Chapter 7
Love…Why Does It Torment Me So?
Alexis' eyes went big, "Oh…CRAP! How the heck am I supposed to get him up there? Oh shoot…"
She felt the cold stares of Kokirians on her back, but ignored them and struggled to drag Link upright and leaned him up against the base of the tree his house resided on. To make matters worse, it started to rain…
"This day just keeps gettin better and better…" she muttered to herself. The only good thing the rain seemed to do, was get rid of the annoying Kokirians…sending them scurrying inside their homes…
She felt a wet sticky substance on her hands and realized he was bleeding…rather badly at that…Wonder if any of them midget people could help…
As if the goddesses had answered her 'prayer,' a small girl suddenly appeared from the dark rain swept night air. Alexis flinched, startled.
The girl had dripping blonde hair that fell to her thin waist and forest green eyes, going for the cutesy girl look, as well as the same clothes of the Kokiri, complete with even the miniature boots. "I can help you." She said. "Just pick him up and follow me."
In trying to get Link up off the ground, she only accomplished one thing, making a total idiot of herself. The girl giggled, "If you can handle most of the weight, I can help carry him."
Between the two of them they managed to get him a measly two inches off the ground, but hey, at least they wouldn't be draggin' him through the mud…They walked past several homes and then turned into one. Alexis assumed it was this little girl's home. Inside it resembled Link's house only it was slightly bigger and more spacious.
They somehow managed to heave him up on the bed…Although that ended up with him lying face down…but then again Alexis saw more blood splotches on his back…so maybe that was a good thing?
"My name is Gina, you and your companion are…?" she said opening a secret compartment in the floor and pulling out a few blankets.
"I'm Alexis and that's…Link."
The girl's eyes went big and she looked at Link. "No it couldn't be the same…" she muttered to herself, she handed Alexis the blankets. "Get some rest."
"Thank you so much…" Alexis whispered heading towards a corner of the room and laying a blanket out. She slipped out of her shoes and then laid down on top of the blanket and put the other blankets over her, stripped off her wet clothes, and fell asleep wrapped tightly in blankets.
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Whatever happened the night before was a blur to Link as he awoke the next day after a troubled sleep. His muscles were stiff and for some reason he was having difficulty breathing, also a jarring pain in his back. He sat up. He was in the usual style of a Kokirian home, shirtless, and had been lying chest down on a small bed.
He noticed Alexis sleeping soundly in a corner bundled in blankets and soaked in the peaceful tranquility of the quiet morning.
A blonde headed Kokiri girl walked in, she immediately dropped what she carried and ran to him, pathetically trying to shove him back down into the bed without success. "You still need rest!" she snapped at him.
He clenched his teeth, as he was fighting off the pain in his back, "Uh-huh…I'm fine seriously…"
"No you're not! Now lay back down and go back to sleep! I'm trying to help you get better ya know! Oh, and whatever you do, don't lay on your back…You had some nasty wounds and I covered 'em in his healing gunk that seems to be working quite well…SO GO BACK TO SLEEP!" she commanded.
Talk about vicious…
Link was reluctant at first, but found he couldn't keep his eyes opened…
Several hours later…
Link once again awoke, only this time he felt more refreshed and free of pain…The room was slightly dimmer and through the window he could see the sun lower in the sky. How the heck did I sleep the day away?
His shirt lay draped over a chair, and he grabbed it and pulled it on, surprisingly it didn't sting and the holes were sewn up and blood splotches gone, whatever that girl had put on it must have worked, as he had been stabbed numerous times in the back.
Come to think of that girl…She wasn't anywhere around and neither was Alexis…
Link stood. At first his legs wobbled, but then he balanced himself only to trip over his sword which lay out in the middle of the floor. Painfully stooping down, he picked it up and set it in the familiar spot on his back.
On a table there was a plate with some food on it and a note:
Eat what you want.
-Gina
He assumed Gina was the Kokiri girl who had helped him. He felt slightly famished and ate his fill to where he was simply content and then exited the dwelling…
What he found absolutely stunned him, the forest was deserted! So it seemed at least…A hollow silence greeted him, missing the usual sounds of the Kokiri playing their games. In fact, he remembered not hearing anything when he awoke for the second time that day…A ball of loose dead grass rolled by in front of him, pushed on by the wind. (lol couldn't resist)
This is strange…
His keen ears picked up the sound of a twig snapping nearby and he paused and slowly reached for his sword hilt…Then there was a giggle and he dropped his hold on it.
Alexis was suddenly beside him laughing, "Man we musta been really quiet, dude you were about to grab your sword? What were ya gonna do? Slaughter all of us?" Kokiri gathered around him revealing themselves and were giggling immensely.
"What's the big deal?" Link snapped slightly agitated at their little 'game.'
"Gina said you'd probably get up soon so everyone hid to see what your reaction would be, you should of seen the look on your face when you thought it was deserted! That was a classic! Hahaha."
"Very funny…" he muttered. "I see you've made new friends then?"
"Yup, all these lil kids are so cute too! I kinda miss bein around younger kids…" she trailed off but then brightened up. "Guess what? What's his face, aka dorky red headed kid is talking to some sprout thing tryin to prove you murdered some tree."
"Sheesh, some Hylians are so empty headed…" a Kokiri girl muttered. "It's not just some tree and sprout! It's the Great Deku Tree and Great Deku Sprout!"
"Now don't get sassy with me miss smart alec, I doubt you've ever seen a Hylain beforeso hmph." Alexis smiled.
"Ok then…" Link said. "So y'all don't wanna kill me?"
"Of course not Link! We missed ya! Where'd you go? One day you just up and left…and yeah…" it was a girl Link remembered as Leila…
"I have my reasons for leavin." Link said simply.
"Guess what?" Alexis said excitedly. "The lil munchkins have set up a big ole welcome home party for you!"
Link forced a smile, he had really wanted to get going, but he supposed they could stay for the rest of the day and then leave…
Alexis noticed this, "Don't worry I've already explained we'll hafta be leavin soon, but they were happy ta see you so yup."
It had been a while since Link had felt such pure happiness…For the remainder of the day he stayed with Alexis trying out different games of the Kokiri that somehow seemed to back to him from his childhood. At times he looked like a complete idiot, he didn't care, everyone else was laughing and he was having fun with them as they also ended up looking like complete idiots too.As therest of the day passed in this manner, the whole time Link felt himself being drawn closer to Alexis without realizing it…as she was to him…
A full moon had risen, signifying fully that night had truly come, Kokirians wandered off to their homes and Link and Alexis went ahead and went back to Gina's home as she begged them to stay with her. Gina had said goodnight and already fallen asleep as the other two sat outside under the stars…
"That was nice of them, I wish I had had that many friends growing up…" Alexis sighed, her hand straying into Link's. He didn't pull away and this encouraged her.
"They're the closest thing I knew to family back then…" he said absent mindedly.
"Uh-huh…" she said softly, inching ever closer…
They sat in silence while Alexis kept getting closer and closer, his kiss was something she longed for...He didn't say anything so she made her move and kissed him…again of course…
Link was lost for words…Her kiss sent wonderful chills through him…but it also dragged forth memories he had planned on keeping tucked away for the day so he could enjoy it…
He jerked away, "I told you I can't!" he snapped. He stood and turned away from her so she couldn't see the stream of tears she had brought.
"Why? Cuz you miss your freakin girlfriend?" Alexis also stood screaming. "You need to move on in life, Link…I love you ok? But apparently you still love her…SHE'S DEAD! You wanna know something? You ain't the only person who's lost someone in this world? I lost my mother…my father…and five brothers! One day they all went up in flames…I wasn't there at the time when it happened…I've gotten over it, why the heck can't you! It's been a while since she died hasn't it? There's nothing you can do now but move on…If she really loved you then she'd want you to be happy and live your life to its fullest! If you just plain didn't like me that way then I'd understand…But there are times I see you looking at me as if…you do love me! Don't you?" Alexis burst into tears and crumbled down to her knees.
"Yes…" Link said biting his lip and still not facing her, her words had really stung him…It was probably true about him...He did need to move on...He did love her now. "Err I mean no!" he added hurriedly. "I just can't…Not now…Not ever…You don't understand! I made a promise to myself after she died that I would never allow myself to love any one else again…I wouldn't be able to bear it if I lostanyone elsetoo…"
Alexis stopped crying, "You said yes…you do love me…" she said softly.
"Alexis no, I meant no---"
"Prove it, kiss me and prove it." She said standing again.
Link didn't move, he knew his feelings would give him away…
"Prove it." She said again, only firmer and more confident this time.
He knew he couldn't avoid the inevitable…He would have to kiss her here and now…So turning he stared hard at the ground, she stepped towards him. He looked up and was caught by her light pink eyes, he couldn't look away, he was drawn to her…All he wanted to do at that moment was kiss her…but no, with all the junk they were caught up in the moment he couldn't love her, what if he lost her?…Yet he did…He couldn't pull away an he suddenly embraced her and they locked in a long passionate kiss…
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I know that whole lil deserted thing was kinda lame and the whole game thing but I just needed somethin to get them closer for that fight thing that I wanted to do and then the love scene...yeah...
Sorry about the wait...I feel kinda bad about that...but stuff came up...including laziness...cough...but here's something that helped in making me update later:
The other day I was ridin my bike and as I was tryin to turn my bike into a bike rack thing, there was a low hangin branch and I hit that and then I tried to swerve around it and I tipped over and got my face slammed into the ground...IT HURT! lol but now it's kinda funny since it basically shows what an idiot I can be sometimes...lol, all I have are two small scrapes and a semi-busted lip, my lip healed though now I just get to cope with the scrapes under my mouth and under my nose... Plus that same night I had a softball game and when the pitcher of the other team pitched it to me, it hit me in the side...That hurt too and now I have a HUGE bruise, but hey I got a free base lol, everything was out to get me that day...first a tree branch and then a softball lol...Now that I've bored you all to death with that...lol.
Okie dokie now there was a bit of confusion and I re-read that part and I can see why lol.
Emeralddestiny:basically Link was thinkin of some options out loud and stuff and that's just my lame way of makin them pick somewhere to stay, yup yup...I hope that clears things up 4 you (thanks for pointin that out in case others were confused and thanks for the review)
As well as thank you so very verymuch to everyone who has reviewed this far. Next chapter I will seriously try and update soon, oh yeah and plz keep reviewin,reviews make me so happy:)
blondie91
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