Life in Zora's Domain

Chapter 61 - Live In My World? - Part 2

Summary: Mipha and Link continue life together as a Zora couple, with Link now emotionally as well as physically transformed. They spend a final day by Lurelin Village and plan to return home the next morning. Link discusses his feelings about fame.

Seagulls squawked as the sun rose over Lurelin Village. Some villagers were getting their fishing gear together, unpacking nets and oars, preparing to head out to catch today's quota of fish. The tourists who vacationed in Lurelin Village expected fresh fish for meals, and tourism was an essential part of Lurelin's economy. But two of Lurelin's current tourists were quite content to do all their own fishing, and they were quite skilled at it, too. When they were awake, that is.

Link woke up first to the sound of a nearby seagull. He and Mipha had been asleep in the pool of freshwater near the village. They had settled on this pool as a perfect place to sleep while staying here. It was a little off the beaten path but still right near the village and lit by a couple of torches at night. The water was clean and fresh, fed by a steady waterfall from the cliff above. And the sound of the waterfall helped Link fall asleep. Love of the sound of rain or a waterfall had apparently carried over from his Hylian self.

Mipha was still asleep, and he had a powerful urge to reach over and kiss her. He had to control himself not to wake her up. It was the morning after his feelings as a Zora had finally surfaced, and he was still in a state of what he could only describe as a mild euphoria.

As he waited for Mipha to wake, he recalled what had happened the day before. They had spent the whole day in the sea together, and it was great fun. They went exploring areas he never knew existed, playing silly games with each other, and just having a fun time. Swimming in the water was so natural to him now, like walking through a Faron forest.

And then, after swimming back closer to the village, it started getting late. He had a romantic underwater dance with her, and then they had risen to the surface together. He remembered the moon was bright and shone across the water, a bright light that reflected off Mipha's eyes. Her eyes looked more golden than amber then, and as he gazed into them, she had smiled that cute smile of hers.

And then, suddenly, some aspect of Zora psyche his transformation hadn't fully tapped into yet connected in his brain. And all at once, his attraction to Mipha jumped off the scale to a new level of intensity. He suddenly saw her as one Zora to another. And it happened so suddenly and unexpectedly that the shock of it left him dazed.

She had watched him when all this happened, and she must have realized it from the way he stared at her, his mouth and eyes wide open. She blew him a kiss, but he didn't react. He was speechless. And, of course, she couldn't resist a chance to tease him in a sweet innocent tone of voice.

"You promised to be more outspoken about your feelings, sweetheart. So? Tell me."

He tried to answer, but all that came out of his mouth was some incoherent sound. Then she giggled and gently stroked his cheek with the back of her hand.

"I'll translate that noise as 'I love you, madly.' But you can still kiss, right?"

Well, she got the translation right. Then they had kissed and finally made love. And the ecstasy of making love only compounded his emotional overload with sensory overload. Afterward, they held each other in their arms, resting their heads on each other's shoulders as they floated in the sea and watched the moon cross the sky. He didn't want to leave, but she finally said they should get back.

It was when they had started walking back to the pool they were in now that he finally found his voice and was able to express how his feelings for her now were beyond anything he had ever felt before. And she seemed to know exactly what he meant and said she felt the same for him. Then they had reached the pool, and he collapsed and fell asleep.