Moana was walking around as everyone was getting prepared for the voyage. The plan was to leave in the next couple days, as long as the weather held out. "Moana!" Tui exclaimed gleefully as he saw his daughter walking up, "How is the preparation going?"
"It's great, Dad. It looks like we will be done by mid-day tomorrow," she said happily, smiling ear to ear. "Great! That leaves us even more time for celebration!" Tui exclaimed, hugging her tightly. "Tui," Sina said gently, "Let the chief get back to her work.""Oh, fine," he said, letting Moana go. "Thanks, Mom, I'll see you guys later!" she said, continuing her walk down through the island, checking up on everyone as she went, trying not to watch the sky as she went.
Night fell and everyone was finishing the last of the preparations. Moana stood on the top of the steps of the main hut. "People of Motunui," she said steadily, "We have finished! We will set sail in a day, but tonight, we celebrate the amazing work and remember the history our people have here. We will take tonight and tomorrow to say goodbye to our home and those of us who decide to stay. This is not the end of Motunui, but the beginning of our adventure out into the world, beyond the reef!"
The crowd cheered and the musician began to hit their drums to set temp and the music began. Moana walked down the steps to join the party. She caught a glimpse of a large, muscular silhouette in the tree line, but when she looked, it was gone. She shook her head and just assumed it was her imagination. She walked over to where some of the dancers where waiting and prepared to do the dance of their people.
Maui had just watched Moana give her speech to her people. He was proud of her, he had always been proud of her. He had been there since they parted ways on Te Fiti. He couldn't leave her, he tried, but he just found him self at Motunui. He watched as Moana was named chief, not fully there, just as a lizard but he was still there. That's how he lived now, as a damn lizard because he couldn't bring him self to be human around her. He was nervous.
Maui was scurrying around on the beach after the speech, his head full of thoughts. "Whats wrong with me?' he thought, not paying attention. He found him self in his human form, dragging his hook in the sand behind him. Instead of switching instantly back, he stretched, being in an animal form for long periods of time was not easy on the back. He hummed one of Motunui's chants as he stretched out his back and looked out at the water. He sat on a rock by the water and started talking to the ocean. "What's wrong with me? Why am I so...so...afraid? I'm Maui! Shape shifter, demigod of the wind and sea, hero to all and I can't be around a mortal?" Maui let out a deep sigh. He knew why, he just didn't want to admit it.
"Maui?"
Moana decided to distance herself from the party and walk to the beach and take a minuet for her self. As she got closer to the tree line, she heard a voice, a familiar voice. Maui. She peaked through the trees and saw him sitting on a rock. It took all she had not to rush from the trees and hug him. It had only been a month since she last saw him but the pull at her heart made it feel like years. She couldn't stop her self, she stepped forward and croaked, "Maui?"
He quickly jumped up and turned and looked at her. "Maui," she said again, a little more confidently. "Moana," he breathed, his face next to impossible to read in the dark. "W-what are you doing here?" Moana asked, tear welling up in her eyes, partially from anger, partially from happiness "I, uh," he trailed off, noticing her tears, "Moana, whats wrong?" Maui rushed to her, wrapping his arms around her. She wanted to just give in and hug him but she couldn't, instead she started hitting his chest. "You haven't been here! You're my friend and you haven't been here! I know you're a demigod but you should've-" "Oh Moana, I've been here since you got back. I saw your coronation, I saw your planning over the last month, I've been here. I couldn't leave you," Maui said, rubbing Moana's back.
Moana stopped pounding her fists against Mauis chest and looked up at him. He looked down at her, gently wiping away her tears. Maui knew this was his chance, he cupped Moana's face and slowly lowered hi head to hers, bringing his lips closer and closer to hers. She closed her eyes and parted her lips slightl, ready for the kiss.