The Hyrulian Valhalla Saga
By Queenie Z
I'm Not Gonna Write Her A Love Song
There were boundaries to the Heroes' postmortem paradise, but they lie far across a pristine ocean. And where there was an ocean, there had to be a beach, and it was at that beach where a handful of the Links had decided to go to swim, fish, or just take a snooze while bathing in the warm rays of the sun.
Most of the others had decided to go swimming (save Sky - he was fast asleep on the shore, his hair caked with wet sand), but Light and Wind had decided to stay behind and admire the scenery, feeding pieces of bread to the seagulls and talking. They did share a special connection to the ocean, after all.
Wind watched as one of the seagulls flew away, gulping down its snack and joining a group of its kind that had gathered over the water. "You know," he said, "my sister always loved to play with seagulls. They always used to just gather around her, and I never really knew why."
"Probably because she gave them food," laughed Light, holding out some food to another gull. He winced when it accidentally pecked his palm before grabbing the piece of bread. "Ow!"
The other Hero snickered. "Or maybe they just liked her better than you, Light."
"I'm sure it didn't mean to do that..." Realizing that he had run out of bread, he took the liberty of laying back on the ground, the warm sand feeling quite nice on his bare back. "Wanna know something? ...I always wanted to go back to an island. But I never got the chance - I got too busy when I got back to Hyrule, and I never was comfortable with ships after the wreck, you know?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Once you've been on an island long enough, it's hard getting used to anything else." Wind closed his eyes and smiled. "Getting to watch the ocean every day, the warm air..."
"Listening to the sound of the waves, watching the sunset reflected in the ocean," added Light.
"Catching crabs and shaking coconuts out of the trees..."
"Going on dates with redheads - "
Light immediately clammed up and clenched his lips shut. Wind simply tilted his head and smirked.
"Oooh," he sang tauntingly, "redheads, huh? You're still stuck on her after all this time?"
The flustered Link sat up quickly. "You don't know anything about that!"
"Yes I do!" Wind placed a finger on his chin in mock thought. "Let's see, wasn't there a poem you wrote about her once? I could have sworn it was in the journal that came with you..."
Light gulped. "I... I have no idea what you're talking about...!"
"Oh, now I remember!" The younger Hero wasn't a very good singer, but he began belting out a familiar tune anyway. "Oh Mariiiin, Oh Mariiiin, why did you leeeeave meeee?"
The tune of the Ballad of the Wind Fish combined with those lyrics embarrassed Light enough to make him draw up his legs and grit his teeth. His face burned as he grunted. "Shut up..."
"Don't you knooooow, that my heaaaaart, beats for yoooooou?"
"I said shut up!"
Wind suddenly felt a wad of wet sand slap the side of his face. He faltered, but after seeing how flustered he had gotten his companion, he laughed and jumped to his feet, running away while "la la la"ing the rest of the Ballad.
"You little twerp!" Light chased after him, cursing himself along the way for not burning his one and only attempt at writing song lyrics.