"Mm, this is delicious tea," said Midna. She lowered her steaming cup with a smile. "I don't even like tea usually, Fi, but this may just convert me."
Fi nodded her head. She sat beside Midna and Zelda on a cool Saturday afternoon on the back patio of Fi's house. In her human form, Fi's sky blue hair waved in the breeze. "I learned the recipe from Ghirahim. He enjoys the beverage and so I decided to give it a try. … It too convinced me to have tea more often."
"Where is he, anyway?" asked Midna. "I'm surprised he could detach from you for this long."
Fi sighed. "You promised."
"I know, I know," said the Twilight Princess with a returned sigh. She sipped her tea. "You didn't answer my question, though."
"He only told me that he had to run an errand with Zant and that he would be back shortly."
Midna rolled her eyes, catching Zelda hiding a smile behind her teacup. "Hey! You know something!"
"I only have theories," said Zelda. "Conjectures, really."
"Spill, Z."
"Hm, you know how I detest that nickname."
Fi raised the flap of her sleeve. "Please, no arguing in my home. Or on the back porch of it, Midna."
"Bleh."
"I am interested in hearing your theories, Your Grace," said Fi.
Zelda gave her a polite glare as only a woman of her wisdom could. "You know how I detest being called that as well, Fi."
"Eee hee hee! What don't you detest, Princess?"
"We are getting off topic," said Zelda with a decadent sip of her tea. "Fi, you and Ghirahim attended the festival last night along with the rest of us. What sort of activities did you two partake in?" She slapped Midna's index finger away from the handle of her tea cup. "Other than that."
Fi leaned back in her chair. "Ghirahim won a stuffed animal for me in the test-your-might contest-"
"By breaking it," grumbled Midna.
"Ahem. Then we took a walk near the fountain, he bought me a cotton candy that I could not hold, we went on the Ferris wheel, we kissed as the fireworks went off-"
"Something else went off, I bet."
"Midna, please."
"Ahem. We tried some of Darunia's rock souffle, we danced at the Romani Rodeo, we took a pictograph, I pleasured him behind the Bomb-Bomb-Dodongos-"
Midna spit her tea out and pounded her chest to stop the coughing. "What?! EW, I was kidding, Fi!"
Fi sipped her beverage with a small smile. "That was a joke. Anyway, we rode the King of Red Lions boat ride, and then we went home."
"I see," said Zelda. "Perhaps he is retrieving the pictograph you took last night. It takes a day to develop, after all."
Midna snorted. "Why would he take Zant with him, then? It's just one picto-"
Beside her, Ghirahim exploded into existence with a burst of diamonds. "Bluebird, you're home!" He took a deep breath through the nose. "And you made my special tea!"
"Hello, Ghirahim," said Fi. She gave him a hug and a kiss (despite Midna's groan of disapproval). "Did you complete your errand?"
Beaming, Ghirahim covered her eyes and led her inside the house with Midna and Zelda following behind. "I did, Bluebird, and you're going to adore it. Oops! Mind the coffee table."
"What is the purpose of covering my eyes?" asked Fi. "We have pictures all around the house, Ghirahim. A pictograph will not surprise...," he lifted his hands, "me..."
There, with Zant holding it up, was a black and white pictograph of Fi and Ghirahim. It was nearly as tall as Fi herself. She was holding the stuffed penguin that Ghirahim won at the festival with him holding her securely in his arms. He had told her to smile at the pictobox, and she managed a small one, but Ghirahim...
Ghirahim was smiling at her. His eyes, grayed by the black and white filter, were on Fi and only Fi. They had taken many pictures, to be sure, but those pictures were taken in the spur of the moment with little planning or preparation. The smiles and laughs were heartfelt and loving, but in this pictograph... Ghirahim looked genuinely happy, and Fi looked happy as well.
And that made Fi happy now. She turned around and gave Ghirahim a kiss on the lips. "I love you."
"I love you too, Bluebird."
"Aaand we'll call it there for the day," said Midna.
This was done for GhiraFi week over on Z-Raid's tumblr. Her art is amazing, you should check it out! You may even see some commissions of The End of All Things...
