Millerna: Oh, thanks, Erin. Now they'll all think I've gone soft.
HealerAriel: Hey, you got to cuddle Link, which is more than I get. Be grateful.
Millerna: *grumbles* Why can't I kiss him?
HealerAriel: Because I said so.
Millerna: You say a lot of things! Does anyone listen?
HealerAriel: No. But only because they don't understand my true superiority! HAHAHA! Bow to me, puny mortals!
Millerna: -_-; Erin, you are so strange at two in the morning.
HealerAriel: *deep in thought* I still really, really, really want to write a Bit/Leena lemon...
Millerna: They don't allow NC17 shit, and WOULD YOU SHUT UP ABOUT THOSE DAMN ANNOYING ZOIDS PEOPLE??!! Those guys piss me off!
HealerAriel: Why?
Millerna: ....'Cause Bit won't let me drive his robot kitty....neither will Van....or Irvine....*sniffle* All I wanna do is drive a robot kitty, dammit!
HealerAriel: Oh, please. It's easy to weasel the guys into letting you drive. I've done it loads of times.
Millerna: Don't make me hate you.......How did you do that?
HealerAriel: Watch and learn, Millerna. *opens up a shibby little compartment on the arm of her chair. There are little red "call buttons" inside, labled with the names of Zoids, Harry Potter, Animorph, Zelda, and Soul Reaver characters. HealerAriel pressed the button labled "Bit"*
Millerna: Again, a cool feature you never told me about...
*a really cute blond guy with green eyes comes into the room*
Bit: You rang?
HealerAriel: Yeah. I have to ask you something. *goes up to him and puts her arms around his neck* Can I pretty please drive your big kitty?
Bit: *grins in that uber-charming way he has* What'll I get out of it?
HealerAriel: Hugs, kisses, and all the junk food you want. *bats eyelashes*
Millerna: Oh my God...*rolls eyes*
Bit: That works for me, babe. Can I get a few cookies in advance?
HealerAriel: I'll have Penelope send some cookies to your room. *motions toward the nymph at the Starbucks' counter who is boredly leafing though Glamour* Does that work?
Bit: Can I have one more thing in advance?
HealerAriel: What did you have in mind? *Bit leans in and kisses her*
Millerna: And she says I'm horny...
*HealerAriel and Bit are still kissing*
Millerna: I mean, God, she should write a lemon between Bit and herself.
*yep, still kissing*
Millerna: This is no fun when you don't have anyone to talk to.
*they haven't stopped yet*
Millerna: You know, he only finds her attractive because she wrote herself that way. In real life she's awful plain. Here she's Aphrodite, for crying out loud. Vain little...
HealerAriel: *through Bit's lips* Shut up, Millerna.
(A/N- Bit. Yay. I love him, even though he is an idiot sometimes on the show. I love Van and Irvine, too. Millerna would, but she has yet to learn the art of manipulation to get rides in big kitties. Oh well. It'll click eventually. Anyways, onto a new chapter!)
Eventually I was woken up by the pale sunlight coming through the blinds. I couldn't quite bring myself to get out of bed, though. I was too comfortable, for one thing; and for another, the most beautiful boy in existance was still cuddled closely to me. I ran my fingers through his soft hair as he began to wake up.
"Hey, sweetie," I said as quietly as I could.
"Mmmmm....'morning," he replied groggily, his head still resting on my chest. He hugged me tighter around the middle. He reminded me so much of a young child sometimes. So sweet and innocent and trusting. Not to mention the fact that he'd had me in his bed twice, and nothing had happened between us. Well, I take that back, things had happened, but he wasn't awake at the time. 'Man, now I feel dirty,' I thought guiltily. 'He's such an angel, and I'm such the opposite.' I shook off my guilt.
"How'd you sleep?" I asked. 'Good lord, what's happening to me?' I demanded of myself. 'Am I being NICE?! This boy's poisoning my mind!' Eh. I didn't really care at the moment.
***
Zelda sighed, staring out her window. It had been a week since Link and Millerna had set off, and the Princess of Hyrule missed her best friend.
"Your best friend," she said to herself. "Stop fooling yourself, Princess. Goddesses, what can I do? It's not fair. Why does SHE have to be the one to win his heart?" But of course, she knew why. Link had no idea, but it was all part the prophecy. His prophecy. Zelda slammed her fist down onto her window seat.
"Something wrong, Your Majesty?" a soft voice called from the doorway. Zelda turned and smiled at the young redhead.
"Just Zelda, Malon," she said. "We are friends. I didn't know you were coming today." Malon shrugged.
"I had to deliver the milk. Dad's been sick, so he couldn't bring it."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"He's getting much better, don't worry," Malon replied, smiling. "So, back to my previous question, is anything bothering you?" Zelda motioned for her to sit down.
"Not really. Well, there has been a bit of something on my mind, but..." Malon gave her a knowing smile.
"I'm a little jealous of her, too," she said. Zelda blushed.
"You are...referring to Link's friend Millerna?"
"Of course I am."
"Ah. So...how do you know her?" Zelda asked. Malon giggled.
"Link brought her to the ranch soon after he'd found her," she said. "Pretty little thing. Mouth like a sailor, though," she added, shaking her head disapprovingly.
"And that habit she has of dressing like a boy," Zelda added. "There's nothing remotely ladylike about her."
"Link seems to like her," Malon said. "He seems to like her a lot."
"And do you know what I think I hate most about her?" Zelda quizzed. "She's perfect for him."
"I know."
***
"You have such pretty hair, Miss Millerna," one of the Kokiri girls (Marianne) said. Two of the girls were in the house, preparing me for thier little festival thingie. Actually, we were moreso sitting around talking, except for the girl who'd insisted upon doing my hair. Forest Boy was out doing something.
"Thank you," I replied. Marianne and her apparent twin (Ilana) sighed.
"You're so lucky," Marianne said. "You can get married and have babies someday."
"We can't," Ilana added.
"Yeah, but you don't get your period, or have...confusing feelings about certain people," I said, blushing. They both remained silent for a few moments, studying me.
"Are you going to marry Link?" Marianne asked, as she put another braid in my hair. I laughed.
"Why do you ask?" I replied. Geez, little girls and romance...
"Because he's in love with you," Ilana said simply. I felt my cheeks burn.
"He is most certainly not in love with me," I insisted. "Your Affection-O-Meters are malfunctioning spectacularly." Ilana shook her head.
"You don't see the way he looks at you, do you?" she said. "I've never seen him look at anybody like that before."
"Sure," I said. Let the kids believe what they want to. Never did anyone any harm.
***
Meanwhile, in the Lost Woods, Link was hanging out with the boys while they tried (somewhat vainly) to catch a few fish for dinner. He was there in case they actually caught something, since none of them liked gutting fish very much. To tell the truth, he found it gross too, but he didn't mind doing it if he had to.
"Grrrrrrr!" Mido growled, as another fish got itself off his hook. Link chuckled.
"I see now why you guys are predominantly vegetarian," he teased, laying back on the grass near the pond.
"Well, you try it, then!" Mido snapped irritably.
"Hey, I don't care one way or the other," Link replied. "I don't like fish."
"They're not so bad," Jacob said, baiting his hook once again. "I wouldn't want fish everyday, but it's a change from having vegetables all the time."
"I would want fish everyday," a boy named Todd spoke up. "I love fish."
"What does Miss Millerna like? After all, she's our guest, and we should make a good impression... Don't you think?" Jacob asked Link, blushing. Link grinned.
"If I didn't know any better, Jacob," he said, "I'd think you were developing a crush on Millerna."
"M-me?" Jacob stammered. "N-no, of course not!"
***
I stood on the hill over the village, leaning on a wooden fence to watch the Kokiri do their little festival dance-y thing. The feast preceeding had been compiled entirely of vegetables and fruit (from which I had purloined a ripe pomegranate to bring with me up on my lookout. Pomegranates good. Coffee better; but pomegranates still good), since the boys had virtually no fishing skills, therefore there was no cooking of fish. Not that that bothered me. I hate fish, unless it be shellfish or sushi, which are very tasty.
"Hey," Forest Boy said, coming to stand next to me. I nodded, and we stood in silence for several long moments. "You look nice tonight, by the way. I didn't tell you that earlier." My cheeks warmed considerably. It seemed that everyone I was meeting - with the exception of the Gorons - wanted to dress me up like their own personal doll. My outfit consisted of a fairly thin green sheath that came to my ankles, a sash around my waist in another shade of green (the Kokiri like green, by the way), and plain sandles that, upon inspection, were obviously made of various plant fibers woven together. I honestly didn't find it all that breathtaking, but as long as he liked it...Well, I could put up with it for a while.
"Aw, that was a compliment, Pretty Boy," I teased, more gently than I'd intended to. I could have smacked myself with a frying pan! I was losing my edge! He grinned.
"Yeah, I guess it was," he replied. Then he let out that deep, soft chuckle that made me want to melt. "You'd better watch out, though. Jacob's become positively smitten with you." I laughed.
"As previously stated, he's a little young for my tastes," I said. "It's kind of flattering to have a 'secret admirer', though." Link made a point of not looking directly at me, and said,
"You probably have more admirers than you'd expect."
"Oh, really now?" I replied, breaking my pomegranate open and popping a few of the seeds into my mouth (A/N- and for those of you who don't know, the seeds are what you eat. They're each incased in a little pouchy of juice, and they're yummyful). "Like who?" He blushed slightly.
"How would I know?"
"Well, you're my source of information here," I explained, scooping out some more pomegranate seeds and offering them to him. He reached out to take them. I decided to feed them to him myself. He didn't seem to mind in the least. Which launched me into some damn romantic daydream that I wanted dearly to escape from.
"Oh, so now I keep tabs on every single person who finds you attractive?" he teased. "That's not my job."
"No, I guess not." Complete and total silence. I looked up at the black sky and watched those little dots of light hover around. Maybe they were fairies...? Nah, they weren't pissing me off. Forest Boy was looking at me strangely. A shock went through my body. Was Ilana right about him?
"Uh," he started. "I'm...I'm gonna go check on the horses. You should get to sleep."
"Okay. Whatever," I replied. He began to walk away, but came back. He put his arms around my waist, and I literally stopped breathing. He kissed my cheek.
"Goodnight," he said. I looked up at him, probably blushing bright red.
"Uh-huh," I replied stupidly.
(A/N- Heh heh, looks like Jacob's not the only one with a crush! ^_^ Ooooooooooooooooh!)
HealerAriel: Hey, you got to cuddle Link, which is more than I get. Be grateful.
Millerna: *grumbles* Why can't I kiss him?
HealerAriel: Because I said so.
Millerna: You say a lot of things! Does anyone listen?
HealerAriel: No. But only because they don't understand my true superiority! HAHAHA! Bow to me, puny mortals!
Millerna: -_-; Erin, you are so strange at two in the morning.
HealerAriel: *deep in thought* I still really, really, really want to write a Bit/Leena lemon...
Millerna: They don't allow NC17 shit, and WOULD YOU SHUT UP ABOUT THOSE DAMN ANNOYING ZOIDS PEOPLE??!! Those guys piss me off!
HealerAriel: Why?
Millerna: ....'Cause Bit won't let me drive his robot kitty....neither will Van....or Irvine....*sniffle* All I wanna do is drive a robot kitty, dammit!
HealerAriel: Oh, please. It's easy to weasel the guys into letting you drive. I've done it loads of times.
Millerna: Don't make me hate you.......How did you do that?
HealerAriel: Watch and learn, Millerna. *opens up a shibby little compartment on the arm of her chair. There are little red "call buttons" inside, labled with the names of Zoids, Harry Potter, Animorph, Zelda, and Soul Reaver characters. HealerAriel pressed the button labled "Bit"*
Millerna: Again, a cool feature you never told me about...
*a really cute blond guy with green eyes comes into the room*
Bit: You rang?
HealerAriel: Yeah. I have to ask you something. *goes up to him and puts her arms around his neck* Can I pretty please drive your big kitty?
Bit: *grins in that uber-charming way he has* What'll I get out of it?
HealerAriel: Hugs, kisses, and all the junk food you want. *bats eyelashes*
Millerna: Oh my God...*rolls eyes*
Bit: That works for me, babe. Can I get a few cookies in advance?
HealerAriel: I'll have Penelope send some cookies to your room. *motions toward the nymph at the Starbucks' counter who is boredly leafing though Glamour* Does that work?
Bit: Can I have one more thing in advance?
HealerAriel: What did you have in mind? *Bit leans in and kisses her*
Millerna: And she says I'm horny...
*HealerAriel and Bit are still kissing*
Millerna: I mean, God, she should write a lemon between Bit and herself.
*yep, still kissing*
Millerna: This is no fun when you don't have anyone to talk to.
*they haven't stopped yet*
Millerna: You know, he only finds her attractive because she wrote herself that way. In real life she's awful plain. Here she's Aphrodite, for crying out loud. Vain little...
HealerAriel: *through Bit's lips* Shut up, Millerna.
(A/N- Bit. Yay. I love him, even though he is an idiot sometimes on the show. I love Van and Irvine, too. Millerna would, but she has yet to learn the art of manipulation to get rides in big kitties. Oh well. It'll click eventually. Anyways, onto a new chapter!)
Eventually I was woken up by the pale sunlight coming through the blinds. I couldn't quite bring myself to get out of bed, though. I was too comfortable, for one thing; and for another, the most beautiful boy in existance was still cuddled closely to me. I ran my fingers through his soft hair as he began to wake up.
"Hey, sweetie," I said as quietly as I could.
"Mmmmm....'morning," he replied groggily, his head still resting on my chest. He hugged me tighter around the middle. He reminded me so much of a young child sometimes. So sweet and innocent and trusting. Not to mention the fact that he'd had me in his bed twice, and nothing had happened between us. Well, I take that back, things had happened, but he wasn't awake at the time. 'Man, now I feel dirty,' I thought guiltily. 'He's such an angel, and I'm such the opposite.' I shook off my guilt.
"How'd you sleep?" I asked. 'Good lord, what's happening to me?' I demanded of myself. 'Am I being NICE?! This boy's poisoning my mind!' Eh. I didn't really care at the moment.
***
Zelda sighed, staring out her window. It had been a week since Link and Millerna had set off, and the Princess of Hyrule missed her best friend.
"Your best friend," she said to herself. "Stop fooling yourself, Princess. Goddesses, what can I do? It's not fair. Why does SHE have to be the one to win his heart?" But of course, she knew why. Link had no idea, but it was all part the prophecy. His prophecy. Zelda slammed her fist down onto her window seat.
"Something wrong, Your Majesty?" a soft voice called from the doorway. Zelda turned and smiled at the young redhead.
"Just Zelda, Malon," she said. "We are friends. I didn't know you were coming today." Malon shrugged.
"I had to deliver the milk. Dad's been sick, so he couldn't bring it."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"He's getting much better, don't worry," Malon replied, smiling. "So, back to my previous question, is anything bothering you?" Zelda motioned for her to sit down.
"Not really. Well, there has been a bit of something on my mind, but..." Malon gave her a knowing smile.
"I'm a little jealous of her, too," she said. Zelda blushed.
"You are...referring to Link's friend Millerna?"
"Of course I am."
"Ah. So...how do you know her?" Zelda asked. Malon giggled.
"Link brought her to the ranch soon after he'd found her," she said. "Pretty little thing. Mouth like a sailor, though," she added, shaking her head disapprovingly.
"And that habit she has of dressing like a boy," Zelda added. "There's nothing remotely ladylike about her."
"Link seems to like her," Malon said. "He seems to like her a lot."
"And do you know what I think I hate most about her?" Zelda quizzed. "She's perfect for him."
"I know."
***
"You have such pretty hair, Miss Millerna," one of the Kokiri girls (Marianne) said. Two of the girls were in the house, preparing me for thier little festival thingie. Actually, we were moreso sitting around talking, except for the girl who'd insisted upon doing my hair. Forest Boy was out doing something.
"Thank you," I replied. Marianne and her apparent twin (Ilana) sighed.
"You're so lucky," Marianne said. "You can get married and have babies someday."
"We can't," Ilana added.
"Yeah, but you don't get your period, or have...confusing feelings about certain people," I said, blushing. They both remained silent for a few moments, studying me.
"Are you going to marry Link?" Marianne asked, as she put another braid in my hair. I laughed.
"Why do you ask?" I replied. Geez, little girls and romance...
"Because he's in love with you," Ilana said simply. I felt my cheeks burn.
"He is most certainly not in love with me," I insisted. "Your Affection-O-Meters are malfunctioning spectacularly." Ilana shook her head.
"You don't see the way he looks at you, do you?" she said. "I've never seen him look at anybody like that before."
"Sure," I said. Let the kids believe what they want to. Never did anyone any harm.
***
Meanwhile, in the Lost Woods, Link was hanging out with the boys while they tried (somewhat vainly) to catch a few fish for dinner. He was there in case they actually caught something, since none of them liked gutting fish very much. To tell the truth, he found it gross too, but he didn't mind doing it if he had to.
"Grrrrrrr!" Mido growled, as another fish got itself off his hook. Link chuckled.
"I see now why you guys are predominantly vegetarian," he teased, laying back on the grass near the pond.
"Well, you try it, then!" Mido snapped irritably.
"Hey, I don't care one way or the other," Link replied. "I don't like fish."
"They're not so bad," Jacob said, baiting his hook once again. "I wouldn't want fish everyday, but it's a change from having vegetables all the time."
"I would want fish everyday," a boy named Todd spoke up. "I love fish."
"What does Miss Millerna like? After all, she's our guest, and we should make a good impression... Don't you think?" Jacob asked Link, blushing. Link grinned.
"If I didn't know any better, Jacob," he said, "I'd think you were developing a crush on Millerna."
"M-me?" Jacob stammered. "N-no, of course not!"
***
I stood on the hill over the village, leaning on a wooden fence to watch the Kokiri do their little festival dance-y thing. The feast preceeding had been compiled entirely of vegetables and fruit (from which I had purloined a ripe pomegranate to bring with me up on my lookout. Pomegranates good. Coffee better; but pomegranates still good), since the boys had virtually no fishing skills, therefore there was no cooking of fish. Not that that bothered me. I hate fish, unless it be shellfish or sushi, which are very tasty.
"Hey," Forest Boy said, coming to stand next to me. I nodded, and we stood in silence for several long moments. "You look nice tonight, by the way. I didn't tell you that earlier." My cheeks warmed considerably. It seemed that everyone I was meeting - with the exception of the Gorons - wanted to dress me up like their own personal doll. My outfit consisted of a fairly thin green sheath that came to my ankles, a sash around my waist in another shade of green (the Kokiri like green, by the way), and plain sandles that, upon inspection, were obviously made of various plant fibers woven together. I honestly didn't find it all that breathtaking, but as long as he liked it...Well, I could put up with it for a while.
"Aw, that was a compliment, Pretty Boy," I teased, more gently than I'd intended to. I could have smacked myself with a frying pan! I was losing my edge! He grinned.
"Yeah, I guess it was," he replied. Then he let out that deep, soft chuckle that made me want to melt. "You'd better watch out, though. Jacob's become positively smitten with you." I laughed.
"As previously stated, he's a little young for my tastes," I said. "It's kind of flattering to have a 'secret admirer', though." Link made a point of not looking directly at me, and said,
"You probably have more admirers than you'd expect."
"Oh, really now?" I replied, breaking my pomegranate open and popping a few of the seeds into my mouth (A/N- and for those of you who don't know, the seeds are what you eat. They're each incased in a little pouchy of juice, and they're yummyful). "Like who?" He blushed slightly.
"How would I know?"
"Well, you're my source of information here," I explained, scooping out some more pomegranate seeds and offering them to him. He reached out to take them. I decided to feed them to him myself. He didn't seem to mind in the least. Which launched me into some damn romantic daydream that I wanted dearly to escape from.
"Oh, so now I keep tabs on every single person who finds you attractive?" he teased. "That's not my job."
"No, I guess not." Complete and total silence. I looked up at the black sky and watched those little dots of light hover around. Maybe they were fairies...? Nah, they weren't pissing me off. Forest Boy was looking at me strangely. A shock went through my body. Was Ilana right about him?
"Uh," he started. "I'm...I'm gonna go check on the horses. You should get to sleep."
"Okay. Whatever," I replied. He began to walk away, but came back. He put his arms around my waist, and I literally stopped breathing. He kissed my cheek.
"Goodnight," he said. I looked up at him, probably blushing bright red.
"Uh-huh," I replied stupidly.
(A/N- Heh heh, looks like Jacob's not the only one with a crush! ^_^ Ooooooooooooooooh!)