Wants

Link was the ideal partner… tooideal.

Anything he wanted, Link got or did.

The spontaneous gifts were always too good to be true.

Link spoiled him.

But anytime he tried to spoiled Link, the other only said:

"Just stay with me. That's the only thing I desire."

And Kafei was beginning to realize just what Link meant…

And he didn't like where it was going.

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The kiss had shocked him.

Completely and utterly, and before he could even fathom a reply, Link had disappeared and he thought he heard the faint sound of wings moments later.

Kafei was not a sheltered person, so it hadn't shocked him that a male kissed another male. He had heard of such relationships before, and it didn't bother him.

What had shocked him, is that it was Link of all people.

The one who wanted nothing. The one who needed not. And to suddenly come out in the blue and kiss him?

He was just too much in shock to even feel anything.

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Over the next few days, Link had not shown up. And while Kafei was concerned, he wasn't particularly worried. He knew Link could take care of himself.

He did miss his presence however.

He missed seeing that shade of green around the town, and beside him. He missed their ridiculous game.

He missed Link.

The one person he could actually talk with on an equal level.

But he did notice that a strange Zora had come into town. People were saying it was Mikau.

But that wasn't him. Kafei knew the Zora guitarist. And he didn't wear green skirts. He needed to investigate.

"Y-Young Master! You cannot enter the bar!"

"Relax Bar Tender. I am only here to ask my good friend Mikau a question. I will not drink. I know the law. And I've already seen people drinking before, so you cannot shield my eyes from that. I was of age once before." And with that, he pushed his way on through, leaning against a wall, waiting for a time to approach his friend. Or the person taking up the façade of his friend.

When the opportunity came along, he quickly seized it. "It's been awhile, has it not, Mikau?"

"Kafei!"

"How is your family coming along? How old would they be now? Four? Five?"

"Ya man." That voice was so nervous. And why was he avoiding looking at him. "They've got music in their veins. Ya shoulda seen 'em when dey hatched!"

"Quit the act. Who are you." He demanded and placed an arm on one side of him. "And where is the real Mikau? It has been years and I know that fatherhood would not have kept him from contacting his close friends. Not to mention that I heard shortly after the trouble with the moon that the Indigo-Go's had disbanded."

"You were… shit." A sigh escaped the impostor before he held his wrist and took him out of the Milk Bar, and took him to the North end of town.

"Mikau's… he's dead." The words came out once his arm was let go. "He died trying to save his children."

"Wh-What?" Kafei had to shake his head. His friend – dead? "No… he can't be."

But they were telling the truth.

They both knew that.

There was a moment for Kafei to absorb the information before the other lifted his hands and something magical happened.

Where the Zora once stood, Link was in their place, a mask in his hands.

"This is what he left behind."

"L-Link!"

"I am sorry Kafei… if I knew he was your friend, I would have never worn his mask."

"Why did you even feel the need to wear a mask at all!" He exclaimed, lifting up his winter hat and ran his hand through his hair. "I wondered where you had went."

"Y-You're not angry?"

Kafei sighed and shook his head. "The only thing I am upset about that you did is that you impersonated my friend." His eyes fell and he sighed again. Mikau was dead. And he didn't know until now…

"But you like girls, and I knew that and I still…"

He was ready to groan again, but he saw how scared and guilt-ridden Link looked, and he remembered what Link had said.

There… is something I do want…

His expression fell and he embraced Link. "Oh Link, it is alright to want something. Wanting something is something that keeps you alive. Wanting is completely natural." He lifted up Link's face to look into his eyes, and he could see it. That spark of life and desire that he had been looking for this entire time.

And for the first time in a long time, he felt his chest swell with emotion.

"And I think I might want it too."

.xxx.

But he wanted to hope otherwise.