CHAPTER 2: First day as a butler

"Alright. Let's get started with your first lesson!" The red-haired lady smiled. "But what should I teach you first..?" She tapped her finger at her chin, thinking.

After thinking of what to teach the new butler first, Malon finally thought of what should be done first. She then turned to the silver-haired teen and smiled once more.

"I should start by asking a few basic questions. Is that alright?" The red-haired asked.

Dark thought about this first and nodded. Malon then started her questions at the approval.

"How old are you?"

He didn't know why that mattered but answered anyway. "14"

"Name?"

"Dark."

"Have you ever experienced being a butler or at least saw how butlers work?"

"N-no."

Malon though about his for a moment and then nodded. "Alright. I know what you should know first!"

The silver-haired nodded and got ready for his first lesson.

"You shall call Link here, Master Link or My Lord."

Dark frowned at this but nodded anyway.

"Try asking him if he wants anything and call him either of those callings that I told you."

Dark scowled and turned to the prince, who was sitting at his bed, watching them.

"Well?" Link waited patiently to be asked.

"M-My Lord.. Is there anything you want at the moment?"

"Actually yes, could you at least please smile? You look like you want to kill me."

'Only if I could, prince… Only if I could..' Dark's lips twitched, trying to curve up into a smile.

"Okay.. That's just creepy…" Link complimented, shuddering.

The maid tried hard not to laugh but failed and let out a giggle. The silver-haired teen's eye twitched and turned at the maid. "What's so funny?"

"It's just… You two sound like bickering brothers!"

The prince too looked at his former personal maid.

"W-WHAT!" The two teens exclaimed at the same time. This made Malon laugh.

"S-See? You two r-really are like brothers! Y-You two even.. l-look like each other!" The maid said between laughs, she was laughing hard now.

Both of the teens glared at the maid and once again exclaimed at the same time. "We're not brothers!"

This time they glared at each other.

Malon tried to catch her breath after she stopped laughing. "O-okay.. Enough… On to the next lesson."

The two were still glaring at each other so Malon went in between the two teens. "I said enough. We should go to the kitchen for the next lesson." She said to both of the teens.

They both nodded and followed the maid to the kitchen.

"Alright. Stay here and behave yourselves while I go get some things that will be needed for your next lesson." The red-haired maid said to the teens.

The two nodded and Malon left, leaving the teens alone. It was quiet for a few minutes but Link couldn't take the awkward silence anymore and cleared his throat, to get the attention of the other teen.

"Erm… So.. how did you get such a large debt?"

The other teen remained quiet for a while and then mumbled. "None of your business…"

Another silence..

"H—" Before the prince could ask another question, the maid was back… with two trays, with a tower of glasses filled with water in them on her two hands. She placed both of the trays in a table in front of Link.

'How the hell did she manage to walk?' Dark thought.

"Alright. Next is.. balancing! You have to deliver these to Link without anything falling from the trays!" Malon said, smiling.

"W-why two?"

"I would've just let you practice with one but I had to practice you with two so that in case of emergencies you're ready!"

"E-Emergencies? What kind of emergencies?"

"I can't tell… Just.. emergencies… Okay?"

Dark nodded and looked at the trays at the table.

"You ready Dark?"

'I can do this. I can do this. It's not that hard, right? Just balancing those trays….. without anything falling from them.' The silver-haired teen again nodded.

"Okay then. Hands out on your sides…" Malon corrected Dark's posture and put the trays on both of his hands.

"Link? Could you go to the dining room? I'll have him deliver these there."

Link nodded, stood up and went to the dining room. Malon went to look if Link was already sitting by the dining table and signaled Dark to go.

"Alright.. Here we go." Dark slowly made a step and the glasses wiggled a bit. He took a deep breath and stepped again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

'So far so good..'

He was just five more steps to Link when suddenly he tripped on a lump in the carpet, making him fall and making the water from the glasses spill on Link.

"Oops.." Dark laughed nervously.

"Good thing those were only plastic cups or else Link would be bleeding right now." Malon sighed in relief and helped Dark stand up.

"Erm.. S-sorry… My Lord." Dark apologized to Link. The prince at first felt angry, who wouldn't? Then he sighed and stood up.

"I'll change my clothes. Stay here and help Malon clean up the mess." Link then went back to his room to change.

"You're lucky Link is nicer than any snotty prince you'll ever see or meet." Malon said as soon as Link was gone.

"Y-yeah.." Dark then kneeled next to Malon and started helping her with picking up the cups.

"Erm.. Hey uhm.. Lady Malon?" The silver-haired stopped a moment from picking up cups and looked at the maid.

"Oh, you can just call me Malon. When you call me that I feel much older." Malon giggled. "What is it?"

"Erm.. How long have you been.. Link's personal maid…?"

"Well… ever since he was born!"

"R-really? That long?" Dark couldn't believe what he was hearing. The red-haired maid smiled and nodded.

'So that's why they're so close like they're brother and sister..'

"Why were you taken here?" Malon asked.

Dark was hesitant at first but sighed and told her everything.

"I see.. You're such a nice son… You and Link have so much in common! You're both nice, you both care for other people's well-being and you two look like each other! You two really are like twin brothers! But you don't really show much of your real self in front of people you don't trust yet, hm? Does that mean you trust me now?"

Dark thought about this for a moment. She was right. It was like… she was his second mother… He already misses his mother.

"Y-yeah.. You're like my second mother now."

Malon smiled and they continued cleaning up. What they didn't know Link was already there and he heard the whole thing about Dark.

The prince sighed and finally went in. "Are you both done now?"

"Mm-hm~ Almost. What took you so long?" Malon stood up and brushed the dirt from her skirt. Dark also stood up and went back to the kitchen to put the garbage bag at the back.

When he came back Malon was again, tapping her finger against her chin, thinking of what to teach Dark next.

A/N: I can't think of any other things to teach Dark! So please review and tell me what you want Malon and Link have Dark do. :D

To the one who requested the balancing thing, I changed it a bit. Sorry if that made you disappointed or something. D: I hope you enjoyed this chapter though. :)

Please review and tell me what you think and suggest me some things that Dark can do! :DD