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I hope you enjoy this chapter, R&R.


Chapter 4: Friends and Phones

I stood in front of my room's door in the dormitories. Me, Samus and Peach are the only female main fighters in the tournament. As each room held exactly three people and there are three older female women, we all got a room together. I think Nana and Popo shared the same room, those two were really close.

I knew Peach and Samus were on the other side of that door, waiting. They would want to know where I had been and some way or another, I think it's an inborn female sense, they would find out about my conversation with Snake. I for some odd reason wanted to keep that to myself.

Even if they were in there asleep Samus at least would wake up the moment I opened the door. And Peach probably wouldn't be very far behind her. I sighed, shrugged to myself and opened the door. Carefully closing the it behind me I noted with dread that the lights were on.

The room had a bunk bed and on the other side of the room was a regular twin sized bed. In the middle were two couches that faced each other and a coffee table in the middle. An arm-chair was beside the two couches facing a large flat screen TV.

Peach was sleeping in the twin bed and Samus was in the arm-chair. Samus looked up from a large book she was reading.

"Where have you been Zelda?" Samus asked "You've been gone for almost three hours."

I looked at the clock our shared nightstand, 12:34. She was right I had stayed out for way too long. I smiled and said, "I went out for a walk to Eldin Bridge, I'm sorry I made you worry."

"It's, okay," Samus said. "I know you can look out for yourself, if it was Peach however I would be worried."

"She's getting better," I smiled crossing my arms. "Did you see her in that match today? She was awesome."

I walked around the couch and plopped down, resting my feet on the coffee table.

"Yeah" Samus snickered "I definitely saw her hitting Snake with that frying pan."

"That was a pretty good hit."

"So who did you take a walk with?" Samus said getting this sneaky look in her eyes that honestly scared the living shit out of me.

"Huh?" I grunted, "What are you talking about?"

"I saw how you looked when I asked about your walk." Samus said, "You slightly smiled when I mentioned it… so who did you take a walk with?"

"I sometimes wonder how you do it, Sammy." I said slowly, "And we didn't go on a walk together we bumped into each other on Eldin Bridge."

"Ah, so someone was with you! Who, Zelda?!" Samus growled, "You might want to tell me first before Peach wakes up, because she is going to figure it out."

I laughed "Telling you might turn out as not-so-wise decision in terms of my mental health…"

"Just tell me the guy's name and we're done."

"Are you sure you want to know?" I teased, smiling, "You may regret it if you do…"

"Let me guess, is it Ganondorf?" Samus laughed, "that would be something."

"Oh, Goddess no," I frowned. "I wouldn't even joke about that."

"Then who is it?" Samus asked.

"Snake."

"Really?!"

"Really."

"You're not kidding me!"

"I do not kid on such serious manners, Sammy."

"Honest to god truth."

"Honest to goddess truth."

Samus mouth promptly dropped open and she then closed it all the while a slow smirk spreading across her face, "Hey! Peach, wake up!"

And I thought she was on my side.

Peach groaned and sat up in her bed. She looked at us with and glared, "What!? Please tell me Bowser isn't kidnapping me again."

"Peach, Zelda, went on a walk" Samus reported. "And no, you're not being kidnapped."

"You woke me up for that!"

"She went," Samus said, "With Snake."

"Holy shit."

Peach slid out of bed and plopped herself on the coach opposite of me. Wiping grit out of the corner of her eyes she asked, "Tell me all about it."

"First" I said "We didn't go on a walk together. I went on a walk to Eldin Bridge without any prior knowledge that he was there. He was there when I arrived and we had a very good conversation. Second, if you believe Snake and I are romantically involved in any way even if you think it's 'budding emotions' then screw those thoughts over now."

"Oh, she's getting defensive," Peach smiled. "That's a good sign, Sammy."

Samus just rolled her eyes and said "Don't drag me in that deep, Peach. I'm not that interested in Zelda's romantic life."

"Romantic?" I said, "I don't know him besides our conversation and me losing every brawl against him!"

"What about today's brawl?" Samus asked, "You guys won."

"I don't count that because Peach hit him with a frying pan!"

"It doesn't matter what I hit him with" Peach said. "I'll let it go for now, I have a more pressing matter."

Peach stood up and from the nightstand Samus and I shared she grabbed a cell phone, my cellphone. She sat down next to me and waved the phone under me nose, "why is this here?"

"I put it down when I came in," I lied. "Why does it matter?"

"Bullshit," Samus said flatly while picking her book up again, "I watched you come in, Zelda. You could at least be honest about it."
"Thanks for the help," I growled to Samus then I turned back to Peach. "Why does it matter if I carry around the stupid phone? I mean everything I have to say I could just say in person!"

"We gave you the phone so if there's an emergency you can call for help!" Peach said, "but you insist on not carrying it! I don't see what the problem is!"

"It's not natural," I said. "You know how much I hate this stupid technology stuff!"

"It's just because you're not used to it."

"Peach," I said. "You text faster than I type."

"That's not very hard," Samus muttered, flipping a page in her book. "You type, what? Five words a minute?"

"Six," I corrected.

"Oh, whatever," she said. "Still slow."

"Can you please just carry the phone?" Peach asked. "For me please? You don't have to use it, just carry it for the just-in-case."

"Fine," I submitted. "I'll carry the phone, just for you Peach."

"Thank you!" She said suddenly cheerful.

I rolled my eyes, "I'm going to bed."

I began to make preparations for bed while I did so Peach continued the conversation.
"Night," Samus said. "I'm staying up, I'm almost to the climax here."

"What are you reading anyway?" Peach asked.

"Oh, just a little book I got from the library..." she said slyly.

"Is it erotica?"

"Dear, god Peach."

"So it is?"

"Do I have to answer that?"

"Samus is reading porn!" Peach sang, "And I think she likes it!"

As I laid down on the top bunk Peach tried to see exactly what Samus was reading, and to see if it was actually erotica. Samus was neither denying it or confirming it, and I wondered if I would ever get to sleep with how those two were carrying on.

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