She smiled to herself, even though she could see nothing, she knew it would be worthwhile, as was all his surprises. And she never questioned his intentions, she trusted him with her life. Everytime they go out on his spur of the moment adventures, she had to disguise herself, a lady of her stature and ranking was not to be beyond the castle walls.
He held her hand and gently pulled her through the bushes and tunnels that he knew so well, and checked from time to time on her blind fold. Her smile warmed his heart and made his skin hot. he was often surprised at the amount of trust she had for him, and was grateful to have it.
Although it was pointless she asked, "Link, where are we going?"
He squeezed her hand but said nothing as they finally reached their destination.
"Okay Princess, remove your blind fold."
She reached up to remove it, when he leaned over and whispered, "You're a very special person to everyone...Especially to me." in her ear and placed a light kiss on her cheek. She froze for a second as her cheeks became pink, then proceeded in removing the blind fold.
"SURPRISE!" Called out the all the kokiri.
Zelda squealed in delight and utter shock. She gave Link a quick squeeze as Link signaled for the celebration to begin.
The music was loud and uplifting, but something was in the air, Zelda couldn't quite put her finger on it but something was up, but it was quickly dismissed as she was pulled out to dance around the bonfire.
Link sat down and watched as as she circled the fire, twirling and laughing with the kokiri, smiling so broadly her eyes seemed closed.
They were constantly making eye contact as she continued to dance and he conversed with a few of the kokiri.
He felt fortunate enough to be in her company every so often, if it wasn't for the whole Hero of time bit so many years ago, he'd have never been able to attain the closeness that they have, a connection with someone as pure and beautiful as she was. She was always on his mind, she's what brings him back from his various travels in Hyrule.
Even though he wasn't sure of his future with her, he reveled in the time they spent now in the present and tried not to think to much on the future.
It was finally time for the grand feast, anything that could be imagined was on that table. Zelda made her way to the table and sat directly across from Link.
The food was plentiful and all had their fill of it.
Zelda excused herself from the table after exchanging a glance with Link.
She leaned on a tree with her eyes closed listening for the sounds of the creatures in the forest, there were none surprisingly.
She stood straight up immediately, perplexed by her discovery.
She paused for a second to listen for some form of presence of the many creatures that inhabited the forest but still heard nothing. She started walking deeper into the forest and stopped when she heard a twig break from behind. She turned on her heal as fast as possible bow and arrow aimed at her assailant.
Only to find Link standing there.
"I concede princess." He said holding up his hands.
She apologized and put her bow and arrow away, forgetting for the moment why she was walking away from the village.
He backed away and leaned on a tree and stared up at the moon, it was a deep shade of red.
Zelda mimicked his action and too became entranced by the moon, so much so she didn't notice Link standing in front of her. She jumped away in surprise and giggled in embarassment.
They stood there and stared into each others eyes not once dropping their gaze from one another as they walked foward in unison. She placed her hands on the back of his neck, as he pulled her close and took his eyes off hers to look at her mouth for a moment then resumed his stare. They leaned into each other just as screams pierced the quiet forest. It came from the kokiris direction. They sprinted through the trees as fast as possible.
The fire was out but the glow from the Kokiris eyes kept the dark out, as they cried tears of blood.