Link's POV
I grab my bag and throw it over my shoulder. I'm tired. I don't want to go to work... It's summer break, it should be illegal to have to work.
"Do you have everything?" Zelda asks.
"Yeah. I think so."
"Wait," Zelda stops me on my way out the door. She's taking photos of me again. I think she got one from every angle. "Ready for another thrilling day at work?" She asks me as she spams the shutter button.
"I think you've got enough photos now," I roll my eyes with a smile.
"Miyamoto Link in a suit is a rare sight. I must take advantage of it!"
"It's just an office suit. You've been seeing me in it for the past week," I say. "And I wouldn't call my job thrilling. I'm mainly just sitting around, translating phone calls and e-mails." The pay is pretty good though.
"You're doing an important job and my father said that his employees are impressed with your English skills."
"Well yeah, compared to them I'm pretty fluent I'd say."
"Don't be humble," she says, still taking photos of me in the same pose: hands in my pockets.
"Are you going to be okay staying at the house all day?" I ask.
"I think I'm old enough to stay home alone."
"Yeah but you're not getting bored?"
"Not at all. It gives me time to get to know your sister."
"I'm glad you two are getting along now. I know you were worried about her not liking you."
"I wouldn't call it 'getting along'. I am still worried she doesn't accept me as part of the... I mean... As your girlfriend. But I think she's slowly warming up to me. So far today she hasn't given me the side eye yet!"
"Isn't she still asleep?"
"Don't ruin this for me," she whispers with a smile.
"Well I'm sure she'll come around. I should get going okay? Don't burn the house down while I'm gone," I joke before I leave.
On my way to the train station, I check the time to make sure I'm not running late. 7:45AM. Yaaaawn. It's too early to be going to work. Way too early. But at least I'll be on time. Oversleeping is one thing when it's high school but when you work for your girlfriend's stupid-rich dad who owns the school you're attending and paid for your tuition, you better show up on time.
On the train, I open LINE to read Ruto's chat. She's been asking about a time to hang out but I haven't been the most responsive. Mainly because I don't know what to say. I forgot to ask Zelda if she wanted to meet with Ruto or not. I've been avoiding the topic. I don't like seeing Zelda sad and I don't see a point in talking about exes. But I do feel like I should apologize to Ruto for the way things ended and clear things up.
I scroll through our chat.
Monday: *Hey look! I didn't know we still had this chat! Really takes me back to high school.*
Monday: *When do you want to get drinks?*
Tuesday: *Hey do you want to meet up tonight? I'm off at 6:30 PM if you want to grab dinner.*
Wednesday: *Miya-kun, let's meet at Mister Donut today!*
Wednesday: *Stop ignoring me! I know you're seeing this!*
Yesterday: *Hey are you and Zelda free tomorrow night?*
I should respond to her before she gets mad.
It's a very one-sided conversation... It always has been... I scroll back up to the last time we texted. It was almost three years ago...
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Never Without You │ BOTW modern AU fanfic
FanfictionA relationship between an internationally praised athlete and a straight A student who hates any kind of attention is bound to go wrong. But these two college students don't care about the odds. While Link works hard on recovering from a traumatic...
