Zelda POV
The next day went better than expected; I met new friends and I also got to know some of my teachers. Today is going to be my first PE lesson, but I'm not that excited about it.
'Alright, class, my name is seonsaeng Bang,' introduces the teacher. Hmm… Bang, such a funny last name. We, (as in the class) are sitting on the bleachers in the gym, listening to our PE seonsaeng. 'Now, today, I am aware that we have two new students in our class, Miss Zelda and Mr Sheik Shim,' announces the seonsaeng. 'Welcome to Castle town high, I hope you have a good time at this school.' Sheik and I just mutter a 'thanks' before the seonsaeng continues talking. 'Okay, today we are going to play volleyball, isn't that fun?' The class 'hurrays' unenthusiastically while a certain somebody just sat there saying nothing. 'Okay, I'm now going to sort out your teams,' the seonsaeng says. He then walks around and numbers one or two. All the ones go in a team and all the two's do the same thing. Unfortunately, the teams had too many players, so two had to sit out. 'I'll sit out,' I offered. 'That's okay Eonni (older sister or friend), I'll sit out,' said a kid in big square glasses and dyed hazel hair. 'Are you sure?' I asked. 'Yep, I'm not a big fan of volleyball anyway,' replied the kid with glasses, and then flashing a cute smile. I smile gently back, 'Alright.' Then he walks back to the bleachers and sits down. When we start playing, I realise that the seonsaeng isn't present at the moment and I catch a glimpse of the guy who is sitting out for the other team. Link. What? Why is he sitting, no, POSING there like a male model in a magazine? He is lying on his side, and propped his head on his head while his elbow is touching the floor. His face just shows a bored expression. I roll my eyes he's such a snob. The captain of our team instructed me to keep my focus, so I ignored Link and concentrated on the game.
Link POV
Sigh, this day just keeps getting boring. Oh well, I could just relax for the rest of the lesson, as the seonsaeng isn't here. So, I got into my 'relaxing' pose on the bleachers and watched the game with minimum interest. After about ten minutes, I heard someone silently munching on something. Then the silent munching turned into loud chewing, and the loud chewing turned into… WHAT? Slurping? Fighting to keep my cool, I calmly got out of my little pose and direct my attention to the individual that is a few meters away from me, sitting also on the bleachers. He is wearing big round glasses and is eating a very large lunchbox full of food. I just stare at him long and hard. What a pig. Then, the boy stops eating and suddenly sniffs the air. What? Is he that much of an animal that he sniffs the air? I think to myself, shocked, but I don't show it. The boy's eyes land on me and he raises his eyebrows in confusion. I frown slightly at him in return. He seems to take this as a sign of anger. I'm not angry. He raises his chopsticks and huge lunchbox up slightly, mouthing, 'Do you want some?' My frown deepens and I shake my head before looking away. After a few moments, I hear shuffling beside me. The strange boy from before has settled beside me… for some reason. I sigh and start to stand up, planning to sit elsewhere. 'Hey, why are you leaving?' The boy asks. 'I like being alone,' I reply. 'Sit down, I get lonely. I need someone to talk to,' he whines. I sigh and sit back down. He smiles in victory and continues eating. 'Oh,' he says with bits of food still in his mouth. 'My name is Kafei by the way.' Then Kafei swallows the remaining food. 'Link,' I say in return. Kafei smiles brightly and says, 'Nice to meet ya!' I nod in reply. We sit there in awkward silence until Kafei decides to speak again. 'I guess that means that we're hyungs (older brother or friend) now,' Kafei says cheerfully. 'I guess…' I reply. No one has ever called me their hyung before; usually people try to avoid me because of my 'appearance' and 'attitude' towards others. Well, only my- no- THE crazy stalker fangirls follow me around. But they always call me oppa, not hyung.
During the remaining thirty minutes, we talked to each other normally, but Kafei was doing most of the talking. Seeing from how it was, it sounded like Kafei was talking to himself. Then, the seonsaeng came back into the gym and dismissed us.
At lunch, I ate at my usual spot, the school's terrace. I always sat there, alone, in order to escape the wrath of the fangirls. Once I finish my lunch, I walk over to the edge of the terrace and look at the scenery before me. The school looks pretty decent. A few tall buildings within the campus, and a patch of greenery here and there. But the object that stands out the most in this school is the Great Deku Tree. It is a large green tree in the centre of the school's large courtyard. It is said that the tree is thousands of years old, probably old enough to have been around when the Hero of Time was alive. When I walk past the Great Deku Tree, I sometimes see a face of a wise old monk sculpted by the number of lines and creases on the tree. How is that even possible? Oh well, it's probably my imagination.
A couple of minutes passed before I spot a small figure running very quickly while carrying something rather heavy on its back. Wait, isn't it that new girl? Oh, what's her name? Yes, Zelda. Wow, she must be pretty strong to be carrying something that humungous and run that fast at the same time. But now that I think about it, what is in that humungous case? But my thoughts were cut short when I heard the door to the terrace opening behind me. I turn around and meet the sight of Seonsaeng Lee. She has long, shiny black hair and is wearing her usual attire.
'Oh, good morning Mr. Han (Link's last name in case you didn't read the character profiles),' she greets in surprise.
'Good morning,' I say in reply.
'Um, I will be leaving now. Seeing as you would prefer to be left alone,' Seonsaeng announces.
'No, you can stay,' I say.
'Well, I wouldn't want to impose-,' Seonsaeng starts to reason, but I cut her off just in time.
'It's fine,' I say with a small smile.
Seonsaeng nods lightly and smiles back warmly at me. God, I think I would just melt then and there. I try to keep myself from blushing. Stay cool, I say to myself, stay cool.
Then she walks up to the edge of the terrace, beside me, and leans against the railing to look out at the school. 'Lovely day isn't it?' Seonsaeng asks. To keep awkward silences from happening, I guess.
'Yes…' I agree quietly, trying to avoid her eyes. Let's just say that I've had this mini crush on Seonsaeng Lee for a very long time. This is why I need to avoid looking at her eyes, she might discover my feelings.
During the rest of the time, we make little conversations about certain topics, but most of them were about school.
'You know, if you're having any problems at home, you could always talk to me,' Seonsaeng says suddenly. WHAT? Does she know that I'm an orphan? My eyes widen a bit at this and I turn to look at her, and expression of shock and worry planted on my face.
Seonsaeng sighs when she sees my expression. 'Mr. Han, I always see that you are always alone like this, so I just want to help, okay?' she says with a gentle smile. The moment she flashes that smile, I turn away and look out to the school once again. Yah! Keep your emotions in control Han Link! I say to myself.
'The school bell is about to go Link, you need to get back to class on time, alright?' Seonsaeng asks. I nod lightly, mumbling a small yes. 'Good,' she says, flashing one of her oh so brilliant smiles. I could feel my cheeks grow pink. Luckily, Seonsaeng didn't notice while walking towards the door to go back into the building.
'Seonsaeng,' I call out to her. She turns around to look at me, a questioning look on her face. 'It's Link.'
'Link,' she says, saying my name. Seonsaeng smiles and turns back around in order to exit the terrace.
Once she walked out the door, I place my hand over my chest. Where my heart is. This feeling I say to myself it's not as strong as it had used to be. But I am happy nonetheless; at least I'm closer to Seonsaeng Lee.
I continue to look out to the school. Then the school bell rang, and I made my way to the music room after collecting all my books from my locker. Everyone was all as noisy as always before the Seonsaeng for this class came in.
'Good morning class-,' he says. I zone out at the rest of his words and I find my eyelids to be really heavy. Getting sleepy, getting, absolutely, sleepy…
Then, before I knew it, I closed my heavy eyelids and fell asleep with my head on the table.
Zelda POV:
'Ok class, as we have discussed last lesson, I believe you were to bring an instrument of your choice, and to perform a short piece to the class. Unless, you're going to be singing of course,' Seonsaeng says.
'Now, who would want to perform first?' he offers.
Nobody decided to raise their hand so I took the initiative to raise mine.
'Oh, fantastic,' he says enthusiastically. Then Seonsaeng gestures for me to make my way to the front of the room. Once I did, I unpacked my gayageum from its case. The Seonsaeng looks at the instrument, interested, and I can see from the faces of the rest of the students that they are interested in the instrument, too.
Satisfied, I prop my instrument on the table that has been set up at the front of the classroom and start to pluck the strings on the gayageum.
I play a remix of a traditional Hyrule hymn, called 'The Song of Time', and a more recent piece 'Carmen.' I call it 'Carmen Fantasy!' Well, it was the best name I could think of that would suit the song.
Once I have finished playing, the class claps softly and Seonsaeng says, 'Wow that was very impressive.'
'Thank you,' I say, smiling.
'Now, if you-,' Seonsaeng stops mid sentence and directs his attention to something at the back of the classroom. I turn to see who it is and see… Link! Oh seriously, that guy!
Seonsaeng clears his throat rather loudly and Link wakes up from his little nap. Link has a look of confusion and sleepiness on his face. 'Mr. Han, would you care to tell us what you thought of Miss Shim's (Zelda's last name) performance?' Seonaeng asks, expectantly.
Surprisingly, Link doesn't look nervous at all. His face is just blank, as usual, but has an unusual look of cockiness. 'Brilliant enough to put me to sleep,' Link replies.
The Seonsaeng frowns and I could feel myself doing the same. Once I made my way back to my seat, I kept a close eye on Link. He doesn't seem to notice, with that look of extreme boredom plastered on his face. A few more students performed until; once again, Link dozed off to sleep.
I decided not to tell Seonsaeng because… well… he… he just doesn't seem that bad. There's something troubling him, that's all. Oh, well, I might as well ignore him for the rest of the year.
After class, Seonsaeng wanted to tell me something. 'Miss Shim, your music piece was wonderful,' Seonsaeng begins.
'Thank you,' I say once again.
'You really have a lot of potential, you?' he asks.
'Uhh-,' But before I could reply, Seonsaeng continues, 'That is why I am offering you a spot in the traditional music department of this school.'
'Traditional music department?' I ask, confused.
'Yes, yes. There are a lot of people in the department, but you might not of heard of the Traditional music department because you are new here, yes?' Seonsaeng asks.
I nod slightly, trying to comprehend most of the words he had just said.
'Sadly, not many individuals appreciate the traditional Hylian music,' Seonsaeng says, sighing.
'In that case, I would love to join,' I say enthusiastically.
Seonsaeng rapidly brightens up at this and hands me two sheets of paper. One looks like a schedule or a timetable while the other looks like a permission slip. 'Great, I would really appreciate it if you get your parents to sign this form and hand it back to me as soon as possible,' he says, gesturing to the permission slip. 'As for this,' Seonsaeng motions to the timetable, 'Is our rehearsal times and performances, so it won't clash with personal matters and classes.'
I nod and thank Seonsaeng for this. 'You're welcome,' Seonsaeng says, 'Now, you wouldn't want to miss your next class hmm?'
I nod lightly and thank him once more before heading back to class.
Maybe there is hope for me at this school, after all.
AN: I'm SOOOO sorry for not updating sooner! And this chappie is just the BEGINNING for Link and Zelda's romance! More chapters will ensue more Link and Zelda moments. As for Seonsaeng Lee, yes, Link does like her. Remember this is a ZELINK story, so don't worry about Seonsaeng interfering. As for the other characters mentioned in the character profile, they will come in later in the story. By the way, do you like the way I made Kafei's attitude? He's based on this goofy guy from a kdrama. So, thank you heartstrings!
Also thank you for reading this and for all of you who have reviewed thank you. Once again, I'll try to update ASP! You can count on me, araso?
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