Return

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

Of course, the three girls were in the kitchen. Romani was preparing most of the dinner while Antje was chopping the vegetable and meat and Caryn was getting the drinks ready. The sixteen-year-old smiled slightly but her eyes showed worry.

"Ma," she placed her hand over her mom's. "Please just go and rest, Caryn and I will take care of everything!" Caryn looked at her weird while Antje just kept her face bright. Romani looked at them with question in her eyes but said nothing. Who would pass up a free break? But Romani didn't trust Antje with the stove. Once she did, and she almost burnt the house down, within two minutes.

"If you promise me you won't burn down the house again," Romani said with uncertainty. It was just in her nature to be like that, the motherly type as Link would always say.

"You'll grow up to be a great mother one day, you know that Romani?" Said girl blushed at the question. She nodded and smiled, "You be the one with me, right?" The blonde boy nodded his head, his face mirroring Romani's.

Romani was broken out of her daydream when she felt a hand on her shoulder and a soft smile from her older daughter. "Of course I won't. Plus, I'm sure the person wouldn't mind a simply cooked meal. He is quite old-school after all, and not that important to the people of Termina." Of course, Romani knew that she was lying. They wouldn't be in fancy clothing if the person was not important, but it was nice to know that her own daughter didn't want her to worry. Luckily, Antje thought, Ma doesn't know who is coming.

Romani walked to the living room, but not before looking back at her children to make sure they were okay. Though, Romani felt guilty for leaving her daughters to do the dirty work, she did need the rest. She laid her small body against the couch and tried to fall asleep. She couldn't even try. All of her dreams were filled with either Link and her laughing and imagining what could have been or her sister's death. The two things that she had never wanted to think about.

She could fall asleep after two minutes of thinking though.

Antje looked at her mother's peaceful sleeping face. She almost looked like an angel, an angel that didn't want to be touched. Antje had always wondered what it would have been like to meet her father, after sixteen years. She finally does get the chance.

-FlashBack-

"It's a big favour your asking here, little girl," Kafei said. He ruffled Antje's hair, hoping to mess it up. Antje sighed and closed her eyes, trying to produce tears to convince the president.

"I know that. I know what I'm asking is a little risky, maybe even a lot, but is it that wrong to see my father?" Wise words from a wise girl, Kafei thought. He sighed and even though he was opposed to the idea, he granted her permission and called her father. Antje stayed and hear what he was saying and smiled softly.

After a while, Kafei ended the call and hugged Antje, "He's coming in two days. Get ready by then, okay?" He released her from the hug, "Also, please don't tell you mother. I'll tell her, soon." Antje nodded and wiped away her tears with the sleeve of her shirt. "Thank you, uncle Kafei."

-FlashBackEnd-

Antje looked down at the floor, almost whispering to herself how grateful she is to Kafei. She told her little sister to get the dinning table ready while she went to her room to get something.

She ran up the stairs to her room. She got in and clenched her jaw, her hands touching every bit of space on her study table. Finally, she laid her head on the table and sighed, something she had been doing a lot since she thought of the idea. She let her hand go underneath the wooden table and onto a piece of plastic. Antje ripped it out and stared at it. It was a picture of her mother and father, although it wasn't clear how her father looked like, she could guess.

Her sharp ears heard the doorbell ring, something she was glad for. She went downstairs after putting the picture back on her desk. After reaching the couch, she shook her mother awake and smiled. Hopefully, everything goes well in the end.

Antje went and unlocked the door. Color Romani surprised when she saw who it was. Antje hugged the man while all the man said was, "Wow, my story must have been really popular, huh?" He hugged Antje back with all his might, not even noticing that the girl was like the female version of him.

"Welcome back, Link." Romani's voice broke Link out of his happiness. Antje stood next to him and looked happy while Caryn stood in the middle, preparing to stop anything bad that could possible happen.

"Hello, Romani."

A/N: So this is the second chapter of Return! I hope you all like it even though it's not as long as the last chapter! -sigh- I'm a very bad author.

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ME: Yes, Antje and Caryn are Romani's daughters. And I can't reveal that so quickly, otherwise there would be no build-up. No build-up = no viewers, no viewers= a big punch and kick to my self-esteem. So, all I can say is maybe. Who knows, I might change the plot later to say Romani was raped. Nobody knows. Anyways, thanks for the lovely review~

~Snowy