Author's Note:
Now for the next chapter. Obviously you're all curious as to just what Marth is planning for our dearest Roy and Ike. In this chapter, we'll get a tiny taste of it. Not too much…for now.
The warnings are like before, tidbits of yaoi and yuri. By the way, I'm bringing back more parts of Love Scorned and once again if you don't understand what I'm talking about, skip to the bottom of the chapter in the next Author Note where I list the information.
Remember! : if you have not read Love Scorned, go read it!
Enjoy
'So this is Him'
The sunlight poured into the room and soon the two occupants of the room began to wake from their drowsy sleep.
Link rubbed his eyes and sighed before turning and shaking Marth's shoulder. "Marth it's time to get up."
Marth twisted in the bed and pulled the covers tighter around himself. "Don't want…get up…" he grumbled. Link sighed and got up, dressing and washing up in the bathroom before returning to try waking Marth again.
"Marth, c'mon. What about all those plans you had last night for Roy?" said Link. Marth groaned and sat up before reluctantly sliding out of bed and getting dressed.
"Now, we can't let anybody else in on this alright?" said Marth as they made their way down the staircase. Link nodded. "They might try to do things as well and end up screwing things up so...let's keep this to ourselves and do our best to get them together."
He took Link's hand and began to whisper urgently the plan he had in mind and once it was thoroughly discussed and edited it as much as possible, they continued their trek downward and began walking to the dining area.
"Hey guys." Said Roy yawning. Marth said nothing and sat down in a seat, Roy quickly grabbing Link's hand and pulling him along to sit as they were just last night.
Slowly but surely, the group began to make their way into the room and once everyone had just about entered, they began to eat breakfast. Nothing interesting happened for a while and they all ate in blissful silence. But of course, Marth had a trick up his sleeve.
Marth smirked to himself and, without much care, tossed a simple insult in Roy's direction.
"It seems you haven't been practicing lately, otherwise I wouldn't have beaten you so badly." He said softly. Roy's sapphire eyes slowly averted to look at the blue haired prince, a biscuit in his mouth and an obvious look of irritation on his pale face. Ike's mouth was slightly hung open in surprise at Marth's snide comment and the mercenary half-expected Link to rise from the table to scold the prince. But Link was calmly eating his food as if nothing had happened. He knew Marth didn't mean it, and instead only anxiously waited for Roy's reaction.
Without much warning, Roy took the biscuit out of his mouth and chucked it full force at Marth. Marth, who had been anticipating this, dodged easily. Roy growled in protest, slammed his fists on the table, and immediately began a food fight.
The entire table became chaos and Link and Marth were quick to retreat underneath the table as the smashers tossed food item after food item at each other. Roy all the while hitting anyone who dared aim at him and continued to look for Marth, not seeing the prince escape under the table with Link.
"You think that was a little harsh Marth?" asked Link. Marth sighed and kissed Link's forehead.
"I honestly had no idea what else I could say. I knew he'd react to that and it was the first thing that came to mind." He said. Link placed his forehead on Marth's shoulder and he too sighed.
"Just promise me that you won't do anything reckless. I know what it is you're after, but I've seen you go overboard. Just be smart about this okay? All it takes is one mistake and I'll have to ask you to back off alright?" he said, seriously. Marth wrapped an arm around his elf who immediately cuddled against the prince.
"Yes I promise. No how do we get out of here?" he said. Link chuckled and lightly grabbed Marth's hand.
"Let me take care of this." And he began crawling out from under the table. When he surfaced he was met with quite a sight.
There was food everywhere. On the walls, the ceilings, people's faces. Everywhere. He dodged a ham sandwich and climbed to his feet. Placing his hands on either side of his mouth, he summoned as much of his voice strength as he could.
"STOP!!" he shouted. At once the bewildered crowd turned to the Hylian, puzzled. Marth finally came out from under the table, putting on his best angry expression and looking directly at Roy.
"You started this. Now, you're going to have to clean this mess up. And I don't care how long it takes. You do it right! I don't want one piece of bacon left on the floor or any pancakes on the ceiling, got that!?" he said. Roy was wide eyed at the anger erupting from Marth, but his surprise turned mischievous when Marth winked at him. Marth had been acting the entire time. He decided to continue the act and rolled his eyes, placing a hand on his hip and sighing angrily like a spoiled teenager.
"Whatever." He said. Marth smiled and nodded before turning and walking away, grasping Link's hand and leading him away as Link said things like, 'There's some cleaner in the linen closet' and 'you can find plenty of trash bags beside the pantry' in order to help Roy out.
But as the smasher began to disperse from the room and Roy set to work on the mess, Ike couldn't help but feel bad for the redhead. Exactly as Marth knew he would.
"Hey." He said softly. Roy turned to look at the mercenary and smirked before chuckling and turning back to his work.
"Hey pretty boy. You getting soft in the head?" Roy said, snickering to himself. Ike bristled a moment. Here he was trying to help the kid and already he trying to find ways to piss Ike off. 'Well,' he thought, 'it's not going to work.'
He grabbed a mop and began to clean a puddle of gravy from the floor, trying not to focus on the redhead standing not more than 5 feet away. But within a few minutes his mind began to wander.
All morning he'd been thinking about where he'd heard of Roy before. He knew it had something to do with last term, shortly before he and Link broke up. He had seen Roy's name somewhere, but he couldn't for the life of him remember where. Then he thought of Marth and instantly the memory reached him.
'That guy Marth was writing to in his journal, he always addressed it to 'Roy'. I'll bet this guy is exactly who Marth was talking to.' He thought. He straightened and cleared his throat. Roy turned to look at him, a single red eyebrow raised.
"So, you know Marth pretty well, huh?" he said. Roy stared at him for moment as if not understanding what Ike was getting at. But then he nodded slowly.
"Yah, why?" Ike sighed, embarrassment hitting him. But he felt Roy's hand on his shoulder and he looked up quickly, startled.
"Fox told me what happened, between you and Link I mean. And that Marth ran away because of it." He said. Ike shook his head.
"I-it's fine now. The important thing is, he's happy and he's got Link like he wanted. I'm, happy for them. I at least I can sleep at night knowing I did the right thing." He said. Roy chuckled and gave Ike a hardy slap on the back.
"Good man. Yah, I was the guy that got them together. Marth owes me one after all I'm the reason he got laid." He said, speaking honestly. Ike's cheeks grew red and he shook the picture out of his head that Roy had so kindly painted for him. The last thing he needed was the sight of Marth and Link together…in bed…
He got chills just thinking about it and shivered. It was quite indecent. "You really like to speak your mind, huh?" he commented. Roy snorted.
"Um, duh. I'm like, the guy who throws popcorn at the best play in the world just because I didn't like the color picked for the background. Or the guy who tells the girl, 'Yes you do look fat and you have a speech problem so you might as well hire somebody to do the speaking for you because I'm not sure you'll get that guy to take you out again'. I can be pretty blunt." He said. Ike raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
"Well, I'm gonna go get some more cleaners for the table and then get the rest of the food off the walls. You wanna just keep sweeping and then get the stuff on the ceiling?" he said. Ike began to laugh and Roy growled before stamping his foot. Ike put up a hand in defense.
"I'm sorry that's just so…funny." He said, laughing hard. Roy narrowed his eyes and huffed.
"Just because I'm short…" he trailed off, grumbling curses underneath his breath and he stomped off to find the cleaners. Ike chuckled.
"Alright." He called, and shook his head as he continued to clean the floors.
The day was long and there was much to do as the smashers settled down for the long haul. Zelda hummed to herself as she carried a heavy basket of her laundry through the halls. But what she wasn't expecting was another smasher to collide right into her just around the corner.
"Oh goddesses!" she exclaimed, gasping and holding her hands to her cheeks as the laundry fell to the ground. She looked up to see a bewildered Samus staring right back at her.
"I'm so sorry Princess. Here, let me get that for you." She said hurriedly. Zelda shook her head and bent down with the space warrior to help.
"No, no. It's my fault, I should have been watching where I was going." She said.
"Of course not Zelda. You couldn't have if you tried, this basket was way too large. It was may fault." She said. Then suddenly their hands touched. Just a slight touch and almost immediately blushes tinted both their cheeks and the girls jumped upwards at the same time, knocking their heads together. Both made a loud 'ow!' sound and rubbed their sore heads before muttering a 'sorry' at the same time, only further reddening their already deep colored blushes.
They chuckled nervously before Samus picked up the basket and handed it to Zelda.
"Um, here you go. I'll come with you to help. Sorry for the trouble I've caused you princess." Said Samus as she busied herself staring at the floor. Zelda rolled her eyes.
"Again, it is not your entire fault, Samus. And secondly, we're friends remember? Call me Zelda. You're just as bad as Link when you do that." She said, beginning to walk around the corner. Samus chuckled and followed.
"You mean Link still addresses you as princess?" she said, still laughing. Zelda sighed and rolled her eyes again.
"After 10 years you'd think he'd stop saluting me and guarding me. We've known each other for so long that it's just…weird when he does that. I told him, 'Link, I'm no better than you so please, call me Zelda. It'd be weird if I went around calling you 'Hero Link.' But he still does it anyway. Sometimes without even noticing." She said. Both girls laughed.
They entered Zelda's room, which was a light color and had a beautiful bay window across from the doorway. The bed was straight in front of the window, turned sideways. A large dresser of the same color as the walls but a little brighter, sat right at the wall comfortably. Zelda smiled and looked to Samus as a giggle escaped her lips.
"Thanks for helping me by the way." She said, and walking to the bed where she sat the basket down. Samus blushed and nodded slightly before following.
Zelda picked up the first piece of clothing, a soft pink dress made of silk and smelling of a field of roses. Samus raised her eyebrows.
"I could never fathom wearing a dress." She said. Zelda giggled again. It was like music and Samus realized it was the same with both of the elves. Link and Zelda had this charming, musical laugh that seemed to brighten everything around them. She shook her head. All the oddities of the Hylians…
"I think you'd look fine in one Samus. I've grown up with them so…I can't really say much about them other than that that's what princesses usually wear. I grew up knowing only of formal clothing and such. I know it doesn't make since but…well…" she trailed off and Samus nodded, understanding.
"It must be difficult to be a princess. So many duties to fulfill besides taking Ganondorf down." She said. Zelda nodded and handed Samus a stack of folded clothes to put away.
"Yes it can get difficult. Wake up early to call committee meetings. And I'm a sage so I have to check with the other sages almost weekly. And then there's the public conferences with the people and the extravagant events to plan. Just so much. And I couldn't even begin to tell you how Link does with it all. He checks in with me as often as he can, seeing as how he has to make frequent trips in and out of Hyrule. But he's a good man, and deals with it quite well so…complaining really isn't in me." She answered. Samus chuckled and took the next pile of clothes.
"Yes, Link is a very good man. And it seems he is as happy as he used to be." She said. Zelda nodded.
"Although I thoroughly hate to admit it, Marth is a good match for Link. It's difficult to not argue with Marth and I don't necessarily dislike him. But like Ike said, I need to accept Marth and stop fighting with him so much. Link deserves happiness and I am the last person who would ever want to get between Link and his chosen love. I'm glad that Marth makes him happy and it gives me a good reason not to kill him." Said Zelda, laughing again. She suddenly turned to Samus and looked surprised.
"You know what he told me once? He thinks that I should be looking for my own love. He said 'No one should ever remain alone forever'. I think he wants to give me something to look after." Zelda lowered her eyes and seemed saddened by something all of a sudden.
"Even though he's older by a few months, I feel like the big sister. I've always…taken care of him and tried to makes him feel like he would always have someone that for him. I think he wants me to stop worrying about him and start worrying about myself." She said. Samus nodded and laid a hand on Zelda's slim shoulder.
"Like I said, Link is a good man. He's looking out for you and I think that the friendship the two of you have is marvelous." Samus said softly. Zelda blushed.
"Thank you, Samus. Sometimes I feel so bad for relying on him so much. What about you? I've never seen you with a friend or anything." She answered honestly. Samus nodded and placed another pile into the dresser before thinking hard about what to say next to the princess. Zelda waited patiently.
"I don't have a friend from my world per say. But here, well…as odd as it sounds I've come to find a good friend in Marth. He was a cold man at first but…I guess Link changed him. He's also a good man and someone I feel I can thoroughly trust. I can honestly say that I am glad that I have met him." She said. Zelda smiled.
"I'm glad for that. Hopefully I will find the same trust in him and maybe then I can give Link some closure. I understand he loves Marth and…well, I have to find a way to trust him the way you and Link do. If I don't I'm afraid it might…" Zelda felt tears well up, but Samus was quick to come to Zelda's side, aiding her in her time of need.
"Link will always love you, Zelda. You're his best friend and I honestly believe that you are able to understand him better than anyone. And besides, you aren't the only one with such problems. It seems Roy has a real problem with Ike." She said, a smirk tugging at her lips. Zelda mirrored the look and the two began to laugh again.
"You're right. Apparently Roy is playing Ike the way he first played Marth when they met. Oh, it seems so long ago." She sighed, placing her elbows in her lap and sighing as she thought to herself at all the past experiences she had had with the other smashers. The Christmas party and all the times Roy had harassed Marth and Link. But without him, they wouldn't have gotten together right? She had to be grateful for that. Yes, Roy had given Link what Zelda had wanted for him after all this time. Love.
She turned and sighed before looking up at Samus and smiling. "Thank you for helping me. I'm glad we talked.' She said. She stood and pulled Samus into an embrace, once again surprising the space warrior. But she gingerly lifted her hands and hugged the princess back, nodding.
"I'm glad you were able to talk to me, princess." She answered. "I'm glad."
Author's Note:
Oh boy that chapter was long overdue, right? But I can make up for it…I SWEAR!!
This entire time I had stopped writing this chapter just so I could finish almost all of my outline for this story. I know every chapter I'm going to write and have just a few chapter outlines to do. So, have no fear, this story will continue. And I have a lot in store for yous…
Anyway, time to get with the helping stuff:
-Marth had written a journal to comfort him during a depressing time and Ike had ended up reading the first two entries before deciding against continuing, wanting to keep it private for Marth. In the journal, Marth spoke to Roy about life at the smash house as well as his jealousy over Ike being with Link
-Samus had earlier befriended Marth in the early chapters of Love Scorned. She still is his friend and sometimes Samus talks to him to help him figure out what to do.
Again, if you find anything else that doesn't make any sense to you, tell me and I'll make sure to explain as detailed as I can for you.
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