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Stealth: a skill all Knight Academy students must master if they wish to achieve knighthood. It's also necessary for certain students who wish to deliver a present without bumping into the forces that would seek to stop them.
But Professor Owlan isn't that bad. Link won't have to worry about him if he's in his study, or off campus grounds. If he isn't...well, then he'd be trying to sneak a pot full of foreign flowers past a botanist.
And then there's Groose.
Groose, who has a keen eye for finding things that upset him--namely, anything that involves Link and Zelda, regardless if that thing exists or not. And since it wouldn't be hard for anyone to guess who Link is taking flowers to (based on assumptions of feelings that Link isn't attune to), it's only natural that Groose would notice, like a hawk. Like a hawk who could see through walls and flies to real-or-imagined Link-and-Zelda things like a magnet flying towards metal. Or...
He breathes a sigh of relief. Or the bar was kind enough to deposit him on the second floor of the Academy, where the girls and the faculty are stationed. There's Karane wandering towards the stairs, posing only the threat of a few sly giggles if she sees what's in his hands.
Then he stops, abruptly, not thinking of Owlan's threat should he emerge from his study. What if Zelda's not in her room? Then she could be anywhere! He'd have to go searching for her, and avoid the comments and questions of others, who may attract the attention of Owlan or, worse, Groose. And he can't let Groose-- No, wait, no, that was the solution all along, wasn't it? Put the flowers in his ro--but who's to say Groose won't break in and steal--
"Link?"
There's another person standing right in front of him before he knows it, hands placed around his to help hold up the flowers.
"Careful! You almost drop these--what are these?"
It's Zelda.
He's so relieved he could zone out again and drop the flowers for real.
"Hello? Link?"
"...sorry. They're called sunflowers, I think. I got them from-- A bar." A bar, he realizes, he hasn't told her about.
She blinks, confused, amused, ready to brush it off as one of Link's flights of fancy that isn't worth a fight over. For now. "They're strange! Did you bring them for Professor Owlan?"
"No, I bought them for...uh, you."
And this would be where he scratches the back of his head bashfully, if his hands weren't being held in place by Zelda's, and making his hands feel all tingly as a result. There's a lot of things he doesn't understand right now, like why he couldn't just say that he brought her these flowers, or why his hands are feeling all tingly, or why he feels something akin to embarrassment when all he's doing is giving his best friend some pretty flowers.
And he doesn't understand why she looks sort of shocked, and why her grip seems to loosen, as if she's about to drop the flowers she's trying to help him hold, or why her face turns a little red and why she looks a little embarrassed, when all that's going on is that her best friend is giving her flowers.
Nothing out of the ordinary, right? It's just what friends do. They give each other gifts, and it's not a big deal, and...
"I thought...you'd like them. I thought of you when I saw them and..."
"No, Link, I... They're pretty. Thank you!"
She smiles at him, and he smiles back, and that's normal, right? Just kind of, standing here in the middle of the hall with one's hands on top of another's, and...
"Here. I'll put them in my room."
And can't help but feel like he lost something when she stopped touching his hands.
But Professor Owlan isn't that bad. Link won't have to worry about him if he's in his study, or off campus grounds. If he isn't...well, then he'd be trying to sneak a pot full of foreign flowers past a botanist.
And then there's Groose.
Groose, who has a keen eye for finding things that upset him--namely, anything that involves Link and Zelda, regardless if that thing exists or not. And since it wouldn't be hard for anyone to guess who Link is taking flowers to (based on assumptions of feelings that Link isn't attune to), it's only natural that Groose would notice, like a hawk. Like a hawk who could see through walls and flies to real-or-imagined Link-and-Zelda things like a magnet flying towards metal. Or...
He breathes a sigh of relief. Or the bar was kind enough to deposit him on the second floor of the Academy, where the girls and the faculty are stationed. There's Karane wandering towards the stairs, posing only the threat of a few sly giggles if she sees what's in his hands.
Then he stops, abruptly, not thinking of Owlan's threat should he emerge from his study. What if Zelda's not in her room? Then she could be anywhere! He'd have to go searching for her, and avoid the comments and questions of others, who may attract the attention of Owlan or, worse, Groose. And he can't let Groose-- No, wait, no, that was the solution all along, wasn't it? Put the flowers in his ro--but who's to say Groose won't break in and steal--
"Link?"
There's another person standing right in front of him before he knows it, hands placed around his to help hold up the flowers.
"Careful! You almost drop these--what are these?"
It's Zelda.
He's so relieved he could zone out again and drop the flowers for real.
"Hello? Link?"
"...sorry. They're called sunflowers, I think. I got them from-- A bar." A bar, he realizes, he hasn't told her about.
She blinks, confused, amused, ready to brush it off as one of Link's flights of fancy that isn't worth a fight over. For now. "They're strange! Did you bring them for Professor Owlan?"
"No, I bought them for...uh, you."
And this would be where he scratches the back of his head bashfully, if his hands weren't being held in place by Zelda's, and making his hands feel all tingly as a result. There's a lot of things he doesn't understand right now, like why he couldn't just say that he brought her these flowers, or why his hands are feeling all tingly, or why he feels something akin to embarrassment when all he's doing is giving his best friend some pretty flowers.
And he doesn't understand why she looks sort of shocked, and why her grip seems to loosen, as if she's about to drop the flowers she's trying to help him hold, or why her face turns a little red and why she looks a little embarrassed, when all that's going on is that her best friend is giving her flowers.
Nothing out of the ordinary, right? It's just what friends do. They give each other gifts, and it's not a big deal, and...
"I thought...you'd like them. I thought of you when I saw them and..."
"No, Link, I... They're pretty. Thank you!"
She smiles at him, and he smiles back, and that's normal, right? Just kind of, standing here in the middle of the hall with one's hands on top of another's, and...
"Here. I'll put them in my room."
And can't help but feel like he lost something when she stopped touching his hands.