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"This is where you live?" Zelda asked, following the tug on her hand toward a memo board.
Link grinned. "Look, these are all the records I hold across Hyrule."
"Wow." Zelda pulled her hand free and roamed the room. "But you don't even have a painting! Just… necessities! Oh, what's this?" A yellow something peeked through the crack of a chest.
"That's… stuff I brought from Termina." His nape was red and his laugh high-pitched.
Zelda stepped back. "Excuse me, I didn't want to pry."
Her hand caught hers. "It's alright. I'll show you."
Together, they pushed the heavy lid open.
Whoa! So many colors! And materials! Stone, wood, and feathers!?
"Masks…" The word was a hollow whisper beside her. His eyes were cloudy and although he fingered the yellow fabric, he was far, far away. "They give me different… abilities."
Zelda ran her hand up his arm, squeezing a light pattern. He grinned half-heartedly. "Look." Up on his head, the yellow thing went, and he wiggled his head around, tearing a smile from her.
"Bunny ears? Cute."
"Yeah, they make me super fast. Really cool. Come!" He flashed down the ladder and around the clearing of Kokiri Forest like the wind. She could hardly make him out!
Climbing up to her again, he gave her a high-five.
"This one's fun, too," he panted, pulling out a feathered mask. "It lets me… ah, just look."
Down in the clearing, he played a march, all kinds of small forest animals joining him. Oh, he looked so cute! Zelda clapped her hands.
Back in the treehouse, he fished after another mask. "My favorite," he announced, smirking lopsidedly and snatching his shield. "Cover your ears."
He slid the ladder back down and put the mask on. It didn't look… extraordinary. Dark blue, with a white symbol on top. She leaned forward— BOOM!
"Link!" Zelda screamed, nearly falling down.
Smoke swirled through the grass, revealing a figure gasping for air.
"Link!" Zelda shouted again. She should help him, but what if it exploded once more?
"You should have seen your face!" Oh, the moron was laughing! Just you wait!
He beat her to it and flew up the ladder.
"Link, I thought you—"
He laughed, his arms spread for a hug. "That was the fun of it!"
She shooed him. "Don't get that grime over me or Impa won't allow me to visit you again!"
A pout appeared on his face, but he put the mask back.
"What's this? It's pretty." The mask Zelda held sparkled in the afternoon sun.
"Ooooh…" He laughed hoarsely, snatching it from her hands. "It's, uhm, the couple's mask, but you weren't supposed to find that yet."
"Yet?" Zelda erupted in laughter. "Do you have a crush on me, Link?"
"What? Never! You're a girl, how gross!"
"Sure…" Zelda teased, already leaping down the ladder.
"I'll get you!" Yellow ears flopped behind her and soon, he tackled her to the ground, bopping a black spot on her nose.
Oops!