Never Without You │ BOTW modern AU fanfic

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"Zelda, Pik has a crush on you," Link sighs. "He wrote a song about it where he literally confesses being in love with you and jealous of me."

That's the first time I'm hearing about this. It must have been a while ago because ever since that night at the hospital, he hasn't made any attempts at dating me.

"Pik and I talked about his feelings for me. He is respectful of our relationship."

"You're leading him on."

"How?! Weren't you listening just now? He knows how I feel. He knows I'm with you."

"Think about this from his perspective. You ditched your boyfriend to meet him at the beach, took him back to his place, even came inside with him, and then drove all the way back to the beach in the middle of the night to find something he said he cares about. Even if you're doing it unintentionally, you're getting his hopes up. He's going to think he has a chance with you."

"Since when do you care about what other people think? I'm not interested in Pik and I'm not leading him on. I'm trying to be a good friend, why are you scolding me for that?"

"I'm not—"

"Yes you are! You're saying I shouldn't be nice to him!"

"No, that's not at all wha—"

"Are you scared I might have feelings for him?"

"No—"

"I would never do anything with him!"

"I know that but he doesn't!" he spits in a sharp tone. The sudden raise of his voice makes me flinch. He lets out an unsteady breath to calm his temper and continues at a low volume. "Please just let me talk for a sec. I don't have a problem with you guys being friends but he's going to try something and that's what I'm worried about. I don't want any guy to make you uncomfortable or push you to do things."

"Like what?" I cross my arms.

"Come on. You know what I'm talking about."

He can't seriously think Pik would act like Karusa.

"Pik has never tried to get physical with me. I can't believe you'd even think that. His feelings for me don't make him an animal. He's not like that."

"Oh come on. The entire time he was with you today he wanted to kiss you."

"How can you be so insensitive! I hardly recognize you!" Even if that were true, it only proves my point that Pik respects my boundaries.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to be."

"Then stop accusing Pik. He is dealing with a lot right now and needed a friend to talk to, that's it. Not once did he try to or indicate that he wanted to kiss me."

"But he was definitely thinking about it."

"How would you know?"

"Because I'm a guy!"

"So? Do you think about kissing every girl you come across?" It's almost impossible to keep my voice down at this point.

"No. But I also have a girlfriend."

"So before we started dating you wanted to kiss every girl you came across?"

He rests his head in his hands and exhales in growing annoyance. "That's not what I'm saying!"

"Then what are you saying?"

"That when guys find a girl attractive, they think about it. Can't help it."

"Doesn't mean he will assault every girl he finds attractive..."

"Of course not.... But..." Link pauses, probably searching for an argument. He is running out of comebacks and I only wait two impatient seconds before I snap at him.