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

Chapter 42 : Slow Dance

Everyone was playing a new drinking game downstairs, but none of us three were in the right mood to join them.

Sidon, Impa and Gesane were joyfully laughing at Paya who had to drink - again - while Revali was walking in silence and Link and I were following him. For a second, I thought we could just leave them alone without stopping their game, but unfortunately Impa caught us.

And of course, my Impout pouted when I told her that we were about to go back to the dorms and, no, we didn't want to play. Fortunately, she quickly understood that after what happened with Toruma, I was tired and she just had to see Revali's teary eyes to figure out why he was silent and heading to the main door.

But Sidon also saw Revali's sadness and, even though he had a look at the staircase, he came to his friend.

Them, together in front of the main door, calmly talking together. They weren't moving an inch, they weren't screaming, they didn't even seem angry. They were just... chatting. Probably chatting about what happened upstairs, how Mipha was and if everything came to an end tonight.

But, again, the music was loud and Impa was talking about my scar with Link, so I didn't hear anything from the two men.

Right after she complimented Mipha's work on my skin - and how I was now super badass - she asked us if I knew how her 'sister' was. I didn't hide the truth, and told her that I was really concerned. She was in love with Revali, but she hated him at the same time while he was still madly in love with her and he refused to lose her. A chaos of feelings, all in all.

« Take care of her. », I whispered when I was holding Impa in my arms to wish her a good night.

« I will. », she answered. « Keep an eye on Revali. »

And they were our last words before we finally headed to the main door. Before I let Mipha in her hands and I swore to take care of Revali. Before the two men stopped talking, and, in one last nod, Sidon went upstairs.

Before we walked in silence with Revali.

If An's frat house was close to my besties' soro, I could tell that now, we were pretty far from ours.

The moon was slowly lowering in the sky, and some stars were already disappearing. The night sky was now in a royal blue and got tinted with lighter shades of blue, as the sun would probably rise in the next hour.

What a lovely hour. I fully understand why Link loves to train around 5AM, it's incredibly beautiful.

I recognized some constellations he showed me on our first date. Cygnus, Corona Borealis, Cassiopeia, Ursa Minor. They were shining bright, while others were fading away, and at this exact moment, I just wanted to lay on the ground and admire them over and over, feeling the cool breeze of May on my skin, a cold breeze the that would make my hair tickle my face.

And of course he would be here.

My favorite star. The one who guides me.

His hand was softly holding mine, his thumbs tenderly caressing its back as they always did, for the whole walk.

No matter how bad he wanted to hold me in his arms, no matter how bad he wanted to stop sometimes and kiss me in the middle of this empty road. No matter how he wanted to show me how much he loved me, how bad he was sorry for what happened with Toruma and how he wanted to prove to me that nothing would ever hurt me again.