Title: Broken Promises
Game: Zelda
Rating: G
Genre: Romance
Summary: As peace and order returned to Hyrule, he left. But a certain princess has sworn to herself that she will find her best friend and bring him back.
Warning: none
Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time belongs to Nintendo.
A/N: I'm so sorry that I took so freaking long to update this!! but yeah… aside from my procrastination, I had stuff like school, yearly exams and going overseas getting in my way. Sorry!! I'll try to write the next chapter quicker…
Chapter 10
I found her crying. I knew she was upset, but this was the first time I saw her actually cry.
"Romani…?" I whispered.
She looked up, jumped slightly, obviously mortified that I had caught her crying.
"Wanna talk about it?" I asked.
She bit her lip, "You wouldn't understand."
I shook my head. I really hated it when people said that.
"You wouldn't know unless you told me, would you?" I smiled hopefully.
Sighing, she buried her face in her hands, "It's just something I haven't told anyone except my sister about…"
"You have a sister?" I asked. It never occurred to me how little I knew about my employer. Of course, I had only been here for almost a day.
"Yeah. Her name's Cremia," Romani replied and then shook her head, "Don't worry about it, Sheik. It's just… I'll never understand the torments of Love."
I let out a hollow laugh, "That makes the two of us."
Romani looked up, "Wanna talk about it?"
I grinned mockingly at her, which I knew was horrible seeing she was so upset before, but I thought she deserved it, "You wouldn't understand."
"It's on fire!!"
"I know that! Let me get some water!"
"Link!! The stove is on fire!"
"I know that, Kafei! Get out of my way and I'll get some water to put it out!"
It had been half an hour since Kafei and Link had readily volunteered to cook and Kafei had set the stove on fire for the third time.
Link bent at the small water basin at the corner of the room, scooping up a bucket of water and throwing it at the fire, watching it fizzle out.
"We really can't cook," Kafei commented.
Link nodded, "I know. Look, this time, let me cook and you can give me the ingredients, instead of the other way around."
Kafei nodded and went to the table, where all the ingredients they were using were scattered.
"Okay, now give me the flour," Link instructed, looking at the cookbook and then to the stove.
Kafei handed him a bag.
"Kafei, that's the sugar."
"I knew that," Kafei mumbled, cheeks going red as he took the bag back and gave Link the flour.
Link sighed. This was going to take quite a while….
"What do you think they're doing in there?" Zelda asked, looking in the direction of the Inn, "It's been half an hour. You don't think they're in trouble or something, do you?"
Anju shook her head, "Cooking isn't hard, Zelda! Not even for men! They're fine. Trust me, they're probably just dawdling or something."
After another quarter of an hour, Link and Kafei finally leaned against the bench, admiring the large basket of food that they had made, after their great struggle.
"There. We've finished. We've proved that we can actually cook," Kafei muttered.
Link nodded, "We should be very proud of ourselves. But I'll leave that until after we've eaten, if it actually tastes good."
"It'll taste better than Anju's soup," Kafei commented.
"That's not very nice," Link said.
"It's the truth," said Kafei.
The two let out loud sighs and stopped leaning against the bench and walked out, Link taking the basket.
"Oh good, you're still alive," Anju said, grinning as Link and Kafei came out of the Inn.
"Barely," Link whispered to Zelda, who smiled.
"Why do you smell… singed?" Anju asked as Kafei hugged her.
Kafei gave her a sheepish grin, "Singed? I don't smell anything…"
"Okay, truthfully, how many times did you set the kitchen on fire?" Zelda asked Link.
"Thrice," Kafei confessed, "I don't think I'm stove-friendly."
Anju laughed, "Okay, shall we go?"
"Of course, I'll get the horse-drawn cart," Kafei replied.
"Uhh… do you mind if Epona comes with us?" Link asked quickly, "For obvious reasons, I'm kind of wary of leaving her here all alone…"
Kafei nodded, "Sure, sure!"
"She can help pull the cart," Link said, smiling, "She'd need some exercise. Last thing she's been pulling is grass out of the ground for food."
Link and Kafei went off to prepare the cart and soon, the four were on their way to Great Bay.
