I woke up to bright sunlight showering into my room; something that's common around this hotel thanks to my room placement. The small door that is connected below the window leading to the balcony is slightly pushed open and a soft breeze fills the room. I lift my head and squint to see who was out there.
"You're awake!" Arms attack me pinning me to the bed and legs swing around straddling themselves around my thighs. Sheik's long dirty blonde hair falls into my face and I meet her huge grin as she leans in close till our noses nearly touch.
"We want to go shopping today, you coming?" She appears to be extra hyper this morning. She's had coffee. Not a good thing...
"Ughh..." I groan and swat her away. "I'm barely awake and you're already making plans."
"Well... I don't want you running off with Ike again," She smirks. "Or Link. I heard you guys are partners in the Grand Games this year. That's going to be eventful." She winks.
Now, I shove her from on top of me and she laughs hysterically landing on the other half of the bed. "Not funny," I huff at her, but she doesn't cease laughing.
"Where's Lucy...?" I ask sitting up to look around my room.
"She's outside on the balcony," Sheik responds sitting up and sliding off the bed. "She has breakfast out there if you're hungry for some."
"Of course," I hop of the bed slowly and make my way over to the the bathroom to freshen up and put on a new pair of clothes. For the time being, I throw on a loose fitting halter top and a pair of black windbreaker shorts, and release my hair from the yellow ribbon.
Holding the piece of ribbon brings back wavering scenes from last night. I smile to myself, placing it among my other hair ties and form a middle part at the center of my scalp, combing through the rest of my hair with my fingers.
I make my way over to the door leading to the balcony. I creak open a small part of the door and walk out to see the round table filled with bacon, eggs, toast, Hawaiian rolls, Greek yogurt and fruit laying off to the side all covered underneath a plastic. This looks like a lot of breakfast for just three people. I look to the left and see Lucina lounging across the love-seat seriously infatuated in a book. When she notices me approaching she turns away from her page and smiles at me. "Morning sleepyhead."
"Hey," I greet her with a smile and a wave and take a seat on one of the patio chairs around the table next to Lucina. "Where'd all this come from?"
"Ever heard of room service?" Lucina returns to her book and I roll my eyes.
"I mean you really paid for all of this yourself?" I ask grabbing a piece of toast and smearing some butter into it.
"No, of course not, this is your money card I'm using." She pops a cherry into her mouth and grins at me. "Thank you."
"You little..." I glare at her and sigh thinking that I might as well eat most of it because it is my money. Can't go to waste.
"Do you feel better?" I hear her mutter quietly into her book. I look up hearing her words and return back to my piece of toast.
"Yeah... I guess..." I munch quietly, while pouring lemonade into my glass. "How else am I supposed to feel without feeling like total crap?"
"Oh, get outta that funk, it's not going to do you any good," Lucina slams her book shut and sits up to begin piling her plate with pancakes and eggs. Almost simultaneously, Sheik comes walks out to join us and so does Palutena.
"Morning Tina," I greet her with a smile and she returns the gesture by walking over and placing a soft kiss on my forehead, and blowing one to Lucina.
"Good morning Sam and Lucy," She takes a seat on the opposite side of me and Sheik takes the seat to my left.
"So whatsup, what were you guys talking about," Sheik takes a big bite from a pancake after dousing it in whipped cream and maple syrup. Palutena picks up a little bowl of yogurt and tosses fruits inside mixing it together.
"Do you think I should take Robin with me to the Grand Games?" Lucina asks us taking a sip of her cranberry juice.
"Well, you guys might be having sex all the time so I suggest not-" Sheik stops. "Someone's at the door." She gets up and walks back into the room to see who it is. A few seconds later Sheik walks back out with 3 more guests.
"Speak of the devil," Lucina smirks when she meets Robin's soft blue eyes from behind the door. He casually strides towards her and places a small kiss onto her lips and takes a seat next to her on the love-seat.
"Y'all are having quite a feast, aren't you," He snags a blackberry from the platter and pops it into his mouth. "You don't mind me do you, Samus?" His soft blue eyes swerve to me for approval.
"No, you're fine, please help yourself," I gesture for him to take more while taking another sip of my lemonade.
"Don't mind if I do," Shadow emerges from behind the door and proceeds to take my glass from my hand and drowns the whole thing in a few gulps.
Her burps. "My apologies," he leans down to me and places a kiss on my cheek. "There's more though."
"Why the fuck do you have to be so rude!" Sheik exclaims and snatches him by his shirt and pushes him against the railing. His eyes go wide in shock and he struggles to release from her grip but she doesn't let up.
"Babe! I'm sorry, but she said help yourself and you don't always have to attack me-"
"Not to her stuff, you dumb ass!" She lets him go and he straightens himself up and reaches for for an embrace but she gives him a look that says "don't try it".
"She's not even complaining..." He mumbles and takes a seat in Sheik's seat. She remains standing so he grabs her hand and pulls her onto his lap. "Aw, I made princess mad, I'm sorry..." He coos quietly to her and she continues to pout. He begins kissing her so I stop watching. I turn to my glass to pour another serving of lemonade when a hand reaches in front of me holding out a full glass.
I look up and lock eyes with Ike.
"Go on," My eyes instinct-fully lower down to his lips to which an enchanting smile lingers. My eyes then move back to his eyes. "Are you just going to keep me holding it here for you?"
"Oh.. Thanks Ike," I take the glass and set is aside. I lean closer to connect with his lips and he kisses me tenderly. My cheeks redden.
The kiss... it's chaste.
"How did you sleep last night," He mutters when we pull back. He's still close so I can smell his aftershave and cologne.
"I-I slept great," The conversation between Lucina and I still lingers in my brain as well, so I don't really know how to act. "Just wish you were there..."
"Ah, you could've just called..." His tone immediately changes and becomes seductive and I blush harder. He pauses and takes a step back.
"Is everything okay?" His face crumbles a bit with serious concern for the way I'm feeling. I smile and swat him away.
"I'm fine, just... nervous," I lie. He grins wide and chuckles.
"I know, I kind of have that effect on girls, I can't help it though," He shrugs and I shove him lightly away from me. He laughs.
Little does he know, the nerves aren't from what he thinks they're from. I just need to knock myself out of this situation by dealing with it while I'm alone so that I can avoid questions.
Ike takes a seat on the chair next to me and stretches his arms around my chair. I snuggle up underneath him beginning to shake off the feelings I had before, when I feel eyes on me. I turn to my left more and see Lucina staring worriedly at me. I try not to meet her gaze so that my demeanor wouldn't falter and my facade would play off better.
"What are you guys doing here?" Palutena asks continuing to eat her yogurt quietly.
"We're fucking, obviously, can't you see?" Shadow replies nonchalantly holding onto Sheik tightly. Sheik rolls her eyes.
"Shadow, I wasn't talking to you, so you can shut the hell up." Palutena fires back aggressively. "Anyways..."
"Cmon guys, let's try and get along," Robin advises. "There's no purpose to bickering over something that's not that important."
"The fact that you had to say that even makes this more of a drag," Lucina mumbles.
"I'm sorry, did someone say something?" Shadow looks about as though he hadn't just heard what Robin was saying.
"Yes, I actually was talking, but if you insist on being rude then continue, I however, will ignore you." His calm and soft demeanor refuses to crack.
"Cry me a river," Shadow rolls his eyes and turns his gaze to me. "So I had a word with my counterpart earlier today. He says you guys are partners now in the Grand Games. How interesting."
I try to avoid Ike's alerted eyes and look directly at Shadow. "Interesting you say? How so?"
"I mean considering that you guys were just literally on the verge of fucking right before our eyes during your final match, highlights what could possibly be in the near future for you," Shadow winks at me and I literally feel Ike tense beside me. "I always knew we had the same good taste."
"You're annoying," I reply. "And maybe you should try actually to qualify for the Grand Games before you try to determine what'll happen for someone else."
"I knew you'd say something like that," He chugs down the rest of Sheik's coffee. "Luckily, I was sure to not care at all about the Grand Games in itself."
"You guys are going to be partners?" Robin asks me. "That's a power duo right there if you ask me."
"Well no one asked," Shadow mutters under his breath.
"Yeah it is," Palutena agrees. "Did you suggest it?"
"No, actually..." I stop and try to remember exactly what he said. "He actually begged them to let us participate as partners even though we competed on the original circuit individually."
"Ohh... He begged didn't he?" Sheik smirks mirroring her partners exact expression. "I didn't know he wanted it that bad, he should've never gave it up."
"Something about him feeling like he cheated even though Samus sacrificed her last life for him," Lucina answers.
"You asked him?" I hear Ike speak for the first time to the whole group.
"Actually no, we talked to each other yesterday when he asked if Sam was home, the conversation just kinda went there."
"I personally think you'd guys do great as a team," Palutena says. "A lot of elements Link lacks in you can compensate for and vice Versa."
"Elements like what?" Shadow looks to me with a look that suggests something of the sexual nature.
"Hey careful now," Sheik taps Shadow on his shoulder with the same look on her face that her partner shares. "Ike might not approve of this conversation."
"Cut it out guys," I intercede. "You couldn't possibly be more childish than you are right now."
"No, it's alright," Ike smirks next to me and takes a sip from my lemonade. "It just says a lot about what they do when they're alone. I know there's one thing they don't do, and that's-"
"I told you that in confidence," Shadow seethes. "How dare you open your mouth and try to reveal-"
"Reveal what?" Palutena leans forward and rests her head or her folded palms. "There's obviously something that's there, and the band-aid's already off, you might as well tell us what it is."
"After all, we will find out," Lucina looks to Sheik with a mischievous look on her face.
"I'm so confused, I don't even know what's happening- wait, I think I need to use the bathroom really quickly," Sheik hurriedly hops off Shadow's lap and dashes inside the room.
"Uhh... I just forgot I left my car on, be right back quickly," Shadow is also up and out of the room.
"Well... That was quick..." Robin chuckles.
"So what's the plan for today?" Palutena asks. "Sheik mentioned something about the mall."
"Yeah let's do that," Lucina looks to Robin with pleading eyes. "Will you come?"
"Of course I will, buttercup," Robin gently kisses her on her lips and soon follows an Eskimo kiss.
Ike turns to me with a seductive look on his face. "I'm pretty sure we can do better than buttercup and the knight."
I scoot closer to him and rest my head against his shoulder and he runs his hand up and down my thigh. "I don't think I'm in the mood, really."
Ike faces me directly. "Are you sure everything's okay?"
"Yeah," I smile at him. "Just a little tired. I think I'll just stay home for this time and get my mind right for tomorrows training."
"Do you need me to stay with you?" Ike asks.
"No, no, by all means don't stay here with me, go out and have fun," I turn my head upward and kiss him. "I just want to be alone."
"Okay," He gives me a caring smile. "If you insist."
"Well, lets not waste anymore time," Palutena takes her bowl of fruit and yogurt and stands up walking toward the door. "Let's go ahead and get going before it gets crowded."
"You're right," Robin stands up and follows Palutena out the door holding Lucina's hand. Ike turns and gives me another long kiss on my lips.
"Stay safe, okay?" He smiles at me and I close my eyes and nestle in his arms. "I'll be back here as soon as we're through. And I'll be sure to pick something up for you."
"Thanks," He gets up and follows the rest of them out the balcony door and he closes it behind himself.
I remain sitting in my seat and immediately begin stuffing my face with breakfast so that I'll be able to get back to bed. In the middle of gobbling down a strawberry, I hear my doorbell ring.
I groan. I swear I can never just be left alone. I don't know, but the seven of them can be equally bothersome sometimes. I sluggishly get off my seat and walk inside to see who was at the door. I peek through and see Palutena grinning apologetically at me.
"What is it?" I ask her, confused, more like impatient.
"I left my phone," She dashes behind me and aims straight for the balcony doors. I sigh and leave the door open for her to leave and retreat to my bed. I pull the covers back and lay onto my bed, hiding myself underneath the sheets.
I hear the balcony door close and I assume Palutena has come back inside. I hear her footsteps hurriedly cross over my room, then it immediately halts.
"Sam?" I hear her call out my name and it makes me sink lower into the sheets. I really don't feel like talking...
He footsteps advance toward me slowly and the covers are pulled back slightly so that she can see my eyes.
"Hey... what we said yesterday..." She starts, looking away from me once she knows she has my attention. "We... I didn't mean to make you upset or anything... I hope you're not too bummed out about it."
"No..." I turn further away from her. "You're fine. I understand what you guys we're trying to do... It's okay, I just need time by myself is all."
"Okay..." She pauses and places a kiss on my head. "Stay safe, okay?"
"Thanks," She walks back over to the door and steps out, closing the door behind her.
I sigh heavily once I hear the door shut. Unknowingly, tears begin to roll down my cheeks.
Why am I crying? I couldn't even figure that out for myself. I guess my emotions are so out of control, I can't even determine how I'm feeling.
I hate this. I hate that I have to pretend to be strong and pretend that everything's okay. I really don't want to hurt anyone, and the opposite almost seems to be happening: I'm hurting myself.
When Lucina, Palutena, and Sheik told me that I'd have to choose, I didn't expect it to be something that would occur so quickly, almost the same night, I was faced with that dilemma. As I was assuming last night, the decision would've been Ike. I would've chosen to be with him.
And then I talked to him and... everything just shifted.
If Ike was truly my decision, then why did this morning feel so strange and abnormal? It wasn't like how I always feel when I'm around Ike. It was off. He even sensed it, I know. And he probably also knows it had something to do with Link, he most likely was afraid to say it.
Something has to be done, I just don't know when... or even how.
Immediately as my eyes were closing to fall asleep, a light knock is heard from my door.
"Ughhh," I groan loudly. Who could it possibly be now? I remove the covers and sluggishly make my way over to the door.
Without taking a minute to peek and see who it is, I undo my locks and swing open my door irritably and come face to face with Link.
I gasp, completely taken off guard my facial expression changes immediately and I feel my cheeks warm up at an intense speed. "L-Link..."
"Hey Sam," He smiles at me. "Sorry to disturb you so early." His cheeks redden a little and he scratches the back of his neck nervously. He's so cute, it's unbelievable.
"Uh-No, you're fine," I give him a small smile and relax a little, noticing that I was still tightly gripping the door nob. "What is it?" Damn, it seems whatever time it is, I still can't seem to completely rid myself of him.
"Well, I came by here to hand you this," He holds out a medium sized red booklet. "It's the rule book and agreement contract, I just received it this morning, and was about ready to head over and turn it in, I just need you to sign a few places."
"Oh, right," I take the booklet from him and examine the front cover. Usually, before the Grand Games, I would sign a yellow booklet for the individual circuit. Never in a million years would I expect to be signing a red one. I open the book and skim over the first page. "Huh, joint-damage eraser? What's that..." I mumble to myself. I really wonder just how different the team circuit would be from the individual, I might just have to sit and read it all to find out.
I look up at Link and meet his expectant gaze. "Oh! I'm sorry, would you like to come in? This definitely won't take long, I promise."
"Yes, sure," I move out of the way of the doorway and he walks in and takes a seat on the sofa. Still skimming over the first page, I close the door and turn around, my head still closed within the covers of the book.
Don't freak out. Don't be weird. Stay relaxed. So far so good. Stop blushing so much, dammit! I can't even get a grip on myself. I restrain myself from sighing aloud and look up to his eyes again. His non-wavering gaze sends tingling sensations thought my abdomen and palms.
"Did you eat any breakfast yet?" I ask him placing the book down on the coffee table. I at least have to look and sound like I'm under control.
"Nah, don't worry yourself, I'll be fine," He smiles genuinely at me and I return it with a smirk.
"Too late, it's only because I already have breakfast here, that now you'll have to eat something," I rush over to the balcony and pick up the tray of toast, butter and rolls and bring it in, placing it on the coffee table in front of him.
"Samus, really-" I then walk over to the small kitchen area and pull out a mug. Taking the kettle, I pour him a hot cup of coffee, add two packs of sugar and one creamer, just like he usually likes it. I walk back out and place it in front of him with a smile.
"There you go," I pick up a pen off of my dresser and retrieve the book, plopping myself onto the one seat across from him. "Eat up. I told you I wouldn't take long, but we both knew I was lying."
I see him staring at me in the corner of my eye and I turn and look at him. "What?"
He continues to smile at me without saying anything. I feel my cheeks begin to heat up slightly. Damnit, he obviously knows what he's doing...
"Haven't changed one bit," He says chuckling to himself. "Thank you."
"It's nothing, really. Now hurry before it gets cold." I open the book up again quickly and begin to read over it.
We sit like that, quietly, while he eats and I read, well also me asking him questions occasionally, if I don't understand something. The rules aren't hard to follow or avoid, they're just really pointless. Although, I still can't seem to shake the feeling that he-Link is literally sitting in my room right now. Just watching him take small bites of the rolls looks so satisfying. And then, every once in a while he'd look up at me and I'd literally feel his eyes all around me, whilst the whole time I'm pretending not to notice. There should be some kind of law that prohibits people from looking too sexy. It's just like asking for a slow and painful death. About half an hour later, Link is finished eating and is stretched out on the sofa and I am practically on the floor. Although we've simultaneously gotten more comfortable, my emotions are still wide awake, rapidly moving around in my stomach. It's almost making me sick to think about, or even look at him.
But why is it so intense?
"Who would ever summon their story mode foe in the middle of a battle, and even then so where would one even find the time to be summoning someone during battle?" I frown and flip the page dramatically.
"They just write it down there so they can just say that they mentioned it in the rule book, in case anyone were to do it." Link replies. "You might as well just skip through the next 27 pages because they're all like that."
"Thanks for the heads up, my brain would've been fried by then," I place the tip of the pen in my mouth habitually and chew softly. "I think I'm all finished then."
"Great, now all that's left is to confirm that you've read and understood the rules and regulations," Link stretches and sits upward. His shirt rises up just a tad and I'm able to see his chiseled abdomen. I divert my eyes away quickly before he notices. "I guess it did kind of take a little while."
I sign my name underneath his and add the date as instructed. I close the book with a smile. "There it is, all finished."
"Awesome, I guess it's time for me to go then..." He stands up hesitantly and I pause, my brain going into panic mode. I feel warmth fill my cheeks.
I really don't want him to go... Oh shut up, Sam, what are you thinking? What are you even going to do with him in here by yourself anyway?
We could talk, discuss game tactics formations and timing... We can do that at training tomorrow, Hey, what's the deal here?
He looks so good right now... White really is his color... Oh, shut up, Samus!
And his eyes are so blue... let's not also forget those luscious lips of his... A girl can only dream...
"Samus?" Link immediately takes me away from my thoughts and I look up to him expectantly, seeing his hand out in anticipation. "I need the book to turn it in..." He lightly chuckles.
"Oh!" I hurriedly hand him the book and I can feel my face turn extremely red with embarrassment, literally from checking him out right in front of his face. "You could've just said that... you know, before."
"Well, I kinda had asked 3 times already," He smirks and takes the book. "Just saying."
My eyebrows narrow in distaste. "O-K, now you don't have to get all perverse about it..." Still, he manages a smile out of me. "You're free to leave now."
"Free?" His tone is questionable as he walks toward the door. "You're making it seem like you were holding me hostage here."
"Maybe I was," I fold my arms across my chest following him toward the door. "I mean I did keep you in here to take advantage of you."
"Oh really?" He opens the door and turns back around to face me, a kittenish smirk etched over his lips. "But you didn't force me to do anything."
"I guess you could say it wasn't a traditional style of force I used on you, then," I then stop, standing directly in front of him. "Nonetheless, you did what I wanted you to do."
"What about what I want you to do, hmm?" He steps closer and leans against the door frame, also crossing his arms. "Why not I take you in and you be my hostage for a while?"
The words are really suggestive, therefore I don't know how to respond immediately. I sense his eyes travel down my face and stops just above my chin.
"See, that's not how things work around here," I simply reply. "This is my bedroom, not yours."
"We're teammates, remember?" He continues. "What's mine, is yours. Vice versa."
"There's a strong difference between teammate and roommate, teammate," I give him a small jab in his abdominal and he laughs. I couldn't help but grin as well.
"I guess you caught me there," He grins widely at me. "I guess I'll leave you now to your solitude." His hand reaches under my chin and he lifts my head up slightly, caressing my chin softly. "Stay safe, okay?"
Somehow, of all the times this has been said to me, his words, his voice seems way more reassuring.
"And you be safe," I reply.
He releases his hand and gives me one last smile. "See you around, Sam."
I push the door so that it'll close and sluggishly walk over to the balcony door to lock it. After the doors are locked turn around slightly lean against it. Slowly, I allow myself to fall against the door and sink to the floor.
"I need to tell him," I can't let him keep doing this to me.
He knows what he's doing too... He has a girlfriend and he's flat out flirting with me. What is any of this supposed to mean? If he really did still harbor feelings for me, he should work to end things with the princess first. I don't want to be that person to ruin things for them.
I don't even care if they weren't stable before we started talking again... It's not in my place to barge into their relationship, broken or mended.
Plus I don't fully understand it, but this is the most intensely I've felt for Link. 2 years together and I never, not once felt mediocre to him or was even the slightest bit timid. Not even talking about how much I'm blushing. I'm acting as though I've just met him. It's different now, I just don't know why.
Then again, when he does flirt with me, I can't stop it. I want him to continue but it's just not right. Ever since we saw each other that day of the last match, it's been subtle touches here, long stares there, all at close proximity, now I don't know what to think or feel.
It feels so good... Yeah, at the expense of crying at night over Ike and him.
It feels right... I guess I can't deny that.
I decide that now, I probably won't be disturbed for the next 2 hours and sluggishly stand up to walk to my bed. I didn't take not one single step and the door rattles, urgently. I jump taken by surprise and turn around to open and see who it is.
Immediately as I undo the locks, Link's face emerges from behind the door.
"Sam, I can't take this anymore," He steps inside and shuts the door, then pulls me up against it his hands pinning my wrists to the door. My eyes widen, completely taken by surprise. "Link..!"
"I..." His gaze travels to my lips and this time he doesn't try to hide it. "You..."
"Link..." I mumble. What has come over him? Why did he come back and why is he holding me like this?!
"I can't take this anymore, Samus," he releases one hand and begins caressing my lips. "I want you..."
Almost immediately, without giving me time to register, his lips are against mine, so fast that I can't even think straight to relax my mind, but my body automatically gives in and despite my confusion and uneasiness my lips move in sync with his. He releases my other hand and his hands trail down to my waist and he wraps them around tightly. My arms, robotically move around his neck and simultaneously pulls him in deeper.
I feel his tongue slowly enter my mouth and I can't help but moan quietly against his lips. He slowly lifts me up my back still against the wall and shifts his arms to underneath my thighs, hoisting me up. He continues to attack my lips with so much rage and desire and it stimulates me more, that he wants this... He wants me, just like I had imagined.
This is all I've ever wanted. Was for him to want me.
"I've waited too long," I feel him speak underneath the kiss. Yet he never ceases to break the lock between our lips. "You..." He looks down lower at my chest and my cheeks begin to heat up. "When did your breasts get so big?" I giggle, not knowing what to make of his bewildered expression. He winks at me and grins teasingly. I then take his head in my hands and resume kissing him.
My hands move from around his neck and into his hair, my fingers massaging it gently as we continue to kiss passionately.
The both of us run out of air, the same time and we both look up to meet each other's gaze, breathing heavily. I feel my mouth slowly form a grin and he also grins in response. I laugh at his hazy expression, and he closes his eyes and leans into my neck, chuckling softly. I continuously run my fingers through his hair and his breathing slows down. I feel his lips graze my neck and my hold on him tightens. His lips trail around my neck and his arms hoist me back up against the door. His tongue trails up my neck and lightly flicks over my earlobe causing me to push myself up against him. A soft moan escapes my lips and he grunts. "Fuck."
He grabs hold of my thighs tightly and lifts me up onto him, and his lips meet mine again. His lips move softly on top of mine and my teeth grazes his bottom lip, nibbling slightly. I can feel a smile rise underneath my lips so I pull back and smirk at him.
"What's so funny?" I ask.
He gently walks me over to my bed and lays me down. Without hesitating, he pushes me down onto my bed and straddles himself on top of me. He moves on and places another kiss against my lips and pulls back continuing to smile at me. "You're just perfect."
I gape at his words, they make me want to...
"Link," I'm surprised at the tone that I called his name in. At this moment I can't even really control my words. They follow out unknowingly. Even his eyes have a different look in them. It scares the both of us. "I want you..." His gaze now becomes expectant. "I-I want you to..." My cheeks go red, feeling nervous for thinking about such things to begin with. I look away from his intense blue eyes and hope that he'll just ignore that I began speaking. Instead, Link places his index finger on my lips and smiles.
"Shh... You don't have to say anything."
—-•—
"Samus!" I hear someone calling me. "Samus, we're back!"
My eyes jolt open and I find myself on top of my bed covered with sheets and blankets, almost as if I was tucked in. I look around hastily, and my heartbeat increases in momentum.
Was that all just a dream?
"Sam?" Lucina's indigo eyes peer at me in scrutiny. "Are you alright, why do you look so frightened?"
I raise my right hand to my lips and feel a tingly sensation about it. It's almost as though the touch of his lips are still lingering on top of mine.
Sheik and Palutena come around to get a better look at me. "What's wrong? Did anything happen while we were gone?"
"Uhh..." I look around my surroundings and spot the place where Link was sitting. The mug of coffee was still there along with the opened containers of butter. I look back over to the front door.
The three of them follow my gaze to the coffee table. Sheik frowns. "That's wierd, Sam, you don't drink coffee, and I already had my share."
Palutena walks over to the mug and picks it up. She takes a small sip and her eyebrows narrow in distaste. "Ugh, It's bitter. Like only 2 sugars are in here."
"Hm," Lucina looks back over at me. "Did Link come by here?"
"Uhh..." I don't even know if that was a dream or not. "I-I don't know..."
Sheik walks over to Palutena and slides her fingers across the couch where he was previously sitting. She places her fingers to her nose. "Yep, he was definitely here, I can still smell him."
"Sam, what do you mean you don't know?" Lucina turns back to me. I push the covers away slowly and notice that my clothes were still on. Confusion sweeps over my face and my heartbeat increases dramatically, again.
"I mean..." I pause and look back at Lucina. "I believe he came here, to let me sign the red book of agreement. Then, he left and..."
"And?" Sheik urges me to press on.
"And, he came back... and we-" I stop myself. I don't know how this is going to sound coming out of my mouth. "He..."
"Samus... did you guys...?!" Palutena's eyes grow alarmingly wide. "Please don't tell me-"
"No! W-We didn't... At least that's what I think.." I rub my palms dramatically over my forehead trying to decipher what really happened.
"Samus, you're not making any sense," Sheik shakes her head and crosses her arms over her chest. "Are you saying that you blacked out or something?"
"No, well..." I stop again, shaking my head.
"Just spit it out already!" Lucina shouts.
"Well, He came back and he held me against the door and started kissing me, mentioning something about him waiting too long and not being able to take it anymore," I feel my cheeks redden imagining the events again.
Sheik smirks. "Sure does sound like Link too."
"And so, we were kissing and then we were laughing... Then he picked me up and we were on the bed. I woke up to you guys calling my name except, I don't remember tucking myself in bed or even falling asleep. And then him placing his hand over my lips telling me not to say anything."
"There, that's where I presume the sex was supposed to follow," Lucina waves at me to discontinue and I close my mouth and wait to hear their response on what they think happened.
"Why don't we just call and ask him?" Sheik suggests flabbergasted. "He should know what actually happened, if not then we've got to assume that Sam's hallucinating."
My eyes widen in alarm and I feel my cheeks turn even redder. "No! We're not going to ask him, are you insane?!" Lucina looks worriedly in my direction and places her hand on top of mine.
"Relax Samus, no ones asking Link anything," She looks at me sternly then quickly turns to Sheik and gives her an aggressive glare. "Are you literally trying to kill her? You already know how she acts when we simply just propose to invite him over."
Sheik simply shrugs. "You guys are making this extremely difficult."
Instantly, the door opens and Robin, Shadow, and Ike walk into the room... With LINK?!
I let out a small squeak and speedily dive back underneath the covers. What is he doing here again?! I can barely control myself from blushing when he's not even here now he's causally strolling in with my friends?!
"Link!" Palutena exclaims surprised. "W-what are you doing here?"
"Oh, hello Tina! It's been a while..." He casually chuckles and I can practically see him nervously scratching the back of his neck.
"Where's Sam?" I hear Ike's voice slowly approach the bed and I scoot down lower so that I'm completely invisible.
"Why do you need her?" I feel Lucina move slightly across my body, I'm assuming to block Ike from getting any closer.
"Uhh... Because she's my girlfriend and I haven't seen her in four hours." His tone is snarky but her body shifts a little and I feel a strong hand weighing down on my hip. "Sam, are you awake?"
"Gosh, can't a girl rest nowadays?" Sheik sneers from across the room. "All you guys are the same, 'girlfriend this', 'girlfriend that', do you ever not once think about how we feel being canoodled all the time?"
"I mean, can we help it?" Shadow replies and I can literally imagine his smirk from underneath the sheets.
"Anyways, Ike, please see if Sam is doing alright," Robin's voice also comes closer. "I really hope she hasn't come down with anything when training is literally tomorrow."
"Are you sure about what you said, Fairyboy?" Ike's voice is low and harsh. "It's rare for her to just be passing out."
I passed out?!
"I'm positive," Link's voice confirms. "And I would prefer you call me by my name, if you don't mind."
"Cut the chivalry, I could care less about your existence entirely." Ike responds even colder.
"And you call yourself her boyfriend, I can't believe she'd stoop that low to a person like you." Link manages almost in mumbles to even out the atmosphere between them by bringing his tone two times colder than before.
"What did you just say?" Ike gets loud immediately and I cringe underneath the sheets.
"Can you guys cut it out for just a second?" Lucina's voice intervenes between the two of them. "The both of you are childish, just shut up. Now Link can you please tell us what you said happened to Samus while you we gone."
Link clears his throat. "I apologize for that. But I will explain. I came to her room after you guys were gone I suppose, and I gave her the red book to sign. She signed it and then I was out but I had to come back to get my ribbon that I left on her sofa. So when I came back knocking, she opened the door looked at me and then passes out right in front of me."
"Hmph... That really is weird," Palutena responds.
"I know exactly what happened," Sheik also adds.
"Really?" Links asks. "Then what?"
"Just one question: was anything weird about her? Did she look hazy, or a bit red in the face? Or just red everywhere?"
"Well, she did look a little flushed on her cheeks... Now that you mention it."
Sheik laughs quietly. "As I assumed. She'll be fine, I know that for sure."
"What happened?" Robin asks Sheik, apparently not understanding. "I don't understand."
"Don't worry about her, is all," Sheik says. "She's completely okay."
Lucina sighs dramatically. "Yeah, guys don't worry about her. She'll be fine. But if you don't mind, I'm going to ask you all to leave so that she can rest."
I feel Ike's hand being removed from me and a few steps echo away. "Please take care of her, whatever the situation may be." Ike's voice says to Lucina.
"Yeah yeah," I hear their footsteps disappear and the door shut close. I slowly peek from underneath the cover, warily.
"Relax they're gone," Sheik walks up to the bed and also lays down on top of the sheets. "You can stop hiding now."
I remove the covers from on top of myself and sigh heavily. I still am not able to wrap my head around what Link had said happened when he came back. I passed out? Was I that overworked just from him..? Now that I think about it, I really wasn't able to control myself completely while he was in my room, so when he came back it was almost like my heart gave out or something. Then that dream followed. It was so... Vivid it almost seemed too real. Wait-!
"Okay, so I think I'm the only one that's really confused here so can one of you guys explain to me what really happened?" Palutena muddles.
"She just overdid it," Sheik answers raising an eyebrow at me. I turn away and cross my arms over my chest. Humph. As if she'd know.
"She probably started overthinking everything whenever he left, or perhaps while he was still here. So when he came back it was like her emotions couldn't really rest so she went into overdrive," Lucina replies to Palutena looking at me bewildered. "You could've avoided all of this by just coming with us to the mall, Sam."
"Yeah, I mean look at you, you're still red as a tomato," Palutena frowns. "You need to relax, Link will not kill you. I don't even understand how you can still act like this after dating him for 2 years."
"Well, excuse me, he doesn't look the same way he did 2 years ago! Plus... He's... He's...". I clench my fists and take a deep breath.
"Neither do you but you don't see him fumbling and blushing every chance he gets when he sees you."
"You think I want to be this flustered every time he's around?! This is stressing me out," I snatch a pillow from behind me and groan loudly into it. What is wrong with me?! I need to get myself together! We're competing together and if I can't handle this then we will not be successful at all.
"I know one thing," Sheik mumbles from beside me. "You sure aren't like this when Ike is around."
I pause. Palutena shoots Sheik an instant glare. "You don't have to keep throwing that in her face every time, you know."
"No, it's fine," I bow my head and feel my eyes sting. "It's only because it's true that she's saying it. It'll do nothing but harm the both of us if I keep continuing to deny it."
"Sam..." Lucina places her hand on top of mine again.
"Don't worry about me anymore," I tell the three of them. "The grand games is in two weeks, I have no more time to waste on frivolous things such as romance and emotions right now. Regardless of the fact that Link is my partner, I'll be sure to make my mark and to even work harder than him. It doesn't make me too happy that I allowed myself to lose that final match. I carelessly let my emotions get the best of me and ruin my performance. This time around, I refuse to make it the same." I look up and smile at them confidently. The words came out unknowingly, but somehow they give me a little bit of courage. "Failure is not an option."