7




The school week passed by quickly, and soon it was the weekend. Robin has told Zelda about his "work out plan" as he called it, and she gladly agreed and even joined in too. They even told their plan to Claude, and he agreed almost immediately. So that Saturday morning, the three of them went to the gym and had a little training session. To say the least, it was exhausting. Robin could barely stay on the treadmill, no matter how much Zelda and Claude encouraged him. He also learned something. They both have very nice bodies, and seeing them made him realize just how out of shape he was.

After a couple more hours, they decided to leave and keep this schedule going everyday before school start on week days, and early in the morning on weekends. Robin wasn't too excited about the idea of waking up early, but he brought this upon himself.

Once they got back to the dorms, he collapsed on his bed, heaving a heavy sigh. He was sweaty as hell, but he didn't really care. He just wanted, no, needed to lay down.

"You did great!" Zelda said. "You should go take a shower though."

"I know, but I'm tired," Robin said. Zelda sighed and took a bottle from her bag. Robin raised his head a little and saw her taking a pill from that bottle. "Are those vitamins?"

"Huh?" Zelda said. She looked at the bottle and the realization hit her. "Oh, yeah. I'm kinda low in vitamin D since I don't go out often."

"Oh, I should buy some too," Robin said quietly.

"When are your glasses coming in by the way?" Zelda asked as she took a seat on one of the office chairs.

"Later today I think, if not tomorrow," Robin said.

"You sure you don't wanna stay with the contacts?"

"Yeah, I forget they're there a lot and I've ended up almost sleeping with them on like four times," Robin said.

There was a ding next to him, so he took his phone out and checked his messages. It was from Lucina. He sat up from his bed immediately, which shocked Zelda enough that it nearly made her drop her water bottle. When Robin read her message, he couldn't stop wheezing, but not like he was laughing, no like he legit couldn't breathe.

"Are you okay?" Zelda asked.

"Lucina just asked me out," Robin wheezed.

"WHAT?!" Zelda said, a wide grin on her face. She climbed up the steps to his bed and took his phone out of his hands while letting him rest his head on her shoulder. She read what she texted him and her grin faltered. "I thought you meant asking you to be her boyfriend, not to got out for tea. But hey at least you two will be alone."

"But what about Palutena-"

"Palutena doesn't really care about anything, she does hate it when people drop her mid conversation to talk to someone else," Zelda said. "That's why she was kinda mean when we met her."

"Oh, but still-"

"Go take a shower and get ready, you have a date," Zelda said, booping his nose.

"Fine."

***

He stood outside the cafe's entrance, right where Lucina told him to meet her at. He'd been waiting for a couple of minutes, but he didn't mind since he did get there early. He saw her running up to him with a wide smile, but something didn't feel right. He noticed her eyes were a little red and her face was a little puffy. Had she been crying before this? He should ask, but, should he? Maybe it was something personal, so he shouldn't. But now he was worried about her.

"Robin, hey! Sorry this was so sudden," Lucina said once she caught up to him.

"No it's okay, I don't mind," he smiled. "Should we go in?" Lucina nodded and he opened the door for her, then went in himself. They found some seats and ordered their food. He kept stealing glances at her every, well, two seconds when he was looking at the menu. She was still smiling, yet it just didn't match her. He should ask her.

"Um, Lucina?" Robin said. She looked up at him with a smile. "Um, I've just been kinda anxious about this, so I just wanna get it cleared up."

"What is it?" Lucina said.

"Uh, well, is Palutena okay with this? I mean, I don't want her to get the wrong idea or anything," Robin said, getting quieter with each word once he noticed Lucina's surprised face. That was probably wrong of him to ask, he shouldn't have asked. Robin you dumbass idiot, you just made everything awkward.

To his surprise, Lucina chuckled. "Damn Zelda already told you, huh? Well you don't need to worry, we broke up today."

He blinked. Oh. Maybe Zelda did jinx it that one time. Or maybe she saw into the future. He started feeling bad, like, really bad for asking that now. 

"O-oh, I'm sorry, are you okay?" Robin asked.

"I will admit I cried a little, that's why my face is puffy, but we both decided it was for the best. We didn't want out relationship to ruin our friendship, especially since people started talking about us behind our backs and there was a sense of distrust in the air. We're still friends though, so no need to worry!" She smiled widely. "We both agreed to it, and we're very happy being just friends." 

She really did seem happy, and now that she explained that, he felt more relieved. "Alright, I'm right here if you need me, you know."

Lucina smiled warmly. "I know, thank you. I'll be there if you need me too, so don't hesitate."

Robin nodded, and they spent the rest of their day talking away they're worries.


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