Drunk...
They probably went seventeen rounds when Tanya passed out. People had been shouting Link's and her name, and clapped loudly when Tanya fell off her stool. Smiling, Link looked at Luna and said, "It's your turn."
"I can't believe you beat her, but I'll avenge her, don't worry," Luna said taking Tanya's seat as the bartender pulled Tanya to the back room.
Luna looked around at the crowd and then pointed to a Gerudo who had been dancing earlier, "Will you please count while I beat him?"
They just had three rounds of shots left, so they would have to wait for the bartender when she returned. So the girl started counting, and two rounds later the bartender returned and set down twenty more drinks when they finished round three. She then set twenty more drinks down when they finished round twenty three. Luna and Link were very drunk, and it was just a matter of time before one of them fell off their stool...
"Ouch," Link said as he fell off his stool and fell to the floor.
Slightly less drunk than Link, Luna held out her hand and said, "I'll help you to your inn."
"Thanks," Link said as he gripped her hand and stood up. As he started to walk, he stumbled drunkenly, so Luna put his right arm around her shoulders and helped him out.
Out of the noise, the stares of eyes, and the crowd, Link said embarrassed, "Thanks for the help, but I can't stay at any of the inns. I didn't have a reservation, so I sleep out here."
"That's okay, why don't you sleep on my couch? I can't let my guide sleep out in this dust storm," Luna said changing the course of her footsteps.
"Aren't you worried about Tanya?" Link asked her as he stumbled.
"No, her mother will take care of her," Luna said as she regained their balance.
"Her mother? You mean her mother actually let's her teenage daughter drink that much?"
"Actually, she was serving the drinks. She's the bartender."
"Wow, she looks like she's barely twenty-three," Link said surprised.
"No real Gerudo looks their age, Link. And even though I am human, I'm actually fourteen, not eighteen, like I'm sure you thought."
"Me too, I mean I'm fourteen too." Link said as he noticed them slowing their pace slightly.
"Really? Then, how do you know how to get to the Lost Woods?" she said noticing than her building was only a block away.
"I grew up there, actually. I just can't go back inside without getting lost. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Luna said looking at him.
"Unless I can find a friend of mine, but you really don't want to know about that so..." Link said trying not to look at her.
Noticing that they had accidentally passed her building she turned them around and said, "Oops."
"I can't believe you passed your building," Link said smiling at the change of subject.
"What can I say? I'm blonde."
Link laughed as she helped him up the steps of her building. They had gone two floors when he asked, "How much further is your room?"
"It's two more floors, but I gotta take a break right here," Luna said sitting Link on the steps before she continued, "I'm dizzy," and then sat down opposite of Link.
"I thought it was just me," Link said smiling.
"Din, he has a sexy smile," Luna accidentally thought aloud as she smiled back.
"You too," Link said back.
Reddening slightly, she added quickly, "Did I say that out loud? I really must be drunk. You know what?"
Link looked at her as she stood up and said, "What?"
"I saw you as I was dancing. You were so dark and mysterious, just my type. I was sure I would have to beat you, and look, I did," she said smiling and holding out her hand.
"You were magnificent on stage. But I bet I could beat you in any spar match, anytime," Link challenged as he gripped her hand once more.
"You know I'm supposed to show some pigs some of my moves after my match tomorrow. You wanna show me then?" she said as they helped each other up to the next floor.
"I'd enjoy it, but I'm supposed to meet someone tomorrow. Would you mine if I brought them too?"
"Not at all. The more the merrier, I say," Luna said, leading Link to her door on the fourth floor corridor.
"It's a date then," Link said as Luna unlocked the door to her room.
"I can't date though. It's Gerudo law; one cannot date until one has reached the age of sixteen," she recited as she opened the door and shut it behind her, all the while supporting Link.
Link looked around and said, "Nice place, but you don't have to date me. We can just be friends."
"We don't have much choice, do we? I can't wait 'till Nabooru finds out that I let you up here. Boy, will I be in trouble," Luna said as she set Link on her couch.
"Whoa, what a rush," Link said as he clutched his head, but looked up at Luna who was bending over him, "you have really pretty eyes. Like two giant storms. They are so pretty..." Link said, slowly leaning toward her and kissing her. Luna was stunned, but amazingly returned the kiss until Link fell back on the couch, asleep.
"He's a good kisser," Luna thought as she looked at the unconscious Link. "What are you thinking? He's a Hyrulian! You can't go kissing Hyrulians before you're sixteen," she thought as she grabbed a pillow and blanket angrily from her closet. Setting the pillow on the right arm of the couch, she thought, "But he's so different. It's as if he not one of the men the Gerudos speak of. 'The Gerudos' they're my race, so why was I thinking in third person?" Pulling Link further on the couch so his head rests upon the pillow, she thought, "I'm in so much trouble. Someone's bound to know that I brought him up here. Wait a minute... I'm thinking rationally. I'm not drunk. So, I kissed him when I was sober! Din, I'm in trouble." She then pulled off his hat and took off all his equipment and put it on the table. After that, she pulled the blanket on him, stared at him a moment longer, snapped out of her reverie and went to her room, closing the door quietly behind her. Unclothing herself, she thought, "I hope Nayru will give me the wisdom to figure out what the hell I'm going to do!" she then slipped on her silk bathrobe and got into bed. When turning out the lamp and drifted toward sleep, she thought, "I don't know why you gave me the courage to do that, Farore, but please give me the courage to defy Nabooru tomorrow. I may have to fight her..."
They probably went seventeen rounds when Tanya passed out. People had been shouting Link's and her name, and clapped loudly when Tanya fell off her stool. Smiling, Link looked at Luna and said, "It's your turn."
"I can't believe you beat her, but I'll avenge her, don't worry," Luna said taking Tanya's seat as the bartender pulled Tanya to the back room.
Luna looked around at the crowd and then pointed to a Gerudo who had been dancing earlier, "Will you please count while I beat him?"
They just had three rounds of shots left, so they would have to wait for the bartender when she returned. So the girl started counting, and two rounds later the bartender returned and set down twenty more drinks when they finished round three. She then set twenty more drinks down when they finished round twenty three. Luna and Link were very drunk, and it was just a matter of time before one of them fell off their stool...
"Ouch," Link said as he fell off his stool and fell to the floor.
Slightly less drunk than Link, Luna held out her hand and said, "I'll help you to your inn."
"Thanks," Link said as he gripped her hand and stood up. As he started to walk, he stumbled drunkenly, so Luna put his right arm around her shoulders and helped him out.
Out of the noise, the stares of eyes, and the crowd, Link said embarrassed, "Thanks for the help, but I can't stay at any of the inns. I didn't have a reservation, so I sleep out here."
"That's okay, why don't you sleep on my couch? I can't let my guide sleep out in this dust storm," Luna said changing the course of her footsteps.
"Aren't you worried about Tanya?" Link asked her as he stumbled.
"No, her mother will take care of her," Luna said as she regained their balance.
"Her mother? You mean her mother actually let's her teenage daughter drink that much?"
"Actually, she was serving the drinks. She's the bartender."
"Wow, she looks like she's barely twenty-three," Link said surprised.
"No real Gerudo looks their age, Link. And even though I am human, I'm actually fourteen, not eighteen, like I'm sure you thought."
"Me too, I mean I'm fourteen too." Link said as he noticed them slowing their pace slightly.
"Really? Then, how do you know how to get to the Lost Woods?" she said noticing than her building was only a block away.
"I grew up there, actually. I just can't go back inside without getting lost. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Luna said looking at him.
"Unless I can find a friend of mine, but you really don't want to know about that so..." Link said trying not to look at her.
Noticing that they had accidentally passed her building she turned them around and said, "Oops."
"I can't believe you passed your building," Link said smiling at the change of subject.
"What can I say? I'm blonde."
Link laughed as she helped him up the steps of her building. They had gone two floors when he asked, "How much further is your room?"
"It's two more floors, but I gotta take a break right here," Luna said sitting Link on the steps before she continued, "I'm dizzy," and then sat down opposite of Link.
"I thought it was just me," Link said smiling.
"Din, he has a sexy smile," Luna accidentally thought aloud as she smiled back.
"You too," Link said back.
Reddening slightly, she added quickly, "Did I say that out loud? I really must be drunk. You know what?"
Link looked at her as she stood up and said, "What?"
"I saw you as I was dancing. You were so dark and mysterious, just my type. I was sure I would have to beat you, and look, I did," she said smiling and holding out her hand.
"You were magnificent on stage. But I bet I could beat you in any spar match, anytime," Link challenged as he gripped her hand once more.
"You know I'm supposed to show some pigs some of my moves after my match tomorrow. You wanna show me then?" she said as they helped each other up to the next floor.
"I'd enjoy it, but I'm supposed to meet someone tomorrow. Would you mine if I brought them too?"
"Not at all. The more the merrier, I say," Luna said, leading Link to her door on the fourth floor corridor.
"It's a date then," Link said as Luna unlocked the door to her room.
"I can't date though. It's Gerudo law; one cannot date until one has reached the age of sixteen," she recited as she opened the door and shut it behind her, all the while supporting Link.
Link looked around and said, "Nice place, but you don't have to date me. We can just be friends."
"We don't have much choice, do we? I can't wait 'till Nabooru finds out that I let you up here. Boy, will I be in trouble," Luna said as she set Link on her couch.
"Whoa, what a rush," Link said as he clutched his head, but looked up at Luna who was bending over him, "you have really pretty eyes. Like two giant storms. They are so pretty..." Link said, slowly leaning toward her and kissing her. Luna was stunned, but amazingly returned the kiss until Link fell back on the couch, asleep.
"He's a good kisser," Luna thought as she looked at the unconscious Link. "What are you thinking? He's a Hyrulian! You can't go kissing Hyrulians before you're sixteen," she thought as she grabbed a pillow and blanket angrily from her closet. Setting the pillow on the right arm of the couch, she thought, "But he's so different. It's as if he not one of the men the Gerudos speak of. 'The Gerudos' they're my race, so why was I thinking in third person?" Pulling Link further on the couch so his head rests upon the pillow, she thought, "I'm in so much trouble. Someone's bound to know that I brought him up here. Wait a minute... I'm thinking rationally. I'm not drunk. So, I kissed him when I was sober! Din, I'm in trouble." She then pulled off his hat and took off all his equipment and put it on the table. After that, she pulled the blanket on him, stared at him a moment longer, snapped out of her reverie and went to her room, closing the door quietly behind her. Unclothing herself, she thought, "I hope Nayru will give me the wisdom to figure out what the hell I'm going to do!" she then slipped on her silk bathrobe and got into bed. When turning out the lamp and drifted toward sleep, she thought, "I don't know why you gave me the courage to do that, Farore, but please give me the courage to defy Nabooru tomorrow. I may have to fight her..."