Hello readers! Yes, I know that it's been a couple of months, but what can I say? I've got a bit of writer's block (which is weird because this story has technically already been written)... That and I've been thinking a lot about ideas I have for another story so it's been hard to concentrate on this one...
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She was awake long before he was. He could tell by the alertness in her posture. He awoke to the sound of her violin, playing that ever-familiar tune, the one that seemed to affect her as much as it did him. The one he had heard her singing the night they spent outside the castle courtyard.
He had no idea how long he laid there and listened to her play. It was soothing, relaxing. It took his mind away from the fact that he was in the middle of trying to save the world.
"You don't have to just sit there, you know," she finally said, slightly startling him.
The suddenness of it reminded him that Hyrule still needed saving, and of the fact that she was a goddess. She hadn't even been facing him, and he hadn't stirred and had kept his breathing even. No normal person would have known he had been listening.
"Is that the song you were suppose to learn?" He eventually asked.
"No."
"Then why are you playing it?"
She paused for a few moments, the last note ringing out through the dark room. "I just feel as if...it's suppose to be played, you know?"
"What do you mean 'suppose to'?"
She sighed, setting the violin back in the case he had made for it. "It's a song that doesn't seem complete unless it has an instrument to play it. The song has no words; it's just a melody. In my heart, I know it's suppose to be played."
Link thought about this for a moment. Even though he had always known the song as one to be sung, he couldn't deny that it had a special ring to it as it was strummed across the strings.
"Do you think my life will ever be the same?" She suddenly asked.
"Huh?"
"Will my life change, from here on out?"
He was slightly startled by this question. Of course her life would change. She was a goddess now, and even if others didn't quite know yet, they would eventually find out. From what she had been saying to him earlier, her sisters had plans for her and everything...
"Probably," he admitted.
"Probably as in it will stay the same, or it will change?"
"It will change."
The look in her eyes made him suddenly sad. She never had asked for any of this. She was just a girl who ended up being more than that. Kinda like how he had been a normal Kokiri (at least he had thought) and then found out that he was the famed Hero of Time...
Although finding out you're a deity is a lot worse then finding out you're a hero...
"You okay?" He asked. If he thought that he was stressed...
She sighed. "As okay as possible, given the circumstances..."
He frowned. "Are you okay, though?"
She was quiet, but he could feel the tension in her building, as well as see it. She finally turned toward him, her cheeks red. "No, I'm not! I never asked for any of this! I don't want to be some unknown...goddess princess!" She half yelled, her fists tightening into balls. "Why me, huh? Why did they wait until now to let me know? Did they think they were too good to contact me and say 'hey, you're a goddess and our princess?' They thought it better for me to just find out like this? By getting kidnapped and essentially killed?" Link flinched, the memory of her broken and lifeless body in his arms flashing into his mind. "Why did my sisters not care? And why me? What's so special about me? WHY ME?" She screamed.
And then she started crying.
The only thing he could really do was comfort her. He held her, rocked her as if she was just a small babe. He shushed her and ran his fingers through her hair, but not once did he tell her it would be okay. He would never know if everything would be okay.
After awhile her crying had calmed, her breathing mostly even except for the shuttering intakes of breath she would take every few moments. She then looked up at him, her eyes still bright from the tears, and half smiled.
"You're my hero, you know that?" She asked.
Link smiled. "And I always will be."
"You don't think it's weird? Me being who I am?"
He frowned. "Of course not. I love you, no matter who you are, who you will be. The fact that you're a goddess doesn't change that."
Maple looked up at him for a long moment, her eyes still bright. She then leaned over and her lips met his, sweet as ever. "I love you, too."
Navi fluttered out from under Link's hat then and gave a loud yawn. "I need some fresh air," she said mid-yawn. She then flew up and out of the hole above.
"'Fresh air?'" Link wondered. "The air out there isn't fresh."
Maple didn't say anything, and instead curled up in his arms, sighing deeply. She buried her face in his shoulder, and even through the fabric of his tunic he could feel her lips gently caressing his skin.
After a few moments, he groaned in frustration.
"What's wrong?" Maple asked.
"You're driving me crazy, that's what."
She stared at him for a long moment before laughing. "Oh, I'm sorry."
"No you're not."
She stuck out her tongue. "Yes I - "
She didn't continue, her words cut off by his kiss.
He held her close, close enough that he could feel her heart beat slowly increasing against his chest. She pulled away from him, for just a moment, and looked up at him, her eyes bright in a different way now. But she pulled him back, her fingers disappearing into the hair under his hat.
Okay kiddies, this section is rated M, just to let you know...
His hat fell to the ground and it was like a spark lit from inside him. His hands slipped around her, feeling her bare back underneath his fingertips. She sighed and pulled herself even closer. Her hands found the bottom of his tunic and they broke apart for only a moment as she pulled it up and over his head.
The atmosphere between them was different this time. It was as if both of them thought that this was their last time, as if they would both die by nightfall the next day. In a way Link believed it. This was the last part of their journey. Once this sage was awoken, they would be face-to-face with Ganondorf, and the chances of both of them surviving...
They were already covered in a small layer of sweat from the heat by the time their clothes were discarded. They were carelessly thrown to the floor and they clumsily made their way to the bed rolls still laid out.
There was no confusion on his part this time. He entered with ease, and their bedding did little to protect them from the sand as they rolled across the floor. His back burned as her nails dug into his skin, and he wasn't completely sure that the trickling he felt run down his sides was from the sweat.
She held tight to him, moaning as her legs tightened around his waist. She clenched him, guiding him before they rolled.
Time didn't exist for either of them at that moment. There was no world to save, she wasn't a goddess... Only they existed, together as one.
There was no laughter between them. The only sounds heard were the gentle moanings escaping from each of them and the howling of the wind above.
It didn't last as long as the first time, but it was just as good, if not better. Maple let out one last cry, which melted in with his own, and the two of them went still, breathing heavily.
Ok, back to normal rating :)
They laid there, still entwined, their bodies glowing from the torches in the room. Now that his mind was no longer preoccupied, the grit of the sand against his skin began to bug him, but he still laid there, his arms around her. He could also tell that there was no regret for Maple this time, no feeling of him being too young. He knew mainly because she was lightly running her fingers up and down his arm, playing with it.
"So that's why Navi left, huh?"
Maple giggled. "Intuitive little fairy."
There was silence.
"You will always be mine," she said, her voice full of happiness. "And I will always be yours."
He kissed her forehead. "Always and forever?"
She smiled as she sat up and started to dress. "Even in the afterlife."
Link frowned. "Really?"
Maple reached up and put her hair back up in its pony. "Of course! Do you think the gods would separate their princess and her lover? Especially considering that he's the Hero of Time? We will be together for all eternity."
He thought about that for a long moment. His heart soared at the thought that he was to be with her for the rest of his existance. He was the lover of, not only a princess, but a beautiful and exotic goddess. He of all people! The Kokiri shunned by his fellow people. The outcast. He would forever go down in history as the lover of a goddess who saved (or hopefully will save) Hyrule!
If only Mido were there...
"You know, we should probably get going," Maple said, breaking his train of thought. Link nodded and quickly brushed the sand off of his skin before dressing.
Navi was waiting for them, on top of the building they had been in. She was looking at something off in the distance, and the way Maple's eyes flashed toward whatever Navi was staring at made him feel as if he was the only one who couldn't see it.
"What is it?" Link asked.
"A poe," Maple answered.
"What's it doing?"
"Just watching us."
"It's been up here for awhile," Navi said, flying over to them. "And it hasn't moved since it appeared."
"Like it's waiting for us?" Link suggested.
"Yes."
"Then what does it want?"
Navi and Maple went quiet and looked over in the direction it was in. Maple then nodded. "It wants us to follow it."
Link started. "How can you tell that?"
Maple waved her arm in a gesture that clearly said "come on" and took off. Link jumped after her, fumbling in his pack for his Lens so he wouldn't be left out any longer.
Alright, there we go! Chapter 50! I hope I did okay on the "scene" above. I always get nervous about writing love scenes O_o
Hope you guys enjoyed! Have a good spring break!
PS: Ignore any spelling or grammer mistakes... My iPad's spell check acts a little funky on this site...
