Chapter 10

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"Link!" I jumped up and hugged him tightly. I closed my eyes tightly as well, while pushing my face into his chest. "You worried me… so much!" I've wanted to hug him for such a long time, it was like… a dream come true! "I missed you so much!" I continued to smudge my face into his shirt. "Zelda…?" He asked. I looked up at him with a big smile! I was so happy to see him! "I'm glad you're okay!" His I saw his blue eyes up close, and just that made me extremely happy.

His eyes wandered off, and he looked back to me with his powerful blue eyes! He looked sad all of a sudden though, "S-Sorry…" He looked down. He must've missed me as well…! I leaned on his shoulder, "You're okay," I pulled away to meet his eyes again, "I see you here!" I smiled.

He looked down somehow for a while. I didn't completely understand why… my feelings were mostly happy ones. I just was so HAPPY he was in front of me. Yet, his sad feelings for some reason bothered me.

I got a candle out of the covered, and lit it. I glanced at him, "Are you feeling okay?" He nodded, "Yeah… I don't really feel any pain," He responded. I smiled a little, I felt like my question wasn't answered fully. "Good," I stood up from the chair. "I'll be right back." I headed to the door, "…K" He responded. I left, and went down the stairs heading downstairs.

The air was slightly cold; I was warm enough with my black cape. "Malon!?" I shouted. "Zelda!" I came to her voice, and met her with a smile. I began panting, "He's AWAKE!" I said cheerfully. "Good! Is he okay?" She asked. I nodded, "Yeah, he said he wasn't feeling anything." She smiled. "Good… was he hungry at all?" I stared at her, and giggled. "I… didn't ask him, he seemed fine though!" I said. Malon sighed, and looked around. "His healing may take a few more days, so you're welcomed to stay here," I smiled and jumped. "Really!" She nodded, "There's so extra blankets in the closet," I turned around and began walking. "Thanks, Malon!" I shouted.

I went into the house, and looked around for a closet. I found a two-door entry by the entrance of the house. I opened doors and found a whole bunch of stuff in it, and boxes in it. I glanced all over the closet. A mint-green fluffy blanket caught my eye. I grabbed it and went upstairs.

Slowly I opened the door; it kind of made creaking sounds. "I'm back!" I quickly closed the door, and began walking over to the bed. "Move over a little bit," I said, he quickly moved, and I spread the blanket across one side. I smiled down at him, "I'm staying here with you, so I'll be sleeping beside you!" A smile formed on his face.

I sat down on the bed, staring down at the floor. Was he really okay? Was he hiding something? I looked over my shoulder to see his face. "You sure you're okay?" I asked. "Yeah," I nodded. He seemed to be telling the truth I suppose. I went under the covers. Was he telling the truth? "Good night," He said. "Night," I leaned over to the candle, and blew it out. The candle's light disappeared, and the room became dark. He wasn't lying? Was he? I soon fell asleep.

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~Day 3~

The light of a new day shined through the curtains. I looked over to the clock, it was uncomfortable doing that. I had to use all my strength to do that. It read 10:33 A.M. I quickly got up, and put a new dress on. I usually didn't sleep that long! I headed over to the door, and glanced at Link. He was still fast asleep. I smiled, and went downstairs.

Malon wasn't around, but Romani was. "Morning, Zelda!" Romani smiled. She was sitting in a chair at the table. I smiled, "Morning, Romani," I pulled a chair, and sat beside her. "Want some coffee?" She asked. "Sure," She got up and poured coffee into a mug. "Here you go!" She handed it to me, and sat down. "Oh! And here is the creamer." She got up, and got the creamer handing it to me. I poured some in, and began sipping the coffee.

"Thanks," I mumbled. "Mm Hmm!" She responded. She looked around the room, and then stared at me. "Zelda… is Link okay?" She asked. I placed the mug down. "Yeah, he is…" I said. "I just haven't had a chance to ask him, you know…" I looked down. "You will," I looked at her.

"Romani!" Malon's voice shouted. Romani stood up. "O-Oh coming!" She ran out the door. I sighed, and continued sipping my coffee. Suddenly I hear creaky steps coming from the stairs. Halfway downstairs, I saw Link! "Link!" I ran up to him. I smiled, "Good morning!" I said. "Morning," I rolled my eyes over to his right sleeve. It had blood on it, from yesterday evening. I quickly grabbed it tugging it closely to me. I examined it. He must've slept with it. "S-Sorry, I got another shirt for you," I quickly led him up the stairs, "N-Not so hard…" I looked at my hand, and let go of his sleeve… I didn't even realize I still held it. "S-Sorry." He followed me into the bedroom; I began glancing around in my bag. "Take off that shirt," I said quickly. "R-Right," I found a shirt, and pulled it out handing it to him. I stared at his chest while he put the white collared shirt on. He had bandages across his chest… I felt bad, for him… just thinking and seeing it, it must've been painful. I disliked it.

He put the shirt on, and he smiled. I smiled back, "C'mon let's go downstairs and eat something!" I grabbed his left hand, and we both went down. I was going to grab his right, but I felt I would hurt him. I felt uneasy; it was like I was going through his pain… but no… I can never understand that…he's the one who protects me from that, and he's the one who ends up getting hurt. I felt like a bad person…

"Oh…good morning, Link… and Zelda," Malon shouted. "Morning," I responded, "Morning…" Link said three seconds after me. Malon was washing dishes. "How are you feeling, Link?" She nodded her head over to Link. "Fine… I'm just tired…" He sighed. "Oh, well if you're hungry there are eggs for both you and Zelda." I nodded, "Thanks Malon!"

All my thoughts just began to just gather up, I began thinking too much. "I'll be outside if you need me!" I quickly looked at Malon, "Okay!" I said. She left, and it was just Link and I sitting in the same room… he sat across from me, practically ignoring me. My words just came out, "I'm sorry about what happened to you…" He looked up. "Zelda… it's not your fault," I looked down… it wasn't my fault true. "But—you must've been in pain, of course you were!" Even saying that, my chest filled with a ton of emotions, anger, sadness… a lot of those, fear… "I'm fine… you shouldn't have to worry about my own body—"That was the lighter that released all the energy and feeling inside me! "Of course I do! What if you bled to death! How would I feel!?" I stared at him, with a demon in my eyes. I felt my eyes getting filled with tears as well. "Zelda…" He looked up at me, with fear. He was panting. "It won't happen…" I breathed in and out holding my tears in, "Well… you aren't invincible!" He looked down. "Zelda, I know how to use my sword—"Dumbass… "Yeah! But—you do know who you're going against… NOTHING, you're going to kill yourself!" Is he that stu… pid… my eyes began filling up, I tried my hardest to hold back.

"You're just letting him interfere with yours and my life… you do understand what I'm trying to say? Right?!" My harsh tone slowly disappeared, and in return more tears filled in my eyes. "I—"He looked down, "Zelda…" He sighed. A tear rolled down my cheek. "I'm tired…" I laid my head down onto my arm that were folded on the table, and forced my head into them. "Sorry…" I cried and sniffled. "I'm sorry…" I shouldn't have had yelled at him… I just don't want him to die… I felt bad for all the pain he must've went through… I… he put his arm around my shoulder. His right arm, with his bandage. "It's okay" I stared at it. "Link… I—"I put my head against his chest, and cried more. "Link… I'm sorry…" He wrapped his arm around my back. "I've just been—so worried…" I sighed, "Link… I—"I looked up at him. "I—I'm nothing without you… Link… you know that right? If you die, I won't be able to live the same again… you u-understand?" He just stared at me, not saying anything… so I just looked into his shirt, and cried. Sadness took over me.

Link suddenly began moving. He picked me up, and carried me to the bedroom. He put me on the bed, and sat next to me. I still cried for some reason, so I tried to pull away my tears… I really didn't want him seeing me like this. Suddenly I saw a tissue being handed to me. I took it and began wiping my face with it. My face was really wet.

I sighed, "Sorry… for getting emotional…" I said. "No—it's okay…" I looked at him after I wiped away my tears. I put my hand against his chest, I was able to hear his pulse… it was calm. "I-I love you…" I looked up at him. "Link…" I smiled. I put my head on his chest.

"I'm tired…" I mumbled. "Me too…" He responded. I grabbed his right hand. It had bandages on it. I looked up to him. "Is Malon going to take care of your bandage?" I asked. "Yeah…" I looked down, "Okay."