haunted, part 3 (ronal x fem metkayina! reader)
contents: you and ronal have been married for about 14 years and have lived with the metkayina happily ever since you left the forest. now imagine your surprise when your ex appears out of nowhere with the man she cheated on you with and the family they built together.
content also: family angst, ronal and reader being lovey-dovey, lo’ak x tsireya fluff :)))
wrd count: 2.6k
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i woke up from the nightmare of that night with a gasp.
i calmed myself down when i felt ronal right next to me. i look down at her head on my chest and hands wrapped around me.
i took slow breaths, staring up at the ceiling where the light of the stars poked through.
“mm..” ronal began muttering as she stirred awake.
she picked up her head, her hair wrapped in a silk covering and bags under her eyes from a tired day.
“are you okay?” she mumbled so badly, i had to hold back a laugh.
“it’s okay, my love. go back to sleep.” i whispered. she sighed and her head dropped back onto my chest, falling asleep not even a second later.
i couldn’t help but stay awake, staring up until morning. i got up once ronal moved away from me, turning for her back to gave me.
i picked myself up and went to sit out by the water.
tiny creatures swam around my feet, their colors contrasting with the coral that sprouted from the sand.
while watching them swim in unison, i heard someone rusting around. the weaving of the hut sounded as someone started walking toward me.
ronal sighed out and took a seat beside me, yawning.
“why are you up so early?” she asked me, putting her head on my shoulder.
i sighed out. “there’s something i need to tell you about neytiri.”
“okay..”
“i didn’t tell you the complete truth about how we know each other. i didn’t want you to be bitter towards her because of what happened between us all those years ago.” i said.
“…okay.”
pray she doesn’t kill me after this.
i sighed out before getting the words out. “neytiri and i were mates when i lived in the forest. we wanted to spend our lives together. until she met jake.”
ronal stayed silent and still as she listened to me.
“she was.. unfaithful. jake spent time with us learning how to be na’vi. and in that time, we became friends. but i started to see that neytiri was falling in love with him more and more by the day.”
“i endured months of her manipulating me into thinking she didn’t love him. then i found out they mated and i ran away. days later, that’s when i found the islands.” i said.
“hm.” she muttered.
i stared ahead at the water because i was afraid to see what her face looked like.
“i’m.. sorry for lying to you. it was a long time ago, and i let it go. i didn’t want you to be angry at her for me. especially since she came here with a family.” i sighed.
ronal picks her head up and i hesitantly look at her.
she’s staring ahead at the water, obviously contemplating on what to say.
“can i ask you..” she muttered.
“mhm.”
“seeing her again, after all this time, did it remind you of old feelings you had for her again?”
“no.”
“are you certain?” she looks at me.
“ronal, i promise i don’t have any feelings for her. neytiri betrayed my trust, but i’ve let go of that pain. and how can i have feelings for her when i’m with you?”
she scoffed and looked away.
“you don’t believe me?” i asked, laughing slightly.
“she’s your first love. it’s okay if-“
“she was the first but you’re the last. i’ll never love anybody again. no after knowing what it’s like to love you.” i smiled.
a smile breaks through her serious frown and she puts her head on my shoulder again.
“i’m sorry she put you through that.” she sighed out.
“it’s okay. now, i’m grateful she did what she did. if jake never came, and she never cheated, i’d be with someone who didn’t truly love me.”
“and you wouldn’t be with me.” she said.
i chuckled and kissed the top of her head, hugging her close.
“and i wouldn’t be with you. that’s a nightmare.” i said softly.
we stayed like this until the sun shined brightly and more na’vi started to wake up and get their day started.
during breakfast, i didn’t see tsireya. i hoped she got some food for resell before leaving the hut so early.
“do you know where your sister went?” i asked ao’nung.
“uh.. no.” he nodded. i look up from the pot of food to watch his expression.
“are you sure?”
“…yes.”
“ao’nung.” i spoke. he sighed and looked up at me.
“are you lying to me?” i asked, not believing he was. he’s never had reason to lie, neither of my kids have.
i’ve never yelled at them or punished them harshly, so they haven’t lied since they were very little kids.
“…yes.”
“..why?” i chuckled.
“cause she asked me not to tell you.”
i shrugged. “okay. well is she safe?”
“yes. she is.” he nodded.
“okay. as long as she gets home safe, i don’t care.” i shrugged.
ronal leaves her room with her hair drawn back. “you don’t care about what?” she asked.
“where tsireya is.”
“….i didn’t give you a daughter just so you wouldn’t care about where she is.” she deadpanned.
i looked up at her hesitantly and she just had a dead stare.
she looks up at ao’nung. “go find your sister.” she ordered.
he finished his breakfast in a couple hills before running out of the hut and diving into the water.
ronal sat down across from me and began eating.
“i’m sor-“
“no.”
“okay.”
we finished breakfast in silence before she gave me a kiss on the cheek and left the hut without even muttering anything,
i left eventually too, going to do some chores around the island. which included harvesting shells to make more clothes.
as i picked up pearlescent shells from the beach, i spotted tsireya and lo’ak seated together on some rocks, on the border of the reef.
they were smiling and talking, tsireya’s blush could be seen all the way from the beach where i was standing.
lo’ak looked like he was telling some exaggerated story, his hands flying all over the place.
i smiled at them before continuing to collect trinkets.
lo’ak’s pov
talking to tsireya is so nice. it’s calming. she’s not much of a talker like me, she’s a listener.
sometimes i feel bad but she assured me she likes hearing me talk. says it's nice. so because of her, i know my siblings hate me and tune me out every time i have something to say.
she told me to come out here to tell me something she heard but. started talking about my mom and then my brother and yeah.
she said it was about my mom and her mom and how they know each other.
“okay, so about our moms.” i said once we were done giggling.
“oh, yeah. tell me.” i shifted my body to face her.
my siblings and her and ao’nung and i, not including tuk, were trying to figure out the relation to my mom and their mom.
it started when y/n left so suddenly when she saw my mom.
since then, we’ve been putting together details to figure out how they know each other.
when we first asked my mom, she told me they “used to be friends” but..
i’m not sure. it might have been more than that.
“so i got up early to feed the ilu today and i heard my moms talking..”
“what did they say?” i asked her.
“i found something out. our moms were more than friends. you were right.” she nodded.
“when am i not. okay, what’d you hear?” i smiled.
“okay, it’s a lot. and it may change how you see your mother. and that isn’t my intention, just know, this is what i heard.” she said.
“it must have been really good if it makes me hate my mother.” i nodded.
she looks at me weird and laughs slightly.
“that’s not.. uh, okay. y/n told ronal that they used to be mates when she lived in the forest. they were in love. until.. your father came and your mother cheated on y/n with him.” she said.
i kept silent listening to her story, she winced a couple times, and i understand. my mom cheating?
that’s a lot to take in. and i don’t like my dad, but now i don’t like him even more cause of this.
i never could have imagined my parents would do something like this.
“when she found out they mated, she left and found the islands and stayed here with ronal. i guess they never reconciled because y/n didn’t ever expect to see neytiri again.” tsireya continued.
“… are you sure this is what you heard?” i asked.
she tilted her head softly. “it’s not that i don’t trust you, i do.” i assured her.
“i understand. but yes, this is what i heard.” she nodded.
“i’m sorry lo’ak.” she said quietly.
“no, don’t apologize. it isn’t your fault. or your mom’s.. it’s my mom and dad who need to apologize.” he nodded.
i thought about all the times i looked up to my parents. whenever i was scared, i thought “dad wouldn’t be scared..”
“mom wouldn’t be scared, so why should i be.”
i stopped thinking when tsireya put her hand on mine.
“i don’t know how to explain to my brother and sister that our parents..” i said.
“you don’t need to. talk to your parents first. listen to what they have to say.” she said to me.
“i will. but..” i look up at her.
“do you think your mom is happy now? with ronal?” i asked.
“from what i’ve seen, yes. they’re very happy together.” she nodded.
“that’s all that matters, right? at least she isn’t bitter after all these years.” i said.
“right..” she nodded.
“anyway..” i jump up and stand, looking at the beach.
“let’s go find some snacks. i’m hungry.” i held out my hand out for her to take and she does.
“where are the best fruits?”
“oh! on this side. come.” i smiled. we dove into the water and went to the island to find fruit to eat.
i could tell this wasn’t how she expected me to react. but i don’t want her to see me breakdown.
it embarrassing, i cry like a baby. i’ve known this girl for a couple months, i’m not going to mess this up.
we walked around the island, collecting fruits, before eating them on the beach. hen sundown came around, neteyam came looking for me and the three of us walked home together.
“oh have you guys found anything out?” he asked as we were walking.
“found anything out about what?” i asked him, acting clueless.
“about mama and tsireya’s mom.” he said, like it was obvious.
“uhh..” i glance at tsireya and she quickly comes up with a lie on the spot.
“no, not today.“ she said. he nods. “it’s ok, we’ll find something out soon.”
tsireya and i look at each other and she smiles at me.
we walked tsireya home and then got phone ourselves.
before we walked in, i asked neteyam to take our sisters somewhere.
“why?”
“i gotta talk to mom and dad.”
“oh.. are you finally coming out?” he winced. he pays my shoulder while i stared at him wide eyed.
“if you need me, i’ll be on the other side of the island. i can’t guarantee dad won’t shoot you and i’m not gonna be around to witness that.” he nodded.
“that’s not funny.” i slapped his hand off as he laughed. it was funny, but i’m not telling him that.
“okay, what’s actually wrong.” he asked.
“it’s something personal. i might tell you later, i don’t know, it depends.” i said.
“okay.” we stepped inside and i waited around for neteyam to get the girls.
they left without question. so, good to know they don’t care.
i looked outside of the hut and watched as they walked farther away.
“are you okay?” dad asked.
“oh, what? yeah. i am. i’m fine.” i said.
he looked at me weird and went to sit next to mom, who was cutting up vegetables next to a fire.
i sat a bit away from them and rubbed my
thighs nervously, thinking about how to bring this up.
they started talking to themselves about something else.
“mom..?” i muttered.
she looks away from dad to me. “hm?”
i sighed out. “i was with tsireya today.” i said.
she nodded and shrugged. “okay..”
“and she told me something today, and i thought i’d talk to you guys.” i continued.
they glance at each other and look back at me, well.. mom does, dad looks down.
“what did she say?” my mom asked.
“she told me something about you and her mom.” i said.
“ronal?” she avoids my eyes. she knows i’m not talking about her.
“no.. y/n. you and y/n. how you two know eachother.”
“i thought i already told you..” she said.
“yeah but.. i think.. i feel like..”
if i don’t spit this out, this is gonna take me hours.
“..you guys didn’t tell me the truth.” i said super carefully. i knew it wasn’t careful enough as dad looked up at me.
“what do you mean lo’ak?” he asked in a low tone.
“did you both know y/n? mom said she and y/n used to be friends but.. dad, did you know her too?” i asked.
they look at each other again and i see mom shake her head slightly.
are they seriously lying again.
“no… no i didn’t.”
“.…are you guys sure?” i asked.
they both look at me, surprised.
“you think i’m lying to you?” mom says angrily.
“lo’ak, what are you trying to tell us?” dad asked me.
i sighed out heavily. i’m never gonna be allowed out of this hut again.
“okay, i’m just gonna tell you. i know you guys are lying. tsireya overheard her moms talking and she found out that you guys weren’t just friends.” i look at my mom.
“you and y/n were together. before you cheated on her with dad.” i said.
they looked at me wide-eyed and scared.
“i wanted to talk to you to see if it was true and you guys lying.. if loved that what tsireya heard was true.” i said.
they kept silent. my mom was terrified. and dad was stuttering, looking for something to say.
“how could you guys do that? y/n is so nice and caring.. how could you break her heart like that?” i asked.
“lo’ak, you-“
i angrily look at my mother.
“i respect you so much mom. i love you guys so much but how could you guys have done something so terrible? you betrayed her trust and that made her run away from her family.”
“she chose to run away.” mom muttered.
i stared at her dumbfounded. “and you chose to cheat on her!” i yelled.
“lo’ak!” dad yelled.
“no, don’t yell at me like.. like i’m the one at fault. how can two people so respected everywhere they go, hide something like this?” i yelled. we were standing now and mom hesitantly stood between us.
“you don’t know what happened all those years ago. you wouldn’t understand, and you don’t need to. you’re just a kid and it’s all in the past-“
“is it? i saw how y/n reacted when she saw you guys for the first time. how badly did you mess up for her to look at you like that?” i said to mom.
she had tears welled up in her eyes and looked for something to say.
“lo’ak-“
i didn’t say anything to them as i walked out of the hut. i didn’t know where else to go, but i knew i didn’t want to be around my parents right now.
so before i knew it, i was standing in front of y/n’s hut, hoping they wouldn’t turn me away.
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