Pairing: Link x Zelda
Timeline: Modern AU
Warnings: Swearing, Sexual Language, Drama
Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda or these characters.
AN: I am currently working on going through and revising for some of the chapters of this story. Some of them might just be formatting, others might be actual changes in the wording and so forth. I will post an AN at the bottom of the last chapter that faces revision for everyone to see.
Thank you everyone!
Chapter Four: Hide and Seek
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We all pulled straws to see who was seeking first, and of course with my luck I drew the shortest one and had to go first.
"Okay! Now count to 50, Link!" Zelda cheered while pushing me into a corner. I started counting and she, Sheik, Hilda, Rauru, and Navi all ran off. Just great. I waited about 2 minutes, after they all left the room to hide I. I figured that was enough time for them to find hiding spots. I left Zelda's room and started wandering the halls of their palace like house, looking behind every curtain and closet door.
I sighed. Well, this is not going to be easy at all. I began room hopping in search of the five of them. I found Rauru located in a guest room bathroom; he was hiding behind a shower curtain, however the light from his phone is what gave him away. We chatted idly as he came along to help me locate the other four hiders. He told me about how Navi and he had met during one of his father's business parties. She was apparently was a family friend and the two had hit it off rather well.
After a bit he texted Navi and said he wanted to come hide with her, which gave her away since he got caught. She told him she was hiding in the kitchen pantries. When we went down and found her she snacking on some sweet cakes and was super pissed to see we had found her because her fiancé gave her away to the seeker. He just brushed it off and made her come look with the two of us. I wandered off on my own, and they went to check the rest of the upstairs.
Just how many rooms did this house have? I found a back door, and went outside and there was a pool located in the backyard. Now, not your average size pool, I'm talking about one made for a king. It was like they had their own aquatic center. I started walking around to the rather large storage unit they had for their pool supplies. I was hoping one of the girls had wandered into it, thinking it was safe for hiding. Surely enough, I was right. Hidden in the shadows of the pool shed was a slender blonde woman. She glanced up at me when she realized she had been caught. Her red eyes locked with my blue ones and she smirked.
"So you finally found me. Who's left?" Sheik asked.
"Uhm, Zelda and Hilda." I answered her and she nodded.
"I figured as much. Let's go find them." I nodded and the two of us headed back in to find the remaining sisters. We wandered upstairs to Hilda's room. "I'm pretty sure she's hiding in here." Sheik said. We opened the door, but to Sheik's surprise her sister wasn't anywhere to be found in the room. "Well, I have been wrong before." I was walking out of the bathroom to meet up with Sheik when we heard a loud crash from down the hall.
"Damn it!" A girl yelled. Sheik and I ran over, only to find Hilda sitting flat on her ass rubbing her head. "Fucking metal armor gave me away!" She sighed and glared at the suit of armor that decorated the hall. "Well, looks like you found me. Let's go." Sheik helped her up and we both tried not to laugh at her for running dead into the decorative armor piece.
"So, uh, sis. How many years have you lived her?" Sheik asked her
"Not now Sheik. This isn't time for your sass." Hilda snapped at her. Sheik looked at her, trying to contain her laughter, but it wasn't working. "Shut up. It was an accident."
"Yeah, and accident that happens once a week! You're a run way model, you should be better at walking and looking where you are going that you actually are." Hilda rolled her eyes at her sister.
"Whatever." She stuck her tongue out and Sheik and then they both started laughing.
"Okay, where's Zelda?" Hilda asked. Sheik and I both looked at each other, then back at her and shrugged.
"I dunno. Navi and Rauru went off to find her, but I'm guessing that didn't happen." I told her. Hilda slowly nodded and caught my drift. We all sighed and decided to split up to find her. Of course, I had absolutely no luck. I wandered everywhere and couldn't find her. I went and sat down in the front room and waited for the others to come back.
About five minutes after I gave up the three sisters came running into the room. I looked up at Sheik and Hilda who were beaming at their accomplishment of finding their baby sister.
"Where in the goddess was she?" I asked them. They both made faces that made my thoughts go crazy. Was she on the roof? Or like, on the ceiling? I couldn't even imagine.
"Well, this little acrobat was hiding in the dumbwaiter." My jaw dropped. What the actual hell.
"What the actual hell. How?!" I looked at her, my face all wide and opened. She just smiled at me, which caught me by surprise.
"I'm just a great hider! That's all! So one point for Link because he found everyone." She grinned mischievously at me. Oh goddess no. I knew exactly where this was going. Hilda called her brother and told him to come meet us down in the front room so we could start round two. "Okay, Link, who did you find first?" Zelda asked me.
"Rauru. He was hiding in a bath tub." They all slightly giggled at that and pointed at him. "Well, I guess you are searching next, Rauru." I patted his back and he walked to the corner and began counting away. I took off upstairs and flung myself into the first door I saw, which happened to be a rather large coat closet. Perfect. Some quiet time to sit and think.
Okay, so I think I should decide what I want my prize for winning to be. I'm thinking a nice home cooked meal with some expensive wine sounds absolutely perfect. I could ask for a nice home cooked steak with some fried potatoes and just mmmhhm. I could feel my mouth starting to drool a little bit at the thought of it. I was picturing Zelda cooking my food for me as I waited while watching some TV, but I was snapped out of reality because the door opened and closed. I stayed hidden behind the coats for a minute, and then I realized it wasn't Rauru. I grabbed the girl from behind and covered her mouth and grabbed her waist to prevent her from bucking around or screaming.
Her small body jumped in my arms, and I spun her around to see the only girl that the goddess would allow it to be. Zelda. This was getting ridiculous. Her eyes grew wide when she saw my face from behind the coats. She pushed my hands off of her and started to bitch.
"Link! What the heck are you doing in here?" She whispered, but it was a really loud whisper that anyone near the door could hear. I put my finger over my lips and told her to shut up, but she disregarded it entirely. "You shouldn't grab a lady like that. It is impractical and rude!" She started talking louder, at a normal volume. Oh no, this wouldn't do. "Wait, we can't both be in here! This is highly inappropriate!" She said even louder. I heard a creek at the bottom of the stairs, meaning she had attracted someone's attention. Shit Zelda. And of course, she kept talking at that same volume. "What if someone finds us in here together?" I glared at her, giving her a look that read 'Can you please shut the fuck up for a second, Zelda?' She kept blabbing on and on about it, and I heard someone getting even closer, so I did the only thing I could think to do.
I pulled the small blonde behind the layers of coats, pushed her against the wall and silenced her lips with mine. Her lips felt like soft butter against mine. They were warm and plump and tasted like strawberries. I could feel her body tense up as I continued to hold her against the wall with my lips locked with hers. I began kissing her even more, gently moving my mouth with hers, showing her what to do.
That's when I heard the door open, and for a split second my heart stopped. Fuck, we were dead. I didn't want Zelda to cry out if I removed my mouth from hers, so I kept it firmly planted against her smooth pink lips. I opened my eye a bit, and could see the light from the hall beaming in slightly through the coats.
Goddess, if you love me, you will have them leave. I prayed over and over again in my head. Zelda's arms had dropped to her side and her body relaxed a bit and she started leaning into the kiss more. Wait, what? She was actually accepting this? Oh goddess, she's like 6 years younger than me, oh no. Oh no goddess, please don't. I looked down at her and could see her pale face, and her eyes close and I could feel her mouth starting to move against mine, trying to get the kiss going again. I looked back near the door and realized it had been shut. My heartbeat picked up really fast. I pulled away from her as fast as possible and looked at her. Her eyes shot open the second I removed my lips.
I was panting, and my eyes were wide with shock and disappointment in myself. How could I have let that happen?
"I am so sorry." I apologized to her, and then ran out of the closet door to the downstairs to find a new hiding spot without even looking back.
I had royally fucked up this time. I just planted one on my boss' daughter. Holy goddess. I was going to die. It is official. I found myself in the front room again, and I saw a small door that was located under the stairs. Perfect. I jumped in, and hid in the even smaller closet that was filled with cleaning supplies. I glanced up, and noticed a vent above my head. What? I could hear faint mumbling from above. Is that where Zelda is at?
"Oh goddess… That was my first kiss…" she slightly whispered. My face grew red as a beat. Oh goddess... I had taken her first kiss without even thinking about it. "Does this mean Link…likes me…? Or did he simply just want me to stop talking? I'm so confused…" she moped. I could feel a sick feeling beginning to form in my stomach. I am a sick bastard, holy shit. I just macked on a child and now she is all confused and worried. I am a shit person. I let out a low growl at my stupidity. I leaned against the wall, and accidently knocked a broom off of a hinge, and no more than a minute after that happened the closet door opened and exposed me. Hilda stood there smiling at me.
"Well, now all that's left is Zelda." She said. I nodded and began to follow her looking for her. "Link, you okay…? You seem… nervous." Hilda pointed out. Her words made my heart throb violently. Oh, I was far from okay. I shrugged and nodded. I can't let her know something had happened. "Okay, whatever you say." I climbed out of the closet and met her a few steps out of the doorway. "So, do you have any clue as to where Zelda might be?"
I shrugged. "Nope, I haven't a clue. I ran off one way, and didn't pay the slightest bit of attention as to where she went." I fibbed through my teeth. I tried adding in a genuine smile to make it seem like I was less on edge at the moment. She nodded and walked over to one of the couches and took a seat.
"Well, I found you and I think that's enough work. I'll let the others find her." She flipped open a magazine they had sitting on their coffee table and began to browse through it. I glanced around, unsure of what I was supposed to do next. "Feel free to take a seat if you have no interest in looking for her. I didn't really either. Zelda always insists we play these games. I usually only agree because I know she doesn't really have anyone else to hang out with." Hilda huffed while flipping through the magazine. I nodded and took a seat in the cough that was adjacent to the one she was placed in, and pulled out my phone and began browsing the internet.
About five minutes later the other 3 came down to where we were sitting accompanied with Zelda. She held a very bashful posture and wouldn't look in my direction at all. I felt a twinge of guilt in my heart. I should have just covered her hand with my mouth, or hell, let the two of us be found. I doubt anyone would have thought it was that suspicious.
"So, I am getting kind of bored to be honest." Navi said. We all looked at her and Rauru agreed. Sheik and Hilda rolled their eyes at them.
"Okay, well I guess this means we are done. I have some fashion stuff to work on, and Sheik mentioned she had homework to do." Hilda said too. I nodded and the rest of them went back to their rooms, and left Zelda and I standing in the middle of her front room. She started fidgeting a bunch, and then looked up at me.
"Does this mean I won..?" She asked me. I sighed, I owe her this much.
I nodded. "Yes, you win, Zelda." Her face lightened up a bunch when I said that. She smiled brightly, and grabbed my arm and pulled me back to her room. Oh goddess, what did I say?! She pushed me into a chair, and before I could object she began painting my face with makeup. The textures were gross and weird. How in the name of the goddess do girls wear this stuff?! I tried to move away from her brushes, but that only caused her to death grip my face and hold me in place to prevent me from messing it.
"Sit still!" She yelled and began putting eye shadow on me. I was freaking out. I was nervous about her accidently poking me in the eye with these death contraptions. I honestly do not understand why girls wear this stuff. I sat there and pouted as she coated my face with a powder. "Almost finished!" She said as she began painting lipstick onto my lips. "Don't mess this up." She ordered me. I nodded slightly, trying not to mess her up. "Okay, done. Take a look!" she said while stepping out of the way of the mirror.
Oh goddess. I wasn't sure what to think. My face had been covered with a light foundation, and I had a pink blush on the apples of my cheeks. I was wearing a neutral colored eye shadow theme with black eyeliner and mascara. My lips were painted a nice rich red shade. As I observed the makeup, I could feel my dignity level dropping a bunch. I sighed and looked at her. This was absolutely miserable. She smiled and ran off to her closet. I sat there waiting for her.
She came back a few minutes later with a black dress and threw it in my lap. "Put this on." She said and then went a plopped down on her bed. I didn't argue because I owed her this much for kissing her. I sighed and went into her bathroom and changed.
How in the hell do these contraptions work? I started pulling it up my hips, but it wouldn't go. Can I pull it over my face? I wasn't too sure, but decided to try any way. It went right over and I was careful not to smudge or ruin my face paint. Once I got the dress on, I looked in the mirror and almost cried. This was ridiculous. I am a grown ass man, in a 17 year old girl's dress. What am I doing with my life?
I walked out to her room, and when she saw me she busted out laughing. "Priceless." She pulled out her phone and began to take pictures of me. "Smile, Linkle!" She laughed and I gave her a face that read 'Fuck you, Zelda. Fuck you.'
After she finished taking pictures she made me change back into my normal clothes, and removed the makeup, which was a devil to get off. She scrubbed my face like 3 to 4 times to completely remove all of the makeup, which my face skin go raw. After she finished that, it was around 7 p.m. which meant I needed to head home to feed Fi.
I said goodbye to her family and drove off back to my apartment, which was shitty compared to their mansion. I pulled in, and got inside and Fi greeted me.
"Did you miss daddy?" I asked my sweet little kitten. She mewed at me and I got her a fresh bowl of food and water, then hopped into the shower. Well, maybe she isn't mad I kissed her. I guess we shall see. I scrubbed up really well, washed my hair, and rinsed off. I jumped out and dried myself off.
I got dressed and checked my phone, which had 3 missed messages.
Z- 7:05p.m: Hey, I had fun today.
Z- 7:45p.m: Text me back when you can.
R- 7:50p.m: Hey, Link. Do you want to go on a date tomorrow night?
I re read the text from Romani over and over again before responding. I smiled slightly.
L- 8:03p.m: Yeah, I would love to. We should see a movie and maybe get some ice cream after it?
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