Updating this one once again! I swear I'll chug through all the students soon. This chapter will be Karane x Zelda!
CHAPTER FOUR: Your Uncertainty
Karane and Zelda were the first ones in the bath every morning. It was no secret that Zelda's father hogged the bath at night, so staying up to see the time he gets out, you mind as well forget ever sleeping again. The girls were not one to forego bathing, however, so they waited until the morning to do so.
Zelda was usually first, since she liked to wake up a tad earlier than Karane. They normally didn't bathe together, as there was usually wasn't a need to. Both of them could squeeze their baths in before classes started up, but sometimes Zelda woke up late, or class started a bit earlier that day, and the both of them would bathe together.
It wasn't anything unusual or weird, it was just something they did to save time when it was short. Neither minded, but it was just more relaxing to bathe alone when you didn't feel the need to keep your gaze averted politely.
But as hard as she tried not to, Zelda sometimes happened to catch a glimpse of her female superior.
And sometimes she wanted to take a second glance.
It wasn't anything perverse, she thinks. She was curious, having been raised without a mother or sisters did have her wonder sometimes what exactly a female body looked like… other than her own, of course.
Instead of ogling all the boys that lived in the academy, Zelda found herself trying to ogle her best friend. It confused her. So much had she heard that girls were supposed to be dreaming about boys, but the blonde often thought of Karane.
Her friend had the prettiest red hair in Skyloft, accompanied by freckles that Zelda thought made her look cute, especially when she smiled. Her blue eyes were piercing in public, that gave her a spunk that said she wasn't afraid of anything, and Zelda believed it. Those same eyes could be soft and full of laughter as the girls stayed up late into the night, giggling while talking and joking about nonsense.
Those nights with Karane were Zelda's favorite, and in those moments were when Zelda caught herself sneaking many secret glances at Karane, admiring her features. It saddened her that Karane was now soon to be knighted, for she was busier than ever, and a girl's night was far from happening soon.
But was it normal to feel this way for a girl? Zelda just wished she had a girlfriend to talk to this about!
Well, she did have Karane, but there was no way she was prepared to confront her about it yet.
It was morning, and the night before the redhead had told Zelda that her class started a little earlier that day, so Zelda could sleep in a tad and use the bath after Karane. Zelda stretched in bed before getting up, before taking the usual soaps and heading to the bath.
By now, the process was automatic, and Zelda found herself done with her bath at a usual time, and only as she stepped out of the tub did she notice something different. There was someone's sleep shirt pooled in the corner.
Karane's sleep shirt.
Zelda walked over and picked it up. She couldn't just leave it there, it might embarrass Karane if one of the boys were to get it. Not only that but it would be so easy for her just to drop it off in Karane's room, it was right next door…. Or it could just be easy to just keep the shirt and lie and say she woke up so late that she was in such a rush that she just didn't see it!
She didn't know why she was so reluctant to let go of it, maybe it was because she could faintly smell her friend on the fabric… But there was no time to fret over it now, Zelda had until tonight to decide what to do with the shirt… But oh, why is it so hard to decide when what I should do is so obvious? Sighing, Zelda stuffed the shirt in her own pile of clothes and continued on her regular procedure.
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Classes ended late that night for Zelda, but had a large midday break in which she spent hanging with Link and Fledge outside. But when Zelda walked into her room, she could hear the faint snores of Karane through the thin wall.
Zelda smiled, it must've been a long day. Zelda could've crashed right then, too, if it wasn't for the foreign shirt laying in her pile of clothes. Pausing, to make sure her friend was truly asleep, she waited a moment before finally going for the shirt. It still smells like her…
It was soft, the kind of shirt Zelda sleeps in, but the only difference was that it was Karane's, and that made it precious. Should I sleep in it? She could… but she would be risking Karane possibly seeing her in it, and then knowing what she done… No that was too risky.
Feeling it one last time, Zelda quickly stashed it away, hidden in her own closet before letting herself fall on her bed. This settles it then.
She had a crush on her bestfriend.
Aaaand done! I hope you guys enjoyed it 33 I will try to crank out some more soon~3