Silence ✔️

• Twenty-Three

A/N: I wrote this chapter before the previous one because this was originally going to be chapter twenty-two. But yeah.

Sorry if it seems a little sloppy or whatever.

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Today marked the first day of February, which to many meant that it was time for the month of love. For others, it was another month to remind them of how alone they were, but they didn't mind all that much.

For Groose and Lana, it was the perfect chance to finally win over the two they had fallen in love with. Valentine's Day would be such an utterly perfect day to woo their crushes over and turn them against each other. It was foolproof—there was absolutely no way this plan could fail. Not like the last one they attempted in January.

They were at the supermarket, searching everywhere for the perfect gift for their crushes. The tricky part of this shopping adventure was that neither of them knew what the other person wanted.

"What do you think Zelda likes?" Groose asked for the fifteenth time, boiling anger up in Lana's veins.

"How should I know?!" she exclaimed. "You're the one who likes her—why don't you know the answer to that question?"

Groose felt like he was going to cry again. Does this guy just cry every five seconds?! Lana thought angrily to herself, watching as the red haired boy bit his tongue to try and stop his tears from flowing.

"I don't know what Zelda likes!" he cried, causing an elderly woman to stare at him with an odd look as she traversed her way through the aisle they were in.

Lana covered her face with her small hands. "You're such an embarrassment."

"I know. That's probably why Zelda doesn't like me," he groaned and Lana couldn't help but agree.

"I can see why she wouldn't," she said cheekily, making Groose look down at the dirty floors in shame. "But don't worry! You can easily fix this lame personality of yours and boom! She'll like you. Just have faith."

Groose perked up at her words, sniffing a couple of times and wiping his eyes free of tears. "R—Really? You think?"

Lana forced a smile. "Sure. Now, I have an idea. We can just make Zelda—and Link—some chocolates or something. You can't go wrong with sweets, right?"

"Yeah, but that's such a predictable move," Groose complained, but agreed to it once he realized he didn't have any better ideas. "Let's just go with that. I'll make some brownies for Zelda."

"Then I'll just make homemade chocolates for Link," Lana said dreamily, swooning at the image of Link that magically appeared in her mind. She pictured out the situation—her giving the chocolates and Link receiving them, coming so close to her face and—

"Oh!" Lana jumped, realizing she had zoned out in her own world. "Quick, Groose! We gotta get the materials and plan this all out!"

So, they did just that, using Lana's money to pay for all the goods they bought. Exiting the store, they held onto their lightweight bags full of the necessities for creating their sweets.

"Well, neither of us traveled here by car, so we have to walk home," Groose observed, to which Lana just nodded along to.

"Alright. It's February first, and we need to have them done before the fourteenth, obviously," Lana instructed, beginning to walk home. Groose's home was in the same direction as Lana's route for awhile, so they had a couple minutes to discuss their plan.