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Link's Dating Training

Prologue

"Come on Link! You can't stay holed up in your house your whole life!"

The young, blonde man sighed deeply as he was pulled by no less than two pairs of hands through the door way of his room. His friends had invited themselves in with the usual talk of how Link didn't go out enough and was in their eyes antisocial, which wasn't exactly too far from the truth – Link had never been the overly social kind of person. He had always preferred to hang out with small groups of his closest friends, perhaps staying over at a friend's house and watch a movie or play a videogame. Once or twice he would go to be pub with his friends, sure, but that was the extent of it. But it definitely wasn't the complete picture of what this was really about.

"You have to get out there and be social – meet someone! Date, you know!" Saria, the shorter and more energetic of the duo of friends exclaimed with a light grin. "Otherwise you'll end up living alone and isolated!"

Link couldn't help but to groan. His friends only meant well, he knew that. But it was a lot more of hassle than help in his opinion due to the preparations he suspected they would have him go through, if their pulling was of any indication.

"And why is that of your concern…?" Link said dryly. Zelda, his other friend simply giggled at his side while Saria looked back with her small grin.

"Because we're your friends silly! Can't have you being single and alone as time goes by – you need to get out there and start living!"

"It'll be good for you Link." Zelda added. She patted Link on the shoulder. "You spend too much time indoors, even with your work. We just want to see you happy."

Link had to agree to a certain extent on that. He did spend more time indoors both at home and at work since it was at a game store where he either stood in the checkout or handled boxes in the storage room for hours on end. He liked it there, but it didn't give him much time to spend outdoors except when he got there and walked back home. It was within walking distance too to boot.

Seemingly defeated, Link ultimately gave in to his friends' reasoning, sighing to himself. "Fine, I give in… So what now?"

"Now, we're going to have you freshen up." Zelda replied. "You need to look your sharpest for tonight!"

Link arched an eyebrow. "Tonight…? What happens tonight?"

"We're going to have you engage in a date with a lucky woman!" Saria's giggle was nearly uncontrollable at that point. "Or to be more precise, you'll be taking out a lucky girl out to this pleasant little restaurant called The Stockpot. I've heard it's a nice place!"

Link simply remained quiet. Saria had already started talking to Zelda about what to do with him, and any complains would fall on deaf ears. All he could do was to go with the flow and hope for the best. Maybe if he went to this one date they would get off his back about this business – unless the girl in question could sway him.

Still, Link would be lying if he said he was interested in this idea of theirs. He had preferred to go on with his usual routines of the day and kick back and relax on his one free day.

Instead, he had to watch his friends clear out his wardrobe and pick clothes that they felt was appropriate for him to wear. This did not bode well with him, but for their sake, he would give this date a chance.

Short as it was, the following chapters will definitely be longer ^^