Chapter 33: The Love Story of Linny and Kodah

                                    

                                              
Zelda's body formed in front of the Ne'ez Yohma Shrine, the blue light fading as she took a step into the lake of water surrounding her. As much as she wanted to focus on the Divine Beast at hand, she just could not get the conversation she had with Bolson out of her mind. 
Of course she would have run into Bolson while back in Hateno. He always sat in front of the house saying he enjoyed the view. Isn't the view just as nice next to his own houses? And he had watched their training? Did he really have nothing better to do?
Zelda sighed as she climbed the steps up towards the Domains courtyard. As valid as all those arguments and frustrations were, it didn't change the fact that Bolson was right. She had started using Links amnesia in order not to deal with her true inner demons. She still felt that Link would never like a failure of a Princess such as herself... But she couldn't bear the thought of Link ever leaving her.
Zelda, after awkwardly standing in place for a moment, turned towards the Sea Bed Inn. Link would be worried she was gone for this long. So much for only taking a few hours, it had been all day. Her conversation with Bolson would be a good excuse... Telling her she needed to act and all that nonsense...
Act...
Zelda slapped her palms on her cheeks as she walked. Act? Act on her feelings? That seemed much harder that it sounded. She could barely even respond to her own feelings much less try and get someone else to respond to them. What was she supposed to do? She had never done anything like this before. The first time she even felt love, the first thing she did was go stab a sword into a rock and went to fight a gigantic pig like storm cloud. 
"Good Evening Pri- I mean, Zelda," Kodah said, trying to call Zelda by name as she had requested, as Zelda walked into the place hurriedly. Zelda, not realizing that she had made it into the inn nor how fast she was walking, jumped. 
"K-Kodah! Good Mor- Evening!" Zelda said, trying to turn to face the Zora. However Zelda, now not watching where she was going at her speed, only resulted in crashing into one of the beds in the room. 
"Princess!" Kodah said worriedly, walking quickly around her desk towards the no sprawled Zelda on the bed. Zelda however remained on the bed, face planted into the sheets.
"Please don't worry. I am fine, thank you," Zelda's muffled voice came from the sheets. First Link carries her in front of all the Zora, then Bolson eggs her on to act on her feelings for Link while also calling out the fact that she's been running from her feelings, and now this was happening. 
"Well, um, if you don't mind me saying," Kodah said, sitting on the bed next to Zelda. "You came in the Inn rather flustered yesterday. And now you seem even more flustered. You aren't your usual... How do I put this... I guess you aren't yourself. Is something bothering you?"
Zelda remained quite for a bit before grabbing one of the pillows and hugging it, resting her chin on the pillow. 
"Kodah... How did you and Kayden... You know... get together?" Zelda asked quietly. Kodah practically sprank from the bed. 
"Oh my- Why Princess! No wonder you aren't acting like yourself! You're in love! It must be- it must be-!" Kodah said gasping between her statements before squealing. "You're in love with Link aren't you?"
The large female Zora quickly jogged to close the Seabed Inn, ensuring no distraction could come between them, before rushing back to Zelda's side. She coughed, recollecting herself before turning back to Zelda. 
"So.. You wish to know how Kayden and I got together?" Kodah asked. Zelda nodded, sitting up in order to sit a bit more politely, choosing to rest on her knees, still gripping the pillow.