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Here the Whole Time (miphvali)

He could already feel the emptiness creeping in. 

This used to work better. Instead of drinking like many guys he knew, he'd replace her name with someone else. Replace her voice, her face, with someone new. He'd get lost in feeling someone else, tasting someone else, trying to fill that void that yearned for her. 

It used to work better. But less and less did it fill the hole.

"Revali."

"Hm."

"That girl earlier...her name's Mipha, right?"

He silently cursed his traitorous heart speeding up simply at the mention of her name. "What about her?"

"Do you like her?"

He lifted his head to look at Melody. She looked back at him, completely serious. "Do you?"

"What on earth makes you think that?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe because you truly smiled at her. No one on campus ever sees you smile."

Revali frowned. "I don't like her the way you're implying."

"And I think you're a big fat liar," she repositioned herself, flicking her hair out of her brown eyes. "I know you're here for a good time, Revali, and frankly so am I. But I can tell your heart is yearning for someone. Its in your eyes."

He scoffed. "You're seeing things."

"No, I'm not. Word of advice? Girls like her are in it for the long run. What you're doing isn't going to help you any."

"Thank you, obvious."

"I'm serious. Look, I usually don't give two shits about the guys I hook up with, but I honestly think you have a chance to get with her. Don't waste it."

Revali sighed and dropped his back down. "Trust me, I've tried."

"Then try harder."

He snorted. "You're odd, Melody."

She smirked. "I know."

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Mipha could remember that Revali had basically confessed having feelings for her back in their second year of high school.

She had gently turned him down, still thinking then she had a chance on Link. When she heard about Revali getting with some girl only three weeks later, she had assumed he had moved on and Mipha was some fleeting interest he'd had.

Now she sat and watched Zelda and Link laughing about something and she was starting to wonder what would've happened if she had taken a chance on the raven-haired man.

He joined them at the table with his food order, sitting next to her like he always did. His arm accidentally brushed hers and he muttered an apology before beginning to eat. Link and Zelda barely acknowledged he had sat down, as they were so wrapped up in their conversation about...Hylian knew what, Mipha wasn't even listening anymore.

She only realized she had zoned out when she vaguely heard something akin to Revali's voice. She startled. "Pardon?"

He sighed. "You know, the sooner you let it go the happier you'll be. You're just poisoning yourself."

To her own surprise, she snipped back, "And you would know?"

An almost sad look crossed his face, an emotion she rarely ever saw on his angled features. "Believe it or not, yes I do."

He resumed eating and before she could question him, Urbosa plopped herself down at the table. She took one look at Revali's detached features and Mipha's confused face, and leaned over to Link and Zelda. "There are other people here, you know."