Tides

Tides





As water to the shore, so they were drawn together...

The young Princess Zelda stared in amazement at the kingdom of the Zora’s, known commonly as Zora's Domain. She had heard stories about it from Impa, but seeing it was far beyond what she had imagined. Her father was in a meeting with the King of the Zora, and though she had been told many times that she would one day need to handle such matters herself, they were, right now, far too boring for her, especially when there was so much to see. She was still just a child of eleven; her future was so far off in her eyes that it didn't even seem real.



Zelda turned away from the window and began to wander the hallways of the castle. She wanted to go out and see the city proper, but even though the Zora were generally good and trustworthy people, her father still forbid her to go traipsing about alone.



Zelda was nearly mesmerized by the beauty of the mural on the wall in front of her. It showed the members of the Zora royal family throughout the years, each one drawn in a soft, delicate lines that made them seem almost as if they were part of the waves that made up the background.



“Hey, you're the Princess from the land, right?”



The sudden sound of a voice broke Zelda out of the trance. She turned and saw a young Zora. From what Zelda could tell, based on the height and childlike features, the Zora was near her own age. Though she thought it was probably a girl, for a moment she was unsure of the gender, but soon enough she recognized she was right as she perceived the faintest hint of breasts just barely raising off her chest. This also confirmed her thought that this Zora must be around her own age, for Zelda's breasts had only just started their own nearly imperceptible growth, as well.



“Yes, I am. My name is Zelda. May I ask who you are?” Zelda asked politely, giving a small curtsy.



“I’m Ruto, Princess Ruto,” the girl said, putting her hands on her hips. Ruto approached Zelda, eyeing her up and down. “Hmm. This is the first time I’ve seen one of you land dwellers up close.” She stepped back.



“You look weird. All...peachy, and no fins or anything. But...weird in a nice way! Actually kind of pretty, in a way. A weird way!” she said with a small smile.



Zelda felt her face flush slightly. “Thank you.” She looked Ruto over a bit more closely. Her skin was a lovely mixture of light blues and subtle greens. Her figure was sleek and muscular, a fact that intrigued Zelda almost as much as the natural differences between Zora and human physiology. Zelda herself was only as athletic as a girl of her age and rank was expected to be, so seeing another girl her age whose strength and athleticism was so apparent was fascinating. Nearly transparent frills hung loosely off her arms and hips, giving her an elegance that complimented her frame nicely. Zelda wondered enviously what it was like to have them.



“You are very different, and very pretty, yourself,” Zelda said, and she couldn’t help but notice Ruto’s face growing a bit bluer for a second.



“T...Thanks,” Ruto said, sounding a bit less brazen than before.



“Anyways, how about I show you around? I know all the best places to see around here!” she said, grinning a bit.



Zelda nodded. “I would like that very much,” she said.



Ruto grabbed Zelda’s wrist and began to drag her along. Even though she was wearing gloves, Zelda couldn’t help but notice that the young Zora’s hand was very warm. Part of her had assumed that the aquatic people would be cold. But it wasn’t just the warmth that caught the young Princess off guard. There was a small tingle at the contact that was more mental than physical. Zelda couldn’t quite understand it, but touching Ruto's hand, holding it, felt nice in a way that no one else's hand ever had. Exciting, somehow.



“Since you’re a princess, too, I’ll show you something really special. Not even my father knows about, and he's the king!” Ruto said, turning back and smiling. "It's always been my special place, but maybe it should be a special place for princesses."



She led Zelda through several hallways and up and down a few sets of stairs, before finally coming to a dead end.



“Well, this certainly is an interesting wall,” Zelda teased playfully.



Ruto let out a small chuckle as she pressed her hand against the wall. The stone began to glow faintly, and after a few seconds the wall faded away, revealing a cave with a pool of water in it.



Ruto wasted no time in jumping into the pool. This brought Zelda, who had been gaping in amazement at the magically vanished wall, back to her senses. Zelda couldn’t help but be impressed by the grace of it, a perfect dive with no splash; in fact, barely even a ripple went across the surface. A few seconds later, Ruto popped back up.



“Come on in, it’s great!” she said, bobbing in place.



“Thank you very much for the offer, but my swimwear is still in my room. It‘s quite a walk back, and I'd probably get lost on the way, so I'll just watch,” Zelda said politely.



“Swimwear? What's that? You mean land people wear clothes even when they're swimming?” Ruto asked.



"Well, yes, of course..."



Ruto laughed gaily. "That's so silly! It's already silly enough to wear clothes when you're not cold out of the water, but clothes while you swim? You won't be able to feel the water as well! Why wouldn't you just be naked, instead?"



Zelda’s face went through several shades of red before settling on a brilliant crimson. "Um...I don't know...it's...it's not proper to be...naked...that's all."



"I really don't see why you land people think that. But listen, this is my kingdom, not yours. So pretend you're a Zora, just for now! And a Zora would never wear "swimwear" when she wanted to be in the water. Do you want to come in?"



Zelda looked down, blushing furiously still. The water had looked so cool and inviting, and it was so much fun to play in it and swim, and she really, really wanted to play and swim with her new friend. "Yes."



"Well, then, take that weird clothing off and come in!"



Zelda hesitated for a few moments, but she wanted to go in the water too badly. And anyways, she rationalized as she began to remove her long, white gloves, the Zora princess had asked her to come in--invited her! Invited her in, and though until this second she hadn't cared at all about her future position and duties, suddenly she had a strong belief that it was very important that she, as another princess, not turn down such an invitation. The gloves were followed by her shoes and stockings. Next she removed her head wear.



Ruto squeaked in surprise as Zelda's golden hair, long for her age, came spilling down. "You...you have fur! On the top of your head!"



"It's called hair," Zelda said, giggling. Ruto just nodded, her eyes transfixed on Zelda's golden tresses. She had found the land girl pretty, in her strange way, but this "hair," it was so much more. Ruto could not help but feel a certain jealousy for this beautiful feature of land people, just as Zelda had silently found herself wishing earlier that she, too, could have the lovely, elegant fins that Ruto possessed.



Zelda hesitated for a moment before undoing the back of her dress, which fell away easily.



Even though she had resolved to do as the Zora did, she still felt the need to cover her chest with her hands, blushing a bit. Her other hand unconsciously found its way down to cover her light pink panties. Ruto stopped swimming, and simply floated in place, staring at the girl in front of her. The Zora princess shivered a little, not entirely sure why. The water was not cold to her...



“Please, don’t stare like that,” Zelda said softly, feeling her body getting hot with embarrassment, as well as some other feeling that was getting stronger by the second.



Ruto quickly turned away. “Sorry,” she muttered, sinking down a bit. Being a Zora, she of course didn't think that looking at someone's naked body was a big deal, but...she felt a little embarrassed all the same, because normally it really was just looking. And she knew what she had been doing was staring, and that was different, and it was not just uncomfortable for Zelda, but Ruto felt strange for having done it. Strange for wanting to keep doing it. She felt uncomfortable and embarrassed herself, now.



Taking a deep breath, Zelda slipped her panties off, and gently stepped into the water. The pool was pleasantly warm, yet cool at the same time. The feeling of it relaxed the nervousness quite a bit. “You were right...this is wonderful,” she muttered in contentment as she submerged herself up to her shoulders.



Ruto turned around, now that Zelda was in the water. “I know. This place is great.”



Now that she was in the water, Zelda couldn’t help but marvel even more at just how elegant Ruto was. Zelda watched as the graceful Zora girl glided through the water effortlessly, her shape an elegant fluid of its own within the water, those entrancing fins spreading, pushing, catching every slight watery movement. The amazing thing was that Zelda could tell Ruto wasn't trying to show off or anything; she was just swimming casually, art in motion without even trying.



“Beautiful.”



The word slipped out so easily that she almost didn’t realize it, until Ruto stopped mid-stroke and looked toward her, blushing sea green. For a moment their eyes met, and this time it was Zelda's body that felt a strange shiver shoot through it.



“Th...Thanks,” Ruto said, looking away for a moment. She gently moved toward Zelda. “If you want, I can give you some tips...you won’t get as good as I am, of course, I'm the best swimmer I know! But you’ll probably be better than any other land dweller out there.”



Zelda imagined herself gliding through the water with elegant power, so natural that it seemed like the most graceful dancing. "Yes, please! That would be wonderful!"



As Ruto got closer, Zelda could feel her body getting hotter and hotter. Ruto positioned herself behind the young Hylian princess. “Now, I’m going to hold you,” she said, her usual confident tone shaking a bit.



The moment of contact was electric. Ruto’s hands were just as warm as Zelda had thought, but there was something else that stood out; the feel of tiny scales created a slickness that made it almost hard to tell the difference between her skin and the water around them. It was as though the pool itself was gently touching her.



Ruto’s hands slowly moved along Zelda’s waist, and then gently down her hips. For some reason, it made Zelda want to...to make a sound, like a whimper, but different. But she fought to keep from making it. “Just shift your weight a bit,” Ruto said, softly pressing a bit against Zelda’s hips.



“Like...like this?” Zelda asked as she let her body relax. As she did, Ruto’s hands continued to move along her small frame, one inching down her leg before coming to rest near her thigh, the other continuing up her torso, stopping just below her ribs.



“Yeah, that’s perfect,” Ruto said, her fingers twitching lightly. The sensation of the small movements was...it did something to her, sent a shiver through her. It wasn't like normal shiver, though, it was like...like a good feeling that jumped through her skin. It made her jerk slightly. Ruto didn’t loosen her grip for a second.



“Are you alright?” she asked, concern clear in her voice.



“Yes, I’m fine,” Zelda said meekly. “But perhaps I should get out of the water for a while.” She kept her face turned away from the other princess as she spoke. She wasn't sure why, but she felt...embarrassed by it.



“Alright.” Ruto released her gentle grip, a small sigh escaping as she did. Zelda, too, felt like sighing at the loss of the contact.



Easily enough Zelda swam to the edge of the pool and lifted herself out, her long blonde hair cascading with water as she did. She hoisted herself onto the edge and began to brush her hair with her fingers. As Ruto watched from the pool, she couldn’t help but marvel at the sight of alabaster skin and golden locks, so different from the blues and greens of her own people, who were so smooth and streamlined. Zelda’s hair in particular fascinated her; it had the same brilliant color as the sun, and the way it moved made her think of the ripples of sunlight dancing at the surface of the water when she was deep down.



“I-I know this might sound strange but, may I touch your hair, please?” Ruto blurted out, surprising both Zelda and herself. But Zelda answered with a simple nod of her head, sending another ripple through the very hair in question. Ruto swam to the edge of the pool and easily lifted herself out of the water, sitting next to Zelda. Slowly she reached out and caught a few strands of it between her fingers. She gently twirled it around.



“It’s strange,” Zelda said softly. Ruto quickly pulled her hand back.



“What is?!” she asked, completely caught of guard. Had she done something wrong?



Zelda looked surprised at Ruto's reaction, and then smiled. "Oh, it's nothing you were doing, don't worry. I was just thinking it's strange, how similar yet different our people are.” She cocked her head slightly to look at Ruto, their eyes meeting.



“Our bodies look so much alike, and yet...” She raised an hand and gently placed it on Ruto cheek. Both girl’s blushed at it, in very different colors. Each sat in silence for several seconds before Zelda pulled her hand away. "And yet we're so different...our skin's different colors; in fact, you don't even have skin, you have really tiny scales...the hair, the fins, the head shape...so many things. And still...so different, but so...alike."



"Hey, speaking of different things, can I ask you something?" Ruto said bluntly, ruining the philosophically poetic mood Zelda’s words had set. She pointed at Zelda's chest, where soft pink nipples had slightly hardened from the now cooling water that still clung to her body.



At the sudden visual attention, Zelda covered her chest for a moment. This didn't discourage Ruto's curiosity, though. “What exactly are those two little bumps?” she asked blinking once.



For several seconds Zelda stared at her in an almost disbelieving way. “Are you...serious?” she asked. Was Ruto teasing her, or something?



Ruto nodded. “Completely."



“They are...they're called nipples,” Zelda said.



Ruto waited for a moment, still staring at the two spots that Zelda was using her arm to cover. Then she said, "Okay, nipples. But what are they? Do they do something? Or are they just there for looks, like your hair? I hope it's not just that, because your hair is amazing, but they don't really look special."



Zelda blushed at the Zora's praise of her locks. Slowly, a bit reluctantly, she lowered her arm so that Ruto could continue to look at them. She was only curious, after all. "Well...when girls grow up and become mommies, they use them to feed their babies,” she said, feeling strange explaining something that seemed like such common knowledge. But of course, the Zora lacked the same feature, so it made sense that Ruto wouldn't know.



“Really, that’s what they're for?” Ruto asked sounding rather surprised. "How? Do the babies eat them? Doesn't that hurt?"



"No, no," Zelda told her. "Girls grow breasts as they get older, and inside the breasts, there's milk. The milk, it, um, it comes out of the nipples when the babies get hungry, I think." She didn't clearly remember everything about the talk that Impa had had with her a few months before, but that was the gist of it.



"Oh," Ruto said. She was still staring at Zelda's nipples, but now she was doing so with less curiosity and more like they were a little gross, but intriguing at the same time. "That's weird. So weird! You land people are really, really weird!"



Zelda nodded and giggled. "I think it's weird, too!" she confessed in almost a whisper. "But what about you? I saw some Zora women this morning when we arrived, and they had breasts. Why don't you Zora have nipples? That's weird, too!”



Ruto gave her the same quizzical look that she had received only a few moments ago. “They're for breathing, of course. They have...they're like a second set of lungs, sort of. They hold extra air, and when we drink water, some of it goes into them and they take air out of it. That way we can stay under water for a long time, because we have extra air, and because we can get a little extra air from drinking while we're under."



“Then why do only women have them?” Zelda asked, determined to find some way that Zora breasts could be as weird as human ones.



“Because we need to stay underwater longer to take care of our eggs,” she said, as if any idiot should know. "That's why we only grow them when we get old enough to have eggs."



Zelda pouted a little that she'd won the weird contest. Ruto didn't seem to notice. "So, can I touch them?" she asked with casual curiosity.



Zelda's arm shot up and covered her chest once again. "N-No!"



Ruto drew back, surprised that what seemed like a natural question would get such a response. Zelda had not objected to Ruto touching her hair, after all. "Oh...okay. S-Sorry. Why not?"



Zelda blushed fiercely. "Um...they're, they're private. They're a part of a girl that other people aren't supposed to touch," she explained, saying almost word for word what Impa had once told her.



"Why not?" Ruto asked, more curious than ever.



Zelda's blush grew even more, because she was embarrassed to admit, "I...I don't know. That's just...how it is."



Ruto let her hands drop to her sides, and moved back from Zelda a little. "Okay. I'm sorry?"



They sat and said nothing for a few minutes. The air was awkward between them. Ruto knew she had crossed some line without meaning to, and she felt bad about it, and didn't want to say or do anything else that might also upset her new friend. Zelda also felt bad, because she knew her reaction had made her new friend feel bad, and now everything felt wrong. And worse still, it was all for some reason that Zelda didn't even know! Impa wouldn't tell her WHY she shouldn't let people touch her there when she had asked, just implied it was something that only a bad person would try to do.



But Ruto wasn't bad! She was nice, and fun, and the first friend of Zelda's that had treated her like...well, like a real friend. Zelda had met other children, children of important people in the kingdom, and her father and Impa often referred to those children as Zelda's friends, but they'd never been the same, they just seemed to treat Zelda the same as anyone else did, like a princess. Ruto was Zelda's first friend...and right now, this situation felt like it was a threat to that new friendship.



Zelda swallowed and dropped her arm. "Um, Ruto, if...I'm sorry for...you can touch them," she announced. She knew she was doing something bad, going against what she'd been told, but she didn't care any more. And maybe if she let Ruto touch her nipples, Ruto would let Zelda touch her fins. They were so very elegant and pretty, and Zelda was still spellbound by them.



Ruto slowly smiled. "Are you sure? It's not a big deal if you don't--"



"Yes. Go ahead."



Ruto reached out with one hand and very lightly brushed a finger tip against one of the small nubs. The moment she did, Zelda felt a shock go through her body. It was kind of like a static zap, only very pleasant, unlike anything she had felt before. The feeling caused her to let out a soft cry. Ruto jerked her hand back, nearly jumping away.



“Are you alright?! I'm sorry! Are you okay!?” she asked, almost in a panic.



Zelda said nothing for a second, trying to come to terms with what she had just felt. “Um, y...yes,” she said softly, breathing a little hard. “That...that felt really good..."



“It sounded painful,” Ruto said, looking at Zelda doubtfully.



“I don’t know how to explain it, but, it really did feel good,” Zelda said reassuringly. "I just...I guess I was surprised by how good it felt, so I made a noise."



"Okay...then...do you want me to touch them again, since they feel good? I didn't really get a good feel before..." Ruto asked, fidgeting a bit. Zelda hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Ruto put the fingers of each hand to work exploring her friend's small pink nips, which by now were standing out very hard and tall for their size. She rubbed them, flicked them a bit, and then withdrew her hands and shrugged. They didn't seem that special to her.



"Are you sure you're okay?" Ruto asked, noticing that Zelda's eyes were closed very tight and she was breathing very heavily. Her hands were balled up into fists.



"Y-Yes...fine..." Zelda managed to say back. "It just...felt so good..."



'Good' was such an understatement. It had seemed like a happy liquid fire was within her chest as Ruto had explored her buds, and even as she had found herself lost in that good feeling, she had become aware that there was something even better growing, something...lower.



Ruto sat back. "So why aren't other people supposed to touch them, if they feel good? I don't get it."



Zelda opened her eyes, coming back down to Hyrule as her pleasant sensations faded away. "I don't know. My nanny just told me other people weren't supposed to, that's all. That it was private. She made it sound like it would be...really bad, if they did," she explained, though truthfully she was as puzzled as the Zora princess. It had felt so nice.



Ruto got a thoughtful look on her face. "You know, that sort of sounds like something my father told me a couple years ago," she remarked. "He was explaining some stuff to me about growing up, and he said that my fins were for me and only me, and if any other Zora tried to grab them then I should get away from that person and tell a servant or guard. I figured it was because they seem so delicate, but I don't know...mine have always been really tough.



"What are they for, anyway?" Zelda asked. "I guess they must help you swim?"



"Oh, yeah, lots," Ruto replied. "They help me read currents, and change direction, and lots of stuff. Swimming would be really tough without them."



Zelda nodded, looking at the lovely appendages longingly. Ruto saw her look, and said, "I guess...since you let me touch you...you could touch my fins, if you want."



"Really?" Zelda almost squealed with excitement.



Ruto nodded. "Fair is fair..."



She held out her arm closer to Zelda. Just as slow as when Ruto had touched her, Zelda reached out and traced her fingers against the flap of skin. The feel of it was like the rest of her, smooth and warm, and yet ethereal, almost like water. As she traced her fingers along it, Ruto closed her eyes, breathing in short sharp gasps. Her entire body shook softly. What she had not yet learned was that Zora's fins, already a naturally over-sensitive body part out of necessity for being able to work with the subtlest of moods of water, were hubs of pleasurable nerve endings, just as a human woman's nipples. When Zelda began to tentatively squeeze the fin to test its density, Ruto let out a sharp cry just as Zelda had.



Zelda pulled her hand away and looked at Ruto. Seeing the look on her face made her realize why the Zora had been concerned about her, before--eyes clenched tightly, mouth half open in a cross between a smile and a frown, it was hard to imagine at first that she could be feeling anything but great pain. But Zelda recognized the cry as like her own, so she simply sat and waited.



Once she managed to regain her senses, Ruto murmured something so softly that Zelda could barely hear. “What did you say?” she asked.



“I get what you meant about it feeling good,” she said, grinning. Zelda smiled and nodded back. Somehow, it felt good to her that she had made her friend feel nice, as she had.



The two sat without saying anything for several seconds. As Zelda looked at Ruto, she could feel another tingle building up in her belly. It was like when Ruto had touched her nipple, but a bit different. And as she looked at Ruto, she could feel it spreading and getting stronger. Its location helped her to remember something else from her nanny's talk.



"What are you thinking about?" Ruto asked, seeing Zelda chewing her lip in what seemed like thoughtful apprehension, like she was thinking something but wasn't sure if she should share it.



“Well...I'm thinking about the things Impa told me. There was...there was another place she said was just as private,” Zelda said hesitantly.



Ruto's eyes widened as she remembered something similar. "Wait, yeah, my father did, too! It was...it was down..." Not comfortable with putting it into words, she pointed at down where her legs met.



Zelda nodded excitedly. "Yes, yes, mine's down there, too!" she said, regaining her confidence at knowing not only that Ruto was on the same page as her, but that they were physically alike in another way, a way that seemed important.



They looked at each other, and the special places in question, for a minute. Then they both tried to talk at once.



"So would you--"

"Do you want--"



They stopped, and suddenly burst into giggles. It was obvious they were thinking the exact same thing.



"I want to touch yours, do you want to touch mine?" Zelda offered, turning to her friend and opening her legs up to offer full access.



"Yeah, I was just gonna ask that! I bet this one feels good, too!" Ruto exclaimed back. Having gotten as far as they had so far without any negative consequences, and realizing they were both on the same page, all their nervousness had just seemed to melt away. All there was now was a sense of fun excitement, exploration of something new with a new but somehow very important friend.



They both gave each other a visual examination for a moment. Zelda was curious; Ruto's private place looked a lot like hers, except..."Yours doesn't have an open place, like mine."



"No, it does," Ruto replied, explaining. "But most of the time it's closed up really tight, to keep water out. Sometimes it opens a little, though. But it does it on its own; I don't really know how to make it."



After another moment of looking, both of them moved their hands towards each other's crotch. Zelda made contact first. Just as Ruto had said, there was a thin slit that she could feel running up and down, just where her own was. The feel of Ruto's spot was very similar to her own body...a bit slicker, but otherwise almost the same. Ruto gasped sharply as Zelda ran a finger along her slit. it was like the feeling of when her fin had been touched, but times a thousand! It was nearly overwhelming pleasure.



"OH! Oh, Zelda, oh, oh, that feels so good!" she could not help but say, although it was more like a keening moan.



Zelda smiled, happy that this was, indeed, another feel-good place, and happier still that she could make her friend feel this way. As she stroked her finger up and down, she was surprised to feel Ruto's slit begin to open. Its outer edges seemed flatter than her own. Watching it slowly open reminded her of the morning that she had once spent watching a flower bloom. Wondering if she could make it "bloom" further, Zelda sped up her strokes.



Ruto was trembling and whimpering now, her entire body assaulted by pleasure she'd never known could exist, and could not hope to describe. But she wanted to make sure that Zelda felt just as good, so Ruto pushed down the feeling as best she could and reached over. Her fingers brushed against the small mound around her crotch. The feel of Zelda’s skin was still strange to Ruto, smooth but not nearly as much as her own, but still very soft in a way that she hadn’t experienced before. Zelda flinched a bit as Ruto’s fingers gently slid along her, a small whimper escaping her lips. Now she was experiencing unknown delights, too.



The two gently ran their fingers up and down each other's slits for several minutes, taking almost as much enjoyment at hearing each other's coos and whimpers as they did from the pleasure they felt themselves. The pleasure just seemed to grow and grow, and the more they had, the more they felt like they needed more. Each girl was now softly rolling her hips, timing her movements with her friend's finger to get as much feeling as she could from each stroke.



Suddenly Ruto drew her finger away for a moment. Zelda let out a disappointed little cry. "What's wrong? Why did you stop? Please go back!"



Ruto was looking at her finger intently. "I'm sorry, I will, I promise. But Zelda, mmm, it's weird, my finger's all wet, and, oh, I'm sure it's not from the water," she said, trying to speak through her reactions to Zelda's actions.



Zelda drew her finger away to check, and sure enough, hers was also wet. "Mine too. Why is that happening?"



Ruto bent down and got a good look at Zelda's private area, still breathing heavily from what they had been doing. After a moment, she began poking against Zelda's slit, which of course made Zelda whimper in delight. "Hey, Zelda, there's...there's...it's a little thicker than water, but it looks like it. There's some of this liquid coming out of your...your open place." Seeing the horrified look on her friend's face, she quickly added, "It's okay, it's not pee or anything, I promise! Don't feel bad!" The look left Zelda's face.



Ruto leaned back, and Zelda leaned forward to get a look at her friend's. "I think it's happening with you, too. Why is that? Do you still feel alright?"



Ruto nodded. "I still feel better than I've ever felt. You?"



Zelda nodded back. "Yes."



Ruto thought for a moment, then said, "I wonder if it's supposed to mean something. Maybe we should try...try putting out fingers in there."



Zelda wasn't sure she liked that idea. "In there? But...what if it hurts? It's...it's inside us!"



Ruto shrugged. "Well, nothing has hurt so far, it's all felt wonderful. But we'll stop if it hurts, of course. I don't want to hurt you, I just want to make you feel good."



Zelda blushed. "Thanks...I want to make you feel the same way...but...can we do it together, then?" She was still a little scared about the idea, and having Ruto with her doing the exact same thing made her feel a little reassured.



"Of course!" Ruto smiled.



At the same time each of them ran their fingers along each others slit, and found the small opening. They stopped and looked each other in the eyes for a few seconds, before pressing forward slowly.



There was a slight pressure as Ruto’s finger entered Zelda. It was mildly uncomfortable for a second, but after that initial second it became pleasurable. The feeling of being stretched out and filled up at the same time was a completely different kind of pleasure than having her nipples touched, or even having the outer edges rubbed. It was deep, and satisfying, almost natural, as if it was something that had been missing from her life, and now that she had it, she didn’t want to release it any time soon. At the same moment she could feel Ruto’s warm, moist folds wrapping around her finger, pulling it in the way her own body was doing.



Both girl’s were silent, apart from a few moans and whimpers, as they gently moved their fingers inside of each other, each exploring, discovering the most intimate details of her friend. As Zelda looked at her friends' face, blushing brightly with her eyes closed, she couldn’t help but think of how lovely she looked.



“Ruto...” she said softly.



Ruto opened her eyes. “Wh...What?”



Lost in this amazing moment and barely conscious of what she was doing, Zelda leaned over and very lightly kissed Ruto on the lips. It was only for a second, but this sudden moment of new, deeper affection was enough to send both of them past the brink. At once both girls were struck by a wave of pleasure so strong that they both broke their lips' contact and screamed out loud, powerful spasms rocking their small bodies. Out of control with bliss they never knew existed, too overcome to even maintain conscious thought, neither one of them kept their finger moving, but the spasms that rocked them like tidal waves kept their bodies so in motion that just the act of riding it out maintained their pleasure, extending its length.



As it came to an end, the two girls fell back softly, and lay still, their only movement being unbelieving trembles and their chests moving up and down heavily. There were tears in Ruto's eyes, as the experience had overwhelmed her on every level, and Zelda couldn't blame her, feeling like she could burst into tired, happy tears any moment herself.



After a few minutes, Ruto quietly sniffled a couple times, and wiped her tears away, while Zelda politely pretended not to notice. Once she was content that she looked okay, she turned to look at Zelda. "That was...I don't know what happened, but it was the best thing that's ever happened to me!"



"It was like I just exploded, but, in a great way!" Zelda responded. Ruto nodded.



"Thank you," Ruto said, the heartfelt emotion clear in her voice. Zelda nodded, and said the same words back, in the same way.



“So...so why did you do that? At the end?” Ruto asked after a moment. Somehow saying the word "kiss" would make it too real, at least until she knew that was what Zelda had meant.



“It...it just...felt right," Zelda answered, smiling.



Ruto smiled back. “Yeah. It did,” she said. Slowly, giving Zelda all the time she needed to say no, she leaned over, and when Zelda said nothing, she gently kissed the land princess on the lips. There was no explosion of pleasure this time...but somehow it still felt just as good.



The two girls spent a few minutes longer lying on the ground, giving each other small kisses now and then, in between gentle touches of the other's body. This time there was no goal, no need for the touches...they simply wanted to enjoy the contact. After a while, Zelda spoke again. “Even though I hate to say it...I think we should leave, before either of our parents begin to wonder where we are,” Zelda said.



Ruto frowned. “I guess...” Truthfully, she was used to going missing for hours on end and driving her caretakers to distraction as they searched for her, but land people's princesses, she decided, must do things differently. She looked to Zelda. “But let’s meet up again tomorrow!” she said.



Zelda nodded eagerly and promised to do so. She put her clothes back on, and Ruto opened the wall up again. It took a while for them to return to the mural where they had met earlier.



“Princess, where have you been all this time?” Impa asked, walking into the room, a worried look on her face.



“Princess Ruto was just showing me around,” Zelda said, unable to hide a coy smile. Ruto had a similar grin. Neither were very good at hiding their thoughts--Zelda was inexperienced with causing mischief, and Ruto was the kind of little terror that delighted too much in causing trouble to try to hide it.



Impa raised an eyebrow at the expression, but said no more, hoping whatever games they had been playing would not cause diplomatic troubles. “That’s very good. Now come along, it’s very late, and you need to rest,” the caretaker said. Zelda gave a small bow to Ruto, and began to walk alongside her nanny.



“So you and Princess Ruto had a good day?” Impa asked.



“Yes, very much so! I can’t wait until tomorrow. We’re going to have even more fun!” Zelda said, thoughts of their afternoon together flashing in her head.



Impa frowned slightly. “As much as I wish you could spend more time with your new friend, I'm afraid we will not be staying another day.”



Zelda froze in place. “What?” she asked in a small voice.



“The Kings were able to settle matters far more quickly than anticipated, so we will be leaving first thing in the morning.”



Large tears began to well up in Zelda’s eyes. “N...No,’ she said, trying to blink back the tears.



Impa turned toward her. “Princess?” She was shocked to see Zelda react this way. The girl rarely wept.



Zelda shook her head. “I...I don’t want to go...I finally meet someone who I really like and, I, I don’t get to spend any time with her...it’s not fair...” Zelda swallowed hard. The tears were now flowing freely down her face.



Imp's face softened. She'd never have thought Zelda would hit it off so well with the Zora princess; Zelda usually did not seem to care much for children her age. She knelt down and drew her arms around the young princess, hugging her and murmuring gentle sounds into her pointed ears. As she let the girl cry against her shoulder, Impa resolved to try to make it up to her. Nothing could be done now; Zelda's father's schedule was set, meetings planned and promises made according to tomorrow's departure. But Impa could make sure that the king knew that his daughter would like to return here soon, and surely it would be easy to work out a visit every now and then. If nothing else, it would be a promising investment, for the two future queens to be close.



Zelda's tears eventually slowed and then stopped, though she was no less sad, and she and Impa went to her room, and made ready for bed.