Summary: Airi is the rich freshman in a high-class college. Finding friendship in her roommate and her best friend, she will be taken on an adventure like nothing she's ever experienced…can't think of a good summary, deal with it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Link or Zelda or blah-de-blah-blah
Chapter 3: A Dress?
"Nice room," Airi commented. She stood in the doorway, leaning against the frame with her arms crossed as she surveyed the room. The cream walls were covered with posters of several different musical artists that Airi could nod her head appreciatively to. The bed was layered in varying shades of navy green (A/N: That one was for you gentlesavage) and his desk was positioned underneath his bed to give him more space in the room.
"That's it," Airi stated. "If all the rooms are like this one, then I'm going to be an RA next year too. It's bigger than our room, and we're in a double."
"Guess I was one of the lucky ones," Link said with a grin. "You didn't even see the bathroom yet."
"You get a bathroom too?" Airi squealed. She and Zelda dashed to the door they assumed to be the bathroom and yanked it open eagerly. Inside were a toilet, sink with medicine cabinet, and a shower. The counter of the sink was tidy, a comb lying next to a cup that held a toothbrush. No water spills over the smooth porcelain, no stray hairs from shaving in the sink. It was hard to believe a guy used this bathroom.
"That's it," Airi sighed. "I'm officially jealous."
"So says the rich chick with the awesome TV and stereo system, " Zelda laughed. Link may have more space, but we have more toys."
"Very true," Airi agreed.
There was a knock on the open door and a tall male with short sandy blond hair walked in.
"Hey," he greeted.
"What's up, Kev?" Linked replied.
"Hall meeting soon," Kevin answered. "Just rounding up all the R.A.'s. What are two girls doing in your room? I thought you were socially retarded when it came to them?"
"Very funny," Link said with a chuckle. "This is Zelda and Airi. Zelda I've known for a few years, and Airi is her roommate. Ladies, this is Kevin, the A.C."
Zelda gave a small wave and Airi nodded her head once before taking a seat on the futon and grabbed a pillow, pulling it into a bear hug.
"What's the meeting about?" she asked curiously.
"Mostly what you can and can't do in the dorms: no drinking in the rooms, no smoking in the rooms, no hall sports. It's pretty basic stuff," Kevin explained. "It's funny though; everyone understands the rules no problem, and yet everyone breaks them anyways."
Airi gave an easy laugh and raked a hand through her hair, pushing it out of her face.
"How soon?"
"Right about now. Just meet in the common room in about ten minutes," Kevin instructed. "See you guys soon."
Airi sat down in one of the couches, Zelda sitting next to her, leaning back against the comfortable cushions. Link sat on the arm of the couch, propping one foot on the edge of the cushion and letting the other stay on the carpeted floor.
Several people were already waiting inside the room, chatting shyly with one another. The upperclassmen were talking loudly and laughing as they entered the room in a large group. They took up the remaining seats and many of them just sat on the floor instead.
"Alright, guys. My name's Kevin and I'm your A.C., so lucky you!" Kevin announced, walking into the room last. "Welcome to Greenfield University. Hopefully you're all settled in by now, or nearly there?"
He moved to the center of the room as he spoke, navigating through the many bodies.
"So we have some basic rules in here in Morgan Hall. This is a dry hall, so no drinking in here; go to Tracey Hall if you want to do any of that and try not to get caught. If you are caught, you will be written up and you'll get to do loads of community service on campus. You don't really want that embarrassment, do you?"
"Do not smoke in the rooms, okay? We have smoke detectors, and yes, they really work and they're really loud. I don't want to stand outside at three in the morning when one of those go off, so smoke outside."
"Don't play hall sports in here either. It isn't really a good idea to start taking a golf club to the hall and start swinging it around when people are walking around. Doesn't look good to the parents in the tour groups either. The same goes for soccer, football, bowling, and fishing."
"Fishing?" asked someone on the opposite end of the room.
"If it didn't happen, I wouldn't tell you not to do it," Kevin said seriously as laughter rippled through the room. "Moving on: do not streak. No one wants to see your package guys, so keep it away. Girls, keep your towels on when you're going to the showers. Do whatever naked things you want to do behind closed doors please, and try to keep the volume to a minimum during quiet hours."
"On the subject, quiet hours are self explanatory. Just don't make a lot of noise. Some people like to sleep, even though I've never heard of this action before. Weekdays start at 11PM until 8AM and weekends are 2 AM to 9AM. No drunken sprees running up and down the halls, shouting at the top of your lungs please; it's really annoying."
"Try not to break anything, okay? You break, you pay for it. Windows, doors, walls, anything. You're already paying big bucks for college, don't add to the bill."
"Last thing, I promise: if you have any problems, just visit your R.A. or me. If you think you're going to kill your roommate, come see one of us first before you get blood everywhere. It isn't fun to cleanup. R.A's stand up so we can get a look at you."
Link stood along with nine other people. Airi scanned their faces briefly, not really caring who they were.
"What a good looking group of people," Kevin said with a wink as they all sat down again. "To sum everything up, no killing, breaking anything, drinking, smoking inside, or getting naked in the hallways; do you think you guys can handle that?"
There was a collective murmur of consent to the rules and Kevin smiled.
"You'll probably break every single one of them too. Alright guys, get out of here."
Everyone left in groups, chattering away as they walked out of the room. Link and Zelda stood and Airi followed suit.
"Do you want to come to the bookstore with us?" Link asked. "Classes are starting soon and we still need our books."
"Sure," Airi agreed. "I'll just go grab my class list."
Ten minutes later, Airi met Link and Zelda back in Link's room. As she walked in, she could hear them talking in hushed voices. They immediately stopped and looked up at her with smiles.
"Ready to go?" Zelda asked brightly, pulling her long blond hair back into a ponytail.
"Sure," Airi replied, slightly curious about their whispered conversation. As she turned, she noticed the door to Link's closet slightly open and saw something that made her laugh.
"Um, Link?"
"Yeah?"
"Why do you have a dress?"
"What?!?"
"A short green dress is in your closet," Airi giggled. She reached into it and pulled out the clothing she was referring to.
"That's not a dress," Link denied. "It's a tunic!"
"Okay, so why is there a tunic in your closet?" Airi asked, opening the door to replace the whatever-it-was.
"The Halloween Mixer," he stammered quickly. "It's part of my costume."
"The mixer isn't for another two months, it's just barely September now," she said skeptically.
"He likes to get a head start on Halloween," Zelda interjected. He gets really into it and needs to plan early."
"Whatever floats your boat," Airi said with a grin, hanging the tunic next to a black hoodie. She was about to shut the door when something else caught her eye and she did a double take.
"Is that a part of your costume too?" she asked quietly, turning to Link.
A gleaming blade with a blue hilt peeked out from underneath a towel on the shelf above the hangers. It shone dangerously in the light, the edge reflecting the room.
Zelda paled and Link's mouth was hanging open.
"Uh---," he stuttered. "That's a part of the costume too. Doesn't it look so real?"
"Oh, it's a fake?" Airi asked, relieved. "I thought you actually brought a sword with you on campus."
She began to reach out for it to check it out up close, but was stopped by Zelda's shout.
"Don't!" she cried.
"It's delicate right now," she explained sheepishly. "I don't want it to break before it's finished."
"You guys are really into the whole costume thing, aren't you?" Airi said, tilting her head slightly. "Do you do cosplay?"
"Cosplay?" Link asked, shaking his head in confusion.
"You should look it up; you'd probably enjoy it," Airi informed him. "Anywho, to the bookstore?"
"Yes," Zelda answered, sharing another look with Link. "To the bookstore."
A/N : Okay, so I kinda shoved a whole lot of information down your throat there, didn't I? Sorry if you got bored reading all the rules, but if you really didn't like it, you could have just scrolled down. The dress/tunic made an appearance!!!! I got a kick out of Link's reaction in my head, hopefully you did too. Keep reading and look out for Chapter Four hopefully by the end of the holiday. As always, review after you read!
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