I Wrote This Little Marlink Fluff While Listening To Link And Marin's Ballad Of The Wind Fish!! It's

i wrote this little marlink fluff while listening to link and marin's ballad of the wind fish!! it's too short for ao3 so i'll put it here

Link’s hands drift across the ocarina holes as he lightly blows into the instrument. Besides him, Marin sings, joining him in harmony. Her voice goes effortlessly high, dazzling him as always, and he almost stops playing accidentally. She giggles as his notes slip up for a second, then continues without a thought.

“You’re getting better!” She comments as they finish. Link shrugs, bashful. He really only thinks he’s good at Manbo’s Mambo, because he uses it so much to get around the island. And compared to Marin’s singing, his off-tune Ballad of the Wind Fish really is nothing.

Marin pokes his cheek. “Hehe, you’re blushing.” Oops.

“Your singing is way better,” Link protests. Marin shrugs.

“All I do is sing, though,” She says. “And Ballad of the Wind Fish was the only song I knew until you came around.”

I could listen to you sing all day, Link thinks. Marin stutters and blushes, and he suddenly realizes he said that out loud. “I-I mean-”

“Y-you…!” Marin turns away, face red. “Ahhh… I don’t know what to say to that, Link…!”

Link laughs, nervous and quiet. Marin puts her hands on her cheeks.

“W-Well,” Marin eventually continues. “You go off on adventures, and do all this cool stuff, and get all these cool things…! And I’m just… a girl from an island who sings a lot! So, um… I think you’d have better things to do than listen to me sing all day, haha!”

“Dungeons aren’t fun,” Link mumbles, twisting his hair around his finger. “I like being around the village more.”

“Pff,” Marin snorts.

Link looks to her. “Hm?”

“It’s just… we seem to both want to do what the other does!”

“Yeah, I guess so,” Link smiles. “I like adventuring, though.”

“And I like my village,” Marin replies. “I just… also want to go explore sometimes!”

Link nods. He lifts up his ocarina again, wiping spit onto his sleeve. Marin makes a face at that, then shifts her gaze to Link’s face.

“Do you want to play again?” She asks, and he nods. “Alright!”

Marin starts the song, and Link joins in soon after. He feels happiest when he’s around her, especially when they play music together. He could do this forever.

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