Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! Here's a cute little side-thing I've been working on. I just thought it would be really funny to have a series of oneshots in the POVs of many of Link's possible love interests. And then maybe have them all fight over him at the end or something. 'Cause, I mean, we all want Link, am I right? XD This first chapter is Malon's POV. Next up is Saria, and then probably Ilia (I'm saving Zelda for the end). Then more, but we'll get there haha. Please no hateful reviews, but feedback is highly appreciated! Thanks, guys!
~Aryll Jaynn
Link's Harem
Chapter One: Malon
Boredom was getting to me as I lazily twirled a strand of my long, flame red hair during first period. Ms. Marie was going on and on about how asymptotes affect the equation of the function or whatever. I could honestly care less. Oh, how I wished I was back home at the ranch, riding a horse and letting all my worries ride with the wind and wash away...
Woah. That was poetic.
Anyway, after a tantalizing first fifteen minutes of class, Ms. Marie said, "All right, turn your books to page twenty-five! We're going to have some independent time to work on the lesson to start! Have fun! I know I love studying the art of functions! They're my favorite!"
Goddesses, she sounded so excited about math. And she wonders why she's thirty-three and single.
I flipped my book open, turned to the right page, and then groaned as I saw the array of math problems glaring at me from the paper. They seemed to be teasing me almost, as if to say, Ha! Good luck solving us!
I hastily began working on the problems, regardless of the fact that there were so many. We'd be working with our groups soon enough; if I didn't get through the work, I could always get the answers from them.
My group had three members, myself included. We're supposed to have four per group, but our class is short one person, because she moved to Termina last week. It was some girl named Anju, and she was nice and all, but she wasn't too helpful in the group. She'd mostly offer moral support rather than actually helping to solve the problem.
The others are great, though. Shad and Hilda. I didn't know either of them that well before we bonded over hard-ass math problems together. Honestly, I wouldn't have ever spoken to them if it wasn't for this class.
Shad's a total nerdy, geeky guy. He has dark blue eyes and sandy auburn hair, and he even wears those adorable nerd-glasses. He's actually really nice and kind of shy, too, which Hilda and I constantly tease him about, though he never takes it to heart.
Hilda's got a darker sort of facet. She's more quiet and reserved, but since you have to collaborate a lot in this class, she's more outspoken and helps us solve really tedious problems. She has beautiful ruby red eyes and dark hair, and I always tell her how jealous I am of her looks. She's even got a snarky side to her, and loves teasing Shad about his hopeless crush on this football player named Ashei.
About forty-five minutes into class, there was a knock at the door of our classroom.
Ms. Marie, looking rather despondent because it had interrupted her doing math, sighed and got up to answer the door.
I didn't bother looking up, deciding that it was probably just some aid coming to deliver a message or whatever.
"Oh! Welcome, dear! I've been expecting you!" Ms. Marie's overly-sugary voice said loudly from the door.
The whole classed looked up to see a new boy walk in the classroom.
My eyes widened and I felt my face heating up considerably. The only thought my mind processed was a single word, one syllable.
Damn.
The boy stood, towering to at least 5'9'' with casual jeans and a green T-shirt which could be partially seen behind his blue hoodie, which brought out his amazingly gorgeous cerulean eyes. He wore a forest green beanie on his messy blond hair. And to top it off, he wore a kind smile on his chiseled face.
Needless to say, this guy wasn't just cute.
He was fine.
"Class, this is our new student, Link Smith. He just moved here from Ordon! Isn't that fantastic?"
No one answered, but Link kept the smile on his face without disruption.
"I want everyone to treat him kindly and make him feel welcome in our math family!"
Normally, I'd roll my eyes at such a cheesy set of words (math family? Ugh...) but this time, I couldn't help but swoon as Link chuckled a bit at what she said.
"Thanks, Ms. Marie. Where should I sit?" he asked, looking around the room. Good Farore, even his voice was perfect! Not too deep, not dorkishly high, but just right...
It suddenly occurred to me how bad my hair must be looking! Or worse, what if I had a booger? Oh, goddesses, please please please don't let him see me-!
"Ah, right over at that empty seat next to Malon, if you will."
Crap!
Part of me was super excited at the fact that the hot new boy would be sitting next to me, probably making all the other girls totes jealous, but another part of me was downright terrified! I had to make a good impression! What if he thought I was a freak?
He started walking over to our table—breathe, Mal, just breathe—and I had a sudden impulse to jump out the open window behind me.
"We were just about to go over some independent work we were working on just now," Ms Marie said to him as he took a seat next to me. "Were you able to get through the work Principal Nohansen assigned for you to do before your first day?"
Oh, you had to do work before your first day? You poor, hunky baby!
Link nodded, and Ms. Marie said, "Great! So now just collaborate with your group members and check answers with them. And you three, Malon, Shad, and Hilda! I'm counting on you to help Link get into the flow, all right?"
Shad called, "Aye, aye, Ma'am!" as the class then began chattering away, checking answers and whatnot.
My heart was pounding as I, along with Shad and Hilda, turned to Link as he sat down next to me.
Shad was the first to speak. "Hello, Link, I'm Shad," he said, and they shook hands. "Welcome to our amazing math class full of fun and excitement."
Link laughed. "Nice to meet you, Shad. I'm guessing that last bit was sarcasm?"
"You catch on quick!"
"Seriously, though, you're going to hate this class." spoke up Hilda, a wry smirk gracing her face. "Don't get too attached to it."
He smiled. "You're Hilda, right?" he asked, and she nodded, red eyes gleaming.
"Pleased to meet you, Greeny."
He laughed again and then finally, the inevitable came. He turned to me.
Our eyes met, blue facing blue, and I was at once for a loss of words. My heart was pounding and my face was probably turning a hideous shade of red.
"I'm Malon," I managed. I swear Hilda was looking at me with that all-knowing 'you've got a crush on him' look.
"Nice to meet you, Malon."
"You too..."
He smiled and then said to all of us, "Okay, so are we supposed to check our work now?"
"Yup! Now, I was having doubts about this problem here..." Shad began.
The conversation disappeared into the background as I absentmindedly twirled more of my hair. Din, how I wished I'd put it in a ponytail today! I'd be looking much cuter!
"...for this one, Malon?" came Shad's voice suddenly.
"Huh?"
"What'd you get for number seven?"
All eyes were on me. I blushed and stuttered, "Um...negative four?"
Shad's eyes narrowed and Hilda looked at me, confused. Link said nothing.
"Aren't we supposed to be stating whether or not the situation represents a function?" Hilda asked slowly.
"Oh! Right, hahaha, sorry!" I said hurriedly, "I, uh, thought you meant number seven from yesterday's lesson..."
Shad regarded me with the look of a mother trying to figure out whether or not her child was lying. "Anyway," he said dismissively, "your answer?"
I twisted a strand of hair behind my ear before saying, "I said that it wasn't a function."
At this, Hilda shot Shad an 'in your face, loser!' look and said, "See? Mal agrees with me!"
Shad rolled his eyes. "Link, what did you get?"
"Oh, I wasn't sure about that one so I skipped it. Can you guys please explain it to me?"
Oh goddesses. He was so freaking polite!
Hilda bailed immediately. "Don't look at me, I didn't bother writing an explanation. Please, Link, would you allow Malon to enlighten you?"
"Sure. Malon?" He turned to me, looking expectant.
Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap
"Uh, okay..." I amended. "Not sure if this is right, but..."
Gingerly, I faced Link, who was wearing a patient smile, and cleared my throat before stupidly reading aloud my terrible explanation.
After I'd finished, Shad still looked unconvinced, Hilda seemed indifferent, and Link looked completely lost.
Crap, I thought. Now he thinks I'm a freak, and that I'm stupid!
"You know what? Don't listen to me. Shad is probably right." I said quickly.
"Oh, no, your answer makes sense," Link said slowly, "I just need a bit of time to process it." he smiled sheepishly, cheeks a bit red, "I'm kind of a slow learner."
That did it. This guy was too damn perfect.
"Be my boyfriend!"
Silence filled the classroom. It didn't occur to me until a few seconds later, that I'd actually said that...out loud...in front of everyone...
Snickers commenced throughout the classroom and I felt my face go completely red. I wanted to crawl under my desk into the floor and out the drain!
That's it, my life is over.
"Settle down, class!" ordered Ms. Marie. For once in my life, I was thankful for that woman.
There was pure silence at my table. I didn't dare look up. Link coughed, said something about being right back, and then got up from his chair.
Finally, Shad cleared his throat to speak, but then Hilda started laughing. Hard.
"Hilda!" I whispered harshly.
Tears of mirth streaked through her blood red irises and she wiped them off with her pointer finger. "That was hilarious!"
"No it wasn't! I completely embarrassed myself!" I replied frantically.
Truth be told, I was laughing too. I mean, it was pretty freaking hilarious. You just have to be able to laugh at yourself sometimes, ya know?
Too bad it totally ruined my chances with Link hot-sicle Smith, though...
He came back a few minutes later, pencil sharpened, and I could see that he was completely uneffected by the whole fiasco. He smiled as usual and sat down.
Even though I'd completely embarrassed myself, at the end of class, while we were getting up to leave, I told him, softly, "I, uh, hope you had a good first class of the day...even if it was math."
He returned my smile with a grin and I blushed. "Thanks, Malon. But with this table group, I think I'll be just fine."
My heart fluttered as we walked to the door together, and I asked, "Do you need help finding your next class?"
He politely declined, "It's okay, I can find it. But thanks for caring."
I smiled and nodded. He gave me a two fingered salute before heading the other way and saying, "See you tomorrow!"
On the way to History, I grabbed my phone and texted my best friend, Saria: Sister, you will never BELIEVE what happened to me today!
About a nanosecond later, she replied, WHAT?!
There's this new kid at school...
AND?!
HE'S LIKE HOT AS HELL!
OMG! WHAT'S HIS NAME?
I'll tell u later! Gotta get to class!
MALLLL JUST TELL MEE! :( :( :(
;)
U CRUEL
:D
A huge grin plastered on my face, I walked into history and sat down next to my seat partner, Medli, who studied me carefully.
"You seem cheerful." she remarked, laughing gently.
I sighed dreamily. "You have no idea..."