admiration | neteyam & lo'ak x oc

? thirty two

she didn't say anything, instead squeezing neteyam's hand and letting lo'ak keep his hand on her. but when he drifted downwards and squeezed her ass, then she swatted him away with a small laugh.

aonung watched the trio with slightly narrowed eyes, not happy with how the sully brothers were rubbing what he wanted in his face. practically dangling a sweet treat before him and expecting him to chase—which he didn't necessarily mind doing. if they were going to start a game, he would play.

then the group of friends made their way inland of the large island where this party was taking place. they didn't have to go far before they heard music, singing and people talking in general. it seemed pretty lively off the bat, intriguing the omaticayan group.

the instant they arrived, tsireya stole talia from neteyam and lo'ak and pulled her where people were dancing.

"i can't dance!" talia laughed as she struggled to keep up with her friends smoother movements.

"it's okay, just move!" the teal girl giggled and grabbed onto talia's hands, raising them with her own as they moved together.

their dancing was mostly fun and wild, letting both of them let loose and feel free. but when they grew tired, they exited the dancing circle and looked for the swoa stand.

finding it, they also found the rest of their group. talia smiled at neteyam who winked back, raising his cup of water to her—choosing to go with no swoa for the night as he wanted to keep an eye on everyone.

whereas lo'ak was on his second cup already, wanting to live up to the expectations of a vacation and party like the people.

when talia looked back to tsireya, the girl was holding a cup out for her. "thanks," she spoke as she took a quick swig, letting the burning sensation crawl down her throat.

"want to dance more?" the metkayina girl asked talia.

"maybe later? i need to catch my breath." she replied.

tsireya shrugged, "fine, but i'll hold you to it." then she grabbed kiri and spiders hands, tugging them into the dance circle.

as talia went to stand by her mates, a hand tapped her on the forearm. she saw it was aonung who tilt his head in a motion for her to follow him.

she scrunched her brows, wondering what he wanted. deciding to follow her curiosity, she walked with the teal boy. he didn't take her far, just behind the main crowd a bit, but still visible by people.

"what's up?" she asked as she took another swig of swoa, already nearly done with her cup.

aonung let his gaze travel down her body quickly before returning to her eyes, "just wanted to let you know you look good."

talia raised a surprised brow, "alright, well thank you."

"no problem. i was also wondering if you wanted private lessons? i know it's hard to learn in a big group, plus you mentioned how hard it is to breath underwater. i'm one of the best free divers in the clan, if that helps." he spoke again, his arm freely resting on a nearby branch.

"tsireya is helping me with all of that, but thanks. anyway, i should get back-" talia replied curtly.

aonung was desperately trying to engage the girl in a conversation, but he wasn't succeeding as well as he imagined. he complimented her and invited her to private lessons, but wasn't getting anywhere. this game was harder than he initially thought, so he was going to put more work in.