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 for taking so long to update this!! -feels ashamed- I've had a pretty long writers block and my parents banned me from writing because they weren't happy with my school marks, blah blah blah, so my fic writing skills are a bit rusty :(
Well, I hope you like the chapter. Have fun people! :)
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Chapter 11
Well, she didn't end up telling me what broke her heart so, thus I didn't tell her about Zelda. It was only fair. But can I blame her…? Perhaps her heartache involves things that one would usually not share with others. Such as deceit, perhaps even violence…
I would not consider my pains over Zelda as a heartache. More like… self resentment. Not a day passed during which I would miss a moment to mentally chastise myself for ever leaving. What couldn't I accept about being nothing more than a friend to her? Surely it wouldn't have been THAT bad… at least it wouldn't have hurt her and my sanity wouldn't be slowly but surely eaten away at. I never realised how evil Love could be. I never realised that it could drive one mad, but that's what was happening to me… It's almost too much to handle… I want to just go home, but what's there to assure that my return would be a welcomed one? What if Zelda wasn't even in Hyrule? It seemed so long ago that I had found her sleeping in the forest and had spoken to Link, but I knew that it hadn't even been a week, so they may still be out… it only hit me then that I hadn't bothered to ask exactly why they were out in the middle of the forest like they were. Perhaps Link had been called upon another quest and Zelda had decided to go with him, for she was now the Queen of Hyrule…? I cared very little for the reason and I cared even less for the fact that it wasn't usual of Zelda to go out on quests with Link. I mean, she was adventurous, but she valued her independence. All that was on my mind was the fact that I had left her and it could possibly have been the stupidest things a Sheikah has ever done.
It was almost midday by the time that Link, Zelda, Kafei and Anju had reached Great Bay.
"We're there!" Link, who had offered to drive the cart, announced, jumping out of the driver's seat on the cart and helping Zelda off as Kafei followed and assisted Anju.
Anju insisted on carrying the large basket of food, saying that the two men had gone to the effort of cooking and shouldn't be made to carry the food as well. Link and Zelda walked ahead.
"Zelda?" Link asked cautiously.
She turned to him, "What is it?"
Link looked into her eyes, "You seem troubled, Zel."
Zelda sighed and began to walk away, "Don't worry about it…"
He placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her, "But I do."
Stopping, she looked at the sandy ground.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"It's…" she began and then sighed, "It's Sheik."
Link didn't comment the way Zelda had most probably been expecting him to, with comments that she couldn't stop thinking about him because she was in love with him, and just silently let her speak.
"I… I feel so guilty, Link… I mean… we came here to get a map so we could start looking for him… but, we're now staying a while here and…" Zelda went silent and Link could easily tell how upset she was.
"We'll find him," he assured her.
"Will we? What if he doesn't want to come back, Link? What if he… what if…"
"Are you afraid he lost interest in you, Zelda?" he asked quietly.
"What is that supposed to mean!" she cried.
"Are you afraid that he doesn't want to know you… to be your friend, at least…" he replied.
"I… I don't know… I don't…" Zelda stammered and then sighed, "Yes."
Link hugged her gently, "I promise you that he hasn't. He won't, okay?"
"How can you be so sure?" Zelda cried, "What makes you so confident that we'll find him? Why do you believe he'll come back if I ask him? What makes you think he still cares?!"
"Hey, Link!"
Link sighed and looked in Kafei's direction, who was waving at him.
"Come on Zelda," Link said, leading the way to the picnic blanket Anju had layed out, "Don't worry about it, okay? It'll all be okay."
The four of them sat down on the blanket and ate and talked, laughing and making jokes for hours on end. Link noticed Zelda's mood had lightened up a bit and she was enjoying herself; her fears of Sheik pushed to the back of her mind.
Getting up, Link looked at Kafei, "Shall we go for a small walk?"
Kafei nodded, understanding that Link wanted to talk about something.
"What's wrong?" he asked when he and Link were out of the women's earshot.
"Zelda's expressing her fears on not being able to find that friend we set out to find… I think I should be going soon," Link replied, "He means a lot to her. Even if she won't admit it, I can tell by the way she talks about him, the way that she's so worried…"
Kafei nodded, "I understand. You want anything before you leave? I'll have Anju to pack you some food and blankets before you leave."
Link smiled, "Thanks. I also need to know something else… do you know where that map-maker, Tingle, is? I need him to make me a map so that we don't get lost when we start looking around."
Smiling in amusement, Kafei nodded, "He should be in some dark corner of West Clocktown, actually. He set up a shop there, but he charges very high prices for his maps…"
Link laughed, "So nothing's changed then…"
Smiling, the two men made their way back to the picnic area.
"It's been good seeing you again Link," Kafei said, "Do you have any time in mind that you're leaving?"
"I'll leave tomorrow afternoon. I promised Cremia that I would visit her ranch before I left," Link replied.
Nodding, the mayor smiled, "I'll see you off then."
"Thank you Kafei," Link replied, smiling, "You've been a great friend for the two days we've been here. I'll make sure I visit again."
"So… shall we head back?" Anju asked, standing up.
She and Zelda seemed to have already packed up the basket and put it back onto the cart, which they had left on the grassy area, so that the horses could graze.
"Sure," Kafei replied and they all got onto the cart, with Link driving again, and went back to Clocktown, arriving back at dusk.
"I'll be up with dinner soon!" Anju said, waving as Link and Zelda walked to the Inn.
"No, it's okay, we'll go out for dinner tonight," Link replied, waving.
"Zelda?" he asked when they were at the top of the stairs leading to their rooms, "We're leaving tomorrow, okay?"
"Link!" she exclaimed, "I didn't mean to have you cut your visit to your friends so short! It's okay, we can stay for a while! It'll be okay…"
"No, don't worry about it. I know how important it is to you to find Sheik. I came with you because I wanted to help you and I plan to. I don't want to hold you up any longer. We're leaving tomorrow afternoon, okay?"
Nodding slowly, Zelda smiled, "Thanks, Link. What are you doing tomorrow?"
Link smiled, "Tomorrow, we're going to visit Romani Ranch. Do you remember Cremia? She has a sister who works at a ranch and asked me to visit her before we left. Are you okay with that?"
Zelda didn't particularly like Creamia too much and doubted that her sister would be any better, but she could see what Link was giving up for her and nodded, smiling, "Sure. Of course I'm fine with it."
With that, the two went into their rooms and went out for dinner.
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Hmm… I didn't really wanna write about Link and Zelda going out to dinner, so yeah…
I know I'm lazy
Anyways… review and tell me what you think.
