Right after Impa escorted Nayla to her room, Princess Zelda sank to her knees, her façade of being calm and collected long forgotten. She had dreaded this news ever since the day she found Link again, bleeding on his own out in the fields. The moment she had heard about Ruto's demise, the moment she heard about the explosion in death mountain crater, the moment she had found Impa, barely alive, mouthing nonsense about how the hero of time had turned their back on them. She wouldn't belief it at first, it was just too horrible. She didn't want to believe it, and now she had to face the consequences. How on earth would Hyrule manage to defect Gannondorf again? Their hero, once strong and fierce, nothing more but a broken soul, could he find the courage again to face him? Or more important, could she find the courage to ask all that from him again?For the first time in her life, she didn't know what to do.
Just as she was almost giving into her despair, just as she almost let her tears free from their purple prison, a hand, colloused by the very burdens she had imposed on him, gentle took hold of her shoulder, and pulled her forward him. Embarressed, she tried to stop but motion had already started and tears soon fell free from her eyes.
She was supposed to be the strong one now, she couldn't ask all of this from him again. Not now.
"Shhhhs, it'll be okay, we'll think of something" Link gentle stroked her back as he held her close to him.
"How can you even say that?" Sudden anger filled her, and made her forgot about her tears, about her despair.
"Look at you, you're supposed to be our hero, and you're broken. You killed two people, sages even, there very people we needed to keep Gannondorf in his prison, and yet you say that everything is going to be alright?"
She pushed him away, anger blazing in her eyes. She was going to give him her opinion about this, right here, right now. But then she looked into his face, and saw the hurt and pain in his eyes. Ashamed, she looked at the ground, trying everything to avoid looking at him again.
"You're right…I'm in no condition to fight him…I…I…I'm sorry…"
"Don't say you're sorry…it's too late for that…"
"Well I'm sorry PRINCESS but how about you go through all I've went through and then see how you're doing? How about you save everyone in this GODESS FORGOTTEN LAND only to have them forget about all you've done for them? How would you feel if all your friends forget about you? How would you feel if the very people you save call you a monster?"
She pushed him. Hard. In his weakend state, he was thrown off balance and he fell against the wall. She held him there. He wasn't even able to free himself from her grip, so how on earth would he be able to defeat the king of evil? The one he had trouble with when he was at his peak?
"Stop feeling sorry for yourself, you're not the only one who suffered. How do you think I felt when I was told that my dad died when Gannondorf attacked our castle, that my dad died because I had some dreams and acted on them? How do you think I felt when I had to watch Hyrule go to hell because of an mistake I made? How do you think I felt when I watched you go through all of that, just because I made a bloody mistake? Take a look at yourself, right now, you're pathetic. How do you think I feel when I look at you, and realise I could have helped you? Should have helped you?"
She could feel him fighting her. Good, he had to light his fire to be able to lose his darkness.
At first, the struggling was weak, but now she had trouble keeping him down.
"You're pathetic, you know that right? Perhaps the people who called you a monster were right. You only think about yourself, you kill everything that opposes you, you act heartless. Just like a monster, that's what you are. Loving you was the biggest mistake of my life".
She was pushing it, she knew that. She didn't mean halve of the things she said, but she had to get him to fight, he had to show her that he was still able to feel emotions, other then the quiet calmness he had been showcasing the last couple of days. And that's when he broke his hold on her, and switched them around, holding her pressed against the wall. She could feel his body against her, his still strong muscles even if they hadn't been properly used in a few days, weeks even. She could feel his skin, his smell. The space between their faces was small enough that if she had wanted to kiss him, she could have.
A smirk appeared on his face, his wolf like eyes shining with something she didn't quite recognise. Purring lowly, he came even closer, so close that they're lips were almost touching.
"So you loved me huh?" He pressed his body against her, overwhelming her senses. He was too close, it was too much, she couldn't think straight anymore. Dropping her arms, he let his hands roam freely over her arms, up and down as if he was warming her. "I suppose there is no way to change that from a past tense to a present tense?"
He stepped back, leaving her frozen in her spot against the wall. He walked to his room, carefully eyeing Zelda as he walked. Deciding on a rather brave move, she whispered "No, it's too late for that" as she walked away. And within seconds, she was pinned against a wall again, her front pressed against the cold stones, her back against his chest , his lips against her neck. When she didn't object, nor shove him aside, he turned her around, once again standing face to face, and before she could even process what was happening, he pressed his lips against hers, keeping her in place against the wall.
Things didn't look that grey anymore now that she had him back. They would figure out a way, together.
