A/N: So this one takes place after my main Twilight Princess story (I have yet to start uploading it), where Link spends most of his time away from Hyrule. There is actually another part to this that comes before, but I am uploading this one first since it's finished.

The sunlight shone through the windows of the castle as the sun begun to lower itself in the sky. It lit the rooms with a warm glow which the blonde hero had no time to enjoy while he ran through the long hallways of the castle, scanning everywhere and looking in every room. Once he came up to Zelda's older room that was now their own little library he sighed, how could he accept to be here by himself? Although he did accept it so his wife could go to Zora's domain and give herself a break from the castle, he did not expect it to be so difficult and with the castle being so huge it only made the problem worse. Although the problem didn't have anything to do with the castle work nor having to take care of things, everyone in the castle knew Zelda needed her time alone and they decided to give themselves a break as well, declining everyone who wanted to come to the castle or see Zelda. So the castle was rather peaceful, not bustling with it's usual activity except for a couple maids cleaning up things.

The hero ran his fingers through his unkempt hair, "This is more difficult than I expected. How is Zelda able to do this every day along with her duties?" He pressed his fingers against his forehead. He guessed he did deserve it since he had to leave Hyrule a lot for the past three and a half years. He barely spent time in the castle, at the max he had three days to stay before he had to leave to someplace again and that was on rare occasions. Because of all of the travelers who were telling of his 'heroic deeds' in Hyrule, many of the other kingdoms found out about him and were asking for him to go to their lands to help with some problem or another, most being just simple hordes of monsters of some sort. Some gave him an offer which usually went along the lines of staying in their castle as a warrior or something. But with him having to leave all of the time Zelda became much busier with her own, and the kingdom's problems.

"Good thing I declined the offer to go to the Mushroom Kingdom again, Zelda needs her break and I guess I do as well, though this wasn't quite as I planned," Just as he finished he felt a strong force against his back and next thing he knew he was lying face down on the floor with something sitting on him.

"We finally caught you! You would never stop moving so I couldn't get you!"

"Link turned his head to see two little girls, one standing to the side and the other sitting on the middle of his back. The one standing to the side was named Zelda, the older one of the two and the other was Athena. They had recently turned six years old and were still overly excited about finally having their father home. They were twins born 11 minutes apart, which Zelda brought up every now and then just to annoy her younger sister. Zelda had blonde hair and blue eyes, who was very mature for her age, even more so then the queen at that age; while Athena had brunette hair and blue eyes like her mother and was quite hyperactive and always wanting to move. Link had constantly tried to persuade his wife to change her mind about naming their daughter after her since it would just make it confusing, but she never did because it was by tradition that she had to name her first born daughter Zelda, just as her mother named her.

"You did catch me but I was the one supposed to catch you in this game, remember?" He smiled as the two glanced at each other.

"I told you, you weren't supposed to catch him, now you ruined the game!" Zelda snapped, receiving a pout from Athena.

"Okay you two, I guess we'll be done with this game now let me up," He pushed himself up once the little one got off him.

"But I want to play more daddy! One more game, please?" Athena pleaded, grabbing onto Link's shirt while he turned around to face them.

"No Athena, I told you that was going to be the last game. Now come on, it is growing late and it is time for you two to go to bed, we will play more tomorrow," Link told her while he stood up, swooping up Athena in his arms, then Zelda.

"Fine, but daddy I want to ride on your shoulders!" Athena pleaded, giving her father puppy dog eyes.

Link just stared at her for a moment before sighing, "Alright, hop down then." Crouching down, he let the small girl down before getting down on his knees. The child giggled, running to her father's back and climbing up onto his shoulders then sitting down, her legs wrapped around his neck and grabbing a hold of his head.

As he stood up he adjusted himself, making sure Zelda sat securely on his arm while placing his hand on Athena's back to make sure she didn't fall off. "You ready?" He asked, feeling his daughter adjust herself on his shoulders. Once he got a happy 'yup' he turned around and begun walking down the hallway.

They passed his and Zelda's room and came to the room right beside it. Link placed the older twin down then pulled the reluctant one from his shoulders before placing her down as well. Opening the door, Athena quickly ran in and jumped onto her bed while Zelda simply walked to hers and sat down, puffing out her pillow.

"Athena, you know you are not allowed to jump on your bed now settle down, it is time to go to sleep." He said after he tucked Zelda in, then turned to the energetic girl jumping all over her bed. "Daddy, will you stay with us for the night?" She asked, excitedly jumping down and basically pouncing into Link's stomach.

"I know you are able to sleep by yourself and I also have things to do, princess." Link picked up the young girl to lay her back down on her bed. "You always seem to have things to do, that is why you are gone most of the time." She said, becoming rather serious and staring, almost glaring, at him.

The blonde stared dumbfounded at her, never once had he seen, or heard, Athena so serious about anything with the times he was here; he didn't even think the hyperactive child could be serious. "W-well that's because I have to work, just like your mother," He stuttered after a long moment.

"Mother is different, she is always here and you are on break so you do not have stuff to work on and therefore you can stay here tonight."

He just stared for another moment before smiling, finding it useless to argue with how tired he was, "Alright I'll sleep with you guys, but why don't we go to Mom's and my room since we have a bigger bed?" He suggested, with it breaking the child's serious tone, as she yipped in joy and dashed out of the room. "Sorry Zelda, I just tucked you in too." He apologized, helping the child out of her bed.

"This will be much better anyways Dad." She smiled, making her way to follow her sister, which Link followed after as well, after fixing the bed real quick.

When the girls were all settled into their parent's bed after changing into night cloths, the King blew out all of the candles, turned off the lights and tucked himself into the bed between the two twins, wrapping his arms around them securely.

"Daddy, what do you do when you are gone? You've never told us before." Athena asked, breaking the silence within the room.

"I go the different places, mostly on business trips. Some are to take care of some pests that that kingdom is having problems with. Even some of my trips are here in Hyrule."

"Why do you leave all the time then? Don't you want to stay with us sometimes?" Zelda asked this time, shuffling under the covers to get into a more comfortable position.

"Of course I want to stay Princess! Our family means the world to me." He responded instantly, then lowered his gaze, "It's just that I am not of royal blood, or even born into a noble family. I am not that good at castle things, I'm good at fighting and other things. I feel useless in the castle, so in order to make me feel better about myself, I go and do the things I know. Anyways, no noble or rich person in CastleTown agrees with me being with your mother as is."

"We are the only thing that really matters to you here aren't we?" The blonde child asked.

"Yes, you are."

"So why does what other people think and you blood matter? All of those nobles are just grouchy old men basically, their word doesn't really mean anything."

"Zelda!"

"What?" She said innocently before shrugging, "It's true, Mother would probably say the same."

Link rubbed his temple with his fingers, "I know she would. But nonetheless, whether their word matters doesn't change the affect it has on me."

"That affect doesn't matter either, you have us to care about, and you've so are failed at doing that. All we want is to have our Dad home more and to be able to be with him more than just a couple games."

The hero stared at the child, glancing to his other daughter who had a pleading expression plastered across her face, puppy eyes included. He sighed slowly, "Fine, after this week, I'll ease off the trips." The girls were about to yip in joy but were interrupted, "However, I will not completely stop going,it'll just become a little less common, and it may be weeks before I come back from one. Okay?" Zelda just smiled and nodded, while Athena let out a excited yay, almost jumping onto her father. "Now, come on, it's time to go to sleep, we will play more after breakfast tomorrow." He shushed the excited child, making her settle back into the bed before he rested his head on the large pillow. It was long after his daughter had fallen asleep that Link was able to actually fall asleep himself, having his mind cluttered with thoughts. But he found he was able to sleep quite peacefully after thinking over what his daughter told him, Probably getting the first real good sleep he had gotten in a while.