Moana and Maui: A Series Of One Shots

The History Teacher And His Student (Part 12)

The History Teacher And His Student (Part 12)

One Shot #23 (Cont.)

Moana's POV

Time Skip... A week later...

   Maui's coming over in a little while to help me tell my parents about us dating. I'm glad he's willing to help me because truthfully, I'd never be able to do it alone. There's enough pressure on me as is, but Maui being here will help ease some of it. I made sure to give my parents that I recently got a boyfriend and that he really wanted to meet him. My parents being strict as they are were pleased to her that my boyfriend wanted to meet them. Maui's supposed to be coming over in an hour for dinner, which happens to be spaghetti and meatballs. 

An hour later...

   I pace the living room as my phone goes off with a text from Maui saying he'll be here in five minutes. My mom keeps looking at me in concern. "Moana, honey, it's going to be fine." I nod and put on a smile to please her. 

Five minutes later...

   Maui pulls up in the driveway right on time. I go outside and meet him by the car. He wraps his arms around me, hugging me as if the end of the world is coming. Based on what we're about to tell them, it easily could be. He strokes my hair and kisses my forehead. "I'm here for you Moana. No matter what the outcome of dinner is tonight, I'm not going anywhere." I peck him on the lips and grab a hold of the hand he offers to me. Together, we walk hand in hand inside, awaiting our fate. 

Tui's POV

    Moana comes back inside with a very tall, muscular, and rather older looking guy. Based on his build alone, he looks to be at least four, maybe five years older than her. Oh boy. Older guys come with a lot of hormones and baggage. That's the last thing my baby girl needs. I won't allow Moana to become a teen mother. I shake hands with the guy, mainly to indicate that I'm not going to kill him... well at least not yet. Sina smiles warmly at him from the kitchen while trying to finish cooking dinner. "Sina, I'm starving love. How much longer is it going to take?" She laughs. "It'll be done in a couple of minutes." 

     I turn my attention back to Moana's boyfriend. "What's your name boy?" He smiles at me nervously. "I'm Maui. It's nice to meet you." "It's nice to meet you too Maui. Please sit." He does as I say. I sit across from Maui and Moana. Sina joins us a minute later, putting down the pot of spaghetti and meatballs. We all put some on our plates and I shift my attention back onto Maui once more. "So Maui, you seem to be older than our Moana. How old are you?" Moana and Maui look at each other rather nervously. I can tell that both of them are nervous for Maui to confess his age to me. "I'm twenty three years old sir." 

     Sina and I look from Maui to Moana and back in shock. "You do realize our daughter is fifteen years old right? You better not be using her for sex." Moana squeals. "Maui's not like that. He may be eight years older than me, but he's a gentleman. Though there is something else I need to tell you about him. I'd rather you find out now than at parent teacher night in two weeks." I raise an eyebrow at Moana. "And what would that be?" She gulps. "Maui's also my teacher." At this point, I can feel a heart attack coming on. "You're not only dating a significantly older guy, but you're also dating a teacher? Moana, I thought we raised you better than that." "Dad, you're ten years older than mom. You married her when she was only sixteen back in Montonui while you were twenty six. You don't have the right to judge us."

    I lean in across the table until I'm mere inches away from Moana's face. "Yes Moana that may be true, but at least I wasn't your mother's teacher. The age difference isn't what's bothering me. It's the fact that Maui is your teacher. I'm worried for you. What if someone catches you and Maui doing something you're not supposed to be doing in school?" I look from Moana to Maui. "And what if you lose your job? I bet it wasn't easy to get a teaching job at Honolulu High School to begin with. They have limited teaching positions. What will you do if I get fired?" Maui puts a hand up to stop me. "Moana and I had a discussion last week and we set some ground rules. Those include no PDA in public, no dirty talk, no pressuring each other into doing anything unless we both consent to do so." 

    I nod, impressed at how Maui made sure to set rules with Moana and vise versa. "Well that's good. Anyways, Moana's right. Her mother and I have an even bigger age difference than you and Moana do. Therefore, we have no right to judge your relationship nor are we going to stop it." Sina puts a hand on my shoulder and cuts me off. "You two make a lovely couple. All we care about is Moana's happiness and I can tell you make her happy. Just please be careful, both in school and elsewhere. Okay?" Maui and Moana nod in agreement, both of their frowns turning into ear to ear smiles. 

Maui's POV

    The largest surge of relief runs through me as I realize that Moana's parents accept our relationship. I was so worried they were going to hate me or even worse, hate Moana and throw her out of her home. I'm so glad that that's not the case. The rest of dinner goes smoothly. We have some cheesecake for dessert and then call it a night. Before I leave though, I have Moana walk me out to my car so we can talk in private for a moment. 

    She smiles up at me. "My parents really like you Maui. They were shocked at first, but they're coming around to our relationship. We can be together Maui." I stare down at my beautiful girl. "Moana, this may be too early for me to say this. You don't have to say it back if you don't feel ready to yet, but.... I love you." My heart melts as I hear her say "I love you too Maui."

Hope that you guys liked this part of this one shot! :) -Mary