Disclaimer: This chapter focuses on a side ship; the content is pretty suggestive, so beware? Just to be clear, Sheik is a transmale. (Pre-surgery and hormones.)
Chapter 4. New feelings.
I skipped down to join the boy I had been admiring all day. He stood over beside the stage, reading the note giving details to his prize. "Hey, Sheik! You did incredible today!" I complimented. He turned around to see who spoke to him and looked surprized when he saw me.
"Oh, thank you Robin*." He replied kindly. Sheik acted a little different around me; it seemed like a good different though. He was usually calm and mysterious, but he was so much more alert and responsive around me. It's like nothing really affected him unless I was involved. It was cute.
"Do you have any thoughts on how you're going to use your reward?" I questioned respectfully. He glanced down at the piece of paper detailing his prize as he thought.
"I'm still uncertain; I have to speak with Princess Peach and go over the limitations. I have some thoughts though." He answered. I loved the way his voice sounded. Sheik rarely felt the need to speak, so I felt special whenever he talked with me.
"Okay, cool. I was planning on going to the lake today, you wanna come with me? We can talk about it; maybe I can help you decide." I suggested, smiling gleefully.
"Oh, uh... Alright." Sheik said, hiding his face with his hands in a subtle manner. "If you have any intentions on swimming shouldn't you get a swimsuit beforehand?" He reminded.
"Oh, right! We can just head up to my room first, sound good?" I asked.
"Yeah, of course." He answered as he started walking to the hall that lead to the rooms. I skipped up beside him and noticed him smile.
((Pov change))
I started walking towards the doors the would take us to the main hallway, which contained the rooms. I was unsure of how I felt about going with Robin*. It wasn't a bad thing, I just felt so different around her. Was it her cheerful attitude? The way she wore her hair? The way she was always making pleasant conversation with me? I wasn't sure. Whatever it was, I had never really felt like this about a girl before. I heard that same happy tone interrupt my questioning thoughts.
"Alright, I'll just be a second!" She said as she ran into her room. I leaned against the wall by her door and picked at my fingernails. It was something I did when I wasn't myself. She came back out, to my surprise in the same outfit.
"I thought you were getting changed?" I asked.
"I just got my bathing suit to bring with me. I didn't want to make you wait out here by yourself, Sheik!" She giggled as she headed back down the hallway. I followed behind her.
"So, you aren't going in the water?" She asked, looking over as we walked.
"I doubt it. I'm not really one to swim casually." I replied. I didn't mind for competitive purposes, but it wasn't something I would do just for the sake of swimming, especially around other people.
"Okay. What are you going to do if I go in?" She contradicted.
"I'll just sit on the rocks or something." I responded. I was never the type to feel left out; I didn't mind doing my own thing while others enjoyed themselves.
"Alright, but if you want to come with me I won't mind!" She added happily. I hid my face behind my hands to keep her from seeing me blush. Of all people, why was she doing this to me? We exited through the main doors and followed the path to the lake. It usually didn't take long to get there.
"Sheeeeeik, my legs are sore. Will you carry me the rest of the way?" I heard the young woman next to me ask. I looked over to meet deep brown eyes holding an innocent gaze.
"Uhh, sure?" I laughed awkwardly as I knelt down so she could climb on my back. I held on to her legs and she wrapped her arms gently around my neck. I was a little shaky just from being around such a stunning young woman, but hopefully she wouldn't pay much attention to it. I started walking, and smiling like an imbecile for reasons I couldn't quite comprehend.
She hummed some cheerful tunes that I didn't quite recognize, but they still sounded nice. She had a lovely voice; I imagine she could sing really well. After a few more minutes of walking and Robin* playing with my hair, we got to the Lake.
"Ooooh, the water looks so nice today!" She said cheerfully as I knelt down to let her climb off. The water did look nice, but I found myself admiring that same girl I had been thinking about since I first saw her this morning. I wasn't overly attracted to girls, or boys for that matter. I mean, I knew whether or not someone looked visually pleasing, but I never found myself compelled to look at someone. I examined her outfit as she walked around on the rocks. She wore her hair in a low ponytail, with her bangs elegantly to one side. She had a deep purple sweater on, with a black tank top underneath it. That, along with pale grey jeans, black ankle boots, and gold heart shaped earrings. She really was a beautiful girl.
"Well, I'm gonna get changed. Would you mind assisting me?" She walked over and gave me her towel. I started sweating, completely unknowing of what was going on.
"Wha- what do you mean by assist you?" I asked, worried. I was never bothered by seeing other girls in a state like this, but something about the thought of her made me feel strange. Not in a negative way, just something I've never felt before.
"I just need you to hold up a towel for me so if someone else comes, they don't see me. Is that okay?" She looked like she felt bad for asking me. I wasn't uncomfortable, I was just experiencing some new feelings.
"No, it's fine. I just didn't understand what you meant." I tried to keep myself calm, but it wasn't the easiest thing to do.
"Okay! Thank you Sheik!" She grabbed her change of clothes and got me to face the path we took and hold her towel up for her. I seen her slip out of her sweater in my peripheral vision and turned my head away. What was going on? It was only a girl! I've seen girls like this before, why is it so different with her?
I could tell she was putting on her swim top, and I had an urge to look at her. I kept my head turned, as hard as it was. What was going on? I wasn't a pervert or anything... I squeezed my eyes shut and kept my head averted to give her the respect she deserved. Frustrated with my feelings, I tried my hardest to block them out altogether.
After minutes of trying to diminish these awful thoughts, she was finished. I was relieved that she was dressed, but what she was wearing wasn't going to help my situation. She was in a grey and black bikini, with violet circular charms on the sides of the bottom, as well as joining the sides of the top.
Every time my eyes were drawn to her; she seemed to get more and more appealing. The way her eyes looked when she smiled, how her hair fell so gracefully. Even the way she walked, and how her hips curved into her waist. Robin* really was gorgeous. I went over near a flat rock to sit, hoping she would go submerge herself in the water so I could concentrate.
"Hey Sheik, are you feeling okay?" She walked over to join me on the stone I had laid on. I started to get anxious; I didn't want her to know what I was experiencing. What would she think of me?
"Uhhh, Yeah; Nothing is out of the ordinary." I lied as I backed away from her. I started to sweat a little, knowing she could obviously see through my act.
"You don't seem yourself, Sheik. You can tell me if something's wrong; I don't mind." She climbed into my lap and enveloped me with a comforting hug. She let go and took my left hand in hers.
"You're shaking..." She cautioned, looking at me with worry in her soft chocolate eyes. I couldn't lie to her.
"I- I'm just discovering some new things about myself." I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell her what that meant.
"What do you mean, sweetheart? You can talk to me about it if you'd like to..." She persisted. I took a deep breath, and prepared for the worst.
"I think I'm developing some kind of attraction to you, Robin*..." I admitted, breaking eye contact with her. I felt her squeeze my hand lightly.
"Sheik… Can I kiss you?" She asked softly. I hesitated, but gave in to my trivial worrying.
"Go ahead." My breathing sped up, and I felt her fingertips meet my neck. She pushed my jaw towards her to make me look back at her. Before either of us could react, I felt the supple lips of the white haired woman meet my own.
She continued to kiss me and her hands trailed down to my chest. She pushed me down gently, and climbed on top of me. She had one of her hands keeping her up, and the other she brought up to run her fingers through my hair. My mind began to race, and I tried to keep my thoughts steady.
We broke apart, and she lifted herself off me. She looked at me with half lidded eyes, and smiled.
"I've liked you for a long time Sheik..." I propped myself up on my elbows to listen to what she had to say. "I'm glad you told me. Please don't hide things from me anymore, darling." I brought my hand up to let my fingers glide through her soft hair.
"I won't... I promise."
"Well, I don't know about you; but I'm going to swim. You can join me if you like." She said, sitting up and sliding off the rock. She walked over to a tree near the lake, and I followed curiously. She used elwind, and propelled herself onto a thick branch. She stepped carefully to the end of it and dove into the deeper part of the lake.
"Getting fancy, are we?" I laughed. I spotted another large rock in the water that I could sit on and talk with Robin*. I used vanish and appeared on the stone platform only feet away from her. I looked down to her and smirked. "Two can play at the game."
"I'll never get used to that." She giggled. "Are you sure you don't want to come in? You could always take your jeans off and put your legs in." She offered, pushing her wet hair out of her face.
"I suppose it would be nice, but I'd be sitting here in my boxers." I reminded.
"That's fine, I wouldn't mind. Even if anyone else came down here, they'd probably just assume they were shorts. Here, let me help you take them off." She said, pulling herself up and undoing my jeans.
"Uhh, okay... If you insist," I mumbled nervously. I moved my legs so she could take them off. She pulled my legs into the water as she slid back in. "See, Isn't it nice?" She asked happily while swimming around on her back. The water was a lovely temperature.
"Yeah, it is." I agreed. I was glad we came out here.
"Wait, we were supposed to talk about your prize weren't we?" I had forgotten about it, until she brought it up.
"Oh, right. I have an event to plan. Peach said that once I have an idea that I can just come to her for clarification." I informed.
"Do you have any ideas yet? I can think of some fun ones if you'd like to hear them." She added happily. I had given it some thought, but not enough to be able to make a wise decision.
"I'd like to base it around a sport or place that I like. I want it to take place at night, and have something to do with hiding or sneaking." I suggested.
"Oooh, that goes really well with one of my ideas! I was thinking some form of a team-based capture the flag to the death." She laughed. I liked her idea, Robin* was usually full of good ideas.
"It has a lot of potential. Although, how would we know who was on what team? I'd be too dark to see any uniforms." I reminded.
"Hmmm. We could use glow in the dark coloured paint! Why not just have everyone have an iconic item of clothing or something that would be their team colour. Since we couldn't see them, that would help us figure out who they were as well." She recommended in a cheerful manner.
"That does sound quite fun. How about we bring it to Peach later today? I'm sure she'd agree to it. The three of us could make up teams and divide everyone equally based on their abilities." I offered.
"Sounds great! I'm really excited. I can't wait to see how the smashers react; I bet they'll love our idea." She exclaimed.
"I'm sure they'll all be very intrigued." She swam up to me and rested her elbows on my knees.
"I'm really happy we hung out today, Sheik. Even though the sun is already down, I still don't want to leave." She looked up at me and pouted. The sun only set about a half hour ago, meaning it was around 8:30.
"It's not that late, we can still stay for a bit: but we should head back within the next twenty minutes." I stated. She was oddly quiet for a few seconds.
"Sheik..." She muttered, looking over at the water.
"Yeah?"
"There's something I want to do before we leave." My eyes met hers and I was faced an expression I've never seen her make.
"What's that...?" I asked, cautiously. I felt her hand slide up my thigh and stopped at my waist. She dipped her fingertips into the waistband of my boxers and slid them down, stopping once my hip bones were exposed. I glanced down to see her looking at me for approval.
"It's alright Robin*; I don't mind."
((Pov change))
We both lied on a flat rock, and Sheik had me in his embrace. I don't know how long we were there, but I'd say it was close to 8:45.
"We should probably leave soon. Princess Peach is going to be worried about us if we aren't back by nine." He said shyly. I didn't want to leave, but I knew we had to. Maybe I could sneak him into my room for the night to snuggle some more.
"Yeah, you're probably right. I'm not going to bother getting changed, I'll just walk up in this. It's not that cold anyway." I stated, swimming back to where I laid my towel. I walked up and used it to dry myself, as Sheik appeared beside me from a cloud of smoke. He picked up my clothes and folded them neatly.
"I'll carry these back up for you." He offered, stacking them so he could carry them under his arm.
"Thank you, Sheik." I leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Guess we should be heading back." I muttered, starting to walk towards the path we took. He followed behind me and I extended my arm to hold his free hand once he was close to me. I heard his stomach growl as we were walking.
"You hungry, sweetheart?" I asked kindly.
"A bit. We did miss supper while we were out here." He pointed out.
"We can just order room service from the Luma's once we get back." I assured. We probably wouldn't get a full meal, just something to satisfy us until breakfast.
"Alright. Should we tell Peach about our idea at breakfast tomorrow?" He asked.
"Yeah, it'd be a good time." I answered. She'd be happy to hear from us in advance.
"Hey, Robin*..." He trailed off his words.
"Hm?" I mumbled, looking at him.
"What should we tell the other smashers if they ask why we were gone for such a long time period?" He brought forth. I thought for a second about an excuse.
"We'll just say we were swimming and talking about what to do with the prize you won. To be fair, that is what we were doing; for the most part." I smirked.
We stopped walking as we approached the doors. He put his hands on my sides and kissed me on the forehead before we entered. I smiled, content with how things went. I thought my excuse was fairly believable. Besides, they don't need to know what really happened anyway.