Moana and Maui: A Series Of One Shots

Baby Don't Cut

Warning: This one shot contains mention of self harm and slightly graphic content. 

Baby Don't Cut

One Shot #17

Maui's POV

  Moana's been chief for two years now, but lately, she's been under a lot of stress. She's also been acting rather strange around those she is normally super bubbly and/or affection towards, including me, her own boyfriend. I think it's time that her and I talk. Moana, like myself, isn't the most open person when it comes to her emotions. That's why her and I bottle them up most of the time and when we fight, we explode before making up afterwards. We know it's not healthy, but it's just what we do. 

    I shift into my hawk form and fly all over the village looking for Moana. She's not at any of the shops, her parents' hut, her hut, the mountaintop, or the cemetery. So there's only one place she can be, which is our secret hideout. I fly to our secret hideout, which happens to be a cave right next to the waterfall. My instincts were right because inside the cave with her back facing me is Moana. 

    I land on the ground and shift back into my normal form quietly, careful not to spook Moana. As I get closer to her, I freeze when I see her digging a sharp object into her skin. I stand there staring in horror for a moment before entering the cave and knocking the sharp object, which turns out to be a knife out of Moana's hands. It flies across cave before landing with a thud in front of my feet. I pick up the knife and notice the amount of blood on it. I have to clutch the wall of the cave in order to prevent myself from passing out. 

    Moana looks up at me, trembling in fear and sadness. The way she's looking is breaking my heart into a million pieces and each piece is shattering into a million more. I look down at my knuckles and notice that they've gone completely white, causing more panic within me. I try to brush it off and focus on Moana. I sit down beside her on the ground. She buries her face in my chest and begins to sob. My heart aches at the amount of sadness each of her sobs contains. I hold her in my arms and wait for her to let it all out. The last thing I want to do is push her in her current state. 

Twenty minutes later...

     Moana let everything out. Now she's just sitting in my arms in silence. I let the silence linger a moment longer before it's clear that I'm going to have to be the one to break it. "Moana... I know that is probably the worst time for either one of us to talk, but we need to." She sighs but won't make eye contact with me. "I know Maui." I gently take Moana's hands in mine, giving them a light squeeze. "Why did you do this to yourself baby?" She leans her head on my shoulder, still looking at the wall as she speaks. "I hate myself Maui. I'm not the chief I should be, everyone mocks me, my parents are disappointed in me but won't directly say so, and I'm mentally unstable." 

     Moana rolls up her sleeves and I see that every inch of her arms are covered with scars. Some are fresh and oozing blood out of them, others are old and closed up. Needless to say, she's been doing this in secret for awhile now. "Moana, you're an excellent chief, hardly anyone mocks you, your parents love you, and you're not mentally unstable, you just happen to be human." "But Maui, you're a demigod..." "I'm still part human, but we're not talking about me here, we're talking about you. I love you so much and it pains me to see you hurting yourself. Your life is precious Moana. I would know because I've watched the few people I've ever cared about die before my very eyes. What happens Moana if you did this to yourself again and bled to death when I wasn't around to save you?" Her eyes dart down to the ground. "I'm so sorry Maui. I'll try my best not to do this anymore. I can't make any promises, but I want to try. Nothing scares me more than the thought of you finding me lifeless lying in a pool of my own blood and vice versa." 

     I wrap my arms around Moana. "If that ever happens, I promise you that I would save you, one way or another, even if it meant taking my own life so you can live yours." Moana gasps. "No Maui, I won't allow you to sacrifice yourself for me, ever. I kiss her on the forehead. "Well too bad because I'm going to do it anyway." 

    We sit there in silence until I notice Moana's eyes begin to flutter closed and sleep takes over. Soon after, I begin to yawn repeatedly and end up falling asleep against the wall, hugging Moana ever so tightly in my sleep. 

Hope that you guys liked this one shot! By the way thank you guys so much for over 4,000 reads. You guys rock!  In addition, I want to give you guys a heads up that after this weekend, my updates might be staggered because I'm leaving Monday for North Carolina to see my aunt for a couple of days before working my way back up the East Coast for my audition for the Voice. It's going to be an eventful week next week haha :) -Mary