Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Summary: After talking for hours, Link and Ilia notice that the sun is setting, and soon begin enjoying it, but it also saddens Ilia, as it reminds her of happy stories her mother used to tell her. Soon she mentions a place over the rainbow...a perfect place...
Link and Ilia had been laughing and talking for some time, and soon the sun was setting into the trees. Only now did the pair notice how late it had gotten as they stare upward at the bright and beautiful shades of orange and pink.
Ilia smiles and lets out a sad sigh, "It's so lovely." Link nods, watching her in silence. After a moment she turns to meet his gaze, "It makes me sad, though."
He stares into her emerald green eyes with his sparkling blue ones, "Why?"
Ilia looks down, breaking the eye contact, "It...reminds me of stories my mother used to tell me. She used to tell stories about perfect places... I know the world isn't like that, but I still remember how wonderful the stories were."
Link turns his eyes to the sky, imagining what the stories were like. He had heard a few stories from Uli and Rusl...but both of them had stopped telling him stories a long time ago.
He smiles now, noticing a rainbow just above the spring in front of them. He nudges Ilia, "Look," he says before pointing towards the pretty curved line of colors.
"A rainbow..." Ilia murmurs, smiling, "My mother once told a story of a place above rainbows. It was so lovely...it was every child's dream."
Link looks to Ilia wearily. She's been thinking about her mother a lot lately. She must miss her.
"Ilia, that sounds great... This is also great, though. Here friends surround you, you're in a familiar place, you may not have everything you want, but there's enough to keep you happy."
Ilia nods, smiling, "I'm content here. Next to my best friend, watching the sun set."
Link reaches over to grab her hand before entwining their fingers, "Someone else can have that place somewhere over the rainbow. We'll stay here, somewhere under the rainbow."
Ilia smiles brightly at that, a warm feeling in her heart and a shine in her eyes.
They both stay right there, staring at all the beauty around them: orange, pink and red colors mixing overhead, the rainbow, and each other.
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