*slaps image* this bad boy can hold so many effect layers.
Its Wayfinder February! All through february people from the moaui community will be posting their love for our beloved ship and I'm day 1! Please keep an eye on the wayfinder February tag for more moana x maui goodness! @hookedwayfinder is also collecting all the entries for the month so be sure to check them out too.
@cartoonjessie was nice enough to write me a little ficlet for this image! Double first day bonus!
Nalo was defeated - Motunui was safe - and the celebration that had followed had lasted a week.
Most of her village was still sleeping, exhausted by all the partying, but under the morning sun she found herself swimming out into the ocean, towards a familiar rock where she could rest and let the waves crash around her.
It was her idea of a perfect morning, the weight of her responsibilities lifted, the threat that had loomed over them for months evaporated, and her heart full of hope while she was surrounded by the ocean she loved so much.
When she saw a shark's fin a little further in the water, she immediately pulled her legs up onto the rock, until she realized this wasn't a spot where sharks usually came, and this one had a familiar feeling about him anyway.
She'd wondered where he'd gone after they'd danced most of the night away.
"I know it's you, Maui," she sang playfully, to which he immediately transformed his upper body into his demigod self, letting his elbow rest on the rock as he put his chin on his hand and looked up at her, his hair still adorned with the lei the people of Motunui had gifted him.
"Sup curly," he said smoothly. "Out for a swim?"
"Ah, you know me, just hanging with the ocean. How about you?"
"Just checking up on my favorite demigoddess," he said while he let his gaze glide appreciatively over the outfit she had worn for the festivities, his eyes lingering a little longer on her legs than they usually would.
"Hey, my eyes are up here," she said teasingly - poking him in the chest with her toes.
"Can't blame me for checking if you didn't get any new tattoos after saving the world!" he said defensively, grinning at her.
"Ah is that your excuse?"
He looked up into her eyes with a playful look. "Would you prefer it if I gave you another one?"
"Let's hear it," she dared him with a wide smile.
"Just unable to tear my gaze from the most beautiful demigoddess in the entire ocean," he said smoothly, and she bit her lip in appreciation of his compliment.
"You know just what to say to make a demigoddess feel special."
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