Sorry for not updating in ages. My bad. Art course work is constantly getting in my way. Anyways, enjoy. :)

"So you and the princess are good friends then?" Tami asked as Link dismounted Epona outside of his house.

Link patted the mare's silvery white mane as he said,"Ever since we defeated Ganondorf, we stayed in touch and we grew closer. We went through a lot when Twilight took over Hyrule." He gave Epona one final pat on her velvety nose, before the turned in the direction of the village.

They met Colin along the way, who was looking quite tired.

"Hi Colin," Link greeted the boy.

"Hi Link!"

"I take it you just finished your sword training?" Colin nodded and brushed the sweat from his brow.

"I couldn't master the back flip. I kept landing on my back. So-"

"Rusl made you do thirty press ups right? Been there." They laughed. "Anyway, this is my friend." Tami flew forward and introduced himself to Colin.

"Hi, I'm Tami. You must be Colin," she said.

"Nice to meet you."

The three of them talked for a few more minutes, before Colin had to leave to get his dinner.

Tami yawned loudly.

"You tired?"

"Very," she replied yawning again. Link suggested they head back, and that they introduce her to the villagers later when she was well rested. She agreed, so they returned to Link's home. Tami examined some pictures on the wall. One was of Epona, another of four children, one of which she recognised as Colin.

"That's Malo,Talo and Beth if you're wondering. Malo is the smallest on the right," he said seeing that Tami had noticed the picture.

"You seem to be good friends with the village kids," she replied, zooming over to the dusty book shelf where Link was replacing some books to their origional places on the shelf.

"They're good kids. Talo can be a bit of a trouble maker at times, but it's pretty innocent really." He picked an old, worn book from the shelf and flopped on his bed, discarding his conical green hat at the end of it. Tami zoomed inside the hat, feeling the warmth from Link's head still present inside it.

"This is real cosy." her muffled voice came from the hat. "I'm going to sleep right here."

"Good night Tam," he said, opening the book from where he'd last left off.

"G'night." It wasn't long before Link felt his eyelids begin to droop too. He set the book on the floor by his bed side, and got changed into his sleeping clothes, carefully pulling the blankets over him carefully so as not to wake Tami. He squirmed in the blankets trying to get comfortable, before eventually falling into a deep sleep.

"LINK! WAKEY WAKEY SUNSHINE!!" Link started, ripped unfairly from the pleasant dream he had been having, by something pounding into his stomach and yelling. He sat up so fast he nearly head-butted Tami in the face, who was zooming around him.

"Tami? What the hell?" he blinked as the strong sunlight streaming from the windows temporarily blinded him, causing him to topple out of bed, lying in a bundle of blankets on the floor. Tami zoomed around his head cackling with laughter, seemingly hyper. But Tami couldn't conceal her mirth at Link's current state. His straw coloured hair was askew and it looked like he'd been dragged through a bush backwards.

"We're going to a picnic, la la la la la la!" Tami sang buzzing around the room, as Link attempted to flatten his crazed hair. "And if you don't hurry, Linky boy, we'll be late."

Link immediately shot up, pulling on his undershirt and trousers, and pulling his coveted green tunic on on top. He grabbed a wooden hair comb and roughly dragged it through his hair, returning it to it's normal messy form rather than its previous extremely messy form.

"Right. I'll start on the sandwhiches." He grabbed a loaf of bread, rapidly buttering it."I can't believe we're going to be late. Why did I sleep in so late?"

Tami cleared her throat. "Umm...Link? We've still got an hour until noon." Link stopped buttering the bread and turned around with a confused, but slightly annoyed face.

"So why wake me up so early?"

The young fairy paused for a moment. "Because...the early bird catches the worm?" Link rolled his eyes, but couldn't help chuckle at Tami's excitement.

"Come and help me with the sandwhiches, and maybe I won't wake you up at the crack of dawn tomorrow as pay back," he joked, buttering the bread at normal pace this time.

"But Link, it's eleven o'clock," she pointed out.

"Then again, you did jump on my stomach, screaming at me to wake up, and as I opened my eyes I was blinded by the light because you had opened the curtains, causing me to topple out of my bed and mess up my hair, then telling me we where late for the princess, so I got dressed as fast as I could and started buttering bread like a deranged lunitic."

Tami was surprised at how may words that he could fit in one sentence without taking one breath. Link reached out his hand as he cut a block of cheese into slices. "Could you pass the tomato please?" Tami lifted the fruit and placed it in his calloused hands.

"You're not really going to jump on me to wake me up? I'd prefer it if you yelled, because I'd rather live than be squished in my sleep," she said in a serious tone, which he laughed at as he finished the first set of sandwhiches.

"No I'm kidding. I know you're just excited," he replied, starting on the next set as Tami quietened shyly. They continued making the sandwhiches until they had enough for the picnic. Link put a few apples into the basket, and some more for Epona.

"Are you ready to go?" Link asked as he slipped his boots on to his feet.

"Let's go."

They left Link's house, stopping just outside to give Epona some apples, which she munched on happily. They then headed in the direction of Faron forest. Link's pace quickened slightly.

"We'll be late, come on." Tami's wings fluttered a little faster to keep up with his quick pace.

"Chill Link. I don't think she'll mind too much," Tami said. "It's not like you're on a date with her or anything!" she laughed, but Link didn't laugh with her. He actually was blushing ever so slightly. Tami's head clicked with realization. "You like her, don't you?"

Link paused for a moment. "Of course I do. She's my friend," he replied, not meeting Tami's gaze.

"You know what I mean."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't be silly."

"I'm not."

"You are being silly."

"You're being silly."

Tami sighed. He was obviously in denial. "You know. Like in a romantic way?"

"What makes you think that I do?" Yes, definately denial.

"You both looked so happy to see each other yesterday. And you blushed when I mentioned a date," she said, as Link felt her eyes burning into him like lazers.

"Even if I did, I couldn't do anything about it. She's a princess, I'm just...me," his voice was sad and dissapointed. Tami thought for a second as to what she could do for him. It was obviously tearing him up inside.

"Hey, why don't you ask her on a date today? I can go and inspect a tree or something after we eat and you could ask her then!" Link looked terrified at the thought of the suggestion.

"No way! She'd say no."

Tami rolled her eyes. "I'll just have to go ask for you!" she said in a mischevious voice just as the bridge where they were picnicing came into view. She zoomed off.

"Tami, that's not funny. You can come back now!" he called to her in an uneasy voice, as Tami ignored him and flew straight up to Zelda, who was sitting on the bridge waiting for them.

"TAMI WAIT!" He sprinted after the young fairy, until he reached the bridge, stopping with a skid.

"Umm.. Hi Zelda!" he greeted her, laughing uneasily. "Me and Tami where... just playing tag," he explained, poking Tami. "You're it!" Zelda laughed and they all sat on the picnic blanket she had brought for them, while the horse she had traveled on grazed nearby. Link hauled the basket into the centre of the blanket, opening it to reveal the sandwhiches he had made.

"These look yummy," Zelda said, lifting out a sandwhich and taking a bite.

"Do they taste okay?" Link asked, lifting a sandwhich of his own.

Zelda nodded vigorously, taking another bite.

"I helped make them!" Tami said proudly. After the sandwhiches where finished, they sat on the bridge with their legs swinging over the edge, looking into the water.

"You look a lot happier today princess. Did the rest of your day go well after we left?" Tami asked.

"Yeah, you looked seriously depressed. It's good to see you happy again," Link said.

"Well Link, you certainly know how to make a girl feel special," she joked. "Actually, after you left, things did pick up a little."

Inside Tami's head, she was secretly formulating a plan. She had to get Link to ask Zelda out, but how? She could leave them alone for a bit, but would Link have the guts to ask her? She decided that was what she was going to do. But she needed to make and excuse to leave.

She fake gasped to get their attention. They stopped their happy chatter and turned to face her.

"What's wrong Tami?" Zelda asked curiously as Tami feighned shock. .

"Listen. Can you hear that?" she said, pretending to triangulate where the 'sound' was coming from. Link strained his long pointed ears, but he couldn't hear a single thing.

Link and Zelda's confused faces nearly made her burst out laughing, and it also it didn't help that she didn't know what to say next.

"Its the call of...uh..." she thought for a split second. "The call of the extremely rare Deli Bird!"

"Great Tami. Real smooth. Just say something completely ridiculous," she said inwardly.

Zelda cocked her head slightly. "I can't hear anything," she said.

"Only fairies can hear it. It's cry is on a very high frequency that only fairies can hear," she nodded seriously.

"Oh really?" Zelda seemed interested to her suprise.

"And I think..." she paused to 'listen' to the Deli Bird's cry again. "Its coming from that tree down there!! I think I'm gonna take a look!" She pointed to a large tree nearby. Link's eyes widened in horror. He knew what little trick the young fairy was playing on him.

"Wait Tami!" he called as she zipped away from him. "Maybe I should come with you! I've heard Dairy Birds are dangerous!" She turned.

"It's Deli Bird, silly. And you should stay here, Deli Birds have been known to attack Hylians. They only like fairies. So just you two sit tight, I'll be right back!" she called in merriment, leaving Link standing alone with the princess. He saw her fly straight up into the tree.

He sat again on the picnic blanket.

"I'm not so sure a Deli Bird is a real thing," Zelda reckoned, peering through the branches trying to catch a glimpse of the prodical bird. "I don't know what she's up to." She frowned when she noticed Link's pale colour. "You look like you've seen a ghost. Are you okay?" Link laughed uneasily and assured her that he was fine. But his heart was pumping so fast he thought his rib cage was going to break against it's force. "Just ask her. Say it," his conscience ordered him.

"Uh...Zelda? I was wondering...uh..." he began. "Great. You're stuttering now. Triforce of courage my ass." She waited patiently for him to finish. "...If you wanted to... come and watch... themeteorshowerwithmetonight," he stuttered, his words mashing together like one giant car crash.

"I'm sorry...?"

He swallowed trying to wet his parched mouth, feeling the blood rushing to his cheeks. "I was trying to ask you if you wanted to watch the meteor shower with me tomorrow night."

"As in... a date?" She smiled wryly.

"You could say that."

"I'd love to," she replied softly with a smile, her fingertips brushing against his hand. "We can get a good view from the outside of the castle. It starts at around eight, so we can meet up there."

He couldn't help but grin happily. Immediately after this, Tami came back.

"Wow. That was an amazing experiance, seeing a live Deli Bird. Too bad you couldn't have been there." She sat on the edge of the blanket. "So what where you two doing while I was gone?" she winked at Link. "Just talking." Link winked back to signal he had asked her.

Link realized it was nearly time for him to go to work at the ranch. "Thank you for the food and the company princess, but I have to go to work now."

"Oh, okay." They said their farewells, and Zelda mounted her horse. She waved at the pair, before riding off over the endless grass of Hyrule field, towards the castle.

He turned to Tami. "Deli Bird?" He laughed.

"Shut up. It worked didn't it? Well?" Tami eyed him expectantly. Link shrugged but he couldn't conceal the grin covering his face. "Spill lover boy."

"I asked her to watch the meteor shower with me tomorrow night."

"And...?"

"She said yes." Tami whooped, flying around in merriment.

"LINK GOT A DATE!!"

Deli Bird is a pokemon, I know! :P I'll post the next chapter ASAP.