This is a modern fanfic.

I apologize for constantly writing this way, but quite frankly, it's the only way I know how to write. When I wrote "Why Link is Annoying" (wait, is this the kind of moment where I would underline the title? I dunno. I didn't pay much attention in 7th grade English. I digress.) I felt as if I was trying too hard to be authentic with the time period. I didn't think it worked out well. So I'm going back to my initial methods. I hope this doesn't bother too many people.

Contrary to popular belief, that orange stain on my new white shirt isn't supposed to be there.

It isn't my fault that it got there either. All the blame should be credited to the huge man-ape seated on the other side of the coffee shop. The guy who decided it was cool for him to wear a leather jacket, even though I'm pretty sure they went out of style a decade before he was even born. Naturally, he'd have to have a crew of followers so his ego could get complimented whenever need be. And on a side (but not unrelated) topic, that guy is also the reason I have a lack of tomato soup in the bowl in front of me.

Now, I admit it was my fault for ordering tomato soup while knowing full well that I had on a white shirt. But it sounded good and I hadn't brought a spare change of clothes with me to the wedding, so I made sure to be extra careful. Life, as it turns out, sometimes enjoys picking on you, so it only made sense for the biggest douche on campus to end up being in the location as me and my friends.

We had just come from the wedding of my friend Zelda's older sister. Zelda brought me and Sheik as her plus two because the three of us were best friends and went to the same high school. Sheik and I were best buds in high school and we weren't strangers to Zelda, but we weren't all that close to her either. We all ended up at the same college. We were all going for different majors, but it was one of the most prestigious colleges in the area, so it wasn't too shocking that anybody who got in would go. We ended up getting to know each other better freshman year. Now we were juniors and are still friends.

We were invited by Zelda a week ago, so we had to change around some of our plans, but were still happy to be going along with her. Her sister has been engaged for over a year, so when the wedding bells came rolling around, her family wanted it to be perfect for her, Zelda included. Which meant I had to get all fancied up and look my best. I don't mind having to wear a tie or even a stiff tuxedo, but man alive, do I hate tucking in my shirt. It isn't even something that I can explain, it just makes me feel totally uncomfortable. Of course, the part that got spilled on was the part that would have normally been tucked in if I had left it.

We stopped at a coffee shop nearby that university because we couldn't stay for the reception because Sheik and Zelda had to work on their papers that were due at the beginning of next week. I was starving, so I forced us to stop and get something to eat. Why that jerk chooses to hang out at a coffee shop at ten o' clock on a Friday night is beyond me.

Okay, now we're all caught up.

Normally I would've gone over there to confront the sleaze bag, but I was too tired and hungry so I said, "Screw it. I'll eat at the apartment."

So the three of us got in my car and started to head to the university to drop off Zelda. She dorms with her friend, while Sheik and I are rooming in an apartment on the other side of town.

"Oh, hey guys, Malon has a test tomorrow and is freak out studying, so is there any chance I could stay at your apartment for the night?" Zelda asked us.

I looked in back at Sheik, and he just shrugged, so I said, "Sure. Why not?"

When we got to the apartment, I immediately took off my shirt and went to throw it in the washing machine. "Hey," I called out to the other two who were in the living room. "Is there any special method to getting out a tomato stain?"

"Try having a skunk spray on it." Sheik called back.

I smiled. "I don't think it works that way." I just threw it in, too tired to care. I went back to the other two. Sheik had a blanket and a pillow set up on the couch. "Ok, you can sleep here tonight."

She nodded, but I spoke up. "Nah, she can sleep in my room tonight, I'll take the couch."

Sheik shrugged. "Do whatever you want to do, just don't wake me up." He said walking to his room.

"My room's over here." I said, motioning for her to follow. "Ok, since I assume you don't want to sleep in a dress, you can probably hang it on that," I said pointing to the wall hanger. "And you can just take some old clothes from the bottom drawer of my dresser."

"Thank you so much, Link." She said with a smile.

I grabbed some clothes to sleep in. "Hey, no problem." She came up to me and kissed me on the cheek.

I awoke to the noise of ESPN on the TV and being told by Sheik to move my fat ass before he sat on me. After thanking him for the wakeup call, I went to go see what we had for breakfast. I heard a noise of somebody going through the laundry in the bathroom, and it took me a minute to remember that Zelda stayed that night and that was why I ended up sleeping on the couch. I saw the door was open, so I went to go see what she was doing.

I walked in and saw her holding my shirt. The stain had faded, but was nowhere near completely gone.

"Link, didn't you use any bleach?" She asked me. I gave her a look that said, do I look coherent enough to even know how to work a toaster? She sighed. "Link, what would you do without me?"

I shook my head. "Have dirtier clothing?"

She laughed. "You are too cute." She threw that shirt back into the washer and left the bathroom.

Hm. This was odd. First a kiss on the cheek. then she helps clean my shirt, then she calls me cute. What's going on with this girl?