Candlelight | A Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom ZeLink Modern AU

Chapter 14 : The Princess and her Knight

Zelda's POV.

I couldn't have ever imagined I would've been that wasted this morning.

I had a severe headache and the few sunrays of the morning – if it was still morning – hurt me even more. My stomach was surprisingly painless and I could only feel the weight of something laying on it.

I hardly opened my eyes and rubbed them before I saw Impa hugging me like a pillow, dribbling on my pajama – well, a random t-shirt I put back to front – and growling when she felt her incredible plushie movie under her.

I had a quick look at my room, and stared in horror in front of the mess we made last night. The empty bottle of vodka dripped its last drops on the parquet and the bottle of juice and coke were standing next to too many confetti and too many eyeshadow palettes. The glasses and shots were happily on my desk and I wondered why did we only tidy that part of the room.

But maybe that was because another mattress was next to my bed, and two other drunk girls were still peacefully sleeping.

How did we bring it here ?

Snatches of memories slowly came back to my mind while I was looking at the different pictures and videos we took last night.

When we were talking about Aryll and Medli's bad romances. When we talked about some goofy things Link had done when he was a child – videos as proof. When we decided to start a confetti war. When we drank over and over, singing and dancing like fools. When we struggled to put the mattress in my room – nearly falling in the stairs too many times. And, of course, I couldn't help laughing like sandseals.

The girl who was sharing my bed growled once more, frowning her eyebrows as if I was the most annoying thing on earth. She tightened her grip and buried her face in my stomach.

« Outch, Impa... », I whispered. « Can't you be a bit gentle ? »

« Mmh. », she mumbled, followed by other incomprehensible words.

« I'll go downstairs, okay ? »

« Yeah sure. », she mumbled, not even opening her eyes.

I didn't know if she really understood what I just said but she turned her body and set me free. So I stretched my limbs and stood up.

I carefully walked in the room, making sure I wouldn't disturb my friends' sleep, nor I wouldn't walk on an empty bottle or a palette. More thank this, I quickly put them on the desk, making sure nothing would be broken this morning, and took the bottle, ready to throw them downstairs.

It was super hard for me to stay silent until I finally closed the door, and I started wondering where was Link.

I knew he was impatient to sleep in my bed yesterday night but things kinda took an unexpected turn. Of course I had fun yesterday night, but the thought of him alone in another room made me feel guitly. What if he was mad at me because I couldn't control my friends and myself ? What if he was mad at me because I broke that promise ?

Don't overthink, maybe he spent the night at the dorms.

Well, maybe, but I wanted to check the guest rooms first. And that wasn't really easy, knowing I was hungover, with three bottles in my hands and there was more than ten different rooms. But nothing scared me, and I knocked and opened every doors.

And, like every time I opened a door, the room was empty. I sighed in despair when I closed the last door, feeling nervous about his current location.