One can Only Hope: A Sidlink Story

Chapter 13: As a Couple

Sidon:

I ponder the question. What should we do about Yona.

"Well, she knows about everything. We can't leave her in the dark anymore." I scoot back a little, and Link rolls of. Now we are sitting across from each other.

"Very true. I know she's your friend, and I respect her too." Link explains

"We should talk to her. As a couple." I suggest the idea, and link seems to approve.

"When should we do so?"

"We can go now." I hop off of the mattress and Link follows. We wonder around the domain for a while, but we finally spot Yona playing with some Zora children. I would love to have some of my own one day... I brush off the thought.  I try not to let a frown cross my face as I know that will never happen. 

Link:

I grasp Sidon's hand tighter and tighter as we approach Yona. Talking to her has always been hard.

"Uh... Hi Yona!" I try to sound happy but a small quiver is recognizable in my voice.

She smiles and comes towards us. "You wanna talk?"

"Yes. Sidon and I want to talk to you together. You have had the chance to talk to us separately, but we thought it would be good to talk together."

"Understandable." Yona  nods, "We can talk in my room. It's quieter there." Before we know it, Sidon, Yona, and I are seated together in her bedroom. Her room is nice and simple. A few armchairs that we are sitting in now, a bed, and a coffee table in the middle of our chairs.

"Welcome to my room!" Yona starts us off after a strange moment of silence.

"It's quite nice!" Sidon compliments. I smile and nod. 

"Why thank you! Well, can you tell me why you wanted to talk to me?" Yona starts bringing us on track.

"We wanted to clear things up between us. I know we have been unfair to each other, so after this conversation, I want to be able to continue as good friends." Sidon leads with a good opening. I admire how he does that. I admire a lot of things about him. His personality and his physical features.

"So, Yona, what's on your mind?" I try to sound casual, but my voice cracks in the middle of the sentence, showing some of my fear.

"Well, first, I would like to thank you for inviting me to talk. It means a lot to know that you care about how I feel. But in all honesty," She stares up at Sidon with a look sadness in her eyes, "I really thought we could make it together. It hurts that you kept pulling me along. It hurts that you pretended for months that you loved me. I keep trying to tell myself that you meant well, and that you had good intentions, but what you did to me wasn't right. It isn't now, and it never will be." She puts her face in her palms and starts to cry. Sidon scoots his chair closer to her and puts his hand on her shoulder for comfort.

"I'm so sorry Yona. I know it wasn't right. You help me see that now. This doesn't help, but during that time I was battling myself. I didn't know who I was. All my life, I have been taught that men and women are meant to be together. And only men and women. You can't have man and man, or woman and woman. We have been taught that 'It just doesn't work that way'. And that is was 'Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Steve.' My whole life, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. That none of the feelings I felt were real. A man can't love a man! That's absurd! Or at least, that's what I thought for most of my life. But when I met Link, I knew there was no trickery. Those feelings were real. I finally decided to put away what I had been told all my life, and love who I wanted  to love. I thought I had finally won. But when you came along Yona, why, you were so kind, courageous, and my friend! But you saw it as more. I was still too scared to say no. I was used to following the crowd, and doing what I thought others would want, that I had forgotten how to make my own decisions. Once I was with you, I was to scared to leave. I knew that if I wasn't with you, I betray my Domain. But if I wasn't with Link, I betrayed myself. But in that time I didn't matter, what mattered, was that I pleased the Domain. But when Link came back to free us from the sludge, all my feelings started rushing back to me and I-" Just then my Purah Pad started to vibrate, and interrupted Sidon.