It was a warm summer day when Link made his way back to the kokiri forest. Instead of returning to the past as Zelda had wanted, he stayed in the future to help her and after 2 years of hard work the kingdom was back to normal more or less and Link was actually betrothed to the princess.
In a odd way that was part of why he was going to the woods today, he wanted to get the blessing of his semi mother Saria about the union.
(Link of course knew that Saria wasn't his real mother, but having raised him from a baby, and changing his diapers all those years, she certainly qualified in Link's mind.)
Just how long she HAD been changing his diapers was a sore point for the hero of time, as he'd been a total failure at potty training till he was 7..And even then had still been fighting bed wetting until a few weeks before he'd started his quest.
(actually when Saria had run up to talk to him that morning she'd been coming over to see if he'd kept his bed dry.)
Today however such thoughts were pushed out of his mind as he left Epona at the entrance of the forest and left the horse go and do whatever it did when he wasn't around, as the beast got uneasy around all the kokiri who crowed it not used to seeing horses.
Saria was waiting for Link with a smile on her face even as she tried to resist the urge to introduce Mido to her fist, a familiar urge of course but one that was winning as Mido whined on and on about how he had wanted to hang out with Saria.
"I'm just saying, he shows up here acting like some sorta big shot and well..I'm a big shot too!" Mido whined.
"..Mido you guarded part of the path to the forest temple. Link saved the world from Gannondorf." Saria pointed out, rolling her eyes.
"exactly! I was a big help!" Mido huffed and puffed out his chest.
"Mido?" Saria said and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Go home before I have to give you anther black eye please."
Mido huffed, but stormed off, muttering about how he was leaving because HE wanted to, as Link came into view.
"There's my little guy!" Saria coo'ed and held open her arms for a hug.
"Heh..not so little anymore Mom." Link said, bending a knee to get down so she could give him a big hug, both of them smiling.
"Hush now, you're not too big I can't still take you over my knee." Saria scolded playfully and reached around to give link's bottom a playful swat.
Link played along and winced.
"oh nooo, not a spanking!" he chuckled, then got back up and as they headed for Saria's house instinctively reached out and took her hand, with her leading the way.
'amazing how after everything I've been though, and how much i tower over her she can make me feel like a Lil kid again with such ease.' Link mused to himself.
'amazing how no matter how old or big he gets, Link's still such a little guy.' Saria mused.
Of course from her Point of view, while she knew that link had saved the world and was a very capable fighter.. she mostly interacted with him when he came home due to the limitations of her race.
Thus she knew him best as a silly big goofball.
"So, what brings you around? the carrier you sent just said you had important news for me." Saria said as the made it into her home, and Link dropped his travel bag.
Now more indoors though Saria noticed that link frankly smelled, though anyone who'd ridden all day on a horse was expected to have a certain funk to them.
"Well see-"
"Hold that thought. somebody needs a bath." she said and held her nose, but smiled.
"uh..oh yeah..ehehe..Guess I am a little ripe." Link said sweat dropping. "I'll just go hop in a river and-"
"No need! I finally broke down and got a tub installed in the house." Saria said, grinning ear to ear.
she had been the first to semi get indoor plumbing (well OK, it just went out a tube to a ditch behind her house) and was now the first with a indoor tub.. and looked proud as heck about it.
"Oh neat! I bet Mido is turning green with envy!" Link chuckled and Followed Saria up the steps.
"oh you know it. he tried to get one for his house but couldn't get the sage discount.. then he spent like a week running around in the tall grass trying to find rupees. by the time he got a tub installed it was barley big enough for him and he was too pooped to complain." Saria snorted, then added "Watch your head Linky, the second floor is more my height."
Link had not forgotten that fact, as he was already hunched over but smiled at the warning.
"Thanks mom. heh.. maybe I should just start crawling when on the second floor." he joked.
"...don't offer something that adorable up if your not gonna do it." Saria said with a wink and a smirk, then lead link to the bathroom.
Looking at the toilet and the tub in the bathroom, link tried to hid his disappointment as neither was terribly big but then again they were made for Saria's size.
"You'll have to activate the fire spell runes to warm up the water, and that'll take about 10-15 minutes depending on how hot you want your bath." she said and nodded to the markings by the tub.
"Uh..thats gonna be a problem.. had to use up alot of my magic getting here, ran into some left over moblins." Link groaned.
having to take a bath without being able to lay down unless he wanted his legs over the side of the tub as it looked like, and now a cold one was NOT going to be fun.
"well I guess I can stay inhere and warm it up for you." Saria said and smiled, then noticed the look on Link's face. "oh don't give me that! I've wiped your poopy butt, you don't got anything I haven't seen before!" she scolded, hands on her hips.
"I..well..uh..Just.." Link whined and squirmed.
"Pffft..Your too easy. I can just get the tub filled for you and then leave the room while you get naked and soak. just don't take so long that you need me to warm the tub up Little guy." she said laughed.
"...that wasn't funny!" Link huffed and looked pouty.
"Yes it was and you know it." she laughed.
after scrubbing himself clean and draining the tub, Link had to admit he felt like a new man and as he dried off he went to grab his clothes.. only to notice that they were gone.
'I swear..she's like a little ninja.' he though with a sulk and wrapping the soft towel around his waist Link made his way downstairs.
Saria was sitting at her table, enjoying a glass of berry juice and having a mischievous look on her face.
"I don't suppose you know where my clothes are do you mom?" Link asked sarcastically.
"well if i had to guess, some kind and wonderful lady who fancy's herself your mom thought what good would it do to have you go and take a bath if you were just going to put on your smelly clothes afterwards, and talked Mido into washing them in exchange for a date at some point." she said and sipped her drink.
"whattt? why would you go on a date with that little twerp?" Link huffed then shook his head. "And what am i suppose to wear while i wait for doofus to finish washing and drying my clothes?" he added.
"...I had assumed that you had packed a change of clothes." Saria said, then got a sheepish look on her face as Link blushed and looked at the ground. "Notttt so much huh?"
"I uh.. brought extra rations of sweetmeats and those pastry's you liked.. and a few health potions.." Link said in a small voice.
"Well uh..it's not like i just have clothes in your size laying around here..well, mostly." She said and rubbed the back of her head.
"..Mostly?" Link asked.
"Welll uhhh..know it's been awhile since you spent the night..but if you had ever decided to..I wanted to be prepared for my little bed wetter." Saria said and quickly took a drink of her juice as Link put two and two together.
"Moooom! I've told you! I'm notta a bed wetter anymore!" Link huffed as his cheeks turned crimson.
"well you should be thankful I thought you were, or you'd be going around naked till your clothes are cleaned." she said matter of fact.
"...so my choices are..walk around in the buff, or waddle around in a diaper?" Link asked, putting a hand to his face.
"Mmmmhmmm. Your choice though Lil guy. like Mommy said, you don't have anything she hasn't seen before." Saria said sweetly.
"...what even is my life anymore?" Link groaned.
In the end Link decided that wearing the stupid diapers couldn't be worse then going around naked, but made it clear that A) he'd be pampering himself, and B) it was JUST to cover his junk up, he wouldn't be using them.
Saria had just smirked and gave a little wink, as if to say 'whatever you say' and after getting out the thick massive cloth diapers for link, and the huge diaper pins, let him head back up the stairs by himself to put himself back in diapers.
she had tried to offer him the green plastic pants that she had gotten him as well, but he'd turned those down since that would of just been needed if he was gonna soak them, and she decided not to press the subject.
Discarding the towel, and laying out the diapers, Link stared at them for a few seconds..then a few more till actually five minutes had passed, trying to figure out just HOW to do this.
"good grief." he muttered to himself. "I can solve puzzles in dungeons while being attacked by monsters but not figure this out? how hard can it be?"
Ploping his butt down on the thick cloth and tugging it up and reaching for a pin, he found out it could be very hard as he jabbed his thumb with the end of the diaper pins over and over, cursing softly at first but by the fourth time he started to let out a loud curse.
"Son of a mother-" he growled onto to be cut off by Saria downstairs.
"Language little man!" she called up.
"..Brisket eating weevil." he huffed and took a second to suck on his poor thumb to ease the pain, before realizing just how that HAD to look.
Finally getting the diaper pins in, though being careful not to stab himself yet again, Link stood up and smiled, proud of himself for having figured the stupid thing out even if the diapers were sagging on his hips.
Waddling due to the thickness that kept him for getting his thighs to close together, link came down the stairs just beaming with pride.
which as Saria turned and looked, made her break out into a big grin of her own, he just looked so damn proud of himself for figuring out how to get a diaper on.
then she spotted his thumb, wet with drool and the red marks on it and came over.
"oh link! your poor thumb! why didn't you ask for help?" she asked, and as the padded hero blushed and squirmed, she wiped his thumb off then gave it a kiss.
"there, all better! she coo'ed, kissing his boo boo better just like she used to.
"Uh..thanks mom.." Link said in a sheepish tone and Saria caught herself.
"Oh..yeah..ehehe..Guess kissing it better isn't really a thing anymore..force of habit." She said and rubbed the back of her head, now looking sheepish herself.
Link went to tell her that it was OK, when his diapers slid down from around his hips and landed on the floor around his ankles.
"..Maybe mommy should help you with your diapers after all." Saria said, covering her mouth and trying hard not to laugh as Link just stood there, mortified.
Saria was a little bit worried about Link as she got him to lay down on the floor. He seemed out of it and with a distracted look on his face started to suck on his thumb, just nodding and helping her however she asked as she adjusted his diapers, getting them on much tighter this time, though they still seemed to sag a little.
"Link? sweetie? Mommy thinks you should wear the plastic pants to help keep your diapers from falling off again, is that ok?" she asked in a sing song voice, rubbing link's tummy and tickling it a little just like she used to do when he was 5.
Link giggled and coo'ed a little and nodded his head, drool coming down his chin.
getting a cloth and wiping his chin, Saria then unfolded the plastic pants which had honestly set her back a little bit and frowned.
till now she hadn't actually looked at them, having just assumed they would be as she had ordered and was dismayed to see a row of white ruffles on the butt.
'oh, he's going to just LOVE this.' she thought dryly, suddenly glad he was still in baby mode.
getting the plastic pants over his feet and ankles, and down his legs Saria called out to link to lift his hips, and when nothing happened she tried a different command.
"Butt up."
automatically Link's hips lifted and she got the plastic pants (or what that panties with the ruffles she wondered) around his hips and smiled as they were nice and tight and would clearly keep link from accidentally flashing anyone again.
Helping link sit up he giggled and took his thumb out of his mouth, clapping happily..then seemed to freeze and looked around the room, then down at his crotch and then over his shoulder at his butt.
"...explain. Now." he whined and squirmed, looking around for something to cover up in.
"You went baby brained after flashing mommy and uh, with the plastic panties on your diapers won't fall down again!" Saria said quickly.
"...and the ruffles?" Link asked, though his annoyed tone had shifted to almost a whining tone by now.
"Not my chocie! Honestly i never looked the plastic pants over and just assumed they didn't have them." saria said and after a beat. "but they do make your butt look cuter."
"Moooom!" Link whined and crossed his arms, his bottom lip sticking out.
"Oh don't be such a grumpy Gus..unless you wanna go for a nap." Saria said as a joke but then noticed how link just huffed and looked away. "...do you wanna go for a nap Link?"
"I..ngh.. I am tired.." Link said in a little voice.
"of course you are. you rode a long way here, battled some mean old Moblins, and then all of this mental stress. How about I set you up for a little nap, and I'll wake you when your clothes are ready?" Saria asked, and ruffled link's hair.
Link let out a cute little gurgle as his hair was ruffled and leaned into it, making Saria mentally gush.
"I..that sounds good mommy." Link said, almost in a babyish tone.
rolling over onto his side and then making use of a nearby couch to get out, Saria was trapped between gushing and laughing at how frigging cute he looked with his puffy ruffled diaper butt pushed out, then he was toddling unsteadily as he headed for the stairs.
"Easy there link, I bunched up the diaper more then you had it so it's a bit thick-" Saria started as Link yelped and landed on his padded rear with a crinkle. "er.."
Link blushed and rubbed the back of his head, then slowly made his way to his feet again and paused for a second.
"er..Mommy..could you maybe.." he asked, holding out a hand for balance.
Saria smiled and rushed over, helping him make his way to the stairs where he used the railing to help himself up the steps but as they got to the second floor both of them paused.
"..there's no way your gonna be able to crotch down and keep your balance up here." Saria said.
"...Yeah I know." Link whined then looking around, as if to make sure only mom was gonna see, he got down on all fours and started to crawl.
standing behind him and watching him crawl Saria had little hearts in her eyes, this was just too friggen adorable! With his fat diapered bottom swaying back and forth Saria easily caught up to Link and getting him into her bedroom she toyed with trying to get him into his old crib.
then looking at his size, then at the crib, knew while it would be cute as fuck there was just no way Link would be able to get a good sleep in the tiny thing (and there was a good chance he'd break it getting in anyways)
Thankfully her bed was MUCH bigger then she really needed as she was prone to tossing and turning, and had a bad habbit of leaving things on the end of her bed rather then putting them away so Link barly was able to fit as he crawled under the blankets and rested his head.
adjusting the blankets herself Saria leaned down and planted a smooch on Link's forehead and noticed that he was squirming and looking around a lot.
"what's wrong Link? do you need to use the potty? want a bed time story?" she asked.
"I uh..well..it's 'brassing." Link mumbled, and turned to hide his face in her pillow.
"...More embarrassing then having me diaper you?" she asked with a smile.
"..Do you..uh..maybe still have..one of my old soothers?" Link asked, though he kept his face in the pillow so Saria wasn't sure she heard him right at first.
"..heh. well I think so.. let me go and check the box where i put your old baby stuff." she said, in a amused tone while link whined but let out a soft 'kay.'
She found the pacifier, with relative ease, the large yellow nipple was dusty though as was the green lip guard so she took it to the bathroom to wash off before coming back with it for link.
she also left the box of baby items out on the off chance maybe after his nap link would wanna play with his old rattle or blocks.
(Sadly his old stuffed deku scrub had fallen apart with age)
"open wide lil man." She said in a sing song voice holding out the pacifier for her big baby and link opened up for her like the good little boy he was.
she slip the paci in and smirked as he instantly started to nurse on it, his face bright red but smiling behind it and he closed his eyes and snuggled into her pillow.
within seconds the little cutie was asleep, and Saria briefly wondered if she should of asked what the big news was before putting him down for the nap, but figured that could wait for later, and just tip toed out of the room, shutting the door as quietly as she could.
The end
