A/N: This is a slightly short chapter or I'm just used to writing more than this. Well, I hope you enjoy it. :D Oh, sorry for all the POV swapping XD.

Chapter 4: Another Love
Link's POV

It had been about three weeks since Zelda had left my side. I didn't know where she was; who she was with, or what she was doing…all I knew was that I had missed her like crazy. When I thought about her I no longer tried to fight back tears, I just cried. There was no more fight left in me. Never before in my whole life had I cried this much. Everyone took me as some brave and tough macho man, but when it came down to love I was nothing more than a mouse. Sure, I sounded like a sissy boy, but heart break is indescribable. It was beyond comprehension.

I was still hated by the king, although he had told me to stay in the castle until Zelda returned. No one actually knew if that would even happen. Nothing unusual had happened to prove that Zelda was actually messing with the past. The only thing close to past changing was when Impa said she remembered something she had forgotten from when we first met. I, on the other hand, remembered no forgotten memories. In fact, most of the time I spent awake the world just kind of went by as a blur. I was stuck in a castle where the girl that lived there, who I loved, wasn't there. That was no fun at all.

Since I was still stuck in the castle, Riana made sure to spend as much time as possible with me. I didn't really like Riana, but it was nice to have someone here for me when no one else was. She always talked to me during her breaks. Actually, she had been assigned as my helper while I finished recovering. That led to us spending even more time together and she continued to tell me that she loved me. I had denied her so many times in the beginning, but after a week her kind nature got to me. I just smiled half-heartedly and nodded whenever she told me her feelings for me. I could tell by looking at her that she knew I still couldn't stop thinking about Zelda.

It wasn't long before I really began to wonder about Zelda. Could she possibly be trying to change the past because she loved someone else? Maybe she hadn't wanted us to meet so that I wouldn't have to deal with a break up. Because of that thought I began to trust Riana. I slowly allowed myself to get closer to her with the thought that Zelda could still possibly love me.

At first, I felt horrible for what I was doing. I felt like I was just using Riana, she was always there for me. She kept my mind off of Zelda and when I was already thinking about Zelda, Riana helped by soothing my heartache slowly. Riana was every bit of kind, caring, forgiving, and patient. Even when I talked to her about Zelda and what I thought or how much I loved her, she didn't get mad; all of my thoughts didn't have to centered on her. She was very understanding, and I liked that about her, especially since I was still getting over Zelda.

I spent more and more time with Riana, occasionally taking short walks with her when I was finally able to walk. By the end of the second week my thoughts of Zelda slowly began to fade and I thought more about Riana. Riana became my best friend; my girlfriend. I allowed myself to kiss her and afterward I hadn't regretted it.

And that was pretty much how we got to where we are today.

It was lunch time and I ate out on the balcony from my room as usual. Since Riana was my assistant she was able to eat lunch with me while supposedly "watching over me." We sat in a comfortable silence as I watched Riana nibble on the sandwich in her hands. I lowered my head for a second to pick up the cookie on my plate. For some reason Riana exploded into a fit of giggles. I looked up curiously, scanning over the balcony and the castle grounds for what had caused the sudden happy spirit.

"You remind me of when you were just a child!" Riana exclaimed, her hazel eyes shimmering in the light of the sun. Her wavy brown locks of hair fell around her face from where it had been tucked behind her ears. She looked absolutely gorgeous.

Still, though she was beautiful, I had no clue how she had known me as a child. "What are you talking about?" I asked her, laughing at my own confusion.

Riana looked up to me with a playful anger in her eyes. "You used to tease me as a kid for running around with my favorite cucco! Don't you remember?"

As Riana had bee talking, I had moved myself behind the small wooden chair she was sitting in. "Really?" I asked, wrapping my arms around Riana's waist. I cringed as my ribs throbbed painfully from leaning down to hold her, but I stayed in spite of the pain and kissed her on the cheek. "Are you sure you haven't gone loony?" I smiled as Riana huffed at me. She was adorable when she was aggravated.

"You teased me at least twice. We met one day and that was about it," she retorted.

"Only once?" I asked, "How do you know it was me you met?"

"Well besides your peculiar attire," Riana replied, turning towards me and placing her hands on my arms, "I just remembered the other day that this strange man stayed at my father's inn. He had told me about you and said you had a special destiny. He had described you and from then on I just couldn't get you off of my mind…. It's strange; the man had talked with such a sweet and soft voice when he spoke about you. It was almost like he loved you!"

I began to laugh, but then stopped when Riana began to pout. Her small hands had made their way around my neck and our faces were close as we talked. Before doing anything else, I pressed my lips against Riana's. She had pulled me close to her so that our chests were pressed against each other. The back of the chair prevented us from getting any closer.

"So it was a man?" I asked suddenly, breaking our kiss. "What type of perverted man?"

My sudden curiosity caused Riana to laugh. "Father said he was a Sheikah since he had the all-seeing eye sewn onto his attire."

"Oh, I softly replied. The only Sheikah who knew me was Sheik—or rather Zelda. There was no way Sheik existed back then, so it had to be Zelda changing the future. She had gone to the past and really changed the future. At least it had been a good change, and with that thought I smiled at Riana.

"What's the mischievous smile about?" Riana whispered, at the same time bringing my head down towards hers so that she could lay a soft kiss on my lips.

I grabbed her hand and pulled her from her chair and into my room from the balcony. I wrapped my arms around Riana's back and brought her close to me. Her slender arms wrapped around my neck and I looked down into her beautiful eyes.

"You know, I think the goddesses planned for you to meet that man. We were destined to be together like this," I whispered to Riana, kissing a trail form the corner of her eye to her smooth lips. Riana's hands went though my hair as I began to kiss down her jaw line and then her neck. It wasn't long before I found myself lying over top of Riana on my bed. Her hands had already removed my tunic and were pressed against my hard chest. My own hands were fumbling with the buttons on the front of her blouse.

"Link, I love you," Riana moan before my lips came crashing down to her own. Her tongue trailed over my lips.

I parted only for a moment to reply. "I love you more than anyone, Zelda," I breathed. After realizing what I had said we both stopped awkwardly. I moved myself from Riana and sat at the edge of my bed with my head in my hands. Riana began to button her blouse as she stood.

"Sorry," I whispered in shame, "I don't even know I had been thinking about her." My slightly sweat-moistened locks fell limply around my face as I looked up to my love. It was hard to make eye contact with her.

Riana smiled sincerely as she usually did when I brought up Zelda. "Link, you and Zelda were very close. You went through a terrible break up. It's only normal for her to be on your subconscious mind." That was Riana for you; overly patient, constantly smiling, and 100 understanding. She was too good for me.

"Actually Riana," I began, "it's not right for me to do this to you. I think that we should separate…at least until I have Zelda off my mind completely. That is—if you don't hate me still." When I looked into Riana's eyes I saw complete mortification.

"Oh," she croaked. I could see tears beginning to brim her eyelids. Not even calling her Zelda had hurt her this badly. "Bye then," she choked out before fleeing the room.

I watched as one more important person to me left. Riana was only one I had left, and I just pushed her away. For some reason I had remembered Zelda and I in a similar position before. Strangely enough, I just now remembered it. Wouldn't that be something I wouldn't forget? Zelda had to be changing the past, but why would she be making love to me? Had I really just forgotten? Maybe it was déjà vu from a dream I had once had (yes, I've had my perverted dreams too.) Had I envisioned myself with Zelda because I loved her more than Riana? It was true that I wasn't completely over Zelda, but did I want to be in a sexual relationship like that? Hadn't I once said Zelda would be my only love?

The possibilities for why I had said Zelda's name were endless. All I knew was that I wanted it all to make sense. And nothing did make sense. When would it end?

A/N: How was it? I guess you might have an idea of what's happening next. Maybe that won't happen though. I have a pretty dramatic ending…Heh, not really, but it's not gonna be some little Zelda came back and lived happily ever after with Link. Muwahahahaha. You must read to find out what evil I have in store.
See ya in the next chapter,

Serene-Moon-Princess