Pendant - Zelink Modern Soulmate AU

Agreed

"Honestly- I was rather surprised that you agreed to having pineapple on the pizza" Zelda happily stated, carrying the pizza box in her hands as they walked out of the place they got it from.

"Hawaiian pizza is the best! I'll defend it until the day I die" Link chuckled, remembering how just a few minutes ago they were both too nervous to say it.

"So what kind of pizza would you like?" The man asked politely, just doing his job with a smile.

Zelda looked at Link from the corner of her eye, noticing that he too looked nervous about something.

"Hawaiian" They both said at the same time, voices quiet to the point where they wouldn't have been heard if not speaking in unison.

"One Hawaiian pizza it is!"

"I couldn't agree more!" Zelda replied, smiling as they could have had an awkward discussion about said topic. Her parents would never get hawaiian pizza, so she only had it when she got her own, which was extremely rare.

They strolled back to the rink, deciding that they could probably continue with practice as Zelda seemed to have recovered. The feeling of nausea had dwindled down a lot since it was at its prime in the rink.

The two struggled up the stairs, almost physically dragging their own bodies to the top. As they walked down them earlier, the thought of having to scale back up got more irritating with every step.

As they both finally opened the doors back into the rink, what met their eyes was incredibly surprising. It shouldn't have been, but it was. Two pairs of skaters were on the ice, practicing steps of the pre-choreographed routine. They all noticed both Link and Zelda as they walked in, coming to a stop of what they were already doing.

"Slacking off, are ya?" One of the girls asked. It wasn't clear whether it was a joke or not to Link, but Zelda took it very seriously.

"We weren't slacking off, Cia. We left for literally 15 minutes to get lunch" Zelda retorted, walking towards the diner bit next to the ice immediately after. Link hesitantly followed.

"It's not set in stone that you two are going to represent, you know. Especially after what happened last time... You're on thin ice, Zelda" Zelda stopped in her tracks, turning to glare at the girl with pure anger in her eyes.

She knew full well what had happened. Just as Zelda tried to speak up, she was immediately rudely interrupted.

"Don't give me the whole 'you had an ankle injury' excuse. You should have withdrawn, but the thought of not having the spotlight damaged your ego, didn't it?" Zelda stared directly forward, gritting her teeth from trying her best not to snap.

"That's too far!" The other girl on the ice, Mipha, interrupted. She was normally quite reserved and shy, but couldn't stand to see something like this happening to someone.

"No, Mipha. It's... It's fine" Zelda continued walking, still biting her tongue as she made her way out of their site.

Link didn't bother saying anything, and just decided to make his way to Zelda's side as soon as possible. Something had clearly happened that he wasn't aware of.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked, sitting next to her as she rather aggressively grabbed a slice of pizza and began eating it.

She slowed down a bit and loosened up once realising his presence, to which she naturally wanted to be near.

"I don't know why everyone thinks that I'm malicious and spiteful" She spoke, looking out onto the rink as if the opinions of the people there actually affected her.