Breath of Another World (BOTW Link x Reader)

Goron City

(Art by lundeanette - sorry I have no idea wha5 your Wattpad @ is ^^;)

As to why this chapter was so late... I'll explain at the end of it. I haven't been slacking off, so don't worry, but I still think you all deserve an explanation on what's been going on with me. But until then, please enjoy.

The mountain stilled itself after the Divine Beast ceased its racket. Like Ruta and Medoh, its cry shook me to the core, but I tried my best to stay brave despite it. At least this time it wasn't thousands of feet above ground, right? Continuously telling myself that, I turned to Link to ask him if he was ready to head into the City. However... When I saw his deep, almost sad frown as he gazed upon the volcanic mountain, I opted to ask a different question instead.

"Link?" I rested a gentle hand on his shoulder "Are you alright?"

He blinked himself out of his daze and looked down at my hand, his lips curling upwards when his eyes trailed up my arm to meet my gaze. He nodded slightly, "Yeah, I'm okay... I just had a feeling..."

"A feeling?"

"Yup..." He glanced back up at the volcano "Well, it was more deja vu... but it felt almost as if somebody really important is waiting for me up there..."

"Somebody important?" I echoed "Do you think it's the next Champion?"

Link shrugged "Could be. I guess we can't be sure if we stand around here, can we?"

"Nope, and we also run the risk of our fire protection running out." I motioned to our limited bottles of protective goop, my nose scrunched to further express my distaste for the stuff "I really hope we can find an alternative while we're here..."

"Ditto. When we're done here, I'd like to live life without seeing one of these potions ever again." An overly exaggerated groan was shared between us, when Link pointed ahead to the entrance of Goron City, which a not so heavily armed Goron guarded with some sort of heavy mining tool. "In the meantime though, we should do what we always do, and talk to the people to get a better idea of what that... Beast has been doing."

His hesitation to mention the mechanical creature did concern me, but I think I had a small theory of what was going on. Each Champion we saved earned a different reaction from him, once he remembered his relationship with them in the past. So... Whoever this Champion was, they almost definitely had a considerably large impact on this boy, for him to already be feeling connections to them... I really hope he'll be okay after we save them.

I wanted to make sure he knew he didn't have to do this alone.

Biting my lip, I reached down to lightly wrap my index finger around his while trying to tame my fast coming thoughts, hoping it was enough to show he wasn't going to be alone. Link looked down in surprise, and I turned my head further away to hide my glowing face and worried that I'd taken the wrong action. What if this hurt his—

His hand pulled away from mine, which made my chest lurch with guilt and sting with rejection. However, I wasn't left in that state for long, as soon my entire hand was encased by his.

"You don't mind, do you?" He asked quietly, not really looking at me, rather just past my face "I prefer it this way..."

Internally screaming!

"It's fine with me..." I muttered shyly, only just peering at him through my hair. He smiled softly and gave my hand a small squeeze.

"Would it be too much of an insult if I called you nice?"

"Yes." This time I looked at him directly, face morphing into a sarcastic deadpan "How dare you."

He let out a surprised but amused snort "Okay then! Not doing that."