Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of the Zelda Franchise, although i did have five games in my possession... I had to go sell Phantom Hourglass to gamestop... that was so stupid... anyway, enjoy!

Also, I did briefly change the story name to "The Darkness Has Eyes" , so if you were confused and skipped chapter 3, go back and read it.

"Earlier today at Hyrule High School, an elite school for advanced students, a teacher was arrested for harassing a student and causing bodily harm to that student, another student, and two members of the school faculty. It turns out that two of the students involved were in the car accident that happened merely two weeks ago, and another student that helped was—"

"No Link! I want to hear about my heroic rescue!" Dark complained, reaching for the remote. Link shook his head and tossed it across the room to Sheik, who caught it and stuck it in his pocket.

"Sorry, man, no can do," Sheik said lazily, reclining in his chair. Dark frowned and crossed his arms.

"Why are you two in here, anyway?" Link asked with light irritation. He had spent the first three days of vacation stuck with these two… crazies.

"'I was worried about you, Link,'" Sheik said in a high pitched voice.
"I didn't say that!" Dark protested, frowning even more as a crease formed between his eyebrows.

Sheik grinned, "You totally did."

Link sighed as the two began to bicker and then flinched. It turned out that Ghirahim had broken two of his ribs and now he was stuck back in the hospital.

Luckily for Link, his dad's friend, Renado, was a lawyer. The lawsuit against the driver who ran into the two innocent blondes was not drunk, and therefore also innocent. The only other option was to sue Dark, and Link had managed to talk his father out of it. But now, there was definitely something to sue about, and not only was Link's father suing, but Dark was also suing for bodily harm.

"We're gonna be rich~" Sheik suddenly sang, standing up and doing a little dance.

"Whoo!" Dark sang along, waving his arms around. They both began a little beat and they both burst in a chorus of, "We're gonna be rich! We're gonna be famous!"

That is, until Ilia walked into the room.

"You idiots! There are other patients in this hospital you know! We don't need you two waking them up with your howling!"

Link laughed quietly and the other teens joined in, resulting in the utter frustration of the nurse.

"If any of my patients die today, we'll just put the charges on you guys, then."

Sheik pointed his thumbs to himself, still dancing. "Yeah right! My voice is better than all of the angels in heaven!"

"You're on drugs," Ilia said simply.

"I beg to differ."

Dark laughed. "We're just trying to keep up a happy, healthy environment for our sick friend here!"

"I'm not—"

"I'm sorry, injured."

Link frowned as his phone began to buzz. "Hello?"

"I'm sorry Link; I won't be able to drive you home today. Could you get one of those two creepers to drive you home?"

"If anyone, you're the creeper, dad," Link put his phone on speaker and sat it down on his leg.

"Whatever, Link," Rusl laughed before hanging up. Link looked over to Dark or Sheik.

"So, who wants to drive me home?"

The other teens looked at each other and laughed. "I gotta take a leak," Sheik said, a grin on his face. Dark's face fell.

"You know Link, I'm hesitant to ride in a car with you…" Link glared. "And, I know that you aren't going to be driving, but… I don't wanna die."

"You caused the accident, Dark."

"Yeah, I know… but…"

Link glared for a while and pulled his phone up, playing a game that apparently used a lot of concentration.

Dark sighed. "Sheesh, Link! I was joking!" Link ignored him. "Look, Link I didn't mean it that way."

"That really struck a nerve, Dark. My mom died in a car accident."

Silence.

"My mom died, too… my dad killed her."

More silence.

"Oh… I'm sorry…" Link whispered after a moment.

Dark blinked, remember the first time in the hospital. He could have sworn that Link whispered, "I'm sorry."

Just as Dark prepared to reply, Link's eyes widened as he looked at his phone. "That's not possible…" He whispered brokenly.

"What?" Dark asked.

"It's not possible… to have that many cuss words in one sentence…" As soon as the words left Link's lips, Midna came charging through the door, growling.

"Where the hell've you been?" A pale, red haired girl shouted as she stormed in. She was wearing a black hoodie that cut off above her stomach, showing midriff, and a long, black skirt that was split up one of the sides. She was supermodel skinny and tall, taller than Link by at least a head. Behind her was Zelda, looking pretty and innocent in a simple pink dress and shawl with her lemon blonde hair tied up behind her. She wore a necklace that brought out the lavender flecks in her blue-green eyes.

"You sat there and promised to go out to dinner with us, but look at you, all stuck in the hospital? What's wrong with you?!" She leaned forward to shout at Link more when her eyes landed on Dark. "Oh, hello there~!" She purred, standing up taller. "What's your name?"

"Midna… are you trying to flirt?" Link asked with disbelief, a small smile forming on his lips. "Pft!"

"Well, when you're hot enough to scare most guys away, of course you learn to flirt."

Dark stared at Midna in awe. "So, you are evi, then?" Zelda's eyes got wide and she closed them as laughter wracked her body. A grin spread across her face.

Midna clenched a fist. "And I thought you were hot, but apparently, with that bad attitude of yours, you're not going to get anywhere in the relationship world."

"Well I'm sorry, but I thought I was pale… you…"

Sheik poked his head into the room. "Yo, Dark, I need to talk to you!" Dark stood up and shoved his ipod into his back pocket.

"You know him?" Zelda asked, watching as the tall, pale teen made his way across the room. Standing up, he proved to be only slightly shorter than Midna. He strode towards the door and Midna and Zelda couldn't help that their eyes followed him out of the door.

Midna blinked and turned back to Link. "So we were right! You do know him!"

"I only met him after the accident! And he helped me when…."

"When that creepy teacher tried to make a move on you," Midna finished, smiling. "We all knew Mr. G was into you. I mean, do you remember that time at lunch?"

"Yeah…" Link mumbled.

"But, going back on topic, what's with your friend, uh… what's his name… Captain Gorgeous?" Link spluttered when he heard Midna's nickname for his newly acquired friend. "I should ask him out, no?" Midna asked Zelda.

"Well, if you go and date him, you could totally ruin what Link and Sheik have built up. Maybe, with one more gaming partner, they'll leave us alone."

"You're right… and, remember when we came by earlier?" Midna joked, completely ignoring Link by now. Zelda snorted and covered her mouth. Midna turned to Link. "I was worried about you, Link."

"You guys are making that up! Dark didn't say that!"

"I didn't say what?" Dark asked casually, strolling back into the room.

Midna and Zelda giggled while Link blushed, looking anywhere but at Dark. Sheik nudged Zelda in question. "Hey, sis, what's goin' on?"

"You remember what happened a while ago?"

Sheik gave Zelda a blank look and then burst out laughing, resulting in Dark's further confusion. Link put his head down as his face and ears began flaming.

"Link, you okay?" Dark asked innocently. "Are you sick?"

Zelda, Midna, and Sheik roared with laughter as Dark regarded Link with concern. "I'm fine…" Link mumbled, still looking away.

"No, seriously man, you look sick."

Sheik sniffed, sighing. "That's… Dark, man, you're embarrassing the poor guy. L-Leave him alone for now…" Sheik covered his mouth as more laugher threatened to erupt.

Link looked up and got a glimpse of Dark's eyes as he attempted to glare at Sheik. But Link's eyes couldn't leave Dark's.

The world was gone and there were only Dark's eyes. Only Dark's eyes, pulling him in… He shook his head before he could make himself look like a fool. Thankfully, no one had noticed.

"You know what?" Link asked above the laughter, an amazing feat, considering how quiet Link's voice usually was. "This whole conversation started with us trying to figure out who would drive me home. So, who's it gonna be?"

"I'll do it," Dark volunteered. "I guess I owe it…"

"You don't have to, Dark."

"Nah, it's no problem!" Dark said with a smile. "Besides, I was going to ask if I could come over some time, too."

Sheik's eyes brightened. "Hey, can I come over, too? I want to try out that sweet new X-Box you got! Is Ghosts as good as they say it is?"

"Better," Link smiled. "Although I could do without all of the voice activated stuff…"

"Whatever man! Zel, can you take my car back home for me?"

"Sure…" Zelda sighed. She looked over at Midna. "Meet me at my house?"

"Yep. And Saria's getting back from her trip today, too. I guess we'll meet up." Midna sauntered out of the room, and for the first time, everyone realized that Midna was without shoes. Zelda rushed after Midna, running delicately in her worn, brown leather boots.

"So… now what?" Sheik asked, plopping down on the hospital bed and jostling Link's leg.

"Uh, ow?" Link glared at Sheik, and sighed quietly. "Dark, go get the doctor so I can leave."

"Oh, so now you're captain bossy, huh?" Dark asked, leaving the room. Hearing "captain" made Link blush, remembering Midna's new nickname for Dark. But neither Dark nor Sheik noticed for the dark haired teen strolled out of the door, shouting, "Hey, Impa!" and the other blonde teen was in the process of untangling his headphones.

After a moment of waiting, Impa charged back into the room, holding Dark by the collar of his shirt. "You…" She growled, dropping Dark to the floor. She turned to Link. "Get out!" She shouted, pointing a tanned hand towards the door.
"Ah… paperwork?" Link managed to squeak.

"Done. Now get out!"

"Y-yes ma'am!"

Link hobbled out of the room and Sheik gathered all of their possessions. Dark grinned sheepishly at Impa as she threatened to attack him and the three managed to make it into the parking lot without fatal injuries.

"What… what did you say to her?" Sheik panted, leaning against Link for support. Link threatened to topple over but still managed a deadly glare in Dark's direction.

"I'll tell you… I due time…" He snickered for a bit before the teen's glares caused him to stop. He led the way to his small, black Nissan and they all piled in, happy to be finally safe from Impa's heated glares.

"You know what?" Dark asked suddenly as he made a smooth turn as Link directed. "A few weeks ago, I started working at a café. And a few days ago, I realized that no one would be in today… so…."

"Free coffee?!" Sheik asked excitedly, his eyes going wide. "Seriously?!"

Dark grinned. "You know it."

Link closed his blue eyes and sighed. "Look guys, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but don't we have a court hearing tomorrow at 8 AM? And if we get all high off of coffee and stuff, how the heck are we going to get up?"

"Will power!" Sheik blurted, throwing a fist in the air. "We'll use full out will to get this done!"

Dark, sadly, agreed with Link. "Yeah, Sheik, how? I mean, the hearing could last all day. You wanna sit in one spot in a room full of people talking legal crap for twelve hours? All while fighting a caffeine crash?"

Sheik slowly deflated, a hurt look on his face. "So, what are we going to do?"

"Go crash Link's house, duh!" Dark said, slapping his steering wheel when a driver in front of him slowed to fifteen as they turned onto a residential street. "Yeah, you're pushin' twenty! Ooh, don't go too fast now!" He growled sarcastically and groaned aloud when he realized that an old woman was in front of them.

Dark sped around the old woman and caught a few choice words through his opened window.

"Well now…" He murmured, just as Link's phone began to buzz.

"Hello?" Link answered quietly, looking out of the car window.

"Hey Link, it's Beth. I was wondering if we were still meeting today. I mean, it's been ten minutes and—"

Link hung up the phone. "Oh no…"

"What?" Sheik asked, slowly untangling his headphones.

"I had a date today…" Link started, now glaring out of the window.

"A date?" Dark asked, frowning.

"Had? What happened?"

"What do you think happened?" Link asked bitterly.

"Wait, with that girl… what's her face… Beth? Eh, she was too young for you, anyway." Sheik waved his hand in dismissal. What was she, a sophomore?"

"Yeah, but… she was nice. I didn't want to make her feel bad or anything…" Link trailed off, tossing his phone back and forth between his hands.

Dark remained silent, listening to the two blondes bicker.

"She was just in it for the stuff, Link. Let it go."

Link sighed, still feeling bad about letting the poor girl down. "Don't worry, Link," Dark said finally. "You have us!" He turned around to grin at Link, and Link returned it with a small smile, trying not to flinch at the sight of Dark's crimson eyes.

The darkness had eyes… but those eyes were too friendly to be a nightmare.

A/N: Yep, short chapter... gomen. I'm trying to keep at least two to three chapters written ahead of what i have posted, if that makes sense, so I won't have to worry about late updates. Of course, i tried that with one of my other stories, and got a HUGE writer's block at the end... that won't happen here. I have a friend helpin' me out. We got this.

Squeeb100: Glob! I love Ghirahim and I'm not gonna deny it! He's my favorite Zelda boss right next to Byrne. I just needed someone who could be creepy without controversy!

DeathWillNotComeQuickly: Thanks! I think I forgot to respond to your first review... Three Days Grace is what caused me to start writing this story with the tone it has. I think Chalk Outline, Life Starts Now, and The High Road are three songs that made me think, "I gotta write this!"