Hey guys. It's been a while hahaha.. (i'm so sorry plz forgive me). I've been super busy, but i finally had the urge to finish this chapter! This is only part one because I want to add more to the 'lunch' chapter based on other suggestions, but hopefully this will suffice for now! I'm kinda alright with it. Please enjoy!

~Aryll Jaynn

Chapter Seven: Lunch (part one)

Link made his way through the painstakingly large crowd over to his English classroom, where he'd promised to wait for his new friend, Saria, at the beginning of lunch.

He smiled to himself, content that his first day was going well so far. People sure were nice to him...Some where probably even a little too nice, to be honest.

He found the small girl standing there, on her phone, her green bangs falling into her eyes. Link really did like her hair, despite swearing to his mother he'd never get his own dyed. Green was definitely the color that called out to him the most. It was the color of his mother's eyes, as well as his younger siblings', Ravio and Aryll. Not to mention he'd grown up in an area where there was primarily green grass and beautiful trees, which hardly ever lost their luster, even in the autumn.

His own eyes were blue in color, not his favorite, but definitely up there. He shared this trait with his father and older siblings.

"Link! Over here!" called Saria, noticing him.

Her eyes were shiny with friendliness and a tender, almost motherly glimmer. Link felt welcomed and warm inside, even though he'd just met her.

"How were the rest of your classes?" she asked, as he came to meet her with a grin.

"They were great! Everyone is so nice here."

She smiled. "I'm happy you're having a good day."

They started to head out of the school building, and Link looked around in astonishment at the amazing architecture of the school. It was built almost like a castle, with large, stain-glass windows in the main entryway, and a giant alter of the Golden Goddesses in the center.

Link paused for a moment, taking in the beauty of the marble statues.

The three goddesses smiled down at him, all sporting different expressions upon their beautiful, divine faces.

Nayru, serene and graceful, her eyes filled with wisdom and gratitude, had the pure essence of the ocean about her. Her hair was wavy and long, and her stance was dignified, yet peaceful.

Din, fierce and powerful, stood with the look of a true warrior. She gave Link a different sort of feeling. He was almost uneasy looking into the flame red eyes of the maiden. It was as if the slightest mistake would be enough for her to engulf him into flames.

Lastly stood Farore, Link's personal favorite. She was cheerful and poised, with large, green, smiling eyes and a friendly grin. Her expression was courageous and filled with the wisdom and power of her sisters, as well as something Link couldn't quite comprehend.

"Beautiful, aren't they?" came Saria's voice, throwing Link out of his daydream.

"Yeah," he sighed. "They're so majestic,"

Saria laughed. "Coming here everyday and seeing the statue makes me forget just how gorgeous it is," she confessed, "I wish I could be more appreciative of it."

"I think you're plenty appreciative of it," he said, patting her head gently, "I bet most kids didn't even look at it the first time."

She pouted, "Are you just taking advantage of my height right now?"

He took his hand away, and smiled sheepishly. "No...I do this to everyone, I swear! Even six foot tall basketball players!"

She looked away, feigning anger. "In that case, I'm surprised you haven't been slam-dunked into a hoop yet!"

"You don't know that!"

"Yes, I do. You may be annoying, but I'm 100% sure you've never been used as a basketball."

"Trust me, I've been through some weird stuff..."

"Really? Like what?"

"Well, this one time when I was ten, I was bent over, looking for something that fell under the couch, and my little brother and sister climbed on top of me and wouldn't get off until I gave them a ride around the house like a horse."

"Um…."

"Then, this other time, I was at the mall with my older sister, and my hair was kinda long back then, so the salesman in front of the perfume shop just called out, 'Hey, ladies, how's it going?' and even after we explained that I was a guy, he refused to believe us!"

This got Saria giggling, "Really?"

"Yes! And that's not even the best part! It's like he was trying to convince me that I was a girl!"

"Wow," she laughed, "that's pretty weird."

"Yeah. He had this really creepy grin on his face the whole time we were talking to him. He was trying to sell face masks. Like the ones they use in spas or whatever."

"I know what they are, Link."

They both lapsed into laughter as they made their way outside to the courtyard. Link smiled. They'd only just met, but it almost felt like he'd known Saria forever.

Outside, it was bright and sunny, and a tad chilly. Link tightened the drawstrings of his hoodie as he looked around at all the students: some stared at him, others smiled, ignored, or flat out started whispering to each other while keeping their gazes fixed upon him.

Link didn't care much at all; he'd been through this whole thing before. His family was constantly moving, so this wasn't anything new.

Saria led him over to a table, where there was a group of students chattering about.

One boy, a redhead, waved, "Hey, Saria!"

She waved back, smiling, and then acknowledging them all, she said, "Hey guys! Is it okay if Link sits with us today?"

Link looked around at the group: there were three other guys, two of which he recognized from English class, Colin and Fado. The other was staring at him, a slow scowl forming upon his freckled face.

The others were girls, one who smiled at him kindly, with short, bluish hair and azure eyes. She had a book in her lap, which Link instantly recognized as The Seven Sages, one of his all time favorites.

"This is Seres," said Saria, "she's a bookworm and she hardly ever talks."

Seres rolled her eyes. "I offer thoughts here and there. Why talk when you can listen?"

"And when she does talk," Saria laughed, turning back to Link, "it's always some deep, philosophical nonsense. Seres, be a normal teen for once!"

Link chuckled. "Nice to meet you, Seres."

Seres smiled, replied with the same sentiments, and went back to her reading.

"You already know Colin and Fado," Saria mused, "and...Oh! This is Medli," she said, pointing to the said girl.

"I know Medli, too," said Link, and they waved to each other.

"Oh, really?"

"Link's in a few of my classes," Medli explained, "Oh, I just remembered, Komali wanted me to help him with something today. I'll see you guys later!"

The group bid her goodbye as she picked up her belongings and ran off the other direction, her movements swift, almost like a bird.

"Komali is Medli's boyfriend," Saria told Link, after they took a seat.

"Oh, well then he's a really lucky guy! Medli's awesome."

As Link spoke, he felt another gaze on his. This wasn't the warm, welcoming look he got from Saria, rather, it was heinous and made him uncomfortable.

He turned and looked across from him, at the one boy Saria had skipped over. He was still staring at Link, looking disgusted.

Saria, sensing the tension, looked from Link to the other boy. "Crap! I forgot! Link, this is Mido,"

Link gave Mido his biggest smile. "Hey, Mido, nice to meet you,"

Mido barely blinked before muttering, "Hey."

Unnerved, Link turned back to Saria and said, "Your friends seem really nice! Thanks again for letting me sit here today."

"You're always welcome here!" Saria blurted.

Just then, another voice came from above. "Hey, Saria, I met the most amazing guy-Link! What are you doing here?!"

Link turned to see Malon, from his math class, standing there with her blue eyes wide and tense. Her long, red hair blew in the wind, strands of it sticking to her mouth. She seemed too bewildered to remove them.

"Oh, hi, Malon! Saria invited me to sit here today. Is that alright?" asked Link, smiling at her.

She blinked a few times before grinning nervously and taking a seat next to Saria. "Oh, uh, yeah! That's completely fine!"

"So, Malon," started Saria, casually, "who is this guy you met?"

Malon nearly choked on her salad. Upon recovery, she said, "He's, um, a junior..."

"Oooh!" Saria squealed, and even Seres looked up from her book. "What's his name?"

"Uh...L..uke. That's right. His name's Luke."

Link looked up from his sandwich, eyes wide. "Luke! I think I met that guy during orientation. He was one of the office aids."

Malon blushed, desperately covering her eyes with her hair. "R-really?"

"Yeah! He seems nice, you two would make a good pair."

Malon blinked at him.

"If you want, I could talk to him for you. Tell him how good you are at math, perhaps?" Link teased, winking at her.

Still red, Malon shook her head violently. "That's, uh, really nice of you, but no thanks! And I'm really not that great at math!"

"That's so not true! You killed the game today in class!"

"If by 'kill the game' you mean kill my hopes and dreams," she muttered.

Saria was silent was a few moments. "Wait..." she said, finally, "I thought you said this guy was new, Malon."

"Really? I don't recall that."

"Mal, I swear to Din you said he was new."

Malon shrugged. "Oh, you know, I just meant he was new to me, since I hadn't met him before."

Saria raised an eyebrow. Then, realization crept into her bright, blue eyes as she exclaimed, "Hang on a second! You were talking about Link, weren't you?"

Stuttering, Malon turned pink and said frantically, "No! I swear, I wasn't!"

Link, only half paying attention to the conversation, stopped chewing to check the buzzing notification on his phone.

He smiled before replying to it, and then received another text. This time it was from Luke, the office aid, with whom Link had exchanged contact information so that he could have an easier time settling in.

Hey man. They want you in the office to pick up some more stuff. You done eating?

Yeah, I'm on my way. Thanks!

"I just got a text from Luke. He said they need me in the office," Link told them, standing up.

Saria's face fell notably, as did Malon's.

"You're leaving already?" Saria asked, disappointed.

Link grinned. "Yeah, but it probably won't take long. I'll be back!"

He turned to leave, but then smirked at Malon. "Hey, Malon, you should come with me! It'll give you a chance to talk to Luke!"

Malon blushed while Saria and the others' mouths hung wide open. "Oh, uh, sure! Lemme just pack up my stuff..."

As she scrambled to shove everything into her backpack, Link smiled at Saria, who looked very skeptical. "Don't worry, Saria, I won't set your best friend up with a complete jerk. Luke's really great!"

Saria whipped her head around. "Oh! I'm sure will, Link. Uh...It's just that Malon said-"

"I'm ready!" Malon cut in, jumping up. "Let's go, Link. See you, Saria!"

As Link turned his head to start walking, Malon looked apologetically at her friend and mouthed "I'm sorry!"

Saria sighed and rolled her eyes. There was no way Malon had a crush on Luke...The guy they had been texting about was obviously Link! And Malon was obviously just going with him to confess her feelings or something!

They would have to talk about it later, she decided.

…

Link and Malon made their way to the office, where a tall, dark haired boy was seated on the counter with a laptop. He wore a light blue hoodie with black jeans, and his gray eyes were focused and serious behind his black-edged glasses. The slight tinge of caramel on his skin tone complimented the highlights of brown in his hair.

Malon's face fell slowly. Sure, he was attractive, but she wanted someone more lighthearted, funny and carefree...Someone like…

"Link! Good, you're here. Ms. Uli has some more work for you," said the boy, getting up. "She says there's hella paperwork still left to do too."

Link laughed. "Yeah, I'm sure those were her exact words. Ms. Uli is the edgiest secretary I've ever met. She's always swearing, wearing all black-"

The boy chuckled at Link's rambling. "What's wrong with the word 'hella'? You know that's actually a numeric quantity, right?"

"Whatever, nerd!"

The two boys laughed, and the dark haired one finally looked to Malon. "Oh, hi, do you need something too?"

Malon blushed. "Oh! Um, no, I was just, uh, accompanying Link..."

She glanced at Link for help, who, instead of complying, said, "Oh yeah, Luke, this is my friend Malon. I'll be right back with the stuff. Malon, mind waiting here for me? Keep Luke some company, perhaps?" His eyebrows wiggled up and down, and Malon felt like bolting out the door.

Luke was oblivious and shrugged. "Sure. I could always use some company."

"Great! Be back in a minute!" chirped Link, sliding into the next room to meet with the secretary.

Malon groaned. But YOU'RE the one I want, Link!

...

Link had to admit, he did feel a bit guilty dragging Malon into this. But, she had agreed, so...

"Hello, Link. How has your first day been?" said the secretary from behind her desk, snatching Link from his thoughts. She was a pretty young woman with short blond hair and sapphire eyes. Her son, Colin, was actually good friends with Link's sister, Aryll, so they had already known each other prior to Link switching schools.

"Good afternoon, Ms Uli. It's been great! I'm really liking it here." Link replied with a smile.

"Well, I'm really sorry to break it to you, but I was just informed that you're going to have to do more catch up work! It's not the best way to settle in, but..."

Link shook his head. "It's okay. I knew what I was getting into, transferring here."

Ms. Uli laughed, "That's good. Well, here are some more textbooks," she said, handing him the giant pile, "and all the assignments will be sent to you in an email, which I'm still in the process of writing."

Link's face fell slightly. "How long is the email?" he asked cautiously.

"Let's see..." she mused, scrolling on her laptop. "So far...around five pages?"

Link groaned. "I'll never sleep again."

Uli smiled sympathetically. "With your courage and wit, I'm sure you'll be just fine. Now, I'm going to have to ask you to sign some more paperwork. It should take around 10 minutes or so. Is that okay?"

"Yeah, let's do it!"

…

As Link left, Malon awkwardly looked down at the ground, her go-to move whenever she was nervous, which was pretty much all the time.

"So, uh...how's it going?" asked Luke.

Malon sighed. "Not so great, actually. I'm sick of unrequited love,"

Malon internally gasped. Did I really just say that out loud? Wow, I really need to work on that!

Luke laughed. "It's not everyday I get to be a love therapist. Why don't you tell me about it?"

Malon looked up to see that he had taken a seat on the couch, motioning for her to come sit down next to him.

"Oh, uh, sure, I guess..." she replied, taking a seat. "I mean, it's pretty stupid, actually. He barely knows me; we just met."

"And you're in love with him?"

Malon shrugged. "I wouldn't call it love, exactly. It's more like...a strong affinity to?"

Luke seemed to be thinking it over. "Well, if I were you, I'd tell him. Make his day a little better. If he likes you too, then great! You're a step forward towards happily ever after. And if he doesn't, that's fine too! You're still a step forward towards happily ever after."

Malon looked at him quizzically. "Um, no? Doesn't that just mean I'm rejected?"

"Well, yeah," Luke said, "But in the end, you'll realize that if he wasn't the one, then you're closer to finding the one who is."

"But what if," Malon asked, her eyes gleaming, "What if he's literally perfect in every way, and you know you'll never find anyone else like him ever again?!"

"Woah, woah, woah! Didn't you say you just met him? How do you know someone's perfect without even knowing them?"

"I have a feeling in my heart!"

"Hearts are overrated! Use your judgment. Give it some time before deciding if you actually like him, or if you just like the idea of him. And hey, if he doesn't like you back, that probably means something is wrong with him!"

Malon was taken aback. That was definitely true…

She sighed. Why did all the good ones get away? Every guy she'd ever had a crush on was always either taken, gay, or just didn't like her. Life was so unfair.

She tried to hold back a tone of disappointment as she said to Luke, "I guess you're right. I'll just have to wait until the right one falls before me...Thanks, Luke."

Luke laughed, ruffling her hair, to which Malon turned bright red. "No problem, kid. And hey," he said, his gray eyes shining mysteriously, "Who knows? The right one may be closer than you think. You just gotta keep an eye out."

"Luke!" called a voice from inside, "We've got a delivery for you!"

"Oops, looks like I have to stop being Love Expert Luke and become Office Aid Luke again." he laughed. "See you, Malon!"

Speechless, Malon nodded and blushed as the older boy smiled and got up, heading back towards the office.

The right one may be closer than you think, huh?

…

The ten minutes were over fast and Link rushed back to get Malon, afraid she had been waiting too long.

"Hey, Malon, sorry that took so long-"

"Link!" Malon said, springing up with a huge grin, much to his surprise. "Don't worry about it!"

As they headed out of the office, Link asked, cautiously, "So how did it go with Luke? You two getting married anytime soon?"

Malon blushed and laughed, "Oh, it was fine. We just talked."

"About what?"

"Stuff."

Link stared at her but then shrugged happily. If she was happy, he had done his job.

"Well, you better invite me to your wedding."

"Shut up!"

Okay, that's it so far! And yes, Malon goes from falling in love with one guy she just met to another, the same one who told her to NOT do that, but oh well, i love me some irony.

Again, I'm probably going to add more to the lunch chapter, and then move on to Link's classes after lunch. Since BOTW came out, I'm definitely going to have to add Mipha and Paya! And everyone else! (seriously, everyone is just so in love with Link in that game lmao). So this may become more than just a one school day thing, but we'll see how it goes! I'm planning on having chapters starring Mipha, Paya, Midna, Peatrice, and Zelda (at the end, of course), but let me know if I'm missing anyone! Thanks so much for all the support :D

As always, please leave ideas and requests!

~Aryll Jaynn :)