— 𝐭𝐬𝐲𝐮𝐥 —

𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹

𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐘𝐀𝐌 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔.

his brother and sisters often noticed how he got lost into nothing, staring in front of him.

they teased him a lot, so much that even tuk took the abit and said something about it.

his parents kept on reminding them of how the t'herkaya really were.

that being fast, stealth and deadly.

mostly deadly.

and every time they throw a comment about the darkness that was within that tribe another question was added to the list that he had made in his mind.

there were no doubts that you were a t'herkaya, the fear he felt just looking into your eyes was something that he had never experienced before.

so if you really where what they called you, why didn't you killed him?

it wasn't like something was stopping you from doing it, you had been right in front of him.

your arrow was pointed at his face, no one near to see it, and he had probably been in your territory too.

this was so frustrating for his mind, you were always there in the back of his thoughts.

days passed fast with his family and before he knew it , even after months, he was still thinking about you, your reasons.

that's why when their parents finally let them go alone in the forest again he dismissed his siblings with a stupid excuse before running towards the same point.

he knew the t'herkaya were nomadic, never staying in the same place for too long as they went around the world, always alone.

but something was telling him to go there anyway, and that's what he did.

he arrived there and started to look around, for any sign of life.

sometimes he heard a noises in the background and he vastly turned just to try and see you.

but nothing.

time passed and as he waited he realised that maybe you weren't there anymore, that you had moved.

as he was about to walk away, his gaze down, but then something flied in front of him.

he followed whatever it was with his gaze as the shock made him stop on his tracks.

the thing hit a nearby tree and neteyam could finally see what it was.

a knife.

you had throw it as a sign to go away.

neteyam took it as a sign that you wanted him to know that you were there.

you vanished in the dark but he ran after you.

"wait, i just wanna talk" he tried to say as he kept on going ahead.

he had lost sight of you but he kept on running, hoping to see you again.

he stopped to regain his breath.

then he felt something sharp against his neck, a breath near his ear, an hand gripping his hair to keep him still.

"why are you following me?" your breath was hot and he felt it hit his skin, he didn't answered and you gripped his hair even harder.

he grounted in pain.

"needed some answers" he succeeded on saying with a pained voice.

you let him go pushing his ahead making him lose his balance, he turned around, looking at you as he slide an hand down his neck.

you looked at him and he looked back at you.

you questioned him only with a tilt of your head and looking him in the eyes as you waited for him to say something.

he did a step towards you "i wanted to-"

your hand gripped the knife as you hissed at him.

his hands shoot up and he went back to his original place.

"i wanted to talk to you"

"go on" was your dry response.

he rolled his eyes and you looked him up and down.

"why didn't you kill me?" he blurted out, his hands towards you as he waited for something that could calm his racing thoughts

this time it was your turn to roll your eyes as you turned around, your knife in one hand as you pushed the leaves away from your face.

neteyam followed you again, right behind you this time as you walked slow enough for him to do it.

you slowly looked behind your shoulder, he didn't notice as he moved his hands in the air 'fighting' with an insect.

you looked in front of you again pushing a big leaves out of your face, you didn't care about the guy behind you and after you let it go it hit the omaticaya in the face.

he made a pained sound as he held his face with one hand.

"okay, that was rude" he told you as he skipped right near you to prevent the accident from happening again.

you looked at him but you didn't say anything only giving him an hard glance.

he did a step to the side, leaving some space between the two of you.

"can you answer my question, please?" he said moving in front of you to stop you in your place "why. didn't. you. kill. me?" he repeated, emphasising every word.

did he thought you were stupid.

better that way, you thought to yourself.

you were about to walk away but he leaned an hand on your shoulder to make you stay still.

in a second you took his palm in your hand, putting his arm in a painful position as he followed you to try and stop the pain.

you pushed him in the chest making him do some steps to the side and leaving the path clear for you.

"i'm gonna stay with you until i get an answer" he shouted at you as he held his wrist with one hand.

"or until i kill you" you murmured under your breath as you kept on waking, still not caring about him.

you looked in front of you before stopping in your tracks, slowly doing two steps behind.

"what did you say?" he questioned as he ran near you.

you turned around, putting your hand on his mouth to stop him from saying anything else.

you tilted your head towards the bush and you observed as his eyes followed the movement.

you silently walked towards the bush, taking out your bow.

you held it strong in your hands as you waited for the perfect moment to shoot the animal.

then a noise was heard and it ran away.

you sighed trying to calm yourself as you turned around.

neteyam was looking at you, pretending like he hadn't done anything.

only some seconds of quiet passed before you did big steps towards him, crushing him against the three.

your bow on his neck to keep him in place.

"that was my dinner." you explained.

he gulped and for a second your eyes moved to his neck.

"sorry" you heard him mutter, you sighed thinking about your choice for a second before letting him go.

he took a deep breath making you mentally chuckle at his antics.

you turned around, unconsciously walking slower until you heard his feet move behind you.

then you went back to pretend like nothing happened, or maybe you really thought that.

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a/n:
i swear i'm just throwing things in here.
still i don't actually have an idea for this story so i'm gonna write it as i go on.
hope this is decent because i absolutely hate it :)

-sa