Bored
It had already been a week since the four moved into their suburban house before they found themselves bored beyond believes. It was a Saturday afternoon and all of them were downstairs, sitting on or around the couch watching the music video countdown. Link held the remote in his hands, sitting in the middle of the couch while he nearly fell asleep. Malon sat on the left side of it, giving herself a manicure. Vincent sat on the floor, using the couch as aback rest while he played his PSP and Zelda sat on the right reading one of her books.
The front door opened and Ms. Harkinian walked in, "Hey guys."
"Hey," they said in a tired unison.
"Now this isn't right, all four of you down here with nothing to do on a Saturday," Ms. Harkinian said. "I want all of you to get out and find something to do."
For a few seconds, no one moved. Yawning, Vincent stood up and started for the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Ms. Harkinian asked.
Vincent yawned one more time, "Sleep…"
"Vincent, I don't want you sleeping away your summer. Now I want you all to find something to do together," Ms. Harkinian demanded.
"We are," Link said. "We're watching TV…and reading a book…and doing our nails…ok, sitting on the couch together."
The doorbell rang and Ms. Harkinian went over to answer it. Standing outside was Darunia.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Is Link or Vincent here?" Darunia asked politely.
Link came over from the couch. Darunia leaned in to see the two girls on the couch but Vincent showed up to block their view from him.
"Yeah?" Link asked.
"Ya'll look like you've been in bed all day. You two wanna come out and check out if there's anything to do around here?"
Ms. Harkinian came butting in, "They would love to." She shoved them out and closed the door.
"Guess the answer to your question is a 'yes'," Vincent said.
The trio began walking on the sidewalk. Darunia turned to them, "Lemme ask you both something. Who were those two girls in your house?"
"Malon and Zelda?" Vincent answered in a question.
"Two girls we are forced to live with for the moment," Link said.
"They're fine as hell," Darunia said. "Don't know why you asked me if there were any cuties at school if you got two at home."
"Cause…they're Malon and Zelda," Vincent said. "Really I don't know."
"One: It's kind of awkward when you live together. Two: We only met them just last week," Link said.
Only walking a few steps, Link and Vincent noticed how the street they were on became a coul de sac when reaching the end. There was a blond on a skateboard going around and around with nothing better to do.
"Whose that dude?" Vincent asked.
Darunia shrugged, "I'm not sure, I hate this neighborhood so I don't venture much out into it."
"What's up?" Link asked, as they got closer to the skater.
He nodded and stopped his skateboard, "You dudes new? I'm pretty sure I met everyone on this block before and I haven't seen you two before."
Link nodded, "Yeah, I'm Link and this is my brother Vincent. That's Darunia over there, met him a few days ago."
"I've seen Darunia before…" he said, "I'm Sheik."
"How you doing? Anyways, you got anything we might have fun doing, we're bored out of our minds," Vincent said.
"Well, I know one thing you might want to try," Sheik said. He kicked his board up and grabbed it. He then held it in from of them, "Ever skateboarded before?"
Link looked over at Vincent and Darunia.
"Don't look at me bro, I'm not getting on that deathtrap."
"Same goes for me man."
Link sighed and shook his head, "I guess I can try it out."
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Zelda lay on her bed with its pink bed spread. She was in there enjoying another nonfiction masterpiece until she started to hear noises from the hallway. She got up from her bed and opened her door. She peeped her head out to see Vincent's room door open. Curiously, she walked over to his room.
She quietly entered the room to find Malon on Vincent's laptop. "What are you doing?"
Malon looked over to find Zelda coming over and looking at what she was doing, "If you want to know, ask politely."
"This is the second time you have broken into this boy's room. Are you ever going to stop?"
"Not until he runs out of stuff I want to use," Malon replied.
"So, what are you doing?"
"I was bored and I felt like checking my email," Malon said. "Apparently Vincent is the only one in this house with an accessible computer with Internet."
"My mother has a computer," Zelda said.
"Would've she let me use it?" Malon asked. "I really wouldn't think so."
Zelda went over to Vincent's bed and laid on it, "Malon, what do you think of Link and Vincent?"
"What about them?" Malon asked.
"Like, you know, in general, what do you think of them so far? Personally I believe that Vincent is the nicer one of the two. Maybe he really is a child at heart."
"And they're both cute so…"
"Is that all you really think about?" Zelda inquired.
"Maybe," Malon replied. "Seriously though, Vincent seems a little immature. Isn't he seventeen and he's still watching cartoons and playing video games? Link is acting more or less what I expect from a guy his age."
"Link only thinks about how to get women into bed with him," Zelda said.
"We actually shouldn't be judging them yet. We really don't know much about them. So far, it's only been one week since we met each other."
"But we managed to get along instantly."
"Maybe because we're girls. The only thing I know about Vincent is that he likes anything animated, a massive video game nerd, quite possibly a computer geek, and is more richer than me."
"And Link?"
"Link is a womanizing, music loving, pretty boy."
"Your right, not much."
"Zel, do you think that they might be talking about us?"
"Link? Yes. Vincent? No."
Zelda felt that Vincent's pillow wasn't too comfortable and lifted it to fluff it. Underneath it, she found a copy of Angels and Demons. "It appears Vincent knows quality books."
"Why do you say that?"
"He has Angels and Demons. By the looks of it, he's almost done with it too." Zelda placed it back under the pillow.
"So he has a little refinement. Big deal. Zel, what made you bring up the boys in the first place?" Malon asked.
"I don't know, this thing our parents set up is really weird. It's just that having both us in the same place is one thing but with two other boys seems weird. And, I've seen and read what happens when people of opposite gender start living together."
"You and your romance fantasies."
Downstairs, the door opened and closed. Link walked in holding his nose into the air with Vincent trailing behind him. Vincent was on the verge of bursting out into maniacal laughter.
"That was the funniest thing I've seen all day," Vincent said. "You were on Sheik's board and pretty much doing ok and then, Bam! You somehow messed up real badly and fell face first on the pavement."
"Yeah, funny Vince. It's also funny how you were to scared to even damn try."
"You really think I would've knowing what was going to happen? Tsk, tsk, you know me way better."
They started climbing the stairs.
"On top of that, not one of ya'll could've help me up."
Vincent chuckled, "Yeah, Sheik, Darunia, and I were just laughing way too hard to come help."
Link gave him the finger and walked into the bathroom. Vincent then began to laugh a little and went into his room.
"Hey Malon, Zelda," Vincent said as he walked into his room. He went over toward his television and turned it on.
Malon and Zelda stared curiously at each other.
Malon swiveled around in the chair, "Do you not care that we are in your room?"
Vincent flipped through a few channels and found an old Tom and Jerry cartoon, "Not really, this is like the fifth time you were in here Malon and second for Zelda. It's so much that it doesn't even surprise me anymore."
Zelda looked over at Malon, "Five times?"
"Vincent has a good computer."
"Anyways, I don't care anymore. It's become to routine."
Link walked passed Vincent's room and casually walked back, "Are we having a party in here?"
"Now my room has become the central hub for all of us. How could this day get any better?" Vincent asked rhetorically.
"Vincent how is Angels and Demons?" Malon asked.
"Not enough of both. I wanted a cool, bloody war between a seraphim and Beelzebub." Vincent said. "If you want my real opinion though, its pretty good. I'd say just a tad better than The DaVinci Code."
"Seraphim? Beelzebub? Vincent, how do you happen to stumble upon those two terms?" Zelda asked.
"Do you know what they are?" he asked.
"Kind of…"
"My fascination of the hierarchy of angels and that of demons comes from all the video games I play. Most notable is Final Fantasy VII. Let's not go into to much detail but I did my research on angels and demons."
"Surprising a video game cause you to delve into the realm of theology."
"Whatever."
"Did you know that about your brother, Link?" Malon asked.
"I live with the guy, so yeah I do. Trust me, there is a lot of things yet to have been unearthed within Vincent."
"Mmm, and here I thought he was just another video game fanatic."
"That is an understatement for Vincent. Video games and anime causes him to get into the most obscene things making him a bucket of knowledge. I guess he can pretty much carry a conversation himself with the right topic."
"You know," Vincent said standing up, "I love having you guys here but you got to get the hell out of here." He began ushering everyone out of his room.
"I'm not finished," Malon said.
"Don't care, go."
Vincent finally pushed everyone outside and closed his door. Everyone heard as the inside went silent and then right into the startup sound of a PS2.
"That bastard," Link said.
Malon went straight into her room. Zelda stayed outside with Link, "What about you Link? Anything at all that captures your attention besides being a playboy."
"I guess, what you see is what you get," Link replied. He started looking down at his feet. "I'm really sorry but I'm a shallow guy and there is nothing more to me than being what you call a playboy."
"Link, I really think that's not true. Maybe you believe that but I don't."
Link shook his head and walked toward his room, "No, I am what I am." He shut his door.
"Link…" she said softly.
"You know, from my position, I could've sworn that it looks like you have something going on for Link," came Vincent's voice from behind her.
Zelda turned around to face Vincent, "Your someone to talk."
A playful grin spread over his face, "I'm just saying, ya' know? I will tell you one thing, Link really is more like a hard shell that hides his inner self."
"Why?"
"That's something that will most likely be revealed if you're as zealous as I think you are."
"What kind of game are you playing?"
"Me? I'm not playing anything at all. I, for one, wouldn't toy with people's emotions and hearts. I let things take their natural course. I don't push nor do I shove."
"Your not going to tell him are you?"
"Why, he should here it from you," Vincent shifted around and looked over down to Link's room. "Don't worry about it, I wont tell."
"Thanks," Zelda said.
A/N: Review dammit!