"He asked you to prom?" Sora had tried not to sound as hurt as he truly was. He was standing right beside Kairi's locker, waiting for her to finish putting her things awa.y "But I… We… I thought…"

I thought you liked me.

"He's still one of my best friends, Sora, even though we don't see a lot of him anymore." She closed the locker and sighed. Then offered Sora a nice comforting smile. "It's just a dance. Plus, I get to wear a pretty dress".

She swung her bag on one shoulder and they started walking towards their next class.

"I know but… why you?"

She stopped to face him and raised an eyebrow. "What is wrong with me?"

"Kairi, nothing's wrong with you. That's not what I meant." He sighed heavily, staring at the floor. There was a knot in his stomach and he could feel a warmth growing inside his eyes. A hand gently brushed his cheek and Kairi bended so she could meet his gaze.

"It's just prom, Sora" She said.

But it wasn't just prom. Riku had plenty of new friends. Why couldn't he ask one of them? He flinched.

Kairi would be spending the night with Riku's friends. Those read head stupid jerks. Sora didn't want Kairi anywhere near them. He held the door open for her and took out his phone with the other hand.


Link was sitting on the table, surrounded by some friends. He was only half listening to Navi, while she loudly commented something to them.

Zelda hadn't even talked to him at Riku's house. Their riding lessons weren't a secret anymore, and why would she ask him to come if she wasn't even going to talk to him? Girls were weird… He should have thought…

Something Navi said caught his attention. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

"He what?" Link snapped at her, taking everyone by surprise. They all fell silent.

"He asked me to go to prom with him" Navi's hands were at her hips.

"What? When? Why- What did you say?"

"I said yes, of course…"

"What? Why, why, would you… Prom. Do you… Do you even own any dresses?" Little by little, their other friends started scurrying away to the sides. This was awkward.

"As a matter of fact I do"

"No, I've never seen you wear a dress" He snorted.

"You've never seen me shower either, that doesn't mean that I don't do it. I'd obviously be buying a dress for the occasion"

"Oh, so you're gonna buy a fancy dress and put on some make up only to go to prom with Red."

"Yeah… so?"

"So. So." He was out of ammo. "When did this even happen?"

Navi crossed her arms, a concerned expression on her face.

"Ok, seriously, what is it with you?"

"With me?" Link finally stood up, stepping closer to her and she took a step back. "No, you don't even get the right to be upset over this. You gave me the same shit when I started giving Zelda riding lessons and it was just lessons, for fuck's sake."

She raised her hands and motioned him to stop, a little frightened.

"Woah, woah. Calm. Down. Don't talk to me like that. Those girls are bad news, Link. You know Red. He's a cool guy, what is wrong with us going together?"

Hah. What is wrong. What is wrong? You want to know what is wrong? EVERYTHING.

He clenched his jaw and turned around, then started walking to the opposite direction of the school. He took out his phone and texted, and got a text back just as he sent his.

'Meet at the spot'


Sora was sitting on the rock while Link paced back and forth just in front of him, grunting and growling and clenching his fists.

"Can you believe it?" He said to no one in particular. "She even said yes. She's going to prom with him"

Sora had a puzzled look on his face. "Uhm, yeah… so what?"

"So what? They're gonna go together." He let himself fall on the ground.

"I thought you guys were just friends."

"We are." he mumbled

"Then why does it bother you so much?"

"It doesn't"

Sora stared at him for a moment. The poor guy looked so conflicted… "You should have asked her first, then"

Link snapped his head at him, eyes like daggers and his mouth open to say something. Sora covered his face with his arm, just in case. But then the boy relaxed and his eyes were lost again.

"I don't…" He sighed. "He's a cool guy. They'd make a good couple."

"They don't have to make a couple. It's just prom." Right?

"I guess." Link finally loosened his muscles. "She said she's gonna buy a dress and everything." He sighed again. "Pfft."

"What?"

"I just remembered one time we went skiing with the whole class. She bought a special snow jacket, but got the last one in the store and it was a large size. It was white, I remember, and really, really big and puffy. She looked like a freaking snowball."

He may not have realized it, but at this point he was half smiling.

"Growing up sucks."

Sora rested his head on his hands. "Tell me about it".


After giving Zelda a couple of laps with the horse - she had gotten better at it. Not good, but a little better, at least - he found himself talking about Navi again.

"And then Red asked her to go to prom with him. And she said yes."

"And?" Zelda asked, uninterested

"And that's it." He said. "They're going together."

"Red, that's the guy who always wears a cap, right?"

"Yeah…"

"He doesn't seem so bad"

"He isn't."

"Not for someone like her, at least."

Link stopped the horse involuntarily. It made the girl lose balance for a moment.

"What do you mean 'someone like her'?" He asked

"She's… she's weird, Link." She wrinkled her nose. "She's like, tiny and she has the most annoying voice. And she dresses funny and… I duuno, she's weird."

"Yeah." He turned his gaze to the ground. "I suppose she is."

She cleared her throat and motioned at him to help her down from the horse.

"So speaking of prom…" She started while straightening her clothes. "Are you planning to go?"

"Me?" That took him completely by surprise. Damn, he had been so busy worrying about Navi and Riku and Sora and everyone else that he hadn't even thought about himself. He suddenly felt stupid. "I don't even have a tux."

Zelda put a hand on her mouth and giggled, swinging her head side to side. "You're so cute, I swear to god"

He blushed and looked away. Should he ask her to go together? Was she expecting him to?


On Saturday morning, he found out he didn't even have to ask. He was surfing the internet with pure educational purposes (not) when he heard Mr. Deku's deep voice from downstairs.

"Link, come down. A, uh, delivery has come for you."

Delivery? He didn't order anything…

Mr. Deku was in the middle of closing the door by the time Link emerged from the stairs. He was holding something up in the air with his other hand. It was wrapped in a plastic bag. Link carefully received it and started examining the wrap. There was a pink note pasted on it:

'Pick me up at 8 ~ Z.'

He put the pink post it – it smelled like her perfume – on the table and unwrapped the thing, leaving only clothes held up on a hangar.

It was a suit… and a very neat one. It was all black, with a white shirt and a green tie. He had never bought a suit in his life, but he figured if he ever had the need (or the money) this would have been his only choice. She had even added a bag with matching shoes.

Suddenly he found himself looking forward to this 'prom' thing. He couldn't even imagine his friends face when they saw him wearing a suit. What would Navi say?

Oh, right… She'd probably be very busy with her own date.

He placed it gently over the couch, passed by a half stunned Mr. Deku and headed outside for the stables. The morning was cool, but the sky was clear, which meant probably no rain today –for which every teenage girl already walking into a salon was thankful.

Instead of walking all the way to the stables himself, he took out the ocarina and started playing a song. After a few seconds, Epona was galloping happily towards him. She was such an intelligent animal. He was up in one jump and guided her around to run a few laps before breakfast.

His lips curved into a pleased smile when he felt the cool wind running though his golden hair and made him shiver. He bounced up and down whenever Epona hopped to pass an obstacle and wondered how high she could jump. Maybe someday she would even be able to jump up the fence and then they would be free to run away, into the world.


It was a very, VERY long day.

Boys and girls all over the city were freaking out. They were buying last minute flowers, last minute dresses, making last minute appointments with packed up salons and arguing with their parents over nothing.

Two girls in particular -one with blue and the other with red hair - were having the best day ever. They had gone shopping together and tried literally every dress in every store, even the worst ones. Night had come all too soon for them and now they were rushing with last minutes pictures, makeup and hair flaws, whatever that wasn't perfect.

Near the farthest house, the one closer to the woods, a boy was in a completely different rush. Sora held a hand upon his chest and tried to steady his heart beat. That proved impossible. He walked up Link's porch and was about to knock the door, when it opened from the inside.

Link froze halfway out the door. "Sora? What are you doing here?"

"I…" His jaw dropped. Was Link really wearing a suit? Wow, he looked… manly. He tried to shake it off, but it was just too weird. Link rolled his eyes.

"Did you have something to say? I'm already running late." He started walking towards the street and Sora had to run a little to keep up.

"I just wanted to ask you if you could…" He sighed. This was embarrassing. "Please keep an eye on Kairi. Please"

He had originally intended to ask him to keep watch on Riku's friends, but the way it came out, it sounded like he wanted to keep her from Riku himself. And maybe he did. To Link it sounded like he wanted to receive constant texts about what they were doing and how far it got, and he was really not up to the task.

"You know what?" He stopped walking and turned. They were really close to the school now, but he had to pick up Zelda first. "The dance is being held at the school gym. The school is really not that hard to break into."

He gave Sora a look, making sure he got the message. Good. They nodded at each other and Link resumed his way, while Sora stayed behind.

He took a few deep breaths before ringing the bell. Calm down. It's just a dance. He ran a hand through his hair -it felt weird to wear it lose- and watched the door open.

Zelda was a very pretty girl, he had to admit. She was wearing a pink corset over a long white skirt that hung all the way to the floor, a golden necklace resting on her chest. He hair was done in a lose braid that rested on one shoulder, and the person who did the makeup really deserved a candy for managing to bring out her eyes in that way.

"You look really pretty". He mumbled.

She chuckled, covering her mouth with one hand -this was a cute little habit of hers- and walked over to grab his tie. "You got it wrong, silly."

He blushed while she worked on his tie and then remembered something.

"Oh, Here." He raised his hand and held the flower in front of her. He had had no idea what people were supposed to do in this kind of event. Normally, he would have had Navi talking about every detail at every hour of every day, but they hadn't been seeing each other that often these days, so he had no other option but to take Mr. Deku's advice. She looked surprised.

"Wow, corsage and everything." She took the flower and pinned it on one side of the dress. The white petals made a smooth contrast with the pink fabric of her corset. "You seem like more of a gentleman than my friends say."

"Uh… thanks?"

He would have been fine with walking to the school, but her heels were a little higher than usual and she wanted to spend as less time on her feet as possible. That probably meant as little dancing as possible. Score. They ended up taking one of Zelda's limos.

Link had never seen the school look like this. He had come at night for plays, music festivals, Christmas shows, but they had never put that much effort into it. The theme was 'Dance along the stars' or something. Ridiculous as it sounded, they had really outdone themselves.

A path of candles lead all the way from the entrance, through the hallway and to the gym doors. And a glittery 'milky way' was pasted on the roof, signaling the same path. They took the couples' picture against a night sky backing. There were a few couples in like before Link and Zelda and he spotted Kairi and Riku coming after them while they waited.

Kairi was wearing a short purple dress, very simple, and high boots with a little hill. Riku wore an entirely black suit, which made an amazing contrast with his white longish hair. He made her look like a child.

For a moment, Link felt the need to give him a hug, or at least a good handshake and brag about how kick ass they looked, like when they were kids. He had to contempt himself with a distant nod. This was awful.

It was their turn to take the picture. He managed a little smile, although he didn't feel like it in the least. They left the spot for the next couple and started inside the gym. The place looked good. The lights were dim, there was a stage with instruments for later, there were tables scattered all around the court and lots of boys and girls in fancy suits and dresses. The decoration still followed the stars pattern thing, which made everyone glimmer.

"OMG" he heard Zelda gasp.

"It's really something, isn't it…?" He turned to look at her, but she had her back turned, facing the entrance which they had just walked through. He regretted for every moment of his life that he couldn't resist the urge to follow her gaze.

The moon just came into the gym. The moon came down from the sky and entered the dance. There was no other explanation for what he was seeing.

Navi was grinning at the camera, posing for the picture. The blue fabric of her dress seemed to hug her body, more than just cover it. It looked soft and bright and enhanced her curves every time she moved. The cloth fell from her hips and down her legs, shorter on the front and longer on the back, until it was inches from the floor, from where she stood wearing silver heels.

Alright, but she had definitely never worn high heels before. Maybe she was clumsy on them. Maybe she'd fall, rip her dress, somehow lose the makeup and mess up the hair and en up face first on a puddle of mud.

A hand took hers and held it up to help her up a couple of stairs. She moved so gracefully, it seemed like she was hovering. He suddenly felt numb.

She looked like a freaking angel.

Red was still holding up her hand when they approached them. He was wearing a white shirt and a red vest underneath his black jacket. He didn't have his usual cap on, so his black, messy hair was loose. He looked great. And they looked amazing together.

"Isn't she a vision?" Red spun her around in front of them. Her hair fell slightly out of place and the turn made her dress lift a little. She laughed, trying to keep her balance.

Damnit.

"You look nice." Zelda said without interest. Link kept quiet. "I think I see Peach"

He felt himself being pulled by the arm and dragged away from the most beautiful thing he'd seen in all his life. This couldn't be happening.


Dinner was alright… They served pasta and he had to sit there and listen to the girls gossip and talk about other girls' dresses. Riku and his friends were sitting at another table, not so further away. He wondered why they hadn't put them all together.

This was all going to be over soon. A couple of drinks, a couple of dances and then he'd be home, he decided. The fact that Zelda kept scurrying away with her friends didn't help his constant need to check on Navi and Red. He spotted them on the dance floor, close to their table and surrounded by other friends. They were all dancing as a group. He waited for the song to finish and pleaded to heavens that she wanted to sit down. She did and he saw Red motioning at the drinks table.

Bingo.

He made his way across the gym and all the way to their table. Kairi was there too, alone. He greeted all of them, and they happily greet him hack.

"Check it out"

"Link in a suit"

"You look good man"

"Yeah, you too."

"There's something I thought I'd never see". Navi's voice cut across the others. He flinched. "Hey."

"Hey yourself." What? She raised an eyebrow. "I mean… you look well. I mean nice."

"Thanks." She smiled proudly.

Red came back with two cups of punch and placed them on the table. He looked so pleased with himself it almost made Link want to kick him in the balls.

"How's it going?" He said casually. The two of them shrugged. "Oh, did you guys want to dance?"

Link was about to politely decline when he heard her say "Sure" and went completely still. Dance?

He instinctively offer her a hand and she stood up, taking it. Red took her seat and watched them with the same smile. He was such a cool guy. She totally deserved him.

"I don't dance" He admitted while letting Navi lead him to the dance floor

"It's prom, stupid." She made her way between other students as a new song started. This one was slower than the last.

"I noticed… so?"

"So I get a dance with you an Riku. It's, like, the law." She stopped at a decent spot and sighed. "Well, at least with you."

She put one of his hands on her shoulder and the other around her waist. He flinched at the contact. "What are you…?"

And she rolled her eyes. "Honestly?"

He had no idea how, but they started moving. He kept staring at his own feet, trying to keep up with her pace and trying harder to stop blushing. The dress was as soft as it looked like and even here, in the dark, surrounded by other students, she stood out as if all the lights were upon her.

"You look nice." He mumbled.

"You said that." She struggled a little when he missed a step, but resumed a bit slower.

"Red looks good too." He just had to admit it.

"Ok, now you're being weird."

"I mean you look good together." He instantly regretted saying that. He noticed how she lowered her hear a little bit to hide a blush.

"Oh… thanks?" They fell silent for a moment. He was looking straight at her, but her gaze was focused elsewhere. "Zelda looks pretty good too."

"Yeah, I've never seen her wear a pink dress before." He said, sarcastically and they both laughed. He made her laugh

"And you…" She said. He wasn't sure if that was it or if she had something more to say, but decided against it. Me what? Me what? "So how are things going with you two?"

"What do you mean?" Did she seriously just ask him about his barely existent relationship with Zelda?

"Are you, like, dating now?"

"What?" He missed more than one step now. "What makes you think that?"

"Well, you kindda took everyone by surprise by bringing her as your prom date. Including me. I mean, I knew about the riding thing, but you didn't tell me about prom." That's because I didn't know till this morning. "I mean I told you about Red…"

"You didn't tell me anything about Red." His muscles started tensing.

"Yes I did, I told you he asked me to prom." She spoke again before he could reply. "And remember what I told you I heard them say with Kairi that night. She and those girls are…"

"They're fine."

"What is your problem? I'm just trying to…"

"Well, don't." They stopped. She had a concerned expression. Why did he always do this? It was going just fine, they could have kept dancing for a couple of more songs and then…

"Is everything ok?" Red had appeared from between some people and placed a hand on Navi's bare shoulder. He tensed even more.

"We're fine." She said. "He's just a little stressed."

Stressed?

She wrapped her arm around Red's and walked away, without even a glance. Stupid prom, stupid, stupid, stupid. He turned around and decided he should find Zelda.


Inside the girls bathroom, three of them were giggling while taking selfies in front of the mirror. Peach was wearing a long pink dress, while Daisy had gone with a yellow one with orange details.

"I can't believe you did this, Zelda" Peach said after their 50th selfie. "This is, like, the best idea you've ever had."

"We had it together." She said, a little self conscious.

"I can't believe G hasn't realized you came with stable boy." Daisy laughed. "Imagine his sad little face when you and G get elected as prom king and queen."

"You mean if…" Peach gave her a threatening look.

"Yeah, if somehow you and your college boyfriend don't win it."

They walked out the door giggling and headed back to the dance.

"OMG Peach." Daisy said in a low voice staring straight across the hall. "The janitor's totally checking you out."

"Eww"

They hurried inside and left the man in a mustache almost drooling while holding a mop.

"Mamma mia…"


Link had been leaning on some lockers, waiting when the girls finally came out of the bathroom. He took only one step to follow them and his face suddenly smashed into something.

"Owww." It was the closet door, which had been opened with a surprising amount of force.

"Oops, sorry." A guy peeked his head out of it and found him. "Link?"

"Sora?" He rubbed at his forehead. "What are you…?"

"Shhh!" He pulled Link inside the dark closet with him and closed the door, as another group of girls came out of the bathroom.

"Ohmygosh, Navi is so lucky. Red is such a piece of eye candy."

"Speaking of eye candy, did you get a look at Link?"

What?

"That is totally what I was gonna say. He looks so dreamy in that suit."

"He looks so angsty all the time, that makes him even sexier."

Sora had to press both hands against his mouth to stop a huge laugh from coming out. Link flinched. Curse Twilight or whatever teenage stupidity girls were into these days. Curse them all!

They waited until the hall was safely deserted to come outside. Sora couldn't hold the laugh anymore.

"So hey, sexy, angsty, dreamy…"

"Shut up. What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to get inside, but there's a lot of people around"

"Come on." Link walked directly to the gym without even looking around. Sora followed carefully. "Go find her, but don't take too long."

"Thanks a lot." He smiled and took a look around. He found Kairi dancing happily with Navi's group. Wow, Navi looked really nice. Everyone looked nice and he looked completely out of place. He wasn't even wearing a suit or anything. He should have thought this through…

The song was already ending when he reached them. There was a band playing, he noticed. The singer was a girl, and she was all dressed up too. Everyone clapped and cheered and she proceeded with the introduction for the next song. A slow one. He had to squeeze through a lot of people to get to Kairi, but it was all worth it. Her face light up when she saw him.

"Sora?" She went for a hug without hesitation. "What are you doing here?"

"I didn't want to miss it." He grinned. "Where's Riku?"

"Oh, he's… somewhere. With his friends, I guess." She looked around. Neither of them had noticed Riku wasn't with his friends at all. He was alone at his table, staring straight at them, but didn't even stand up. As the song started, they noticed the people around them had started pairing up and were slow dancing. She offered a hand towards him. "Wanna dance?"

"Of course." He took it and led her deeper into the crowd, as the singer started the first verse.

You're giving meHe held her close and thanked every magical and mystical being he knew that there was so little space to move.

"I'm glad you came." She said.

"Why, are you not having fun?" He spun her around and brought her close again, taking small steps.

"No, I am." She sighed. "It's just… I don't really know Riku's friends and he's been distant. He's not the same anymore, you know?"

You're all I need

"I do." He let out a breath too. He wasn't the same, he had noticed since the first day of school. And still she agreed to come with him. Why did everything have to be so complicated? He stared down at her and involuntarily squeezed her. She gasped and met his gaze. His heart skipped a beat. "You look beautiful, Kairi."

"Thanks." She grinned and he did too. "I'm glad you came"

She rested her head on his shoulder -they were almost the same height now that she was wearing heels- and pressed closer. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonightHe closed his eyes. He could feel her heart beating on his own chest, as though it was inside it. Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on He started tangling soft strands of her hair through his fingers, and rested his forehead on hers. The future doesn't scare me at all

Riku couldn't help but smile, as he watched them. He could have just let them be. He should have…

"That brat is getting closer to your date than you ever will." Lance's voice cut like a knife through the music.

"He's not." Riku's fists clenched as he stood up. He would let them be. Just not tonight.

The daily things that keep us all busy are confusing me

This was it, Sora thought. This is what it must feel like flying. It had to be, there couldn't exist anything better than this. He had no idea where he had gotten so strong in the subject. Wish I could prove I love you

"Kairi, I…"

"Hey." No. No, not now, please. Kairi pulled away and to Sora it almost felt like someone was ripping out his soul. They both turned to face Riku, stunned expressions on them. He offered Kairi his arm. "Save some dancing for me?"

"Oh." Kairi lowered her hands and tuned her head from boy to boy. "Yeah, sure." She took Riku's arm and turned to Sora. "See you around?"

"Actually, you shouldn't be here." Riku gave Sora a look, and he bit his lip.

He watched as Riku led her away, and the space where she had just stood not a second ago was swallowed by other dancers.

And then he felt it. It felt just like in his dreams. He was falling backwards into the sky. No, into the water. No, into the darkness.


"There you are." Link had found Zelda sitting at their table. She was giving him a strange look. "Where were you?"

"I was looking for you." He said.

"Oh. I thought you were with Navi."

"No, I came with you."

"Good." She was examining her own nails. "She's been staring at you all night."

"She has?" He turned around, but couldn't find her. Hadn't it been the other way around? His heart suddenly skipped a beat. Was she looking at him now?

"She's always following you around like a puppy, it's kind of depressing."

"She's my friend…"

"She wasn't very supportive about us, though, was she?"

"How did you…" Ok, she was right. But still… He sighed. She was right. Maybe it was time to stop all this weirdness going on. So he decided to tell her the truth. About why Navi was so suspicious about them spending time together. If she could tell him it was all a misunderstanding or that she had heard wrong, then everything would be alright. He might even ask her out sometime… and finally let Navi be with her date. He decided she deserved a dance too, so he reached for her hand. "We need to talk."

"Hey, looser." Suddenly, someone pushed his hand away, and his whole body with it. He had to struggle a bit to keep his balance. "Keep your hands off her."

He steadied himself and looked up, annoyed. Zelda had stood up and there was a guy standing in their way, holding a hand protectively over her shoulder.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, Ganondorf?" There was a collective gasp and several people turned to stare. Navi included

"Go back to your stupid date and I'll forget you ever said that." He smirked.

"This is my stup…-er- my date." He stared at Zelda. There was panic in her eyes. What is going on? G let out a laugh.

"I think you're a little confused, buddy. She's with me." He pressed her closer to him.

"Zelda, what is he talking about?" Link suddenly became too aware of all the people staring. Zelda's friends Peach and Daisy were laughing silently across the table, both girls' phones pointing at him. No.

"I said she's with me." Link stared at her, waiting for an answer, a move, anything. But she only turned her gaze away from him, ashamed. "I think it's time to go home."

He turned around, shooting death glares at everyone. A clean path of horrified students suddenly opened from where he was standing to the door. He started walking towards it, G's voice echoing in the back. "What are you all staring at?"


He had no recollection of how he had gotten to the school front door. This wasn't happening. It was all a bad dream. He started undoing his tie and the first buttons of the shirt. They were strangling him.

"Hey!" He barely heard her voice from behind, but refused to turn around. "Hey, listen! Link."

She had been right all along… Mr. Deku's words echoed in the back of his mind. 'Always listen to Navi'. Why hadn't he?

"Hey, listen!" She yelled.

"No, you listen." He turned around violently to face her. She stopped cold in her tracks, hair falling out of place and her jaw dropped in surprise. "Leave me alone, alright? I can take care of myself."

He paused.

"Link, I know you're upset, but you have to listen to me…"

"No, I don't want to listen to anyone right now, especially you."

"I tried to warn you, she was…"

"She was upset with me because you had to butt in." He started pacing towards her. "You always do this to me. Whenever a girl gets close to me, you scare her away."

"Me? What did I do?" Navi raised a hand to her chest.

He felt the words rushing out before he could even think about them. Words that weren't even his.

"You just can't stand the idea of other girls liking me, can you?" Stop it, stop it, stop it.

"Why are you making this about me?" She cried

"Because even now that you have Red as your stupid date, you can't even be contempt with him. You have to be all jealous and, like, demand my attention too."

"You're not making any sense, that is not even what this is about"

"THEN WHY DO YOU KEEP FOLLOWING ME ARROUND ALL THE TIME?"

"BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU!"

He stopped a good five feet away from her. She was panting for air. This was wrong.

"Well, I don't need you."

As he turned around, he felt some rain starting to fall softly upon his face. He took a deep breath.

Navi watched him walk away, unable to move. The rain started to fall stronger. That was good, that would hide the tears falling from her eyes. She wished she could wash the pain away just as easy as that.