Mido would be Furious(er)

Link did not know what to do. Sure, Mido had done a number on him, but he wasn’t all that bad off. Would Saria think he was weak, being all…weak…like this? For crying out loud, he was being carried! What exactly was wrong with just walking to her house? Did he really need to be escorted by the royal cavalier? The more he thought about it, the more embarrassed by the whole incident he became. Saria, who seemed to somehow pick up on his discomfort, suddenly stopped and turned around.
“Irch, Linder, you can set Link down now.”
Irch and Linder looked at each other, clearly confused, and looked back at Saria.
“But…we aren’t at your house yet…”
“Yeah! It’s still a long way away!”
“I think Link and I can manage the rest of the way.”
“But…”
“Say, I think I heard something about Fado trying to gather up people to play Deku Sticks! Would any of you boys be interested in playing with her? I know she’d really appreciate it—”
“Golly Saria! You can count on us!”
“Yeah! It’s like we’re already there! Wheeee!”
Saria waved at the retreating forms of Mido’s two favorite henchmen. Take them away from Mido for half a minute, and they weren’t half as bad as they liked to pretend they were. Saria grinned to herself, and turned slyly over to Link.
“Say, Link, do you want to take a walk with me?”
Link jolted up in surprise. He was nearly so limp as he thought he was, and found himself blushing rather vividly. How did Saria keep embarrassing him like this?
“Uhh…sure. I mean, we’re going to your house anyway…right?”
“Not there silly!”
Link looked at Saria and scratched his head. There was a strange, mischievous glint in her eye.
“Wait…but I thought you said I had to—”
“Link, we both know you’re tougher than that. You’ve taken more than your fair share of beating from Mido before.”
Link couldn’t help but agree. Still, he did kind of ache.
“So, I was thinking, I found this really nice place...
Nice place? What was she talking about? Link grew redder as he thought about it.
“And I was hoping you could come see it with me!”
Link scratched his head again. He could feel his body temperature rise up about a thousand degrees.
“Umm…ok. Sure. …Where is it exactly?”
Saria paused a moment, clearly considering something, and then looked at Link straight in the eye, grinning all to wildly for Link to feel any measure of ease with what she was about to say.
“How does…the Lost Woods sound to you?”