So I saw a post about ships meeting in an AU that had to do with a noisy alarm clock bothering the other.
Ample opportunity to write Twi and Zelda.
Beep Beep Beep
“Are you kidding me?” Zelda groaned, pushing her pillow closer to her face to block out the wretched noise.
Like clockwork, that infernal alarm would go off every day at 6 A.M. It’s piercing loud beeping never failed to wake the girl from a deep slumber. She hated that ability with every fiber of her being. Zelda always worked late, getting home at 3 A.M. from her job almost every day. Getting sleep was always a blessing, but now she barely got any because of that stupid alarm clock.
And it wasn’t even her alarm clock that was waking her up.
It was the neighbor down below in her apartment complex. Of course.
Whoever it was that lived on the floor in the apartment just under hers, they had moved in about 2 weeks ago. She never met the person but they were generally always quiet. They posed no reason to send in complaints until they started with that clock. On the second day, that’s when that dreadful noise started to wake her every day constantly.
It made Zelda honestly want to drop a huge boulder through her floor just to destroy that stupid clock. She barely got enough sleep, now she had to deal with this. Could they be even more unruly?
Zelda slowly but surely raised herself from the comfortable position she was in. A loud and angry growl escaped her throat as she rolled herself off the bed. Her dirty blonde hair was quickly put into a messy bun. She reached to the ground for her shorts and pulled them up around her hips.
The girl grabbed for the broom that was sitting up against her bedroom door. Zelda walked to her living room and scooted the coffee table to the side so she was directly in the middle of the floor. She held the broom up in the air with one hand, her right hand resting on top of her heart. Striking a heroic pose, Zelda’s voice boomed loudly above the screeching mechanic clock noise.
“BY THE GODDESS, I COMMAND THEE TO SHUT UP BEFORE I WALK INTO YOUR APARTMENT AND DESTROY THAT THING MYSELF!”
Zelda then began to pound the floor with a broom. Making valiant noises as she did which included a hyuah! Hyyya! Waaaaah!
The noise soon stopped as soon as she began and she too stopped as well. A small but masculine voice sounded from nowhere, startling the girl from her sleeping rage.
“S-Sorry! I’ll be going now!” The voice spoke. Rustling from down below filled the air.
Zelda curiously looked at the floor. She sat down slowly and pressed her long ear against the hardwood. She could hear what sounded like plates and pans clanging together then a noise that sounded like cereal maybe? Whatever it was, she was grateful that the noise had stopped and maybe she could at least get some sleep.
“Where ever you’re going, take that thing with you, I don’t want to hear it!” Zelda yelled back. She had no idea why, but she felt it rude not to respond to the voice down below.
She soon heard a chuckle and a slight tap against the ceiling, or floor in her case. “Sorry princess, I won’t let it happen again,” the voice said and like that, she heard a door close.
“Princess? You’ve got to be kidding me,” Zelda said before skulking her way back to her room.
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Beep Beep Beep
“Not AGAIN.”
Zelda practically spat the words out of her mouth. A small but firm fist slammed into the soft pillow beside her. She sprung from the bed, quickly donning a messy bun and shorts. But instead of going for her broom like she normally does, she went straight to her shoes.
She rushed to get the flats on to her feet, her fingers working fast to secure them. Low and bitter growls sounded in her throat as she walked to the door. Zelda opened it with all the force of a Goron working on a building down the street. The girl sped through the long hallway to the stairs, stomping down them to the floor below.
Zelda counted the doors but it took her no time at all to find her destination.
She could hear that infernal contraption.
The girl clenched her fist and rapidly banged it against the door to the downstairs neighbor. If one could see her now, some would say she looked meaner than a dragon with fire flowing from its mouth.
The idiot said they wouldn’t let it happen again. That the beeping would stop and she could actually get some sleep after a long day at the office. How could someone be so unruly? Were they born in a barn? Because no civilized society member would let this go on after hearing a complaining neighbor every day.
The door swung open and Zelda immediately stood still.
It was a boy, or, man? He had sparkling dark blue eyes and beautiful dark blonde hair much like hers. His face beautifully structured like that of a painting. His ears were pointed just like hers, but they were pierced with a round blue earring. He was dressed in a tight green t-shirt that was ripped at the sleeve. His dark brown pants were ripped and tattered, but still wearable to his standards she guessed. He wore a green beanie the same color of his shirt, hair tucked neatly into it.
This was the man who constantly woke her up with his annoying clock. This… He was rather handsome wasn’t he?
Zelda shook her head and instead got close to the unknown man. She stuck a finger out to him, a mere inches away from his nose.
“What happened to ‘I won’t let it happen again, princess?’“ Zelda spoke angrily, but distracted nonetheless.
The man only smiled. A dopey and stupid smile might she add. He raised a firm and tight muscled arm behind his hand, his fingers scratching the back of his head slowly. His smiled rolled over into an embarrassed look given to the girl.
“I-I’m sorry. I totally forgot about the alarm when I went to bed last night. Work just keeps me rather busy,” The man said in a nervous tone. He bit his bottom lip, hoping the girl would forgive him.
What in the world was with that look?...
Zelda shook her head once again and crossed her arms. She blew air out past her lips forcefully and closed her eyes, hoping not to get distracted once again.
“You promised. Do you have any idea what that stupid beeping does? It wakes the deputy mayor every day! And she doesn’t get enough sleep because of that job! It’s already stressful enough because I’m just trying to do right by the people, I don’t need some beep beeping noise making things worse!”
The girl was practically screaming at the boy but she was soon caught off guard.
A cat had jumped onto his shoulder. A black and white cat with a bright orange color perched itself next to the boy’s head. It mewled softly; it’s piercing yellow eyes staring at the girl. Zelda looked to the boy who gave the cat a smile. “It’s alright, Midna. We’ll be leaving for the shelter soon so you can play with Fi and Darunia.”
“Shelter?” Zelda interrupted as she stared at the cat named Midna. A perfect name for a cat like that she guessed.
“I work at a cat rescue. Every day, I wake up so I can take care of the cats there and go searching for abused cats around the city. Midna accompanies me because she’s a bit bossy but she likes the company of the other cats.” The boy spoke softly, his hand reaching to scratch the black and white cat behind the ears.
Well didn’t Zelda feel like a terrible person.
Handsome and a caretaker for abused animals, and she yelled at him every day for two weeks. Nice going, Zel.
She dropped the attitude immediately. Her hands clasping together in front of her and gave him an apologetic smile. “I had no idea,” she said, her way of saying sorry she guessed.
“No one really does, I mean, I don’t look like a worker. I look like a boy who has pictures of goats in his house… So maybe that’s true.”
Zelda giggled softly, raising up and covering her mouth with a clasped hand. The boy chuckled along with her, looking to Midna who looked none too amused.
“Well… I better get some sleep and you better get to work. Oh! I never caught your name, mine is Zelda.”
“Link, and that’s a really pretty name.”
Zelda blushed slightly but she quickly rubbed her cheeks in hopes to do away with the embarrassing look. “T-Thank you… I hope you two have a good day at work. And again, I’m sorry for being a pest to you in the mornings, but maybe get a quieter alarm?”
“Agree and none taken about the pest part. To be honest, your voice was always the thing I woke up to hear.”
The blush came back with a vengeance but this time she couldn’t just wipe it away. Zelda stumbled back slightly, nodding her head as she started to walk away. “Then I’ll be sure to scream at you in the mornings some more if I happen to wake up early again.”
“I’d like that, and hey, maybe if you’re up to it, I can bring you to the shelter sometime?” Link asked Zelda as she reached for the door to the stairs.
Zelda nodded once more, a small bashful smile painted across her face.
“I’d like that; it’s a date then, goat boy. Just fix that stupid alarm first.”
