Chapter 2

*Link's POV*

'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!'

"AGH!" I jumped almost literally four feet in the air. "That was the most horrific dream I have ever had.."

"Seems like it."

"D-GAH!" I jumped again, it was Ghirahim who spoke.

"W-what do you want?!"

"Meh, nothing really, just for you to tell me the truth on this whole 'Zelda' thing.." Oh no, he's on my tail.. Honestly, took him long enough though.

"Do you really wanna know?" I said, mimicking his usual seductive voice.

"Mmhhmm.." he replied, actually enjoying my playful tone. I inched closer to his ear. What he didn't notice is that I grabbed one of my textbooks and smacked him flat on the head.

"Oowwwuhhh..." He pouted.

"There shall be no Yaoi involving me in this dorm room, let alone anywhere else. Got it?"

"Hey, you're the one that started it. And to think, I was gonna keep it clean today..." He smirked, trying to hint at things we should never discuss.

"O-Kay! I'm going to go, erm.. Get.. ready for the day." truthfully I was, but I never did tell him what my day would consist of.

"Hmm.. Alright, stall as much as you like though."

A little creeped out, I cringed and left for the bathroom to take a nice hot bath, but then I decided I was going to leave for the lake anyway , so it'd be pointless.
There's a pond nearby that I've been to a few times only to find it was like a natural hot-tub. I swear that place always drowns my worries. But only if I really feel it necessary do I ever go in. The water can get pretty hot somedays.
No one has ever noticed or heard of it before, so I have it all to myself. Naturally, you would figure what I'd do in there. And no, not 'that' but I do go in just my 'bare self'.
Don't worry, it's way deep in the woods, no one would really ever find me. But because it's so hard to find on it's own, I've set pebbles in certain areas just to be sure I'm going in the right direction.
I had finally left the dorm now on the pathway outside the campus with light clothing on being that I was just going to take it off anyway. I was wearing one of my favorite band tee's, the 'Bro-koblins' and just some old dark navy basketball shorts.
I didn't want to really be noticed either since, not that I'm gloating here, I have some pretty obnoxious always talk about me in the halls and make up some sick and twisted stories that involve me being what you'd call a sex addict that apparently gets all the girls. Which IS true, but I never have had sex, and even if I had, all of them are to insanely obsessed with me to keep anyway. So I wore a dark gray hoodie to make sure no one would stop and chat with me or try and get me to take their virginity. I brought my iPod too just so the walk there would be somewhat as relaxing as the destination.

"~I'm your hero, you're my princess, but you take hearts like their your potions. Tell me now, can you hear my vows, I promise to be your savior, always and forever..~"

This song reminded me too much of Zelda.. I can't tell her how I really feel, she'd so obviously turn me away. And even if I were to and she DID say yes, is she even the 'one'?

*Zelda's POV*

"Uhnn.." I looked at my clock to see that it was already 11:30. So I sprung up and went to get ready to go out to lunch with Medli. Sitting on my bathroom counter, brushing my teeth, I had thought about Link and what he had said the other day.
"Nah, i'sh sho' o'vioush he ju'sh fer'lt bad fo' me.." I stated with the toothbrush in my mouth. I just wanted to get it out of my head.
I had left wearing my favorite dove print top and beanie with black boots, ready to take on the afternoon! That was until I ran into Groose.

"Well, if it isn't Zelda?! Gee you look quite tired, stay up all night thinkin' of me again?"

"Pfft, only in your mind, Groose, Now if you'll excuse me I have places to go and and people to s-" He pushed me into the the door of my room and cupped my face.

"I don't really think you HAVE plans anymore..." He inched his way closer to my face and I immediately kicked him in the shin and bit his hand.

"ARGHH?!" He yelled in quite a lot of pain.

"Don't ever do that again."

He nurtured his hand and as I was already halfway down the hall to the outside of the campus he hollered,

"You will be mine one day, Zelda!" When chuchu's can fly..

I had finally reached the restaurant Medli and I were going to eat at called, 'Heal the Beedle'. Supposedly their food helps you sustain and/or fain energy. And I heard the owner, Beedle, actually had many occupations similar to this before.
I met Medli in a booth on the right in the corner by the counter where you wait for a table.
"So, how goes it?" I asked, kind of nervous about telling her my assumptions when we were to get to the woods.

"Mehh, same ol' same ol'.."

I pondered whether I should even talk to her about it or not.

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

"Erm, sure?" she answered hesitantly.

"How exactly did you and Prince Komali end up together?"

I decided to ask about her relationship to get advice from her without really knowing.

"Uh, well, it was kind of a mutual thing that had just built up inside of us until we both came out and told each other. If you're real question is how I confessed to him word by word without bring afraid, it wasn't that hard."

"Uh, no! That wasn't really my question. I was just curious and I wanted to know the story of how you guys came to be."

"Well, to paraphrase? We just both agreed on our feelings for each other.. It doesn't happen often though. That's why it was so easy to want to be with him, he wanted to be with me too."

Well, that was a bust.

"I see," I replied slowly "Well, what are we ordering?"

"I was actually thinking we split a meal! They're pretty big plates of food."

"Alright, I'm not to hungry anyway.." I drifted off from that sentence into my own thoughts.

What if she thinks I'm crazy for even having these thoughts and suspicions? And what if she's right and I turn out to be wrong about them? What if he just outwardly said, 'BAH! Like I'd date anyone like you! You're such a prissy chick! A prude! A goody-two-shoes!'

"Zelda?"

I snapped out of my awful daydream.

"Huhn?!"

Medli giggled with a hint of concern too and then pointed to the waitress who was standing right by our table ready to take our order.

"Oh! I'll have a diet health potion and the both of us were going to split a bowl of soup."

The waitress nodded with a slight smile and left.

I sighed

"So Groose tried hitting on me while I left for lunch with you today.."

"Ahaha! Really? He just needs to give up already," She paused

"But.. I guess that's what happens when you want or care for someone so much. You never want to give them up."

"Great, now I'm going to have Rick Astley stuck in my head for the rest of the day."

"Oh, my bad, Zee! Haha!"

"Mehh, at least it's not a lame teen pop sensation song."

She rolled her eyes with a smile.

"True."

Our food arrived only seconds after our conversation and we had devoured all of our food in just four minutes.

"Wow, I guess we were a bit hungry.."

Medli hiccuped and laughed a bit at herself. Full she leaned back and began to speak.

"You know, I know why you wanted to talk so badly about Prince Komali and I."

My eyes flickered to her as soon as she made that statement.

"Wh-what do you mean?"

"Well, no one really asks me about my love life unless they want advice. For some reason, I'm the dating goddess.." She trailed off and realized she was rambling. Catching this I said,

"Proceed."

"The thing is it's obvious even from your body language that you have something weighing on your mind. And now that you spoke to me about my boyfriend, I now know what kind of situation you're in a little more specific than from before."

I raised my head a little to tell her I was testing her knowledge and testing her ability to bluff.

"And what might that situation be?"

Without a hint of hesitation, she said,

"You like Link Kokiri, don't you?"

I jumped up

"N-No! I think he's falling for me is all. I wanted to see if my suspicions were true. In all honesty I feel like he was just pitying me that day.."

"Okay, I have to say though, that I knew this from the start, right when he said 'that'. I knew something was going on between the two of you, I just wasn't sure of the exact situation. And Zelda? No guy would ever say 'you're pretty' out of pity. They say it because they either mean it or want in your pants and I highly doubt his face on that day reflected the one of a horn-dog.."

"Yeah, but-"

"Think about this from a logical stand point, Zelda. Even if you're wrong about your assumptions, I'm sure he'll fall for you anyway."

I groaned, tired of being confused by the situation.
We decided to split the cost and left our money on the table as we walked out to the main area of Hyrule's kingdom.

Medli's phone vibrated and she pulled it out to read what appeared to be a text from Komali.
"Ready to head out to the woods?"

Medli looked at me concerned and sorrowfully after sliding her phone closed and the replied,

"It appears I can't," She looked down and then continued.

"You see, it seems as though Komali needs me in his room 'stat'." she said using air quotes for the last word.

"For what?"

"He never said, all he asked is that I be there without a moment to spare. I'm really sorry, Zelda. I truly was looking forward to going with you to the woods.. Maybe next time! Okay?"

"It's okay! You go tend to your boyfriend, he's probably got a valid reason for asking you to meet him so soon."

Medli raced into my arms and cried out,

"Thank you so much, Zee! It means the world that you let me skip out on it, even when I can tell you're truly sad I can't!"

She was right, I really was desperate for a friend. Someone to talk and relate to. But it was really okay. I honestly didn't mind that she see her boyfriend instead of hanging out with me. I personally thought she needed it too. They rarely hang out anyway.

Barely being able to say it from lack of air, I wheezed,
"Medli.. Off.. Now... Air.. Please.."

"Oh! Sorry!"

She let go and I gasped for the long needed breath.

"Thanks, haha!" I tried to make the best of my situation and waved her goodbye.

I really was feeling lonely, but.. Maybe this was needed. Maybe I needed personal thinking time. Maybe I needed to be alone for the time being.

Even if Medli had left, I still set out for Faron Woods.

•END CHAPTER 2•