"Great," Ganon muttered under his breath. He stood and started to walk away, but Mido followed after him.
"Hey!" he shouted, but Ganon didn't listen. He was too angry with Mido to talk. "Hold on a minute, pansy boy! Let's just talk a minute!"
Ganon whirled and Mido stumbled backwards. "You want to talk?" he shouted. "Then start by dropping the pansy thing!"
"Okay, fine," said Mido climbing to his feet. "Geez! You have a temper, don't you?" Ganon rolled his eyes and started walking deeper into the forest again."Okay! I'm sorry! Does that make you happy now?"
"No," said Ganon pushing a branch aside.
"Alright, so you are a man of few words," said Mido stumbling after him. "I get that. So I'll talk and you listen. Sound good?" Ganon didn't respond, but kept moving forward. Mido grinned and continued, "You caught me at a bad time back there, so I'm sorry if I upset you. It's just that I've been having some problems of my own lately, and I thought, well, since you're a guy of experience you could help me out?"
"What?" said Ganon as they stumbled back into the clearing. Most of the Kokiri had gone to bed by now, but a few lights still shown in the trees. A couple of orbs darted about, and Mido's yellow one flew over to his side and landed on his shoulder.
"You know," said Mido walking up beside him. "I hear you are the only guy among an entire tribe of women! You must know a thing or two about them, right?"
Ganon stopped short. "Excuse me?" he asked in surprise.
Mido blushed. "You see," he said shyly, "there's this girl in the village, but she won't give me the time of day. I've tried everything to get her to notice me, but nothing I do seems to work. What is a guy supposed to do?"
Ganon blinked. In all honesty he didn't have a clue. Just because he was raised among women didn't mean he could understand them. Why would he even want to in the first place? "I don't think I'm the right person to ask," he said scratching his head. "Maybe you should ask a girl."
"What?" said Mido taken aback. "Are you crazy? Do you have any idea how hard that is? How near impossible?"
"No, I don't," said Ganon. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to find Fado. She was supposed to be bringing me a blanket."
Mido shook his head in frustration. "Can't you even see your own abilities? You don't even know Fado and you can talk to her! I even suspect she likes you a bit, but you are so dense! At least let me watch you for a while until I can understand how you do it. I'll even let you sleep in my house. Please?"
"Wait," said Ganon, "you like Fado? Is that what this is about? You got mad at me because I was walking around with her? Is that it?"
"No!" said Mido. "It's not Fado. I suppose she's a nice enough girl, but she's nothing compared to Saria. So what do you say? Can you help a guy out?"
"I'll have to think about it," said Ganon. He wasn't too sure about any of this, and he was still a little upset with Mido."But I really should find Fado."
"Great!" said Mido. "You do that, then come to my house. You know where it is, right? Of course you do, sorry I even asked. See you later!" He started towards his tree at a run, the little orb trailing after him.
Ganon shook his head. He could tell Mido was going to be a handful; an unwanted one at that. With a sigh he made his way towards the stream, hoping Fado hadn't come back yet. He expected to have to search around for a while, but he spotted her on the edge of the trees, clutching a blanket in her hands. He smiled and walked over to her.
"Thanks, Fado," he said as he took the blanket from her. "I really appreciate it."
"Y-yeah," said Fado in a choked voice. "I'm glad."
"Are you alright?" asked Ganon. He looked at her more closely and noticed tears streaming down her cheeks. "Why are you crying?"
"I-it's nothing," she said wiping the tears away. "Don't worry about it. I-it happens a-all the time." She looked up at him and tried to smile, but it looked more like a grimace. "I'll see you in the morning." Before he could ask any more questions she dashed lightly through the trees and out of sight.
As Ganon made his way towards Mido's house he couldn't help but think about Fado. Why had she been crying? Was it something he said that had upset her? Looking back on his words he couldn't think of anything that would have insulted her. The more he stayed in Kokiri Forest the fewer things seemed to make sense. He'd have to ask Nadia about it in the morning, or better yet, ask Fado herself.
Looking up at the sky he sighed. Everything would have to wait until morning. He was exhausted from the day's ride, and the blanket he held in his arms felt so warm. Without even knocking he walked into Mido's house and curled up on the floor. Mido himself was snoring loudly sprawled out on the floor, and to his surprise, so was the little yellow orb. He made a note to himself to ask Mido what that was in the morning. He might not like the guy very much, but he couldn't help it if he found his surroundings interesting. His curiosity always seemed to get the better of him.