AN:
Guest: Thank you. I know that Skyward Sword has problems, though I do find everyone getting excited over Fi in BOTW hilarious, but I love that game. It was my first Zelda game, and I am happy that I played it. Its story is good, and the characters are all fun. I try to think through these things logically, obviously BOTW Zelda is supposed to be a descendant of Hylia and SS Zelda is Hylia in human form, so being her own descendent makes sense. And, actually the tradition of the princess and hero marrying was going to be a plot point in my canceled story, What the Future Holds. I kind of liked the idea and it gave Zelda another reason to dislike Link at first, so I decided to keep it.
Kersplunk: I have no clue, no one really knows, people claim to, but they're liars as far as I can tell. I just know in Skyward Sword, Demise is like "and you are cursed forever and I will always come back and we will fight again and blah blah blah, fire hair."
Ichigomatsudai: It did happen before Link's telling his family, directly after the meeting. You'll learn more about his family in this chapter.
Guest who reviewed chapter 5: You'll see.
Guest who reviewed chapter 6: Maybe he will.
Still not Nintendo.
Dear father, mother, and Alisse,
I am sorry that it has been some time since my last letter. I have been rather busy and regretfully have not had time to write.
I am glad to hear that everything is going well and hope to visit soon. I have become confident in Ryell and Aron's abilities to lead and train the guards in my absence. Which means that I should be able to visit more often now.
I have some news that is rather important to tell you.
I have been permitted to court Princess Zelda.
On her birthday, the other champions and I took her on a picnic to the Great Plateau. The next day, she came to speak with me in my office. There, we had a discussion and admitted that we both have had feelings beyond friendship for each other for years. I then requested her consent to my courting her. When she agreed, we went to go speak with the king.
We have received the blessing of both her father and the council. We now request yours.
We hope to hear from you soon.
And yes, Zelda did help me write this letter.
Love,
Link
"Are you sure that you don't want to sign it?"
"I didn't want to help you write it! This is supposed to be a personal letter, not a formal request." I reply, exasperated.
"I didn't want to write it without you. This affects you just as much as it does me."
"Do you think that they might say no?"
"No, they know how I felt about you. My mother nagged me until I confessed." He reads over the letter again.
"I thought you said that only Ryell knew."
"When someone says that no one else knows, that generally does not include their maternal figure."
"You're right." Urbosa was the only one I ever told.
"They already told me that if something were to happen, they would approve of it. But, writing them like this is strange. It's an awkward subject."
-oOo-
It's another week before we receive a reply. His parents whole-heartedly give us their blessing and invite us both to come visit. Of course, we cannot visit alone. So, father has asked two knights to accompany us, with strict directions to make sure that we don't leave their line of sight unless they're sure that someone else is accompanying us.
It's been a few days since we received the letter and leave today. Actually, we've already left.
"This should only take two days. There's a stable almost exactly midway, so we'll stop there tonight." Link has been planning our journey while I still had lessons.
"That sounds good to me."
"As long as nothing bad happens, this should be an easy trip."
"What are we going to do once we arrive?" I ask.
"I have no clue, whatever my family wants us to."
"I do hope that it doesn't rain." Light gray clouds shade us from the sun.
-oOo-
It didn't rain that day, but it did the next. Plus, we were too close to the estate to warrant stopping another night. We've just arrived and are waiting on someone to answer the door. Great way to make a good impression on your possibly future in-laws, soaking wet and exhausted at ten o'clock at night.
"Oh goodness!" The maid who answers the door replies. "Master Link! Princess Zelda! Are you alright?"
"Yes, just soaked." We enter the house and the knights follow us.
"I'll go find your parents. We thought that with all the rain, you would have stopped for the night."
"We were too close. Besides, there was nowhere to stop." The girl disappears and the four of us are left standing in the middle of the foyer. Eventually, the girl reappears with a stack of towels.
"Lord Allard will be here soon." I wipe off my face and hair, trying to make myself at least a little bit more presentable.
"Princess Zelda, Link." Lord Allard appears from the family wing of the house. "How are you both?"
"We are well, tired, but well." Link replies, still toweling his torso.
"I'm glad you're okay. That storm came rather suddenly. And your knights, they are alright?"
"We are." One of them replies.
"Good. Good. Mallory, will you show these two gentlemen to where they will be staying, provide them with anything they need, please. I will show the princess to her room."
"Yes sir." She curtsies to me before leading the knights away.
"Are either of you hungry?" He begins walking back towards the family wing.
"Yes, we didn't stop for dinner. We wanted to beat the rain." Link keeps a towel around his shoulders like I am, trying to keep our hair from dripping everywhere.
"Good job." I can't see it, but I'm sure he rolled his eyes. "Well, once you're cleaned up, I'm sure that the cook will be more than happy to provide you with something."
"Thank you." I yawn.
"This is it." He stops in front of the room I stayed in last time.
"Again, thank you." I open the door and begin walking inside.
"I'll come get you in half an hour to go get something to eat." Link informs me.
"Sounds good to me." I bid him goodbye, and Lord Allard goodnight, before closing the door. I quickly strip out of my soaking clothes and dress in a simple lavender dress I had packed.
Right at half an hour after he left, Link knocks on my door. "Hi."
"Hi. You look more comfortable." I note. He's dry for the most part, with his hair hanging down around his shoulders.
"So do you. Let' go, I'm starving." He offers me his arm and I take it.
"No chaperone?"
"I won't tell the knights if you don't."
"What if we run into them?"
"They're staying in the opposite side of the building. Also, I asked Mallory, they both ate before they went to their rooms."
"They've already gone to bed?" He nods. "Good. I do not want to deal with that right now."
"You mean you don't enjoy someone staring at your back constantly, walking a few feet behind?"
"It was different when it was you. Though, I did not enjoy it then, either."
We're served a simple curry dish, but I am quite sure that I haven't tasted anything this good in a while. We eat in silence, too consumed with thoughts of food for conversation. Though, I am capable of admiring him some. His hair dries much more quickly than mine, it's not entirely dry yet, but still, I don't get to see him with his hair down often.
His bangs fall around his face, framing his clear blue eyes, and softening his jaw. The back part of his hair has reached the middle of his shoulder blades, and from what I can tell that's where he's going to keep it. "You're staring."
"Is that a bad thing? Is it wrong of me to want to look at a handsome man?" His cheeks turn red, causing me to giggle. "You should wear your hair down more."
"I'm normally training." He reminds me, his face still red. "It doesn't make sense for me to wear my hair down. I have also been informed that it isn't formal enough. For council meetings and any other meetings, I need to wear it in a low ponytail. I don't know why, but I still have to do it."
"You could wear it down for me."
"When?"
"I don't know." I admit.
"I'll try, if that's what you want." I grin broadly at him, it's his turn to laugh now. "Are you done?" I nod. "Okay, it's late. We need to go to sleep."
We thank the cook before returning to family wing. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." He slowly presses his lips to mine. I wrap my hands around his biceps as we kiss. But, I have to pull away and yawn. "Goodnight."
"Sorry." I yawn again. "Goodnight." I quickly kiss him again before entering my room.
