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Maleia and Taio had been unbreakable when she returned back. The two had spent the morning searching from green rocks Maleia can use for her bracelet. And with the help of her spirit sister, Maleia had formed a stunning bracelet completed with green broken rocks and pearls.
Awa'atlu began getting darker and the ocean got calmer from the constant gentle breeze crashing against its waves. Maleia's tongue stuck out at the corner as she focused on finishing Lo'ak's bracelet.
What broke her from her concentration was the sound of Lo'ak laughing when he climbed upon the rock. Her head snapped up, furrowing her print for brows at the sudden broken out laughter, "What is so funny?"
"You stick your tongue out when you concentrate," Lo'ak mentioned. Maleia tilted her head at his words, never noticing that was something she did.
"I do not do that..." She responded before sitting up from being laid on her stomach. A even more confused face. "You do! Like this..." Lo'ak attempted to copy the face that Maleia had been pulling previously.
Maleia's eyes widened in complete horror, "I do that?" Her voice went quiet. Lo'ak realised the meekness within her tone, noticing embarrassment was quick to take her, "No! It's not a bad thing. It's cute. Not cute! Well, yeah, cute. But not."
His flustered ramble made Maleia burnt into a fit of laughter, "You are cute." Lo'ak folded his arms and shrugged, "I am not cute."
Maleia decided against arguing within him. As much as she told him he was cute, Lo'ak wasn't going to accept that compliment. A couple minutes of comfortable silence had passed, Lo'ak listening to the waves crashing against their rock— Maleia fixating on finishing that beautiful bracelet for him.
"I have..." She finished professionally tying the ends together, "Finished." Lo'ak looked down at the jewellery within her hands.
He held his wrist out to her, feeling something warm within whenever her fingers brushed against his wrist. She tied the bracelet around his flesh. Lo'ak couldn't help the smile upon his face when he amused himself about the bracelet. "If you do not like it— I can make another!" That was when Maleia's words were cut short.
Lo'ak wrapped his arms around her waist, embracing her for a close hug. He pulled her into his lap and Maleia cuddled his shoulders. Her head rested against his chest before he placed a chaste kiss upon her forehead, "I like it."
Maleia looked up at him and smiled. She had made bracelets in the past for Ao'nung, but he refused to wear them because he felt they were too feminine for chief-to-be.
"You do?" She asked him, blinking a couple of times in disbelief. His hand raised to move a strand of curled hair from her eyes.
The waves crashed around them, the sun turning orange as it began to settle behind the sea. It was the perfect moment.
Lo'ak leaned his head down before touching his lips against hers. So chaste. So gentle. Maleia could barely feel the press against her lips but missed the warmth when they parted. A first kiss— something the two knew would hardly be acceptable.
But, something they didn't care about. Young love would win. How normal all of this felt between them. Neither of them cared about how their parents would react— because the only thing that mattered between them was the feeling of their hearts racing.
How either of them would capture quick glances from each other, bright smiles filling their faces whenever one of them talked, how quickly their hearts jumped from someone just simply walking past one another.
That was all they cared about— each other. "Maleia!" The voice was loud in their tranquility. A deafening sound of Ronal's voice full of wrath and disappointment. Which only meant one thing. They had been caught.
