DB: Hey, you guys! Guess what? I'M TAKING OVER!
BC: Nah, don't tease them like that, Daisy.
DB: Awww, party pooper! *Pouts*
Mal: Can we just get started already?! I'm so ready for the next chapter!
Sheik: Uuuuggh… *Facepalms*
Mal: *Smacks Sheik upside the head* Oh, shut your face off already with your bellyaching!
DB: But he's so cute when he's fussy!
Sheik: Beautiful Creation and Daisy Bokoblin do not own us. *Rubs head* You hit harder than needed, Malon…
Mal: Oh, really? Would ya rather I stabbed you with a fork then?
Me: Hey, that's my line!
DB: NO STABBING SHEIK WITH A FORK! He's too precious to damage!
Laughter filled the dining room as the gang told story after story, each one telling of some event or other that had taken place earlier that year.
"Wait, what!?" Malon gasped, nearly inhaling her drink.
Link nodded as he pointed his thumb towards Zelda, "I told you she's secretly an evil genius, didn't I?"
His girlfriend covered her mouth to stifle her giggling. "He had it coming to him! He shouldn't have called me 'Princess of Deceiving Appearances.'"
"Ohmigosh, Zelda," Malon burst out laughing all over again. "I can't believe you actually put pink hair dye in Sheik's shampoo!"
"Like I said, he had it coming to him."
"Hold up a second!" Navi frowned before leaning over the large wooden table. "You can torture Sheik, but I can't? That's not fair at all!"
"It is too."
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yes, it is."
"No way!"
"Hey, guys?" Malon interrupted. "Speaking of Sheik, where is that boy?"
Link shrugged while he poured more gravy over his mashed potatoes. "He's probably outside. Sheik's not much of a 'Family Dinner' person," Link made quotation marks with his finger before stuffing a slice of ham into his mouth. "I dun really know why, but Sheik'sh justh alwayth been a loner." Zelda cringed as Link talked with his mouth full, the sight making her gag slightly.
Malon's eyebrows furrowed together in uncertainty at Link's description of said Sheikah. 'A loner? Why would he like being alone?'
Link seemed to catch onto her confusion, for he smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry about it, Malon. Sheik has been like this for a long time, it's nothing new."
Malon nodded, yet her eyes were glued to the front door.
"Hey," Zelda placed her hand on Malon's arm. "We'll clean up dinner, alright?"
With a smile, the redhead pushed her chair back and walked out of the dining room.
Navi crossed her arms after hearing the door shut and huffed, "I don't want to clean though!"
"Come on, Navi! I saw how Malon looked at Sheik today… She might be good for him."
"But I still don't want to-" Navi's dark blue eyes bulged. "Wait, what?! Y-You mean Malon actually likes Sheik? Like, like likes him!?"
"Mmhm!" Zelda hummed, a grin on her face and a twinkle in her eye.
Link rolled his eyes, "Don't even start."
"Whatever do you mean, my dear?" Zelda shrugged with a chuckle.
"You know what I mean! Don't start pushing them together, Miss Match-Maker. That goes for you too, Navi."
"Oh, you're no fun, Link."
"... Wait a second, this could be another way to tease him!"
"Navi!"
Walking out across the wooden porch, Malon glanced around as she hoped to find a blonde Sheikah under the moonlight. "Sheik? Are you out here?" She called, taking one small porch step at a time and stepping onto the gravel. The stones crunched underneath her feet as she called out again, "Sheik!"
"If I ask what it is you want, will you leave me alone?"
Malon gasped and spun on her heel at the sudden voice behind her, staring up into red eyes. "Don't ya know sneakin' up on people is considered rude?" She said.
Sheik raised a blonde brow.
"I do not 'sneak up' on people," He stated. "Perhaps your hearing is just not as sharp as it should be."
"You nearly gave me a goshdarn heart-attack!"
"... Did you just say 'goshdarn?'"
"What, you city slickers never heard of that word before?" Malon scrunched her face up in annoyance, and became even more annoyed when she heard the Sheikah chuckle at her. "That expression does nothing to enhance your beauty, farm girl," He said, smirking slightly as he thought of what kind of sassy remark she'd give him.
Just then, Malon's entire demeanor changed. She fluttered her long eyelashes that framed her innocent blue eyes and had a bright smile that could put the sun to shame.
"What is with you, woman?" The young man questioned, taking a small step backwards. "You're angry one moment, and grinning like an idiot the next. Are you bipolar?"
"Oh no, I just realized that the famous stone-cold Sheikah thinks I'm pretty is all."
Sheik rolled his eyes, his mind not fully processing what had been said to him. "I'm famous for being stonecold? Well, that's not at all surpris-" He froze in realization once the cowgirl's words sunk in.
"So you don't deny you think I'm pretty!"
"I never said that."
"You did too!"
"You are putting words in my mouth."
"Your exact words were, and I quote… 'That expressions does nothing to enhance your bea-'"
"I know what I said!"
Unknown to the couple outside, Navi and Zelda were watching from the front window as the two bickered. "Oh my, they're so adorable!" Zelda gushed, placing her hands on her sore cheeks. "My face hurts from smiling too much!"
Navi giggled, "I never thought that regal princess-y honor student Zelda could be such a fangirl!"
The young woman disregarded her friend's comment and continued spying from the window, "It's like they are already a married couple!"
"Hey, girls! You still have to start the dishwasher!" Link called, waiting for a response. "Oi, are you two still in there?" He walked out of the kitchen and paused at the sight before him.
Navi and Zelda sat side by side on the couch in front of the large window. Zelda had a hand covering her mouth as if to hold in a laugh, and Navi was sitting with her hands on top of her crossed legs.
"Uhh, what's going on?"
"Oh, nothing at all, buddy!" Navi said with a tight smile, kicking Zelda's ankle when the girl giggled. "Isn't that right, Zelda?"
"MHM!" Zelda's answer was muffled by both hands now. When Link continued to stare at his girlfriend, she burst out laughing and fell over onto Navi.
"Zelda!" Navi groaned, pushing the giggly girl off of her.
"You were spying on them, weren't you?" Link raised an eyebrow, yet there was a playful smile on his face.
Navi crossed her arms and huffed, "How did you know?"
"Well, you're acting totally out of character. Plus, just look at her!" Link pointed to the brunette who had been laughing hard enough for her face to turn red. "Zelda doesn't do stuff like that unless she's fangirling or doing something she's not supposed to."
"That is not true!" Zelda tried glaring, but failed miserably.
"Alright, leave them alone now," Link chuckled. "Let's go finish the kitchen."
"But I don't wanna clean!"
The two outside stared at one another before the redhead sighed. "Alrighty then," She rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I'll leave you alone now. Just don't forget to lock the door when you come back in, 'kay?" Turning away from the Sheikah, Malon walked up the steps feeling disappointed for some reason.
Sheik let out a sigh of his own after hearing the front door shut behind him. "You're not pretty, Malon," He muttered, looking up at the stars with crimson eyes.
"...You're absolutely gorgeous."
Me: Yes, I know, I know! Please don't burn me for the short chapter! I've been busy… with emotions and chiz…
Sheik: Well, why didn't you wait until you wrote more and then publish it?
Mal: Yeah, I have to agree with Sheikah Boy. Ain't that the obvious logical answer?
Me: Oh shut up, you two! You aren't writers, you wouldn't understand!
DB: They couldn't possibly understand! Writers have a hard time, I'll have you know!
Me: *Sighs and puts arm around DB* You understand me…
Mal: Well, I suppose you guys are right. We're just the characters after all.
Me: EXACTLY! *Pulls Link out of nowhere* Beg them to review.
Link: Ummm… *Sweatdrops*
DB: Heehee! IT'S LINK! Can I have him? Can I? Can I?!
Link: I think Zelda might have a problem with that, but I can give a hug?
Me and DB: GROUP HUG!