Chapter Five: Destiny's Spoils
As night fell, the Royal Family Ball commenced, the King talking with Darunia, King Zora, and Bazaar, among other guests. The townsfolk and others from around Hyrule even joined in, save to Kokiris (naturally, they'd end up losing their eternal youth if they left.). Nabooru danced with a rather handsome Hylian man, Princess Ruto and another Zora ended up on the floor. Mitchell and April could be seen together out there, and, of course, the topic of the evening was Link and Zelda, cutting a rug out there. Tiger, on the other hand, was against a wall near the drink table, drinking a glass of water gathered from the Zora River. He had never changed his thought, he never danced once, there was no one TO dance with, in his point of view. Besides that, and a ceremony honoring Link and thanking the trio for attending, the ball ended smoothly, not one problem arose.
Afterwards, Tiger walked through the halls. Impa was pacing the halls, too, and followed him silently. As they passed one balcony, they could see April in Mitchell's arms. Tiger knew all along, they ended up in love, no surprise to him. He contenued on, Impa behind him, the other two oblivious to his presense. Impa then pulled Tiger into the shadows of the lower level of the floor in the hallway right between Link's room and Zelda's room.
"What are you doing up so late?" Impa asked in a whisper.
"Couldn't sleep." Tiger replied as silently.
They heard two sets of footspets suddenly halt, and silenced. They peaked up to see who it was, wondering if someone heard them, and suspected something was going on, like they were having an affair or something. Thankfully, that was not the case, or else this story would be going in a wierd-ass direction that no one ever expected.
It was Link and Zelda, looking at each other in the middle of the hallway. They ran to each other, and embraced tightly, caressing each other's faces, and not making a sound. Then, as if they were in a romance movie, they softly kissed, destiny's spoils being collected by the two. As the kiss broke, Zelda whispered an 'I love you' into Link's ear, which he replied with an 'I love you, too'. Tiger and Impa looked at each other, and quietly went out the door, which led in the direction of the courtyard Tiger and Zelda spoke in the previous night.
"So it seems like we're the only ones without someone, eh Tiger?" Impa said as they sat down in the same spot as last time, except Impa sat beside Tiger.
"I reccon so." Tiger said as a tear streamed down his face.
Impa could tell he was sad, so she reached over to comfort him. Tiger jerked away. He didn't burst into tears, or screamed angrily, he looked at her with tear filled eyes, his voice unwaivering.
"As I said previously, it hurts sometimes, but you get used to it." Tiger said, the tears drying.
Impa nodded to him, and they changed the subject, talking about life experiences, about their pasts and what not. They shared the bad times, and told of the good times, not to mention that they took a few cracks at each other, but all in good fun. The walked all through the castle, making fun of those whom they knew, and even each other. For that night, though they had no one to love, they developed a friendship that would've taken years to forge. But that's what happens in situations like these.
Afterwards, they went to their respective rooms. Mitchell wasn't in Tiger's, he fell asleep in April's with her in his arms. Impa ended up in Zelda's room, whom was with Link in his room. That night, destiny changed the lives of those seven people forever...