ak, put her down."

He grinned and then finally put her down. She fell onto her bottom with a thump, dizzy from all the spinning. The boy laughed at her and then went to go bother his other sister in her section. "Hello other sister."