Silence ✔️

• Nineteen

The next week at school, Midna had finally returned from her long absence. As expected, Zelda frantically asked her what was wrong, freaking out over what had happened to Midna that caused her to stay home for almost an entire week. Turns out, Midna just had the flu and laid in bed all day, watching her favorite TV shows and eating junk food, with the occasional complaints of how she suffered during that time as well.

After going over that subject, Zelda began to tell Midna all about the week she had been gone. She told her about Groose and his sudden ability to speak sign language, Link suddenly sitting with Lana that one day, and her bubbling hatred for Lana.

"Sounds like Groose likes you!" Midna signed, grinning smugly and causing her best friend's entire body go pale.

"No! No! This is a nightmare! I can't have that pompadour like me!" Zelda signed back, covering her face with her hands and choosing not to speak anymore.

Midna just chuckled heartily at her best friend's reaction. She didn't even know if Groose did like her, but Midna was a good observer. She had always seen Groose eyeing Zelda, or speaking rather loudly to his buddies about his undying love for her.

Seconds later, the school bell rung, and Midna snapped Zelda back into reality. Zelda seemed the least bit fazed, but the evident fear of Groose loving her was still in her eyes.

"Class," Midna simply signed, waving goodbye to Zelda before running off towards her own classroom.

Watching everyone pile into their classes made Zelda wish she could be like them. She didn't mind the "special-ed" classes she had to attend, but it would be cool to see what a normal high school classroom was like. It was probably fun, minus the mental pain of sitting through the class and learning pointless material. Even in her own class, Zelda knew she wasn't learning many things that would benefit her in her adult life. Yes, knowing how a mushroom consumed food would get her far in life. No it fucking won't; unless I become a mushroom scientist...but that's probably not even a thing! she thought.

During her class, she sat in the back of the room, and everyone in her class was here today. Not a single absence. That was rare.

Slowly but surely, class passed by quickly for her and she was now eating lunch again. As she awaited Midna, she began to think.

Her life was just a constant replay of the same day, but different things occurred in that day. Aside from that, she walked down the same hallways, entered the same rooms, rounded the same corners, and sat in this very lunchroom everyday, consuming the cafeteria's sad excuse of food and occasionally her packed lunch. She was absolutely positive that school was just a mind controlling prison for the youth. No exceptions.

Midna finally arrived, and the two girls shared only small talk during this lunch period. Neither of them had much to say, and whenever this did happen, neither minded. It was always a comfortable silence they sat through and Zelda was thankful it was that of all things it could be.

Zelda began to wonder where Link was at today. It only took her precisely sixteen seconds to spot him out, sitting with Lana once again, much to her bemusement.

"Lana is really annoying!" Zelda angrily signed to Midna, to which the orange haired girl just nodded in agreement.

"I agree," Midna signed back. "Has she been hanging out with Link a lot more than usual?"

"Yeah, and... I don't know why it annoys me so much. I do like him, yes, but I shouldn't let jealousy consume me like this," Zelda signed again, putting her hands down and extending her neck at the slightest to get a better glimpse at the two.