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“Tìftang si.” Neytiri hissed, swatting at Jake’s hand with her hand, holding Neteyam, who was just a little under a year old now, with her free one. “Over then under, not under then over.” She rolled her eyes, watching him touch up on his braiding skill with a leaf that was cut just finely enough to resemble hair. “I won’t braid the hair of two boys by myself.”
“Yeah, yeah don’t worry I’m working on it.” He stuck his bottom lip out, one of the many stupid faces he made when he was thinking or focusing on something, as he carefully braided the leaf tightly.
Neytiri’s gaze softened as she watched Jake quietly, holding Neteyam close to her chest and letting her other hand fall just to hold her stomach.
She pressed her cheek to Jake’s shoulder, and smiled as she breathed in slowly through her nose.
“Heyyy! I’m getting the hang of this.” He ran his fingers over the braid, it wasn’t the best but it was definitely pretty damn good for his third or fourth time.
“Now try to do it faster.”
“Tomorrow?”
“You’ll have to do it twenty more times tomorrow.”
Jake leaned in, pressing their foreheads together to which Neytiri let out a noise akin to a purr.
“I’m willing to do that if it means I can sit around you all day.”
She smiled wider, slowly leaning back with Neteyam pressed against her. “You’re tired.”
He laid next to her, kissing the corner of her mouth. “Busy day.”
Neytiri made a slight face at him, carefully rolling onto her side and resting Neteyam between them.
“ Not busier than yours.”
“Mhmm. Goodnight Ma Jake.”