Wherever he was, Green could not remember. The night before had been hectic, and replayed in his mind. Words were said, secrets were told, and feelings were revealed. Not that he felt bad for it; he was happy that the person he felt most comfortable with returned his feelings. In fact, maybe that was the reason that he had gotten any sleep at all that night. Everything had been lifted off his shoulders, and there was no longer a need to fret over the small things. After determining all this, he finally checked his surroundings and found he'd been snug in his sleeping bag since retiring to his tent late the night before. Feeling rather warm, perhaps because his cheeks were so rosy with his thoughts, he snuggled back into a comfortable position and slowed his breathing.
As much as he wanted to rest, there were a number of faint rustling sounds and chirps from various creatures that disturbed him. He couldn't concentrate as well on drifting off with that kind of noise, especially since his mind had learned to associate the sounds with nighttime training where you had to be as alert as possible. With a sigh, he stood up from his sleeping bag and prepared for the day. When he'd finally gotten dressed and was nearly done adjusting his cap, which was being strangely stubborn today, he heard a muffled noise from outside his tent.
"Greeeen! Are you up yet?"
His mouth curved into a grin. Red had beaten him to waking up first. The two of them were morning people compared to the others, and so they turned every morning into a competition to see who would be the one to wake the other.
"Yeah, I'm up, Red! When did you wake up?" He inquired, hoping Red may have awoken at roughly the same time.
"I woke up about ten minutes ago!"
"Oh, man. You got me this time."
"Really?!" The red hero's voice squealed in surprise. He was usually the second one to wake.
"Yep."
With that confirmation, Green finally exited out of his tent ready for the day. The blinding rays of the morning sun led him to raise his hand to his forehead so as to shield his view, but he still spotted the others up ahead. Through his blurry morning vision-which he dealt with most of the time despite the morning person he was-he could discern a blue blur resting on a patch of brown, and parallel to that resting on a similar brown patch was a splotch of violet. Green was ever relieved to be able to see all of his teammates again, even if they had been back for a while. It was strange, however, that the other two heroes had gotten up before him.
"Good morning, Blue, Vio."
The blue blur shifted a little, and Green heard a voice trailing from it.
"What took you so long? You slept for a super long time! Even Vio and I got up before you."
"I know," he admitted, ruffling the hair on the back of his head in defeat. Even though he'd rested for a long time, there was still a sleepiness in him.
"It isn't important, really. What is crucial is that you got the rest you needed, seeing as you were up late. Are you alright?" Vio's voice sounded from the other side, a little more quiet than usual.
"Yeah, I'll be fine!" Green assured him, then added, "Are you okay, though? You're a little quiet."
"Yes, I'm alright. I'm merely tired. I spent too much time reading and ended up staying awake until dawn."
"Ha, you told Green he should sleep as long as he needs to when you didn't get enough rest yourself!" Blue commented before letting out a weak laugh. He ironically hadn't gotten much sleep either.
Red glanced around at the others nervously. From what Green could see, now that his vision was correcting itself, his eyes were wide open, his movements were ever energetic, and his voice was as crisp as usual.
"Guys! You all should try to sleep more! Am I the only one who got a good night's rest?" Red asked, his tone indicating disappointment.
The cool-colored Links all turned to look at each other, then turned back to the other and nodded. A sigh left the carmen hero's mouth.
"Well, nothing some breakfast can't fix, right?" He asked as he removed his cap and shuffled through the contents inside. Blue rose from his seat sluggishly and, with Green's assistance, began gathering twigs and rocks for the fire. Within ten minutes enough material had been collected when Red announced a change in plans.
"I don't have anything to cook…" He mumbled, his entire being shaking slightly in fear of an outburst from one of the others.
"You WHAT?!" Blue's voice rose, but not enough to be considered a yell. He hastened to where Red was standing and snatched the cap from him, turning it inside out. Down came Red's Fire Rod, Slingshot, and pajamas. "Great! What do we do now? I don't feel like fishing right now." He questioned, huffing off to the side.
"What other choice do we have? We need food, don't we? We can't just summon it out of the sky like some kind of magical being." Vio chimed in, not looking up from his book that he now held in his hands. He'd sat through the whole thing and hadn't moved his spot on the log since Green first spotted him.
"Would you shut up? I didn't see YOU helping make the fire, Vio." Blue stormed over to the bookworm and took the book from his hands, glaring at him all the while. This had little effect on him. He merely took the book back and then stood up to be eye level with his friend.
"I didn't help because I'm not hungry, Blue. I don't need to help if I don't get any benefit."
"That's just an excuse. We're a team, so we all help each other out! Isn't that right, Green?" Blue turned to Green and now stared him down.
Green looked from one face to other. He couldn't argue with either of them, but at the same time, he owed Blue an answer. Closing his eyes for a second, he answered.
"Yes, Blue, that's right. We're all supposed to help each other. Your arguing isn't going to solve the problem though."
Blue grimaced and sighed, then put his hands to his hips.
"Yeah, yeah. What do we do then, huh? Go fishing? Who's going to go? Me? You? Red? Vio wouldn't go."
"How about this?" Green offered. "You and Red go. He knows which fish are best, and you're the strongest, so you can haul in bigger ones. Vio and I will stay put and keep watch over the campsite."
"Fine. Let's go, Red." Blue said in resolve, shoving the cap back in Red's arms.
"Okay!" Red agreed, gathering the items off the ground quickly and hurriedly stuffing them back into his cap. "Bye, guys!"
"Bye." Both the remaining heroes replied, waving to the other two now walking off into the distance.
