Finally a new update! Sorry for awhile I lost interest in fanfiction...But my love for it has come back! Just hope I'm not too rusty :)
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"Hey...Link...?" He was stuttering and whispering. Was he scared of something?
"What is it? I wasn't turning back.
"What did you do?..."
"What do you mean wha-"
He interrupted. "Why is the Princess staring at you like that?"
I slowly turned my head to look into Zelda's window, and there she was staring at me with a barren glare fixed upon her face. We were both to scared to move, I wasn't sure what that look meant, and Kirka probably thought we going to be beheaded for peeking into her window.
"What is with the glare..."He questioned me. As if I knew the answer.
"I'm not sure.."
"I don't like it one bit, let's get going please!" He tugged on my tunic with great determination. But I couldn't pull away and neither could she, she just stared and so did I. What did It mean, she was smiling last night? What was I to do..
"NOW LINK! PLEASE! BEFORE WERE BEHEADED!" He shoved me away from sight of the window.
"AWEE MAN! I knew that was wrong of me, please forgive me, please forgive me, please please GODDESSES!"
What was I to do now? And yeah yeah I know. I looked.
Karik gave my tunic one more good pull, but before I turned around to finally acknowledge him I could hear his feet slamming heavily against the ground. I stared a Zelda a few more seconds, just trying to figure out what she wanted. Maybe she was signaling she wanted to see me again or maybe she had something to important to tell me that she didn't get to say the night before. Yeah that has to be it, I mean we were interrupted and she wouldn't have come out for nothing. But as soon as that thought crossed my mind she turned around and walked away without any different emotion coming across her face.
That was weird. I'm totally confused and bothered by what just happened...wait no, no I'm not, what the hell am I thinkin, why am I giving into her? I mean why should I be paying any attention? I'm here to make preparations for the wedding to get paid, paid so I can save up for MY wedding with Malon..that woman I guess I am spending the rest of my life with...Zelda had caught me off guard last night, I'm not going to let myself forgive her for what she did.
"Hey bonehead! Mind getting to work today instead of trying to sneak a peek at the princess?"
I turned around to see another smart ass guard with a devious little smirk plastered across his moronic looking face.
"eh sorry about that...I wasn't trying to sneak a peek, just kind of drifting off, heh. It can get little a boring around here, just looking for a little excitement."
"Yeah what ever you say pervert, but don't look for it here! Just get back to work before I report ya to the future king. He'd have you killed in second for even thinking about his bride to be. I wouldn't be too stupid if I was you." He added.
I bawled my first up. I wasn't a pervert. "Yes sir...I'll get back to work...sorry."
"Well, off you go then." He flung his hand in the opposite direction, signaling me to go work.
And with that I headed back to the campgrounds confused and troubled.
After I finished a long days worked I headed towards back to our tent. But before I could get there Karik came running up to me in a hurry. "Hey Link! You got a letter in!"
I walked a little faster to get to him, I'm sure the letter was from Malon, it got me a little excited. Finally something a little positive is coming into this.
"It's from your woman, ya?" He asked nudging me with a big grin on his face as he handed me the letter.
"Heh, yeah. I knew it wouldn't be long."
"Well that's good, it shows that she's worried about you and all, not many women out there like that. You a lucky one Link!"
I paused.
"Well...go ahead and read it brotha!"
I opened the letter with Karik standing over my shoulder, reading along with me.
My dearest Link, I know it may sound silly but I miss you already. I hope the preparations are soon over because I need you here with me, I'm going crazy without you! Anyways everything is good here at the ranch, the clouds are progressively getting darker by the day. Hope nothing is to come of it though...anyhow I trust everything is good where you are, just be safe and return home soon. I love you dearly.
Love Malon
"Oh that was real sweet ya, that should keep you going while your here! Whenever your down or tired just look at that letter and it should pick you right back up! That's what I do." Karik said while patting me on the back.
"Yeah, good idea..."
He's right, I need to focus on this, Malon can always make me feel better, this letter will help keep my mind off..her.
"So Link, what happened earlier? That was pretty freaky when the Princess caught you peeping at her ya?"
"I wasn't peeping! AND YOU WERE THERE TOO DON'T FORGET!" I yelled.
"Ya, well whatever you call it, it made me nervous. Let's never do that again, we are lucky she didn't get frightened and call guards to behead us or something. Ya know, I think the goddesses were really punishing us for looking at her like that. We are FAITHFUL men, we only have eyes for one woman...shame on us. I don't care how beautiful our future queen is, it's not worth all the trouble it will surely cause that's for sure."
It's not? And did he have to stress faithfulness to me?
"Alright buddy, let's call it a day and go back in the tent we need to get our rest. These days are long but they don't ever get any easier, and I doubt they ever will. They can take my blood, sweat, tears, and dignity! But they will never take my sleep! HAHAHA!" He let out a roar of laughter.
I smiled.
" Yeah, I think I'm gonna hit the hay early tonight too. These guards are riding my ass and I don't know how much longer I can take them before taking a shovel to their faces. Being sleep deprived is the last thing I need, then I might actually end up doing it."
"I here ya buddy." Karik cackled. He then slid off his boots and placed them next to my mat as he laid down on his.
"GEEZ!" I yelled out as I got a whiff of his boots. "Get those reeking old boots away from me Karik! They'll give me nightmares with how bad they smell."
He laughed. "Oh Link, I wasn't lying when I said you was a funny guy. You are exaggerating those boots don't smell that bad. It's a manly smell, get used to it pretty boy!"
"Get used to that? No thanks, but I appreciate the laugh!"
"Hey you ain't gonna write your woman tonight before bed Link?" Karik questioned as he slipped into his mat.
"...Nah, I'm too tired, I'll get to it tomorrow when I am feeling refreshed." I lied.
Karik nodded, I can tell he was getting sleepier by the lack of him responding.
"Night brotha." He mumbled.
"Goodnight." I replied.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I could feel my body drifting away so fast, almost instantly after I shut my eyes. It felt so good. But images kept flashing threw my head, the past, more of me and Zelda. I wanted to shut those thoughts down immediately and think of what I was going to say when I wrote Malon back. But my body was refusing those thoughts, almost like it wasn't important at all...my body wanted to process these thoughts even though it was barley functioning.
"WAKE UP NOW KID!" A voice boomed.
As I opened my eyes I noticed two of the guards were standing over me.
"The Princess is asking for ya, you are probably getting thrown in prison for your little escapade yesterday. Serves ya right!"
"Enough lollygagging! Get up will you! The princess must not be kept waiting, you are just making it worse on yourself boy." The second guard barked.
Before I could retort back they both took an arm and pulled me up. I looked at Karik as the were shoving me out the door, he just stared at me with immense regard. Speechless.
They literally shoved me across the front field of Hyrule and everyone just glared at me with a fearful look. Some stopped staring when a guard would look back and start working harder and faster. They must've thought I was a lazy fool who was being canned from this stupid job..but I knew this had to have been personal. First the late night visit, then the event from yesterday. This was all beginning to be to much, it isn't what I signed up for. The more I saw her the more she crossed my mind and it was pissing me off.
We finally had reached the front gate. No words were spoken the guards nodded to the security guarding the gates signalling them to open.
"Alright you lecher time to face the consequences. We're here."
They walked me into the front door of the castle where the Princess was already there just awaiting my arrival. I was thankful no one else was in here, word was going to spread, spread fast, and that meant it might get out to Malon.
"Thank you gentlemen, I will take care of this matter from here on out."
"You want us to come with Princess? I mean to watch him and all so he doesn't do anything crazy?"
She smiled. "No thank you. I can handle it from here as I said. Thank you for your courageousness and for being so helpful, but, that will be all."
"Yes your highness."
They walked off as Zelda approached me. I wasn't in the mood for this, especially after being drug across a damn field.
"What do you want." I spat.
"Link, please don't do this to us. I didn't like the way things ended the other night and I wanted to finish saying what I had to say to you."
"What I'm doing to us? Look what your doing to us! Staring at me, tying to sneak around to say a few meaningless words. I have a women back home waiting for me! AND YOUR GETTING MARRIED. You are being stupid about this whole thing!"
"You..you are seeing someone else?" She said dispiritedly.
I could tell my words were hurting her.
She paused. "Haven't you said enough hurtful things to me Link? I get it that your mad at me for what happened years ago..and I am truly sorry. I guess it was stupid of me to do this..."
"What are you talking about?"
"I requested that you would come here so I could finally speak to you, I told Impa to make sure you were one of the men who got called to come help for this STUPID WEDDING." She slammed her fist against the wall weakly.
I was shocked, I didn't know what else to say to her. Why would she be doing all this?
"But why, what is possibly so important that you risk hurting the both of us again..." I could feel the tears start to well up in my eyes. Dammit, this is exactly why I didn't want to talk to her. "WHY ARE YOU BREAKING MY HEART OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAVEN'T YOU DONE ENOUGH!" At this point they were falling from my face continuously.
She walked up to me and grabbed my hands, my heart fluttered. As I looked into her eyes I could see the pain inside of her as well, and in that moment, I knew everything that I had with Malon was going to be thrown away.
"I'm sorry Link, I never meant to hurt you...
"BULLSHIT ZELDA! YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING TO ME ALL ALONG, AND I HATE YOU FOR IT."
"LINK YOU DON'T MEAN THAT! QUIT IT! PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO ME!" She cried out.
I stopped. Not because she yelled at me, but because I was tired of all the running, all the lies I kept telling myself about how I didn't care about her. I still loved her more than anyone, and I knew I always would.
"Love me Link." She commanded.
"What?"
"Love me like I love you...take me. For right now I am yours and only yours."
Phew! Finally done. I hope you enjoyed! It's just going to get juicier from here on out! Please stay with my story I am grateful for all you readers! I love making this story and I hope you enjoyed!
Thanks for the support! I will update soon :)
And I noticed I have been misspelling Karik's name on accident! Sorry for the confusion! :)