I tend to spam oneshots so I thought I should at least control the situation pairing-wise. And just a warning, you'll see me writing about almost any pairing so yeah, don't be surprised.

I just finished a WW walkthrough so a fic should be in order. This drabble is a part of a oneshot featuring OoT-Zelda, Daphnes, WW-Link, Tetra and Ganondorf in post-OoT and WW's time.

Title: Selfishly Selfless.
Timeline: Post Ocarina of Time.
Pairings: Somewhat one-sided Zelda/Link.
Summary: "Am I selfish for regretting the fact that I sent you back?"

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Selfishly Selfless

It's under the darkness of night, while all were in deep slumber that she always asks, "Am I selfish for regretting the fact that I sent you back?"

The statue always doesn't answer. And even though she knows that's the way it's supposed to be, the lack of life in its eyes breaks her heart.

Hyrule has once again changed after the cruel rule of Ganondorf was removed, returning to the lively and beautiful land it used to be. Rays of hope finally beamed within the fogs of despair.

The Hero, Link, would've been happy to see this. To see all his hard work and suffering paying off.

But she robbed him of the chance, didn't she?

It was unbelievably tempting to ignore her guilt and have him stay in this era. To stay and continue being the Hero everyone now admired and fondly told about. To stay and get the recognition he deserved (even when she perfectly knew that he wasn't the kind of person to like the attention and constant praise).

To stay… for her.

She, without a doubt, loved him. She didn't know when she started to feel that way, when she started to see him to see him as a person to love rather than a person to only admire and aid in his quest against evil. All she knew was that moment when she asked him to hand her the ocarina, she inwardly screamed at him to fight back, to convince her that he was willing to stay.

She screamed at herself to get what she wanted for once, to allow herself to be happy.

Her guilt had won and he only smiled at her sadly as he handed her the ocarina.

Maybe he trusted her to make things right, maybe he was convinced that his purpose here was fulfilled, maybe he wanted to make sure that the events of these past seven years wouldn't occur in a different time.

Maybe he wanted his life back, the life she firmly believed that she stole from him.

It's too late to regret anything, for he is gone. The world, life and Hyrule will move on without him, probably forgetting about him along the many corners of history.

But she won't. Can't, actually.

That's the reason why she ordered that statue to be carved.

She won't allow history to forget about him.

She won't allow Hyrule to forget its Hero.

She won't allow herself to forget about the only man she loved as long as she lived.

For that, if she is selfish…

Then so be it.

It's under the darkness of night, while all were in deep slumber that she always whispers, "Good night, Link."

The statue always doesn't answer, but in her dreams, the Hero, Link, does.

"Good night, Zelda."