Link woke up, the sun burning into his head realizing the incredible migraine he was blessed with. He massaged the top of his head, and squinted his eyes open. He noticed he was outside and had a slight chill. He was naked and had grass all over his body. He shook his head trying to remember what happened last night.

He saw a blur of the events that happened last night. It was night, he nodded, there was a girl, he nodded again remembering, they made love in the soft Lon Lon ranch grass, he nodded vigorously. He smiled and blushed a little, he turned to see Malon laying there next to him, not Stria. He gave a horrified look at her sleeping figure, and she moaned a little bit, grabbing a hold of her clothes and curling up into a ball.

He stared in shock, and then in admiration. She had succulent curves, an adorable rump. Link felt ashamed for looking at his friend this way, and even worse for betraying Stria. The lost girl who has no home, no place to come back to, and no family what so ever. He noticed his man hood growing a little bit as he studied Malon.

Link stood up immediately, shaking his head once more, realizing how much that hurts. He clutched his clothes and put them on as fast as he could and ran to Malon's house. Stria wasn't on the couch, but he heard muffled voices upstairs. Link ran up towards some of the spare bedrooms, and listened to each door trying to find out which one Stria was in.

He heard light giggles coming from the old bedroom Ingo used to stay in and tapped on it lightly. He heard a few hushes and a yelp. Link opened the door and saw Stria, naked, under the sheets, and the window was wide open. She looked down at her covered feet in shame and blushed a fusca red.

"What are you doing?" Link asked, a little upset and getting suspicious. He looked outside of the window and saw a naked man streaking through Lon Lon Ranch. Link became furious and looked at Stria, tears bellowed from his eyes.

"Link, I saw you. I was so angry, I didn't know what to do. One of the orchestra men came by, asking me why I was crying. I'm so sorry, I was so angry..." Stria sighed and got up, grabbing the dress she was wearing that night and ran off through the house, dragging a gown of sheets.

Link sat down on the edge of the bed. At least I was fucking drunk. Ugh, I knew coming back was a bad idea. I didn't know what to do. I love Malon and I love Stria, I guess Malon would be my number one for now on. He sat on the edge of the bed and shook his head. He got up and stretched. h well, this will blow over, I know it will. There are more important things to do and think about right now, like Crystallinith.

Stria sat down outside on the fence looking out over Hyrule. She sighed at its beauty. Malon wasn't in the pasture anymore. She was in the stables, shivering wondering what happened last night and why she was so sore.

Stria stood up on the fence, and jumped, slamming hard into the earth below. 7 feet below her, she heard a snap and then everything went dark. She had crazy and awkward dreams, a man and a woman making love in the sky with the birds of paradise flying around them, cooing to their love making.

Link tried to carry Stria, but she was so broken and hurt that it might kill her. He cried a few tears and made a small bed of sticks and wild grass and cotton. He moved her inch by inch onto his stretcher and dragged it off towards Malon's house. He put the stretcher on the couch and stroked her head. He felt so terrible, he knew it was all his fault. But I was drunk, I didn't know what happened. He hadn't seen Malon anywhere that whole day, he worried bout her too.

Stria opened her eyes, looking around her. There was a terrible pain in her side and in her left arm. She bit her lip and looked around. Link was asleep, and there was a candle lit near by the couch. She tried getting up, but yelped when she felt a crack in her side. Link jumped up and removed his sword from it's sheath and hoped around looking for a culprit.

Stria looked down at Link when he sat down and looked over at her. She noticed his hand going near her head, and she tried to bite it. "What the hell! You're awake! Oh Stria, I'm so sorry. I didn't know what I was doing, I was drunk! I didn't know!" He started bawling. Stria sighed.

"Link, I'm sorry, but if you're going to do this when you get drunk, I can't see myself in love with you." She bit her lip again, wincing at the pain. " I know what I did was wrong too, I was so angry Link." She looked to her side and felt lower that a cucco. Link was furious, he remembered the naked man running across the field, and her messy hair and bed sheet dress.

"There are more important things to think about right now Stria. I don't have time to bother with this sort of shit. I'm tired and I'm weak and stupid when it comes to girls. I have to save your lands before who or what ever it is destroys it. It was stupid of me to get involved with a girl from another kingdom. When you get better, we'll go back to Crystallinith and everything will go back to normal." Link got up and walked out the door. Stria stopped straining her neck to look at him, and thunked her head back into her cushion of the couch and passed out.

Link sat outside and smoked a pipe he picked up in another kingdom. He was smoking a tobacco that tasted like jasmine. He sighed and knew he wasn't sure. He knew he shouldn't of had made love to Stria. He thought he loved her, it was so stupid. Love is stupid! Link thought angrily, kicking a stone and accidentally hitting a cucco. IT got mad and flew towards Link and flapped in his face. He grabbed it by the face and thumped it on the head making it go cold and pass out. He nodded with satisfaction and laid he little cucco down.

Malon appeared out of the barn, blushing a maroon red, and Link grabbed her by the arm before she walked inside the house. She bit her lip and sat down next to Link on the grass.

"I don't know what happened..." She looked down at her feet. "I just woke up on the field. I don't know who it was that was there before me, with me..." She started to allow tiny droplets to fall form her teary eyes. "I didn't know, I don't know who I had sex with, I hurt so bad in the morning..." She started hugging her knees.

"It was me..." Link said blandly.

"Wh- what? It was you!" She looked at Link in horror. Link sighed and took a huge inhale from his pipe.

"It was me, we were so drunk, I can hardly remember. We were just..." He stopped. He didn't know what to say. He just looked at her. Tears streamed down her face. "We were so drunk Malon, I didn't know what we were doing." He realized he was repeating himself.

"Okay, well, at least it wasn't with some one I didn't know...I still love you Link. You already knew that though didn't you?" She wiped the tears from her face. Lin nodded and puffed a little more.

"I love you too, I just got caught up with Stria. She was just, well, I loved her too." He looked at his feet again staring at the buckle on his boot.

"Yeah, I know what you mean, I understand..."She smiled and stood up, offering a hand. Link took it and mostly helped himself up, making sure not to make her topple over.

"Um, thanks..." He said rubbing the back of his neck and moving his feet around like he always did when he was nervous or anxious about something.

"I had a love while you were gone. His name was Morgan. He was a merchant trading with the Happy Mask Sales Man. He left me, with my heart in exchange for hurt and tears." She smiled and a silent tear fell from her eye.

"I'm sorry Malon." Link said quietly, and took her into his embrace. She shuddered a little bit. She was mixed with remorse, sadness, love, compassion, romance. I'm a stupid hopeless romantic... she thought to herself hugging Link even tighter.

Link stroked her hair, hoping Stria wouldn't see their silhouettes through the window. He figured she was asleep and comforted Malon even more. He knew that sex wasn't a game to him or to Malon, he knew her better than that. She felt the same and they jsut stood there, holding each other under the stars...

PLEASE R&R