51 (or 49) for G'raha tia? 👀
I hope there's enough G'raha in this for you, anon - thank you for the prompt, I had so much fun writing it!
She feels the weight of eyes on her as she wades out of the ocean and onto Tuliyollal's beach, finished with her attempts to drown Thancred in the shallows after getting a face-full of salt water that's still stinging in her nose.
(She still won though. No matter what he might be busy telling Urianger.)
The weight is so familiar that she knows it can't be anyone but her love, and she spots him almost instantly, watching her from one of the loungers in the shade. She walks towards him (and if she puts a swing in her step, she doesn't think she can be blamed), perching on the side of the lounger when she gets there and enjoying his open appreciation of her.
“Hello, love.” She grins, squeezing his knee. “Care to join me?”
“Oh!” He startles, eyes tracking back up to her face. “I don't... I mean that is to say...”
Luna waits quietly as he trails off, looking a little stricken as he tries to find the right words.
“Oh, this is so embarrassing!” He breathes all in a rush. He grabs her hand and squeezes it tight, ears flat against his head as he peers at her. “I don't know how to swim.”
She lets out a quiet little sound, shuffling closer and pulling his hand to her chest. “Oh darling. How didn't I know this about you?”
He shrugs a little helplessly. “There hasn't exactly been a lot of opportunity for leisure, lately.”
Luna smiles, leaning in for a quick kiss and then getting to her feet without dropping his hand. “Come, Raha. There's no time like the present to learn.”
He looks apprehensive right up until they reach the water, fingers knitting with hers and squeezing tight enough to give himself away. But he follows her back into the shallows with his chin lifted and his eyes sparkling with pleasure as they avoid the corals and sink a little deeper into the warm water.
“Are you with me?” She asks, watching his confidence grow enough to tip his head back into the water and grinning at the bright flow of his hair.
G'raha nods, flailing only a little when he straightens and floats over to embrace her. “A good start, at least.” He glances over her shoulder and then back at her, barely suppressing a smile. “I feel I should warn you, there is a hyur approaching at great speed.”
Luna gives him a wicked grin. “I love you so much.”
He doesn't have time to reply before she zips away, tugging him with her so that Thancred goes barrelling into clear air.
“I thought you above cheating!” He accuses, hair flopping in his face in a way that makes Luna splutter a bit. “Luna, obviously not, but G'raha Tia! I expected better.”
“And I thought you above being a sore loser.” She says, watching as G'raha guides himself away and back into the shallowest part of the water, safely out of the way. She holds her arms out, cocking her hip. “Want to try again?”
Thancred grins. “Oh, you're on.”