A/N: Holy fudgebunnies! Didn't expect all of the positive the feedback! Thanks so much, everyone! Because of that, I'm giving you a new chapter! (Reviews = fast updates)

I figured out who to pick on. Yay!

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Two

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Link and Zelda decided to call their Loftwings and go on a ride through the sky for a while. Link's Loftwing was crimson red; Zelda's was blue. No matter what they did, Zelda always enjoyed her time with Link. They could easily spend the entire day together and every time nightfall came, they would always be surprised that it went by so fast. His Loftwing flew a little ways ahead of hers. Today, Link was a little quieter than usual, she noticed, as if he had something on his mind. They circled the land a few times before finally landing near the Academy. Zelda jumped off of her Loftwing and pet its soft head before it took off. Link spent a little more time with his; he seemed lost in thought.

"Link!" Zelda called out in an enthusiastic voice, snapping him out of it. Link gave one last pat to his Loftwing and the huge bird flew off into the sky. He waved to it. Zelda came up next to him; he still wouldn't say anything. Zelda lightly nudged his shoulder as she went down the stairs. 'I wonder what's going on... and how I'm going to get it out of him.' she pondered as she heard him following behind her. Zelda glanced back and saw that he was just staring at the ground. Before she was able to react, they were interrupted by a very... flamboyant character.

"Well, well! Look who it is!"

"Go away, Ghirahim." Zelda grabbed Link's hand and pulled him along so that they didn't have to put up with the freak's attitude, but he wasn't about to let them off the hook so easily.

"It comes to my attention that you rejected one of lackies, missy." He was referring to a man named Groose, whom he believed he was the boss of and would often tell him and his two friends, Cawlin and Strich what to do. Groose had a huge crush on Zelda, but obviously she didn't feel that way about him.

Ghirahim must have had some sort of obsession with diamond shaped things. His entire outfit was an atrocity from head to toe. He sported a white jumpsuit with diamond-shaped cutouts on his chest and a pattern of them down both legs. He could never keep his tongue in his mouth; it was always swirling around his white lip gloss in one way or another. He wasn't wearing his red cape today, so Link and Zelda had to put up with his ugly features. "Your purple eyeliner is fading," Zelda said, "you should check a mirror. Did you use any primer?" Ghirahim fumed at her, but apparently already had a mirror and checked. Once he saw that she was indeed lying, he gritted his teeth and mentally cursed them in his mind. Zelda and Link just laughed."Ugh, I would hate to see the rest of his wardrobe."

It was as if Link did a three-sixty, because right after he was laughing and joking with her. "Yeah, shall we introduce him to a few geometric terms? Look how sharp his chin is." Link put his arm around Zelda and pulled her in, pointed to Ghirahim. He lowered his voice a little, "see the 45 degree angle? Maybe we could use it for our project. It's right there, plain as day."

"WHY, YOU!" Ghirahim yelled furiously and stomped his foot down, as if it was supposed to scare them. He took a few deep breaths and straightened his posture. "I'm sure that you heard already, but the carnival tonight will be off the chains. It would be best if you two didn't show up... you know, to avoid the humiliation."

"What humiliation?" Zelda crossed her arms and gave him a firm look.

"Of me winning every single game and contest, of course!"

"Well, I know one thing—if there's a cross-dressing contest you've definitely got that covered." Link said.

"ARGH!" Ghirahim had nothing else to say, so he stomped off, causing the two to erupt in laughter. It was always fun to mess with the guy; he never seemed to have any great comebacks so Link and Zelda always took the victory. Link didn't even know why the thing kept bothering them.

"That was great, Link!" Zelda calmed down a little. He really was everything that she could have ever dreamed of and more.

"He does it to himself." Link replied. He seemed much better now, so Zelda decided to just brush it off. She gave him the deepest look of admiration. "Uh, is there something on my face?" Link asked.

"N-No." Zelda grinned widely and put her hands behind her back. They went back to the dormitory together. Link waved to her as she went up to her room on the second floor. In a few hours they were going to meet back downstairs and go to the carnival together. Zelda loved events like these. She stepped into her dorm room and kicked off her shoes. 'What should I wear?' she asked herself as she opened her cupboard and went through her clothes. Of course, she felt like she didn't have anything appropriate, so she just gave up and settled on something casual. Zelda pulled out a purple maxi skirt and a long-sleeved white top. 'This will have to do...' she sighed and set the clothes aside.

Every time Zelda dressed up, (like earlier), Link would definitely notice, but instead of complimenting her, he would just tease her about it. Zelda wished that for once, he would be so speechless that he wouldn't have any witticisms to spout at her, but instead would just tell her that she was beautiful. She needed this from him, at least once. Link never expressed his feelings about things like that. It was frustrating, so instead of taking hours on figuring out what to wear, she often resorted to casual options. He didn't care, anyway.

Zelda parted her hair in the back and braided it into pigtails. Even though he was downstairs, she still missed him. 'I bet he's already asleep.' she chuckled just thinking about it. Zelda lay down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. 'I guess I could get some shut-eye, as well.'

And with that, she closed her eyes and drifted off.

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Once Link was in the comfort of his room, he jumped into his bed. However, there was no way that he could fall asleep. For whatever reason, he could not stop thinking about her. It troubled him more than anything; he didn't like when he did this. It happened every now and then. He pictured her smiling face. A tingly feeling appeared in his chest.

He had it bad.

Usually he could block these feelings out, but there were times like these when he just couldn't get her off of his mind.

'She did look pretty, today...'

Link desperately tried to distract himself with some homework, but it wasn't working. He would see her again when the sun went down. If he couldn't get himself out of this weak state, he had no idea how he would act around her. When he was like this, he was destructible and preferred to be alone until it passed. It was like being drunk without the alcohol. Every single feeling he had for Zelda, every single thought and desire of her would race through his mind and drive him crazy. (Link didn't drink because of this). 'I'm so pathetic...' he thought to himself.

He had to find something to do.

Link opened his door and peered out. Henya was coming down the hallway with a duster and was polishing everything in sight. As much as Link hated cleaning, if it was going to distract him, he was all for it. Henya spotted him and as if she read his mind, lazily handed him the duster and said, "Great, you can finish this." She gave him a fake grin and went downstairs.

It was going to be a long night.

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Karane, Pipit and Zelda were gathered in the kitchen waiting for Link. The carnival started thirty minutes before and they were growing impatient.

"I would say let's just go without him, but that wouldn't be fair for you, Zelda." Karane said.

"I'll go and get him," Pipit stood up, but Zelda tugged on his sleeve.

"I'll do it." she proceeded up the stairs. She already knew that he was fast asleep. When Zelda got to the top of the stairs, she looked down the hall and noticed someone laying there. Upon closer inspection, it was Link—laying in the middle of the floor with the duster in his hand. Zelda ran over to him and shook him. "Link! Link, are you okay? Wake up!"

He mumbled and rolled onto his side. "Five... minutes..."

"You dork." Zelda rolled her eyes and shoved him. Link shot up, disheveled.

"Where am I?" he asked groggily.

"You kind of... missed the bed," Zelda motioned her head to left; Link's dorm room was right next to them. Link noticed the duster in his hand and sneezed.

"Ugh..." he stood up, "what time is it?"

"Almost nine. The carnival started a while ago." she couldn't help but sound disappointed. "But really, Link? You really just dropped on the floor and fell asleep like that?"

"I think it had something to do with dust bunnies. They must have attacked me... those little demons..."

"Whatever. Are we going to the carnival or not?"

Link blinked a few times, "Oh, come on! That was funny!"

"Whatever, Link!"

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The carnival was lively as ever. Link couldn't stand huge crowds, but he dealt with it for Zelda's sake. She looked pretty happy to be here. He could barely keep track of her; she was like a little school girl during these things—running to every single booth, eating all of the funnel cakes and her personal favorite—shoving cotton candy in his mouth. Link cringed as the substance dissolved against his tongue.

"Blah! Gross..."

"Link! Look! A rupee game!" Link was forced over to the game that Zelda was talking about. "Basically, you take a bow and arrow and shoot the rupees as they come out!"

"Fine. How much to play?" Link asked the person at the counter.

"Ten rupees."

Before Link could respond, Zelda gave the man the money and handed him the bow and arrows. Link positioned himself in the middle of floor and got ready.

"If ya get them all you can choose between three prizes. I won't tell you what they are. Ready?" Link nodded, "GO!"

The first set of rupees was pretty easy for Link; he shot them all on the first try. Pretty soon they started going faster and he really had to concentrate if he wanted to win. Two red rupees on a rope went by. Link timed it just right and shattered both of them. He felt pretty good about this; if there was one thing he could take pride in, it was a game like this one. The last purple rupee appeared. Link extended the arrow and was just about to shoot when all of a sudden he was interrupted by none other than Ghirahim—and his lackies. He missed.

Link was about to throw out every curse word in the book, but he heard Zelda arguing with them. He gave the bow and arrow back to the guy at the counter and hung his head in defeat. Link wasn't too fond of losing, especially not in front of the girl that he loved. Zelda didn't seem to mind, but he liked showing off for her. It made him feel more manly.

"Ghirahim, you made him lose with your horrible presence!" Zelda scolded, but the freak just laughed. Behind him stood Groose, Cawlin and Strich. Zelda shot glares at them as well. Link came up next to her; he wasn't too interested in messing with these goons right now. He spotted Karane and Pipit and hurried out of there with Zelda before the freaks were able to say anything else. They caught up to the couple.

"Oh, there you two are!" Karane exclaimed, grabbing Zelda's arm. She knelt in and whispered into her ear, "there's a charity booth over there; kiss for charity, and who better to volunteer than Zelda herself?"

"Oh... no... way..." Zelda shook her head.

"Come on! It could be your chance! Pipit and I can guilt trip Link into it!"

"How so?"

"The charity is for the Loftwings. You know he loves them."

"...still... that means other people will kiss me too..."

"Do it for Link... and... the birds. As long as Link kisses you first it doesn't matter, right?!" Karane winked at her and tugged her in that direction. Pipit got the memo and started trying to convince Link.

"So it looks like Zelda has volunteered herself for the kissing booth."

"W-What?" Link noticed that she and Karane were gone, but as soon as he found the booth he saw her sitting there in the middle of a stage. Karane was putting a blindfold around her and there was a line forming. "Why in the world would she do that?!"

Pipit could see that Link was getting worked up over this, so he continued, "Yeah, you'd better hurry up... you know Zelda loves contributing to charity."

"Charity?" Link scanned the banner; it was for the Loftwings. 'Damn it...' he thought to himself. As far as he knew, Zelda had never been kissed before. He kind of... wanted to be the first, but his nerves were way too high. The line was filled with so many guys. 'No... this can't be happening...' He saw Groose get in line and that nearly pushed him over the edge. Link rushed over to the front of the line. He didn't care if people were yelling at him.

"Zelda, what are you doing?!"

"Link? Is that you?" Zelda obviously couldn't see him. Link read over the prices. 'Five rupees, kiss on the hand. Ten rupees, kiss on both hands. Twenty rupees, kiss on the cheek, Thirty a kiss on both cheeks... and for 100 rupees... a kiss on the lips...'

Link didn't have 100 rupees.

The first guy stepped forward. Just as he was about to put five rupees in the jar, Link grabbed the jar and guarded it. He couldn't deal with this.

"What are you doing?" Groose came up to the front and nearly shoved Link onto the stage. "Just because she's your best friend doesn't mean that you get special privileges! Pay up or step back!" Groose showed off his 100 rupees. In a panic, Link ran towards Zelda. Groose went after him.

"Zelda, you can't do this." Link tried to untie her blindfold, but was pushed onto the wooden floor by Groose. Unsure of what was going on, Zelda was starting to become increasingly nervous. Her hands gripped her skirt tightly. Someone was breathing within inches of her face.

"Alright, Zelda! Looks like the almighty Groose will be stealing your first kiss!" He swooned, "Let me just say, this is such an honor!" Groose leaned forward; their lips touched for a split second, but in the midst of that exchange, Zelda freaked out and pushed him away.

"NOPE! Nope... nope..." Zelda stood up, took off her blindfold and hurried off of the stage—but not before noticing that Link was still on the stage floor, staring up at her. 'He didn't even try to stop the guy.' A little upset, she maneuvered past the people in the crowd. She could hear Link calling after her, but all she felt like doing was crying at the moment and she didn't want him to see that. Her first kiss was almost ruined. Even that one little touch made her feel sick. She made it back to the Academy. Just as she was about to go inside, Link stopped her.

"Zelda!" He grabbed her arm and she flung backward. She was now nestled up against his chest. In those few moments, she forgot everything that she was upset about. It was short lived, however, because Link let go of her arm and took a few steps back. "Eh..."

"You're a jerk." she grimaced, heading for the door.

"What?" a bit confused, Link wanted to argue, but she already went inside. "That makes no sense!" he yelled after her. He did try to stop it from happening. He knew how important the first kiss was to Zelda—and himself.

He also knew that it was a setup.

So who better to take out his frustration on than the masterminds themselves?

"Link, what happened? Where's Zelda?" he heard Karane's voice. She and Pipit were coming towards him.

"Look, just stay out of our business, okay?!" Link yelled.

"Whoa, calm down. We were only trying to help." Pipit defended.

"But in the meantime, Zelda is crying right now because I couldn't do anything."

"So why didn't you?!" Pipit's voice raised.

Link couldn't believe this right now. Instead of arguing with them, he decided to just go inside and go to bed. He would figure out how to deal with Zelda in the morning.

And of course—he couldn't sleep at all that night.

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A/N: Uh oh! Drama unfolds! What will Link do now?! Leave a review and let me know what you think! Did you like this chapter? Would you be Groosed out too? Ha! Okay, pun over. Anyway, follow, favorite, review and have a great rest of the day! (or night...) :D