A/N: Great idea bugging me. But… you'll have to wait.

A Golden Day

Link sat at the kitchen table. He was enjoying his daily bowl of Lucky Charms. Zelda sat opposite with her croissant and cup of apple juice.

"Zel?" Link asked. "Have any plans for today?"

"Nope," Zelda answered. "Why, have something planned for us?"

"Maybe…" Link taunted. "Are Malon and Vincent still asleep?"

Zelda nodded, "They did party harder than us. And I mean at the dance. Either way, I'm sure that Vincent will wake up sooner or later. He's been one to always wake up from a long night."

Vincent walked into the kitchen wearing only a pair of jeans and an undershirt.

"Speak of the devil," Link said.

"What?" Vincent asked as he stumbled to the coffee pot. He poured himself a cup and downed it all in one gulp. "The last time I end up staying past five…"

"I cannot believe your awake," Zelda said.

"As I always say… There is plenty of time to sleep, after your dead," Vincent said. He yawned and exited the kitchen, "I'll be in my room."

Link shook his head and finished his cereal. He looked over to Zelda and quickly exited the kitchen. He stampeded upstairs and barged into Vincent's room. His brother was on his bed playing his new Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria.

"What the hell do you want?" Vincent asked, still focused on his game.

"Vincent, would you let me borrow your car?" Link asked.

"Yeah right," Vincent said sarcastically. "I don't trust you with my car as far as I can throw it. Besides, what the hell do you need it for?"

Link bit his bottom lip. "Vincent, you know Zelda better than me. You took her out and everything. I want to do the same. There's something about her that… I can't really explain it but… just let me hold the car, and maybe a little help in coming up with a day out."

Vincent dug into his jeans and fished out his keys. He tossed them to Link. "A secret about Zelda is she has an inner nerd and doesn't care about exposing it. Zellie also likes to feed her aesthetic side. Then, a little ice cream to top it all off."

"Nerdom? Like I know anything about that," Link said.

"Whatever you say," Vincent said. He smiled, "Delorean."

"Hey, what the… you bastard!" Link said.

Vincent laughed, "Get the hell outta here. You have a date remember?"

"I- I suppose," Link said timidly. "What are you going to do?"

Vincent shrugged, "Something. Maybe I can finish beating this game before I set my eyes on Bully. Then watch some TV. Its all good."

"Same ole Vincent," Link chuckled.

The day neared the afternoon. Link told Zelda he planned to take them out of the house and she agreed. Vincent kept to himself and Malon was just getting out of the shower. Link sat on the couch, watching an old episode of Thundercats when he looked at his watch. It neared two.

The doorbell rang and Link got up to go answer it. He opened the door to find a UPS man with his clipboard and two different shaped boxes.

"Is a Vincent Aegis here?" he asked.

"Yeah but… he doesn't want to be bothered. I'm his brother, can I sign for anything?"

"Two packages for him," the man replied. He handed Link the clipboard, "Just sign on the dotted line."

Link signed it in with his small signature and handed it back. The UPS man handed a box that was thin and then another one that looked more like a box a television came in. Link closed the door and pushed aside the boxes. Zelda came down the stairs with a smile on her face.

"So, I guess your ready," Link said.

Zelda laughed, "Well, lets hope that you can beat your brother."

Link waved that off, "Reminds me… Vincent! You got two packages!"

"Awesome!" was heard from upstairs.

Link opened the door and held it open as Zelda walked out. Vincent came down the stairs as Link closed the front door behind himself. Link laughed and disarmed the Escalade's alarm. He hurried to the passenger's side and opened the door for Zelda. She thanked him and climbed the monstrous auto. Link circled around and got up in the driver's seat.

"So, where are we going?" Zelda asked.

"You'll find out," Link mocked.

Vincent heaved the boxed upstairs and into his room. He opened the slender box first and pulled out doors of glass and an onyx display case. He dug out the instruction manual and began to read it. He laid out all the screws and bolts out on his bed and organized them in a way only he knew.

Malon walked into his room. Her hair, that was perfect last night, was disheveled and was everywhere. Apparently, her bath did little to help tame it.

"Vinnie? What are you doing? How are you even wide awake?" Malon asked. She tried to comb out her hair but she already broke a brush in the bathroom and was one her second one.

"You know how, angel? Magic, that's how," Vincent said. "And as for what I am up to, I finally got my statues and things of that sort finally mailed to me. Took my dad long enough to send my stuff."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Malon asked. She sat down on Vincent's chair, staring bewildered at her boyfriend.

"You know I'm a nerd," Vincent said. "I collected assorted… accessories from different games, anime, shows, etc. I just have to assemble my display case and then just plug them all in there."

"Ooooh, could I help?"

"You want to be my helper?" Vincent asked, a smile on his face.

"Of course, maybe I can see what interest you in this," Malon said.

"Fine by me," Vincent answered.

Link parked the car and unlocked the doors. He and Zelda climbed out of the behemoth and stood outside a rather large building. Link led Zelda through the front door and then into a large room. There was a large inflated wall and floor. Velcro was on the wall and next to it were two Velcro suits.

"What's all this?" Zelda asked.

"See, with my Dungeons & Dragons, I also happen to have a comic book hero. I'm not like my brother who loves Superman."

"And Green Lantern," Zelda added. "Trust me, but…"

"Yeah, my superhero… Spider-man. I know, I'm such a closet nerd."

Zelda laughed. "I expected Green Arrow from you."

Link scoffed, "Do I look like I would go around in tights and green with a bow and arrow? No, I prefer the dude with spider powers. And for today, we're going be like him and climb some walls. Sort of…"

"Sounds cool."

"Glad you think so," Link said. He picked up a suit, "Too bad these suits are butt ugly."

"Something tells me that we're going to gasping for breath before the day's over."

"That's bad?" Link asked.

Zelda slapped Link's shoulder playfully. "We put those on, jump on the mat and then bounce our way to the wall. Sounds like total fun. Why doesn't anyone ever ask me who's my favorite comic book heroine?"

"You have one?" Link asked.

"Of course," Zelda answered.

"Well, who is it?" Link asked.

"The Black Cat," Zelda retorted.

"Wait a minute, she's not even a hero. She was a villain," Link said. "And she's nothing more than a copycat of DC's Catwoman."

"Yes, she was a bad guy," Zelda acknowledged. "But not anymore. She was also Peter's lover at one time, hope you remember that."

"Well… yeah," Link said. "But… um… dratz."

Malon stroked Sephy's hair as she watched Vincent quickly assemble his display case. He masterfully screwed in all screws that held the furniture together. He even managed to place the glass without any help. This was the second time that Malon noticed Vincent physique. It's known that Link is more crafted but Vincent had the more powerful arms. As he always said, "It was all in the video games." Last time, it was a basketball jersey but not it was just a white undershirt. No sleeves and close enough to a muscle shirt.

"All right!" Vincent proclaimed. "So Malon, here is your part. How about cracking open that box and handing me each figure?"

"Sure," Malon said cheerfully. She set down Sephy and took a screwdriver from the bed. She sliced the masking tape used to seal the package and flipped the tops open. Malon found a sea of packing peanuts and then dug into them. She found something and pulled out a wrapped figure.

"What does it say?" Vincent asked.

Malon turned it over and found Vincent's loopy handwriting. "Green Lantern."

Vincent smiled, "In the brightest day, in the blackest day. No evil shall escape my sight. Let… those… who… never mind." He caught Malon's confused expression and stopped his oath. "Just give him here."

Malon handed the figure. Vincent unwrapped it and produced a figure clad in green with his arm outstretched. Vincent placed it on the middle row and then turned to Malon again. She dug again and found another figure. She then handed it to Vincent.

"Let's see whose this… great its Morrigan Aensland," he said.

"Who?" Malon asked.

"Maybe this isn't such a great idea," Vincent said. He unwrapped his figure to show the curvaceous succubus from Darkstalkers. He set her in the top shelf and then went over to Malon. "I know this is a way to get us to know more about… me, but your not having too much fun."

"No, no, its just that, this is the first time I ever liked a dork," Malon said with a smile.

Vincent clutched his heart, "Ouch, that really hurts Malon. I've been called Trekkie, nerd, geek, outsider, otaku, game freak, and other things but… a dork just hurts."

"Aww, poor Vincent," Malon said. She stared at his red eyes. Red… a color that represented a lot of what she wanted: Passion, love, romance… sex. And Vincent had it in his eyes. "Vincent, do you believe in love?"

"Love is out there. For all of us, Angel. So, yeah, I believe in it. Maybe a better question would be do I love anyone," Vincent said. "And… I'm not going to tell."

"What? Why not?" Malon asked, hoping for the best.

"I just don't… wait, let's just leave that alone. Guess I suckered myself into that," Vincent said.

"So let me get this straight," Zelda said. "You only wanted to watch The Marine only because John Cena is in it?"

"Yes, the Doctor of Thuganomics," Link answered. "Told you, closet nerd."

"Yes but… wrestling?" Zelda asked. "Its all staged and so lowbrow."

Link covered his ears, "I'm not listening."

They both laughed and entered a Dairy Queen. Link ordered two cones built to heaven and the two walked out of the parlor. Leaving the parked car where it was, they walked to the nearby park. They savored their cones as they walked the stone path in the park. The sun was slowly setting and this left a tender atmosphere.

"Link, so we're still friends right?" Zelda asked.

"Well, yeah, well, I – yes?" Link said. "I just… I'm confused. Vincent and I talked about this. I just… I'm sorry Zel."

"Its all right," Zelda said. "Nice day."

"Dusk," Link corrected her. "Nice nonetheless."

"Nice, like you Link," Zelda said.

Link softly smiled and blushed, "Great ice cream too."

A/N: Hopefully you guys think its good.