41. He laughs after all

It was early in the morning, Link didn't really manage to sleep, even though they used an inflatable mattress he bought. His mind would not let him rest, he checked the time and decided to wake the princess up as a courtesy, to give her time to prepare for the day, since most girls bathe, fix their hair and put on some makeup. That takes them HOURS to do, but he soon found out that his princess was a HUGE exception to the rule. Zelda didn't bathe since she had done that yesterday before sleeping, she just brushed her hair and teeth, pulled a random blouse out of her backpack to put on, and reused yesterday's jeans. Link's constant glare was making her uncomfortable.

ZELDA POV

He has been staring at me for TOO LONG, I think I look fine, my clothes are on and properly placed, I mean my blouse is not backwards or food stained, my face is clean and my hair is knot free. Why is he staring at me like that?

"Do you need something?" Zelda finally asks Link

He looks at her and answers "I was just wondering, you bought make-up, why are you not using it"

"You told me to do what I saw others do to avoid standing out, the girls at the mall where buying it, so I bought some. Not planning on using it soon though. I don't believe in make-up… If you are pretty, you don't need it. If you are ugly, you REALLY don't need it. Using it will age you and make you uglier over time according to mom, I see no gain using it under any circumstance." Zelda answers with conviction.

Link smiles genuinely at her "with that I agree, let's go then"

They both left the apartment and headed for their middle school, it didn't take them long at all to walk there. As they approached the school entrance, they received curious stares from some of their peers, but mostly nasty glares. Zelda was perplexed by this.

"Do they hate us? Why?" Zelda asks Link whispering

"Not me, but they may hate YOU a little, that is because you are cute" Link answers her

"WHAT! That makes no sense, why would they hate me for that?"

"Jealousy maybe, I don't know, a female's psyche is unexplored territory for me" Link answers faking being sorry for not being able to provide her an answer

Jealous… of me? Really? But I am so petite, they are tall, with glossy hair and curvy bodies.

They enter the school and continue walking until they reach Zelda's room, Link leaves Zelda there and tells her to move to the next room in her schedule when she hears the school bell. If she has trouble finding her next classroom, she can ask any teacher for help.

"WAIT, you are leaving me here?"

"My class is somewhere else, I need to hurry to get there, you will survive right?" Link says, then he turns and rushes off, the bell starts ringing.

Zelda shivers and hugs her transparent zipper binder

["THERE, you should be able to carry sheets of paper, your pens and pencils in this" Link hands her the binder "the school requested us to use this or a see-through backpack, since they don't have lockers" Link takes a deep breath "the need to see what students carry at all times, means it's not a safe school environment, you should try to avoid conflict, but don't let them trample you either, am I clear?"]

after taking a big breath Zelda turns to enter her classroom.

LINK POV

"I am terribly sorry madame, I got a little lost since it is my fist day here, may I come in?"

"Of course, you may sweety, there is an open seat next to Briana at the back, or you can sit next to Lee right there, he doesn't talk much though" the teacher says with a tint of warning

Link looks up and there in the middle of the classroom was his clone, they stared at each other for a few seconds, then Link starts smirking

["Link you have to promise me something, you have to be gentile when you talk to him"
"He may be a monster you know?
"He is not, he is like a scared animal… he bites mainly out of fear, so be gentle. I will not forgive you if you scare him off"]

"Lee sounds perfect, I hate having to chat with people" Link says walking to his seat next to Lee? with determination

I send a text yesterday to Carla, just to ratify the donors name to be Robert Lee, that last name is clearly Chinese and the boy does NOT look Chinese at all, but according to Carla, it IS his name… how did he came to have it?

Link sits next to Lee and extends a hand

"We started on the wrong foot yesterday, I am Link"

"Lee" he answers shaking Link's hand

"That is a Chinese last name, isn't it? You don't look Chinese"

"You are not the first to say that to me"

This motherfucker, but all right, I won't press… either way I just confirmed his identity, I need to tell him about the donor program, also… find a way to make him talk about his past, I need to know what he knows, and if he remembers anything.

The class continues, the literature teacher adjusts her glasses and FINALLY notices the cause of the ruckus in her class, the new student and Lee look VERY alike, she sighs at the realization and mentally smacks herself for not noticing before. Link closes the book he was reading and stares at the clock, 5 min. left before the bell rings.

"Lee, when do you have your lunch period today?"

"Why?" Lee asks with reserve

"I need to talk to you, figured lunch time is a good time" Link says in a happy tone

"What if I DON'T want to talk to you?"

Link starts showing a malicious grin "Look, it's going to happen willingly or not, but I rather go about this the civil way" Link starts twirling a pen in his left hand "I can promise one thing; you WANT to hear what I have to say" Link says as he practically stabs the desk with the pen.

*So much for being gentile
Gentile my ass, even if he is not me, he is going to become a man. Men don't respect feminine traits in other men. I need him to respect me, so he can believe what I have to tell him.

Lee stares back at Link and answers "10:40pm"

"Perfect" the bell rings "see you then" Link says as he raises from his chair.

Once he starts to head out, he notices an odd distribution of people, females smiling mischievously at him and pilling to obstruct his path. A loud whistle is heard, Link turns to see Lee calling him back with a hand. Link he heads back deeming he has nothing to lose.

"Lesson 1: you ALWAYS want to wait a few minutes after the bell, to avoid the mob of desperate horny bitches… but if you crave the attention I recommend Hanna, she is discrete" Lee tells him while closing his own book and placing it on the book tray of the desk.

Link nods at him and half smiles thinking of a meme

"Lee of the literature classroom, what is your wisdom" Links says joking

Lee covers his face with both his hands and starts laughing. The room goes radio silent in that moment; they all stare wide eyed. Link starts to freak out a little looking around for the obvious treat, Lee stands and walks out of the classroom pulling Link by his shirt whit him.

"I should be going that way" Link says pointing at a completely different direction

Lee sighs and releases his hold on the shirt

"They have never heard you laugh before, have they?" Link asks

Lee shakes his head and continues walking to his next class

From what I gathered, Lee does not smile or laugh often. Why? What happened to him? also, my name did not ringed a bell at all, I will assume his memories about his life as Hyrule's hero got whipped out… or he isn't me at all. Either way I need to know about his past, about his family, where and how he currently lives. Even if he is not me, I am going to make things better for him if I can, I like the guy.

Link enters his next class, but the algebra teacher was a cranky old guy, he refused to take into account that Link was a new student and could get lost. Without much pity he requested Link to walk out of the room, and to arrive on time tomorrow if he wanted to attend his class. Link came out rolling his eyes, he decided to head to the library and pass the time there.

Now that I think about it… I could just skip the next class too and wait till 10:40 to speak to Lee. But… I guess I can't do that in good conscience, I told my princess that she could safely follow my lead, if I am claiming to be a role model, then I better be a DAMN GOOD role model. Skipping a class is a behavior I would not condone from her, so I CAN'T do it either.

He kept walking around searching for a book that may catch his interest, but he found nothing of the sort, not like he was disappointed, this WAS a middle school after all, the school had no interest on reviewing complex and thought-provoking literature, just the normal dramas to entretain teens. The bell starts ringing, Link opens his own binder to check what class is next for him, and finds his next period to be Algebra.

*Well, this is going to be fun.
Not at all, I am not even going to try, the fucker turned me down already, he even said to try again tomorrow, not later today, TOMORROW. I just happen to be a very obedient boy.
*That is a way of skipping without giving a bad example… kind of.

ZELDA POV

"But I did not start this, SHE did" Zelda claims pointing at Kenia

"I don't care who started, all I care about are the repercussions of what you both did, and so far it's not good, 12 girls injured is more than enough reason to expel both of you" says the principal exasperated

"NO FAIR. Most of them just fell on one another" Kenia tells him dismissively

"From what I was told, most of them began punching each other siding for one of you" the principal says pointing at both of them

"As I said before, Kenia started it, she pushed me into the mud and when I didn't respond, she tried to make Emma eat a death snake she found on the garden" Zelda reiterates

"THAT STILL doesn't give you permission to swing a punch at my face, you broke my nose stupid blonde" Kenia said in anger rubbing the ridge of her nose

"it's not broken, it just bled a little, and don't lie, I didn't throw a single punch at you, I just tried to shove the snake down your throat" Zelda adds mischievously

"JUST BLED A LITTLE? I had to change my clothes cuz of the blood stain"

The principal just reclined on his chair breathing out loudly, thinking he was not paid enough to be dealing with this shit.

"OMG, I think I don't want to know any more details" said the principal socked by the savagery

Zelda rolled her eyes "You don't want to know, but I am going to tell you anyway, how else are you going to pass a fair judgment? As I was saying, while I was trying to make Kenia eat a spoonful of her own venom, one of her friends kicked at my face, Emma began crying for help and several girls gathered to defend me, more of Kenia friends came to join the fight and I guess you know the rest"

The principal takes a deep breath and comes to a conclusion he was going to regret, dealing with Kenia was an ordeal in itself, but dealing with her mom was a whole new level, and she was going to be pissed for this.

"Zelda, it's a shame but you are suspended for the next 3 days. As for you Kenia, you have a long record of aggression towards other students, I won't tolerate it anymore, you are expelled"

Kenia opened her mouth wide and frowned, then started insulting Zelda and the principal himself, he stood up and pushed them both out of his office.

"Call anyone you need to, but get out of here or I call the police" the principals say to Kenia "as for you Zelda, you have 1 hour to leave the institution, I will see you back on Thursday" the principal says closing the door of his office.

Well, damn. Will this get me in trouble with Link? It should not, I mean, I did what he told me to do, I did not let the bitch trample me.

Zelda starts heading to the entrance of the school unsure of where to go now to find Link, she needed him to hand over the keys so she could enter the department. She sees a line of cooks rushing over with bread trays to the cafeteria, and in the line helping with the trays was Link.

Why? What exactly is he doing… what am I saying, its Link we are talking about, of course he would get involved in the kitchen affairs, surely that is how he meet Nana and Chacha.

"LINK!" Zelda yells

LINK POV

Link turns to look at her rising an eyebrow at her. He was about to ask her why she was there in her current muddy state, but he noticed Lee behind her approaching them.

Why is Lee here so early? And why is Zelda here all covered in mud?

"And I thought you didn't come to school today" Lee said to Zelda

"OH, HI… I am sorry I can't stay to chat" she turns to Link "I got suspended, I need the keys to head back please" Zelda tells Link with sad puppy eyes.

"Suspended? What the fuck did you do?" Link ask more surprised than angry

"I kind of started a girl mob fight, WAIT NO, I did not started it, but I DID finished it." Zelda says rising her head high in fake pride.

Lee starts cracking in giggles, by when Link and Zelda notice and turn to him, he could not hold it in any longer, he bursted out with maniac laughter. He then points at Zelda

"YOU got in a fight?" Lee says as he continues to laugh

Link turns to Zelda and grabs her chin between his index and thumb to lift and turn her head, he sighs and half smiling hands her the keys.

"Give me a quick recap of the damage I see" Link demands

"I was thrown on a mud puddle, scratched with impossibly long nails, kicked in the face and my hair got pulled… I will survive though" Zelda answers no longer afraid of Link scolding her

"That was done by Kenia right? this is her trade mark" Lee says as he points and rubs on Zelda's forehead where she had a mark of Kenia's ring. Link nods to give thanks to Lee's for the observation.

"Yeah, got her expelled by the way" Zelda brags proudly

Lee starts laughing again at that and walks towards the food line still cracking up.

I suck at this, I am supposed to be angry at her for getting suspended, but I am not, my kitty used her claws and fangs to fend off. I am so fucking proud of her. And I should not feel like this I think, I should reprimand her.
*Oh, cut the crap, will you? You are NOT her dad, you are her guardian, that means you are here to protect her, and to teach her how to defend herself for when you are not around. I think you are doing a great job so far.

Link laughs a little at that and looks at Zelda "Once I get home, I want all the details… and good job by the way" He winks at Zelda

Zelda smiles elated "I demand an explanation of THIS too" she points at the bread tray he is still carrying, giggling she turns and walks away.