Chapter Two: I Find It Kind Of Funny, I Find It Kind Of Sad
"W- what?" Link stuttered even though he had clearly heard Zelda's words. The girl fluttered her dark brown eyelashes as an embarrassed, scarlet hue rose to her cheeks. She lightly bit her bottom lip, but never took her eyes off Link.
What is wrong with you? Link thought to himself. You've loved this girl since you still had your baby teeth and now she begs you to kiss her and you choke? No! You've got to do this!
Link stared at the girl with an unsure look in his eyes. Slowly, he lifted his hands to her face. His fingertips fluttered on her smooth skin like butterfly wings. He traced her defined cheekbones with his thumbs. Cradling her face like it were a fragile porcelain relic, he drew her a small bit nearer to him then leaned in closer to her. As his heartbeat quickened, he closed his eyes and turned his head to the right. Their lips softly met and nothing else mattered. All that mattered to the two teenagers was the glorious contact. Link's rugged, yet succulent lips moved in precious unison with Zelda's supple, pink mouth. They both gently pulled away allowing the special moment to end. It had only been seven seconds, but it had felt like a lifetime.
Link instinctively jammed his hands into his pockets and took his gaze to ground as he noticed the whole town staring at them. Some adults stood with their mouths wide open while others grinned and whispered to them spouses. Most of the Knight Academy students were snickering, but two were not. Groose looked angered and kept his eyes on Link and Karane clasped her hands by her cheek and sighed at the sheer romance of it all. Finally, Zelda piped up breaking the strange atmosphere.
"I'm really tired", she was talking to Link, but purposely speaking loud enough for all to hear. "I'm gonna go see Father then go up to my room." She forced a small smile even though she felt awful on the inside.
Link managed a small nod as Zelda headed back toward the pale brick building she called home. Link looked for a second and saw the crowd returning to their places of work and daily duties. Cawlin, Strich, Groose, Fledge, Karane , and Pipit, however, had all disappeared. The fiasco had paved the way for the students to cut class. Eagus, who had left what seemed like a long time ago, came out of the building.
"Link", he wailed "where has everyone gone?"
"I don't know, sir", Link replied, finding his voice for the first time since he'd kissed his best friend.
"Alright. Guess it's just you and me today. Let's see that Skyward Spin Attack."
Link drew his sword still unable to forget or understand what had happened just a few moments before.
Inside the Academy, Zelda had just climbed up the stairs. A million emotions swirled inside of her head. She had felt for Link as more that a friend for nearly ten years now. Why was she so confused? The kiss had been great. Phenomenal, actually. She just didn't like how long it took Link to actually do it. The animosity between him and Groose had always made her think that Link liked her back. She wasn't so sure anymore. It had been her first kiss and perhaps Link's as well. She had expected him to jump at the chance, but he had not. Maybe she'd just humiliated both herself and her best friend in front of the whole island in hopes of sparking a romance that was never meant to be. She pushed all of her thoughts aside and decided to do something to get the past hour's events off her mind. She loped forward and knocked on the Headmaster's door.
"You may enter", rumbled the deep voice coming from the other side.
Zelda pushed on the heavy door with intricate woodwork. Behind the large desk in the room stood the amazon tall, white haired man.
"My child!" he exclaimed and emerged from behind the desk. He lifted Zelda into the air and held her tightly in his arms. Cradling her like a baby, he kissed her on the forehead. "What has made you return?"
"I missed everyone, Father. It was lonely in Hyrule after Link left", Seeing her dad's look of disdain, she added "I didn't blame him, though. I've decided to come back to Skyloft and finish my schooling."
Gaepora placed his daughter in a chair. "I couldn't be more delighted to have you back. I haven't seen you in months. We've got a lot of catching up to do…" He shut the dark oak door.
"Yes we do!" Zelda gave her dad a half-hearted, yet toothy grin and launched into a story about Impa while still trying to get the celestial, yet dreadful kiss out of her head.
This chapter's title comes from the song Mad World by Tears for Fears.
I just wanted to give a shoutout to ShiverInTheLight, golddragonriderkira, and LeilaEditer: the first three people to comment on my story!
Comment or PM me with any questions or suggestions. Chapter Three is already written and should be out in a few hours :)
