Silence ✔️

• Eleven

Zelda had once been sleeping soundly in the comfort of her bed, but now she was back in the place she dreaded most. You can already guess what that place was. The education prison!

She was dreading it even more today, mainly because of the text Link had sent her last night.

What did he want to ask her? It seemed it be an important question to him, and she was worrying over what that question was, exactly. It could be anything. It could range from asking Zelda to help him assassinate someone to just asking for homework advice.

Anything. Zelda laughed briefly at the first idea her stupid mind decided to predict.

As Zelda made her way through the hallways, she looked to her side and spotted Lana, practically gluing herself to Link's side. The brunette groaned quietly in annoyance, reaching her locker and entering its combination.

Out of the corner of her eye, Zelda saw Lana began to walk away from Link. That was the most surprising thing she had seen today. And the bell hadn't even rung yet, since nobody was budging. She just left on her own? Incredible.

Zelda almost jumped when she and Link made eye contact. Avoiding his gaze, an embarrassed blush crept up into her cheeks as she struggled to pay attention. Any time he looked at her, it was like she had been paralyzed. Slightly. Kind of. Only a little bit. But like, not really. It was just—what? Zelda groaned quietly to herself and silently cursed this arising feeling.

She had only been interacting with him for three weeks since he approached her at the beginning of the school year. Not even a month had passed. In one week a month would have passed, though.

Link had certainly done an excellent job in persuading Zelda to be his friend again. A little too good.

She was almost convinced at this point. In actuality, she could call off this whole deal right now and help Link with whatever his problem was.

But not entirely. She wasn't convinced entirely, that's for sure.

Zelda began to mentally panic when Link approached her. She felt her heart rate increase once she noticed he was standing right beside her.

Holding her books close to her chest, Zelda let out a shaky and nervous sigh. Link tapped her shoulder, gaining Zelda's attention.

Link held up a small note he had been holding this entire time, allowing Zelda to read it quickly before he put it back in his pocket.

It read, "Let's talk before lunch."

Zelda blinked and just stared at Link's face after he had put the note away. He wanted to talk with her before lunch? This was probably the important question he was going to ask her. Or, it could be something that doesn't even relate to what Zelda was thinking. Maybe she was overthinking this. Whatever he had to say couldn't be too bad, right? Yes, of course.

Blinking once more, she noticed Link's facial expression had changed from somewhat serious to him smiling. Why was he smiling all of a sudden?

Then, Zelda realized that while she had been overthinking his words, she was staring at him the whole time. Her face became warmer than she ever anticipated.

Okay, maybe she was starting to grow on him. A result she was not expecting from this fiasco.

Returning to reality once more, Zelda acknowledged the fact that she and Link had been making eye contact for about two minutes straight, now. She loved his eyes, though she would never admit that to anyone.

Whenever they locked eyes, there was a way different feeling that they both felt. It felt nice and warm—but they would never say that to anyone, especially not each other.