Tetra stood just outside the door to his house, leaning on the balcony's fence as she stared at the odd symbol with concern.
Link had wanted to do it alone, which, of course she didn't question.
Yet, she couldn't just go back to the ship. Somehow, she knew she needed to be here.
That wisdom back at work again, she wagered.
Suddenly the door in front of her clicked, quickly swinging open. An angry little girl emerged, Tetra straightening her herself in response, her eyes widening.
Aryll slammed the door behind her and approached Tetra, her eyebrows furrowed in petulance, as if she where her age, throwing a fit over some petty little thing.
Tetra knew it certainly was quite the contrary.
Arylls' expression seemed to fume with anger as she looked at Tetra, yet her eyes looked confused, obviously unaccustomed to the sort of anger she was feeling.
She proceeded to shove Tetra as best she could, Tetra not resisting at all, recognizing the blame in Arylls' face.
So, Tetra only stared as Aryll walked off in a huff.
"I'm sorry," Tetra managed too late, as Aryll was already out of earshot.
Tetra looked back at the door, her expression softening with concern and worry.
The door creaked open slowly, prompting Tetra to take a couple cautious steps forward.
"Oh, Link…" she said quietly when she saw him, his eyes encircled with a redness, with the remnants of teardrops.
She barely knew what she was doing as she walked up to him and embraced him, sinking her worried inhale into his responding hug.
"You didn't have to wait out here," he said.
"I think I did," Tetra replied.
He smiled as they released from the hug. It was a thankful smile, he appreciated her more than he ever had in that moment.
She watched him sniffle his nose, trying to play off a new tear that wet his drying eyes.
"Did you see where Aryll went?" He asked.
"Over that way," she said as she motioned to the lookout point on the other side of the island.
Link nodded and started off in that direction before stopping at the bottom of the stairs.
"Link?" Tetra asked in response to his sudden pause.
"Tetra, I…" Link stammered, "I know it's ridiculous for us to spend a lifetime thanking each other for little things like this, and this is going to sound incredibly sappy, but…I…"
Link turned around to find her wide, blue eyes at the top of the stairs, looking more like the kind girl in the dress than the feisty pirate he once loathed.
"I couldn't do all this if I didn't have you," he said.
Tetra slowly inhaled to speak, ready to voice her response.
"N-now, I know what you're going to say," Link said quickly, almost nervously as Tetra slowly descended the steps to approach him, "th-that we barely know each other, that I'm an idiot for thinking we could really be friends and all…but, tetra, I just needed to tell you, to get it out of my head, that's all."
She stopped right in front of him, probably a foot or two away.
"Fine," Link said with a sigh, "do your worst, I probably deserve a good slap. It'll hurt more with the scratches on my face, if that makes you feel better."
Tetra slowly shook her head.
"Such a dork," she whispered as she put her hands on her hips.
Link's eyebrows raised in surprise, at how soft her response was, how she didn't stop him with a cold slap to the face, and how she looked at him with a smirk.
She averted her glance and said,
"I feel the same," muttering under her breath, at a volume Link wouldn't have heard if he weren't listening so intently.
"Y-you…" Link stammered in disbelief as he watched her walk away, repeating the words he swore he heard in his head, "You…d-did you just say…?"
"Go find your sister," she said with a motion of her hand, continuing to walk off towards her ship, "you're good at that."