zelink in a modern era

first day

Today is my first day at high school! I have no idea what to say or do. I went into my new class. There was this one boy. He was… incredible in so many ways. He had long blonde hair that was tied up in a small ponytail, with his sideburns and bangs sticking out. We did attendance and I found out that his name is Link! That means that he must have found out that my name is Zelda, too! Though I'm sure he didn’t care. Who would ever fall in love with a girl like me? And who would not fall in love with him? He had so many girls staring at him in class, and I wondered if he minded. Some of the girls even got yelled at by the teacher to pay attention.

During lunch, a few hours later, I sat alone. A few girls wanted to sit with me. I agreed. “Hello! I am Urbosa, and this is Mipha!” one of them said. “It is good to see you all! I am zelda!” I said nervously. Mipha did not have enough money to buy the lunch food. “Here. you can have mine.” I offered. “I am not really hungry anyway.”

During recess, I saw Link again! I decided to go over to say hello! He was alone with his eyes zoning out. And the thing is, while he was zoning out, he was looking directly at me! I blushed. I wonder what he was thinking.  “Hey!” I said awkwardly. He rapidly blinked his eyes to keep himself from zoning back out. He waved at me! “Um… I am zelda! What about you?” I asked, trying to keep it together. He seemed really shy at first, kinda blushing a bit, but then he said, “nice to meet you, zelda. I am Link.

We talked for a bit after that. He was slowly warming up to me. “Wanna… come over to my house after school?” he asked. My first thought was, did this man seriously ask ME of all girls in this school to come over to his house after school???? I quickly texted my father to ask if it's ok, and he said yes! I didn’t tell him it's the boy I have a crush on though! On our way back to class we meet this bully named Gannondorf! “Well, good to see you, Link!” he said. The bully looked at me up and down. “What, do you have a girlfriend or something??” he laughed hysterically. Link looked at me, then back at Gannondorf. Link gripped my hand tightly. “We are just friends!” He said. He gripped his other hand into a fist and let go of mine. He pushed me behind him and told me to watch out. Link hit Gannondorf in the face. Gannondorf hit Link multiple times in the stomach. Link winced in pain, then grabbed my hand and shouted “let's get out of here, zelda!

On our way to class Link stopped, then grabbed his shirt in pain. We had 2 more periods left. “Link, do you think you could make it through the rest of the day?” I asked. He got up on his feet. “I will be ok. I did what I needed to do to protect you. I care for you, zelda” he said caringly. We went to class. “Link are you alright?” the teacher said after seeing him in a weakened state. “I will be fine. Just tired.” he said. The teacher believed him and let the both of us sit down. When Link got to his desk he banged his head on the table in exhaustion. I figured he needed the rest, so I let him be. And so did the teacher.

A little later, it was time to go home. I tapped Link, on the shoulder, who was still asleep. It took a few attempts, but he finally woke up. He winced in pain again, and clenched his stomach. He stood up and left with me. On our way to his house, we encountered Ganondorf again. As weak as Link was, he hit Gannondorf in the face but got blocked in the stomach. Link got hit many times until he got knocked to the floor. Me, staring at Ganondorf I kicked him in the you - know - where. He screamed in pain, then ran away.

I ran over to Link and helped him stand up. He needed support with my body to remain standing. He was covered in bruises. He lifted his shirt to see bruises all over his lower stomach area and around his body. “Oh man… what is my uncle going to say?” he worried. I helped him cover his wounds with my jacket. It was a black one. And he seemed kinda cold.

When we came to his house, I met his uncle. “Link!” he shouted. “Who is this???” Link gestured his arms to tell him to calm down. “Sorry I didn’t tell you before, but this is Zelda, my friend.” he said. “I am sorry about him, zelda. He is just very… protective…” he exclaimed. We went to his room and he showed me around. I helped him lie down in bed. I put some water from my water bottle onto a cloth and gave it to him. He put it over his wounds. He had felt a little better but was still in an even amount of pain.I told him to get some rest. He, at first said no, but then said it was probably a good idea. I sat at his desk, pondering, wondering if he was going to be ok.

I came out of Link’s room to use the bathroom. Since Link is sleeping, I asked his uncle. “Um excuse me… where is your bathroom?” I asked gently. “Over on the end of the halfway to the left” he said. “Thanks” I said.

I came back to Link’s room quietly. And checked his bruises. I very carefully lifted his shirt to see that the cloth was working but was drying up. The bruises were slowly turning back to skin. There were scars all over him. Has this happened before? Maybe this is why he was not panicking about it. I put more water on the cloth, which, to my surprise, was still cold from this morning and I placed it gently on his chest. He twitched. I put down his shirt and sat back at the desk

“Zelda…” he said in a groggy voice. “What time is it?” I quickly checked my phone. “6pm. You have been sleeping for 3 hours! How do you feel?” I asked. He felt that the cloth was still cold. “Did you… replace my cloth while I was asleep?” he asked. I blushed and looked around. “Um… don't get mad but I kinda lifted your shirt to see how your bruises were healing. And refreshed the water on the cloth.” I said nervously. He looked at his bruises. They were getting better! He looked at me with a smile on his face.   “Zelda… how could I be mad when you saved me from going to a hospital? My uncle is very overdramatic and if he saw these bruises on my body, he would have taken me to a hospital! Thank you for taking care of me!” he said. He gestured in for a hug so I hugged him.

We spent the next 2 hours playing video games. And then I got a text from my father telling me to come home. Link offered to come with me. It was freezing out here. Link got one of his bigger sweaters this time, but I forgot mine at his house. He saw I was cold, and took his sweater off, and gave it to me. “Use this to get home. I will return yours tomorrow, and you can keep that one. I have others.” he said. We got to my house. “Hey zelda! Who is this young man?” my father asked. I looked at him and said, “this is my friend, Link!” I said. He looked at Link with a stern look, let me go to the dining table to eat, even infinity Link to tag along! And even thought I could tell he barely had energy, he agreed. We sat down at the table as Link was zoning out and dozing off until food came, and his eyes widened. After we ate, Link was told to go home. So at the door, I hugged him, and sent him home.