Link sat curled up in the farthest corner of the bathroom with her head in her hands as violent thoughts continued to haunt her.
'Did you honestly think anything would change?' 'seriously she actually thought fate would give her a chance to be happy ' ' worthless '
"S-shut up" Link whimpered as she dug her nails into her scalp, drawing blood as she started shaking.
'Why? You can't do anything about it ' Tears began pouring from her eyes as her thoughts continued to assault her.
"Stop. Please just stop…" her nails dug deeper in her skin, causing the blood to drip over her pale hand and down her wrist, leaving a thin trail of red in its wake. It wasn't until smooth white hands pulled her hand from her head that she looked up. Ghirahim gently pulled her close, not caring if her blood had gotten onto him. Link tried weakly to push him away, her thoughts were enough to bring her over the edge, she didn't need someone helping them.
"Skychild be still." Ghirahim's voice was stern, making her freeze in his hold. She once again felt like she was stepping on ice around him. "N-no." he looked down to her with stoic expression as her bangs hid away her eyes.
" L-Let go! " she cried as she started pushing him away with her feet " L-leave me Alone!"
Ghirahim growled as he began to become frustrated. Link began to tremble, believing he would snap on her.
"Link, Darling please calm down, " He said calmly. " I'm not going to hurt you." Link shook her head violently and Ghirahim sighed before letting her remove herself from his grasp. He got on to his bare feet and made his way over to the still locked door. Link thought he was going to leave, but he had just unlocked the door and came back over to her. Leaning down to her level, he then cupped her cheek and forced her to look up at him. Link was terrified to say at the least, he could tell that from the way she was shaking. He then ran a thumb across her cheek gently, coating his finger with blood.
"You promised you wouldn't hurt yourself dear one. " He said sadly as the voices began again.
'He doesn't care about you. He doesn't love you. How could he ? You're so worthless.'
Link slammed her hands against her ears in an attempt to silence the voices in her head, which failed horribly. Ghirahim stared at her before finally realizing what was going on with her.
"Skychild," He spoke quietly as he picked her up and sat her in his lap, wrapping his arms around her, as footsteps approached the bathroom door. Link fought against him, screaming for him to let her go while tears began casting down her cheeks. The door opened, making her freeze completely , while ghirahim's hands held her wrists tightly, worried for her safety.
What Demise saw when he opened the door surprised him greatly. Blood dripping down the former heroes frightened face as her feet were placed against Ghirahim's stomach as he firmly held her wrists. He looked over to Ghirahim who had an evil look on his face that screamed Leave. Demise took the message right away and slowly closed the door, before leaving the Demon lord's suite completely. It would have made Ghirahim laugh, but his attention turned back towards the girl's who wrists where in his hands.
" Skychild, move your feet." he said with an annoyed voice. He wanted to know what had set this off, Her panic attack that is. When she shook her head, he narrowed his eyes before bringing both of her wrists into one of his hands and forcibly moved her feet from his stomach before picking her up and taking her outside the bathroom. Link started kicking once again. Demanding he put her down, as her voice began to fall. Now this was uncomfortable, Ghirahim had her over his shoulder and well, with how short the nightgown was, it was a bit revealing. If she wasn't so scared, or if her face wasn't a mix between blood and tears, she might have blushed.
Ghirahim then flung her on to the bed and crawled on top of her, keeping her from running away again. He knew he was being rough, and knew he was scaring her, But he had to know what he did wrong. He had to know why she cause potential scars on her forehead, if it was because of him, or something else. " Link, Talk to me, what did I do wrong?" He asked as he summoned a wet rag of some sorts and held his hand out, reaching towards the still bleeding wounds on her forehead.
Link finched back, Scared he was going to hit her like Zelda had, but he just continued to try to help her. When she finally looked him straight in the eyes, she saw no malice, but concern and worry for her. There was no sign of hatred or anything related to that. She relaxed as he cupped her cheek and began wiping away the blood from her forehead. She just watched as he did this, and when he looked at her after finishing cleaning her up, she wrapped her arms around his neck. Scared to let go.
