A/N: hey guys! It's me, Vixen, and I'm back. I decided to put all my other stories on hiatus since I've been going through a WRITERS BLOCK. But, now that I'm here, I'd like to say I recently became addicted to the Legend of Zelda (specifically Breath of the Wild), AND IVE BECOME ADDICTED TO THE ZELINK SHIP OOPS. SO, anyway, I wanted to write a story based around it, in the modern AU because why not. I hope you guys like this because I've had this idea for a long time now and I've been kind of developing the story in my head. As always, whining and complaints can be found at the bottom of the page. I'm actually as annoying as a Yiga Clan pretending to be a traveler so let's gooooo...

Chapter I: Introduction

Link definitely was not "popular". He definitely was not the kind of guy that girls were after, much less popular girls, but that didn't stop him from developing a crush on one of the most popular girls, Zelda Bosphoramus. He'd secretly held a crush on her since she'd first spoken to him. Of course, she'd only spoken to him once, when she'd accidentally knocked him over in the hallway. She'd said a quick 'sorry' and been on her way, but Link had never forgotten.

Link stared at her as she walked past, giggling happily at something one of her friends said. He followed her beautiful gaze with his own, hoping she might at least notice him. But, as usual, she didn't. Link sighed sadly as the final bell rang. He began the 15-minute walk to school, alone, as usual. No one who lived near him ever wanted to walk with him, since he never really talked to anyone. He was used to it, of course, but it still hurt sometimes.

"Hi," came a voice from behind him. It was a girl's voice. Zelda's voice. "Can I walk with you?"

"S-sure..." Link wasn't used to talking to girls, especially not ones as popular as Zelda was. He could feel his face burning to the tips of his ears, and he desperately hoped Zelda wouldn't notice.

She smiled. "I'm Zelda, but I guess you probably already knew that."

"Y-yeah," Link said. "I'm... Link. Why are you talking to me though? You're so... popular, and I'm not, and-"

She shrugged. "Who cares?"

Link stared at her in disbelief. "It's just..."

Zelda looked hurt. "What?" she asked, her tone slightly annoyed.

"Nothing. Never mind. I'm glad you're here."

Zelda smiled. "Here's my house. Bye." she waved at Link. Link waved back absentmindedly. He simply couldn't believe that a girl as popular and, well, gorgeous as Zelda would have a conversation with him, outside of his dreams. He walked the remaining five minutes back to his house overcome with joy that maybe, just maybe, he had a chance at even a friendship with this girl.

A/N: sorry this was a short chapter but it's all the information needed for this one, the next one will be on Zelda basically what happened after she decided to walk home with Link. BUT, we know Link's got a crush on Zelda AND IM. SO. EXCITED. BECAUSE ZELINK IS SO CUTEEEE OKAY. But anyway, please review and tell me what you think!- Vixen, the master of disappearing tricks