Scooter: Just a short one-shot that popped into my head when I played this side-quest in Majora's Mask today. I always did feel bad for Kafei but this just made it worse now that I actually completed the quest. ;-; I tried to make this sweet and emotional but I don't feel like I did very well. Anyway, enjoy either way.

Love Not Remembered

Sixty seconds left.

Link stood silently off to the side, watching as Kafei flung himself into Anju's awaiting arms and hugged her tightly. The Hylian was not paying attention to the rumbling beneath his feet, or to Tatl who made the observation that they were more like mother and son rather than lovers. All throughout his new journey that had started as a simple travel and became something more complicated, Link had had a feeling of foreboding hovering around him. Around Clock Town. Around Termina. Everywhere.

Fifty seconds left.

The newlyweds even knew that the moon was approaching Clock Town; they were probably the last remaining two (other than Link and Tatl) who were still in town. Not that it would change. If the moon crashed down, everything would be destroyed, not just Clock Town. Yet they stayed, wrapped in each other's arms.

Forty seconds left.

Link was snapped out of his thoughts as Kafei and Anju both held a silver-blue mask out to him. The young boy hesitated even though he somehow knew he had to take it with him. This was their mask. . . .! A combination of the Sun Mask and the Moon Mask had created the Couple's Mask and they were now giving it to him. On some level, Link did not want to even receive this mask, and yet he found himself moving forward to take it from them with a small, sad smile.

Thirty seconds left.

"Go." They told him. Slightly pained light blue eyes met with determined crimson and loving dark blue. "Take refuge somewhere. We will remain here . . . together."

Twenty seconds left.

They won't even remember anything. . . .! Link cried within his mind, not having budged from his position. He had been there in Anju's room to be a witness to their marriage; so that there would be proof that they had kept their promise and met, even though Kafei was not the same man he once was in appearance. Link was positive that he was the same man in every other way. He had not been afraid that Anju would not love him for his looks . . . he had been afraid to face her without the Sun Mask.

Ten seconds left.

This isn't fair! After everything that Kafei did to ensure that he could be with her and it all has to be taken away! Trembling hands stowed the Couple's Mask away along with his other masks and then brought out the Ocarina of Time. The ground was shaking more and more violently, and Link watched as the two lovers did not cower, but hold each other tenderly, knowing that they would not make it out with their lives.

Damn you, Skull Kid! I will make you pay for this!

His lips closed around the mouthpiece of the small, blue instrument. Just before he closed his eyes and played the song that would take it all back, he witnessed Kafei and Anju giving each other a soft, sweet kiss. Link's fingers began to move.

Five. . . .

It was over.

Four. . . .

They would not remember this moment.

Three. . . .

Their meeting would be forgotten.

Two. . . .

Yet Link knew that their love would live on.

One. . . .

The notes for the Song of Time rang through the Stockpot Inn, echoing off of the walls, echoing through time, and when Link next opened his eyes . . . he saw Kafei exiting the Laundry Pool to check the mailbox.

Scooter: I didn't really like this but I think my favorite part is the ending. Either way, I hope you enjoyed it! I'm working on chapter 6 of Thank You so don't lose hope on that one (speaking of which, I got one vote for Shadow being good, keep up the votes! XD)! That's still my main priority! Seeya next update!

~~Scooter~~