A few days had gone past since Link had shared that tender moment with the demon lord, the days had been spent just drifting through pointless conversations and teaching the new arrivals at the academy. Link had been unfocused and many times people noticed and pointed out that he seemed to be distracted. Link couldn't stop thinking about Ghirahim, not in a romantic way, but he kept thinking about the experiences that were taking over his young mind. He had never explored another body, let alone a male body. He wasn't ashamed, but he didn't want to tell any one until he knew what was going on. In fact what was going on? Link was entering adulthood so he had a good idea about romance and 'the process of love' (meet, fall in love, marry, kids etc..) but what he had was more of a raffle. He would meet Ghirahim and then an 'event' would randomly occur..
The sky warrior couldn't help but smile as he thought of him. He wondered what he had to do to get him to Skyloft again, he chuckled at the thought of 'conjuring' Ghirahim.
"What are you laughing at?" Link looked up, he was sat near the edge of skyloft. Karane was looking down at him with her usual grin, "Well? Tell me! I like a good story, so what's the gossip?" She took place next to Link and started playing with the grass around her. "Oh just thinking about old times; you know, me, you…the remlits.." They both snicker as they remembered teasing the remlits. "Yeah, we used to drop the in the waterfall and watch them fall off the edge" She slapped her hand down on her knee and laughed till she was hyper-ventilating. "Hey it wasn't that funny?" Link said puzzled at her over-reaction.
"I know it's just me and Pipit had a little tiff over disciplining the knightlings, you know just a lover's tiff" She said casually, "Oh wait you wouldn't know, aha, sorry Link. Anyway how come you and Zelda haven't got together, or any girl for that fact? You're dashing, a hero, not so brainy but not so stupid.."
"…Oh thanks Karane, not so stupid eh?" He smiled, "Zelda and I are like me and you, we get along great and we tolerate all the bad stuff, but in the end we're mates. Maybe even family. I don't know, I just don't see her in that way."
Karane sat and watched him as he spoke and nodded when he finished, "What else though, there's something else I can see it.." Link tried to look blank but he knew his best friend would read him. "Link don't play games with me, if you don't want to tell me that's fine but don't pretend like there isn't something on your mind!" With that Karane hugged him and got up to shake the grass off her leggings, she smiled down at him and then ran back towards the school. Link lay flat on the warm grass and closed his eyes. He let out a sigh and rolled onto his side, he lay there for a while watching a volcanic lady-bird hike up a blade of grass, burning it if it stayed still too long. He wondered why it was so far from home and with that thought he too went back to the academy.
