Hurray for fast updating! Hehe. The truth behind my fast updating is simply that I'm addicted to reviews, and I loooooove feedback more than anything. Something big is going to happen in the next 2 or 3 chapters and that should get the main plot finally rolling. But you know, gotta establish relationships and all that good stuff.
Disclaimer: I own this story but I do not own anything Legend of Zelda related.
*forgot to include that beforehand, my bad*
Chapter 6
Zelda was furious. She was livid, angry, distraught, but more than anything, she was confused and discouraged.
As soon as Pipit and Ilia were out of sight, she had practically thrown her books in her dorm room and darted off to the elevator, praying to the Goddess that Midna was in her room. She mashed the elevator button and tapped her foot impatiently as she awaited the shaft to arrive on her floor.
Thankful that nobody was currently in the elevator, she stepped inside and frantically jabbed at the Level 3 button repeatedly until the doors closed in front of her. She allowed the brief moment of solitude for a complete and utter breakdown, slapping her hands on her forehead and tangling her fingers in her bangs.
What was he thinking? Why would he stab her in the back so suddenly? She had thought Link was making it painstakingly obvious that he was interested in Zelda, possibly even beginning to like her. She couldn't have been more wrong. She quickly reflected on the time they had spent together the past few weeks. The night at the café, in the library, Sheik's constant teasing, and not to mention he was always seeking her out, which she gladly accepted. Argh! It was obvious there was chemistry between them! Was she the only one to notice this?
The elevator stopped on Level 5 and a few girls stepped into the elevator, all Gerudos. They idly chatted with each other about the upcoming Festival of Time, but Zelda tried her best to ignore them and focused more on keeping her face blank of any emotion. If they noticed any sort of look on her face other than boredom, they would poke and pry at her in order to receive the latest gossip or news.
The now claustrophobic elevator stopped once more on the third level, and Zelda gently pushed past the girls, mumbling apologies. Once in the Level 3 hallway, she ran towards the opposite end of the hallway from the lounge and stopped at Midna's dorm room, labeled C3. She rapped her knuckles against the door and began to bite her thumb nail nervously, hoping Midna was actually in her room.
"Midna?" she yelled after receiving no answer. She placed her ear against the door and could hear faint music coming from inside. She took this as her cue to barge in on an unsuspecting Midna, who sat at her desk with one foot propped against it, painting her toes and listening to music with her expensive Dre Beats. Her head bobbed along to the music from her iPod.
Zelda closed the door and politely waited for her to finish her pinky toe before tapping on the Twili's shoulder. Midna flipped around, clutching her nail polish bottle, her lips forming a perfect "O."
"Holy shit!" she gasped, yanking her headphones down. "You scared the hell out of me, girl!"
Zelda threw herself onto her friend's bed, adorned by a simple black comforter and purple pillow cases. "Midna, I think I'm stupid, or oblivious. Or maybe both."
Midna screwed the cap back onto her polish bottle and swiveled her computer chair towards the despairing girl. "What do you mean by that?"
Zelda sat up and pushed the hair out of her face. "You'll never guess who just asked me on a date."
Midna, who was fanning her wet toe nails, perked up and clapped her hands. "Link! I knew it! I knew he was totally head over heels for you!"
Zelda shook her head, not speaking.
Midna's look faltered. "It wasn't Link? Then who…?"
"Pipit," she replied. "Pipit asked me."
The Twili raised her orange eyebrows slowly. "Whaaa?"
"He asked me on a double date."
"A double date? Well that's not so unusual. Maybe he just didn't want to be the third wheel."
"Midna, the double date is with Link and Nayru."
The two girls stared at each other, Midna too shocked to speak and Zelda waiting for her friend's reaction. After what felt like a whole minute of silence, Midna shot up out of her seat and ran out of her bedroom with blinding speed. Zelda jumped up after her friend, who was screaming as she ran towards the stairwell, too hyped up to bother waiting for the elevator.
"That two-timing, fake, two-faced asshole! What a piece of shitty dick eating fuck face!" she yelled, yanking the stair doors open and dashing down them. Zelda was close on her heels, calling after her friend but to no avail. She sighed and leapt onto one of the rails that ran in the middle of the stairs, sliding down a metal bars gracefully and landing on her feet like a boss. She smiled goofily at herself for a moment, slightly pouting that nobody had seen her badass rail-riding skills.
Midna had already reached the bottom of the stairwell and was bursting into the lobby, ignoring the strange looks that the other girls shot in her direction.
"Midna, are you okay?"
"Hey Middy, why's your face so red?"
"Guys! I think Midna is going to beat someone up!"
Zelda chased after her friend, trying to reply to all the shouts through her panting.
"It's fine everyone! -huff- Somebody just stole her cucumber sandwich is all!"
This seemed to explain everything, because the other students just nodded their heads and mumbled to each about the idiot that would dare touch Midna Night's food.
In the courtyard, Midna stood with her hand covering her eyes against the setting sun, scanning the field for a certain blonde man.
"Midna, stop! Really! You're making an unnecessary scene!" Zelda shouted, approaching her.
"I don't give two shit about making a scene!" she snarled, not looking at her friend. "Link doesn't even like that hag. Why would he take her on a date and not you? I need answers!" Her eyes lit up suddenly, glowing a brilliant red against her pale blue skin. "There! By the pond!"
She dashed after him, and Zelda was forced to follow her again, hoping to spare Link from Midna's temper.
"YOU!" She screamed, pointing an angry finger at Link. He and the person he was sitting beside, who happened to be Sheik, turned towards the ruckus that Midna was making.
"Mid-" Link started before Midna punched him upside the head.
"Ow!" he yelled, clutching his head with one hand. "What was that for?"
"You know damn well what that was for! How dare you play my home girl like that! Acting like you like her then taking the Ice Bitch out on a date!"
Sheik sighed as Zelda approached, her face red as a tomato. "Oh, Midna…"
Link stood, raising his hands in defense. He looked past Midna and instead spoke to the embarrassed blonde girl. "Zel, it's not what you think," he said.
She came in between her friend and Link, raising her hand as if to stop him from speaking. "No Link, I get it. You don't have to say anything."
"No!" he said, grasping her raised hand and cupping it in between his own. "You don't get it. I have a perfectly good explanation for this."
"Then you better get to explaining, home boy." Midna said from behind Zelda, placing her hands sassily on her voluptuous hips.
Sheik stood and cleared his throat. "Zelda, he's right. It's not what you think it is."
Zelda looked at her brother and creased her forehead, turning her confused gaze back to Link. "Well?"
Link replayed the events of the day to Zelda, from the moment Vaati approached him up until he asked Pipit to do him a favor.
"You see, I figured if I made it a double date, it wouldn't be so horrible. Sheik is your brother, so obviously he can't ask you out. That would be weird, and illegal, I think. So I asked Pipit to invite you and distract Nayru so that we could spend some time together." Link said, passing a hand over his face. "I guess he left out the major details."
Zelda soaked in this information, relieved beyond belief that Link wasn't leading her on. A sudden thought occurred to her. "Wait," she said, looking up at him, "does this mean you're asking me out on a date?"
Link grinned and took her other hand into his grasp. "Yeah, technically, I guess I am."
Zelda blushed and broke eye contact, grinning to herself. "Okay."
"Ahem."
The two glanced at Sheik, who was shooting a pointed look at their linked hands.
Link chuckled and released her hands, scratching the back of his head. "Oh, right. Er, sorry man." He turned his gaze back to the woman in front of him, smiling gently. "I'll pick you up tomorrow at 7. Remember to pretend that your Pipit's date."
"Alright," she said, unable to hide the excitement in her eyes.
"We should go, Link." Sheik said. "It's getting dark."
The street lamps placed around campus lit up as if on cue, illuminating the paths. The most brilliant display, though, were the golden lights flickering on from the fountain. The water glistened against the indigo sky, creating a blue and golden spectacle.
"We can at least walk the ladies back to their rooms." Link said, being his typical gentlemanly self.
Sheik quirked his mouth and nodded, and they set off to walk slowly back to the dorms. They took in the sights of the street lanterns and enjoyed the atmosphere as the light slipped beneath the horizon and left a blue hue over everything. Zelda couldn't help but feel grateful to spend the beautiful moment with her favorite people.
Zelda awoke the next morning to her alarm clock, nearly having a heart attack before punching it so hard that it went flying off of her dresser. She sat up abruptly and stared wide eyed at her broken alarm clock, then face planted back into her pillows and groaned.
Nayru, who had gotten back from the infirmary late last night, was already awake, showered, and dressed, humming her signature tune as she brushed her long blue hair in front of the vanity beside her bed. She shot Zelda an annoyed look at the noise she was making. "Um, could you be any clumsier? You're so crude in the mornings."
"Whatever," Zelda mumbled, dragging herself out of bed and into the bathroom. She could barely bring herself to go through her morning routines, but pushed until she found herself freshly showered with her makeup done. Not feeling like doing her hair, she scrunched some gel into her long locks and left it wavy. Completing her lazy look with a sweatshirt and jeans, she exited the steamy bathroom and watched as Nayru carefully curled her hair in front of the mirror.
Zelda remembered the plans made from last night, and knew that the blue haired girl was getting primped for her date later in the evening with Link. Withholding her smirk, she grabbed her books and left their shared dorm without exchanging words with the clueless oracle.
For some reason, it took Zelda an unusual amount of time to come out of her sleepy morning stupor, probably because of the lack of coffee. She uncharacteristically dozed through Professor Rauru's History lesson, Professor Nabooru's Calculus notes, and Professor Darunia's chemistry demonstration. Finally, when Coach Ruto made them do laps in the pool for gym class, she completely woke up and felt more refreshed than she had all day. During her last class of the day, Gardening with Professor Fado, Zelda attempted to do her best in order to make up for the laziness she had let overcome her. In comparison to what the night would be like, school seemed to be so drab.
"Psst, Zelda," Professor Fado's assistant, Saria, whispered, "are you feeling okay? I saw you sleeping in two classes today."
Zelda blushed and waved her hand, giggling nervously. "The coffee maker wasn't working this morning."
Saria nodded in understanding, smiling widely. "Do you have sleeping problems?"
The blonde nodded slightly. "Sometimes I do. Mostly I just stay up at night thinking."
"You should take melatonin. It should help you. That's what I use, so I'm not affected by the coffee maker being broken." Of course, Zelda thought, she's a Kokiri. They're all na-tu-ral.
She kept this thought to herself though and smiled, thanking the green haired girl for her concern.
The bell rang at last, 4'o'clock sharp. Zelda was out of the door before the other students could even gather their things. She had less than 3 hours to get ready for her "date" with Link, and she was in desperate need of Midna's closet, private room, and advice.
At first she was in a hurry, but after a moment, she slowed her pace. She had three whole hours, right? Surely it wouldn't take that long to get ready.
So, instead of running to her friend's dorm and frantically putting herself together, she took her time walking to the third floor, even taking the stairs in order to avoid any awkward silences. Although one other person was also using the stairwell just ahead of her.
"Hey, Fi!" she called as a friendly greeting to the blue girl. The image of her ghost-like persona alone in the less than friendly stairwell creeped her out, but she also kept those thoughts to herself.
"Greetings, Mistress Zelda." she said, not stopping or looking at her.
She sure is strange, Zelda thought.
Upon reaching Midna's door, she sighed and ran her fingers through her hair in an attempt to look more calm. She knocked hesitantly at the door, hoping Midna would be back from class by now.
After a moment, the door flung open and a disorderly looking Twili girl stood in the doorway, gawking at Zelda before seizing her wrist and pulling her into her dorm. "Like, oh my Goddess Zelda! Where have you been? Don't you know you have a date tonight?! We have no time!"
The two girls were walking back to Zelda and Nayru's dorm, two and a half hours later, with Midna's work finally finished. Zelda's hair was curled in loose waves that fell elegantly down her back, wearing a simple yet flowy, long sleeved, floral printed dress that stopped a few inches above her knees, complete with a belt around the waist and matching boots. Midna had instructed her to wear her chic leather yet feminine jacket, forecasting the weather as she applied an exuberant amount of lipgloss on her victim's mouth.
"My iphone weather app is saying it's supposed to get down to 48 degrees tonight! But it will still be too warm to wear jeans and a jacket during the afternoon. Are you okay with wearing dresses? You're not like, against them or anything, right?" she had babbled, moving on to her closet. Zelda had chosen the pretty floral printed dress over the strapless, skintight, red dress that Midna had laid out as an option.
Thinking about it again, Zelda shuddered. She also wasn't entirely comfortable wearing the amount of lipgloss Midna had applied to her lips either. When her friend wasn't looking, she subtly smeared the gloss off with her hand and wiped the remnants on the wall she walked beside.
When they arrived at Zelda's room, they entered only to find Nayru sitting in front of her mirror, a girl with tan skin and red hair in a high ponytail sitting on Zelda's bed poking through her stuff, and a more timid looking green-haired girl sitting cross-legged on the floor beside Nayru's bed. The red haired girl dropped the book she was looking at upon noticing their entrance, sneering as if they were intruding on something.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Miss Perfect Barbie. Got a hot date with the geek squad tonight?" Nayru chimed, touching up the curls in her hair. Zelda couldn't help but notice the green haired girl had merely looked down and pretended as if she wasn't in the room.
"Actually," Midna said, "she does have a date. But not with the geek squad, whoever that is."
Nayru turned to look at them then, her eyes glinting evilly. "What a coincidence."
Just then, a knock came from the door, grabbing the girls' attention.
The red girl smiled at Zelda sarcastically. "Perfect timing."
"Oh, fuck off, Din," Midna said, reaching for the door. A look of genuine hurt passed over Din's features, but was quickly masked again with her signature sneer.
The Twili opened the door to reveal the very handsome looking Pipit and Link. Nayru squealed and pushed past Zelda and Midna, clinging onto Link's arm.
"Link! You look so hot." sniff, "and you smell so good!"
Zelda visibly fumed, catching Link's eye. He smirked at her briefly, loving how fierce she looked when she was angry. He turned to Nayru, who was giving Pipit a dirty look.
"Yeah, Link, by the way, what's he doing here?"
"If you have to know," Pipit stated, rolling his eyes, "I'm here for Zelda. We're double dating tonight."
The girl fell silent as Zelda joined Pipit in the hallway, her glare turning from shock to ice and hatred. "You didn't mention that."
"I didn't think it was a big deal," Link said, detaching himself from Nayru and turning away from the group and towards the elevator. "We should get going before it gets too dark."
Zelda felt highly uncomfortable walking behind the boys beside Nayru. She glanced behind her to see Midna watching them retreat from the doorway, a mischievous grin on her face. She sighed and silently prayed to Hylia that this night would be worth all the trouble she was about to go through.
As they approached his dark green Jeep, Link grabbed Pipit by the elbow and jerked him around the car and out of earshot from the girls. His friend looked at him with confusion, glancing back at the girls through the window. "What the hell, man?"
"If you touch Zelda," Link breathed quietly, "I will personally chop off your fingers."
The brunette chuckled slightly. "Alright man, no worries."
Ugh. I don't know why this chapter was so hard to write, either because I'm exhausted from school or because nothing SUPER exciting happens. Don't worry though. This chapter might be kind of dull, but the next one is going to be like BOOM! It will probably (hopefully) be the most exciting chapter yet!111111 I really wanted to just write this chapter and get it out of the way. It had to be done.
Also, Karane will not be making an appearance in this fic. Pipit will be paired with someone... else. :)
Review because I updated quickly, pretty pls?