"What?"
Maui peaked out from where he had been hiding.
"Wa'lu? You named your bar WA'LU?"
"Well yeah. He was a worthy opponent. I mean, I tricked him one time and killed him the second time. In ma book that makes him worthy enough to be named after."
Maui tried to shrug, but remembered that Moana couldn't see it as he still was in his beetle shape.
"WE also tricked Tamatoa. So why not name it after him?"
"I don't like it." Maui muttered from her shoulder.
"The Tamatoa Bodega. Kinda has a ring to it. Wouldn't you say?" Moana ran her hand across in front of her face to imagen the neon sign in front of her. Maybe bright purple? That thought made her giggle.
"..."
She could feel him digging his small feet into her shoulder, what she hopes for, to have a better grip so he wouldn't fall off.
"No!" It was in a low tone that came from the demigod, but Moana could clearly hear the anger behind it.
"Why not, Maui?"
"Cuz he made me look like a fool. And Wa'lu didn't." He hissing through his teeth.
Moana knew it was still a soft spot to for him. It hadn't been his finest moment in his long life. She knew that Maui hadn't really gotten over that Tamatoa had picked him up like a sack of coconuts and had tossed him around like a doll. Also, the part where he dragged him over the wall in his cave. Crap-handled? Man-handled? She wasn't sure what phrase she should be using on that.
Moana didn't get the chance to dwell into it more, as she moved to the front door.
"Ehm, Maui?"
She pushed the door handle down and tried to push it open.
"I think it's locked."
"Oh yeah. Whoops, kinda forgot that. No matter, go to the back of the bar."
Heading down the alley, she quickly saw the back door. Maui flew off her shoulder and headed towards it. Discreetly she looked around, looking if people was around to see what Maui was about to do.
"It's clear."
A blue light emerged as Maui took his regular form. Digging into his pocket he took the key up to unlock it. Glazing over his shoulder he stepped aside with a smirk while swinging his hook over the shoulder.
"Ladies first."
Moana shot him a glare as she past him to get inside. When she past him, it came to her that it was one of the few times he hadn't insinuated that she was still a child.
But before she could think it over more, she was inside and her curiosity had won her over by a mile. Going through what she could see was the stocking area. 'Hence all the booze and stuff. Duh' It came a bit of a surprise that it didn't smell like a bar normally would or what she had been experienced with Taih'i and Julia. One of the few times they had convinced her to go out and have a "fun" night. Moana shook her head with a smile as a memory of a very drunk Julia trying to get Moana hooked up with more than two men, that night. Walking out, her mouth dropped at the sight.
"Woow."
Maui stepped out and stood at her side and rested his free hand on his hip. "Take it as ya like it?"
Quickly closing her mouth again, she turns to see him looking at her with a smile that reached his eyes.
"There's not much. But I see where you got your inspiration from."
Looking around she saw pictures of mini Maui with all he had done. All the islands they had found together, Te Fiti in her sleeping form and of course Wa'lu hanging in the middle of the room. Looking out to them with scary red eyes and green venom dripping from his open mouth. His wings was spread out, giving the audience a more terrified idea of him. Impressive that people hadn't figured out who he really was when he was all over the walls. Well mostly.
"Did you paint all of them?"
"Sure did, Curly." Maui seemed to grow a few inches taller and puffed his chest out in pride, as Moana began to walk out to study them more closely.
"Heey! what do ya mean by "Did you paint them all? Ya think I just sat down, rolling ma thumbs and did nothing?"
Moana had made it to the end of the wall where Wa'lu was hanging. Turning her head so only glanced over her shoulder and gave him smirk and shrug back and turned back to the painting before her.
"Tsk. Give me some credit here, Curly."
Moana hadn't heard when he come over to where she was, until his giant hands was an inch from her face and his fingers was wiggling before her.
"These hands can do more than just swing ma hook."
"Right. How could I forget your own glorious statue." Moana teased and rolled her eyes and took a step back so his hand was not close to her face.
"I really need to go back to see what damage ya have done to it." Squinting his eyes at her.
Moana decided that now was the perfect time to flee over to the other side of the room to study the sleeping goddess. She didn't make it all the way, when she caught a sight of something behind the bar.
Heading up to it, she never saw the knowing look from the demigod and a smile that was beginning to form on the hulking man. Never had she thought of seeing this specific item again.
Hanging up there was her beloved oar. Framed so no one could touch it, but for all to see. It look more old than the last time she had seen it, but still in a good shape.
"I never... I mean, it has to be a copy right? It can't be my oar up there." Gently she traced her fingers over the glass. (As far as she could reach of course) She would have taking it down but sadly it was too high for her and at the same time she was afraid that it would crumple if she touched it.
Maui just stood leaned up at the bar and saw how Moana's eyes danced with emotions, over seeing it again. Looking up to the same object he thought about a time where he almost had turned it backwards, so no one could see the small hook and heart on it. It hadn't been so long ago that it had crossed his mind again, but now he was very glad he hadn't done it. It had taking time to get used to the it (at first.) The sight of it hanging there and sometimes he would catch himself in staring at it with memories of how she would hold it or how she would hit (mostly) him, with it.
"Ya parents gave it to me." His face had turned into a emotionless expression.
It was all Maui said before he headed to the stairs that lead up to his apartment. Not that our chief knew that.
"What?" Moana turned, just in time, to see him disappear.
"Maui, wait. Where you going?"
Jumping into gear, she headed after him. Moana kept telling him to wait, but he ignored her and continued to walk up the stairs.
"Maui, please talk..."
She stepped through the door that was open up and saw Maui standing with his back turned to her.
"...to me. Woaw."
She looked over his room and was taking away from the view of the ocean that could be seen from the wide windows. The sun was glittering in the sea. It was a breathtaking sight. Curious she looked passed the hulking figure standing in the middle of it all and began to look at how he had decorated his home. There wasn't much to see. Plain brick walls with nothing on them. 'Why should there be. All of it is hanging down below.' Eyes swiping over his couch to his bed. Over his bed she noticed where, she thought, his hook would be hanging. Turning back to where his dining table was, Moana saw that Maui hadn't moved the slightest from where he had stopped.
"Moana."
She tensed at the sound of her name. Moana had a feeling of where this was going. He rarely used her name and when he did it could only mean that...
"I need..."
"What a nice place you have here, Maui."
She began to walk around to seem like she was studying his home. Which she was, to be honest.
"I don't see much pictures here, but why would you when you see them all day down stairs. You know some color on the walls wouldn't mind. It could really bright up the room."
Moana was rambling she knew that, but she wasn't going to have that kind of talk now.
"What do you have out here?"
She tried to sound enthusiasts of seeing his place. Walking passed him she had made it to his bathroom.
"Curly..."
"Uhhhh. Nice. But kinda small if you ask me. I mean how do you even turn in the bath when it's this small. Just walk in and don't move an inch? Really, you could have made it much bigger if you wanted."
Coming back out, smiling, she didn't meet his eyes when she stepped in front of his bed.
"I'll take it it's here you beloved hook is hanging when you don't use it? By the way where is it?"
She looked around for it but remembered that he had placed it down in the bar. Maybe in the back, from where they came in.
"Moana, please..."
"Let me get it for you. Won't be long." Almost out the door she was stopped when Maui's voice was firmer this time.
"Moana, STOP!"
Her hand resting on the door frame, she stood as if she was frozen. Taking a few deep inhales she turned and just as Maui was about to open his mouth, her hand came up to stop him.
"I know what you are going to tell. It's about my parents and..." With a sad smile, she gently shook her head.
"And I know they aren't around anymore. It took me a long time to get over that fact, when I found out just how many years had passed. I was devastated. For me it was like snapping my fingers." Well it was. One moment she had been in a cave in her own time and whoosh she was on a beach thousand years later.
It was still fresh to her, so with tearing eyes she looked up at him for the first time since they had stepped into his home. She knew it was unfair to him. He had been keeping this to himself for over three thousand years, but for her it was still only three years. She needed more time. Just a little bit more.
Moana turned away from his sad, sympathetic expression. Her tears ran down her cheeks and she couldn't hold the sob that escaped her mouth. Moana flinched a little when she felt two strong arms wrapping around her and pulled her in.
"Okay, princess."
That was all he said, as he gently laid his head on top of hers, carefully not to putting all of weight on her. Sighing, she let her head fall back on his shoulder accepting his embrace.
"Thanks, Maui."
Maui hummed and tighten his hold a bit harder for a brief moment before letting go, but still held his hug. Standing there, comfortable with each other, they watched as the sun went down, in what seemed like, into the ocean. The sandy beach, sadly enough, not be seen from where Maui's home was.
"God, I miss wayfinding at times like these." Moana sighed in content of where she stood.
"I could make it happen."
Moana laughed at him.
"Yeah and while you at it. Please make a sleeping area this time. Now that I have tried to sleep in a bed I don't think I can ever sleep on the hard-wooden floor again."
Chuckling, she didn't notice that the warmth from Maui's hold, had escaped her until he placed his hands on her shoulders. Looking up she saw he was smiling back at her with the gap between his teeth, trailing up until she met his eyes.
"As you wish, princess."
Had he just...?
"What?"
Had she heard right? It must have been her brain playing a trick on her again.
"So, I get the parts to build a boat. It should take a couple of weeks to do so. Something else your highness needs on it?"
Maui had removed his hands and it felt cold without them all of the sudden. He was walk over to the kitchen. Midway, he stopped.
"Ya thirsty? I make one killer pineapple/mango juice."
If Moana been stunned at what he just had offered to do, she would properly melted on the spot from the way he looked at her. Blinking she nodded back. Maui went to the kitchen and grabbed the things he needed to make two juice.
Moana sat down at the dinner table and waited for him to be done. Knowing him he wouldn't need a blender. So instead of seeing Maui chop up the mango and pineapple and place them in a shaker and, with his inhuman speed, began to shake it to mush, she stared out at the sunset.
The sun was almost swallowed by the sea now. She could only see the top of it. Skies was hanging low, so the bottom had a pink glow to it and the upper part was still yellow'ish in its glowing. If she squinted her eyes hard enough she could see a black dot in the water, guessing it would be a boat.
She was brought out of her trance when Maui came and placed down the glass in front of her. Sitting down beside her and took a sip from his own glass. Moana couldn't help but see how a little juice slipped from the side and watched it running down towards his chin. Maui stopped and wiped it away with his backside of his hand, eyeing her from the corner of his eyes.
"What's up Curly? Did I miss some?"
Glancing away she quickly took a gulp of her own, only that she hadn't been expected the rich taste of mango dancing on her tongue soon after followed by the pineapple. A moan of appreciation came from her and Maui only chuckled at that.
When she had emptied her glass and let out a sigh, of how good it had been, she dared to look back at Maui. He just sat there with amazement and disbelief of what had just happen.
"So I take it that ya liked it?"
"Liked it? Oh my God Maui. I loved it! ABSOLUTELY loved it."
She watched as All that amazement and disbelief slowly melted away, to be replaced a smirk.
"I did say I'd make a killer juice. Didn't I?"
"You did. I'm surprised it tasted that good. Not even close to what you can buy and make for yourself nowadays."
Was that a thank you? That had to be a thank you. Maui was sure it had been a thank you. He can't make her say the actually words every time so he would take what he could. Just as he was about to say the two most famous word's in his life, Moana sprung up from her seat.
"Woah there, princess. Where's the fire?"
The girl before him looked panicked while turning to see if she find a clock. No luck.
"Maui what time is it?"
Maui could only shrug at that. He really didn't have a clock up here. Usually he just stood up, made breakfast, zapped thought the telly and when he got bored he went down to start his day.
"I dunno, Curly. Why? Ya need to be somewhere?"
Spinning fast around so she faced him and took his face between her hands and pulling him to her, he jumped at the suddenness, squished between her hands, he now looked like an obese child with duck lips, and wide eyes, scanning her face for answer of what just had happen.
"Your bar! When do you open your bar?"
Maui blinked. Then again and again. After one more time he could help but laugh.
Releasing him, Moana huffed and crossed her arms. She didn't like when he was laughing at her. Nope, not one bit. Never had.
Tapping her foot she waited for him to be done.
"Relax curly. *snickering* No need to rush. If imma open an hour late then so be it. Beside it's work day for most and I get most of my profit in the weekends. And some of it goes to the booze anyway."
He stood up and stood, bend down so he could look her in the eyes.
"Remember I own the building now thanks to crapcake."
He poked his finger at her forehead with a light tap, while saying that. Standing up he headed to the door that leaded downstairs.
"Tamatoa?"
Moana followed him, to the door.
"Yep. Didn't think he needed all that treasure now that he isn't around anymore, now would he?"
He opened it and waited for her to come over. She did while thinking it over in her head. It did make sense though.
"Did you take it all?" She passed him as she asked.
"Nah. Just enough to buy this and get it going."
They went downstairs and there on the counter, was his hook.
"Fuck. I completely forgot about that. Need to get this up before we leave. Then I'll walk ya home. How does that sound?"
Now it was Moana's turn to laugh a little, at the brute man before her.
"Sure. If you can remember the way back down here."
Smirking behind her hand, she watched as Maui snatched the hook from where it was and heard him grumble something under his breath while he went up to place it on its place. It didn't take him long to come back down again. He located her by the place where Wa'lu was hanging. Studying him from afar.
"Shall we?"
Once again he held the door for her to the storage room. Just as he had led her out and lock the door a voice came from the other side of the ally.
"Well we'll well. If it isn't the barkeeper who like to scare his customers away."
Maui looked to his side and saw the same drunk man he had saved Julia from nights ago. He had now four others with him, two on each side. 'This is gonna be fun.'
"Guys I'm not in the mood for a fight. So can we maybe do this another time?"
Instinctively he pulled Moana behind him as he said it with a bored voice.
"Who are you to decide whether or not we fight? Don't remember asking for your opinion."
Moana peaked out from behind Maui to see who it was. That turn out to be a mistake.
"Who are you hiding behind your back? Come out so we can see you."
Sighing, She did as she was told.
"Bad timing at leaving your hook behind." She whispered as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Maui grunted a yes, back to her.
"Hey no whispering to one and other here. We're in control here, lady."
"Oh and what a great job you are doing."
She couldn't help but being sarcastic in this moment. She had looked forward to her nice walk home with Maui and then they had to come and ruin it. Grrr. Even though she knew it didn't help their situation one bit.
The brute man beside her couldn't stop that little laugh that came out.
"Ahh, this bring back memories, Curly. Don't ya say?"
"Well I don't know. We did have some fun times, yes but that was years ago. I might be a little rusty, if it gets to that."
She posed with one hand on her hip and thought back. Back then it had been her and Maui. Oar and hook. Now times had changed. Now they stood with nothing and the five men in front of her, had weapons. 'This could end bad if we're not careful.'
Starting from the left, the first one had a metal pipe. Second one a knife, the third a screwdriver, the fourth had some gold metal that was around his knuckles. 'Is this what Julia was calling Bling Bling items?' The last and the one who had spoken to them had nothing.
"Wait!"
Surprised by Maui, she looked at him. He was squinting his eyes sat the middle man.
"Haven't I seen you before?"
Moana could practically see the wheels turning in his head, trying to remember the man. She could also see when it clicked for him. It was like a light ball being lit over his head.
"Yeah! Now I remember."
He snapped his fingers together and pointed at him.
"Ya the one kicked ma buddy in the crotch, so he was down for the count."
Gaping Moana turned her attention back to the middle one. 'So he is the drunk man.'
"And ya brought friends with ya this time. Now, That's cute."
The now-not-so-dunk man growled at the remark.
"Ya know what? I've changed ma mind." Maui rolled his shoulders to loosen up a bit. "I could use a good fight. Been ages since the last one"
Moana could hear the pop pop sound from when he did. And the cracking noise when he rolled his head too. Facepalming herself, she dragged her hand over her face.
"Haven't changed a bit since last time have you?"
"Heey this well be over in a short time. I'll bring ya home afterwards. No sweat."
Maui had a killers look on his face as he cracked his knuckles.
The not drunken man stood with his mouth open while Maui performed his cracking show.
"How can you take it so lightly? Look around! We outnumbered you. Five against two."
"Five to one." Corrected the larger man by stepping in front of Moana to prove his point. "Leave her out of it!"
"You must be crazy, man. No one is sane enough to take five people alone."
Maui ignored what he was saying as he stepped out and clapped his hands and looked at them all, in turns.
"So who will be first?"
Crossing his arms, he waited for the first one to step forth. At this point Moana could only stand aside and watch, since he wanted to do this alone. Not that she couldn't help, but to be honest, she was out of shape in the fighting department. And now with weapons? Nope! She was better off standing this one down.
"Come on guys. It was ya who wanted to fight? Tch. Gimme a break." Huffed the demigod.
"Maui don't taunt them more than necessary!" Did he have some sort of a death wish here? Sure he could handle himself, but did he really need to blow on the fire and make it worse?
"What?"
He turned his head, to look at the former chief beside him.
"Just because this guy. *pointing at him* can't take to be scared a little, so he had to run off and call his buddies for help."
He dropped his arm and directed it at himself instead.
"Now ya want me to relax?"
Maui pouted like a little child that didn't get what he wanted. Not sure what he would get out of it but it didn't help their situation. Moana stood firm and stared back at him. Trying her best to calm him down and let them go. They didn't know what they were getting themselves into so in a way, she tried to save them.
"Fiiiine I won't…."
"Maybe you should do as your hoe says. And take the beating like a good little school girl."
A vein popped in the temple of both our heroes as they swung their heads to see who had said that. Not that they needed confirmation on that but.
"WHAT did you just call me!" Both Maui and Moana said at the same time.
"Uh this is a tricky one. Hmm" He tapped his cheek with his finger, while he looked like he was trying to remember what he just had called them.
"AH I remember now."
One could take him as a crazy man, but in this situation he really felt he had the upper hand. Poor man, if he only knew.
"You!" he pointed at Maui. "It was school girl. Cuz of the long hair you have going on. And you!" he now directed his attention back to Moana who stood with blazing eyes, daring him to say it one more time.
"A hoe. *pop* Want me too spell it to for you? H-O-E!" Vein pop once. Vein pop twice.
Ohh if only she had her oar and they didn't had lethal weapons she would have smacked him into the next century. That's for sure.
"Maui?" Not once did her eyes leave the man. She now wished she had the power to shoot daggers out of them so she could kill him on the spot.
"Yeah?"
His eyes too where consumed with rage. Not the fact that he had been called a girl but the other man had the nerve to call HIS Moana a hoe. That had really ticked him off.
"You get your wish. You can do whatever you want to them as long as you promise me it'll hurt. ALOT!"
Maui let out a laugh that promised eminess doom the men before him.
"Ohh ya can count on that princess." He cracked his knuckles once more before stepping over to the first men in line.
"How 'bout we start with you?"
His shadow was towering over the poor man and if Maui listen close enough he could hear the man's legs rattle from fear.
"Don't just stand there. Use your pipe, dammit."
The man nodded weakly back and gave it a good swing from behind while closing his eyes so that his aim became waaay off. Maui caught it with ease between his two fingers.
"Ya know." came a too amused voice so that the person who held the other end of the pipe cracked one eye open.
"Ya really need to work on that swing. I know someone who can do a hellava better job."
Maui just pulled a little to wrestle it out of the frightened man hands and throw it over his head to hear it scatter on the ground behind him.
"Now shall I teach ya how a good punch is to be done?"
Before the poor man even had the chance to answer, he was down on the ground wheezing trying to get his breath back before he blacked out. Moving to the next one, only to see the dust, from where he had been standing, he found him hiding behind the man who had kicked Taih'i.
"So what's ya name? Maui worked his way over to him and stood now and looked the other one over his shoulder to receive his answer.
"S-steven."
"Okay S-steven…" He never made it to say what he had in mind as he was stopped by a punch to the cheek from the man before him.
"Wanna try that again?" Maui watched him out of the corner. "Cuz that was more weak than Moana has ever given me. And trust me." Maui lowered the man's hand from his cheek he bend down so he could whisper in his ear. "She has a mean right hook. But shh dont tell her that I have said that." Standing up again he then saw that one of them was missing.
"Heey where did the last one go?" A loud shriek only confirmed where he had went too.
"Stop or I'll break your dirty hoe's neck."
Our demigod still stood with his back to Moana and now the man who had her, when Maui began to laugh.
"Ya really need to stop call her that. I might haven't seen her in a long time but I still remember her temper." Maui looked over his shoulder.
"Ya all right there, Curly?"
He could see the man had grabbed her from behind and was holding her around her neck while having one of her arms tucked up her back.
"Yeah I'm fine. *sigh* He just scared the Crap out of me." pinching her nose with her free hand, or at least she tried to only now there was an arm in the way for her to do so and it hurt in her shoulder when she tried to bend her head down, letting go of a frustrated sound she just stopped trying.
"Well have fun over there." Maui turned his attention back to the two men before him. "Now where were we? Hmm?"
Gaping, the man who still held Moana, couldn't believe what just happened.
"What the fuck. Ain't you gonna rescue her or something? Or do you simply don't care for this piece of trash?"
Maui chuckled to himself. "Ya just made a mistake there, my friend." Maui mumbled and shook his head. True to his word Moana had seen the pipe Maui had tossed earlier at her direction and made sure she stood in front on it if anything like this should happen. She kicked the pipe so it made a flip up in the air, grabbed it with her free hand and hit the person behind her so he stumbled back a few steps. Facing him she hit him again, this time on the side of his head so when he met the wall, ending up knocking himself out.
Maui watched closely at the last two men, as their colour was drained in fear. "I told ya didn't I? So unless ya want to end up like the other two I would suggest that ya run from here and don't come back." Moana slowly turned and took one step. "I dunno how long I can keep her away if ya don't run now." She took another and swung the metal pipe in the processes. "I mean it. She is a feisty one." The men took a step back and turned to run. It wasn't fast enough in Maui's opinion so he stomped on the ground so the trash cans lifted in the air and landed with a loud noise. That seem to get them going. Running for their dear lives they stumbled to pick the first man up and ran so you could only see a trail of dust after them.
"And don't EVER come back here. Ya got that?"
The former chief let out a breath of relief and placed her hand on her chest. Her heart was beating like crazy from the rush. Been a long time since she last had felt anything like that. And that had not been with living people involved. Not what she could remember. The adrenaline rush after a fight. Not that she did much but not bad for one who had been out of it for three years.
Her heart didn't seem it wanted to slow down any second so she tried to lean up against the nearest wall she accidentally made a can fall from the weight she had put on it as she pushed to get her over to the wall.
Maui heard the noise when it landed and his triumph smile quickly went away when he saw her like that. Rushing over to her to give her support.
"Ya okay there Curly?"
Moana couldn't hear what the person was trying to say, only a deep sound of a voice talking. Her eyes closed she tried to regain her normal breathing, she failed to hear or see that the hulking man approach before her with concerning writing all over.
Jumping at the feel of two hands gripped her shoulders, her only thought was that one of the five men had returned to finish the job, she tried to hit the man before her with a punch.
"Pathetic Curly." Maui had caught her wrist with ease and chuckled at her. "Ya need to work on that punch too. I know that ya can do better than that." Moana opened her eyes only to see the world around her was spinning so she couldn't focus on the man before her.
Maui saw how her eyes danced around and was now really concerned. Not even thinking twice about it, he picked her up in bridestyle and carried her up to his apartment. He felt how Moana curled up against his chest and placed her head so her face was an inch from his neck. She clinched to him with a death grip and breathe long gulp of air. Shivering from the sensation of her breath on his neck Maui held on tighter to let her know that he wouldn't let her go or drop her from his hold.
Walking up the stairs he count help but think of how nice it was to hold her like this. A smile crept on his features. Even at the state she was in he would still protect her. She did say it had been three years since she last had been in a fight like this so it had to be the adrenaline working. Open the door to his home and closed it with his foot, he walked over to his bed. Before placing her down, he looked down at the woman in his arms. Her eyes shut, refusing to open them. Maui could see a few pearls of sweat beginning to form. Her breathing was shallow but he sensed that she was trying to get it under control on her own. She was strong so Maui was positive that she would be okay soon. It was (luckily) only a adrenaline rush so a good night sleep and she would be herself again. Remembering that it would be a good idea to call Taih'i and tell had happened so they wouldn't be worried about her not coming home tonight.
Putting one knee on the bed, Maui gently tried to placed Moana on it, but her death grip only tightened and at some point, had gotten tangled into his beloved hair. He was (still) very careful to not let anyone touch it. It's not an easy job to keep it silky. Many females had tried to run their hand through it in their drunk stage and all of them had a pout when they was told no. Yet he had no problem with this one, in his arms, letting her fingers getting tangled in it. The problem was it was not like this he had wanted her to be like. A dangerous way to be thinking right now.
"Moana let go." Maui sat her down on the bed but still she would not let go of him. 'Right, forgot how stubborn she can be.' Smiling to that thought he tried once more to let him go. "I only gonna get ya something to drink." He whispered so his voice wouldn't startle her too much. Maui was surprised when he felt her loosening her grip, he thought he would have to fight her more for that to happen.
Once he was free he went over to the cabinet to get a glass for the water. Shutting off the water he turned to where he had put Moana and saw her curled up and was shaking a little. He sat down beside her and helped her up so she could drink. He didn't like seeing her like this but from what he could remember it was because her body had been put in that state to begin with. He had never seen her like this before and that worried him even more to see it now after all those years of them fighting other creatures. 'be all right chosen one.'
Moana gulped the water like she had never tasted it before. When she was done, Maui was about to put the glass on the counter when her little hand gripped his. "Don't go…" came a whisper from her. Looking up in her eyes he could see she was scared and didn't wanted to be alone. Nodding with a reassuring smile, Maui placed the glass on the floor and gentle laid down (on his back) beside her. Still holding hands he could still feel the small tremors that went through her. He didn't know what came over him, but before he could think it over he had turned to his side and pulled Moana up to him, her back against his chest. Maui could feel how she tensed when he did but shortly after she relaxed and melted into his hold. A deep sigh came from her and when Maui lifted his head to look down to see what had happen he could see a smile was now replaced for that pained one he had seen not moments ago.
Laying back down he thought that he might as well try to get some sleep too after all that had happen to them. Before doing so he pulled the blanket over them so they wouldn't get cold in the middle of the night.
Notes:
*peaking out.*
Hallo? Anyone still there?
*rushing forth and drops to the floor.*
I'm sorry... I'M SO SORRY...
I know u have been sitting around and waited for me to post a new chapter.
I know a have been away for a long time... some personal stuff came in the way and didn't feel like writing or anything... I can't say it won't happen again but be assured that I will not give up my story. Trust me... my brother is having me whipped if I am... xD so now I have taken the time (little by little) to write this chapter so kinds hope u like it. The last part. I have no idea if it can be like that but it's not other than the adrenaline I was thinking of and when she had been out of it in three years. I dunno... just made sense when I wrote it.
Anyway. Ur more than welcome to say if u like it or not. If not then why? Open for criticism of my story. And remember I don't have a beta so sry if there were any errors or anything like that.
Until next time
Ta ta.