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twilightpoison · 2 years ago

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INSANITYYYYYYYY

And Wedding Bells Will Ring

So this hit me during work and once again figured, I have to have ~Feelings~ so do ya'll.

Sky felt stiff as she leaned against him, a drink in both of their hands and the low atmospheric murmur of the tavern's other patrons around them.

His hands felt sweaty and he could swear that his heart would beat right out of his chest. How she didn't hear it was beyond him.

They were all in Twilight's Hyrule and having been dropped near his Castle Town, Twilight had immediately brought them to be introduced to a group of friends previously known as the Resistance.

After the introductions had been given, Telma had offered the group a safe place to relax and a couple of drinks.

Some of their group had decided to head to the offered beds after a few drinks, leaving Twilight, Warriors, Sky, Time and their only female companion to share a few more rounds in a dim quiet corner.

Somehow the topic had gotten onto their love lives with Twilight waxing lyrical about a 'Princess as beautiful as the setting sun' and Warriors talking about a very nice lady he'd known in the army who 'tragically' had dumped him for another officer.

Time had only smiled mysteriously when asked and Sky himself had had to avidly deny any connection to his Zelda and then gone bright red when asked if there was anyone else.

He would rather face Demise again than confess that he had given away his heart, let alone in front of the one he'd given it to.

The atmosphere was relatively lighthearted.

And then she opened her mouth.

"Sorry, Warriors, but I think I may just have you beat."

Everyone paused and then narrowed in on her as she smiled into her drink.

Warriors leaned forwards. "Oh, really? Do tell. If you can beat my tale of love lost, I'll buy the next round."

She tilted her head and gave him a challenging look. "You sure?"

Warriors held out a hand and she shook it, then dug into her pouch.

Sky peered around curiously as she pulled out a small bound book he'd seen her scribbling in previously. He'd thought it was her journal.

She opened it and for a second, he thought he saw his face and a rough sketch of him before the pages flicked and found a picture, a photograph Wild had called it.

She held it up and passed it over to Warriors whose eyes went wide and his head whipped back to her.

"You...?"

Twilight and Time looked over and the former whistled. Even Time was staring at the picture with visible shock.

She smiled again then plucked the picture out of his grip to show it to Sky.

His heart plummeted and he felt his blood turn to ice.

In the picture were five beaming women. Four were in near-identical green dresses and in the middle was her.

Dressed in a beautiful white dress and veil with a bouquet of red roses and white tulips.

It was a wedding picture.

Her wedding picture.

Sky kept staring at the picture, barely hearing the question that Twilight asked.

"You're married?!"

She let out a small snort that Sky felt rather than heard and he whipped his own head back to stare at her even as she addressed the others.

"His name was Jasper. We'd known each other for two years before he asked me on a date. Two years of dating. Then a year of engagement because we wanted to save up for the wedding and a house together. Then the happy day came and that picture was taken an hour before we were about to say our vows."

It was only because Sky was so close that he could see the small tremble in her lip as she smiled. She licked her lips and then continued, making Sky's heart wrench itself out of his chest.

"I should've known something was up when he started crying when I entered. They weren't happy tears. I got to the altar and the priest started and when we asked to say our vows, Jasper stopped and apologised to me."

Her eyes were far away and Sky felt his whole body drop. This was worse than he thought.

So much worse.

"Apparently, his childhood friend had confessed the night before that she was in love with him and begged him not to marry me, but her instead. And he agreed."

Sky couldn't help himself as he pressed a shoulder against hers and felt her slump against him easily.

"So he told me, not in private but in front of all our family and friends and basically the entire village, that he'd realised he was in love with her and not me and that he wanted to marry her. She came out of the crowd and held his hand. It was like looking at two strangers."

She paused and Sky could feel the rage that had killed a god swell up in him and such great sorrow.

"I hope you punched him." Warriors murmured and Sky agreed silently.

She shook her head. "I was in such a state of shock that I didn't really do much. I ended up just... smiling...and... took off my veil, put it in her hair, gave her the bouquet and told them I wished them well. Honestly, it was a miracle I got out of the area without crying even if I did spend the next three hours sobbing in a nearby stable after I stole a horse."

Sky could envision it easily. The way she would slap on a small shaky smile to cover her hurt. Plucking the veil out and gently sliding it into the other faceless girl's hair. Pressing the flowers into her hands and the small gentle voice filled with sincerity. The tears swallowed until she was free from the crowd before streaming over her cheeks. Grasping that pretty white skirt and running until she could swing onto a horse and ride as far away as the horse could run.

It was heartbreaking.

She snorted bringing him back to the conversation. "That poor stablemaster had no idea what to do."

Sky leaned further into her, hoping she'd draw strength from his presence. He was furious at this man and he'd hope that he never meet Sky.

"I heard that they did get married, using my wedding. Jasper did pay me back my half of the costs for the wedding and our house. But they ended up leaving a few weeks later for a different village since a lot of people weren't happy. Even his mother, who liked her more than me, was angry on my behalf. She made me a lot of food."

She sighed and took a swig of her drink. "I left myself not long afterwards. I just... couldn't be that girl anymore. The poor pitiful girl who got left by her fiance at the altar. The girl who stepped aside gracefully even as her fiance married another woman at her wedding. I just couldn't be her anymore."

There was a silence as her words sunk in.

Sky fiddled with the photograph and then asked the question he was dreading. The happy smiling bride looked the same age as his friend.

"How long has it been?"

She titled her head and looked up at him with a sad smile. "Six months before I met you guys."

Not even a year ago. Sky wanted to punch something. He wanted to hold her close and swear he'd never hurt her like that. That he could never hurt her like that.

But judging from the barely healed look in her eye, it was too soon.

Sky wouldn't put that on her. He'd have to swallow his feelings for now, maybe forever so long as he wouldn't hurt her.

She bumped his shoulder and her smile turned happier. "Hey, I met you guys." She looked at the others and grinned at them. "I think it's a pretty good trade myself."

Time piped up, clearly unable to hold his own curiosity in. "Why keep the photograph?"

She shrugged. "I wanted a reminder. Of how easily things can change. Of who I was compared to now. That girl's world was so small compared to mine. She barely knew how the world worked. I have you guys and I've learned so much from travelling." She paused thoughtfully and grinned smugly. "Also I looked amazing."

Warriors saluted her with his own drink and a laugh. "Well said, my friend! And for that, I will concede defeat." He stood and left for the bar.

Twilight held up his drink. "Well, here's to a broken heart and the assholes who broke them."

She giggled and tapped her drink against his. "I thought you still liked her."

"Doesn't mean she wasn't an ass sometimes."

She laughed and slumped back into Sky's side easily. Time turned to Twilight and asked him to elaborate which turned into the story of how they couldn't stand each other at first when Sky spoke quietly into her ear.

"We've got your back. No matter what happens. You know that, right?"

She looked up at him with wide trusting eyes and leaned her cheek on his shoulder as she entwined her fingers in his.

"I know. I'm so very lucky to have such wonderful friends like you."

Sky swallowed before cautiously resting his own cheek on her head.

He knew he wouldn't confess to her, for a while or even at all. It was clear she still had issues, both with love and with trust and it would take a calmer time than what they had to work through those, but for now, he'd have this and pretend that wedding bells wouldn't haunt his dreams that night.

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