Silence ✔️

• Twenty-Two

A/N: kind of a rushed chapter, the author's note will explain why (hopefully).

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Link was sitting in his room, and he was terribly bored. He couldn't think of a single thing to do that would entertain him in any way.

Aryll noticed his lack of interest in anything today, often times attempting to cheer him up. But, Link began to lock his door after Aryll paid one too many visits to his room. In the end, Aryll just gave up and returned to her daily activities, paying no mind to her older brother.

As he laid in his bed, he thought back to just a week ago when he asked Zelda out on their first "date." Well, Zelda herself considered it a date, so therefore he did as well. A smile erupted on his face at the word, date, his heart soaring when he remembered the time they spent together that day.

All the more he reminisced on it, the more he urged himself to grab his phone and ask Zelda out again. There was so much doubt in doing this, though, since their last outing was only last week. Link felt like it'd be awkward to ask her again so soon, but he really wanted to do this.

Just the other day, Link had paid his weekly visit to his therapist, Telma. He told her all about his first date with Zelda, which easily pleased Telma to know that he was feeling much happier and even managed to hang out with someone outside of school. She then suggested that he ask her again sometime soon, making Link find even more courage to ask Zelda again.

Link couldn't stand the straining feeling of wondering what would happen today—plus, he was so bored and had nothing better to do with himself—so, he grabbed his phone and immediately began to text a message.

Before he sent it to Zelda, he read it over a couple of times, making sure to correct typos and make his question sound more normal. When he was satisfied with his words, he hurriedly sent the text, immediately turning his phone off afterwards. He sat it down on the floor and anxiously awaited the buzzing sound it would make. If that sound would even occur.

That sound did emit from the floor eventually, and Link let out a shaky sigh as he leaned off his bed to grab the electronic device. Once it was in his hands, he pressed the home button and saw her text.

Before he could read a single word in it, he just opened his phone completely and entered the messaging app, tapping on his conversations with Zelda.

Zelda: yes! I have nothing to do today anyways

Just as he finished reading her first message, she sent another one.

Zelda: where do you want to hang out this time?

Maybe she isn't considering this outing a date, Link thought, a bit of disappointment settling in his heart when she didn't mention that four-lettered word. At the same time, he felt relieved that she didn't find his request weird.

He faintly remembered Telma suggesting they visit a specific coffee shop in Hyrule—it was different from the one they visited last week, but it was worth a shot.

Link: there's this cool coffee place

Zelda: didn't we go there

Link: it's a different place u weirdo

Link: I heard it's pretty nice

Zelda: oh ok

Zelda: yes that sounds cool

Zelda: so is later today okay with you?