I brushed [Y/n]'s hair aside from her face. She was sleeping soundly now, with a peaceful expression I had never seen on her face... I don't know exactly when I placed her head on my lap, but all I know is that I continued to observe her... to guard her.
I don't know when I started singing to her either.
The Minish are a musical race. I remember my peers would always have a smile on their face as they worked, singing whatever melody they could remember. They took many songs from the humans that surrounded us... or at least I did. Ezlo would tell me to focus on my studies instead. But I was too impulsive back then.
...Did I ever play any instruments to begin with...?
Shouldn't I remember something like that?
...I believe I would have been too much of a perfectionist for it anyway.
When I'd first awoken from my slumber, speaking today's Hylian felt strange to me... now, as I sang in the ancient Hylian language I knew back then, I can feel a sense of unfamiliarity, yet it also feels like I am going back in time...
...
...A few years is all she has left.
Dawn came before I realized I had been thinking about it for so long. My hands continued caressing her face, like a child... The thought made me smile, yet it also hurt... The lifespan of a Hylian was already so short, and [Y/n]'s life had been cut even shorter.
But what if she made a pact with me? She wouldn't have to die that way; she wouldn't have to worry about dying before she could see her ideals realized, she wouldn't have to worry about growing old, she wouldn't have to—
...
...No.
To make [Y/n] give up her mortality against her will would be monstrous.
...Am I thinking about her, or am I thinking about myself...?
...
Us Minish... We love humans.
But I was afraid.
For the first time since I could remember, I was afraid of seeing such a weak creature die...
And this fear of mine, it made me even more afraid... It made me afraid to the point that I would see the world burn before letting her get hurt.
Without realizing, I had grown too attached to her.
Because us Minish, we love humans.
But we shouldn't love them too much.
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The sword lay before you. Majestic, beautiful... your heart was filled with warmth and awe, seeing the faint ethereal figure's graceful movements...
Even though you were well aware that this was a dream, it felt so... vivid.
"[Y/n]?" A sweet, melodic voice called. You would recognize that voice anywhere.
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Winds of Desperation - Vaati x Female Reader (BotW AU)
Fanfiction[Y/n] has lived her life wandering on her own for over a decade, ever since that incident at Hyrule Castle, when she was still a child. However, when an ancient evil threatens to destroy the kingdom, and the entire world with it, [Y/n]'s darkest and...
