Efflorescence (Zelink)

Hurricane

Love is a hurricane wrapped in a chrysalis. And I am freely going into the storm.

Link tastes like an overly intoxicating combination of mint and chocolate... And I'm going crazy for it.
It's almost like I am afraid, because it's my first kiss, but I put all my love I feel for him in it, and I guess he notices it. Link always tells me how stunning I am; I, on the other hand, prefer actions over words. Well, only if we are talking about hearable words.

I'm still nervous though, and as I lean back, staring at his intense blue eyes, my sight gets dizzy and I know this all is just so right.
He gives me a peck on my nose, and a muscle in my cheek moves. Then he kisses my mouth again.
"Even though we didn't say it", I drive my hands wildly through his hair, "we knew." I keep gazing at them eyes, which are staring back. I chuckle slightly, and he smirks.

There is this silence between us; but it is none of those awkward silences, where you don't know what to say, but this silence where the air is all tensed up and there is this... Feeling between us. Electricity.
And well, I can't but kiss him again, this time more passionately, and I literally can't stop. Link neither. I have cupped his face into my hands, but he takes them, puts them away and pushes me up the wall, like I've always dreamed someone would. I wrap my legs around his waist, as he places his hands under my thighs to support me. My brown hair is wildly pointing into all directions; but I do not give a damn.

I never believed in it, but as you may know, I write. I write and create situations, create couples madly fallen in love with each other, where people love you so deeply, they would sacrifice themselves for you. They would leave everything right behind them just to be right there with you. And I can assure you, one day there is going to be someone who hugs you so firmly, all of your broken pieces will fit back together. And I, really I, am saying right here, I have found you. And I promise I won't ever leave you, and I am dumb for crying over every little piece of shit in my life, and I am weak; but I can listen. You need me, and I need you. I freaking adore, admire you.

"What is that?"
I open my eyes again after what felt like an eternity, though the bright light illuminates me. I blink a few times, realizing that this is not a story or an imagination. I have kissed Link. And he has kissed me back.
"What's the matter?", I ask frowning. I feel kind of sad, because he interrupted our action.
"What the hell is that?" Link pulls a bit of my golden shoulder applications away, offering a bruise. I gulp embarrassed and blush, putting it back where it was.
"Is that... From them?"
I silently nod. Please no. Something from the past shouldn't impair something so intense.
Link remains silent. I turn my head to the side, playing with my pale fingers. And surprisingly, he just kisses my bruise. I frown again, but then I understand. "I fell in love with them."

And I admire it. A moment, a situation in life, where you just completely zone out, where you forget all the problems that should worsen your mood.

"Hylia." I touch his face gently, planting a long, soft kiss on his cheek, then onto his forehead, and than an even longer one on his mouth.
"I love you." These three words embrace my heart with a feeling, I never thought I would ever be honored to experience. No words, not even actions can barely describe what I feel currently, although I am just standing there.
"Oh hell do I love you, how madly I love you, a love I can't put into words, and I will always love you, because we are together now, and I promise, forever."
I purse my lips. "Goddamn then propose to me! I love you too", I add carefully.

He shortly smiles.
"Do we need a ring? No. It's a material. And that's not worthy you. Nothing is worthy you. You are my goddess. Every inch of me craves for you, I insanely crave for you, and I don't know what I'd do if you wouldn't love me."
"This isn't going to happen", I answer, resting my head at his chest. "Let's go outside."
He simply nods, and we leave the room hand-in-hand, though all the others are still running around. It feels weird; my hand starts to get sweaty, but this warm something is still in my heart. A something that takes my breath away. A something that puts a weird feeling into my gut. But it's a feeling I won't get tired of.

Suddenly, as we already were walking around in the deep, fresh snow, my eyes notice a movement at their corners. Sheik.
I didn't apologize! Oh, I am so stupid. I let go of his hand, while she quietly tries to flee. However, I am faster to grab her arm and stop her, while Link is standing a few meters away.
"Sheik", I start, hoping to begin a conversation. The gray woman, or girl, glances with her red ones into my eyes, and all I see is pure envy. Do I have to apologize for how, for who I am? For something I won't change? No, definitely not. Only for the things I've done wrong.

Sheik doesn't reply. She narrows her eyes, but I keep holding her.
"Sheik, I wanted to um, know, why you let me win?" I hesitate, before I let her go.
"I told you", she answers after thinking some seconds, "that it is good to know who has won. And if you interpreted it correctly, you should know, that I mean that sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war." She means Link secretly, and I slightly blush. But on the other hand, that'd mean, that she is planning to get him again...?
I smile, although I totally not feel like it. A knot builds up my throat, and I say goodbye, before I turn to Link. Sheik goes into the other direction.

"What did you say?", he asks curiously, as I take his hand he has left in his pocket.
"I asked her why she has let me win in the battle."
Link waits patiently that I would continue, but I don't.
"And?"
"Well, she said she didn't want to participate at the grande contest this year", I lie. He frowns.
"That is impossible. We always worked together, and it was her dream to become a winner one day."
I simply shrug my shoulders, but he still doesn't believe it. However, to distract him, I drag him behind a pine, and play with his earring.

"Say something", he orders smiling, and I smirk.
"Why do you love me?", I ask, and maybe that sounds too... spontaneous. The truth is, well, I mean it honest. Why, or even worse, how?
Without hesitating, he answers with this certain glint in his eye:

"Because nothing makes sense without you. How should I live on without knowing you are okay?
It feels like I was always in a bubble, until I saw you for the first time in the auditorium. I knew you; but I was fascinated by how you still can smile and laugh, and of course, you are ravishing. You are not selfish. You have humor and your own intention, and you are not stupid. Plus, you love traveling, and goddamn, you are so talented. I don't need to know why you love me. I'm okay as long as you do. But you should know I am just a normal person.
If people would be rain, I'd be a drizzle, but you, Zelda, you'd be a fucking hurricane."

I smile weakly.
"I have an illness", I say. Link caresses my cheek with a dingy expression on his beautiful face.
"I am fine with it." I shake my head.
"No."
"Why?"
"I have basorexia. And I think you're the only one who might heal it." My smile turns into a smirk. "That's the unstoppable desire to kiss."

As we start to again, the snow suddenly starts to fall. The pretty, white snowflakes cover our heads while our lips are craving for each other, and although it is cold here behind a pine, outside in the evening, I feel hot because his warmth is satisfying and his odor makes everything so dizzy. But the best thing is still, that he has his taste of chocolate and mint - a sin yet a pleasure. And I would stop believing in Hylia so I can have it. Forever.

We kiss, and kiss, but nothing more. His hand drives along the side of my waist, which is quite uncomfortable since I hate my body, but I let him do whatever he wants.
"You know", I comment, as I stop to breathe again, "when you're driving and it's pouring down rain, you drive under a bridge and it stops. Everything goes silent and seems so peaceful." I deeply breathe in. "Then you finally get out of from under the bridge, and everything hits you a little harder than before.
You are my bridge."

We don't need words, our eyes are saying everything that captures our hearts.
I look to the white ground.
"Tomorrow starts the smash contest, doesn't it?", I say. Link nods.
"Are you excited?"
"Not at all, as long as I have you by my side."
I hug him tightly.

-

And as I lay in my bed, regarding the stars outside the window, I think about us.
I believe when two people are in love with each other, you can see it in their eyes. The way they look at each other, the way they stare at each other, it's all there. Their eyes are full of admiration, of attraction, of undying feelings for each other. Their eyes twinkle, their eyes are smiling. Even if they didn't say a word about it, there's this invisible thread connecting them two.