Mipha and Link were the model students. They never stayed out too late. They always budgeted their time for studying, sleeping, extra-curricular activities, and in-class participation. They rarely ate out and were pros at packing their own food. And, they always diligently studied together after school. Though, one day, Link seemed a bit distracted.

Mipha found Link staring somewhere, every time she looked up from her book. At first, Mipha just thought Link's brain was fried after studying for an hour straight and that he needed to take a break. So, she ignored his strange behavior for a while. She returned to studying the History of Hyrule's Wars. She was up to the part, where the Hero of Warrirors beats up a bunch of Gorons before discovering that they were on the same side. She found this part a bit strange, in fact she found this specific Hyrule War to be a bit outlandish. After a few minutes, she could not keep it to herself.

"Hey, Link" she said, quietly, as she lifted her head up. "Have you made it to the part where the Hylians and Gorons…" she said as she saw him still staring somewhere. "Uh, Link… you okay?" she asked in a sightly louder voice.

"Huh?" Link said as he snapped out of his daze. "Oh yeah, I'm fine."

"Really? What were you looking at?" She asked as she turned her head.

"Nothing!" he shouted as Mipha's eyes caught the sight of Zelda, sitting across the library from them. After Link shouted, everyone seemed to give them the stink eye, though no one said the, much dreaded 'shhh.' Link and Mipha, quickly looked back at their books but, as soon as everyone returned to what they were doing, Mipha looked at Zelda, then Link, with a sadness she couldn't fully understand.

For the rest of their study time, Link only made occasional glances at Zelda, most of which Mipha missed. She tried to think about the ridiculousness of the Hero of Warriors finding out his greatest weakness was the darkness in his heart but then defeating the darkness in less than five minutes but she couldn't. Link was on her mind and she couldn't figure out why. She had always enjoyed Link's company and he had always been a person whom she trusted but she had never thought she liked him in that way. Sure, she had felt extremely happy when Link had agreed to go to the few dances offered by their school with her but it wasn't as if she thought they were soul mates or anything. But, why was she so sad? She just could not understand.

"Mipha," Link said, unexpectedly. Mipha snapped out of her train of thought and noticed the library was shutting down. "Ya ready to go?"

"Oh yeah, it would be my pleasure," she quickly replied. 'I must have lost track of time,' she thought.

Mipha and Link began to pack up their pencils, notes, and books into the bags Mipha, for some reason, had always hated. They began walking towards East Castletown, as Link lived in the Castletown orphanage and Mipha lived with the Zora's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Hyrule, while she studied, located there.

As she walked, Mipha began to think about Link. She didn't want to get in the way of his happiness and, as his best friend, she knew she should be helping him find love, not pondering strange, cryptic feelings. So, she finally asked, "So, were you looking at anyone special Link?" in a teasing tone.

"Huh? Oh, you mean Zelda. Mipha, I was just thinking about my what I'm going to be doing in the future" replied Link, sarcastically.

Mipha's mind went straight to a more suggestive interpretation of what Link had said. "W-what you'll be d-d-doing?" She responded in an embarrassed tone, while feeling both a depressing and fearful wave of emotion wash over her.

"Mipha!" He quickly shouted. "I mean what my responsibilities will be as a knight, not, ya know, 'doing' it…" he said quickly. After a short moment, though, he started to speak in a more playful tone, "dang, Mipha, when did you get such a perverted mind?"

Mipha's face was hot and she could not, in any way, understand how she felt about what Link had just said. She knew it would probably help Link, the most, if she were to just say, something like: 'is it the responsibility of a knight, to fawn over Princess Zelda' or 'oh, so you were just trying to save Princess Zelda from less-worthy suitors.' But, she just did not want to. She did not want to know if Link had a crush. For some reason, she just could not bare it. She just wanted Link to not be interested in Zelda. 'Why do I want that?' She thought. 'Why can't I just be happy for my friend?' Though, despite her best efforts, she decided to take Link at his word. "Sorry, I should have just trusted you."

Mipha then turned, her head, away from Link and began walking faster. Link seemed to be a bit distraught by this. He seemed to have been expecting a different answer. Though, he just caught up with Mipha and continued to walk with her. They went the rest of the way in silence.

When they came to the Zora Ambassador's residence, Mipha quickly said, "well, this is my stop!" And, after doing this, she quickly began walking towards the door.

Before Mipha could put her hand on the doorknob, Link shouted, "I, um, can't wait to see you tomorrow Mipha!" Mipha, when she heard this, quickly turned around to see Link, with a bit of red in his cheeks, shyly raise his hand to wave. Mipha quickly waved, while giving a small smile. After this, Link began walking a bit quickly toward the orphanage. Mipha watched him, until he turned a corner and was out of sight.

When he was gone, Mipha opened the door and, practically, ran to her room. When she got there, she fell into her bed and began worming her way into a comfortable position. Once she found a position, which she enjoyed, her mind was filled with questions about Link. 'Why had he said he couldn't wait, if they saw each other every day? Why was there red in his cheeks? Why was he so silent, when Mipha said she trusted Link -wouldn't he usually make a joke? Was there any meaning to this or was Mipha simply hallucinating because of her crush on Link?…' When that last thought crossed Mipha's mind, she finally realized it was true. She did have a crush on Link, wether or not it was distorting her view of Link's actions.

After wasting time staring at the ceiling and thinking about Link, for quite a while, she decided that she was wasting her time thinking about this. She was, after all, the first Zora admitted into the Royal Hyrulian Academy and she didn't have time to worry about crushes, even ones from close childhood friends. Though, she could see she was not going to be very productive that night. At this point, she remembered she had finished tomorrows work a few days prior and she was not very hungry as she had eaten a large lunch. So, she decided it was probably a good time to get some sleep.

She blew out the candles and, immediately, closed her eyes. That whole night, she could think of nothing but Link.


Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to post a new chapter. I have been extremely lazy and... yeah, I've been lazy and I'm sorry about that. Though, I just wanted to say that you guys have been crazy supportive, despite my long times between chapters, and I am incredibly happy that you are so nice.

I hope you continue to like my stories and I, also, hope to begin posting them in shorter intervals.