Return

She never expected him to return. Epically to see her children.

She could stare out the window all she wanted, but that would change nothing but the time. Being an adult now, she knew what loneliness was. Though, never had she felt the isolation from Termina.

Romani had always wanted the boy in green to go back to her. She was 21 and lonely. Without her Grasshopper to accompany her, she could not feel any joy. Her sister had died of an accident. And she was only 30.

Romani had a feeling that once the ranch closed down, she would be out, she would join her sister in peace. Of course, she did not wish for that to happen. She did not wish for her to live a short life. But what could a person do when their source of happiness is gone?

"Mummy! Could you help me?" She turned towards her little 16 year old daughter. The little girl was trying to catch a cucook that fled. Romani could feel her thin lips curve into a slight smile and a soft laugh escaped her throat when her daughter fell into the mud.

"Antje, I'm coming!" she ran towards her daughter. She held her hand towards her daughter and smiled. What she didn't know was that she was being pulled into the mud while the little girl got out.

"Hey!" Romani shouted. She stared at her daughter for a moment, realizing how much she looked like her father.

Her bright blond hair was covered in mud but still shone. Her baby blue eyes were not dull but not too bright, the perfect combination. She had pale skin despite being in the sun so long to do farm work.

The only thing different was her clothing. Instead of the green tunic Link always wore, Antje's clothes were much more 'fancy' in a way. She had on a green qi-pao, something that a person by the name 'Green'. The qi-pao itself was a masterpiece. It was forest green and on the bottom had faint golden markings. She only wore it when a special occasion came up. If Romani remembered correctly, it was no special occasion today.

"Antje, why are you wearing that?" Romani had a genuine curiosity in her voice. Her daughter smiled brightly and said, "Cause today, a man will be coming here!"

Romani tilted her head sideways to show her confusion. She was never informed that a person was going to their ranch. If she had, Romani would have prepared herself, Antje and her other daughter, Caryn, all made up and stuff. Of course, knowing this very late resulted in her rushing and worrying. It was true luck that Antje had the brains to wear the qi-pao today. Even though it was a little muddy at the top and at the ends.

"Why wasn't I told?" Romani asked in a mono voice. She hid her anger behind her eyes.

"I thought Kafei had already told you. He said he had," Antje said oh-so-innocently. Romani knew the second meaning behind it, "I didn't want to tell you because you would not accept it even though it's already done." Antje was a smart kid and Romani couldn't deny that even though she wished she could.

"When is he coming?" the woman could only sigh. She could at least get Caryn ready, hopefully in time.

"In," Antje checked her watched. "30 minutes?"

Romani's face paled when she heard that. In that short span of time, she could probably only get half of Caryn done. "Caryn's already made up if you're wondering. I had time in the morning to do that." Romani silently thanked the gods for those two sentences and ran up stairs.

"Make yourself extra beautiful mommy!"

Romani didn't know the meaning of that sentence but she didn't care. She listened to her daughter just so she didn't disappoint the younger girl.

After thirty minutes of getting dressed and making sure her hair was in place, she came down looking gorgeous.

She wore a short beige sundress that hugged her curves. Her nails were painted a light cool toned taupe. The red locks on her head that were always tied up into a low ponytail were now let loose.

Her face was not caked on with make-up like some girls, but still had subtle hints of cosmetics. Her cheeks were pretty much glowing with the light pink tint on them. Her lips looked painted on with her smile and the beige baby pink lipstick and clear gloss. Her eyes looked wider with the black liquid liner and white eye-shadow.

She walked down the wooden stairs with caution as the pink ballerina flats were important to her. It was the last gift her sister gave her. She stepped out of the house to show her daughters how she looked.

The sixteen-year-old Antje smiled and clapped her hands while the eleven-year-old Caryn grinned with her dark blue eyes shinning with the sun.

Antje checked her watch her again and saw the time. "10 more minutes mom. Let's get ready the dinner?"

Romani simply nodded while following her daughters inside the house while looking back occasionally.

-End Of Chapter 1-

A/N: My first LoZ story. I guess I just really like Romani to be making this story. Um.. LinkxRomani in case you didn't know. Antje and Caryn are my OCs. Um.. I will post a picture of those two on my dA soon enough. So yeah, bye~

~Snwoy