I traveled down the rainy mountain, utterly shattered. My soul was crushed at the events that just played out. I barely had the energy to walk as I sobbed down the mountain; my body was aching, my eyes felt sore, and my lungs and throat burned from the amount of crying I had been doing. Why was this happening to me? Why did I deserve any of this? Why couldn't he have been honest from the start? I understand not knowing me and wanting to keep his identity a secret, but it's been months. I had been honest and vulnerable with him from the start. Yet he couldn't do the same for me?

I wish he had been honest from the start. If he had been, today's events would have unfolded completely differently. We could've enjoyed the domain, had a nice dinner together, and talked about the trail. Tomorrow, we probably would've gone swimming and enjoyed each other's company. But instead, here I am, utterly shattered and broken as I walk down this mountain alone.

I stopped reaching the first ledge in my descent. I slide my bag off my shoulders and toss it down the ledge before carefully kneeling down and slowly climbing my way down. I hang onto the ledge, trying to feel for a support on the side of the rock for my foot. Before I can find something for my foot to hold on to my hands slip from the ledge sending me down a few feet. I scrape my side and hands as I try to hold onto the rock. I hiss feeling the burn in my hands from the rocks. I just want to sit there and cry, I'm at the lowest point in m life yet the universe finds a way to kick me down. Why? Why did this have to happen to me, was it really too much for me to just be happy? Was it too good to be true to believe I could live a normal life after everything? "(Y/N)!" I heard Links muffled voice through the rain and quickly get myself up. I knew he wasn't going to give up but damn, I wish he did.

I swing my backpack on again and continue onward. I cross my first slippery log bridge and heard him catching up behind me. "(Y/n)! (Y/n) stop!" He shouts over the rain.

"Leave me alone!" I shout and continue forward.

"(Y/n) please! Come back, this mountain is dangerous with heavy rain!" I hear him running up behind me. "(Y/n)!" He catches up to me placing a hand on my shoulder. "Come back with me."

"Leave me alone!" I hiss. "I'm not going anywhere with you, much less back up this mountain."

"Fine, I'll go down with you." He says.

"No! You go back and leave me alone."

"I'm not leaving you alone on this mountain when it's raining this heavily." He huffs.

"Why can't you just leave me alone? Haven't you done enough damage? Was humiliating me not enough?"

"I never meant to hurt you (Y/n).. and I was going to tell you."

"Really? When? After you slept with me?" I look back at him. "Would that have been enough vulnerability on my end for you to come clean?" I ask. "Cause you weren't going to tell me beforehand were you?'

"I wanted to.."

"If Prince Sidon hadn't forced your hand when would you have told me? Honestly?" He stays silent.

"I was planning on telling you after this trip."

"I don't believe that, and I know you don't believe that either."

"I swear on Hylia I was going to tell you after this trip." He says as I begin walking off. "(Y/n) just please come back, I can explain myself!"

"I don't want to hear it." I cry and face him. "I trusted you with everything I had." I stop myself and take a breath. "You hurt me in a way I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. And I don't think I'll ever forgive you for it." I stared at his face, his lantern illuminated his face just enough to see his eyes, puffed and irritated from crying as well.

"Let me try.. I want to make things right with you (Y/n)." He says.

"No.. no Link.." I cry. "Please just leave me alone." I cry. I didn't want to keep crying. I want to forget all of this. I wish none of this was happening, that instead of crying out in this cold and rainy night, I was instead sleeping in Links arms like I had grown accustomed to. But instead here I was, heartbroken, wet and cold. I wish I could forgive him for this, I wish things could be like they were just hours before this. But I know they never will be. I stay crying in front of him as the cold rain continues to fall on us.

"Ok.." He softly says. His voice was barely audible over the rain but I could heard the defeat in his tone. "Just.. let me get you down safely. Then I'll leave you alone." He chokes over his words. I look up at him, tears were welled up in his eyes, he looked down to avoid eye contact but I saw him. He was hurting too. A part of me softened, I know he regrets his decision to keep his secret, I know it haunts him. But he hurt me, and I can't simply forgive him just because he's upset.

"Ok.." I softly say. I turn away from him following the trail down the mountain. The river I thought was roaring on the way up here was a different monster right now. The water level rose by about a foot, most of the log bridges were somewhat submerged beneath the river. I wanted to turn back but my ego wouldn't let me. We didn't say a word for each other, I don't think there were any more words left to say.

We stopped in front of one of the longer log bridges. This one actually had two logs tied together longways as the neither individual log was long enough to reach across. I wanted to turn back, this bridge was horrifying. The middle of it was dipping into the water, walking over it would make me sink another few inches into the water. With the current flowing as fast as it was it could easily sweep us away. "I can go first." Link says. "I'll help you across."

"No, I'll go." As terrified as I was I didn't want to wimp out in front of him. I wanted to prove I could conquer my fears.

"(Y/n) don't be stubborn." Link says. Before he can say another word I stepped foot on the log and took a small step forward. As horrified as I was in the moment I was going to get across. I slowly shuffled my way across the two logs, and as predicted the closer I got to the middle the more the logs bent into the water. "(Y/n) careful! Come back, we wont be able to cross this bridge tonight." Link says. I froze feeling the water rise further up my leg and hearing the roar of the river get louder. I felt debris hitting and cutting against my legs, the current was getting stronger by the second but I was frozen in fear.

A loud crack from up the river got my attention. I looked up and made eye contact with my demise. A wall of debris and logs was making its way directly at me, a flash flood is how I go. At the speed it was coming there was no way I was making it out alive. I was utterly frozen watching the large wave of logs and debris coming at me. The foam and logs were like teeth grinding and eating away at anything in its path, and the next item on the menu was me. "(Y/N)!" I feel a weight against me before I hit wet rocks with the side of my body. I was being crushed and I felt like I had stopped breathing. I saw a glimpse of my mother as my eyes were shut before something shuffled around on top of me. "(Y/n)? Are you ok?" I feel the weight subside realizing it was Link on top of me. He must have ran across the log and pushed us both to the other side. How did he manage to do that? There was at least 10 more feet before I reached the other side and the water was right on top of me. I open my eyes and look back to the bridge I was just standing on to see nothing. The bridge was long gone by now. "(Y/n)?" I look over at Link who looked just as horrified as me. "Are you ok?" He asks once more. I nod taking a deep breath. Link tightly hugs me catching me further off guard. "You scared me so fucking bad." He whispers, his voice shaking with fear and anxiety. I was still in utter shock at the fact I was still alive. "You sure you're ok?" Link asks and I nod again.

"Thank you." I blankly say looking back at the bridge. I still wasn't convinced I had survived. I kept staring at where the missing log was before my eyes trailed further down the river. The flood must have taken any log that sat across the river. "How do we get off the mountain?"

"We don't" He gets up putting his hand out for me, I ignore it standing myself up. "We're stuck here until rescue arrives. Zoras won't swim in water like this until it calms down, we've got maybe three days before they come looking." Three days?? I'm stuck on the side of a river with Link for another three days?"

"Just my luck." I mumble.

"Lets see if we can find some cover for tonight." He says and I follow his lead down the trail. Along the walk we find a small cave large enough for us to set up a small camp out of the rain. Link goes inside first making sure there was nothing inside. Once he cleared it I crawled inside and began setting up my area.

I got my towel out from my bag and wrapped it around myself to begin drying off. Link got to getting his bed made and I followed suit. Occasionally a gust of wind would blow through the cave casting a cold chill. Link noticed and covered the cave entrance with some tarp to try and create some insulation.

By that time I had my sad little bed set up. Usually when we traveled Link packed the beds and I packed the food so his bed was a lot cozier. I wasn't going to throw a fuss over it though, I was fine sleeping on this for the next few days. "(Y/n) I can sleep there, you take my bed." Link says.

"I'm fine here." I tell him and lay down pulling my blanket over me resting my head on my arm. He stays silent as I face away from him. I hear him shuffle around in his area before going silent. I laid quietly staring at the tarp as it swayed with the wind. The sound of the river roaring outside was still audible even through the rain and the tarp. The sound was haunting. Tears welled at my eyes once again. I didn't want to cry but I couldn't stop. I tried to keep my cries silent but I know Link could hear. I just hoped he wouldn't say anything to me. I just want to be free from all of this.