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New fill-ins for the story:

(f/c) which means favorite color

(o/f/c) which means other favorite color

(s/c) which means skin color

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Link's P.O.V.

I made my way through the ballroom, still searching for (Y/N).

"Where could she possibly be? I assumed she'd be here by now."

I held the rose in my hand, making sure to not touch the thorn. Can't hurt myself with a mere rose, you know. I had walked outside to the front of Hyrule castle. I leaned on a post when I noticed a girl in a dress, probably waiting for her partner or something. It was a beautiful dress, actually. With a (f/c) and (o/f/c) floral pattern embroidered at the bottom half with a white strapless top half.

"Excuse me, miss, have you seen--"

"Since when have you ever addressed me as 'miss'?" the girl spoke while chuckling and turned around to face me.

I was shocked to see none other than, (Y/N). Her (h/c) hair was curled and done in a fancy bun with a little hair dangling around the sides. She didn't wear make-up, but she did wear a little blush complementing her (s/c) skin.

I was frozen in place. Was this really my trainer? I felt a little heat coming up to my face. Luckily, it was dark so that (Y/N) couldn't see this.

"What?" she said as she placed her hand on her hip with some attitude, "Is there something on my face?"

I shook my head, "N-no. Nothing's wrong. It's just that--"

"I look weird, don't I?" she said while chuckling, "This was all Lana's idea. That crazy girl. I was about to go change back into something less fancy..."

"No," I said abruptly which kind of shocked me a bit, "No. Don't change; you look nice, " I said while mumbling the last part.

"What are you doing, Link? You're supposed to be mean to her, not nice."

I was mentally hitting my head against a wall.

(Y/N) spoke softly, "Um, thanks. Thanks for the compliment."

"You're welcome," I said while smiling, "Before I forget, here," I said as I handed her the rose, "Apparently we were supposed to give roses, so here. I got you one."

"Oh, thank you," she said as I handed it to her.

"Ow," she suddenly said while removing her finger quickly and swishing it back and forth.

I realized that I handed her the side with the thorn.

"Oh, (Y/N). I'm sorry. I didn't mean to--"

"It's fine," she cut me off, "It's just a little prick. That's all. Shall we go inside?"

I nodded in response. She walked in with me following behind her.

(Y/N)'s P.O.V.

We walked in and saw everyone dancing.

"Hey, Link?" I said as he looked up at me.

"You can go on without me; I'll just be over there," I said while pointing to a balcony.

"Oh, uh, okay," was all he said. I might be crazy but it kind of sounded like he was sad.

I walked over to the balcony and inhaled the fresh air. I leaned against it and sighed. It was a ball for trainers and their trainees, yet here I was, by myself, telling my trainee to go on without me. I laughed a bit.

"I'm kind of pathetic, aren't I?"

Just as I had said that, I heard footsteps behind me.

"(Y/N)," a voice said sternly.

"Yes, Link?" I replied to him.

I heard him take a deep breath.

"It's supposed to be a ball for trainers and trainees, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember," I said bluntly.

He hesitated, "Let's forget our differences for just one night, and have fun, okay?"

I looked at him and he was looking at the ground scratching his head. Did he take some drugs or something? He was being way too polite for once if you ask me, but I gave in to his request.

"As much as I would love to..."

Link looked up with a little hope in his eyes, which kind of scared me.

"I can't dance," I mumbled the last part.

"What?" Link said as he started laughing.

"And the regular Link returns."

"You heard me," I responded irritably, "I can't dance."

He cleared his throat, "I can teach you."

I shook my head furiously, "No way. You'd have to drag me there. I don't care if this dress gets ruined in the process, you'd still have to drag me there."

I huffed and turned my back to him.

"What if I carried you?"

"Huh? You are one crazy--"

I felt myself being lifted from the ground.

"What the hell?" I yelled angrily, "Put me down. RIGHT NOW."

"Nope," he said as he made his way to the dance hall.

"Fine," I said while smirking, "If you want to play if that way..."

I grabbed my shoes, being as that was the only this I could use right now. Pretty girly, huh? I started hitting his back with my shoes.

"Hey, that's actually starting to hurt," he complained.

He loosened his grip and I ran away from him. Unfortunately, I ran my way into the ballroom.

"Dang it," I cursed under my breath.

"Well look who got themselves into the ballroom without having to be dragged in," Link said with a sly grin.

I groaned in annoyance. The other trainers looked at me kind of funny.

"Dang you, Link, for always putting me in bad situations."

I laughed awkwardly while scratching my head, "Uhh, heey guys!" I said as enthusiastically as I could, "I was just trying to get my trainee to dance with me, but he doesn't want to," I said while faking a whiny tone.

Link gave me a look of shock being that I turned the tables on him.

He sweat dropped, "And I was about to join her," he said while laughing awkwardly as he took my hand.

I felt kind of weird holding his hand. I pulled him close and whispered in a demanding tone, "Now teach me how to dance so we don't make a fool out of ourselves."

He smirked, "If you say so."

Everyone finally started to mind their own business and started dancing again. After a good ten minutes of feet-stepping, I finally got it, but I pretended not to so I could step on Mr. Confident's feet some more. Eventually, we found ourselves enjoying the dance. As much as I didn't really like his company, it was pretty fun since this was the first time I actually enjoyed myself in so long.

I eventually got tired and went back to that same balcony, with Link following.

"As much as I hate to say it," I said while taking a deep breath, "I had fun tonight."

"Same as well," he replied.

It became silent for awhile as we heard the crickets chirping.

"Hey, Link," I finally said ending the silence.

"Hm?"

"Thank you. Thank you for saving me back at Ikana Canyon," I said with the utmost sincerity.

He walked up to me and patted my back, "No problem."

We remained quiet for awhile again until I felt that pain coming again.

"(Y/N), this is your invitation to join us," a demonic voice said in my head.

I held my side as it started to hurt again.

Link looked at me with concern, "Everything alright?"

"I'm fine. Just fine," I gave him a fake smile, "I'll just go to the bathroom. I'll be right back, okay?"

Link's P.O.V.

I nodded in response as she left. After a few minutes, all the lights went off in the castle.