OG request from tumblr anon: "heyyyy there, how are you? was just thinkinggg 😝🧟 ---
may I please request an enemies to lovers ao'nung x fem!metkayina!reader fic where reader ventures out beyond the reef with bestie tsireya in their rarely found free time in order to decompress from their stressful routines --- evident in readers duties of teaching the young many things like weaving and breathing, helping ronal collect medicinal resources, and tsireya being tsakarem. reader vents about ao'nung being a pain and how hard she's pining for him regardless and tsireya, being all knowing, tries to hint to reader about ao'nungs feelings. some more banter before reya rushes off to meet with lo'ak for their date. not long after tsireya leaves, readers gets attacked and badly injured in the leg by something (I can't think of anything 💀) and rushes back to awa'atlu riding an ilu, bleeding out, where ao'nung (previously training) takes notice of her limping out of the water barely conscious. ao'nung rushes to her, reader collapsing in his arms, ao'nung delivering a cutsie little panicked "don't worry, im not gonna let anything to happen to you, 'm gonna take care of you" just before readers loses consciousness 😝😝😝😝 perhaps some cutie fluffy tearful confessions after she wakes in ronals healing marui"
word count: 4.4k
pairing: aonung x fem!metkayina!reader
author notes:
- the prompt IS enemies to lovers so i decided to make it a HEAAVY emphasis on the enemies part of that (😏), so this is gonna be a wild ass ride. love you for this request, thanks for bringing me back onto this platform, anon!
- 2nd person (love it too much)
- NO you are not short you're a little taller than tsireya but aonung is just a tall mf
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"So, they hate each other?" Ewie asked curiously, her curiosity piqued as her gaze remained fixed on the two na'vi bickering aways from her and the tsakarem-to-be of her clan.
"...Not exactly," Tsireya answered, grimacing.
She sighed, patting the little one's back, who stood there confused and still staring, eyes wide as seashells.
Tsireya knelt down on one knee atop the damp, warm sand, offering the little girl a reassuring smile as she reached out to place her hand to Ewie's shoulder, encouraging her to meet Tsireya's gaze.
"Why don't you go on and play with your friends now, Ewie? You can resume your lessons with [name] tomorrow," she said softly, promptly turning her head to smile at Ewie's friends who ran wildly across the coast, screaming and jumping joyously.
The little girl's eyes brightened as she looked at her group of friends, one of the boys in particular waving her over to join. She let out a small excited squeal, her mind now totally torn away from the sight of you and aonung, running to join them.
Tsireya smiled as she watched Ewie scamper away, leaving only the older girl and the ocean in her wake.
For Tsireya, now was one of the calm moments that no one could take away from her.
She inhaled, the ocean breeze carrying a freshness that was tinged with the ancient salt of countless tides. Its age-old whispers danced through the air, brushing against her skin with a coolness that– if she concentrated enough, she could almost hear....yes...Eyw-
"You are an ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!"
Your voice pierced through her thoughts, her ears flattening as she winced.
She whipped her head around to look at you and aonung in what seemed to be a private, yet full-blown war between the two of you, Aonung laughing in your face as you gave him a piece of your mind.
She let out a breath to calm herself. Happy thoughts...happy thoughts...she repeated in her mind as to not kick both you and her older brother in the back of the knees.
"Yet I still show up in your dreams every night, eh?" he smirked even wider at you (if that was even possible).
To that, you didn't know whether you wanted to scream, cry, cringe, throw up, or shove a kick so far up his ass he would never be able to talk out of it again.
So you just stared at him silently, your silent screams bouncing off the insides of your body.
He towered over you, seemingly amused by your lack of response.
You hated that. Why did Eywa give the males the unfair advantage in vertical length? (the answer is cause they need it boo or else they'd cry themselves to sleep every night) If you wanted to meet his eyes you would have to give yourself a strained neck, compared to all the other boys your age.
"You...wish." you said, internally groaning at the less-than-satisfactory response you gave him.
Should've been something kickass like "yeah, the haunting presence of your mediocrity," but of course you'd only think about something like that far later, when it was way too late.
Tsireya walked towards the two of you, making sure to sigh mentally instead of in real life, bracing herself for whatever outlandish thing you two were bickering about now.
"Ah, sister, how kind of you to join us!" aonung raised his eyebrows slightly, "Would you kindly tell your friend here that she would absolutely not hold up in a battle between her and an Akula?"
Before Tsireya could even open her mouth, you scoffed.
"That is not what I said!" you seethed, crossing your arms. He had this tactic of taking whatever you were saying and twisting it so that he'd seem in the right at all times.
"I only said that I've been training for it, and I think that I could handle it! And also, that wasn't even your conversation to listen in on!" and you didn't want to admit that you were just trying to make yourself seem the teeniest bit more impressive to one of the younger kids you were teaching. In moderation of course!
*record scratch* (for all my lovely readers who've no idea/don't remember what an akula is, that's the scary 3 jawed monster that practically almost killed our boy lo'ak. but that hasn't happened yet in this story)
Tsireya contained her urge to pinch the bridge of her nose, instead resorting to pinching aonung's wrist, earning a 'hey!' from the metkayina while you smirked, satisfied with her response which was clearly a 'i-don't-want-to-get-into-detail-about-the-topic-of-conversation-but-my-brother-is-incredibly-annoying-and-i-know-that-so-i'll-just-do-this' stance, but hey, at least it humbled the gargantuan himbo in front of you, even if by the smallest bit.
"[Name], how about we just get going?" she said, her hand rested on your shoulder, looking at you with an awkward smile.
"Great idea," you smiled at her, willing to do anything to get away from the disproportionate frog.
Before you could even take a step away, he obviously had to get in his bit.
"Hey wait, where are you two going?" he looked at you both, confusedly.
This was strange for 1 reason.
Why the hell does he care??? He never cared before, so why does he care now???
You turned your head and gave him an annoyed look, while Reya, ever the peacekeeper, answered his question for you.
"We're going beyond the reef. We want to see if we can catch a glimpse of the nrr payoang migrating for the season." she said.
And even though she was the one who answered, he kept his eyes fixated on you for a solid extra few seconds, before finally switching to her. What in the motherfu-
"It's optimal timing. Plus, this is one of the rare occasions where me and [name] are both free at the same time." she said, smiling brightly. "It must be Eywa clearing the path for us."
Right then, he smirked.
Oh no.
He was going to say something else to keep your blood above a healthy pressure, wasn't he?
He looked at you again, and you felt your muscles tense. His mouth opened– no– here it comes– mayday, mayday! BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!
"I also happen to be free. Can I come along?"
You felt yourself die.
"NO!" you said a little bit too suddenly. "Go find some other people to bother!" you turned on your heel and stomped away from the situation before he could burden your mind further, grumbling at the sheer audacity.
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"He literally insulted my capability of surviving like any normal metkayina could, and then he wants to "cOmE AlOnG?" Forget it!" you pressed a wrist into your left eye, trying to rid it of the image of the colossal amphibian as you rode on the ilu with Tsireya by your side, who was dipping gracefully above and below the water on her own ilu.
She emerged from the cerulean blue waves, her hair carrying beads of water in them, before she turned to look at you, back straightening.
"I think he just wanted to spend more time with you, you know." she suggested, trying her damndest to hint to you what everyone else except literally the two of you could see.
"Ha! As if! The last time I tried to ask him something, he said "don't talk to me, my people might think that we're friends." Like what? Who says that? WHY would he say that?" you started, your ramble being nothing new to your best friend, who only sighed as she dipped a hand into the water as her ilu moved her through it.
Together, you headed to the point where the glowing fish were most spotted, waiting above the water for any signs of movement as you continued on.
"And I do not like him at all, despite what that skxawng Neteyam might say. He's annoying, loud, obnoxious, and the way he carries himself differently when I'm in the vicinity is dumb. Almost like he's trying to make himself seem better than me! Who does he think he is, puffing his chest out like a-" hold on.
You went silent, backtracking.
Everytime Aonung noticed you were near, he stood up straighter than usual.
Your mind thought back to all those little moments in flashes. During training, at your cousin's coming-of-age ceremony, the harvest celebration, and today.
He constantly looks at you even if there are others around, but if you look back at him (more like glare), he looks away immediately.
He always initiates the conversation first, even if there's nothing to talk about.
Okay hold on [name], none of this necessarily means that he likes you.
And then, your whole world came to a stop. You swear even the wind became silent, leaving only you and the sounds of the cool ocean water rippling against your body, the evening painting a blur of pinks and oranges in the sky.
As if she knew every bit of the revelation you just had, Tsireya, who was a little ways in front of you, turned her head, looking at the blank expression on your face.
Am I the one that likes him? you thought to yourself.
No. It couldn't be. There was no way, no possible way, that this was happening.
"Reya?" you blurted out, your body (and your stupid mouth) acting on instinct.
I mean, she was your best friend. Obviously best friends have to tell each other about their crushes, right?
"I think I like-" you stopped yourself short as you looked at her face.
Her face, which was trying to hold back a smirk.
"Yes, [name]? Do continue?" she said, her tone a lot more singsong than you'd like it to be.
Perhaps telling your best friend that you had a crush on her literal BROTHER wasn't the best course of action.
Fuuuuuuuuu–
"You know, if you like him, it's totally alright with me." she said, shrugging as she turned her head back to the front, smiling as she knew exactly what you'd say next.
"WHAT??" you screamed, startling your ilu, to which you whispered rushed apologies, soothing the back of its neck.
"I'm just happy you've finally realised it." she said, still not turning back, acting as if this was the most normal conversation to have.
"Wha? Who???" you asked, suddenly getting the idea she was having the wrong idea.
"Neteyam." she said, her tone sarcastic, but unfortunately you were too startled to catch on.
"Hah! You're wrong, I do not like him." you said, silently revelling in the relief that she didn't catch on.
Oh [name]. Sweet, oblivious, [name].
"Yeah I know, that's why you have a crush on my brother."
To that, you completely stopped in your tracks, jaw slack open. She's done it. She's broken you.
She finally turned around, guiding her ilu to the left so as to block your track.
"He likes you too. And I think you know that already." she smiled, narrowing her eyes mischievously.
'For the love of all things good and beautiful, why was this happening to me?' you screamed on the inside, not wanting to relent.
Okay, if you were denying it, then maybe you actually didn't like him! Right??
Yeah. That was it. You were giving yourself the delusion of liking him, because he's the one that liked you first and you felt bad for him, and that's why you were only considering liking him back.
Wait, does he even like me? What??
"Okay, no, that's not what I-" and just as you were starting to deny everything, because that was 100% the truth, Tsireya waved you off as she submerged her head in the water, already off her ilu.
You quickly realised what you were here for in the first place, hopping off and following suit, taking a deep breath before you dipped your head below the cool waves.
Deep below the two of you on the surface, you could see hundreds of bioluminescent jellyfish wading in one path, weaving through the floating rocks and plants, the vividness of the glowing colours acting as if a kaleidoscope in your vision.
You had to pull your head out from the water to take another breath, using your hand to push away some of your hair that decided to stick itself onto your face. You were absolutely stunned at the beautiful sight. It took your breath away, literally.
Dipping your head below the surface of the water once more, you decided with Tsireya to take a closer look. You dove your body forwards into the water, Reya following closely behind.
It was quickly becoming darker, night was falling and you knew it was time to turn back, but the jellyfish illuminated your surroundings almost mesmerizingly, as if pulling you into a beautiful vortex.
You hid your body behind a set of rocks, watching the jellyfish swim in their little path, smiling as you watched a small one lag behind the others before a bigger one pushed it forward, practically propelling it through the water as it sputtered around before finding its place again.
Tsireya, who was a little bit above you in the water, turned and dipped her body downwards to touch your shoulder, to signal that it was time to return to the surface and go home before it got too dark.
Her hand was a mere millimetre away from you when a sudden jolt of agony rips through your leg. It's as if a thousand needles pierce your flesh all at once, and panic surges, rising through your veins like wildfire.
Instinctively, you kick and thrash, but the unseen assailant's grip tightens like a vise, dragging you mercilessly downward. Darkness engulfs your senses and you're plunged into a void, robbed of sight and hearing, your lungs screaming for air..
You can't even see Tsireya anymore, nor the prismatic glow of the jellies.
Bubbles erupt from your lips in frantic bursts, mingling with the surrounding darkness, further obscuring your already impaired vision. Each gasp for air feels like a futile struggle against the inevitable, your chest burning with the agonising need for oxygen.
What is this? What is this that's grabbing you? What is happening? The questions flood your mind and sear the corners of your vision as you're dragged deeper, darkness enveloping you fully.
With each passing second, your panic intensifies. You can't tell which way is up anymore. The ocean presses in around you, a suffocating weight. It's still pulling you down.
Down...
..down...
and down...
In a last, thoughtless attempt, you reach out, fingers stretching toward the abyssal void, but there's nothing to grasp onto, nothing to anchor you in this sea of darkness. Panic tightens its grip around your throat, threatening to choke the life from your trembling body.
Desperation claws at your soul, pounding on your chest, as you realise the seconds are slipping away.
Any moment now, and you'll be dead.
Any moment now, and everything you yourself have worked for, would be gone.
You let yourself close your eyes. Maybe because of the weight of the void pushing onto your body, or maybe you're tired from fighting this thing around your leg for Eywa knows how long.
When you outstretched your hand you hoped that someone, anyone would pull you out of this..nothingness.
The cool, steady flow of the breeze unnerves you. It's the first thing you notice besides the wild racing of your heart in your chest, your head whipping around in this empty space, trying to ascertain where you are.
Is this Eywa?
The place feels like a void, but it's far different from the blackened one that suffocated your being.
It feels calm.
Peaceful.
You can see the dark purple sky above you, glittering with stars and moons that you've never even seen about it. But it looks... strange.
Otherworldly.
Like it is impossibly distant, yet so close to you at the same time.
You kneel in an extraordinarily shallow pool of cool water, the surface reflecting the celestial display above you. Though it is rather shallow, like a puddle almost, it stretches endlessly into the horizon as far as your eyes can see it.
As you look around, time seems to stand perfectly still.
It's unnerving.
Realising that you can, in fact, move your desensitised limbs, you slowly get up, your feet creating small ripples in the water.
"Hello?" you call out.
Nothing except your own echo responds to you.
B. Cry
C. Curl up into a ball and give up
D. Walk towards the source
Just kidding, you don't have a choice.
As if your legs had minds of their own, you start walking towards the source.
You can't quite make out that voice. It changes every time you hear it, showing up in intervals of about 5-8 seconds of space in between.
How delightful.
But seriously, how de-fucking-lightful? Finally, another person in this endless, pitch black space of darkness.
You almost want to scream. Of horror or joy, you're not exactly sure, but you contain yourself, mostly due to the fact that he's looking at
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