I have barely seen a trace of Link since our last training session a month ago. I've scoured the whole damn city to find the green-clad hero, and where do I find him? Telma's bar, a part of the entourage for the Indigo-Go's. I make sure my cowl's pulled up over the bridge of my nose, and I tap him on the shoulder. He turns around and stumbles back a bit in shock.

I smile bitterly behind the cowl. "Hey. Miss me?"

He looks down so his blonde bangs cover his eyes, and he mumbles something too low for me to hear. My brow furrows in confusion, and I ask softly,

"Link? Why aren't you talking to me?"

"Because I can't talk to you," Link finally snaps. "I can't talk to you, I can't be with you, I can't even look at you."

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... And that's how I got here. Out of the warm and dry tavern and running into the pouring rain, blinking back moisture that wasn't from the weather. To think, that I EVER entertained the though of him actually being my friend... or something more. Nayru, I was so dumb!

So STOP CRYING ALREADY!

I make a frustrated noise as I quickly stride through the marketplace, swiping at my teary eyes and thankful for the empty roads. Since it's still raining hard, no one's insane enough to venture outside and catch their death. Except for me. I don't care that I'm the princess of gods-damned Hyrule, I don't care if people see me like this, I don't care that I'm dressed as a Sheikah boy, I shouldn't care about what that fairyboy thinks of me, and I especially don't care about catching the GODDAMN SNIFFLES.

Not at a time like this.

Someone roughly grabs my shoulder and tries to get me to face them with the other. "Zelda! Gods, will you let me explain?!" I glare up at the panicked expression of Link, the Hero of Hyrule, and lightning flashes as I notice the purple bruises under his deep blue, usually warm eyes, that are now looking at me with deep hurt. Well, fuck you, I'm hurt too. "What is it, Hero." I spit- It's not stated as a question, as I try to put all of my emotions into those few words.

I give up on telepathy and punch him in the gut.

He blocks it, and grips my hand tight to prevent another blow from the same hand. I want to scream. So I do. "You can't even be bothered to talk to me anymore, or even look at me, so what caused that to change now? Do you think because you don't need me anymore you can just chuck me over your shoulder like garbage?" As I shout what I've been bottling up for the past month, he looks increasingly more and more tortured. I yank my hand out of his grasp with finality and chuckle without humor. I turn to walk away, and never come back. "If that's truly what you want, then, I guess that's fine by-"

He spins me around again, and this time his eyes are full of an intensity I remember from the old days. I open my mouth to protest, to lash out more, to do something- but before I could, he takes my chin in his gloved hand, roughly pulls down my cowl, and kisses me, full of heat and warmth. After the initial shock of OH MY GOD LINK'S KISSING ME I take my bandaged hands and twine them behind his neck, pulling him closer. I forget about the anger that has poisoned my heart for the past month and get lost in the desperation our kiss reminded me of.

He parts our lips long enough to lead me into a back alley, which I'm pretty sure connects to the tavern's backdoor, and once we're there, I stand there shivering, glancing at him for an explanation.

Damn rain. Wait- we're not in the rain anymore-

He scans the alley, before his eyes settle back onto me again. Link stands in front of me with his left arm braced on the wall behind me, and I can feel the heat radiating off of him as he leans close enough to whisper in my ear, "I need-" a slow kiss on my forehead, "to tell you something-" down my cheek, "but I don't know where to start-" I give up on restraint, and grab his tunic by the front so we're nose to nose. "Maybe not right now."

He smiles softly, and my heart flips as he finally closes the distance and our lips touch again.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?"

We both jump, and snap our heads to the voice. It was one of the Gerudo, with her red hair glowing from the light inside, and she smacks a hand to her head. Her bracelets klink as she makes the duh gesture.

"I've been trying to get your attention all night- you should've told me you were into guys, handsome." Even though it's too dark for her to see my face in detail, I hurriedly pull my cowl up and use my Sheik voice. I raise an eyebrow. "Who's this, Link? A friend of yours?" She holds her hands up, and walks back into the tavern's backdoor, shouting over her shoulder, "Don't let me interrupt." The door slams shut, and she's gone.

I turn back to Link and find him staring at me wide-eyed, as if finally registering what he'd done. I would've made some sort of teasing jibe if his eyes didn't look so haunted. He blinks back tears- he's crying? Why?!- and backs away from me, repeatedly whispering, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He pulls out a Deku nut from his pouch and throws it onto the ground. It briefly illuminates his horrified face before it blinds me with a giant flash of light.

And then he was gone.

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[Heyyy... so I was feelin' kinda nostalgic for the Shadowhunter series and remembered that this scene from City of Fallen Angels and another scene from City of Glass actually made me tear up a bit. (I might do something with the latter scene in another story, maybe not... it involves a LOT of shouting). This was supposed to be a one-shot, but who knows, I might continue it. Sheik is Zelda in this, but I love it when others make Sheik into his/her own person. I just knew I wouldn't do it right, so voila! I didn't know who could replace Isabelle, so I kinda added my own twist to it. Btw, The Mortal Instruments is my favorite book series (you should go check it out if you havent already), and I'm obsessed with the Legend of Zelda (if you couldn't tell).

It's supposed to be after all the storyline stuff in OoT and MM, when Link returns after a few years of fruitless search for Navi. Over the next few weeks Zelda sees him slowly but surely draw into himself, as his nightmares get more and more vivid, and his shadow disappears at random. Link doesn't want to hurt the ones he cares about. So he thought that avoiding them would protect them...

to be continued? Or end on a ominous note? Hmmm...

Eh, sorry for rambling, but anyways, tell me what you think about my little drabble in a review...]