Breath of Another World (BOTW Link x Reader)

Exposure

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Link POV
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"Y/N!"

Her form flinched as I called out to her, and Pan's head lifted from her hands to look at me when approaching. Y/N didn't move, her hair covering her face as a curtain... Biting my lip, I tried to disregard the image of her sad expression from my mind, in order to be able to face it for real. I slowed my jog into a walk and approached slowly, reaching out to rest a hand on her upper arm.

"You looked really upset back there... are you okay?"

A long, dragged out sigh escaped her lips. She didn't move away from my touch, barely acknowledged it in fact. She just slowly raised her head, her hair falling over her shoulders to reveal...

A... smile?

"Of course!" She said, a little too cheerfully as her lips curled up nearly to the edges of her cheekbones "You and Damia helped that girl, and defeated the bandits. Why wouldn't I be okay?"

Okay, that didn't exactly sit right with me... Y/N never spoke in a voice as high as that, not even when she's somewhat flustered. And, she completely dismissed herself when talking about the rescue... I frowned "You know we were only able to because you managed to hold them off."

"Oh pleaaaase, don't be so modest!" She scoffed with an exaggerated eye roll "I bet you guys would've done even better without me."

My eyes widened. What the... Why would she say that?

The sound of footsteps came from behind us, and we turned around to see Damia with a small smirk. It changed though, to a slightly confused smile when seeing Y/N's current unchanged expression "Y/N, you look more... cheerful."

"Yup!" She popped, hands on her hips "Good work knocking those buffoons out by the way, Dami!"

Prideful smirk returning, the Sheikah flipped his bangs and shrugged "Well I aim to impress. It was nothing compared to what you did, though."

"Oh please, I didn't do anything!"

"Being modest won't change what I saw, you were—"

"No, really." All of a sudden, her voice held no emotion. Yet her smile was still wide "I did nothing worth your praise."

It took a moment for Damia to process her words, but when he did his face fell to the most confused, and even upset frown I had ever seen. His eyes travelled to me, staring at me for some kind of clarification. But I couldn't give him any... I was just as confused as he was. Y/N cleared her throat and turned around, jumping up onto her horse's saddle.

"Come on! We have a forest to find, as well as Damia's clients!"

"Uhhh... right."

"Alright..."

This definitely was not normal...

As she kicked Pan into a walk on, I felt a firm hand grasp my shoulder, causing me to wince from discomfort "What did you say to her...?"

And just as I thought Y/N had the most surprising voice change... Damia's was lower and more spine chilling than anything I'd ever heard. He was legitimately angry, obviously because he thought I said something completely out of line. I turned to him instantly.

"Nothing! All I did was ask if she's okay, she was already acting that way, I swear!"

Oh dear Hylia, please stop making that face!!!!

Damia's eyes narrowed as they stared right into my soul, sending more shivers through my body. However I remained still, looking back at him to show I had nothing to be guilty for... And it worked.