A/N: My goodness, so sorry about this late update! This chapter will be cray cray. I... guess. xD. MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW! :D

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Chapter Seven

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Harp in hand, Link made his way over to Zelda's house. A wave of nervousness overcame him; he had just admitted to her father that he was in love with her. Even though he already knew of Zelda's feelings for him, he was still too afraid to tell her himself. He knew that he wouldn't be rejected, yet saying it to her face would change everything. At the same time, he wanted to get it off his chest. Whatever determination he felt before seeing Gaepora was diminished to nothing but the same irrational fears he's had since puberty.

Pipit spotted him heading away from the Academy. "Hey, Link, where are you going? Don't you have class?" Link stopped and hesitated before facing him; how was he going to explain the situation to him?

"Um... I'm... dropping off Zelda's harp at her house." he said. In a way, it was true.

Pipit checked his watch, "you'd better hurry up, then."

Even though Gaepora excused him from class, Link just nodded and hurried off. Zelda's house wasn't far from here. He made it there and stared up at her bedroom window. When they were kids, Link would always set up some boxes and just climb through as if it were no big deal. Could he do the same thing now? Setting the harp aside, Link stood on his tip toes and gripped the edge of the window. He lifted himself up with all of his might and without really looking, he climbed halfway in. With one leg draped over, he suddenly froze in place. There Zelda was—in nothing but her underwear, searching through her drawers for something to wear. She didn't notice him at first. Link gulped. Zelda's ears perked up and she turned, her bare chest completely visible.

Nose. Bleed.

"AHHH!" Zelda screamed, immediately covering herself and grabbing the closest thing to her to throw at him. Link fell out of the window and his back hit the ground, but he couldn't stay there long due to the storm of items flying out the window. He tried to stop the blood from flowing out of his nose as he scrambled to get away. "YOU FUCKING PERVERT! HOW DARE YOU! OH MY GOD!" Zelda's freaked out voice faded in the distance as more items came at him. Link had trouble running for obvious reasons, but he was finally able to get far enough away. He also somehow managed to grab the harp. Breathing frantically, he could hardly stand anymore. Link plopped onto the ground and rocked back and forth, as if it helped him calm down and tried to think of anything but the almost naked Zelda.

'God, I even saw a nipple! What the hell!' his face was as red as a tomato. He must have looked ridiculous just sitting here like this and it got worse when Pipit appeared once again.

"Link? Are you alright?"

"I'M FINE!" he responded automatically, making Pipit very suspicious. Link's nerves were making him sweat; not to mention his shirt was covered in blood. He covered himself, as if he had been violated, but the image of Zelda doing the same thing only made it harder to... suppress himself. Link hugged his knees and tried to hide his embarrassment; to Pipit he looked like a disturbed child. "Find a happy place... find a happy place..."

Oh, but it was a happy place.

"Okay... then..." Thankfully, Pipit walked off. Link just continued to rock back and forth.

It took Link at least twenty minutes just to regain a decent composure.

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Zelda threw on some clothes and fell back on her bed in shock. To put it frankly, Link had just seen her boobs. Zelda blushed furiously; but at the same time she was extremely upset. 'Link, you idiot!' she instinctively covered herself with her arms and sat there. Before Link arrived, she was trying to get ready to go to work and beg for her job back. Now, she was way too afraid to do anything—especially face her stupid best friend.

Even if she loved him, those things were only okay if he felt the same and they were married.

She felt so exposed.

With all of her strength, Zelda put on the most minimum amount of makeup possible. As she was looking at herself in the mirror, images of Link's face when he saw her kept popping up in her mind and she couldn't help but be paranoid now. Zelda kept turning back and looking at her window, as if she was being watched. Zelda even felt weird for putting on the lipstick.

"It will never happen again... it will never happen again..." she kept telling herself as she grabbed her bag and hurried out the door.

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Gaepora's class was finally over. Students swarmed out of the classroom, dropping off their quiz papers as they left. Gaepora stacked them neatly on the corner of his desk. Suddenly, he heard his door close and Professor Owlan stood there; his hands behind his back. He walked towards him and eyed him up and down.

"I noticed that Link didn't come to your class today."

"He had something to take care of, so I let him skip." Gaepora answered.

"Could that something possibly be seeing your daughter?" Owlan went up and down the aisles.

"It's none of your business." Gaepora snapped back.

"Oh, but it is. You do realize what will happen if Zelda doesn't marry my nephew, correct?" Owlan turned and glared at him. Gaepora stood his ground. One thing that he knew was that he loved his daughter more than anything and it wasn't right to make her suffer in his place. He had to take responsibility for what he had done. "You know, I've always wondered why you had the nicest house here. You may be the Headmaster, but your salary isn't far off from the rest of us. Wasn't it you that said that we were all equals?"

"I am working on fixing things." Gaepora responded and grabbed a few folders as if he was preparing to leave. "I can't change what already happened, but I did it for her."

"Tch, you did it for yourself. Everyone else here has been honest and hardworking. You took the easy way out—and unfortunately for you, the worst way." Owlan came up to him. "You'd better watch yourself, or I'll expose you."

"Why do you want Groose to marry Zelda anyway?!"

"Because it's the best way to make you suffer." Owlan answered simply and left.

"Damn you..." Gaepora gritted his teeth and stormed out of the classroom.

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Link did everything in his power to forget what happened earlier that day, but it was to no avail. He ended up spending time in his dorm room until nightfall. Karane and Pipit had to force him to come out to the Lumpy Pumpkin pub where everyone else was. Groose, Ghirahim, Cawlin and Strich were huddled together on the stage, singing some stupid song. Link didn't see Zelda anywhere; which he was somewhat thankful for.

"Congratulations to Groose for getting engaged!" Strich called out.

"Why did you bring me here?" Link rolled his eyes and tried to escape, but Pipit grabbed the back of his collar and prevented him from leaving.

"We must have a bachelor party!" Ghirahim exclaimed.

Groose noticed Link was there, so he decided to mess with him. "Well, well! Look who decided to show up!"

"You know, your four look like you just got out of a very exhausting orgy. I'll let you cool down a bit." Link said and tried to leave once again, but was stopped by Groose.

"What the hell did you say?!" Groose pushed him back. Remaining calm, Link brushed himself off and regained his posture.

"I bet he couldn't beat you in a rap battle!" Ghirahim shouted.

"Say wha-" Link was cut off.

"AWE YEAH!" Groose yelled. Link was forced up onto the stage. Link blinked a few times—he had no idea what was happening. Groose cleared his throat and pointed straight at him. "Do you accept the challenge?!"

Link deadpanned; he really had nothing to say at this point.

"BEGIN!" Ghirahim called out, much to Link's dismay.

"I need a beat!" Groose glanced over at Strich and Cawlin, who immediately started beat boxing. Link sweat-dropped; he couldn't believe this was happening right now. Groose started waving his hands in different directions, as if it was the cool thing to do. "Uh, uh... yeah... oh... yeah... word..."

Zelda and Kina appeared; they stopped dead in their tracks when they saw what was going on. Zelda exchanged disturbed glances with Link, who just stood there and took whatever Groose came up with.

"My name is Groose, I come right out of Skyloft, I've got a huge HEART and inside I'm real soft, like you don't even know I make rhymes out of my ass, I bet you couldn't show Zelda half as much class as I do when I'm spittin' out these lyrics, you call me butt ugly I call you a big dimwit 'cause I got the girl and she's gonna be my wife so you'd better suck it like gonads and strife!"

Cawlin, Stritch and Ghirahim chanted "gonads and strife" three times in the background.

"Ooh's" and "ah's" were heard. Everyone turned their attention to Link, who immediately was hit with stage fright. Zelda was watching him as well.

...Yolo.

Link went so fast it was hard to understand him. "You may have the girl tonight, but I'll have her for life, you could never woo my Zelda nor can you win this fight, I've got fifty rupees saying that you'll always be a slave and you'll be praying that I'm playing but you know that I'm right."

"Dayum..." Pipit, along with others, clapped and cheered. Link took a bow. Zelda's jaw dropped in shock. A few customers walked in but they were completely entranced by the battle on stage. Groose fumed and tried to come up with a comeback.

"Oh yeah?! What makes you think she's yours? I'm the one who bought the ring, excuse me mister, I think you'd better back up and think for just one second! Look at you, what good are you?! I've got the body of the gods and you look like you just got out of Timbuktu, don't mess with me I'll break your face now shut up and know your place!"

Link rolled his eyes and sighed. It was time to end this. "She loves me, she you loves you not, I don't care what you've got it's best not to test me when you know you can't win, last I checked I didn't see any ring, you cannot outsmart me so don't try anymore, the best chance you have at love is with that dirty whore," Link glanced at Ghirahim and then continued, "I'm in love with Zelda and there's nothing you can do to stop me so just admit your defeat and go cry to your poppy."

Crickets.

More crickets.

Well, Link never expected to confess his love through a rap battle, but it was much easier than any other way.

Talk about drastic.

Zelda rushed back into the kitchen to hide. 'Did I hear him correctly?!'

Link watched as she ran off. Groose, Ghirahim and the other two lackies ran out of the pub, followed by "boo's" and an angry mob. Karane and Pipit were so excited. "Link, that was amazing!" Karane exclaimed. "And you actually said it!"

"Yeah... it kinda just came out..."

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Zelda's training for the day was finally over; she was surprised that she was even able to take in all of what Kina was telling her after the roller coaster she went through. She went from crying her eyes out, to being exposed, to finally learning Link's true feelings about her. After she was done helping Kina close, they went their separate ways. Much to her surprise, Link was waiting for her outside. Unsure of what to say, Zelda just walked right past him. She was still extremely embarrassed that he saw her naked.

"I'm sorry, Zelda."

"What?"

"I'm sorry that I didn't warn you before I came up." He came up behind her, "I... don't want things to be weird between us."

"Too late for that!" Zelda pulled away from him.

"I didn't see anything!"

It was a lie, but if it could possibly make Zelda feel better, he was willing to stick with it.

"...really?"

"Honest." Link put up his left hand, as if he was making an oath. He then smirked mischievously, "But... if I did, I bet I would have liked it." he nudged her shoulder. Zelda went red.

"Link!" he was teasing her again. She then remembered what he said on stage. "So... is it true...?"

"Is what true?"

"You... really love me...?"

Link took a deep breath and pulled her into a hug. "Yes, I've always loved you."

He finally said it. She finally heard it with her own ears. Tears formed in her eyes.

"Why are you crying?" Link asked worriedly.

"Link... I don't want to get married... not to Groose..."

"I know," Link wiped her tears.

"What should we do...?"

"I'll... think of something. When's the wedding?"

"The day after tomorrow..."

"Did you really tell Groose that you'll marry him?" Link asked, remembering what Groose said in class.

"I was very weak..." Zelda started to shake, "I said it in the heat of the moment... I didn't mean it..."

Link gave her a warm smile, "it's okay."

"Link?"

"Yes?"

"Could you do something for me?" Zelda asked shyly, refusing to make eye contact.

"Anything."

"Could you say it one more time?"

Link blinked twice, "Say what?" Zelda didn't answer. 'Oh, I get it.' He placed his hands on her cheeks and went in for a deep, passionate kiss. Zelda could barely contain her happiness and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him back. This was right. This was the way it was supposed to be. Their lips parted and Link slowly opened his eyes and looked into hers. "I love you, Zelda... and I want to be with you."

She couldn't help but giggle. Link blushed, but eventually all he could do was smile.

'That wasn't so hard, was it?' Zelda thought to herself. Link took her hand in his and squeezed it; his heart was beating fast and he had never felt better in his life. He wasn't going to let his own worries ruin this anymore. He was meant to be with Zelda and that was all there was to it. Now all he had to do was figure out how to crash the wedding.

Easier said than done, right?

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A/N: I have to say, that was a lot of fun to write!

Here's where you come in, fellow wedding crashers!

Lend me your ideas on how to crash a wedding! If enough people give me ideas, I'll merge it all into one... somehow... and make the FINAL CHAPTER EPIC! Yes, chapter eight will be the last chapter.

Tell me through a wonderful review, and for the REALLY DARING, rap it out! (If my white girl self can make up a rap, you can too)

WHO'S UP FOR THE CHALLENGE?!

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