Silence ✔️

• Twelve

It had been about five minutes since the last bell had rung. Zelda was leaning against the trunk of the tree she and Link had met under quite often, waiting for him to meet up with her this time.

Both Zelda and Link had texted their parents if they could stay with each other after school, and it took a lot of negotiating to allow them to do this. Zelda was surprised that her parents caved and let her do so.

When she had agreed to visiting the park with him after school, Zelda felt incredibly confident about this. Now, she was a nervous wreck. Her stupid head was conjuring up ten thousand different ways this could end, a majority of them being bad endings. Zelda was hoping that none of them came true.

Someone tapped her shoulder, and the brunette looked up from her feet to meet eyes with Link for the third time today. Her heart started beating faster again, which basically guaranteed that she'd mess something up eventually.

Link gestured for her to follow him, and soon they were walking alongside each other and towards the park.

Zelda was assuming they'd be going to the closest park to the school, which happened to be the biggest one in Hyrule and had lots of people in it everyday. She was nervous for this, and judging by Link's facial expression, so was he.

Inside Link's head, he was pondering over how this evening should go. He didn't want to slip up and do something weird or upset Zelda. This evening needed to go almost near perfect. Needed. Link needed to get closer to Zelda, so this was beneficial to that.

The two reached the park in about five minutes, both of them looking around at the scenery in awe. It was such a beautiful park, Faron Park, and the scenery never ceased to amaze anyone. Including Link and Zelda, of course.

But then there were people, a lot of them, walking around and smiling. Link could hear kids screaming in joy with their friends or their parents, while Zelda watched idly, wondering what they were doing.

Zelda's eyes lit up when she saw the swing set, and she ran over to them, sitting down in an empty swing. Grinning, she patted the swing next to her.

Link didn't really want to be seen playing on the playground (after all, he was in high school!) but, if this would make Zelda happy, then so be it. Hesitantly, he sat down on the swing and began to catch some momentum. Link just hoped that no one else would see him.

Zelda was already airborne, swinging at a moderately high level and smiling the whole while.

When Link swung in sync with her, he just admired her while she happily swung. He really liked her, and a part of himself wished he didn't. He caused her so much pain years ago. She would never like someone like him.

Shaking the thought from his head, he tried to focus on just Zelda, because she was the only reason he was here right now.

Beautiful, he thought, and looked away quickly once Zelda glanced his way.

They stopped their swings, exiting the playground and trying to think of other things to do together.

Link suggested they get ice cream, pointing at the quaint little ice cream stand that stood nearby. Clasping her hands together, Zelda nodded in agreement.

After Link had insisted he buy their ice cream, they were now sitting on a random bench and eating their ice cream cones. Link had just gone with plain vanilla, and Zelda got a cherry flavor that had little bits of chocolate in it.

Things were growing a bit awkward for Link, but Zelda didn't seem to mind.

Link didn't know how to properly speak to people who were deaf like her, not that it was a bad thing. He didn't want to keep writing his words on paper, and he barely knew any sign language. Easily, he could just text her, but... What if he learned sign language? It couldn't be too difficult, right? Nah, it definitely would. But then again—