The Call (A Moana x Maui Fanfiction)

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Moana's POV

 Time Skip... Two Months Later... 

    Maui has been acting weird all day, which can only mean two things. Either he has a surprise for me or he has news for me. I mean I suppose both of those things can tie into each other, but more often than not it's one over the other. "Maui, whatever it is for have to show and/or tell me, please do so. I can't take not knowing any longer." He chuckles. "Well I think you would like to know that I have very good news for you. I've been studying a lot of maps and going over sailing routes in my mind." I look at him curiously. "Where do these routes lead to?" Maui grins at me. "Why the very place you've been dying to visit. The state of California." Tears well in my eyes. "Are you saying what I think you're saying?" He nods with a sincere smile. "I am. You're going to get your trip to California princess." I jump into his arms and cry tears of joy. He chuckles and gives me a loving hug. "I take it you're happy with this news." I nod into his shoulder and he wraps his arms around me even tighter.

    "When do we leave for the trip Maui?" "We leave in two days so I suggest that we start packing now." I grin at him and tug him by the arm towards the cave so we can start packing. All he does is smirk at me nearly the entire time we're packing clothes, food, water, medical supplies, etc.  When we're done, I plop down onto my bed and relax. "Well now that I'm packed, I can be a lazy bum." Maui raises an eyebrow at me and laughs. "What's a lazy bum? Is that the way the mortals say that their butt is lazy?" I burst into a giggle fit. "No Maui, it's another way of saying that I can be lazy and do nothing." Maui grins and sits down on the edge of my bed. "I like that saying then. It describes me pretty well." "I think it does too. You know what else describes you well?" "What?" I smile. "Big goof." 

   Maui playfully gasps. "I'm not a big goof." I smirk at him. "Yes you are. Now admit it or you don't get any more kisses today." He pouts adorably at me. "That's not fair." I giggle. "Yes it is. Now admit or no more kisses for you today." He sighs and puts his hands up in surrender. "Fine. I'm a big goof. Are you satisfied?" I smile. "Very." Not wanting to torture him anymore, I cave in and give him a gentle peck on the lips before lying back down. "Say princess, we should take this on over to my bed. My bed is bigger and has more room for us to have fun." I'm quick to add in with "not too much fun." Maui playfully rolls his eyes. "I know Mom." I pout. "That wasn't very nice." He playfully sighs before kissing me on the cheek. "I'm sorry baby. I love you." I cross my arms over my chest and huff back an "I love you too." 

   Maui lifts up into his arms bridal style and carries me over to his bed, where we alternate between kissing, cuddling, talking, and a mix of all of the above. "Maui, I really wanted to thank you. You don't know much it means to me that you've been working for so long to make this trip happen for me. This is literally the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me. My parents have been telling me for ten years now that we'd be going to California on vacation and it never happened. I've been living with this heartache for ten years now." Maui's smile shifts into a frown. "Princess, I'm really sorry that made you an empty promise. As for them, screw them. I know that they were your parents for sixteen years of your life, but it's time to begin to move on."

  I sigh. "I know I should move on, but you want to something really messed up?" He hesitantly nods his head. "I still love them a lot even though they treated me like crap and my own father raped me." Maui looks at me sadly before pulling me closer to him, enveloping me in yet another loving hug, making me feel truly safe. "Moana, that's because you have a pure heart. You try to find the good in everyone, even if there isn't any good in them whatsoever. I love that about you. In fact, I envy you in that aspect as well because I'm not fond of many people. Until I met you, I closed myself off from the world. I told myself that no one was ever going to break down my walls again after being abandoned by my own parents. I lived alone on this very island for a thousand years. I was fine being alone. Then along came your amazing self and you flipped my world upside down." 

  Maui looks at me with such raw emotion that it makes my heart skip a bit. "I was a monster but you changed that. Please stop doubting how great you are because you're the only reason why I've changed into a better man. You're the only reason why I didn't give up and revert back to my villain like ways. You're loved by me, you're loved by the Gods and Goddesses, the ocean adores you, and your grandmother Tala will always love you. Moana, you're so important to the universe. You belong here." Tears well up in my eyes. Damn it Maui, stop making me emotional. A few tears slip out so I turn away from him for a moment to silently shed them before looking back up at him. "No one besides my grandma told me that I was important." "Moana, I'll remind you how important you are each and every day. That's how much I love you." I pull him in for an emotional kiss. I shed a few more tears while kissing him, but it conveys just how much I love Maui. Maui's the best thing to ever happen to me. I'm so blessed to be able to love him and for him to love me back just as much is an even bigger blessing. 

Hoped that you guys liked this chapter! :) -Mary