Pizza Boy
by SWZ
Summary: Zelda meets an adorable boy through a pizza delivery, but is too shy to talk to him. How will she be able to hook up with him, especially when one of her best friends is interested as well?
I own nothing
Chapter two
"Bye Zelda! Bye Ruto! See ya later!" Malon cried as she left the dorm. She was going shopping for a new outfit to wear on her date with Sheik that night, even though it was still pretty early in the morning and she had plenty of time until her date, she wanted to have enough time to pick out the right dress, go to the spa for a facial, a manicure, a pedicure, ect. She also wanted to get a haircut, she was determined to impress him tonight.
As soon as the door closed, Ruto immediately turned to Zelda, a twinkle in her eyes, a twinkle that Zelda knew too well because they've all had it every once in a while and she already knew what she was going to say. "Let's get another pizza for lunch today! But this time instead of getting it delivered, we'll go to the Pizzeria! That way we'll have more time to chat with Mr. Hottie!" Ruto sighed as she said the last part, a dreamy smile on her face that made Zelda snicker.
Zelda nodded her head along anyways, "I was thinking the same, good idea" After a couple of hours, that the girls spent trying to do their homework for college, which didn't really work since every once in a while, they'd stop to talk about the Pizza Boy.
"Eee! I'm so excited!" Ruto squealed, throwing aricles of clothing all over the dorm room, trying to find something to wear when they finally decided it was time. Zelda smiled at her friend as she went to change too, she was excited to see him again, but didn't show it was openly as Ruto did. Zelda really wanted to know what the mystery pizza boy's name was, she'd spent a great amount of time last night just brainstorming names for him, and now, she'd finally get her answer.
Zelda came out of her room wearing a white tank top with a mini denim-jacket over it, tight blue jeans, and paired it with her white flip-flops. She decided against any make-up other than her favorite strawberry lipgloss. She was putting on her flip-flops when Ruto strutted out of her room and gave a little twirl, "So, how do I look Zellie?"
Ruto was dressed in a black halter top that exposed her belly button, a tight blue mini-skirt and three-inch high, navy colored stilettos. "Um... Good" Zelda replied flatly, of course Ruto would wear something provocative whenever she wanted to attract a boy. Not to mention her bright red lipstick and blue eye shadow that highlighted her eyes. Why would she be looking for a boyfriend anyways? Zelda wondered as she looked at her friend blankly.
"Let's go then!" Ruto exclaimed, successfully breaking Zelda's thoughts, as she snatched her plaid blue and black purse and ran out the door. Zelda sighed as she followed, closing the door and walking over to where Ruto was impatiently waiting.
Ruto hopped out of the car as soon as Zelda was at a parking spot. Zelda laughed at Ruto's eagerness as she put the car into park and stepped out, running to catch up to Ruto. As the two walked in, Zelda started to blush, "What's the matter with you? You haven't even seen him yet and your already blushing!" Ruto scolded, scanning the room for him.
What if he remembers me? He'll remember that I was the dummy who couldn't use proper English" Zelda thought sadly. She could imagine him doubled over with laughter, making fun of her for acting so stupidly before. A loud gasp brought her out of her thoughts.
"There he is! At the cash register!" Ruto whisper-shouted. Zelda's heart leapt in anticipation as she turned in the direction Ruto was gawking at. And there he was, as glorious as ever, though he looked bored, probably because it was still a little too early for anyone to get pizza. Ruto dragged Zelda over to the counter just as he looked up.
"Welcome to Triforce Pizz-" he stopped and smiled, "Hey, you two look familiar, have I delivered to you guys recently?" Zelda bit her bottom lip nervously, I knew he'd remember! Great now he'll think I'm nothing more than a fat pizza hog! she internally cringed at the thought.
"Why yes actually, you have" Ruto said with a flirtatious smile that angered Zelda very much. Why does she always have to be like this? No matter where we are or what we do, she's always freaking flirting! she seethed silently.
"I thought so" he smiled at her. And he's flirting back! Zelda wanted to cry out in disappointment.
"So what's your name? I'm Ruto" she said, extending her hand out towards him, which he took and shook.
"Link" Zelda couldn't take it anymore, this wasn't fair. Forcing a smile on her face she introduced herself since Ruto clearly wasn't going to.
"I'm Zelda" For the first time since she came in, his smile was aimed at her, making her knee's weak.
"Nice to meet you" just then, a customer came in, snapping him back to where he was. "So what can I get you?" he asked Ruto.
"Uh, just a sec. We're still deciding" Ruto shrugged. Link nodded his head before turning to the lady that just walked in. While he was busy taking her order, Ruto turned to Zelda.
"So far so good, now all we have to do is ask to hang out with him" she whispered, standing excitedly next to Zelda who wasn't as excited to be here anymore. "So...Link" she called once he was done, emphasizing his name seductively, "We should hang out sometime. What are you doing tomorrow?"
Link smiled, "Nothing really. I don't have work tomorrow, do you want to go out for ice cream or something?"
Ruto giggled, "Trying to make me fat? Just kidding, I'd love to! Here's my number..." she waited while Link took out a small notebook before continuing. Zelda stood there dumbfounded as she watched what was happening, it was as if she was suddenly invisible to everyone. She felt tears prick her eyes as pain stabbed at her, she was more than a little hurt at her friend's and Link's behavior.
I shouldn't have come, she thought, It doesn't seem like Ruto needs any help anyways. She tried hard to keep the tears from running down, but suddenly they fell and she couldn't take being in the room anymore, all she wanted to do was hide in her room for the rest of her life. Not wanting them to see that she was crying, she quickly ran out the door, though she doubted they noticed anything.
Little did she know that someone had noticed, Link's Co-Worker and friend, Shad, had seen what had happened and felt bad for her, a little angry at the two that ignored her as well, so he followed after her. Though Link didn't see Zelda run out exactly, he saw Shad run out. Outside, Zelda was sitting down on the side of the road, her head down while tears silently ran down her face. She felt stupid, hurt, and angry as everything that had just happened replayed in her head.
A throat cleared, making her look up to see who it was. "Uh hi" he said awkwardly standing above her, "Um, mind if I sit down?" Zelda shook her head, confused about why he was out here and who he was. "I'm Shad" he introduced, extending his hand.
"Zelda" she said, clearing her voice before taking his hand.
"So, I uh, saw what happened back there" he started, rubbing his head, "Are you Okay?" the question was a simple one, but it brought Zelda to tears, was she Okay? No, not really.
She surprised herself and him when she flung herself in his arms, her tears soaking his shirt. After getting over the initial shock, he slowly wrapped his arms around her. He held her there for a couple minutes until her sobs turned into sniffles, "Sorry about that" she said, embarrassed.
"It's Okay. Do you feel better now?" he asked, looking at her concerned.
"Yeah, a little" she looked at him sheepishly, "Thank you, really, you didn't have to do that" she said quietly, looking back at the street.
"Hey, it's Okay. My girlfriend would kill me if I didn't help" he laughed. Zelda smiled at him and they started talking about Shad and his girlfriend. She learned that her name was Ashei, and they've been together for three years, they met in college a year ago, she was a little hard on people, and that they're anniversary was in a couple of weeks, the only problem was that he didn't know what to do for her.
Zelda offered to help and they planned to meet up tomorrow at the park that was a couple of minutes away from Triforce Pizzeria since he didn't have to work tomorrow. They exchanged numbers just as Ruto came out from the Pizzeria, they said good-bye and Ruto and Zelda walked over to the car as he walked back into the Pizzeria.
"So... Who was he?" Ruto asked, buckling her seat belt. She looked at Zelda expectantly, "Oh yeah, I'm sorry Zellie, but it looks like Link is more interested in me, don't take it personally but I'd appreciate if you didn't come. You understand right?"
Zelda's eyes flashed angrily but didn't let her see how hurt she was by her statement, "Sure... I understand perfectly" Zelda replied sarcastically, but Ruto was already in a different world, and didn't hear any of it. They remained silent for the rest of the ride.
"Where'd you go off to?" Link asked when Shad walked in. Shad looked at him with one eyebrow raised.
"You noticed I left?" he asked a little surprise.
Link laughed, "Of course I did man, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't?"
Shad looked at him for a minute before answering, "Just like the girl you just asked out" he replied simply turning back to his task. Link stared at him confused.
"What are you talking about..."
Shad turned to him a little angrily, "That's exactly what I mean, you both neglected Zelda and didn't even bat an eyelash when she ran out" Shad left him to think about that as he went to the back of the room.
When they arrived home Malon wasn't there so Zelda decided to go back into her room to think. She sat there miserably for a couple minutes just thinking about things. She was exhausted and didn't want to cry anymore but she couldn't help it, she really liked him, but maybe he did like Ruto more.
Maybe she should just be happy for Ruto. But something told her that Ruto wasn't really Link's type, he was calm, polite and a little shy... Like me.. Before she could think about it anymore, her phone buzzed indicating a text. She was confused when a random number popped up, curious, she read the text.
UNKNOWN NUMBER: Zelda? R U there?
Who was this person and why were they looking for her? She wondered.
Zelda: Who is this?
UNKNOWN NUMBER: It's Link
Zelda stared at the screen in disbelief, this had to be a trick, there's no way he'd text her. How'd he get her number anyways? She must have stared at the screen for too long because he sent another message.
Link: U still there?
Zelda: Ya, how did you get my number?
Link: Oh, Shad gave it to me.
Zelda: Y?
Link: I wanted to apologize for ignoring U
Zelda: It's OK
Link: No, it's not. I gtg, but I'll C U tomorrow.
Zelda: No, U won't.
Link: Y not?
Zelda: Ruto.
And with that, she shut her phone off and climbed into bed, more confused than ever.
After a restless night, Zelda finally decided to crawl out of bed, thankfully Malon was there and Ruto was no where to be seen. "Looks like Sleeping Beauty finally woke up" Malon chuckled, "Though you might wanna get some of that beauty back" Zelda stuck her tongue out at her, looking around.
"Very funny. Where's Ruto?"
Malon shrugged, looking a little annoyed, "Don't know, she was up early, making all kinds of noise this morning, I came out to tell her off and she was already out the door"
Now it was Zelda's turn to laugh, "So, how was the date last night?"
This question triggered a completely different mood in Malon. She suddenly smiled and her eyes lit up. "It was great! Want to hear about it?" Zelda nodded, knowing Malon would tell her anyway."Well, it started off with me bumping into Sheik at the mall while I was shopping before the date. I was so nervous because I didn't want him to think I was desperate. But it all worked out in the end because we decided to spend the day at the mall, and go to dinner later, so it was like two dates in one. He said I looked great in what I was wearing already, and that I didn't need to buy anything special just to go out with him. It was like he read my mind! So I decided not to buy anything after all, then we went to a really nice restaurant and it turns out we have so much in common, then on the way home..."
Zelda wasn't paying very much attention to Malon's story, that and the fact that she was talking really fast, though she nodded every now and then as Malon talked. She sighed, Two of my friends have gone on a date this weekend... When's it going to be my turn? she thought sadly, tears welling up for the umpteenth time.
"And it was just perfect! We've planned another date at the park next weekend. I can't wait, it's going to be so... Zellie what's wrong?" Zelda's eyes were red and a little puffy, it looked like she'd been crying and she might start again.
"It's not fair! It's just not fair..." Zelda cried, tears falling down as she tried to think of a way to tell her.
"Just tell me" Malon said, sitting down across from her, taking Zelda's hand in hers.
"Ruto is off on a date with the boy from the other night!" Zelda then went on to tell Malon all about the plans they had made to go down to the Pizzeria, how they started talking to him, and how his name was Link. She went on to explain that Ruto was flirting with him, and that he seemed to like her better, but at the same time, they seemed like completely different people. "And she knew I liked him! Why did she go in and steal the chance from me like that?" Zelda sniffled.
"It seems to me that Ruto was afraid that you would go out with him, so that's why she decided to steal the chance." Malon said after patiently listening to Zelda's story.
"But why wouldn't she want me to go out with him?" Zelda asked confused.
"Because... well you and I both know that Ruto likes to be with the best-looking guys, so maybe she knew she'd be jealous if you went out with... Link was it?" Zelda nodded her head as she listened intently to her answer, "He's definitely in the good-looking category, Ruto probably wanted to show him off. Think of it this way, she's like a little kid with a new toy. She likes to show it off to all the other kids so they get jealous, but as soon as she gets bored with it, it doesn't matter to her what the other kids think. At that point, she tosses the toy out and finds a new one."
Zelda wiped her eyes, understanding what Malon was saying "So you think that Ruto is going out with him just to make everyone around her jealous?"
"Possibly."
"But why won't she let me go out with him instead? It'll last longer, we both know that Ruto doesn't do relationships"
Malon nodded, "That's exactly right. She doesn't do long relationships, so she'd get jealous if you did. I say you should just wait until after this date, then go in and take Link back. He'll realize that you'd be more committed than Ruto is."
"I guess that sounds like a good idea." Zelda said smiling, "Thanks Mal! I feel a lot better now. I'll talk to Ruto when she gets home, find out how the date went, then I'll try to figure out a way to show Link that I'd be a better girlfriend than Ruto" Suddenly, Zelda couldn't wait until Ruto got home. She actually wanted her to go on the date.
End Chapter
End Notes: A big thank you to Total Romance Fan for being my beta. This resurrected Zelda story is only the first more will be coming in 2015. So please R&R
