CHAPTER IV:

"Now, what color were you thinking of, red again, blue, purple, PINK!?"
"Uh...red again please?"
"Awwwww, you're no fun. Oh well, I can understand." Zelda got the dye. "You ready?"
"Yeah..."
Zelda got him a chair, and tilted his head into the sink. She began to dye Roy's hair back to normal. She finally got the dye all in his hair. Roy had to just sit there for an hour without him complaining, which was sort of impossible. In the meantime, they just talked, which made their bond stronger. An hour later, Roy complained.
"MY NECK HURTS!!!"
"Fine, hold on, let me wash your hair."
Zelda got out the shampoo and water, and conditioner, yahdi yahdi yahda. Roy enjoyed the feeling of Zelda's fingers running through his hair, and she enjoyed washing his hair for some reason...Okay...
She suddenly took the water squirter from the sink, and squirted Roy in the face.
"Zelda!" he said, spitting the water out of his mouth.
"Sorry Roy, couldn't resist," she said as she laughed. He grabbed it from her hand, and squirted her back.
"Aah!!" she squealed as she got up and backed away from the water.
"DIE!! DIE!!!" Roy yelled jokingly. He put his thumb over the nozzle, making the aim of the water squirt farther, and it hit Zelda square in her face.
"ROY!!!" she yelled. Zelda quickly grabbed a bucket that was in the bathroom, holding water from a leak in the shower nozzle, and dumped it over Roy's head.
"There, now your hair is rinsed," she said as she grabbed the nozzle of the sink from him. Roy frowned, and laughed. He wiped the water from his face, and Zelda got him a towel for his hair.
"It should be dry in about 2o minutes or so," she said to him, wrapping the towel around his hair.
"Why do I have to look like a girl in this thing?" Roy asked her, frowning at the sight of his hair wrapped in a towel in the mirror.
"Not my fault. And plus, you don't look like a girl, you look like a towel head," she said. Roy gave her a "So what?" look. She continued. "Meaning, you look like a member of the Taliban."
"Oh," he said to himself. They exited the bathroom, and Link was there in her room. He looked curiously at the soaked couple.
"What was all the commotion about?" he asked, jealously.
"I was dying Roy's hair back to normal."
"Oh," he said, relieved. "Why are you all wet?"
"We had a water fight," Roy said.
"That explains everything," Zelda said. Link gave her an awkward look.
"Anyway, I'm taking Young Link to 8 Banners today. I was wondering if you would like to come," he asked.
"Um, no thanks, I'm kind of tired. I'll go with you somewhere next time, okay?" Zelda said. She wasn't really tired, just wanted to stay with Roy. Link gave her a disappointed look.
"All right, then. See you guys later!" Link said, leaving the room, shutting the door behind him. Zelda and Roy looked at each other, and burst out laughing about Roy's hair and the water fight they had. They sat on the bottom bunk of their bunk bed, which was Roy's bed. Roy thought to himself. Okay, Roy, I think you should declare it official now: You're in love with Zelda. She's so beautiful...so elegant.....SO FREAKIN' HOT!!! MOTHER OF LOVE, HOLD ME BACK!!!
"Roy, are you okay?" she asked him, noticing him ripping the towel off of his head in excitement and urge.
"Uh, yeah. I just don't like this towel. Heh heh..." he answered, lying. Zelda thought to herself. Zelda, what are you going to do? You really like Link, but you REALLY like Roy too! What are you going to do?! He's so handsome...So swift...SO FREAKIN' HOT!! FATHER OF LOVE, HOLD ME BACK!!! she thought as she kicked off her shoes, which hit the television.
"Zelda, are you okay?"
"Um, yeah...My feet were just getting hot..."
Well you're hot!!! Roy thought to her. Then he thought to himself. Roy, you're hot too! She likes muscular guys!! Take off your shirt!!!
Roy wasn't going to go that far though. Zelda became nervous, sat up, and got another towel for Roy's head.
"Roy, keep it on this time, it will help it dry faster."
"How long?"
"About 1o minutes."
"Okay. Thanks."
Zelda left the room. Roy thought his chances of getting Zelda hooked on him were very slim. He sighed, and Marth came back into the room.
"Uh, Roy? Are you still mad at me?"
"No, and I didn't really mean it when I said I hated you."
"Well, that's a relief..."
Roy didn't answer. Marth spoke in an Arabian voice.
"Roy, why do you look like a Towel-Head?"
"Zelda dyed my hair."
"Now I think I know why you are in such a glum mood right now...You're in love with Zelda, aren't you?"
Roy looked up at him slowly, no real expression on his face.
"Yeah, I've fallen for her," he sighed. Marth counted to himself, getting rid of his Arabian voice.
"1, 2, 3...That's THREE guys fallen for her!" he said. "I guess she just attracts swordsmen... I'll leave her to you and Link though, 'cause you guys actually LOVE her. I just thinks she's FREAKIN' HOT!!! WOOHOO, HOLD ME BACK!!!" Marth yelled, and started to break-dance. Roy looked at him, with pity.
"Marth, are you all right?"
"No, and I never will be...."
"Riiight. Where did you learn to break dance? Can you teach me?"
"Okay, but later."
Marth exited the room, making a peace sign with his fingers and teethily smiling with his eyes closed. He found Zelda sitting right next to the door.
"AAH!" he yelled. "Zelda, did you hear anything?"
"No, not at all..." she lied.
"Oh, okay," he said, and continued down the hallway, doing handsprings. He's obviously happy...Or else just high, she thought. She entered her room again, to feed the fish that were swimming in the water- filled, clear plastic bed-posts. The fish were able to swim through the posts of the bunks, and through the sides of the bunks, too. Zelda climbed up to her bed, opened a lid of each of the bed posts, and put some fish food in each. She couldn't stop thinking about Roy, and Roy couldn't stop thinking about her. Zelda was thinking, Nayru, I like him so much! But Din, what am I going to do about Link? Oh Farore, you've got to help me! You know all my secrets! And what if Roy doesn't like me? That would be ruining my relationship with Link and Roy for nothing, and all I would have left is Marth! Zelda shivered at the thought. But I heard Roy say that he loved me! But what if he was just messing around with Marth's head to make him jealous? After all, I am his best friend. Oh, I don't know what to do!!! She paused her thinking as she saw each fish being in a couple. And then she saw a couple of a pink and purple girl fish and a red boy fish. That made her even more sad and helpless. She flopped down on her bed and sighed. Suddenly, her phone rang. Roy answered it.
"You have reached Roy and Zelda's room, this is Roy speaking, how may I help you on this wonderful yet so sad day?" he said jokingly. It was Link. He was calling Zelda from 8 Banners.
"Hey Roy, is Zelda there?"
"Yeah, hold on. Zelda, phone call," he said to her, handing her the portable phone. Zelda took it obliviously.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hey babe! How ya doin'?" Link asked her.
"Hey! I'm fine, are you and Young Link having fun at 8 Banners?"
"Yeah, except it's kind of empty without you." Link said. Zelda thought again. Din, he's so sweet! But Roy is too! HELP ME SOMEONE!!!
"Aw, that's so sweet!" she said. She could hear Young Link pretending to puke in the background. "I miss you."
"I miss you too."
"Is Young Link giving you too much trouble?"
"No, he's just fine, but also very excited."
"I thought he would. Were you just calling to say hi?"
"Yeah, and to talk to you. What's going on over there?"
"Nothing much, except Marth is acting really crazy. He was doing handsprings down the hallway...Kinda disturbing."
"I would say so," Link said, laughing. Zelda laughed too. Then Zelda heard REAL puking in the background. "YOUNG LINK, I TOLD YOU NOT TO EAT THAT DOUBLE BEEF BURRITO!!! Um, Zelda, I need to go soon though, Young Link is getting a little, well, ya know..."
"All right then. I hope you enjoy the rest of your time."
"So do I."
Zelda paused before she spoke.
"I love you," she said to him for the first time. This made Roy arch an eyebrow, and sick to his stomach.
"I love you too," Link replied. "Bye."
"Bye."
Zelda pressed the "off" button on the phone. "Can you hang this up please?" she asked Roy. She didn't feel like getting down off of her bed. Roy took the phone reluctantly, and hung it up. He thought.
Well, this is just great. Zelda doesn't love me, she loves Link. Now there is no chance. What am I to do? What SHOULD I do? There IS nothing to do! Except wait for a change in something, except I don't know what. Roy sighed.
"When are we going to fix your computer?" Zelda asked him, leaning over the side of her bunk.
"I don't know. I'll fix it by myself," he said. Zelda gave him a sad look, and stuck out her bottom lip.
"But I wanted to help!" she said in a baby voice. She then smiled at him. But he didn't smile back. "What's wrong?" she asked him. He sighed.
"Nothing. When can I take this towel off?"
"Its probably fine by now, you can just let it air-dry."
Roy took off the towel, and rubbed his hair everywhere with it to dry it more. He took the towel in his hand and tossed it onto the bathroom floor.
"It looks back to normal to me," Zelda said, proud of herself. Roy smiled up at her.
"Thank you, Zelda."
"You're welcome. Are you sure you can fix your computer by yourself?"
"Yeah. I should go fix it now," Roy said. He gathered up all the computer parts as well as he could.
"Need any help?" Zelda asked him. He shook his head, and got all the parts successfully, and carried them down to an in-ground workroom in the bottom of the center. Zelda sighed as she lay down on her bed. She stared at the ceiling, and then the fish that swam through her bedposts. She buried her head in her pillow.
I want to talk to Link again...Or else Roy...Maybe even Marth! What is WRONG with me?!
Maybe I'm just attracted to swordsmen...
Zelda then wondered again. How did Marth learn all those handsprings?