Chapter 29: One Last Time
When I woke up, I felt the warm sun beat down against my skin. I sat up, nearly forgetting about yesterday. That's right, I no longer look like myself anymore. I'm just glad I don't have to hide it from Link. I saw Snow and Epona sound asleep, even Fay was resting on Snow's head, still asleep as well. I looked to my left before I realized Link was sleeping right next to me.
Wait...right...next to me...?
WHY IS HE SLEEPING THIS CLOSE TO ME?!
I slowly crawled away and sat on the opposite side of the tree. I looked down before I spotted a hole with a pool of water inside. I stared at it for a moment.
"What are you staring at...?" I heard Midna ask with a yawn.
"There's a hole filled with water in it." I pointed out.
"Oh, I see." Then she smiles. "I'll keep a look out for you while you take a bath."
I wasn't sure if I could trust her at first, but we were both girls so why not? Besides, Link's fast asleep and he won't be waking up anytime soon. I slowly climbed through the hole and landed on a flat rock. I took out my lantern and turned it on. There wasn't anything in here, so I could finally do something relaxing. I slowly took off my clothes and soaked my body in the really warm water. It was like I was in a hot spring, it was nice. For once, I was actually enjoying myself. But I wish I still looked like my old self.
But, I found something odd. I had a strange scar that ran down my whole body. It started from the side of my neck, down the middle of my chest, across the right side of my stomach and down my right leg. Where did this come from? I was so confused about it.
But, I ignored it and continued to clean my body. Once I was done, I sat down on the rock and place my tunic back on. It took a couple of minutes before I climbed out of the hole with Midna causally leaning against a tree. My hair was still wet from dousing it in the water. I take the locks of it and twiddle it in my fingers.
I still recall the times when Link would always call me beautiful. It was stupid, because we just only met when I first moved to Ordon, but, it made me happy. Now that I think about it, I just remembered something about yesterday...
Link moves a bit closer to me until our shoulders were touching each others. My face was fully red now, but Link didn't seem to mind as he looked up at the night sky.
"The sky is so beautiful." He pointed out.
I looked up and saw all of the stars. This was indeed beautiful.
"Yeah, I can say the same. We really never get days like these before." I said.
Link agreed, looking over at me.
"...We should get some sleep." He pointed out.
I nodded slowly and moved a bit away from him. I laid down on the soft grass and closed my eyes. I swear, I thought I felt something touch my forehead before I fell into a deep sleep.
...That was a pretty night. I liked it. I felt my cheeks flush and looked away before Midna could spot them.
The morning went on the same as usual, I quickly hunted for something for us to eat before Link woke up. I was currently cooking the rabbit I found. I heard a soft groan from Link as he started to wake up.
"Good morning, sleepyhead." I said, using his words that he said to me when I was captured by the creature. "I was just making breakfast."
He sat up from his spot, rubbing his eyes before they were set on me.
"Did you...take a bath?" He asked, blinking in confusion.
"Oh...I did." I said, slightly blushing. "There was a hole filled with clean water, so I thought I should take one. I rather not smell funny." I chuckled at my own words. Even Link laughed at my response.
"So, today's the today, huh?" He said sitting next to me.
I nodded slowly.
"The last twilight. It feels like we've been doing this only for a short time." I said.
Are you saying you enjoy the twilight?
Enjoy it? Not at all, I told myself. The twilight has been the hell hole I wanted to get away from since the beginning.
"You know, once this is over. I have no idea what's going to happen next." He said. "What do you think will happen?"
"Oh, well, I have no idea." I said, slightly blushing. "This is the future we are talking about right? We're not seers, besides, wouldn't it be best to learn about our destinies by facing the challenges along the way?" There was so much going through my mind that I just had to get that out. It was really important to me that I were to do that. "Don't you think the same thing?"
"Yeah, that seems like a great idea. After this is over, we should decide on our own destinies this time. We're still going to be best friends, right?"
I felt my heart skip a beat.
He still wants to be best friends once this is all over? I mean, this is Link, the Link that I've known for a long time, this is how he was. He never gives up on anything.
Nothing at all.
"Should we get going now?" He asked. "I mean, this is the last twilight. It's best to get it over with, right?"
I nodded slowly. "Yes, but first. Let's eat." I said, pulling off the cook rabbit away from the fire. "It's finally done cooking."
Link nods, and we split the rabbit off to eat. But, I noticed Midna was just casually sitting in a tree.
"Hey Midna." I called, getting her attention. "Aren't you hungry?"
"No," She replied. "Besides, why would I want to eat a rabbit?!"
"It's called living." Link said joking. "You either die starving, or eat whatever is edible."
"He is right you know." I said agreeing with him.
"BUT A RABBIT? WHY A RABBIT?!" She exclaimed. "It could have some sort of disease!"
"I already cleared out the bad parts of the rabbit." I said. "It's completely clean. I do this all of the time."
"She is a hunter back in our village. She knows what she's doing." Link added.
Midna grumbled. "I'm still not eating that!"
"Okay, suit yourself then!" I said with a small chuckle.
This was our one last time before the twilight was no more. Thank goodness. We're only a few steps closer to finishing this...
