Starting New

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Chapter 21



Jake and I spent the evening of our Onotu’ laughing, dancing, eating and generally having a good time. Ala’kan had sang a song for us and the rest of the Na’vi had joined in. It was an upbeat song and Telan sat close to Ala’kan and was grinned at us.



“This song for you. You need dance together!” He said loudly, shewing us off.



“You want us to dance?” I asked.



Jake apparently thought it was hilarious. He had been drinking some uli, or Na’vi liqueur, all evening and was a bit buzzed. He grabbed me around the waist and I had no choice but to hold on as he laughed and spun me around. His happiness was contagious and a grin grew and grew upon my face. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. He stilled my head and kissed me back, pressing his tongue into my mouth. I rubbed his cheek, kissing him back and smiled against his mouth.



“This is great!” Jake announced loudly in English, still swinging me around and moving his feet to the beat, “This is so much fun!”



I laughed at his antics. We danced a little while longer and Ala’kan invited us to sit down to eat a late feast. Apparently the other warriors had gone hunting today and found a Na’vi type boar. The meat was tender and delicious and fell right off the bone. Jake continued to drink more uli and someone further down the tail filled my glass with it. I sniffed it finding the smell strange, but not horrible. I drank some and it had an aftertaste similar to cherries.

A couple of hours later I was up and swinging him to the beat. I laughed loudly and he reached up to rub at one of my ears. He held the glass of uli in his other hand and took another drink. I grabbed the glass and took a drink of my own. Other Na’vi danced around us, their bodies swaying to the beat. Jake settled his hand on my lower back and petted my tail. He looked at me and kissed my cheek. I giggled and he laughed. I fumbled a moment before wrapping an arm around him and we twirled around in a circle.



“Are you drunk?” He asked, smirking.



“Nooooo,” I sang, pulling slightly on his braid and grinning, “Na’vi don’t g-get drunk!”



“Oh. Coulda fooled me.”



I just smiled and fingered the ties at his loincloth, “I like your new l-loincloth Jake. It fits you well!”



He burst out laughing and steadied me before I fell face down and embarrassed myself in front of the crowd. I just laughed and hung onto him. Several of the Na’vi had left to retire for the evening and only a few remained after the meal. We stopped dancing and he pressed me up against a nearby tree and kissed me again.



I felt a hand on my arm and looked up into the eyes of Ala’kan, “Most of the clan has retired for the night. You might want to as well. The people added a few gifts of their own to your dwelling today while you were preparing for Onotu’.”



“Gifts?” I asked, my arm still wrapped around Jake, “T-they give us gifts?”



I found that I actually struggled a little to pronunciate in Omaticayan. The language was so fluid and different from English. Or maybe it was just because I had one too many to drink. Ala’kan chuckled and patted Jake on the back.



“Good thing you made those handrails. We don’t want to lose anybody off the side of the cliff tonight,” Ala’kan said, nodding in my direction, “Goodnight to you both.”



“Goodnight Ala’kan,” we said together and watched the last of the Na’vi walk away.



“Let’s g-go see what he’s talkin’ bout Jake,” I said, excited, but a bit sleepy.



We clumsily steered ourselves across camp and then down the cliff. I slid a little on the rock and clung to it, laughing hysterically. Jake was already below me, most likely ready to catch me if I were to fall. He laughed at me and pulled me down the rest of the way. I wrapped an arm around his shoulders and squeezed him.



“Look! Beads!” I announced the moment our dwelling came into view.



“Oh Norm. You’re so funny tonight. I’ve never seen you like this before,” He said, admiring the colorful bead curtains and walking through them, “We’re going to get you drunk more often. You’re a funny drunk!”



“I s-said I’m not drunk!” I replied, shaking my head wildly and following him inside.



We were both dubbed speechless for a moment when we took in the changes that had been made. The walls had been painted blue and red, bringing much more light and color to the otherwise neutral dwelling. On the floor lay a yellow weave rug to cover the dirt floor. There was a stack of several gifts in the corner. I couldn’t wait to look through them! Even our hammock was new.



“Wow!” Jake said, kneeling down to look at the gifts, “I can’t believe they did this for us…so many good things they have done for us.”



He started rifling through the presents, pulling out a new set of wooden plates and spoons, various trinkets, paints, assortment of plant samples, and a small jar of…



“What is this, Jake?” I asked, bending down next to him and opening the jar to sniff it, “It s-smells funny.”



I passed it to him and his eyes widened. He took some of the clear liquid on his finger and looked at me with a funny expression. He shorted suddenly and handed it back to me.



“And that’s what we’ll use instead of the lotion tonight,” He said.



I frowned at it and the words took a second or two to sink in. Lube? They gave us lube as a wedding gift?

Jake took the basket full of supplies and his new hunting gear and laid them next to the gifts. He backed me up against the wall so fast I almost tripped on the new rub.



“Umph!” I said as his mouth attacked my own.



“Only in this tribe,” He said though the kiss and started laughing again.



He said I was the one that was drunk, but I don’t think he was completely sober, either. Our new loincloths were shed after an awkward moment or two. I had some trouble getting my tail out of it. Jake made me turn around and he tugged my tail out while I complained.



“Oh, stop complaining,” He said, kissing me again.



His fingers wrapped around my erect cock and he kneaded the muscle. My mouth opened and I cried out, basking in the pleasure of it all. The rest of the night was a rather blurry haze. He had ended up pushing me into the hammock and using the lube to prepare me quickly. It was half way through our love making that he suddenly remembered that we could make our tsuhaylu bond. He linked our braids together and sighed as everything became purely physical. After we reached our climaxes he collapsed on top of me and pressed his face next to my ear.



“I think that sobered me,” He said.



“I just feel dizzy,” I said.



“That’s because the hammock is moving, skxawng,” He said, shaking his head at me and rolling his eyes.



“Oh.”



We fell asleep soon after. We were exhausted from the long day. I woke up feeling extremely groggy. I blinked a few times and put a hand to my head.



“Ugh…”



Jake looked up from where he had ended up pressed up against my side during the night.



“How do you feel?” He asked.



“Like I drank a keg,” I replied a little roughly, rubbing the area between my eyes and sighing loudly.

He snickered quietly, “You were really drunk. My stomach feels a little upset, but other than that I’m-”



He didn’t even get a chance to answer, because I suddenly jumped out of the hammock, stark naked and ran outside. I knelt over the side of the cliff, especially glad for the handrails, and began to throw up. He came out a moment later to check on me. I sat back on my bottom and leaned against our hut. I rubbed my tired eyes and let my hand rest on my knee. He came out and sat next to me.



“Some night, huh?”



“Yeah I can’t believe we danced…”



“I had a good time. I think everybody did,” He replied, wrapping an arm around my shoulder. I leaned into his touch and let my head rest on his shoulder. He smiled a bit and looked over at me, “You might want to get dressed. You never know what curious Na’vi might come and greet us this morning. It’s pretty late, I think. I’m sure we missed breakfast already.”



I just groaned and went back into our little hut to find my loincloth. Later we went to the gathering area and spent the morning thanking everyone for the gifts. We never did find out who sent us the lubricant, assuming that’s what it was supposed to be used for. I had the distinct feeling that Ala’kan was the one who sent it. He seemed the type to give a gift like that.



“Oh Jake!” I said suddenly, pulling him away for a moment, “I completely forgot to give you your gift last night. I have to give it to you!”



“Alright.”



We exchanged gifts in the privacy of our dwelling. I gave him the necklace and he was completely amazed by it. It was similar to the last one, but meticulously made and with the colors of the Leomatica warriors.



“I love it Norm. If anybody tries to take this one off of me, they’ll be in for a beating!”



I laughed and he handed me my gift. It was wrapped in a cloth and I frowned, opening it up. It was a small tree, shaped and molded by skilled crafters hands. The tiny, wooden tree fit into the palm of my hand and I admired the colors he used on it, neon blue leaves and a light brown trunk.



“The Tree of Trust?” I asked, looking over at him in awe.



He nodded and stepped forward, turning it around in my hand.



“Did you make this?” I asked, amazed.



“Yes. I’ve been carving a lot. I just started peeling away layers one day and all of a sudden it looked like a tree. This is where we first mated and made tsahaylu. This is where I first decided I wanted to be with you forever,” He said softly.



“That was so long ago…way back then, Jake?”



“Way back then,” He repeated with a smile.



I frowned and looked down sighing.



“What’s wrong? Don’t you like it?”



“Like it? It’s amazing! It’s just that you put so much time into this. It’s such a wonderful gift, Jake. I don’t know what to say…mine wasn’t half as nice-”



“Don’t say that! That’s not true. I love what you made for me…and I love you!”



I nodded and he leaned over to kiss me. We looked at the tiny tree together and reminiscenced on our past. We did have good memories. I had been so worried that we would never get the chance to be accepted and that we would never be able to settle down. The Leomatica tribe proved us wrong. They had been so gracious, so giving towards us. It was where we were meant to be.



“So are you feeling any better than you were this morning?” He asked for a while.



“Yeah, a bit,” I said, my headache beginning to reside.



“Race you to the pond?” Jake asked happily.



“You’re on!” I said with a grin, laughing and chasing him the entire way.



~The End~